Be Mine- Chapter 4: "Hold Me"
By Matoko Shizaki
Disclaimer: I don't own FFVIII. Wish I did but I don't. Wouldn't mind owning Zell or Seifer though...
Notes: Wow! That's a new record! I wrote the last chapter in a matter of hours! Then again... it was short... and not all that good... but I had to get to this point! This chapter will be very short. Maybe I'm just eager to get on to the sequel...
Once again, if you aren't exactly pleased with the ending to this, read the sequel. Even if you do like this ending, yaoi fangirls will still love the sequel. -
Reviewer's Column!
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PV-chan
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Jania
Elvi-Rose
jennstar
Zeto
Dude, you guys rock!!
"Do you have your dress yet Rinoa?" Quistis asked, stirring more cream into her coffee.
"Yep!" Rinoa smiled and lifted her coffee mug to her lips with both hands cupped around the sides.
"So... what does it look like?" Selphie asked, eager for some details.
"I figured it would be nice if I wore the same dress I was wearing when I met Squall. It's a little party dress, white, kinda plain. But it's nice."
"Sounds pretty!" Selphie commented dreamily. "Mine is yellow!"
As if anyone hadn't seen that coming. "It's short, too. It ties like a halter-top and has lacy sewed in over the cloth at the top and bottom.
"That sounds... lovely, Selphie." Quistis commented with a smile.
"What are you wearing, Quistis?" Rinoa asked with a sly smile.
Quistis waved her away. "Just a simple strapless, red dress. Nothing big. There's really no need to get so dressed up."
"Are you just say that because you don't have anyone to go with, Quisty?" Selphie giggled.
"It's not really that important to have a date to this dance. I'm just too busy to have time for a relationship."
"You're lying Quistis! You just want to dance with any guy you want to." Rinoa teased.
"Maybe that's it." Quistis grinned back. "Speaking of men, where'd the other's go?"
Rinoa, her little game ended by the change of topic, leaned back in her chair and took another sip of coffee. "They're just messing around at Squall's dorm."
"Squall?" Quistis cocked an eyebrow. "Is he really giving in and getting things sorted out with them?"
"No, they just forced their way in!" Selphie giggled.
Quistis sighed, took a sip of her coffee, and muttered, "Sounds like the boys..."
"Irvy said he wanted to get Zell looking nice for his date tonight." Selphie added with a giggle. "I feel bad for Zell. Irvine is going to completely rearranged him!"
"Speaking of which," Quistis pushed out her chair and stood up from the cafeteria table. "Don't you think we should go get ready, too?"
"I second that!" Rinoa said getting up as well.
"Yay! Makeovers!!" Selphie chirped in agreement.
Meanwhile, in the boys' dorm, Zell had found the new definition of cruel and unusual punishment. After he and Irvine stormed in to Squall's room to get ready, Irvine had forced into the bathroom, stripped him to his boxers, and practically thrown him in the shower.
As Zell had stood there, shouting at Irvine to give him his space, Irvine had scrubbed him so hard he through his skin would peal off. Of course, Irvine had given him a towel to wrap around himself but that didn't make the scene look anything less than a yaoi fan girl's dream. Two wet men, one almost naked. It was embarrassing.
Next, Zell was removed from the shower, given his boxers, and dried. Now Irvine was helping him comb through his hair as Squall took his turn in the shower.
"Dammit, Irvine! That hurts!!"
"Hey, quit yer complaining. I'm doing you and your date a favor."
"Very funny... OW!!"
"Would you two idiots shut up in there?" Squall called from the bathroom.
"Sorry, commander, sir!" Irvine replied, the sarcasm heavy in his voice. The cowboy finally sat down the comb. "Alright, now you do you're hair 'cause I don't even wanna try."
"Har har har." Zell took the comb back and brushed up his hair in the front. "You just worry about yourself, got it, Kinneas?"
"I don't need to." Irvine shot the mirror an award winning smile. "I'm the ladies' man, remember?"
"Kinneas," Squall said, stepping out of the bathroom in his boxers with a towel around his shoulders. "You're turn."
