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Seifer woke up to the sound of the train pulling into the Timber station. The train stopped and Seifer grabbed his bag and got off.
'Now where on earth do Raijin and Fujin live? Maybe I should ask around…' he thought to himself as he walked away from the train platform.
The first person he saw was an old lady, you know-the one that sold "maps", so he asked her.
"Raijin and Fujin? Of course I know them, silly. It's a small town, everyone knows everyone else. They live over there," she pointed, "right past the weapon shop."
"Thank you so much," he said, half-smiling. 'Perhaps things will finally start to go my way…'
He made his way over to the weapon shop, and sure enough, there was their house. Raijin was outside playing with a baby and Fujin was sitting on the steps. Seifer walked over and they both stopped what they were doing.
"Hey Seifer! Long time no see, ya know?" shouted a very enthusiastic Raijin.
Fujin simply said, "SEIFER."
"Wow. You two haven't changed much. Who's the kid?" he asked in reference to the baby Raijin was holding.
"Um…well you see…he's ours. Fujin got pregnant shortly after we got married. And so this is our pride and joy, ya know?"
Fujin walked up to Seifer and put her hand on his forehead. "ILL?" she questioned.
"No, why do you ask?"
"PALE."
"Well, I really haven't been sleeping right…it's more like passing out though."
"DRUNK?"
"Yep. I really should stop, but it's just…pointless," said Seifer, looking at the ground.
"STAY," Fujin commanded.
"Yeah, you should stay here for a while. We'll help you get back on your feet. You look terrible, you know?"
"Are you guys sure it's alright? I mean I could just stay in the hotel or something."
"INSIST," said Fujin crossing her arms. She turned and looked at Raijin.
"Looks like Fujin's not gonna budge on this one."
"Alright, I'll stay," said Seifer. Even though it was the real reason he came, he was glad that they suggested it first.
"Let's go inside. Fujin, will you go fix the guest room please?"
"AFFIRMATIVE," she said walking inside.
"I don't know what I'd do without you guys."
"Well what are friends for, ya know?" said Raijin as they walked inside the house.
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Quistis was awakened by people screaming. She sat up and looked out into the hallway. People were panicking and she didn't have a clue why. She went up to one of the frightened passengers and asked her.
"There's some kind of monster in front of the train! We can't get past it and so we're trapped!! We're all going to die!!!" the woman screamed.
'Oh, geez. This must be what Squall was talking about.' Quistis sighed. She then walked to one of the doors and got out. 'Good thing I had my GF's with me, otherwise I'd be in trouble.'
She walked to the front of the train and almost laughed at what she saw. 'They're scared to death of a Ruby Dragon? That's it? Ha!' she got out her Save the Queen and made sure she had her GF's junctioned.
"Let's go," she called out to the Ruby Dragon. She started out by casting sleep on it. The dragon fell asleep and then Quistis cast triple on herself. She then started lashing out at the dragon with three blizzaga every round. He died very quickly this way. Quistis smiled and walked back towards the train.
The people inside were cheering for her when she got on the train. A little boy came up to her and asked, "How did you do that, lady?"
She squatted down and told him, "I had to go through a lot of training. I'm a SeeD."
He smiled and shouted, "I wanna be a SeeD, too!" Quistis smiled and sat down as the train continued on it's way to Timber.
The train pulled into the station and stopped. The people got off one by one. Quistis was last. She was in no real hurry.
'I should probably go check into the hotel first. Then go ask around to see if anyone knows anything about these monsters.'
Quistis walked into the hotel and realized how long it had been since she'd been in Timber. She walked up to the desk and told the clerk, "Hi. I'm Quistis Trepe. The SeeD sent to deal with the monster problems." The clerk looked at her strangely.
"We didn't send for a SeeD, and what monster problem are you talking about?"
"That's impossible. I saw one of the monsters just outside of town. You normally don't have Ruby Dragons around here! Headmaster Squall sent me from Balamb Garden…can you check again?"
