The beeping of an alarm clock and the aroma of food being cooked was the
only thing that drew Dee out of her deep slumber. Fujin sometimes had joked
about her inheriting it from Seifer but she could care less about how she
slept as long as she slept. The rumbling in her stomach forced her to get
up and inspect where the delicious aroma was coming from. As she pulled on
a pair of pants and one of her fathers undershirts she wonder sleepily out
of her room and down the stairs. As she approached the kitchen, she could
hear her father and mother conversing with another male. D'meera grinned as
she recognized the voice.
"I'm telling ya Seif it was this big, ya know".
" Sure Raij sure I believe ya cept for one thing. Where the hell is it so we could grill it up?"
" Yeah Raij where is this so called sea monster?" Fujin teased.
Dee couldn't help but hold back her laughter. Now she was home. She waited in the doorway until she was spotted by the darker mass of a man.
"Well looky here it's mini Seif, ya know", Raijin boomed as he spotted D'meera.
"Hey Uncle Raijin", she hugged him and took a seat at the table next to him, " so you caught a sea monster?"
" Yeah ya know I swear it was huge bigger then Leviathan ya know"
"Raijin quit lyin to her", Seifer grinned looking at his friend.
" So Dad what are you cookin?" Dee piped up as she watched her father stir the contents in the pan.
"I'm not cooking anything", he joked as he scooped what he was cooking and placed it on a plate and began to serve breakfast.
If there was anything in the world D'meera loved in the world besides her father it was his cooking. Following the defeat of Ultimecia Seifer returned to Balamb and took up residency as the head chef in the Balamb hotel. His cooking was known all over from the little town of Winhill all the way to the presidential palace of Esthar. Although everyone still looked down at him because of his past, he was a world-renowned chef. At times, he was even called to cook for special occasions. Therefore, when ever there was an invitation to eat freely at the Almasy household no one ever turned it down.
" Hey after we finish up here can we go down to the docks an check out Uncle Raij's sea monster?" Dee asked through a stuffed mouth of eggs and toast.
"Dee don't be a pig swallow your food before you speak it's disgusting. And no we're not goin to the docks because you my lovely princess have an orientation to attend and I'll be damned if ol' PB there thinks I'm gonna keep ya here."
Looking out the window of his dorm a tall young man sighed and got ready for class. He looked in the mirror and began to groom himself. His blue/green eyes starred back at him from the mirror as if pleading with him for a little more time to sleep. He pushed back his silvery blue hair and splashed his face with water. Everyone insisted he would be the spitting image of his father had he not inherited his mother's hair and pale skin. What was thinking when he thought he could gain his father's attention by wanting to be a SeeD? He must have been nuts.
To Derrick Almasy his father never really seemed to fond of what he did no matter what he always managed to piss him off. Yet, if his sister decided to be a SeeD it was different. She was praised. If not worshiped by the very man that created him. Why? What had he done wrong? Was he not wanted? All he could think of was how to make his father happy. He tried time and time again only to have it blow up in his face. Yeah of course his mother cheered for him and backed him in anything he did yet his father resented him. Sometimes he would think maybe if D'meera hadn't have been born then maybe his father would acknowledge him. A gentle knock on the door brought him back to his reality.
"Yo Derrick you ok man?"
"Yeah I'm cool. Just lost in my thoughts that's all why?"
"Cause uh, class is gonna start in like 5 minutes and your still in your pj's man."
"OH FUCK!!!"
"No worries Derrick I got your stuff all laid out for ya."
"Dude Talon you're a life saver".
"Well what can I say?" his roommate happily chirped.
Of all the people in Balamb Garden Talon Leonheart was the one had gained almost all of Derrick's respect and undivided attention. Although most of the kids regarded Derrick as an outcast and had labeled him "problematic", it was Talon and Talon alone that sought out his friendship. Aside from his troubling reputation as Seifer's clone, Derrick was always at peace with his roommate, let alone best friend. Squall had at times playfully labeled them as "Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dee". To Squall, Derrick was like a second son and practically lived with him during holiday sessions. Although he disapproved of the boy not being able to stay with his real family he openly accepted him into his home as so the population of males in the house could be equal to the over population of females.
Walking to the cafeteria Derrick spotted his father's car in the parking structure. He noticed a small woman with hair like his own getting out alone and figured he'd practice his stalking techniques.
He crept up behind her but before he could grab her she spun around quickly and grabbed him by the throat.
"BOY", the women sternly forced out in her all to familiar one word phrases.
"MOM", he mocked back at her giving her the famous Almasy smirk.
It had been the first time Fujin had seen her son since he had left home and she could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. Her only child, her baby boy, was getting older and she could see the distinct features of his father, her husband, in him. She hugged him and held him back so she could get a good look at him.
"GROWING" she smiled at him
"AGING" he joked at her as she smacked him playfully on the arm.
"So mom how's life? Where's the old man?"
