Hangover
Rinoa groaned as she woke up and tried desperately to recall why she had a headache and what was wrong with her memory.
Sudenly in a jolt she remembered Squall showing up, not only that but what she had done… she couldn't recall exactly what she had done but she knew it was bad.
"Please no…" She murmured brushing a stray strand of hair from her face.
She looked in the mirror, actually a lot of her hair was out of place. She looked like she had had an electric shock and then had been shoved in a shower.
Oh hyne… and then she remembered that she and Squall had split up mostly due to his uncaring behaviour. She- the miracle worker Rinoa had thought she could change him to the way she wanted and he had not made it easy.
In fact he made it impossible she thought angrily. But she remembered with more clarity that she had thrown a plate of food at him.
Cringing with disgust at herself she groaned and rushed to the bathroom giving herself a good clean up brushing her hair with such force it hurt, and giving herself a shower that lasted over an hour.
What must Quistis and Selphie think? She wondered unhappily.
A sudden thought occurred to her. Why was Squall there?
Selphie and Quistis were in
Selphie's room talking about how they could salvage the mess. Not to mention
discussing how much they had paid the manager not to throw them out of the
hotel when in stormed a moody and hungover Rinoa.
"Why couldn't you keep your noses out of it?!" Selphie and Quistis exchanged a confused look and Rinoa continued. "I mean we split up for a good reason and you two had to mess it up even more? I wouldn't have thought it was possible but you did!"
"Hey!" Retorted Quistis, "we tried to help you two get back together- we didn't plan on having you throw food at him!"
"Yeah and do you know how much we had to bribe the manager with so he wouldn't chuck us out? Huh?" Selphie bounced on the bed as if to emphasise her point.
Rinoa turned red. It was something she could not think of without being embarrassed.
"Rinoa," Quistis' voice had calmed down. "Why did you two split up? We never understood that- neither of you told us the reason."
"We…" Rinoa was in tears, she suspected it was from the effects of consuming too much alcohol the previous night, "We kept getting annoyed with each other- we argued… she called me annoying and told me to leave him alone." With that admission she burst into tears and practically fell on the bed with her two friends comforting her as best they could.
But the good news was that there was still hope. If they had split up over an argument maybe things could be fixed and put back as they should be.
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"Awww Squall we just got here why don't you tell us what happened last night? Doctor Kadowaki won't let you back in Garden straight away either."
"She'll have to let me in. I'm not staying here." Squall was stuffing things into a bag and he wasn't paying much attention to what went where which was not Squall's usual style. He had a meticulous order of packing and now to see this was a sign that something had happened.
Irvine suspected that something bad had happened. More than that he believed Rinoa had been spotted. If so it meant the plan was messed up completely.
"Squall man? Why did ya come back with food on you last night?" Zell enquired.
"None of your business."
"Chill man I was just asking!"
"Hey Squall mind telling us what happened last night? I mean we're on holiday too we don't want to go home yet." Irvine took the cool approach. On seeing Squall hesitate, he congratulated himself, you're a genius Irvine.
"Saw someone I knew," That confirmed it. Rinoa had been spotted.
"So we'll avoid them that's all, no need to get worked up." Irvined tipped his hat forward a little, "Who did you see by the way?"
"Rinoa."
They made to look surprised. Zell leaned forward, "What? But what are the chances of that happening?"
"Well it happened and she threw food at me." Squall retorted, "I don't know what she did that for- I hadn't even said anything to her."
"Maybe she was angry at you for something?" Irvine ventured.
"Yeah I guess after what I said…"
"What did you say Squall? I mean why did you split up? You never told us the reason."
"I…" Regret crossed his face, " I had a lot of hard work that day and she was begging me to go to the new ball with her and I told her she was annoying. We got mad and we argued and…"
He stopped and continued packing. He didn't look happy and Irvine looked at Zell. Zell was surprised to see a smile on his face. He didn't know Irvine knew that the break up was not entirely mutual and there was a chance. Slight but a chance.
All I can say in my defence was I got lazy and had writers block. I wrote this in the hope it would get me going again. If you want to review I'd really appreciate it. Thanks for reading. Rhi-an