The clerk looked for anything even mentioning SeeD, but to no avail. "I'm sorry, miss, there's nothing. Perhaps someone forgot to book it."
"That might be it. Well in that case, then I'd like to get a room. Is there anyway I can still get one of the SeeD rooms?"
"Sure thing. It'll be 250 gil a night. You're room 22. Here's your key," she smiled as she handed her the key. "Enjoy your stay."
Quistis went upstairs to her room and opened the door. She shut it as she walked in and looked around. The room was a light shade of blue. There was one bed against the far wall. There was a small table with a laptop on it.
"I should probably see if I can contact Squall," she said to herself. She opened the laptop and found that it was already turned on. "That's strange. Why would it be on?" She looked at the screen and gasped. There was an e-mail from someone.
She read it out loud,
"Dear Quistis Trepe, it appears as though you've fallen for our little trap. You think you're on a mission to investigate monsters, right? Well, think again. Don't worry, we won't hurt you…yet. So far, everything is going according to plan. You can figure out who this is if you really try. Well, good luck on your 'mission.'"
Quistis was rather frightened by this. "How did they know my name? And what room I'd be in? And my mission? This is creepy. I'd better try calling Squall."
She went over and picked up the phone. Upon dialing his office number, she got even more alarmed. All she heard was "The number you have tried to reach is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." She hung up the phone.
"What a way to relax…maybe I should just get plastered tonight…that might help…" she said to herself as she walked out of her hotel room.
It was just beginning to get dark and the sky was a purplish colour. Quistis sighed. 'I'm so confused…what on earth is going on?' She made her way to the bar and opened the door. The grimy air made the whole bar seem absolutely filthy. Quistis went up to the counter and sat down on one of the stools.
The bartender walked over and said, "What'll you have?"
Quistis sighed and said, "The hardest thing you got." He walked away to get her drink and she thought, 'I know I shouldn't be drinking, but maybe it'll take away some of my pain. Even if it's just for a little while.'
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"Hey Raijin?" called Seifer as he was heading out the door.
"What is it? You're not going out drinking, are you?"
"Just tonight, I promise."
"Alright, just try to be coherent enough to get back here, ya know?"
"Sure thing, thanks a ton, buddy."
Raijin stood in the hallway and watched Seifer leave. When he turned around, Fujin kicked him in the shin.
"WHY?" she demanded.
"Ouch! The guy's had a tough life. Let him have just one more night to be completely pain free, ya know?"
Seifer stood outside the bar for a moment, considering whether or not he really wanted to get plastered and black out again. 'Just a little tonight…' he thought, 'I can be strong.' He walked into the bar and over towards the counter. He sat at the first empty stool he saw. The bartender walked over with a drink and handed it to the red headed lady next to him. She replied with a very quiet, somewhat slurred, "Thank you…"
Seifer turned towards her to get a better look. "Quistis?" She turned towards him and almost fell off the stool.
"Seifer! I haven't seen you in forever!" she shouted, practically throwing herself at him. "Where have you been?"
Seifer who was quite confused by this, tried to sit her back in her stool, but she ended up somehow on his lap.
"Quistis, you're really drunk. Are you feeling alright?" he asked, genuinely concerned.
"Huh? Of course I'm fine! Why wouldn't I be?" she said, giggling.
'I have a bad feeling that this won't end well. I've never seen her act like this. I wonder if this is how I act when I'm drunk…' he thought as he tried to get her to stand.
She sort of stood on her own, but couldn't seem to keep her legs under herself. He tried as hard as he could to support her.
"Okay, Quistis, we need to get you back to your hotel. Now did you pay the nice man already?" She shook her head 'no' and got a wad of money out of her purse. Seifer sighed and paid the bartender what she owed him.
Even though Quistis seemed to be more rational when the cold air hit her face, she still wasn't really walking. Seifer got fed up with it and picked her up. For one reason or another, she fell asleep in his arms. 'Oh, this is lovely, now I don't even know which room is hers when I get to the hotel. Unless I find her key…'
He set her gently down on a nearby bench and looked through her purse for the room key. He found it, room 22. 'Ooh, goody. Stairs,' he thought. He picked her up, still holding the key in one hand, and carried her to the hotel.
