Title: Knowing You More
Disclaimer: I don't own FFVIII.
Chapter Fourteen: From Spies To Friends With Advice
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Squall looked down at Quistis, who was covering her face which had suddenly gone pale, with the least sympathy in his eyes. He shook his head disapprovingly and leaned on her desk with his arms folded across his chest.
Quistis looked up at him, looking sick. "How did you know it was him?" she asked.
"I saw his head through the glass window," Squall answered.
Quistis took a deep breath.
Squall rolled his eyes. Honestly, he didn't care of what happens between the two. He didn't even know why he warned Quistis that Seifer was listening to their conversation. Something just pulled him to do it.
"I can't believe he heard me," Quistis whispered faintly. She bit her lip to stop herself from crying.
Squall almost smirked, but thought of it better. He continued to look at her blankly.
"I think you should know what's been happening," Quistis said, standing up. "But, please, don't tell anyone. It's very important between Seifer and me."
Squall let his head hang. He knew very well what Quistis had been hiding from them. And he wasn't the only one who knew it. Rinoa also knew everything about Quistis and Seifer.
Squall thought this would be the perfect time to tell Quistis.
"You've been hiding a secret from us," he said. It wasn't a question. "We already know that."
Quistis raised her eyebrows.
Squall sighed heavily. "You weren't the only one hiding something," he said. "We have a secret we didn't share with you, too."
"Who's 'we'?" Quistis asked.
"Rinoa and I have been following you and Seifer around the whole time," Squall said lazily.
"What are you talking about?"
"I thought you were an instructor? How come you don't understand what I just said?"
"Because it's confusing and I'm totally lost. Now tell me what you meant!"
"Fine! You don't have to sound so urgent." Squall rolled his eyes for the second time and sighed. "The headmaster was aware that something might happen between you and Seifer. So he decided that two close friends could follow them around and observe the two of you."
Quistis stared at him with shocked eyes. She shook her head in disbelief.
"You were spying on us?"
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"Yes, we did," Rinoa said weakly as Seifer glared at her through deadly eyes.
She was in the secret area with Seifer, and was definitely in trouble after telling him all about Squall and her spying on Quistis and him. She had to tell him soon. If not, he may get angrier if they told him later.
But Seifer didn't have the right to get mad at her. The headmaster had assigned them to find out what's been happening between Seifer and Quistis. Was it her fault?
Rinoa lifted up her chin and straightened her posture. "I feel a lot of tension brewing between us, Seifer," she said importantly. "I'm just doing my job. You have no authority to grit your teeth in anger in front of me. It goes the same with Squall."
"But you just deprived us of our own privacy!" Seifer pointed out sarcastically.
"Oh, come on!" she said, leaning on the railing where she stood. "At this time, privacy's out."
She knew this wasn't true. But just to persuade Seifer not to hate Quistis, and not get mad at her, she would say anything.
Seifer glared at her again, and then looked out into the jungle like training center.
Rinoa started to climb the railing, and sat there, swinging sideways from time to time. She glanced at Seifer, and became still.
Was it her or was Seifer trying to stop himself from crying?
She blinked a few times, rubbed her eyes and peered at Seifer. His eyes sure were glistening, but she didn't know if they were tears or not. She bit her lip and looked away.
Now what had she done? All she said was something about privacy. Was it enough to make Seifer cry? She hoped not.
She looked at him and patted his back. "I'm sorry, Seifer," she said quietly.
Seifer sighed heavily without looking at her.
"Do you think she'll talk to me again?"
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"Well, after what you just said about him. . . . Oh, let me rephrase that. After you insulted him, do you think he'll talk to you again?" Squall definitely put a whole emphasis on the word 'insulted'. He almost groaned tiredly when Quistis gasped silently.
Quistis buried her face in her hands. "I can't believe I said that!" she cried. "How come you didn't tell me, Squall?"
Squall blinked. "That's what I did," he reminded her.
"Well, you could have told me," Quistis pointed out. "You could have made a more understanding gesture."
"Like what, wave my hands in the air like a monkey?" Squall said sarcastically. "No way. It's Zell's job to do that."
