BD: And so I'm back. from outer space. and I walked in to find that cookie on that blue plate, I shoulda drank some milk with that, I should have noticed it was triple chocolate, But no I didn't, and now I have a cavity! And so now go! Leave the tooth! Go along now! You're not welcomed there anymore! **Tries to pull tooth out but can't**

David: Oh god, why do you torture me so?

BD: Oh! Almost forgot! I wanna thank some reviewers.

PasifiKStar: Thank you for the review and thank you for giving me permission to use the name of your fic in this. ^__^

Yori Kiri: Yep, you guessed it. She is. I guess they had a little fun, but I'm still not sure if she will or will not. This takes on Thursday, I think. **shrugs** Ah, well. T__T You made friends with David!? Oh, great trust me he's hell! (David: I'm not that bad am I? **cries**) Ugh. **whispers** chicken-wuss. (David: I heard that!!!!) I don't careeeeeee!

Kirlos1235: Not sure if Seifer is coming back. maybe. And if I forgot anyone else sorry!

Disclaimer: Black Demon doesn't own Final Fantasy VIII! Duh! .Idiot.

The Truth (revised)

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Squall awoke with Rinoa next to his bed. He tried remembering what happened and remembered that Rinoa was tired and couldn't make it to her dorm. So she slept with him. He quietly got up trying not to wake the angel next to him. He put on a dark blue shirt that Rinoa had bought for him during their journeys. It read; I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it. He took a look at Rinoa who was taking breaths every now and then. 'I so do not deserve her' he thought. He looked in his desk and found a note pad and a pen and wrote something down and walked outside the door. Today, he was going to find something, a ring for Rinoa. 'I can't believe I'm going to propose to her' Squall thought on his way to enter a car. He made sure he had his wallet, which had tons of money thanks to their whole journey, and ignited the car. He drove off to Esthar where he ran through the shops looking for the perfect ring.

**

Rinoa woke up abruptly when she heard banging against the door. She got up and opened the door to find Zell. He quickly turned away after he caught a glimpse of her.

"Woah... um Rinoa... mind getting some clothes on?" Zell asked. Rinoa blushed as she noticed that was wearing only just on of Squall's T-shirts. 'Thank Hyne that his shirts are huge on me' she thought. She did have panties on, but still it's embarrassing. She quickly ran inside and frantically looked for her shorts. She found a pair lying under a heap of clothes and put it on. She reopened the door.

"What do you need Zell?" She asked still red.

"Well, uh I needed to know where Squall was." Zell said.

"I don't know." Rinoa replied. "Why?"

"Nothing important, just tell him to contact me." Zell said already running off.

"Ok..." Rinoa said. She walked inside. "Where did you go, Squall?" She then noticed a sticky note on the desk. It read: Rinoa, went shopping. Love, Squall

"Wonder what he went shopping for..." Rinoa said as she thought. She gave up her thought and jumped into the shower and quickly changed and did her hair when Squall walked in. He heard the blow dryer going off so he quickly placed the ring inside his pocket. He walked into the bathroom to find Rinoa doing her hair. She saw him and turned the blow dryer off. He walked over to her and kissed her cheek.

"Where were you?" Rinoa asked.

"Shopping, like it said on the note." Squall said. "You got the note right?" Rinoa nodded.

"Oh, by the way..." Rinoa started saying. "Contact Zell."

"Why?" Squall asked. Rinoa shrugged and returned to her hair. "Alright then, how long you gonna be?"

"Hour." Rinoa said seriously. Squall looked at her and saw her smiling. He pulled her in and placed a gentle noogie on her.

"Aw, great." Rinoa said. "Now it will take an hour!" Squall smiled and kissed her on the lips and walked out of the bathroom. He picked up the phone and dialed Zell's number.

"Zell?" Squall asked. "What did you want?" He listened intently to Zell speaking.

"How much!?" Squall asked yelling. "Alright... fine I'll pay it to you once I see you."

"What was that about?" Rinoa asked still blow-drying her hair.

"Zell wants the money for the limo." Squall said.

"How much?" Rinoa asked.