The desk clerk barely looked up at them when they walked past. Seifer managed to carry Quistis up the stairs and down the hall to her room. "Geez, gained some weight lately? You're heavy," Seifer mumbled as he opened the door. He walked in and laid her on the bed.
"SeeDs get all the privileges, don't they? I suppose I should at least wait until she wakes up," said Seifer to himself.
He walked across the room and sat in one of the chairs by the small table. There was a phone next to him and so he decided to call Raijin and let him know that he wasn't passed out in an alley. He picked up and dialed the number. It rang several times, but no answer.
'Oh well, guess they're sleeping or something,' he thought. 'Maybe I'll just shut my eyes for a minute…I'm kinda tired.' Seifer put his head down on the table, and fell asleep.
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Quistis woke up with a killer headache. 'Huh? Where am I? How did I get back in my hotel room?' She got out of bed and stretched. She got out some other clothes to change into, which Garden had shipped for her, and went into the bathroom to shower.
She relaxed under the warm water and let it clear her thoughts. After getting dressed, she walked back into her room. By that time, Seifer had started to wake up.
Quistis almost screamed when she realized he was there.
"Seifer?! What are you doing in my room??! How did you get here?" she yelled. Obviously panicking.
"Well last night you were really drunk, and just begged me to take advantage of you, and you're just so sexy that I couldn't say no."
She started at him in disbelief.
"Hey hey hey. I was just kidding. You were really drunk last night and you passed out. I carried you here and found your room key. Then I decided to stay and make sure you were okay and fell asleep at the table. Is that alright with you, Ms. Overreaction?"
She looked at him for a moment, then remembered the events of the previous night. "Hehe, I'm sorry. I guess this killer headache is making me a little edgy."
"I'll say," he muttered under his breath, which she thankfully didn't hear.
"So what're you doing in Timber?" she asked, sitting down in the other chair.
"I needed a place to stay, so I came to see Raijin and Fujin. And what about you? Mission I assume." He crossed his arms.
"Yeah. Apparently there have been stronger monsters, and a lot more monsters in general, around here. I'm supposed to find out why."
"All by yourself?" She nodded. "Oh, poor Quisty! All alone!" he teased.
"Shut up. I can handle being by myself."
"Well obviously something's bothering you if YOU got that drunk last night."
"I don't know what you're talking about," she said crossing her arms.
"Fine, I was willing to listen to you, but if you're gonna be that way about it."
"Why would you care what was bothering me?"
"Because you're my dear Instructor Trepe, of course. You mean the world to me."
She just rolled her eyes. "Still full of yourself, I see."
"Only with you," he grinned.
She sighed and looked at the laptop. She then turned it around and opened it. There was another e-mail from what looked like the same person.
"Hey Seifer, tell me what you think of this," she said, motioning for him to come over and see.
She showed him the first one and then he read the second one out loud,
"Well Quistis, it appears as though you have fallen into yet another trap. If you know what's good for you, you'll forget your 'mission' and just go home. And Seifer. Were you planning on helping Quistis with her 'mission'? If you were, I don't think it's such a good idea. Someone might get hurt. Don't say I didn't warn you."
Quistis was really scared. "What do you think it means?"
"I'm really not sure. But it's obviously been planned. How could anyone know I was here?"
"I don't have any idea."
"Well then, that settles it. I'm going to figure this out."
"But it's my mission!"
"I'm sure this is a mission that's not meant for beginners, dear."
"What's that supposed to mean?! At least I made it as a SeeD. YOU couldn't even get in. And look what happened. What are you now?"
The fire in Seifer's eyes died down. He almost looked…sad. "Well at least, until the very end, I succeeded at what I wanted to be. Unlike you…you've always failed. You failed as my teacher, you failed trying to win Squall's heart, and you'll fail at this too. Face it, you're as worthless as I am."
