Author's note: Hey.. Read and enjoy! What else should I say? Oh yea.. Please please please review..  And also, this fic happens on this present days, not in the future like in the game..

Chapter 4: Who I really am..

Rinoa was enjoying her dream torturing Squall when suddenly her mom woke her up. "Rinoa! Rinoa dear! Wake up! You'll be late for school!"

"No school, mom. For the whooolleee week. Thanks to one stupid, assholic (My own word v(^^)v) jerk!" Rinoa said sarcastically. Her mom looked confused. Rinoa sighed and began to tell her about the incident. Julia's eyes widened when she heard the whole story and said gruffly, "I don't know that fine boy can be that rude. This cannot be forgiven. I'll call your principal right now!"

Before Rinoa could say anything, her mom stomped out of her room. Rinoa rolled her eyes and went back to sleep. A few minutes later, she was awakened by her mom again. Rinoa rubbed her eyes and whined, "What now, mom?"  Then, she saw her mom giggled. "What, mom?"

"Rinoa, Squall is not a bad boy. I take back my words," Julia giggled.

"What are you talking about? He's a pain in the.. I mean, he's rude!" Kaoru protested.

"No, he's not. I talked to the principal and he said that all your punishments are taken back. Squall told the principal that he forgives you and he didn't want any punishments given to you. Isn't he sweet?" Julia pretending to make an 'I'm-in-love' face.  Rinoa, on the other hand, was shocked to hear this. 'That guy..' "Well Rinoa dear, you have to get ready to school or you'll be late!" 

"Sure," Rinoa walked to the bathroom while thinking about what her mother just said. Her mom giggled some more and thought, 'Oh.. Squall did the right thing. I thought my plan was going to end just now. Hehehe..'

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Selphie came hopping towards Rinoa when she walked into the class. "Rinoa! Are you okay? Why did you ignore me yesterday?"

"I'm fine. I'm sorry about yesterday. Actually, the principal gave me heavy punishments yesterday but that jerk head told him to take it back, so he did," Rinoa explained. Selphie wasn't shocked because Squall was an educated and serious (as so she thought) person, so he probably didn't want any troubles and complications.

"Still calling me jerk head, sweetie?" a voice came from behind them. Rinoa sighed in annoyance even though she didn't turn to see who it was. "Shut up, jerk head."

"Come on sweetie. Chill! *sigh* I expect after I did this, you'll go soft towards me. But then again, you always expect the unexpected from Mrs. Heartilly," Squall chuckled, not realizing Selphie was there. This time, Selphie gasped, shocked. Squall calling Rinoa sweetie? The most serious guy in the school talked like a.. flirtious, sweet guy. Just like Irvine. 'So, this is how he talks with Rinoa. No wonder Rinoa kept calling him a jerk head. This is soo funny. Have to tell this to Zell,' Selphie thought smiling, while sneaking away from the two.

"Well, you were the one who put me in this trouble, so you SHOULD be doing that. And, I will never go soft on you as long as you keep your annoying, stupid, gayish attitude!" Rinoa said, clearly trying to annoy Squall. And it worked.

"You sure are one annoying girl. And stop calling me gay! I have dated hundreds of girls here and none of them are as stubborn, evil, stupid girl like you," Squall said. Rinoa gritted her teeth.

"I'm so surprised. I didn't know we have hundreds of blind girls in this school. Cause any girl who can see will never go out with an ugly-looking guy like you," Rinoa said, faking a surprised voice. She stuck out her tongue and walked to her seat.

Squall sighed and whispered, "Silly girl.."

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Rinoa walked back home alone. Luckily, Squall had to stay at school because he had something to do. Rinoa got into her house but found out that her parents were out and will be back after a few hours. So, she went to her room. After a few minutes, she heard noise from outside.

She walked to her door and pressed her ear on it. It sounded like a door when it was opened and also, a sound when you walked down the stairs and all other kind of sounds. Rinoa backed away a little. Burglar! 'Damn! Damn! What should I do?' Rinoa took her mobile from her bag but unfortunately, her battery was low. 'Aggghh!! Great! Just what I need right now!'

Rinoa opened the door a little. She peeked and saw nobody outside her room. 'Okay. I'll run out as fast as I could. But what if I get caught? *sigh* I'm gonna get caught if I'm staying here too. Okay. Cool down, Rinoa. Just run quickly.'

Rinoa opened the door widely, ran downstairs and got out of the house speedily. She was outside, she was safe. She turned to look back at the house but fell to the ground when she bumped into a person. Rinoa turned to look at the person quickly, afraid that it was one of the burglars.

