Disclaimer: I do not own FF8 in any way and all the characters from the
game are not mine.
AN: Thank you to all who reviewed the last chapter. Hopefully this chapter will be better =).
Rhi-an thanks for the tip about the dialog and the compliment about the detail (PS I only left out some descriptions of the character's looks on purpose ~_^) Hanh glad to know SOME people are enjoying this fic CTHKSI yeah Caraway doesn't live in Deling hahaha
Ok, here's chapter 6. Enjoy!
Chapter 6: A new stranger Rinoa's POV
Instructor Bayres just introduced the new student, the guy Selphie said was hot. He walked in through the change rooms even though he wasn't in uniform. He was wearing casual clothing, black jeans and a white T-shirt. But Selphie was right, he WAS hot.
He wavy dark brown hair with longer strands combed out of his eyes. I'm glad he did that otherwise you wouldn't be able to see his eyes which were the most spectacular part about him. They were pale blue and looked almost misty, like you couldn't see through them. At the same time, they were sharp and looked like they could pierce right into your soul. His features were almost perfect but when I was looking at his face, my eyes lingered to a scar that was impossible to miss. It was diagonally down his face and unlike some other scars which are all bumpy and gross, his scar was smooth like it was almost drawn on his face.
Now, there are a lot of buff guys in my class. This is the army after all. The new kid looked almost small standing next to some of the bigger guys. But you could tell he was solidly built and he felt like he radiated some sort of strange power.
When the instructor introduced him to all of us he kept his face emotionless and merely nodded to us. He seemed like a strange person but he was definitely cute. I silently giggled 'cause of my immature thoughts.
We had to run in the quad for ten minutes straight for our warm up. I thought that was a helluva crazy warm up and Selphie always joined me in my complaining every time we ran. Today however, she kept on saying how hot Squall was. I was laughing like crazy by the time we were done the run.
"Yes Selphie, I know he's hot I got the point." I told her for the 50th time that day.
"I know you know, but I just wanted to tell you one more time that's all." she was just being her usual hyper self.
"You think that new kid Squall's HOT???" it was Jason. Seems like he overheard our conversation.
I checked the room to see if Squall heard this comment but he was all the way at the other end of the gym climbing the rope.
Jason was the typical "hot guy". He was very muscular and extremely handsome. He had spiked up blond hair all the time which looked like he spent hours on it even though he insists he only spent 5 seconds. Jason was also part of a bad group of friends who considered themselves "cool" by picking on other kids and smoking pot.
"Yeah I think he's hot!" Selphie said it in a whisper since she didn't want Squall to hear but I thought it was pointless since Squall was almost at the top of the rope and all the way at the other side of the gym. But Selphie was always a little paranoid about these things.
"Selphie, you got 'commander' Kinneas already don't you?" Jason said the "commander" very sarcastic but he didn't want to get kicked out of Garden so he had to address Irvine by his rank since he had no permission to call him anything else. "What about you Rinoa? YOU think he's hot?" great, he turned his attention to me. But at the same time, I couldn't help staring into his light blue eyes and thinking HE was hot too.
"Oh, he's alright I guess." geez I sounded like I had asthma or something.
"Alright??? He's a frickin' pipsqueak! He's like half my size!" well, it was sorta true really. I mean, Jason was easily 6'3" and had arms practically the size of tree trunks not to mention a really sexy six pack...damn it I keep drifting off like that...
"Hey Rinoa, if you're not busy after school, maybe we could go see a movie?" WHAT? Was he asking me out??? Holy shit! The most popular guy at school was asking ME out???
"Sure" the words were out of my mouth before my brain could even process it. Well, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I might as well take it even though Jason could be an ass sometimes. Who cares? He was a very nice guy sometimes too!
"Great, meet you in the quad k? Now watch me tackle this rope!" he ran over to the rope and asked Squall to come down. Squall just slid down the rope and I was ready to hear the cries of pain that would soon be coming from him since everyone who slid down that rope got bad rope burn. Squall however landed quite awkwardly and moved onto doing chin ups. Maybe they finally fixed that stupid rope...
The rest of the lessons passed by so quickly that I don't even remember what happened. It was like one minute we were in Physical Training and the next, Jason and I were going to the mall to see "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within".
"For two" he said handing some gil to the lady at the ticket booth. He flashed that great smile he had and put his arm around me. Boy did I feel lucky!
Anyways, the movie was pretty boring for me. Jason seemed to enjoy it though maybe 'cause he's a guy.
We headed back to my house since he insisted on walking me back. "It's getting dark and you shouldn't be out here alone." he said it so sweetly. On our way back Jason met up with some of his friends. The guys I never liked. One guy pulled Jason aside and told him something that I couldn't hear.
While Jason was away I couldn't help but notice a shadowy figure walking alone in the park. As it got closer I realized it was Squall. I didn't want to say "hi" or anything since we never really met so I just kept my eye on him until he disappeared from view.
