One Step Closer
Everything you say to me, Takes me one step closer to the edge, And I'm about to break. Linkin Park, One Step Closer.
Irvine's fingers drummed irritably on the table. He was aware of the looks he was getting and the whispered conversations going on behind his back. It had been a week since everyone had found out about Selphie and Xu, and it seemed to be the only thing they could talk about in Garden.
Irvine was tired of the smirks and whispered remarks as he went past and was already tense and annoyed with it, so much so that he had pinned a cadet to the wall and snarled 'We broke up before she met Xu alright!' in reply to the cocky son-of-a-bitch's 'So what's it like to be dumped for a girl?'
That incident had only made things worse and wasn't helping Irvine's temper at all. It wasn't the fact that Selphie was with Xu that bothered him, he was happy for her, in so far as he could be. Besides he himself had a few flings since they split, although they were meaningless one-nighters and what with all that was going on now it was getting really hard for him to pull.
The real problem he had was the people around him acting as if he was the one dumped and that they found it amusing.
'S'up Irvine?' a voice called behind him.
'Hey Zell.' Irvine said softly not turning. Zell sat down beside him with a plateful of hot-dogs.
'Please don't choke this time okay!' Irvine teased as Zell tucked into his hot-dogs.
'Hey come on that only happened once!' Zell retorted spraying breadcrumbs.
'So how's Jade?' Irvine said trying to make conversation.
'Good.' Zell replied. 'Man don't take it seriously.' He added.
'What are you talking about?' Irvine almost snapped.
'The idiots on the Selphie situation. Think of it this way you were the only man for Selphie.' Zell replied swallowing his mouthful of hot-dog. 'What's that supposed to mean?' Irvine asked hoping that Zell wasn't taking a dig at him.
'Well Selphie went off with Xu after you split up which means she doesn't want another guy. Besides its not exactly serious between them right?' Zell explained.
'Hmm I guess. Thanks Zell.' Irvine replied patting him on the shoulder as he got up to leave.
'Any time man.' Zell said cheerfully as Irvine walked away.
Irvine made his way to the Training Centre to blow off some steam. He pulled his shotgun, Exeter, from under his trench coat and shot a Grat between the eyes with pinpoint accuracy. He continued to squeeze the trigger, tension released little by little as the shells reduced the grat to a pulp.
As the monster faded Irvine felt more relaxed and loaded up Exeter for another round. It was then he heard the laugh, a sneering through the nose chuckle that cut to the bone.
Irvine turned to face the cocky cadet that caused him trouble before. 'What's so funny?' Irvine asked irritably.
The cadet grinned sarcastically 'Well you are. You're pathetic, you can't even keep a girl. You're so bad you put her off men!' he replied nastily.
Irvine grit his teeth in rage. 'Where do you get off on talking to me like that?' he snarled.
The cadet chuckled 'You don't belong here and you never have. At least Squall had the decency to be modest.' He said.
'So you got a thing for Squall you queer!' Irvine snapped.
The cadet sighed 'Always it comes to sex with you doesn't it? You never care about what damage you cause.' He told him.
Irvine grinned with realisation. 'So that's it you're pissed I took your girlfriend right.' He smirked.
The cadet's face locked concealing emotion 'Don't be so full of yourself. Like you could take any girl from me! Don't forget where your ex ended up! In the arms of another girl where she'll get more pleasure and tentative passion than she'd get with you, an arrogant clumsy fool!' The cadet tormented.
Irvine never realised what happened, there was a click, an explosion and all he could see through the haze of red was the tumbling form of the cadet, his chest torn away.
Irvin's hand trembled as the weight of Exeter pulled it down and he sank to his knees burying his head in his hands as Exeter slipped from his grasp.
Everything you say to me, Takes me one step closer to the edge, And I'm about to break. Linkin Park, One Step Closer.
Irvine's fingers drummed irritably on the table. He was aware of the looks he was getting and the whispered conversations going on behind his back. It had been a week since everyone had found out about Selphie and Xu, and it seemed to be the only thing they could talk about in Garden.
Irvine was tired of the smirks and whispered remarks as he went past and was already tense and annoyed with it, so much so that he had pinned a cadet to the wall and snarled 'We broke up before she met Xu alright!' in reply to the cocky son-of-a-bitch's 'So what's it like to be dumped for a girl?'
That incident had only made things worse and wasn't helping Irvine's temper at all. It wasn't the fact that Selphie was with Xu that bothered him, he was happy for her, in so far as he could be. Besides he himself had a few flings since they split, although they were meaningless one-nighters and what with all that was going on now it was getting really hard for him to pull.
The real problem he had was the people around him acting as if he was the one dumped and that they found it amusing.
'S'up Irvine?' a voice called behind him.
'Hey Zell.' Irvine said softly not turning. Zell sat down beside him with a plateful of hot-dogs.
'Please don't choke this time okay!' Irvine teased as Zell tucked into his hot-dogs.
'Hey come on that only happened once!' Zell retorted spraying breadcrumbs.
'So how's Jade?' Irvine said trying to make conversation.
'Good.' Zell replied. 'Man don't take it seriously.' He added.
'What are you talking about?' Irvine almost snapped.
'The idiots on the Selphie situation. Think of it this way you were the only man for Selphie.' Zell replied swallowing his mouthful of hot-dog. 'What's that supposed to mean?' Irvine asked hoping that Zell wasn't taking a dig at him.
'Well Selphie went off with Xu after you split up which means she doesn't want another guy. Besides its not exactly serious between them right?' Zell explained.
'Hmm I guess. Thanks Zell.' Irvine replied patting him on the shoulder as he got up to leave.
'Any time man.' Zell said cheerfully as Irvine walked away.
Irvine made his way to the Training Centre to blow off some steam. He pulled his shotgun, Exeter, from under his trench coat and shot a Grat between the eyes with pinpoint accuracy. He continued to squeeze the trigger, tension released little by little as the shells reduced the grat to a pulp.
As the monster faded Irvine felt more relaxed and loaded up Exeter for another round. It was then he heard the laugh, a sneering through the nose chuckle that cut to the bone.
Irvine turned to face the cocky cadet that caused him trouble before. 'What's so funny?' Irvine asked irritably.
The cadet grinned sarcastically 'Well you are. You're pathetic, you can't even keep a girl. You're so bad you put her off men!' he replied nastily.
Irvine grit his teeth in rage. 'Where do you get off on talking to me like that?' he snarled.
The cadet chuckled 'You don't belong here and you never have. At least Squall had the decency to be modest.' He said.
'So you got a thing for Squall you queer!' Irvine snapped.
The cadet sighed 'Always it comes to sex with you doesn't it? You never care about what damage you cause.' He told him.
Irvine grinned with realisation. 'So that's it you're pissed I took your girlfriend right.' He smirked.
The cadet's face locked concealing emotion 'Don't be so full of yourself. Like you could take any girl from me! Don't forget where your ex ended up! In the arms of another girl where she'll get more pleasure and tentative passion than she'd get with you, an arrogant clumsy fool!' The cadet tormented.
Irvine never realised what happened, there was a click, an explosion and all he could see through the haze of red was the tumbling form of the cadet, his chest torn away.
Irvin's hand trembled as the weight of Exeter pulled it down and he sank to his knees burying his head in his hands as Exeter slipped from his grasp.