Title: Knowing You More
Disclaimer: Still don't own FFVIII.
Chapter Two: I Dare You
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"Hi, guys. . . ." Quistis greeted her friends gloomily in the cafeteria later that day during lunchtime. She plopped down on an empty chair between Selphie Tilmitt and Zell Dincht. Instead of starting to eat, she poked on her food carelessly, obviously not in a good mood. But her friends didn't seem to mind. They were chattering excitedly with each other.
"So, did you hear about the new activity we're about to do?" Selphie asked everyone as she bounced up and down on her seat.
"What activity?" Rinoa Heartilly asked her.
"You know, the one that instructors and SeeDs should get to know more about the students of Balamb," Selphie said excitedly. "I can't wait to start! I was assigned on knowing more about a cute student!"
"Don't get too happy 'bout it, Selph," Irvine Kinneas said, wrapping his arm around Selphie's shoulders. "I'm still here to keep an eye on you."
"Who were you assigned to, Squall?" Rinoa asked Squall Leonhart, who was silently sipping coffee from his cup.
Squall sighed. "Don't know much about this guy," he answered.
"Well, I hope you'll all be happy with your partners," Zell said, pumping the table with his fist. "I got a . . . a . . . girl who, I think, likes me."
Irvine snickered loudly. "A girl?" he said mockingly. "What girl would like you, shorty?"
"Shut up!"
Quistis sighed as Irvine laughed out hysterically. She shook her head and looked at her friends.
"At least you didn't get the most idiotic student in Balamb," she told them.
Everyone looked at her with surprised expressions. She dropped her fork on her plate and crossed her arms across her chest.
"Who did you get, Quisty?" Selphie asked, leaning forward. "Is it a meanie?"
"Oh, definitely, Selphie," Quistis said hotly. She slammed her fists on the table harder than Zell. "I got a jerk! A bastard! An idiot! A stupid son of a bitch!"
"Whoa!" Irvine said, looking at her with round eyes. "Censored, please!"
Quistis sighed in devastation. "I was hoping I could get Sq -- uh . . . Selphie or Zell. . . ." She kicked herself mentally. 'That was close!' she thought.
"Uh . . . hello? Quisty, didn't you listen to the instructions?" Selphie said, looking at her in disbelief. "SeeDs are supposed to act like instructors and get to know the students more. Just like you. And to remind you, Zell, Squall and I are already SeeDs."
Again, Quistis kicked herself mentally. 'How could I forget?' she thought angrily to herself. 'I can't believe I even imagined my perfect moment with Squall. . . . Oh, I'm such an idiot!'
"Oh, yeah!" she said, laughing goofily. "Sorry, I forgot! Hehe!"
"Now, come on and tell us who you got!" Irvine said, leaning forward eagerly. "If he's enough to make you wild, then you're definitely in a fix!"
"Gee, thanks for the support," Quistis said glumly.
"Come on, Quisty!" Selphie urged. "Tell us! Who? WHO?"
Quistis gritted her teeth. "Fine! He's . . . Seifer Almasy."
"Wha --?" Everyone's jaw, except Squall's, dropped down to the table. They stared at Quistis in bewilderment.
She nodded miserably. "Can you believe it?" she asked them.
Everyone didn't respond. They just looked at her sympathetically.
"He's got to be the worst thing that happened in your life, Quistis," Zell said silently.
"Yes, I've reminded myself that everyday, Zell," Quistis replied.
"But . . . isn't that a good thing?" Zell said, starting to recover from shock. "I mean, now that you're with him, you can do anything you want. I mean, there're no rules in this activity, right?"
Quistis looked at him in confusion. "What are you talking about, Zell?" she asked.
"Oh, come on, Quistis!" Zell said, suddenly becoming excited. "We were never told about the rules, were we? So there's none at all! And when you do something that's terribly wrong and definitely rule-breaking, you won't get in trouble!"
"Are you saying that Quistis should break rules?" Rinoa asked Zell.
