Those Thousand Words by Yume Yuuki
I'm acting so distant now
Turned my back, as you walked away
But I was listening...
That you fight your battles far from me
It's not right to me...
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Key:
[--] : italics
'--' : thoughts
"--" : Speech
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Chapter One
"I know this may be a little hard on you, Rinoa..." Quistis said in a soft tone, taking Rinoa's ice cold hand in her own. "It's been hard on all of us. But the Galbadian officials won't let us keep him...The body unless you identify it." She said, giving Rinoa's hand a tight squeeze. "And Hyne knows what they'll do with the body if we don't claim it...." She gave a very visible shudder.
A small cry escaped Rinoa's lips as they lifted the cover of the coffin...
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December 3rd - 26 months ago
"Dammit Rinoa! Why do you have to be so stubborn?" Squall snapped at her as he paced the floor of his new apartment located in the middle of Balamb City.
"Well, you big meanie, if you weren't so reckless and thought of yourself all of the time, maybe you'd know." She snapped back, her brown eyes dancing with rage. "And if you'd stop going on about that 'not depending on others' crap, maybe you'd know!" She ended her burst of anger with a high-pitched scream that had Squall wincing. Then Rinoa plopped onto his sofa and let the tears fall.
Squall sighed. Why did everything have to be so difficult? He sat next to her, a little uneasy. He was still a little uneasy with the interaction with other's thing. (a/n: ^-^). "Rinoa....I'll only be gone a short while. My fath...Laguna wants me to go meet with the new Galbadian President and see if we can set up a peace treaty....Rinoa, don't cry..."
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Rinoa watched faintly amused, a little frightened, as the world began to spin. It spinned slowly at first, making it seem like a fun ride on a sick merry-go-round. But as the merry-go-round began to spin faster and as the colors around her began to mix, she knew this was no fun ride. It was all so very, very real.
Quistis caught Rinoa as she fell to the floor, limp with a faint. "Don't just stand there, you idiots!" She hissed at the Galbadians. "Go get the nurse from the Infirmary!" The Galbadians saluted her appropriately then took off to the Infirmary. "It's okay, Rinoa..." Quistis whispered, faintly noticing the tears streaking down her own cheeks.
"Quistis...It's him...It's really him..." Rinoa sobbed, her head still swimming from the ride on the "merry-go-round".
The blonde nodded her head. "Yeah, I know...."
"Squall is dead, Quistis." Rinoa said before collapsing entirely.
(a/n: It's 3:00 am here in Texas and I have school tomorrow! Yay! . Anyways, like I said, I'm experimenting with my stories, and the chapter lengths may vary. This one just happened to be a short one....C Ya Guys L8ter!)
I'm acting so distant now
Turned my back, as you walked away
But I was listening...
That you fight your battles far from me
It's not right to me...
--
Key:
[--] : italics
'--' : thoughts
"--" : Speech
--
Chapter One
"I know this may be a little hard on you, Rinoa..." Quistis said in a soft tone, taking Rinoa's ice cold hand in her own. "It's been hard on all of us. But the Galbadian officials won't let us keep him...The body unless you identify it." She said, giving Rinoa's hand a tight squeeze. "And Hyne knows what they'll do with the body if we don't claim it...." She gave a very visible shudder.
A small cry escaped Rinoa's lips as they lifted the cover of the coffin...
--
December 3rd - 26 months ago
"Dammit Rinoa! Why do you have to be so stubborn?" Squall snapped at her as he paced the floor of his new apartment located in the middle of Balamb City.
"Well, you big meanie, if you weren't so reckless and thought of yourself all of the time, maybe you'd know." She snapped back, her brown eyes dancing with rage. "And if you'd stop going on about that 'not depending on others' crap, maybe you'd know!" She ended her burst of anger with a high-pitched scream that had Squall wincing. Then Rinoa plopped onto his sofa and let the tears fall.
Squall sighed. Why did everything have to be so difficult? He sat next to her, a little uneasy. He was still a little uneasy with the interaction with other's thing. (a/n: ^-^). "Rinoa....I'll only be gone a short while. My fath...Laguna wants me to go meet with the new Galbadian President and see if we can set up a peace treaty....Rinoa, don't cry..."
--
Rinoa watched faintly amused, a little frightened, as the world began to spin. It spinned slowly at first, making it seem like a fun ride on a sick merry-go-round. But as the merry-go-round began to spin faster and as the colors around her began to mix, she knew this was no fun ride. It was all so very, very real.
Quistis caught Rinoa as she fell to the floor, limp with a faint. "Don't just stand there, you idiots!" She hissed at the Galbadians. "Go get the nurse from the Infirmary!" The Galbadians saluted her appropriately then took off to the Infirmary. "It's okay, Rinoa..." Quistis whispered, faintly noticing the tears streaking down her own cheeks.
"Quistis...It's him...It's really him..." Rinoa sobbed, her head still swimming from the ride on the "merry-go-round".
The blonde nodded her head. "Yeah, I know...."
"Squall is dead, Quistis." Rinoa said before collapsing entirely.
(a/n: It's 3:00 am here in Texas and I have school tomorrow! Yay! . Anyways, like I said, I'm experimenting with my stories, and the chapter lengths may vary. This one just happened to be a short one....C Ya Guys L8ter!)
