Valentine's Day Special
By Rachel

Author's Note: This is a collection of short stories I did for Valentine's day. They stand alone and don't really have anything to do with each other.

A Day With You.

Squall Leonhart considered the item before him very carefully. It was a special day, one that he was not used to celebrating. He always agreed, silently of course, with Quistis' saying that it was single-awareness day. Well now he no longer single, which meant he had to do something.

Rinoa had said to him that she didn't really want anything for Valentine's Day. She would be perfectly content to spend the day with him. No gifts required.

"I have to work though." He had told her.

"So," she shrugged then smiled at him, "I'll watch you work, then."

Remembering that, the card in his hand suddenly seemed wrong. It would be to impersonal. A piece of rough paper with roses on the front and a romantic quatrain on the inside scribbled in some intracate practically unreadable font. Maybe if he had written a poem himself... No. He'd gotten her roses already, a dozen as per cliché. It just didn't seem like enough.

"I have work though." "So, I'll watch you work."

And the idea hit him. Just like that! He had the perfect idea. He put the cheap card back in its place. Some woman plucked it up, glanced at it, and put it in her cart that had a lot of other cheap Valentine's Day gifts. He shook his head and walked out of there. On his way back he stopped by the candy store and bought her a box of her favorite chocolates.

THE NEXT DAY......

Normally Cid woke most of the inhabitants of Garden with an intercom alarm, followed by an announcement. Not this morning however. Squall flipped on the intercom switch.

"Good morning, " he waited while people woke up a bit, "This is Commander Leonhart speaking. Today all classes are cancelled. It's Valentine's Day, and it should be spent with loved ones and not studying in classrooms all day long. I know I will be spending the day with the woman I love. That is all. Happy Valentine's Day."

He took a deep breath when he had finished. It was a bold move. New for him. He would undoubtedly get in trouble for it. It was worth it though. He was spending the day with Rinoa.

As he was walking out of the office he almost ran directly into Cid, who looked furious. It was an unusual look on the man's face, and maybe if it was directed at someone else he would have laughed inwardly.

"Squall, you do not have the authority to cancel classes without talking to me......"

"Sorry sir. I'm sticking with it. You should spend the day with your wife." Squall was smiling and looking past the headmaster. Rinoa was standing there smiling back at him.

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