"Well, not really," Zell said thoughtfully. "Just a little prank on Seifer is what I'm thinking about." He turned to Quistis and smiled. "So what do you say, Quistis? Are you game or not?"
Quistis sniggered. "Sorry, but I don't break rules!" she reminded him.
"No, you're getting it all wrong!" Zell said. "There're no rules, right? So you can do whatever you want! And I say, a prank on that asshole!"
"Hmm . . ." Irvine scratched his chin thoughtfully. "I think playing a prank on Seifer would be cool. Plus, witnessing Quistis do some havoc would be great. Nice thinking, Zell!"
"Thanks!"
"So are you up to it, Quistis?" Rinoa asked, smiling.
Quistis looked at all their faces and bit her lip. Playing a joke on Seifer wouldn't be so bad. It could serve as revenge for all the things he'd done to her. Yeah, why should she not do it? But why should she do it? Right, she shouldn't. There's no way she's going to break any rules.
"Look, guys . . ." she began.
Squall cleared his throat, catching all of their attention. He simply leaned forward on his seat and said, "I dare you, Quistis."
"Good going," Irvine cheered.
Quistis stared at all of them. She tapped the table with her hand.
"Quistis! Quistis! Quistis!" they chanted altogether. "Quistis!"
"Alright, alright!" Quistis almost yelled. "I'll do it!"
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"Another wrong answer," Quistis mumbled as she marked an x on the test paper. She was in her room and was grading the latest test papers of her students. She had been thinking endlessly about her agreement with her gang and thought that grading her student's test papers would take her mind off it.
She added the paper on the pile of graded ones and sighed. She looked down at the next test paper and saw that it was the last, and it was owned by Seifer. She looked at it in disbelief.
"Why'd you have to remind me of HIM?" she growled at the paper. Sighing heavily, she started to grade it. When she was done, she added it on the pile.
'Hmm . . . that's odd,' she thought. 'He got an unusually high grade. Wonder what happened to him. . . . Oh, he probably cheated, the stupid jerk.'
She stared out the window thoughtfully. Exactly what she was going to do to Seifer, she had no idea. She was never the kind to pull jokes on people, even if those people were horrible and rude and . . . like Seifer. If only Zell never came up with the idea, if only Squall never dared her. . . .
'Squall . . .' she mused dreamily. She smiled and rested her head on her hand.
"I dare you. . . ." Squall's voice rang out in her head.
She blinked in surprise and sat up straighter. "He dares me," she said.
Suddenly, she felt angry. How could Squall dare her? He should be the one preventing rule-breakers around the Garden. At least, she expected that from him. She groaned loudly. Now what was she going to do about that dare?
'Hmm . . . maybe I should put sleeping pills on Seifer's food tomorrow, and when he comes to class, he'll fall asleep, then I'll mark him absent for the day!' she thought. 'Or maybe I could steal some of his things . . . his blade maybe. Oh, what am I going to do? My jokes are so low!'
Suddenly, a shuffling sound aroused from outside her door. Her head snapped toward it. She got her whip prepared as she stood up, and hurried silently toward her door. Opening it, she whiffed out her whip and went outside, ready to hit the intruder on the face.
But no one was there.
She looked around and still found no one. Stepping forward, she heard a crumpling sound from the floor. She looked down and found that she had stepped on a piece of paper. She picked it up and stuck out her tongue in utter disgust. She really didn't like the person who wrote it.
"I heard you were assigned to know me better. I hope you'll do your job well and maturely. And be warned by your actions, dear instructor, 'cause you might never know what hit you."
It was from Seifer.
Crumpling the piece of paper and tossing it aside, she went back in her room and slammed the door shut.
"Asshole."
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Author's Note: Well, there you are! The second chapter of my story! Once again, please don't forget your reviews!
To Kitian: Thanks so much! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
To NixuVixu: Thanks to you and Seify! Hehe, hope you both liked this chapter just as you liked the first!
