~*~ When Did This Happen? ~*~
:: Seiftis. Squffie hints. (Quistis x Seifer, Squall x Selphie hints) ::
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Good News, More Trains
~Silverium~
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Inside the Chemistry Lab the machines built to test (since the ones back at the lab had been the full-sized ones much too large to bring over) were balanced on tables. Selphie ran over to look inside the glass window but she was rewarded with an empty box. Frowning she looked at Squall curiously and he simply pointed further down.
One of the scientists, a fairly young man, was bent over and using an eyedropper to sample various liquids and mix them together. He had a palate of various chemicals in front of him and was ticking off names from a list as he went. When they approached he looked up and smiled wearily.
"Bronze was an upper-level scientist, he graduated from one of the most prime universities. This poison-acid he made is very rich. What I have here are all the chemicals he used, assorted by their Ph levels, and then their opposites, the bases. Bronze heated some up, cooled others down, morphed some, and then did other things to still more chemicals. It's a tangled web to work with but we're making progress."
"Do you think that you can counter it on a patient that has been inflicted for quite a long time?" Squall asked,
"The damage isn't in her eye, it's on it. The whiteness you see isn't her actually eye, but its so close, so dangerously close, that you can't wipe it off without scratching her pupil. That would really damage her eye, we just need to dissolve it."
"So she'll be able to see again?" Selphie whispered, peeking over Squall's shoulder with wide-eyes,
"Hopefully," The man replied cheerfully, "I think so."
"Ooooooh—"
Squall blinked and instantly covered his ears,
"—YEEEEEEEAH!"
The bright yellow girl leapt into the air, performed a peace sign and then dropped with a twirl, "Squall! Let's go! We should make this a surprise for Quistis but let's go find Irvy and Seify and Zelly-kins!"
"…Zelly-kins?"
Selphie tore through the halls, Squall running to catch up with her. They went to the Training Room first where Seifer was just slashing through a floral enemy and Zell was sitting on the ground looking a bit dazed. Selphie ran over to him and helped him up, he had received a nasty hit from his opponent.
"Are you all right?" She asked in concern,
"Yeah I—"
"Guess what, guess what, guess what?" Selphie interrupted, hopping from one foot to the other,
"You don't care about—"
"Quisty's gonna get better!" Selphie squealed,
Zell's eyes widened and Seifer ran over, "Are you sure?" He asked,
"Yup yup!"
"We're not sure, just very confident," Squall allowed,
"Same thing!" Selphie demanded, sticking out her tongue, "I'm going to get her a gift, hey, Squally, come shopping with me!"
"I do owe you…" He managed,
"YEAH!"
Selphie towed him away while Seifer and Zell laughed. When they left Seifer sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Miss Liquid Sunshine seems to have rubbed off on Mr. Icy Moon."
"I can't believe you just said Mr. Icy Moon." Zell stared, snickering,
"Shut it, Chicken Wuss."
"Aww."
Squall screeched to a stop, pulling Selphie back, when they saw Cid coming down the main stairs of Balamb. Jogging over Squall heralded the man's attention with a wave.
"Ah, good afternoon Squall,"
"Hello," Squall had to clamp a hand over a dancing Selphie's mouth quickly, "We have reason to believe Quistis will get better, but could you not tell her? Selphie wants to keep this a secret."
"I think I can do that," Cid smiled pleasantly, happy to hear that possibly his best student, Quistis, would be back to normal soon.
With that done Squall allowed Selphie to go back towing him out of Garden. She then insisted they take the train to Deling. Sighing but with a smile at her radiant face Squall bought them two tickets at the station and then they waited in the sun for their ride.
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Holy am I ever bad. Getting swept away from all these darling reviews and not replying like I'm supposed to! Here goes the list. In no particular order.
DBH: I won't be posting any lemony goodness here, but if you'd like I could make a 'half chapter' and host it on my site. I don't have anything against writing lemon or lime, in truth.
Aramaring: Heh, I think any guy would like a dominatrix Selphie. She wouldn't give them many chances to complain even if they did! And I have written a sort of epilogue, so the end isn't the complete end! It's okay that you're reading only the Squall-Selphie parts, as long as you enjoy it I'm happy!
Verdanii: You're very impressive, always reviewing. Makes me happy.
Shorty38: Another won over to the Selphie-Squall! Whoo! I admit, I'm sadly disappointed with the Final Fantasy series right now. It crumbled. I was really looking forward to Enix getting in there, shameless plug time, because of the old NES game Dragon Warrior IV, get an emulator and rom and play it, because it kicks Final Fantasy's ass. (DW came before FF). The game is superior. It just is.
Satanic-Purple-Onion: I'm so touched that you find the fic humourous. I'm terrible at humour. I really am. "* jumps up in the air but falls quickly on stomache* gah!! All i feel is...pain.." lmao. That was hilarious. I love your reviews, they always make me smile. So you have a spy-mode too!? My friend and I do, it's hilarious to watch her creep around. Once she 'snuck' off without me, she's doing this spy creep all by herself while the rest of us crack up behind her. It was great. Holy Aries, an anime con right at my university. Hell yeah I'm going. You should like go…and find me…and stuff.
Candace: You like my plot! I'm so happy! Juggling the two couples wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Juliet3: Never fear, justice will be (is?) served.
Frost: It is a change, having the comic relief originating from Squall. But that's what you get from having a strange pairing like Selphie-Squall. ^-~ And you're right, Quistis is completely badass. Character development, no matter how slight, is really important to me.
Jade Stellar: Addicted to my humble fic?! You are really too kind! I had no idea it would turn out so popular! Whee! Zell's "I'll ring your bells" comment is a favourite of mine. I had a friend in my band class who was always said things like that. For instance: Teacher: "Tear your sheet at the perforated line." Brent: "I'll perforate YOUR line." And Teacher: "We're going to play Jingle Bells" Brent: "I'll jingle your mom's bells!" oh Aries, I've never laughed so hard.
Melancholy Dreamer: I'm glad you reviews me! I have TERRIBLE grammar, it's sad, I took English Honours, and you know what? They don't teach much grammar in it. So I'm afraid I don't always recognize the mistakes when I make them. It's weird, I do so love writing, it's my career of choice, but the technical bits escape me.
Cassaline: I try to update fairly frequently. As I've mentioned, the story is actually finished. I'm just putting it out bit by bit to encourage more people to read it. It stays visible to more readers on the newly-in page this way.
Kerrie-chan: Aw, thanks! This was supposed to be so simple yet it turned out to be a really fun write for me.
Daye: Will she blind will she not? Who knows! Asides from me.
