[A/N Last chapter… I'll probably make an epilogue though… I love epilogues! ;) Okay…]
As Quistis stood there she felt emotions she never felt so strongly before
Part of her felt like running away, but the stronger part of her told her to go in there and talk to him.
Finally, after moments of just silent decision-making she slowly walked inside.
"Hello, Quistis." He said when he spotted her.
"Seifer." She said softly.
No one said anything for a long time. They just walked around until they reached the balcony. For some unknown reason, they just stopped walking when they got there.
"So... Are you feeling okay?" Seifer asked her.
"I'm alright." She said. Seifer looked at her critically.
He traced her wound softly. His touch was gentle and tender.
"Does it hurt?" He asked her and pulled his hand away almost guiltily.
"It's okay... Seifer, I... I mean, thanks. For saving me." She said quietly. Her heart longed to reach up to him and kiss him right there and then but something stopped her and said no.
"Oh and congratulations… On becoming a SeeD. I'm glad your hard work finally paid off. "
He doesn't love me, right? Why does he look so
troubled?
"Thanks, Quistis..." He began.
"Look, Seifer..." Quistis interrupted. She couldn't hold it in anymore. She had to say it. She stood clutching her book tightly in one hand, prepared to say what she wanted to. "I'm sorry for ignoring you... I shouldn't have. I know I shouldn't have... I mean, it's okay if..." She tried desperately to make the words come out. She stopped and stood in silence waiting nervously for Seifer to say something, anything.
"No, Quistis..." He said finally. The balcony was so silent and his soft voice was the only sound she heard. As well as the only sound she wished to hear. "I... I realized something when I found you yesterday. When I saw you like that... It made me realize how much you mean to me. Nothing else seemed to matter then...." He paused.
Quistis bit her lip as she anxiously waited for what he was going to say next. His words had made hope run free in her and her heart was pounding so hard that she felt like it was going to explode. The silence nearly killed her as she waited with as much anxiety as she possible could feel.
"...and I realized that..."
He's... Is he...? Does he...?
"...I love you."
Hyne.
Quistis voice just seemed to disappear as she tried to tell him the same. The silence just hung in the air as the pounding of Quistis' heart stopped suddenly. She was shocked at what he had just said but her happiness was absolute and she tried to make her words come out.
"Seifer..." Her voice was so soft that he barely heard her even in the silent balcony. She forced herself to speak louder.
Seifer looked both hopeful and nervous. He waited impatiently for even a reaction from Quistis.
"Seifer." She finally said after the longest pause. "I..." She found herself unable to speak but able again to smile and she did. She smiled warmly at him and he felt all his hope change into sheer joy as she uttered the words he had longed to hear from her.
"I love you too..."
He smiled one of his true smiles at her and both of them just stood there without words to fit the feelings they felt at that moment. She simply leaned against the balcony as she did the night of the Garden Festival.
She put her book down and she glanced at it. She looked up to see Seifer looking right at her,
"Did you reach the end yet?" He asked her. She was surprised by this question. Why would he be asking her that?
"No." She answered, still wearing a confused expression.
"Good." He pulled her towards him.
He looked around. "No chicken-wuss..." He muttered and smiled at Quistis once more. She finally felt complete happiness as he pressed his lips against hers. It felt so familiar to her, familiar yet she felt a new sense of joy.
When it ended and they finally pulled apart she leaned against him and rested her head against his shoulder, their hands never parting.
They stared at the sky and Quistis heard him whisper to her softly, "...And they lived happily ever after."
Her wish came true.
She smiled and knew that she wouldn't need to finish her book. It was a fairy tale. She was living in reality. But she still got the ending she wanted.
She turned to him and they kissed for the second time.
....And they lived happily ever after.
[A/N And that's the end of my fic. =) Hope you liked it. Thanks for all your reviews!!! I think I'm going to be making an epilogue to this… Yup, I think so… Anyway, thanks for reviewing!]