"Zell was by my bathroom!" Quistis said. "He can't possibly know Seifer was there!"
"So you're blaming me? Oh, what a way of saying thank you from warning you that Seifer was there!"
Quistis sighed. "I'm sorry, okay?" she said. "But can you please help me with my problem? It's like the end of the world!"
"Losing Seifer is like the end of the world?" Squall said thoughtfully. "I wonder what that feels. . . . Must be like crap."
"Don't talk about him like that!"
Squall's face almost crumpled in disgust. He looked at Quistis as if she was weird.
"You really are in love, aren't you?"
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"Alright, alright! I am! Now, are you happy?" Seifer said sarcastically to Rinoa, who stopped shaking his arm to make him say he was in love with Quistis.
At first, he didn't want to admit it, just as she had done to her friends. But he can't deny he was in love with her.
Rinoa smiled in satisfaction. "I knew it! Seifer's in love with the instructor!" she squealed in delight.
Seifer pretended to look cheery, and then rolled his eyes.
Rinoa made a face, but continued to smile happily.
"It's okay to say you're in love, Seify!" she said.
"Don't call me that," Seifer said in a disgusted tone. "It sounds like a girl's."
"But it's cute!"
"I don't care."
"Say you're in love again!"
". . . . . . . . . . ."
"Come on!"
". . . . . . . . . . ."
"Just one more!"
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"I love him so much, Squall."
Squall looked at Quistis, who was beginning to cry. He sighed heavily and sat down on the bed beside her. He started to pat her shoulder comfortingly.
"After all this, I know we'll never talk to each other again," Quistis said as she hugged herself. "I never meant to say all of them. I just wanted to protect our relationship. I didn't want anything to come in our way. I want to kill myself. . . ."
"'If only I did this. . .' 'If only I did that. . .'" Squall said, shaking his head and sighing. "That's not the way you should think, Quistis. That is very negative."
"But it's true! If only --"
"Were you listening to me?" Squall said in irritation. "Like I said, it's not the way you should think. If you love him, then you fight for him."
Quistis looked at him with wide teary eyes. She was obviously surprised to hear these words come out of Squall's mouth.
"I kind of did the same for Rinoa," Squall said silently.
Quistis looked down at the floor.
Squall stood up and patted her shoulder once more, then walked toward the door. Before walking out, however, he turned around and said, "You do what I told you to do. Then you'll be happy."
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"Hey, Seifer?"
Seifer turned to Rinoa and was about to snap at her for being so talkative, but was caught off guard when he saw Rinoa smiling peacefully and looking faraway into the sky.
He turned back down and grunted to say he was listening.
"Do you remember the time when we first met?" Rinoa asked breathlessly. "When you introduced me to the headmaster. . . . I thought I was in love with you back then."
"Yeah, I remember," Seifer said quietly.
Rinoa breathed loudly and stretched out her arms. "It's so good to be in love with the person you love!" she yelled out.
Seifer looked at her, embarrassed. "Uh. . . I don't know you, okay?" he said.
Rinoa giggled and relaxed.
Seifer rolled his eyes for almost the fiftieth time.
"It's true," Rinoa whispered. "It feels good to be in love with the person you love."
Seifer nodded thoughtfully in agreement. Yeah, it felt good to be with Quistis. He had loads of fun doing stuff with her. He was in love. No, he IS in love. But he wasn't sure if Quistis felt the same way as he did.
He rested his head on his hand and stared down darkly.
"I thought I was in love with you," Rinoa said again. "But I realized I was in love with Squall."
Seifer raised an eyebrow toward her.
"But in your case, Seifer," Rinoa said, jumping down to stand beside him, "you really are in love."
Seifer opened his mouth to protest that Quistis never loved him, but Rinoa held up a hand to silence him.
"This time, it's not a mistake. It's true."
And Rinoa walked away, leaving Seifer to understand completely what she just said.
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Author's note: It's corny!!!!! Very!!!!! I'm not really that good in final fantasy romance. . . . You should see me in Slam Dunk though. . . . But I hope you guys liked it! I did my best! Please don't forget your reviews!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own FFVIII.