"Sorry. Are you okay?"  It was Squall. Rinoa sighed in relief. "Sweetie! Why are you so pale? Are you sick?" 

Rinoa clutched his hand and whimpered, "Oh.. I've never been so glad to see you! There's.. there's someone in the house. My parents are working." Squall's face became serious. He held Rinoa's hand in his.

"We'll go in and check. You stay close, okay?" he ordered. Rinoa only nodded. They walked quietly back into the house. Squall took an umbrella while Rinoa held her mom's high heel shoe. After a few minutes of searching, they found out there was no one in the house.

"You silly girl! There's no one here! Man, I was so worried!" Squall yelled. He looked at her holding high heel shoe. He chuckled, "And, you're trying to attack with that? Good choice."

"Hey! Stop teasing me! I was so afraid and I'm still now. I did hear sounds, you know," Rinoa exploded.

Squall smirked, "Hmm.. Maybe because you're just scared, that's why you thought you heard something when you actually don't."

"But.. But, what if.. if there was someone.. you.. you know.. I.. I..," Rinoa stuttered nervously. Squall looked at her and said, "Follow me."

Squall locked the door and dragged her out of the house. "Hey.. Urmm.. Where are we going?" Rinoa asked.

Squall grinned, "To my house." Rinoa looked at him surprised, "WHAT?!! YOU PERVERT!" Squall froze and looked around. Luckily, there was no one around them.

Squall looked at Rinoa with an angry face, "Why the hell did you scream for? You idiot! I'm not going to do anything to you. I mean like, who the hell want to do something to you?! Puh-lease.. I'm bringing you there cause since I don't want anything to happen to you since you're so stupid!"

Rinoa began to regret what she said but she didn't back down, "Why do we have to go to your house? Can't we go somewhere else?! You pervert! I know you.." But Squall cut her off, "Because my mom wants me to go home early today! That's why I have to go home!" Squall looked into Rinoa's eyes to see if she was going to fight back but she just lowered her head.

"Okay, okay. I'm s-s-so-soorr..," Rinoa stammered. 'Even though I should apologize to him, but I just can't bring myself to say it to this jerk head.' Squall smiled when he saw her having difficulty saying sorry to him. But then, Rinoa realized something. "Umm.. Jerk head. Why are we still holding hands?"

Squall looked at their locked hands. At the same time, they both pulled their hands away. "You let our hands locked together for a long time. You fall for me already, sweetie?"

"Shut up! I didn't notice. You were the one who let our hands be that way. Don't say you fall for me. I don't know if I should be proud of that. Maybe, because I've changed you from a gay into a normal person," Rinoa snapped.

"Me? Falling in love with you? Hah! That's the funniest joke I've ever heard. The scariest nightmare too! If one day we'll be a couple, I know for sure I'll commit suicide a few days after that," Squall babbled. Rinoa got mad and steams coming out of her head.

"You! No way, I'll commit suicide first because I can't stand your dumb attitude and then you'll commit suicide after me because you can't live without me! Hmmph! You're such a cruel person. I wonder what all the stupid girls see in you! You're just a lame, cruel, brainless..," before Rinoa could go on, she bumped into Squall when he stopped abruptly and fell to the ground.

Squall saw this and chuckled, "You're so stupid. You talked too much; you should see what's in front of you."

"I'm stupid? You're the one who stopped unexpectedly. Next time, give me a signal when you're stopping," Rinoa said. Squall held out his hand and Rinoa took it and he lifted her up. "So, jerk head, why did you stop?"

"We're here, sweetie," Squall smiled at her and started to walk into a big mansion. 'Woahh!! That jerk is sure very rich!'

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When they got into the house, two maids welcomed them, "Welcome home, young master." Squall nodded and dismissed them. Rinoa giggled. He was a son of a rich family, a young master but she was calling him all sorts of bad names. Squall looked at Rinoa and said, "Sit. So, when will your parents be back?"

Rinoa sat down on a very comfortable sofa and said, "Around 6, I think." Squall nodded, "I'll be going upstairs and take a shower. I'll be back in a minute. Make yourself at home, sweetie."

When he said that, the two maids gasped and giggled. Their young master was different. Rinoa was embarrassed and glared dangerously at Squall, "You'll be dead, jerk head." Squall smirked and he went upstairs. Rinoa looked around the living room. There were pictures of him and a woman, his mother Rinoa guessed. But strangely, there was no picture of him and his father.

