[A/N Hmm… start of the Seifitis! =) Yay! My favorite! Hope you like it!]

Undiscovered Light

~*Quistis*~

I clapped my hand over my mouth to stop my giggling. I don't usually laugh uncontrollably but this was too much. Squall was finally opening up... and kissing Rinoa on the balcony! Talk about a change.

Irvine was laughing as well and Selphie quickly covered his mouth with her hand.

They heard us though, and even though I couldn't hear their exact words because of my laughter, I could see them blushing a very deep shade of red.

"How long have you been watching?" Rinoa asked us, hands on hips.

"Just after Irvine's camera ran out of battery. Only since you two..." I began but I had to laugh again.

"Too bad we didn't have that on tape." That was Irvine, the perverted one.

Rinoa and Squall were still blushing so I added mischievously, "Oh, come on you two! It's not that surprising anyway. Get back inside before the others suspect other things..."

Squall ran inside quickly at my words. I grinned and followed.

I glanced back at Selphie and Irvine and figured I should leave them alone.

Everyone was with someone. No one was left alone... except me. I shook my head. That's just me. Quistis Trepe, the 'Loner'.

I had to stop thinking about that though because Headmaster Cid and Matron were motioning me to call Squall. I nudged him with my elbow and he saw them waving. He pulled Rinoa after him.

I sat down on the table with Zell and Michele, the library girl.

I rested my head on my hands and closed my eyes for a second trying to recall everything that had happened that day.

When I opened my eyes I saw Michele gazing at Zell and his hotdogs.
"I don't understand how you can stand watching him eat." I said to Michele.

She laughed. "I got used to it after the first few minutes." She seemed to be a nice girl. I wondered why though she found Zell and his eating fascinating.

I started to say something when I felt the ground shake and a glass of water spilled on the table.

"We've landed?" I asked Michele, since Zell was too busy stuffing his mouth with hotdogs.

She nodded. "I think."

"Excuse me." I said to Michele, and Zell if he was actually listening.

I stood up and walked outside. I walked through the halls of the Garden and made my way to the Front Gate.

When I got there I just stood there, enjoying the peace and quiet of everything, contrast to the noisy ballroom. I stood for the longest time until I saw a dark figure moving around the Garden. I frowned, knowing that everyone was probably still inside.

I gripped Save The Queen, just in case. The figure moved closer to me.

"Trepe?"

I loosened my grip on Save The Queen but I didn't let it go completely.

"Seifer...?" I asked. The figure moved closer and I realized that it was him. It was Seifer.

I shook my head and kept the cold look on my face. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Is it a crime to go back to my old home for a look?" He asked me. For once he wasn't being sarcastic. His tone of voice was regretful.

It took a few seconds for his words to register.

"Old home...? What you're not coming back?" I asked, shocked.

He smirked and I saw a glimpse of the old Seifer in him.

"No." He told me, "What is it like anyone would want me there, Trepe? Like anyone would want me back, hell they're probably all relieved that I'm gone."

"Quistis." I said, letting go of my whip. That was all I could say. I had no other reply to what he had just said.

Sure I thought he was dangerous and that he was a jerk for letting Ultimecia use him for a puppet nearly causing us all to die. But, standing right there in front of me... he didn't seem to bad. Maybe it wasn't all his fault. After all, Matron was forgiven and she was used as well.

"You're wanted, Seifer." I said quietly after a moment of silence.

He sneered. "Right, Quistis."

"Like who would actually want me back?" He asked, sarcastically.

I froze. "I'm sure, some students would want you back..." He made no reaction upon hearing this and just kept his back facing me. "...and I would." I said softly, knowing my words were unsure but true.

He turned around. He just stared at me for a moment and I thought he looked almost hopeful.

But then the hope vanished and his face turned back to it's empty expression.

"Quistis, it's not like you actually mean that." He said.

"I do! I mean..." I couldn't say things the way I meant them. Why were emotions so hard to deal with?

He smiled vaguely. "It's okay, Trepe. I might not go back now but..." He shrugged. "It's fine."

"What do you mean, go back now?" I asked him.

He shrugged and gave me another smile. I don't see him smile often, smirk yes, smile no.

"I still think you should go back, Seifer." I said, giving him a hesitant smile.

"Thanks... Quistis." He said. "But... not yet. Hell, some of them might want to kill me like you almost did back there." He laughed.

I blushed. "I wasn't going to... I thought..." He laughed more at my embarrassment. It wasn't the rude kind of laughing... It was gentle, unlike the usual attitude he carried.

"So why are you out here anyway, Trepe? When you can be in there with your friends?" He indicated the Garden.

"I needed time to think." I replied. "It didn't feel right being in there for some reason. I leaned against a tree.

"Hell, it wouldn't be right for me to be in there. Why you, Trepe? You just defeated a sorceress and stopped another war why wouldn't you feel right in there?"

I hesitated and wondered that exactly, "I'm not exactly sure... Maybe because I feel alone. And like a failure."  I said my words quietly and softly.

"Woah, back up. I don't get that." He told me, shaking his head.

"Let's put it this way: Squall and Rinoa were hanging out together in the balcony, Selphie and Irvine were laughing together and Zell was with Michele."

"Michele?"

"Library Girl."

"Oh, yeah, now I remember her." Seifer ran a hand through his blonde hair. "Now I get how you feel."

"You do?" I asked.

"Sure. I felt like that all the time. It's hard not to feel alone when you feel like a failure and a loser." He said. His green eyes lit up with mischief.

"You're not a failure and a loser!" I told him, trying to figure out what he was getting at.

"Neither are you." He grinned.

I stopped. Maybe he was actually making a good point. Seifer Almasy, actually said something sincere. I frowned and thought about what he just said.

"Still. So I'm not a failure. Just a loser and alone." I smiled ruefully.

"No you're not." He disagreed with me.

"Fine, then alone." I still protested, smiling.

"Not that either." He shook his head.

"Would you just let me have a few bad qualities?" I asked him.

"Nope." He said, grinning. "You're not alone and you're not a loser." He pulled me close and gave me a quick kiss.
It felt nice and I felt myself melt even in that quick, two seconds.

"What was that for?" I asked him in half anger, half shock.

"To prove you ain't alone." He said to me still wearing his smirk.

"Seifer, I swear, on those stars up there," I pointed to the sky "in all my life I have never understood you." I smiled despite my shock.

"Don't think anyone ever will." He smirked again. "And I swear on those stars you are no loser. Visit me sometime in Balamb if you'd like, Quistis."

"I'd like that." I said.

"Good. I have to go. See you." He grinned again and turned away. He walked to Balamb and yelled, "Remember what I said! And I'll be expecting your visits!"

He left me alone, with the a worried Selphie yelling somewhere, "Where are you?!?"

"Here." I said softly. My lips were still tingling with… what? Delight? Maybe.

Footsteps and then Selphie and Irvine appeared.

"There you are!" Selphie bounced. "What were you doing?"

"Just... thinking." I said.

"Well come on!" Selphie pulled me towards the entrance of the Garden.

Seifer Almasy, you are something I'll never understand, I thought as I smiled and looked up at the stars.