"ORIENTATION. D'MEERA" She replied trying to keep up her old persona even though Derrick knew she was quite capable of keeping up a long intellectual conversation with out using only simple words.
"Oh. Bet he's proud of her huh?"
"VERY".
"Hey mom since your all alone you wanna join me for lunch?"
" Sure I would love to", she finally responded normally.
"I'm telling ya Seif it was this big, ya know".
" Sure Raij sure I believe ya cept for one thing. Where the hell is it so we could grill it up?"
" Yeah Raij where is this so called sea monster?" Fujin teased.
Dee couldn't help but hold back her laughter. Now she was home. She waited in the doorway until she was spotted by the darker mass of a man.
"Well looky here it's mini Seif, ya know", Raijin boomed as he spotted D'meera.
"Hey Uncle Raijin", she hugged him and took a seat at the table next to him, " so you caught a sea monster?"
" Yeah ya know I swear it was huge bigger then Leviathan ya know"
"Raijin quit lyin to her", Seifer grinned looking at his friend.
" So Dad what are you cookin?" Dee piped up as she watched her father stir the contents in the pan.
"I'm not cooking anything", he joked as he scooped what he was cooking and placed it on a plate and began to serve breakfast.
If there was anything in the world D'meera loved in the world besides her father it was his cooking. Following the defeat of Ultimecia Seifer returned to Balamb and took up residency as the head chef in the Balamb hotel. His cooking was known all over from the little town of Winhill all the way to the presidential palace of Esthar. Although everyone still looked down at him because of his past, he was a world-renowned chef. At times, he was even called to cook for special occasions. Therefore, when ever there was an invitation to eat freely at the Almasy household no one ever turned it down.
" Hey after we finish up here can we go down to the docks an check out Uncle Raij's sea monster?" Dee asked through a stuffed mouth of eggs and toast.
"Dee don't be a pig swallow your food before you speak it's disgusting. And no we're not goin to the docks because you my lovely princess have an orientation to attend and I'll be damned if ol' PB there thinks I'm gonna keep ya here."
Looking out the window of his dorm a tall young man sighed and got ready for class. He looked in the mirror and began to groom himself. His blue/green eyes starred back at him from the mirror as if pleading with him for a little more time to sleep. He pushed back his silvery blue hair and splashed his face with water. Everyone insisted he would be the spitting image of his father had he not inherited his mother's hair and pale skin. What was thinking when he thought he could gain his father's attention by wanting to be a SeeD? He must have been nuts.
To Derrick Almasy his father never really seemed to fond of what he did no matter what he always managed to piss him off. Yet, if his sister decided to be a SeeD it was different. She was praised. If not worshiped by the very man that created him. Why? What had he done wrong? Was he not wanted? All he could think of was how to make his father happy. He tried time and time again only to have it blow up in his face. Yeah of course his mother cheered for him and backed him in anything he did yet his father resented him. Sometimes he would think maybe if D'meera hadn't have been born then maybe his father would acknowledge him. A gentle knock on the door brought him back to his reality.
"Yo Derrick you ok man?"
"Yeah I'm cool. Just lost in my thoughts that's all why?"
"Cause uh, class is gonna start in like 5 minutes and your still in your pj's man."
"OH FUCK!!!"
"No worries Derrick I got your stuff all laid out for ya."
"Dude Talon you're a life saver".
"Well what can I say?" his roommate happily chirped.
Of all the people in Balamb Garden Talon Leonheart was the one had gained almost all of Derrick's respect and undivided attention. Although most of the kids regarded Derrick as an outcast and had labeled him "problematic", it was Talon and Talon alone that sought out his friendship. Aside from his troubling reputation as Seifer's clone, Derrick was always at peace with his roommate, let alone best friend. Squall had at times playfully labeled them as "Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dee". To Squall, Derrick was like a second son and practically lived with him during holiday sessions. Although he disapproved of the boy not being able to stay with his real family he openly accepted him into his home as so the population of males in the house could be equal to the over population of females.
Walking to the cafeteria Derrick spotted his father's car in the parking structure. He noticed a small woman with hair like his own getting out alone and figured he'd practice his stalking techniques.
He crept up behind her but before he could grab her she spun around quickly and grabbed him by the throat.
"BOY", the women sternly forced out in her all to familiar one word phrases.
"MOM", he mocked back at her giving her the famous Almasy smirk.
It had been the first time Fujin had seen her son since he had left home and she could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. Her only child, her baby boy, was getting older and she could see the distinct features of his father, her husband, in him. She hugged him and held him back so she could get a good look at him.
"GROWING" she smiled at him
"AGING" he joked at her as she smacked him playfully on the arm.
"So mom how's life? Where's the old man?"
"ORIENTATION. D'MEERA" She replied trying to keep up her old persona even though Derrick knew she was quite capable of keeping up a long intellectual conversation with out using only simple words.
"Oh. Bet he's proud of her huh?"
"VERY".
"Hey mom since your all alone you wanna join me for lunch?"
" Sure I would love to", she finally responded normally.