Chapter 1
Zell was... perplexed. That was really the only word for it. He was perplexed. He was never sure why the idea of Squall and Rinoa bothered him so much, but it did. He stood in his room in Balamb, and wondered about the fact that he was perplexed. They were really happy together, but he wasn't sure that it was right. Squall was her Knight, and had saved her from many dangers in the past year or so. That he understood. Rinoa had saved Squall from Time Compression. That he understood. But he didn't understand why they were feeling anything more than residual gratitude for their mutual rescues.
When they had first met, they had not liked each other at all. He wasn't sure what had caused Squall to abandon Forest Fox, and help Rinoa with the Forest Owls, but he had. just a chance encounter, but it had shaped everything. now Squall and Rinoa were happily married, and Rinoa was getting clucky over her first-born child. She had spent monthsgoing over the books all about 'What to name the baby', and 'the meaning of names', and finally, she decided on a name for her child. If it was a girl - but she didn't think it would be, Sorceress knowledge maybe - she would be named Julia Raine, a beautiful name, but one with so much history, that Zell sincerely hoped that Rinoa was right about the baby being a boy. the boy's name was deceptively simple. there was no history behind it. No long-dead relative being appeased. The name was so simple. she had wanted a name that sounded strong, but wise. She decided to name her son Seifer.
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