Title: Downfall

Author: Rageful Fairy

Rating: R

Posted: 03/19/04

Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership of Final Fantasy 8.

Warnings: Yaoi and Shounen-ai content for later. Violent content for soon ...

and content in general for every chapter.

Pairing: Seifer x Squall [In a little while.]

Summary: When similar scars connect two people in many more ways than imaginable. [Seifer x Squall]

Author's Notes: Sorry about not getting this chapter up for a while. I've been planning my birthday party! [ who wants to get me a present!? It's on March 26... if you want to send me some money or something. Just kidding. ] Well... tra la la! New chapter! Enjoy!

[ [ [ DOWNFALL ] ] ]

[ [ [ FOURTH OF MANY PARTS ] ] ]

[ [ [ PAYING A VISIT TO SQUALL ] ] ]

The previous night, Seifer blanked out. The last of what he could remember was that he was in the Quad, reading his father's old journals. He didn't remember how he got in his dorm or why...

Or why Quistis Trepe is hovering over his bed in his dorm room!

"Oh my Hyne! Look who we have here. Come to molest me, too?" Seifer grumpily acknowledged the woman, letting sarcasm roll off of his tongue as well as annoyance.

"Cut it out, Almasy," Quistis threatened, her eyes seeming to shift colors into a dark, piercing navy and then back to sapphire.

"I mean, hello Dear Instructor. It is okay that you are in my dorm room when I'm in just my boxers. Please, do admire me half-naked," Seifer took back his words, replacing them with ones just as corrosive and just as rude.

"Oh, don't push it! Get dressed!" the blonde Instructor ordered, not even sure if she was going to be able to tolerate Seifer for another day.

"I don't think you need to see me naked, so, you can get out now. Damn, I'll be out in a second," Seifer grumbled, rising from bed, leaving his simple white covers collected into a wrinkly ball on the left side of the twin-sized bed.

"All right." Quistis dismissed the conversation with that. Who knows what Seifer and herself could get into if she hadn't...

The blonde welcomed herself into the kitchenette and took a seat on the stool. She gazed around the plain dorm. Every single little thing was either white, black, or a sickening light blue. She felt drowsy just by studying the boring, artless living conditions the SeeD candidates have to endure.

"Yeah, I'm done," Seifer told the blonde Instructor as he walked out of his room.

"Great! We've received word that Squall is feeling 'fine,' so I'm going to take you to see him so you can kiss and make up," Quistis cheerily said, with sarcastic words... but her voice was sounding literal.

"Do you mean so you two and kiss and make out? I don't want to be part of that," Seifer joked, offending the Instructor once more.

"Why do I put up with you? Oh, come on!" Quistis calmly walked out of the door, speeding down the circular main hall of Balamb Garden, with Seifer trotting along behind her.

"We're going to have a lecture on the way to the Infirmary. Fun, aren't they, Seifer?" Quistis questioned.

"Just dandy," Seifer lousily retorted, awaiting the old words of wisdom that he'd practically memorized already.

... He didn't even bother to listen to any of it ...

The three or so minutes seemed to have dragged along, with Quistis' babbling, and his own random thoughts. What a damn coincidence. Pops and ma, in the same situation as I was in. Destined to be just like ma, huh? Leonhart could get a kick out of this, even if he won't say anything about it. Should I tell? No. Well, now I know that there's something that the kid actually doesn't know.

The two approached the Infirmary, Quistis looking neutral... and Seifer looking as if the most dreadful experience of the day was awaiting, they walked inside, being welcomed with the warm greeting from Doctor Kadowaki.

"Instructor Trepe!" Doctor Kadowaki exclaimed, as if she was surprised to see the woman here to check up on her prized student. "... Seifer," she added.

Seifer cocked his eyebrow, letting out a disrespectful, 'heh heh that's so nice, wise-ass,' sound. Since he already knew what he had to do, he decided to barge right into Squall's room, and plopped right down in the visitor's chair.

Laying down was a weakened Squall. He looked as if he was resting, but his eyes had peaked open. He could see Seifer from the corner of his eye. Seifer knew Squall had acknowledged he was there. He almost looked surprised that Seifer was there.

"Don't flatter yourself, Leonhart."

"Whatever... but, I must discuss something with you...," Squall said, with a little expression in his voice.

"Yeah, shoot."

Okay, I'm sure that was a boring chapter for everyone. But it gets good next chapter! Really good!