Disclaimer: Still don't own FFVIII.
Chapter Two: I Dare You
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"Hi, guys. . . ." Quistis greeted her friends gloomily in the cafeteria later that day during lunchtime. She plopped down on an empty chair between Selphie Tilmitt and Zell Dincht. Instead of starting to eat, she poked on her food carelessly, obviously not in a good mood. But her friends didn't seem to mind. They were chattering excitedly with each other.
"So, did you hear about the new activity we're about to do?" Selphie asked everyone as she bounced up and down on her seat.
"What activity?" Rinoa Heartilly asked her.
"You know, the one that instructors and SeeDs should get to know more about the students of Balamb," Selphie said excitedly. "I can't wait to start! I was assigned on knowing more about a cute student!"
"Don't get too happy 'bout it, Selph," Irvine Kinneas said, wrapping his arm around Selphie's shoulders. "I'm still here to keep an eye on you."
"Who were you assigned to, Squall?" Rinoa asked Squall Leonhart, who was silently sipping coffee from his cup.
Squall sighed. "Don't know much about this guy," he answered.
"Well, I hope you'll all be happy with your partners," Zell said, pumping the table with his fist. "I got a . . . a . . . girl who, I think, likes me."
Irvine snickered loudly. "A girl?" he said mockingly. "What girl would like you, shorty?"
"Shut up!"
Quistis sighed as Irvine laughed out hysterically. She shook her head and looked at her friends.
"At least you didn't get the most idiotic student in Balamb," she told them.
Everyone looked at her with surprised expressions. She dropped her fork on her plate and crossed her arms across her chest.
"Who did you get, Quisty?" Selphie asked, leaning forward. "Is it a meanie?"
"Oh, definitely, Selphie," Quistis said hotly. She slammed her fists on the table harder than Zell. "I got a jerk! A bastard! An idiot! A stupid son of a bitch!"
"Whoa!" Irvine said, looking at her with round eyes. "Censored, please!"
Quistis sighed in devastation. "I was hoping I could get Sq -- uh . . . Selphie or Zell. . . ." She kicked herself mentally. 'That was close!' she thought.
"Uh . . . hello? Quisty, didn't you listen to the instructions?" Selphie said, looking at her in disbelief. "SeeDs are supposed to act like instructors and get to know the students more. Just like you. And to remind you, Zell, Squall and I are already SeeDs."
Again, Quistis kicked herself mentally. 'How could I forget?' she thought angrily to herself. 'I can't believe I even imagined my perfect moment with Squall. . . . Oh, I'm such an idiot!'
"Oh, yeah!" she said, laughing goofily. "Sorry, I forgot! Hehe!"
"Now, come on and tell us who you got!" Irvine said, leaning forward eagerly. "If he's enough to make you wild, then you're definitely in a fix!"
"Gee, thanks for the support," Quistis said glumly.
"Come on, Quisty!" Selphie urged. "Tell us! Who? WHO?"
Quistis gritted her teeth. "Fine! He's . . . Seifer Almasy."
"Wha --?" Everyone's jaw, except Squall's, dropped down to the table. They stared at Quistis in bewilderment.
She nodded miserably. "Can you believe it?" she asked them.
Everyone didn't respond. They just looked at her sympathetically.
"He's got to be the worst thing that happened in your life, Quistis," Zell said silently.
"Yes, I've reminded myself that everyday, Zell," Quistis replied.
"But . . . isn't that a good thing?" Zell said, starting to recover from shock. "I mean, now that you're with him, you can do anything you want. I mean, there're no rules in this activity, right?"
Quistis looked at him in confusion. "What are you talking about, Zell?" she asked.
"Oh, come on, Quistis!" Zell said, suddenly becoming excited. "We were never told about the rules, were we? So there's none at all! And when you do something that's terribly wrong and definitely rule-breaking, you won't get in trouble!"
"Are you saying that Quistis should break rules?" Rinoa asked Zell.