Quistis, despite the fact that his words stung her, stood up and slapped him. "So what if I am? That sure as hell doesn't give you the right to tell me! So what if I can't ever do…anything right? So what if…I'm just a horrible, lonely, worthless person? Why can't you just let me…live my wretched life in peace?" a tear ran down her face and she looked away.
"Hey, don't cry."
"You can't tell me what to do! Dammit, I'll cry if I want to!!" And she did. Quistis Trepe, the Ice Queen was bawling her eyes out. And again Seifer was shocked at this side of her that he had never seen.
She sat down on the bed and buried her face in her hands. He sat next to her and gently said, "Quistis…"
"Just leave me alone," she snapped and turned away.
"I didn't mean to make you cry. Look at me," he said as he tried to turn her around. "Just look at me, dammit." She turned around and looked at him through the tears that wouldn't stop coming.
"What? What could you possibly say to make me the least bit better?"
"There's nothing I can say to make you better, but I know something that will probably make you at least relax a little."
She looked at him for a minute then he pulled her closer and just held her. Slowly, her tears stopped coming and she relaxed. 'Why does this feel so…normal?' she thought. After she was completely done crying she broke his embrace and whispered, "Thank you."
"I guess I should be going now. I suppose I'll see you around. Unless you finish your mission early," he said as he started walking towards the door.
"Wait," she called out to him. He stopped and turned around. "I'd really like it if you'd help me on my mission. It's nice to have someone to talk to."
"I knew you couldn't resist my charms!" he said, smirking. She threw a pillow at him.
"You jerk!" she yelled.
He opened the door, and yelled, "I'll call you!" Then he turned around and blew a kiss at her. She threw another pillow, but he closed the door just in time.
'Why does he have to be like that? Sweet one minute, a jerk the next? It's so annoying!' Quistis flopped face down onto the bed and just screamed. 'And lucky me gets to spend even MORE time with him…me and my big mouth.'
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Seifer woke up to the sound of the train pulling into the Timber station. The train stopped and Seifer grabbed his bag and got off.
'Now where on earth do Raijin and Fujin live? Maybe I should ask around…' he thought to himself as he walked away from the train platform.
The first person he saw was an old lady, you know-the one that sold "maps", so he asked her.
"Raijin and Fujin? Of course I know them, silly. It's a small town, everyone knows everyone else. They live over there," she pointed, "right past the weapon shop."
"Thank you so much," he said, half-smiling. 'Perhaps things will finally start to go my way…'
He made his way over to the weapon shop, and sure enough, there was their house. Raijin was outside playing with a baby and Fujin was sitting on the steps. Seifer walked over and they both stopped what they were doing.
"Hey Seifer! Long time no see, ya know?" shouted a very enthusiastic Raijin.
Fujin simply said, "SEIFER."
"Wow. You two haven't changed much. Who's the kid?" he asked in reference to the baby Raijin was holding.
"Um…well you see…he's ours. Fujin got pregnant shortly after we got married. And so this is our pride and joy, ya know?"
Fujin walked up to Seifer and put her hand on his forehead. "ILL?" she questioned.
"No, why do you ask?"
"PALE."
"Well, I really haven't been sleeping right…it's more like passing out though."
"DRUNK?"
"Yep. I really should stop, but it's just…pointless," said Seifer, looking at the ground.
"STAY," Fujin commanded.
"Yeah, you should stay here for a while. We'll help you get back on your feet. You look terrible, you know?"
"Are you guys sure it's alright? I mean I could just stay in the hotel or something."
"INSIST," said Fujin crossing her arms. She turned and looked at Raijin.
"Looks like Fujin's not gonna budge on this one."
"Alright, I'll stay," said Seifer. Even though it was the real reason he came, he was glad that they suggested it first.
"Let's go inside. Fujin, will you go fix the guest room please?"
"AFFIRMATIVE," she said walking inside.
"I don't know what I'd do without you guys."
"Well what are friends for, ya know?" said Raijin as they walked inside the house.