"Come on, let's get back to your house. It's getting chilly out here." Jason pulled out that award winning smile again and took my arm. His friends had all left.
We walked in silence until we got to my huge house. Jason gave me a hug and said goodbye 'cause he had to go home for dinner. Maybe he wasn't such an asshole after all.
Once I entered the house, the first thing I saw was that it had been cleaned. Everything was all tidy and everyone was at the dinner table. I ran into the dining room since I was afraid was late for dinner but no dinner was served yet. Instead, I was greeted by my father, Irvine, and (to my great surprise) Squall.
"Ahhhh here's Rinoa" my father had a very curt voice and he sat straight just like all those military officers. Irvine looked confident and smart like he always did and Squall had....no expression just like in class.
"Rinoa, Irvine now has a roommate who will be sharing his house with him. This is Squall. He has been living at his dad's farm his whole life and just moved out to train at Garden."
"Oh I see. Instructor Bayres introduced Squall to our class this morning." I said this while he got up to shake my hand. Seems like he knows how to act in this house. My father loves formalities. One thing I found weird was that his hand had no callouses or blisters or anything. It felt smooth and this was definitely something a soldier OR a farm boy shouldn't have. I eventually figured he probably never did any work on the farm.
"Squall is our new neighbor and just like Irvine, he is welcome in this household at any time. Please treat him with some respect." respect, my father loved that word.
Dinner that night was pretty boring. Squall was very silent and my father always got Irvine to talk about some military thing which bored the hell outta me. Irene never talked at dinner anyways so basically, only Irvine and my father were talking.
"Squall, how do you like the school?" I decided to break the ice.
"It's good." that was all he said. Not too exciting.
I decided to let it drop since I was no good at making conversation anyways. I just kept sneaking looks at Squall all through the dinner. I doubt he saw me since I made it look like I was getting food or drinking every time I did it. I made a game out of it, yes I really was that bored.
After about an hour, Squall and Irvine finally left. I ran up to my room and fell on my bed. I was so tired.
Squall really was hot...but Jake was cool and he was my new boyfriend. Looks aren't everything right? Besides, Jake is hot too. Also, I have no clue what Squall's personality is like since I just met him...
Gosh, so much happened to me in one day. I smiled into my pillow. My life is finally starting to get good.
AN: Well, I spent the last 3 hours working on this chapter! I'm making them much longer now. Give me some feedback on this chapter cuz I'm not very good at writing all this fluffy girl stuff =P so any girls out there, tell me if I'm doing a good job or not, k? Thanks!
AN: Thank you to all who reviewed the last chapter. Hopefully this chapter will be better =).
Rhi-an thanks for the tip about the dialog and the compliment about the detail (PS I only left out some descriptions of the character's looks on purpose ~_^) Hanh glad to know SOME people are enjoying this fic CTHKSI yeah Caraway doesn't live in Deling hahaha
Ok, here's chapter 6. Enjoy!
Chapter 6: A new stranger Rinoa's POV
Instructor Bayres just introduced the new student, the guy Selphie said was hot. He walked in through the change rooms even though he wasn't in uniform. He was wearing casual clothing, black jeans and a white T-shirt. But Selphie was right, he WAS hot.
He wavy dark brown hair with longer strands combed out of his eyes. I'm glad he did that otherwise you wouldn't be able to see his eyes which were the most spectacular part about him. They were pale blue and looked almost misty, like you couldn't see through them. At the same time, they were sharp and looked like they could pierce right into your soul. His features were almost perfect but when I was looking at his face, my eyes lingered to a scar that was impossible to miss. It was diagonally down his face and unlike some other scars which are all bumpy and gross, his scar was smooth like it was almost drawn on his face.
Now, there are a lot of buff guys in my class. This is the army after all. The new kid looked almost small standing next to some of the bigger guys. But you could tell he was solidly built and he felt like he radiated some sort of strange power.
When the instructor introduced him to all of us he kept his face emotionless and merely nodded to us. He seemed like a strange person but he was definitely cute. I silently giggled 'cause of my immature thoughts.
We had to run in the quad for ten minutes straight for our warm up. I thought that was a helluva crazy warm up and Selphie always joined me in my complaining every time we ran. Today however, she kept on saying how hot Squall was. I was laughing like crazy by the time we were done the run.
"Yes Selphie, I know he's hot I got the point." I told her for the 50th time that day.
"I know you know, but I just wanted to tell you one more time that's all." she was just being her usual hyper self.
"You think that new kid Squall's HOT???" it was Jason. Seems like he overheard our conversation.
I checked the room to see if Squall heard this comment but he was all the way at the other end of the gym climbing the rope.
Jason was the typical "hot guy". He was very muscular and extremely handsome. He had spiked up blond hair all the time which looked like he spent hours on it even though he insists he only spent 5 seconds. Jason was also part of a bad group of friends who considered themselves "cool" by picking on other kids and smoking pot.