"Well, not really," Zell said thoughtfully. "Just a little prank on Seifer is what I'm thinking about." He turned to Quistis and smiled. "So what do you say, Quistis? Are you game or not?"
Quistis sniggered. "Sorry, but I don't break rules!" she reminded him.
"No, you're getting it all wrong!" Zell said. "There're no rules, right? So you can do whatever you want! And I say, a prank on that asshole!"
"Hmm . . ." Irvine scratched his chin thoughtfully. "I think playing a prank on Seifer would be cool. Plus, witnessing Quistis do some havoc would be great. Nice thinking, Zell!"
"Thanks!"
"So are you up to it, Quistis?" Rinoa asked, smiling.
Quistis looked at all their faces and bit her lip. Playing a joke on Seifer wouldn't be so bad. It could serve as revenge for all the things he'd done to her. Yeah, why should she not do it? But why should she do it? Right, she shouldn't. There's no way she's going to break any rules.
"Look, guys . . ." she began.
Squall cleared his throat, catching all of their attention. He simply leaned forward on his seat and said, "I dare you, Quistis."
"Good going," Irvine cheered.
Quistis stared at all of them. She tapped the table with her hand.
"Quistis! Quistis! Quistis!" they chanted altogether. "Quistis!"
"Alright, alright!" Quistis almost yelled. "I'll do it!"
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"Another wrong answer," Quistis mumbled as she marked an x on the test paper. She was in her room and was grading the latest test papers of her students. She had been thinking endlessly about her agreement with her gang and thought that grading her student's test papers would take her mind off it.
She added the paper on the pile of graded ones and sighed. She looked down at the next test paper and saw that it was the last, and it was owned by Seifer. She looked at it in disbelief.
"Why'd you have to remind me of HIM?" she growled at the paper. Sighing heavily, she started to grade it. When she was done, she added it on the pile.
'Hmm . . . that's odd,' she thought. 'He got an unusually high grade. Wonder what happened to him. . . . Oh, he probably cheated, the stupid jerk.'
She stared out the window thoughtfully. Exactly what she was going to do to Seifer, she had no idea. She was never the kind to pull jokes on people, even if those people were horrible and rude and . . . like Seifer. If only Zell never came up with the idea, if only Squall never dared her. . . .
'Squall . . .' she mused dreamily. She smiled and rested her head on her hand.
"I dare you. . . ." Squall's voice rang out in her head.
She blinked in surprise and sat up straighter. "He dares me," she said.
Suddenly, she felt angry. How could Squall dare her? He should be the one preventing rule-breakers around the Garden. At least, she expected that from him. She groaned loudly. Now what was she going to do about that dare?
'Hmm . . . maybe I should put sleeping pills on Seifer's food tomorrow, and when he comes to class, he'll fall asleep, then I'll mark him absent for the day!' she thought. 'Or maybe I could steal some of his things . . . his blade maybe. Oh, what am I going to do? My jokes are so low!'
Suddenly, a shuffling sound aroused from outside her door. Her head snapped toward it. She got her whip prepared as she stood up, and hurried silently toward her door. Opening it, she whiffed out her whip and went outside, ready to hit the intruder on the face.
But no one was there.
She looked around and still found no one. Stepping forward, she heard a crumpling sound from the floor. She looked down and found that she had stepped on a piece of paper. She picked it up and stuck out her tongue in utter disgust. She really didn't like the person who wrote it.
"I heard you were assigned to know me better. I hope you'll do your job well and maturely. And be warned by your actions, dear instructor, 'cause you might never know what hit you."
It was from Seifer.
Crumpling the piece of paper and tossing it aside, she went back in her room and slammed the door shut.
"Asshole."
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Author's Note: Well, there you are! The second chapter of my story! Once again, please don't forget your reviews!
To Kitian: Thanks so much! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
To NixuVixu: Thanks to you and Seify! Hehe, hope you both liked this chapter just as you liked the first!