"35,000 gil each." Squall said. The blow-dryer was heard no more, for Rinoa had turned it off.

"What!?" Rinoa asked as much surprised as Squall was.

"Yeah, it is." Squall said.

"Every person?" Rinoa asked.

"No, just the men." Squall replied. He sat down. He had the money but he was starting to spend a bit to much. The ring he had bought her was 100,000 gil but he was never going to tell her that.

"Oh, all right then." She said jokingly and went back to finishing her hair. Squall got up and took the ring out his pocket and looked at it. It was a silver diamond on a gold ring. Embodied inside the ring was: Rinoa, you are my angel, Love with all my heart, Squall.

"Aren't I romantic?" Squall asked himself with a smirk.

"Sometimes." Replied a voice. Squall quickly hid the ring. He saw Rinoa. Her hair had come out fabulous. She put her arms around Squall and laid her head on his chest. "I'm so glad we can finally rest."

"Yeah, me too." Squall said. "Though, one does miss the old days."

"Old days?" Rinoa asked. "Our whole escapade ended not only days ago!"

"I know." Squall said with a smirk. He grabbed her hand and walked outside. He ran towards Zell's dorm tugging Rinoa with him. She then caught up and started tugging him. Squall soon caught up and before they knew it they were at his dorm door. Squall hit his door hard with his fist until Zell opened the door.

"Yeah?" Zell asked.

"Here's the money..." Squall said taking money out of his wallet. "You're gonna make all of us poor." Rinoa entered the room for she had never seen Zell's room before. Squall looked over Zell's shoulder to make sure Rinoa was out of eyeshot and earshot. He pulled the ring box out of his coat pocket and opened it, showing Zell. Zell put his hands on his face.

"Oh, I don't know it's just to soon!" Zell whispered sarcastically knowing it was for Rinoa. Squall frowned at his comment and his eyes darted at where Rinoa was. Zell's eyes widened. "You're not serious, are ya?" Squall only nodded with a smirk.

"When dude?!" Zell said little louder then a whisper. Before Squall had a chance to say anything another voice was heard.

"When what?" Rinoa asked trying to see from over Zell's shoulder. Zell quickly took the ring box.

"I was asking Squall when would be a good time to propose to someone." Zell said quickly.

"But, you're not going out with anyone, are you?" Rinoa asked.

"Well, I think I am with Quistis." Zell replied.

"Oh?" Rinoa asked quite surprised. "For how long?"

"One day." Zell replied smiling. Squall and Rinoa stared at him. 'He's gonna propose to her after being his girlfriend for one day!?' Rinoa thought. 'Oh, crap I owe him big for this' Squall thought. "That's why I asked when I should ask her, he was saying that it was way to early."

"Is this true, Squall?" Rinoa asked looking at Squall. Squall would be screwed right now if he did not ever use a straight face all the time.

"Yes, that is true." Squall said with a serious face.

"Alright then." Rinoa said. "He's right, Zell, it's to early."

"Well, we must be going." Squall said. Rinoa nodded and started walking off. Zell quickly gave the box back to Squall.

"Dude, you owe me big." Zell said. "So, when?"

"Saturday, probably." Squall said. He placed the box back into his back and said good-bye to Zell and ran off to catch up to Rinoa. "Rinoa?"

"Yes, Squall?" Rinoa asked.

"What if I proposed to you?" Squall asked.

"Well, I'd say yes why?" Rinoa asked.

"Just making sure." Squall said with a smile.

"You're not planning anytime soon now are you?" Rinoa asked.

"Nope." Squall said holding in a smile.

"Oh, a-alright then." Rinoa said a bit depressed. Squall didn't notice her voice for he was once again lost in thought. He was thinking about how to ask her. They walked into the cafeteria and noticed they had missed breakfast. So, Rinoa got lunch while Squall looked for a seat. He saw Quistis reading the same book called "My Knight." (A/N: It's a fic and I've read it before, try it, it's pretty good, It's called My Knight: By R. Heartilly by PasifikStar) He sat at the seat in front of her but she didn't notice his presence.