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Quistis was awakened by people screaming. She sat up and looked out into the hallway. People were panicking and she didn't have a clue why. She went up to one of the frightened passengers and asked her.
"There's some kind of monster in front of the train! We can't get past it and so we're trapped!! We're all going to die!!!" the woman screamed.
'Oh, geez. This must be what Squall was talking about.' Quistis sighed. She then walked to one of the doors and got out. 'Good thing I had my GF's with me, otherwise I'd be in trouble.'
She walked to the front of the train and almost laughed at what she saw. 'They're scared to death of a Ruby Dragon? That's it? Ha!' she got out her Save the Queen and made sure she had her GF's junctioned.
"Let's go," she called out to the Ruby Dragon. She started out by casting sleep on it. The dragon fell asleep and then Quistis cast triple on herself. She then started lashing out at the dragon with three blizzaga every round. He died very quickly this way. Quistis smiled and walked back towards the train.
The people inside were cheering for her when she got on the train. A little boy came up to her and asked, "How did you do that, lady?"
She squatted down and told him, "I had to go through a lot of training. I'm a SeeD."
He smiled and shouted, "I wanna be a SeeD, too!" Quistis smiled and sat down as the train continued on it's way to Timber.
The train pulled into the station and stopped. The people got off one by one. Quistis was last. She was in no real hurry.
'I should probably go check into the hotel first. Then go ask around to see if anyone knows anything about these monsters.'
Quistis walked into the hotel and realized how long it had been since she'd been in Timber. She walked up to the desk and told the clerk, "Hi. I'm Quistis Trepe. The SeeD sent to deal with the monster problems." The clerk looked at her strangely.
"We didn't send for a SeeD, and what monster problem are you talking about?"
"That's impossible. I saw one of the monsters just outside of town. You normally don't have Ruby Dragons around here! Headmaster Squall sent me from Balamb Garden…can you check again?"
The clerk looked for anything even mentioning SeeD, but to no avail. "I'm sorry, miss, there's nothing. Perhaps someone forgot to book it."
"That might be it. Well in that case, then I'd like to get a room. Is there anyway I can still get one of the SeeD rooms?"
"Sure thing. It'll be 250 gil a night. You're room 22. Here's your key," she smiled as she handed her the key. "Enjoy your stay."
Quistis went upstairs to her room and opened the door. She shut it as she walked in and looked around. The room was a light shade of blue. There was one bed against the far wall. There was a small table with a laptop on it.
"I should probably see if I can contact Squall," she said to herself. She opened the laptop and found that it was already turned on. "That's strange. Why would it be on?" She looked at the screen and gasped. There was an e-mail from someone.
She read it out loud,
"Dear Quistis Trepe, it appears as though you've fallen for our little trap. You think you're on a mission to investigate monsters, right? Well, think again. Don't worry, we won't hurt you…yet. So far, everything is going according to plan. You can figure out who this is if you really try. Well, good luck on your 'mission.'"
Quistis was rather frightened by this. "How did they know my name? And what room I'd be in? And my mission? This is creepy. I'd better try calling Squall."
She went over and picked up the phone. Upon dialing his office number, she got even more alarmed. All she heard was "The number you have tried to reach is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." She hung up the phone.
"What a way to relax…maybe I should just get plastered tonight…that might help…" she said to herself as she walked out of her hotel room.
It was just beginning to get dark and the sky was a purplish colour. Quistis sighed. 'I'm so confused…what on earth is going on?' She made her way to the bar and opened the door. The grimy air made the whole bar seem absolutely filthy. Quistis went up to the counter and sat down on one of the stools.
The bartender walked over and said, "What'll you have?"
Quistis sighed and said, "The hardest thing you got." He walked away to get her drink and she thought, 'I know I shouldn't be drinking, but maybe it'll take away some of my pain. Even if it's just for a little while.'
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"Hey Raijin?" called Seifer as he was heading out the door.
"What is it? You're not going out drinking, are you?"
"Just tonight, I promise."
