Chapter 7: Broken Heart

AN: Uh yeah about the time thing…well not that much time has really passed. I won't spoil why she has forgotten Seifer, but I've give you a clue: her magic (ok that really just gave it away -__-)…

Fujin's POV

I woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside the open window. Their sweet song filled the room I was in and nothing disturbed the moment. I could hear no other presence in the air as I sat up in my bed. I realised that I must be in my room as no one else was around. I rubbed my tired eyes and held my head in my hands. Why had I freaked out like that?

The door to my room slid open before I could think anymore, and I saw Seifer standing there in the doorway.

"Come in." I said. He advanced forward and the door slid shut.

"Just seeing how you were." He said unemotionally.

"I'm ok now." I looked up at him and turned away as he caught me staring. Silence laid her blanket down over us after my final comment. He sat down and fixed his eyes on the floor. I didn't know why he was here or why he was staying. I lay back down against my pillows and let the presence of him wash over me.

"Did you bring me here?" I asked while looking up at the ceiling.

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Seifer's POV

Her gentle voice broke through the hushed atmosphere and I brought my head up to looked at her bed bound form. My train of thought broke as I looked at her once more.

"Yes." I picked up my thoughts again, contemplating my distant friend yet again. She was the same person. I knew she was the same person I'd met all those years ago. I could never forget her unusual silver hair and her one red eye. This girl was lodged into my brain forever, never letting me forget her.

Ever since the night she had left me, she plagued my mind every second of the day. I would always think about her, whether she was safe or how she was doing. This girl had touched me unlike any other human being had. Her warm sense of loneliness had attached itself to my own, connecting a bond that I thought could never be broken.

I had moved here to try and forget, but only to find her here once again in my reach. I thought my eyes had deceived me as I walked along the second floor walkway. For that one moment in time, I had doubts. I saw her piercing look penetrate my strongest wall inside my heart. I knew it couldn't be her. She had walked out of my life before I knew it. But her platinum hair and glowing eye were enough to break my barriers that had taken so long to build. All my hidden hope and emotion came pouring out as I saw her re-enter my life. I felt so ecstatic I wanted to run and meet her, but her deep glare and hurtful stare wanted to make me stop. Never had I seen her so hateful and cold. To be honest, I had expected to her to run to the door and press her small hands to the glass, feeling how I felt.

Even when I met them down at the lift entrance, I had expected her to at least acknowledge me, but all I got was a cold blow off. Was this really the girl I had felt so close to? Was this girl lying in front of me the only true friend I'd ever had? No…this was a girl who had grown up and forgotten…

"You scared me a little when you fell." I saw her head move to meet my gaze.

"I'm sorry. I don't know why that happened."

"It's ok."

I looked into her red eye, wondering what had made her forget. She had indeed grown into a young woman, a little skinnier than I remembered, but I could tell that she was hurt. She always had been. I knew from the start, the first time I ever laid eyes on her, that she was hurt. Her soul had been so tarnished with someone else's blood that it would break anytime soon. Her silver hair had grown a little, down to her shoulders, and was dirty. Her clothes still held their blue colour but it was worn and faded, and her eye patch was still in good shape. But I couldn't bear to look at her much longer as I could feel my heart ripping inside.

"I'd better go." I rose up out of my seat and turned to leave.

"Seifer!" I stopped and turned to face my lost friend. "Thank you…" I smiled and left her room. I sighed into the empty hallway. Everyone else was at class except me. I turned to retreat to my own dorm, when I saw Fujin's friend approach me.

"What did you do to her?" he asked.

"Nothing."

"Why did she collapse ya know?"

"She said she felt dizzy." What was this guy's problem? I didn't know what connection he had with Fujin, but he seemed very protective over her. When I dropped him off at his room, he didn't want her to go alone, and I'm sure he was glaring at me before he shut the door…

"Well ya know, I'm going to keep my eye on you." He brushed past me and went into Fujin's room. I knew that he was going to be a problem, but I counted to ten and walked off to my room. But just as I turned to leave, I thought I heard someone crying.

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Fujin's POV

"Rajin?" I looked up to see another figure in the doorway. I had heard everything they aid in the corridor and I didn't like how Rajin treated Seifer. He was only seeing if I was ok.

"Yes Fujin? Are you ok ya know?" he came to it kneel down beside my bed, going against the idea of sitting where Seifer had.

"Yes I'm fine. But you needn't say those thing to Seifer!" I didn't know what had come over me. I didn't know what was prompting me to defend him, especially after the way he confronted me in the quad.

"What? But he did something to you!"

"No he didn't!" I could feel tears brimming on the edge of my eye, just waiting to fall. "Seifer didn't do anything to me at all, so you needn't be so rude!" I shouted, causing the cascade to drop down my cheek.

"Fujin…I'm sorry ya know." He placed his hand on my shoulder reassuring me that he'd always be there for support.

"I'm sorry too." I placed my own hand over his, smiling slightly and he smiled back. "You apologise to Seifer ok?"

"Ok ya know. But only because you said so." I thanked him and he left.

I lay back down and wiped my eyes free from the tears that had sprung up so suddenly. There was definitely something about Seifer that triggered something off in my heart. I didn't know why I felt so strongly about him, or why everything that was said in ill favour of him striked up a fire inside me. There was something there…something that was starting to uncover itself…