Clouds and Smiles
i really truly am sorry i've been away. I just want to thank Platinum Angel and Hitori Loire for stickin with it. oh and that anon reviewer who kinda yelled at me. but it gave me the budge. i started it back up. its not a big mover in the story, but at least its a budge.
disclaimer: dont own it, dont sue. i'm already in debt cause of college. and i havent even started that yet.
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Fujin let the door slip close behind her as she carried her dufflebag in one hand and her shuriken case in the other. It was quite early in the morning so not a lot of people were walking down the halls of the dormitory. She finally looked up from the ground to look out over the courtyard as she passed by. She saw only a few early morners jogging and talking to each other quietly. After a moment of watching she stopped and realized how badly she really did want to be apart of their world. Their normal world. She hardly realized the world around her was rushing past her ears until she found herself on her hands in knees. She got up and brushed herself off only to find Selphie Tilmitt with a bunch of banner paper and paint buckets. Selphie's eyes widened unusually large and started to apologize.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Fujin! I really am. Oh Hyne. I'm really sorry, but I cant really see anything over this stuff." She moved the paper and buckets in a way to show Fujin, as if she hadn't already seen her overloaded arms.
"HELP?"
Selphie's face broke out into a huge smile and nodded appreciatively. Fujin smiled slightly back and was only able to take two buckets as her hands were already full. They walked to the Quad in silence until Selphie looked down at Fujin's bandages and gasped. "Oh, I totally forgot bout your arms. Are you sure you can carry all that?" Fujin looked down at her own bandages and nodded sadly. "FINE. REALLY."
"Oh...well. so you're leaving today, right?"
Fujin nodded again.
"Well, dont be so long, okay? we'll miss you around here. I know a lot of people dont show it, but Fujin...you hold Seifer and Raijin together. Especially with everything that's happened. Also, you've been a great help with the DC. I mean, I heard you guys were in control before hand, but I've heard people aren't complaining anymore. But I'm rambling, anyways, when you get back...you could, if you want, help out with the Festival. Just so you know, you know...if you start feeling left out...you can come and help and take your mind off of things. you could even talk to me, if you want!" Throughout the speech, Selphie's face changed from smile to grimace and smile again. She showed her emotions so freely and Fujin was glad because she could too. If others didnt have to hide them, why should she?
Before she could indulge more into the topic of feelings, she found herself at the openning of the Quad. Selphie turned towards her and gave her a big smile. They resumed their pace and Selphie started chatting away about how fantastic the Garden Festival was going to be this year and how Selphie was already planning the one for next year. This years Festival's theme was modelled after the Hogwarts Castle of Harry Potter. As Fujin surveyed her surroundings she realized only Selphie Tilmitt would be able to pull off a Festival made for people older than the should be age limit of Harry Potter as a theme. Fujin laughed softly and Selphie spun around and gasped. "You laughed! Don't you like it?"
"It's...Funny!" Once again Selphie gasped, yet started to laugh as well. Soon she was showing Fujin around, passing the game booths (one booth had an arm wrestling machine with "Man or Slytherin" hanging above it), and entering the ballroom area. Selphie spun around on the floor and looked up. Several animal cut outs were dangling with different coloured ribbons on them.
"So, what d'you think?"
"GOOD."
"cool, did you happen to wanna help me with the rest of the banners. I don't quite trust Zell with paint at the moment. I kinda told him the badger cut out he made looked a lot like a ferret." Selphie grinned but Fujin shook her head.
"SORRY. LEAVE. SOON." Selphie's grin disappeared and she ran up to Fujin and hugged her.
"I'm so sorry. For not, being there. I should've, you know, noticed." Fujin slightly patted her back and they pulled away. Selphie nodded and sniffed slightly. Then all of a sudden just as a cloud would, the frown disappeared and her sunny smile shone on.
"Well, at least now all you have to do, is go away on a vaca and get better. You'll be back in no time. Happy again." Fujin tried to smile as best as she could but wondered if she was ever truly happy to begin with.
