[A/N Oooh… some people might kill me for making it like this but just trust me. ^^ And oh, yeah, I hope it's okay and I hope it's not boring.]

Silence was heard and she saw confusion in his dark green eyes that usually sparkled with arrogant happiness. She felt her heart pounding in her chest, she felt it hard to breath as she waited for any sort reaction. She wished desperately to be able to just take back her question. She stared at her book, and frowned. His face was blank and showed no sign of emotion. She bit her lip and wished to be anywhere but there at that moment.

"Seifer." She uttered that single word and his eyes stared back at her with a longing emotion she couldn't describe with mere words.

"Quistis." He said softly and desperation was heard within his voice, "I... do... care about you." The tone of his voice switched and expressed the longing sadness that was also shown in his eyes.

She stared at the ground and felt something tugging at her chest, and tears already beginning to fill her eyes.

"You don't... care..." She spoke softly. The slight tugging on her heart began to feel like her heart breaking into two.

"Quistis, I..." He said, "I don't want to hurt you..." He began, "You know what I'm like... I just don't want to hurt you..." He said desperately trying to fit his feelings into words.

She cut him off before the tears in her eyes could fall, "Too late. You already did." She tried to make her voice empty and cold but she still couldn't hide the sadness and pain she felt. She stood up and began to run out the door. He grabbed her arm swiftly and tried to stop her from going away.

"Quistis, please, just you know me. I could just end up hurting you... more than you can imagine... I don't want that..." He said in desperate confusion.

"Please ...Leave me alone, like I should be." She whispered to him. And with that she tugged her arm free and ran. Ran far away from her troubles, from her problems.

I knew it. I knew it. I am meant to be alone... No one! No one, cares about me.

This thought kept nagging her as she ran to the forests. She ran away from the Garden and yet her thoughts just wouldn't leave her in peace. A voice in her head kept telling her that she was impossible for everyone. She ran and ran, until she tripped on a rock. A trail of blood ran down her knee. She got up and walked over a bigger rock and sat down a simple empty emotion being felt in her heart.

A tiny trail of crimson began its way to the ground. She held her knee, the pain was barely noticed compared to the pain in her heart, and she realized that she had used up her last cure on Seifer.

Then finally, she couldn't stop it and the tears just began to fall. She let it fall down though, she let it drop on her cheek and fall to the ground, splashing against the grass. She just stayed there for the longest time waiting for no one to come.

No one. No one. Quistis Trepe, belongs with no one.

She rested her head on her knees and closed her eyes. When she opened them, it was late and the night began to show itself. She was on the ground. She stared at the sky and realized she had probably fallen asleep. She stood up and sat down on the same rock. She heard voice calling her and so she turned to where she heard them.

"Quistis?" It was Rinoa. "Quistis...?" The voices got louder and louder.

"Over here." She said softly. A shadowy figure appeared and so did another two behind it.

"There you are. Been looking all over for you." Rinoa ran over to her side and Quistis stood up, she didn't say a word.

"What happened to your knee?" Rinoa frowned. Squall and Selphie behind her just stared at them.

"Tripped on something." Quistis muttered.

"Hmm... No problem." Selphie said, she tried to be cheerful as always, but Quistis could sense some of it was forced. "Cura!" White sparks flew out and healed Quistis knee.

"Thanks." She said, not really caring.

Rinoa and Selphie gave each other knowing looks and Squall just looked plain concerned.

LOOKS concerned... I don't think they really care. No one does. And so why should they be any different?

"...We should go now. It's late." He said quietly.

Quistis nodded vaguely with nothing to say or add.

They walked back to the Garden in silence. Everyone could sense that Quistis did not want to be spoken to at the moment.

When they got there, Squall left with Rinoa, after they uttered their falsely cheery good-byes. Selphie walked Quistis back to her room, though.

They saw Seifer on the way and he looked at Quistis with concerned eyes. She just turned away from him. From the corner of her eyes though, she noticed he looked so torn apart. He looked like he was deciding to talk to Quistis or just leave. In the end, he just stood there and watched as Quistis walked into her room and shut the door closed. After a moment of staring at absolutely nothing, he left for his room as well.

Once Selphie had left, Quistis just laid on her bed and stared at the ceiling. She saw her book next to her. She just turned away and shoved it off the bed in disgust. She shut her eyes and tried to forget about her horrible day.

She stayed there the whole night. Alone.

[A/N Bad… bad… Anyway, stay tuned for the next one! ^^]