"Alright, just try to be coherent enough to get back here, ya know?"
"Sure thing, thanks a ton, buddy."
Raijin stood in the hallway and watched Seifer leave. When he turned around, Fujin kicked him in the shin.
"WHY?" she demanded.
"Ouch! The guy's had a tough life. Let him have just one more night to be completely pain free, ya know?"
Seifer stood outside the bar for a moment, considering whether or not he really wanted to get plastered and black out again. 'Just a little tonight…' he thought, 'I can be strong.' He walked into the bar and over towards the counter. He sat at the first empty stool he saw. The bartender walked over with a drink and handed it to the red headed lady next to him. She replied with a very quiet, somewhat slurred, "Thank you…"
Seifer turned towards her to get a better look. "Quistis?" She turned towards him and almost fell off the stool.
"Seifer! I haven't seen you in forever!" she shouted, practically throwing herself at him. "Where have you been?"
Seifer who was quite confused by this, tried to sit her back in her stool, but she ended up somehow on his lap.
"Quistis, you're really drunk. Are you feeling alright?" he asked, genuinely concerned.
"Huh? Of course I'm fine! Why wouldn't I be?" she said, giggling.
'I have a bad feeling that this won't end well. I've never seen her act like this. I wonder if this is how I act when I'm drunk…' he thought as he tried to get her to stand.
She sort of stood on her own, but couldn't seem to keep her legs under herself. He tried as hard as he could to support her.
"Okay, Quistis, we need to get you back to your hotel. Now did you pay the nice man already?" She shook her head 'no' and got a wad of money out of her purse. Seifer sighed and paid the bartender what she owed him.
Even though Quistis seemed to be more rational when the cold air hit her face, she still wasn't really walking. Seifer got fed up with it and picked her up. For one reason or another, she fell asleep in his arms. 'Oh, this is lovely, now I don't even know which room is hers when I get to the hotel. Unless I find her key…'
He set her gently down on a nearby bench and looked through her purse for the room key. He found it, room 22. 'Ooh, goody. Stairs,' he thought. He picked her up, still holding the key in one hand, and carried her to the hotel.
The desk clerk barely looked up at them when they walked past. Seifer managed to carry Quistis up the stairs and down the hall to her room. "Geez, gained some weight lately? You're heavy," Seifer mumbled as he opened the door. He walked in and laid her on the bed.
"SeeDs get all the privileges, don't they? I suppose I should at least wait until she wakes up," said Seifer to himself.
He walked across the room and sat in one of the chairs by the small table. There was a phone next to him and so he decided to call Raijin and let him know that he wasn't passed out in an alley. He picked up and dialed the number. It rang several times, but no answer.
'Oh well, guess they're sleeping or something,' he thought. 'Maybe I'll just shut my eyes for a minute…I'm kinda tired.' Seifer put his head down on the table, and fell asleep.
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Quistis woke up with a killer headache. 'Huh? Where am I? How did I get back in my hotel room?' She got out of bed and stretched. She got out some other clothes to change into, which Garden had shipped for her, and went into the bathroom to shower.
She relaxed under the warm water and let it clear her thoughts. After getting dressed, she walked back into her room. By that time, Seifer had started to wake up.
Quistis almost screamed when she realized he was there.
"Seifer?! What are you doing in my room??! How did you get here?" she yelled. Obviously panicking.
"Well last night you were really drunk, and just begged me to take advantage of you, and you're just so sexy that I couldn't say no."
She started at him in disbelief.
"Hey hey hey. I was just kidding. You were really drunk last night and you passed out. I carried you here and found your room key. Then I decided to stay and make sure you were okay and fell asleep at the table. Is that alright with you, Ms. Overreaction?"
She looked at him for a moment, then remembered the events of the previous night. "Hehe, I'm sorry. I guess this killer headache is making me a little edgy."
"I'll say," he muttered under his breath, which she thankfully didn't hear.
"So what're you doing in Timber?" she asked, sitting down in the other chair.