"Roger." Irvine stood up and patted Zell on the shoulder. "Just don't do anything to make yourself look dumb." he said with a laugh.
"Oh shut up."
With Irvine in the bathroom showering and Squall in his room dressing, Zell was left alone in the living room, poised before the mirror and gelling his hair. With that done, he turned to his SeeD outfit that was laid out on the couch for him. Praying that neither of his friends came out and walked in on him changing, Zell set to work attempting to put on the formal uniform.
"Hey, are you all alive in there?" Rinoa asked, knocking again. Behind her stood Selphie and Quistis, all three of them make up and ready.
"Squall probably killed them both." Quistis commented jokingly.
"Squall?" Rinoa went to knock again but the door swung open revealing a grinning Irvine in a black tux.
"Well, hello ladies." he said, his voice smooth and flirtatious. "How lovely you all look this evening."
Rinoa rolled her eyes. "Are Squall and Zell in there?"
Irvine, deprived of his fun, dropped his smooth talk. "Yeah, Squall's trying to help Zell put on his uniform right."
"Thanks." Rinoa walked in past him and was soon followed by Quistis and Selphie. Before Selphie could enter, Irvine stopped her.
"And aren't you strikingly marvelous in that dress?" Irvine said with a suave grin as he took her hand and kissed it.
"Oh Irvy!" Selphie giggled.
"Hold still." Squall ordered as he adjusted Zell's shoulder pads.
"I'm holding still!"
"No you aren't!" Squall, struggling to do anything while Zell continued to fidget, finally clasped the chain in the front of his uniform. "There." Squall stepped back. "And don't ask me to do you anymore favors tonight."
"Won't need 'em!" Zell said with a grin. "Lady Luck is on my side!"
It was hopeless talking to him this way, Squall decided.
"Wow, you guys look great!" a voice from the doorway said.
Glancing over his shoulder, Squall noticed that Quistis and Rinoa were standing there and Irvine was over at the door flirting with Selphie.
Rinoa stepped up, smiled. "I always thought you looked good in this uniform." she said, adjusting his top a little. "There! Perfect!" She smiled at him again and was about to say something more when Quistis piped up.
"Are we all ready to go?"
"More ready than I'll ever be!" Zell replied, thrusting a fist victoriously into the air.
"Guess that means 'yes'." Quistis said with a smile.
"Let's go then! C'mon Irvy!" Selphie giggled, leading Irvine out by his hand.
Following Selphie's example, Rinoa slipped her arm into Squall's and smiled. Quistis and Zell followed the other two couples out and into the bustling hallway.
"My! Doesn't this look beautiful!" Edea commented as Cid led her in on his arm.
"The Garden Festival Committee did a wonderful job, didn't they?" Cid commented with a warm smile.
"Yes they did. I'll have to congratulate Selphie on her success."
Taking that as her cue, Selphie stepped up, smiling. "So, you really do like it Matron?"
"Oh, Selphie! I didn't see you there! And Irvine too?" Edea smiled as Irvine dipped his head in a small bow.
"You two had better get on the dance floor before it's full!" Cid said.
"We will! C'mon Irvine!" With a short wave to her former foster parents, Selphie lead Irvine out onto the dance floor.
"There's nothing like Valentine's Day in the Garden." Cid said with a content sigh.
"I'm just a little worried..." Edea said, looking out on the dance floor.
"Why?"
"Zell's secret admirer." Edea smiled softly. "That's why he landed in my rose bushes." When her husband gave her a somewhat puzzled look, Edea explained further. "Zell's secret admirer hid notes around for him. He's supposed to meet him or her tonight but..."
"Well, all we can do is wish him the best of luck."
Edea nodded in agreement and smiled as another couple came up to speak with her and her husband.
Shivering in the cold, Zell came out across the courtyard. It was peppered with snow and ice, a freezing obstacle that Zell would have to overcome. Stepping lighting through the snow drifts, Zell headed down the stairs to the outdoor stage, keeping his eyes open.
Just as he hopped off the last step, Zell heard a sniff and then a sneeze. Looking around the corner, he spotted her.