"How's the book?" Rinoa asked coming to the table. Quistis looked up and saw Squall looking at the floor from the seat in front of her. She then saw Rinoa walking to the table with a bowl and a hot dog. She sat down next to Squall and placed the bowl in front of him. He gladly took the bowl and started drinking it from the bowl.

"Ahem." Rinoa said. Squall looked at her and she held a spoon up. He took the spoon and used it to eat. (A/N: No! This has nothing to do with Beauty and the Beast! I don't like that movie and never will! The beast should have killed Belle. I swear I would have. **shivers**) "Now, how is it?"

"It's okay." Quistis replied. "Very addictive."

"I see." Rinoa said, before she started eating her hot dog furiously. Squall stopped eating his soup and stared at Rinoa in disbelief. Once she saw him staring she swallowed her food and looked at him. "What?"

"Um. since when did you eat like Zell?" Squall asked.

"I'm hungry!" Rinoa said.

"Alright, alright." Squall said and continued to eat his soup. Quistis got up and left without saying a word. Squall finished his soup and closed his eyes and started to think again. Rinoa finished her food and tugged Squalls shirt. Her tugging made Squall snap out of his thoughts.

"Yes?" He asked.

"I'm tired." Rinoa whined.

"So go to bed." Squall said closing his eyes again. Rinoa frowned.

"I want you to come with me." Rinoa said. Squall opened his eyes. He nodded and followed her to her dorm. They closed the door.

**

"Irvine Kinneas!" Selphie yelled as she slapped his arm playfully. She had caught him once again looking at other girls.

"What?" Irvine asked with a smile. He waved towards the girls and they giggled.

"I thought we are now boy friend and girl friend!" She exclaimed. Irvine was taken aback by her comment.

"We-we are?" Irvine asked.

"Well, yeah." Selphie said hopefully. "You asked me out on a date, remember?"

"Oh!" Said Irvine. "I didn't know if we were or not, well now I do." He grinned, things couldn't get any better for him.

"Um, Irvy?" Selphie asked. Irvine flinched at the name.

"Yea, Selph?" Irvine said turning towards her. She looked up at him and pulled him into a kiss. It was a passionate one but it took a while for Irvine to get the rhythm. They broke away.

"Wow." Selphie said. "I've always wanted to know how that felt like."

"You mean you've never?" Irvine asked in disbelief.

"Well, once but that was like a peck." Selphie said blushing. "I had a boy friend at the age of ten."

"You did?" Irvine asked. "What was his name?"

"Jack." Selphie replied now a deep color of crimson.

"Heh, that's fine with me." Irvine said laughing. "I've had plenty of girl friends."

"Yeah, right." Selphie said as she rolled her eyes.

"Don't you think that kissing is too soon for the both us?" Irvine asked. "We've only been going out for, not even a day."

"Irvine, to tell the truth, I've liked you ever since I met you, and I feel like the closer I get to you, the happier I feel." Selphie replied

"Really mean that?" Irvine asked. Selphie nodded and Irvine grinned. "I could say that and more, but I can't cause' I forgot it." She looked at him with disappointment. They did not speak until.

"I'm bored."

"Oh?" Irvine asked.

"Yeah." Selphie replied. "I know!"

"Huh?" Irvine asked once again.

"Let's go shopping!" Selphie said. "I need a dress and you could get a suit or something nice for Saturday!"

"I guess, I know Squall needs a new suit." Irvine stated.

"Then we'll ask Rinoa and Squall to come to!" Selphie said cheerfully. Before Irvine could argue he found himself chasing after Selphie who was running to Rinoa's dorm.

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When they arrived at Rinoa's dorm door the knocked but no one answered so they opened it. There in the bed they saw Squall holding Rinoa tightly, with clothes on though. (A/N: What you thought they did it? Pervert!) Rinoa's head was placed on Squall's chest.

"Aw, that's so cute." Selphie said. Why can't we do that? Irvine thought to himself. Selphie quietly walked over to the couple and shook them both gently awake.

"Hey guys." Rinoa said. It seemed she wasn't embarrassed at all to be found lying in bed with Squall.

"Hello!" Selphie chirped. "Hello, there Squall, have fun?" She said with a grin.