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really am sorry again for the wait.
i really truly am sorry i've been away. I just want to thank Platinum Angel and Hitori Loire for stickin with it. oh and that anon reviewer who kinda yelled at me. but it gave me the budge. i started it back up. its not a big mover in the story, but at least its a budge.
disclaimer: dont own it, dont sue. i'm already in debt cause of college. and i havent even started that yet.
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Fujin let the door slip close behind her as she carried her dufflebag in one hand and her shuriken case in the other. It was quite early in the morning so not a lot of people were walking down the halls of the dormitory. She finally looked up from the ground to look out over the courtyard as she passed by. She saw only a few early morners jogging and talking to each other quietly. After a moment of watching she stopped and realized how badly she really did want to be apart of their world. Their normal world. She hardly realized the world around her was rushing past her ears until she found herself on her hands in knees. She got up and brushed herself off only to find Selphie Tilmitt with a bunch of banner paper and paint buckets. Selphie's eyes widened unusually large and started to apologize.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Fujin! I really am. Oh Hyne. I'm really sorry, but I cant really see anything over this stuff." She moved the paper and buckets in a way to show Fujin, as if she hadn't already seen her overloaded arms.
"HELP?"
Selphie's face broke out into a huge smile and nodded appreciatively. Fujin smiled slightly back and was only able to take two buckets as her hands were already full. They walked to the Quad in silence until Selphie looked down at Fujin's bandages and gasped. "Oh, I totally forgot bout your arms. Are you sure you can carry all that?" Fujin looked down at her own bandages and nodded sadly. "FINE. REALLY."
"Oh...well. so you're leaving today, right?"
Fujin nodded again.
"Well, dont be so long, okay? we'll miss you around here. I know a lot of people dont show it, but Fujin...you hold Seifer and Raijin together. Especially with everything that's happened. Also, you've been a great help with the DC. I mean, I heard you guys were in control before hand, but I've heard people aren't complaining anymore. But I'm rambling, anyways, when you get back...you could, if you want, help out with the Festival. Just so you know, you know...if you start feeling left out...you can come and help and take your mind off of things. you could even talk to me, if you want!" Throughout the speech, Selphie's face changed from smile to grimace and smile again. She showed her emotions so freely and Fujin was glad because she could too. If others didnt have to hide them, why should she?
Before she could indulge more into the topic of feelings, she found herself at the openning of the Quad. Selphie turned towards her and gave her a big smile. They resumed their pace and Selphie started chatting away about how fantastic the Garden Festival was going to be this year and how Selphie was already planning the one for next year. This years Festival's theme was modelled after the Hogwarts Castle of Harry Potter. As Fujin surveyed her surroundings she realized only Selphie Tilmitt would be able to pull off a Festival made for people older than the should be age limit of Harry Potter as a theme. Fujin laughed softly and Selphie spun around and gasped. "You laughed! Don't you like it?"
"It's...Funny!" Once again Selphie gasped, yet started to laugh as well. Soon she was showing Fujin around, passing the game booths (one booth had an arm wrestling machine with "Man or Slytherin" hanging above it), and entering the ballroom area. Selphie spun around on the floor and looked up. Several animal cut outs were dangling with different coloured ribbons on them.
"So, what d'you think?"
"GOOD."
"cool, did you happen to wanna help me with the rest of the banners. I don't quite trust Zell with paint at the moment. I kinda told him the badger cut out he made looked a lot like a ferret." Selphie grinned but Fujin shook her head.
"SORRY. LEAVE. SOON." Selphie's grin disappeared and she ran up to Fujin and hugged her.
"I'm so sorry. For not, being there. I should've, you know, noticed." Fujin slightly patted her back and they pulled away. Selphie nodded and sniffed slightly. Then all of a sudden just as a cloud would, the frown disappeared and her sunny smile shone on.
"Well, at least now all you have to do, is go away on a vaca and get better. You'll be back in no time. Happy again." Fujin tried to smile as best as she could but wondered if she was ever truly happy to begin with.
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really am sorry again for the wait.