Sitting on the stage was a young woman, a little shorter than Zell with reddish brown hair that pooled around her shoulders. She was wearing a light pink dress, a shorter one that scarcely protected her from the cold.
"Uh... hello?" Zell called out, stepping out from around the corner.
The girl looked up, blinking in surprise at the young SeeD. "Z-Zell...? It's you..."
Zell smiled and approached, hoping to get a better look at her. He was a little taken back when he realized who she was.
"You... you're that library assistant, Marina...! But, weren't you sick?!"
She nodded and sniff lightly.
"Then how did you...?"
"Someone else delivered them for me." she mumbled.
There was a long pause. Zell wasn't quite sure what to say. After days of obsessing and searching and nearly getting himself killed, he was finally face to face with his secret admirer. She was still sick, he could tell, and seemed embarrassed.
"Um... listen... why don't we... go inside? You're going to freeze out here." Zell held out his arms. "Here, I'll help you down."
"So... you're not upset? I'm probably not who you expected but... you aren't disgusted?" Marina asked, looking him in the eye.
"Why would I be?" Zell took her hands and helped her down from the stage. Before Marina could reply, Zell had removed his uniform coat and draped it over her shoulders.
"Can't have you getting sicker." Zell said with a grin.
Tears gathering in her eyes, Marina hugged Zell, snuggling against his chest and the warmth it provided. "Th-thank you..." She was even more surprised when his arms tightened around her.
"I should be thanking you. For once, I'm not lonely on Valentine's Day."
Marina turned her face up towards Zell, carefully taking in his smiling features when he leaned down and gently but nervously kissed her. He pulled back just as quickly, trying to gauge her reaction.
To Zell's surprise, she started to laugh. "You're going to get sick now, too!"
Zell found himself laughing as the snow started again. "Guess you'll have to take care of me then, huh?"
"It's a deal."
If that wasn't exactly satisfactory, sorry! I have the sequel already brewing in my imagination and I think it's going to be really good. R&R please!
By Matoko Shizaki
Disclaimer: I don't own FFVIII. Wish I did but I don't. Wouldn't mind owning Zell or Seifer though...
Notes: Wow! That's a new record! I wrote the last chapter in a matter of hours! Then again... it was short... and not all that good... but I had to get to this point! This chapter will be very short. Maybe I'm just eager to get on to the sequel...
Once again, if you aren't exactly pleased with the ending to this, read the sequel. Even if you do like this ending, yaoi fangirls will still love the sequel. -
Reviewer's Column!
Jeanieh
SeiyaMatsuya
Angel Reid
Trio Wing
Selphie 108
Crack-Anne
Zell's Girl with a Pigtail
FF Fan
R
PV-chan
Twin Lance
Phoenix Rising
Jania
Elvi-Rose
jennstar
Zeto
Dude, you guys rock!!
"Do you have your dress yet Rinoa?" Quistis asked, stirring more cream into her coffee.
"Yep!" Rinoa smiled and lifted her coffee mug to her lips with both hands cupped around the sides.
"So... what does it look like?" Selphie asked, eager for some details.
"I figured it would be nice if I wore the same dress I was wearing when I met Squall. It's a little party dress, white, kinda plain. But it's nice."
"Sounds pretty!" Selphie commented dreamily. "Mine is yellow!"
As if anyone hadn't seen that coming. "It's short, too. It ties like a halter-top and has lacy sewed in over the cloth at the top and bottom.
"That sounds... lovely, Selphie." Quistis commented with a smile.
"What are you wearing, Quistis?" Rinoa asked with a sly smile.
Quistis waved her away. "Just a simple strapless, red dress. Nothing big. There's really no need to get so dressed up."
"Are you just say that because you don't have anyone to go with, Quisty?" Selphie giggled.
"It's not really that important to have a date to this dance. I'm just too busy to have time for a relationship."
"You're lying Quistis! You just want to dance with any guy you want to." Rinoa teased.
"Maybe that's it." Quistis grinned back. "Speaking of men, where'd the other's go?"
Rinoa, her little game ended by the change of topic, leaned back in her chair and took another sip of coffee. "They're just messing around at Squall's dorm."