"I needed a place to stay, so I came to see Raijin and Fujin. And what about you? Mission I assume." He crossed his arms.
"Yeah. Apparently there have been stronger monsters, and a lot more monsters in general, around here. I'm supposed to find out why."
"All by yourself?" She nodded. "Oh, poor Quisty! All alone!" he teased.
"Shut up. I can handle being by myself."
"Well obviously something's bothering you if YOU got that drunk last night."
"I don't know what you're talking about," she said crossing her arms.
"Fine, I was willing to listen to you, but if you're gonna be that way about it."
"Why would you care what was bothering me?"
"Because you're my dear Instructor Trepe, of course. You mean the world to me."
She just rolled her eyes. "Still full of yourself, I see."
"Only with you," he grinned.
She sighed and looked at the laptop. She then turned it around and opened it. There was another e-mail from what looked like the same person.
"Hey Seifer, tell me what you think of this," she said, motioning for him to come over and see.
She showed him the first one and then he read the second one out loud,
"Well Quistis, it appears as though you have fallen into yet another trap. If you know what's good for you, you'll forget your 'mission' and just go home. And Seifer. Were you planning on helping Quistis with her 'mission'? If you were, I don't think it's such a good idea. Someone might get hurt. Don't say I didn't warn you."
Quistis was really scared. "What do you think it means?"
"I'm really not sure. But it's obviously been planned. How could anyone know I was here?"
"I don't have any idea."
"Well then, that settles it. I'm going to figure this out."
"But it's my mission!"
"I'm sure this is a mission that's not meant for beginners, dear."
"What's that supposed to mean?! At least I made it as a SeeD. YOU couldn't even get in. And look what happened. What are you now?"
The fire in Seifer's eyes died down. He almost looked…sad. "Well at least, until the very end, I succeeded at what I wanted to be. Unlike you…you've always failed. You failed as my teacher, you failed trying to win Squall's heart, and you'll fail at this too. Face it, you're as worthless as I am."
Quistis, despite the fact that his words stung her, stood up and slapped him. "So what if I am? That sure as hell doesn't give you the right to tell me! So what if I can't ever do…anything right? So what if…I'm just a horrible, lonely, worthless person? Why can't you just let me…live my wretched life in peace?" a tear ran down her face and she looked away.
"Hey, don't cry."
"You can't tell me what to do! Dammit, I'll cry if I want to!!" And she did. Quistis Trepe, the Ice Queen was bawling her eyes out. And again Seifer was shocked at this side of her that he had never seen.
She sat down on the bed and buried her face in her hands. He sat next to her and gently said, "Quistis…"
"Just leave me alone," she snapped and turned away.
"I didn't mean to make you cry. Look at me," he said as he tried to turn her around. "Just look at me, dammit." She turned around and looked at him through the tears that wouldn't stop coming.
"What? What could you possibly say to make me the least bit better?"
"There's nothing I can say to make you better, but I know something that will probably make you at least relax a little."
She looked at him for a minute then he pulled her closer and just held her. Slowly, her tears stopped coming and she relaxed. 'Why does this feel so…normal?' she thought. After she was completely done crying she broke his embrace and whispered, "Thank you."
"I guess I should be going now. I suppose I'll see you around. Unless you finish your mission early," he said as he started walking towards the door.
"Wait," she called out to him. He stopped and turned around. "I'd really like it if you'd help me on my mission. It's nice to have someone to talk to."
"I knew you couldn't resist my charms!" he said, smirking. She threw a pillow at him.
"You jerk!" she yelled.
He opened the door, and yelled, "I'll call you!" Then he turned around and blew a kiss at her. She threw another pillow, but he closed the door just in time.
'Why does he have to be like that? Sweet one minute, a jerk the next? It's so annoying!' Quistis flopped face down onto the bed and just screamed. 'And lucky me gets to spend even MORE time with him…me and my big mouth.'
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Well…I think this is a new record! Not only the longest chapter I've written, but the fastest I've ever updated! Yay me! If only I could keep up with my updating, I'd be good.
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