"Yeah I think he's hot!" Selphie said it in a whisper since she didn't want Squall to hear but I thought it was pointless since Squall was almost at the top of the rope and all the way at the other side of the gym. But Selphie was always a little paranoid about these things.
"Selphie, you got 'commander' Kinneas already don't you?" Jason said the "commander" very sarcastic but he didn't want to get kicked out of Garden so he had to address Irvine by his rank since he had no permission to call him anything else. "What about you Rinoa? YOU think he's hot?" great, he turned his attention to me. But at the same time, I couldn't help staring into his light blue eyes and thinking HE was hot too.
"Oh, he's alright I guess." geez I sounded like I had asthma or something.
"Alright??? He's a frickin' pipsqueak! He's like half my size!" well, it was sorta true really. I mean, Jason was easily 6'3" and had arms practically the size of tree trunks not to mention a really sexy six pack...damn it I keep drifting off like that...
"Hey Rinoa, if you're not busy after school, maybe we could go see a movie?" WHAT? Was he asking me out??? Holy shit! The most popular guy at school was asking ME out???
"Sure" the words were out of my mouth before my brain could even process it. Well, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I might as well take it even though Jason could be an ass sometimes. Who cares? He was a very nice guy sometimes too!
"Great, meet you in the quad k? Now watch me tackle this rope!" he ran over to the rope and asked Squall to come down. Squall just slid down the rope and I was ready to hear the cries of pain that would soon be coming from him since everyone who slid down that rope got bad rope burn. Squall however landed quite awkwardly and moved onto doing chin ups. Maybe they finally fixed that stupid rope...
The rest of the lessons passed by so quickly that I don't even remember what happened. It was like one minute we were in Physical Training and the next, Jason and I were going to the mall to see "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within".
"For two" he said handing some gil to the lady at the ticket booth. He flashed that great smile he had and put his arm around me. Boy did I feel lucky!
Anyways, the movie was pretty boring for me. Jason seemed to enjoy it though maybe 'cause he's a guy.
We headed back to my house since he insisted on walking me back. "It's getting dark and you shouldn't be out here alone." he said it so sweetly. On our way back Jason met up with some of his friends. The guys I never liked. One guy pulled Jason aside and told him something that I couldn't hear.
While Jason was away I couldn't help but notice a shadowy figure walking alone in the park. As it got closer I realized it was Squall. I didn't want to say "hi" or anything since we never really met so I just kept my eye on him until he disappeared from view.
"Come on, let's get back to your house. It's getting chilly out here." Jason pulled out that award winning smile again and took my arm. His friends had all left.
We walked in silence until we got to my huge house. Jason gave me a hug and said goodbye 'cause he had to go home for dinner. Maybe he wasn't such an asshole after all.
Once I entered the house, the first thing I saw was that it had been cleaned. Everything was all tidy and everyone was at the dinner table. I ran into the dining room since I was afraid was late for dinner but no dinner was served yet. Instead, I was greeted by my father, Irvine, and (to my great surprise) Squall.
"Ahhhh here's Rinoa" my father had a very curt voice and he sat straight just like all those military officers. Irvine looked confident and smart like he always did and Squall had....no expression just like in class.
"Rinoa, Irvine now has a roommate who will be sharing his house with him. This is Squall. He has been living at his dad's farm his whole life and just moved out to train at Garden."
"Oh I see. Instructor Bayres introduced Squall to our class this morning." I said this while he got up to shake my hand. Seems like he knows how to act in this house. My father loves formalities. One thing I found weird was that his hand had no callouses or blisters or anything. It felt smooth and this was definitely something a soldier OR a farm boy shouldn't have. I eventually figured he probably never did any work on the farm.
"Squall is our new neighbor and just like Irvine, he is welcome in this household at any time. Please treat him with some respect." respect, my father loved that word.
Dinner that night was pretty boring. Squall was very silent and my father always got Irvine to talk about some military thing which bored the hell outta me. Irene never talked at dinner anyways so basically, only Irvine and my father were talking.
"Squall, how do you like the school?" I decided to break the ice.
"It's good." that was all he said. Not too exciting.
I decided to let it drop since I was no good at making conversation anyways. I just kept sneaking looks at Squall all through the dinner. I doubt he saw me since I made it look like I was getting food or drinking every time I did it. I made a game out of it, yes I really was that bored.
After about an hour, Squall and Irvine finally left. I ran up to my room and fell on my bed. I was so tired.
Squall really was hot...but Jake was cool and he was my new boyfriend. Looks aren't everything right? Besides, Jake is hot too. Also, I have no clue what Squall's personality is like since I just met him...
Gosh, so much happened to me in one day. I smiled into my pillow. My life is finally starting to get good.
AN: Well, I spent the last 3 hours working on this chapter! I'm making them much longer now. Give me some feedback on this chapter cuz I'm not very good at writing all this fluffy girl stuff =P so any girls out there, tell me if I'm doing a good job or not, k? Thanks!