"Squall?" Quistis cocked an eyebrow. "Is he really giving in and getting things sorted out with them?"
"No, they just forced their way in!" Selphie giggled.
Quistis sighed, took a sip of her coffee, and muttered, "Sounds like the boys..."
"Irvy said he wanted to get Zell looking nice for his date tonight." Selphie added with a giggle. "I feel bad for Zell. Irvine is going to completely rearranged him!"
"Speaking of which," Quistis pushed out her chair and stood up from the cafeteria table. "Don't you think we should go get ready, too?"
"I second that!" Rinoa said getting up as well.
"Yay! Makeovers!!" Selphie chirped in agreement.
Meanwhile, in the boys' dorm, Zell had found the new definition of cruel and unusual punishment. After he and Irvine stormed in to Squall's room to get ready, Irvine had forced into the bathroom, stripped him to his boxers, and practically thrown him in the shower.
As Zell had stood there, shouting at Irvine to give him his space, Irvine had scrubbed him so hard he through his skin would peal off. Of course, Irvine had given him a towel to wrap around himself but that didn't make the scene look anything less than a yaoi fan girl's dream. Two wet men, one almost naked. It was embarrassing.
Next, Zell was removed from the shower, given his boxers, and dried. Now Irvine was helping him comb through his hair as Squall took his turn in the shower.
"Dammit, Irvine! That hurts!!"
"Hey, quit yer complaining. I'm doing you and your date a favor."
"Very funny... OW!!"
"Would you two idiots shut up in there?" Squall called from the bathroom.
"Sorry, commander, sir!" Irvine replied, the sarcasm heavy in his voice. The cowboy finally sat down the comb. "Alright, now you do you're hair 'cause I don't even wanna try."
"Har har har." Zell took the comb back and brushed up his hair in the front. "You just worry about yourself, got it, Kinneas?"
"I don't need to." Irvine shot the mirror an award winning smile. "I'm the ladies' man, remember?"
"Kinneas," Squall said, stepping out of the bathroom in his boxers with a towel around his shoulders. "You're turn."
"Roger." Irvine stood up and patted Zell on the shoulder. "Just don't do anything to make yourself look dumb." he said with a laugh.
"Oh shut up."
With Irvine in the bathroom showering and Squall in his room dressing, Zell was left alone in the living room, poised before the mirror and gelling his hair. With that done, he turned to his SeeD outfit that was laid out on the couch for him. Praying that neither of his friends came out and walked in on him changing, Zell set to work attempting to put on the formal uniform.
"Hey, are you all alive in there?" Rinoa asked, knocking again. Behind her stood Selphie and Quistis, all three of them make up and ready.
"Squall probably killed them both." Quistis commented jokingly.
"Squall?" Rinoa went to knock again but the door swung open revealing a grinning Irvine in a black tux.
"Well, hello ladies." he said, his voice smooth and flirtatious. "How lovely you all look this evening."
Rinoa rolled her eyes. "Are Squall and Zell in there?"
Irvine, deprived of his fun, dropped his smooth talk. "Yeah, Squall's trying to help Zell put on his uniform right."
"Thanks." Rinoa walked in past him and was soon followed by Quistis and Selphie. Before Selphie could enter, Irvine stopped her.
"And aren't you strikingly marvelous in that dress?" Irvine said with a suave grin as he took her hand and kissed it.
"Oh Irvy!" Selphie giggled.
"Hold still." Squall ordered as he adjusted Zell's shoulder pads.
"I'm holding still!"
"No you aren't!" Squall, struggling to do anything while Zell continued to fidget, finally clasped the chain in the front of his uniform. "There." Squall stepped back. "And don't ask me to do you anymore favors tonight."
"Won't need 'em!" Zell said with a grin. "Lady Luck is on my side!"
It was hopeless talking to him this way, Squall decided.
"Wow, you guys look great!" a voice from the doorway said.
Glancing over his shoulder, Squall noticed that Quistis and Rinoa were standing there and Irvine was over at the door flirting with Selphie.