"Whatever." Squall replied. He got out of his bed hastily. "What do you guys want?"

"Well, we wanna know if you guys wanna go shopping for our clothes for Saturday." Selphie answered. Squall noticed that Selphie was jumping which made him roll his eyes.

"Um, sure." Rinoa said. "Is that alright with you, Squall?" 'Not really,' He thought.

"I guess." Squall said as shrugging. He grabbed his key card and walked out of Balamb with Irvine, Selphie, and Rinoa.

"Hey Selph?" Irvine asked. Selphie turned to his direction. "Why didn't you invite Zell or Quistis?"

"Well, Zell has a suit and Quistis has one already." Selphie said and she giggled.

"What's so funny?" Rinoa asked.

"Well, Zell ran out as fast he could after the plans were settled and got a suit." Selphie said now laughing. "I don't think he can wait."

"Me neither." Rinoa agreed also laughing. Squall stayed silent as they entered Esthar City. He looked up to see a poster of his father, Laguna. Squall never knew why he despised his father. Maybe it was because he thought that if Laguna was there, at Squall's birth, Laguna could have saved Squall's mother Raine. He looked at the poster with disgust. 'What are you lookin' at?' He thought. (David Note: If you can guess what game that's from. you get a cookie. BD: COOKIE!? WHERE!? I WANT!!!! David: Help me..)

"Hello, Squall!" Rinoa yelled causing Squall to step backwards in surprise. "We're going into the men's department first!" She dragged the very reluctant Squall inside the store and looked for a suitable suit that would go with Squall's, appearance. They found a nice black jacket with a white polo t-shirt, they wanted to be him new pair of pants with out his tied up and twisted belts but he was persistent on the answer...

"No." Squall said angrily.

"Aw, c'mon Squall!" Selphie begged. Irvine had gone off to try a suit that Selphie had picked out for him. "Please?"

"No." Squall repeated. Selphie started whining and complaining. 'Where in Hyne's name is Rinoa?!' Squall thought.

"Squall, would you just try on one pair of these black khakis." Rinoa asked holding a pair up. The pair of khakis was very much in comparison to his leather pants, hence the belts. He rolled his eyes and took the piece of clothing and walked off to the changing room.

"Got you to?" Irvine asked as he heard clinging and clanging from Squall's belt and boots.

"Yeah." Squall replied coldly. "You're still not done?"

"I'm not coming out." Irvine replied. "I have to much pride."

"Go show the girls." Squall stated.

"I told you, I have to much pride!" Irvine said now almost yelling.

"Whatever." Squall said. He walked in and all but a door shutting was heard. 'Alright, I gotta look Selphie in the eye, and tell her that this color is not good for me' Irvine thought. He got up and walked out to where the girls were. They were searching clothes very intently.

"Um, Selph?" Irvine asked. He scratched his head. "I uh, think that this col..."

"Oh, my God!" Selphie said as she saw Irvine's clothing. "Pink is so you!"

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BD: And there ya go! I hope I got the emotions and such down! Now where are those cookies you promised David?

David: Get cookies when more writing is done Black Demon.

BD: You gotta be kidding me!

David: I'm not.

BD: Well anyways, sorry it took awhile, stupid school. 8th grade and all.

David: Excuses, excuses.

BD: Shut your yap. Ok, there are reasons why I made Zell and Quistis not come, first because I have plans in store for them and they had to grow a relationship and ZellXQuistis's are hard to make.

David: And the second one is because your gonna have Zell make some good moves?

Black Demon: Nah, it was because I was to lazy.

David: **anime-style fall**

Black Demon: I hate my teachers, they always give me so much homework! Jesus!

David: You said the Lords name in vain! I'm telling on you! **runs off to find Black Demon's mother**

BD: NO, WAIT! Aw, crap. Well Review guys, they don't just review on their own! I didn't do whatever he says I did! GAH! See ya guys!

Next Chapter: What Zell and Quistis did, Rinoa's test (fingers crossed). By the way, I know there is an action/adventure is genre but they just got back! Let me give them two more chapters of peace!