His mother was beautiful. She had this innocent face and sweet smile. Rinoa liked her instantly. Rinoa was bored and so, she asked the maids to bring her to Squall's room. She went upstairs with the maids and past the bathroom. Next to it was Squall's room. The maids bowed and left.

Rinoa opened the door a little and peeked. No Squall sighted. Good. She went in quietly without closing the door. His room was big and neat. There were a lot of expensive things in there such as a big TV, DVD player, playstation 3 (Hehehe) and a lot more! She checked his wardrobe and wooww!! You could see cool and branded shirts and pants and there was like hundreds of them! God, this dude was super rich!

She looked around and saw posters of a cool but weird looking weapon. She read the bottom of the poster: "Gunblade". She smiled but caught a glimpse of something on his side table. It was a ring with a picture of a lion engraved on it. "Oh. What a cool ring!" Rinoa whispered to herself. Besides it was a necklace with the same picture of a lion. But Rinoa froze when she saw two pictures.

One was a picture of Quistis and the other was a picture of Quistis kissing Squall's cheek. Rinoa made a disgusted face and was about to say something when a voice spoke, "Who are you?"

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Squall finished his shower and went to his bedroom. He changed his cloth and before he went out, he looked at Quistis's picture and sighed, "Quistis. How can I just stop thinking about you?" He walked downstairs when he heard her mom laughed. "Huh? Mom, what's going on?"

"Squall, it's about time you come down. You have a very nice friend here. Why don't you just forget about that blonde girl and be with this sweetheart?" his mom joked.

"Mom! What are you talking about? I will not forget Quistis and who wants to be with this bothersome girl?" Squall said seriously; mad when his mom talked about Quistis.

Rinoa, on the other hand was about to explode.

"Ughh! And who the hell wants to be with an insensitive, thick-headed guy like you?!" Rinoa snapped. Squall bit his lips while his mom looked at Rinoa in surprise. Squall retorted, "Look at her mom! I don't even know if she's even a girl!" Rinoa and Squall glared dangerously at each other. Raine (Squall's mom) upon seeing this laughed.

"Cool down, you two. I was only joking. I haven't actually laughed a real laugh for a long time," Raine giggled. A few minutes later, Rinoa told that she was late and she needed to go home. "Squall, why don't you send her back? It's dangerous for a pretty girl to be alone in the streets." Squall only nodded.

They both got into Squall's Mercedes and Squall told the driver to go. Along the ride, Rinoa asked, "Hey, if you have a car, why do you walk back home after school. I know you're dumb, but.." Squall smirked.

"I just want to walk. Can't I?"

Rinoa shook her head.  After a few moments of silence, Rinoa spoke, "Your mom told me that you took her surname instead of your father's, which is Loire. Why?"

"Because he left me and my mom and I hate him for that," Squall said coldly. Rinoa looked at him before turning away. "And you, why do you use your mom's?"

Rinoa hesitated but answered, "Because.. because I didn't get along with my father well. We always argued and he never listens to my opinion because I'm still a teenager. And, he always works! I rarely see him except for breakfast or if I'm lucky, I'll see him at dinner." Squall nodded understandingly. 

"Urrmm.. urrmm.. I saw.. your picture.. with Ms. Quistis. You still love her?" Rinoa asked.

"It's none of your business. Why don't you just mind your own?" Squall replied angrily.

"I'm sorry," Rinoa apologized, starting to regret what she said.

"You should be! You should think before you say anything. Or maybe you're just brainless, that's why you can't think! My relationship with Quistis is my own problem so you better stay out of it! You're such a busybody, you know that!" Squall growled.

Rinoa's blood was boiling. He was getting too far. "Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?! I did say I'm sorry. And here you are, still screaming at me! Who do you think you are, huh?!"

"I was teaching you to mind your own business. Because you're too stupid to know what privacy means," Squall hissed.

"Well, you're just wasting your time! Because I know perfectly well what privacy means but you need to teach yourself some manners!" Rinoa snapped back. The driver stopped and said, "We're here, young master."

"Thank god! Now, you can get out!" Squall yelled.

"No need to tell me that. It'll be my pleasure to go away from a cold-blooded monster like you!" Rinoa screamed as she shut the door. She ran back into her house. The driver drove back to Squall's house.

Squall covered his face and whispered, "What did I just do? Why can't I control myself? Quistis, this all your fault. Now, I can't face and talk to her again."

HoNeyZ-RiNoA: That was quiet a fight! They used to have childish fights and bickering but that one was a real, scary one. So what will happen to their relationship? Next chapter will be a cool one. It'll be about Quistis and Squall thing and there's a new guy in school!! Guess who?