Rinoa stepped up, smiled. "I always thought you looked good in this uniform." she said, adjusting his top a little. "There! Perfect!" She smiled at him again and was about to say something more when Quistis piped up.
"Are we all ready to go?"
"More ready than I'll ever be!" Zell replied, thrusting a fist victoriously into the air.
"Guess that means 'yes'." Quistis said with a smile.
"Let's go then! C'mon Irvy!" Selphie giggled, leading Irvine out by his hand.
Following Selphie's example, Rinoa slipped her arm into Squall's and smiled. Quistis and Zell followed the other two couples out and into the bustling hallway.
"My! Doesn't this look beautiful!" Edea commented as Cid led her in on his arm.
"The Garden Festival Committee did a wonderful job, didn't they?" Cid commented with a warm smile.
"Yes they did. I'll have to congratulate Selphie on her success."
Taking that as her cue, Selphie stepped up, smiling. "So, you really do like it Matron?"
"Oh, Selphie! I didn't see you there! And Irvine too?" Edea smiled as Irvine dipped his head in a small bow.
"You two had better get on the dance floor before it's full!" Cid said.
"We will! C'mon Irvine!" With a short wave to her former foster parents, Selphie lead Irvine out onto the dance floor.
"There's nothing like Valentine's Day in the Garden." Cid said with a content sigh.
"I'm just a little worried..." Edea said, looking out on the dance floor.
"Why?"
"Zell's secret admirer." Edea smiled softly. "That's why he landed in my rose bushes." When her husband gave her a somewhat puzzled look, Edea explained further. "Zell's secret admirer hid notes around for him. He's supposed to meet him or her tonight but..."
"Well, all we can do is wish him the best of luck."
Edea nodded in agreement and smiled as another couple came up to speak with her and her husband.
Shivering in the cold, Zell came out across the courtyard. It was peppered with snow and ice, a freezing obstacle that Zell would have to overcome. Stepping lighting through the snow drifts, Zell headed down the stairs to the outdoor stage, keeping his eyes open.
Just as he hopped off the last step, Zell heard a sniff and then a sneeze. Looking around the corner, he spotted her.
Sitting on the stage was a young woman, a little shorter than Zell with reddish brown hair that pooled around her shoulders. She was wearing a light pink dress, a shorter one that scarcely protected her from the cold.
"Uh... hello?" Zell called out, stepping out from around the corner.
The girl looked up, blinking in surprise at the young SeeD. "Z-Zell...? It's you..."
Zell smiled and approached, hoping to get a better look at her. He was a little taken back when he realized who she was.
"You... you're that library assistant, Marina...! But, weren't you sick?!"
She nodded and sniff lightly.
"Then how did you...?"
"Someone else delivered them for me." she mumbled.
There was a long pause. Zell wasn't quite sure what to say. After days of obsessing and searching and nearly getting himself killed, he was finally face to face with his secret admirer. She was still sick, he could tell, and seemed embarrassed.
"Um... listen... why don't we... go inside? You're going to freeze out here." Zell held out his arms. "Here, I'll help you down."
"So... you're not upset? I'm probably not who you expected but... you aren't disgusted?" Marina asked, looking him in the eye.
"Why would I be?" Zell took her hands and helped her down from the stage. Before Marina could reply, Zell had removed his uniform coat and draped it over her shoulders.
"Can't have you getting sicker." Zell said with a grin.
Tears gathering in her eyes, Marina hugged Zell, snuggling against his chest and the warmth it provided. "Th-thank you..." She was even more surprised when his arms tightened around her.
"I should be thanking you. For once, I'm not lonely on Valentine's Day."
Marina turned her face up towards Zell, carefully taking in his smiling features when he leaned down and gently but nervously kissed her. He pulled back just as quickly, trying to gauge her reaction.
To Zell's surprise, she started to laugh. "You're going to get sick now, too!"
Zell found himself laughing as the snow started again. "Guess you'll have to take care of me then, huh?"
"It's a deal."
If that wasn't exactly satisfactory, sorry! I have the sequel already brewing in my imagination and I think it's going to be really good. R&R please!