Chapter Fourteen: From Spies To Friends With Advice
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Squall looked down at Quistis, who was covering her face which had suddenly gone pale, with the least sympathy in his eyes. He shook his head disapprovingly and leaned on her desk with his arms folded across his chest.
Quistis looked up at him, looking sick. "How did you know it was him?" she asked.
"I saw his head through the glass window," Squall answered.
Quistis took a deep breath.
Squall rolled his eyes. Honestly, he didn't care of what happens between the two. He didn't even know why he warned Quistis that Seifer was listening to their conversation. Something just pulled him to do it.
"I can't believe he heard me," Quistis whispered faintly. She bit her lip to stop herself from crying.
Squall almost smirked, but thought of it better. He continued to look at her blankly.
"I think you should know what's been happening," Quistis said, standing up. "But, please, don't tell anyone. It's very important between Seifer and me."
Squall let his head hang. He knew very well what Quistis had been hiding from them. And he wasn't the only one who knew it. Rinoa also knew everything about Quistis and Seifer.
Squall thought this would be the perfect time to tell Quistis.
"You've been hiding a secret from us," he said. It wasn't a question. "We already know that."
Quistis raised her eyebrows.
Squall sighed heavily. "You weren't the only one hiding something," he said. "We have a secret we didn't share with you, too."
"Who's 'we'?" Quistis asked.
"Rinoa and I have been following you and Seifer around the whole time," Squall said lazily.
"What are you talking about?"
"I thought you were an instructor? How come you don't understand what I just said?"
"Because it's confusing and I'm totally lost. Now tell me what you meant!"
"Fine! You don't have to sound so urgent." Squall rolled his eyes for the second time and sighed. "The headmaster was aware that something might happen between you and Seifer. So he decided that two close friends could follow them around and observe the two of you."
Quistis stared at him with shocked eyes. She shook her head in disbelief.
"You were spying on us?"
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"Yes, we did," Rinoa said weakly as Seifer glared at her through deadly eyes.
She was in the secret area with Seifer, and was definitely in trouble after telling him all about Squall and her spying on Quistis and him. She had to tell him soon. If not, he may get angrier if they told him later.
But Seifer didn't have the right to get mad at her. The headmaster had assigned them to find out what's been happening between Seifer and Quistis. Was it her fault?
Rinoa lifted up her chin and straightened her posture. "I feel a lot of tension brewing between us, Seifer," she said importantly. "I'm just doing my job. You have no authority to grit your teeth in anger in front of me. It goes the same with Squall."
"But you just deprived us of our own privacy!" Seifer pointed out sarcastically.
"Oh, come on!" she said, leaning on the railing where she stood. "At this time, privacy's out."
She knew this wasn't true. But just to persuade Seifer not to hate Quistis, and not get mad at her, she would say anything.
Seifer glared at her again, and then looked out into the jungle like training center.
Rinoa started to climb the railing, and sat there, swinging sideways from time to time. She glanced at Seifer, and became still.
Was it her or was Seifer trying to stop himself from crying?
She blinked a few times, rubbed her eyes and peered at Seifer. His eyes sure were glistening, but she didn't know if they were tears or not. She bit her lip and looked away.
Now what had she done? All she said was something about privacy. Was it enough to make Seifer cry? She hoped not.
She looked at him and patted his back. "I'm sorry, Seifer," she said quietly.
Seifer sighed heavily without looking at her.
"Do you think she'll talk to me again?"
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"Well, after what you just said about him. . . . Oh, let me rephrase that. After you insulted him, do you think he'll talk to you again?" Squall definitely put a whole emphasis on the word 'insulted'. He almost groaned tiredly when Quistis gasped silently.
Quistis buried her face in her hands. "I can't believe I said that!" she cried. "How come you didn't tell me, Squall?"
Squall blinked. "That's what I did," he reminded her.
"Well, you could have told me," Quistis pointed out. "You could have made a more understanding gesture."
"Like what, wave my hands in the air like a monkey?" Squall said sarcastically. "No way. It's Zell's job to do that."
"Zell was by my bathroom!" Quistis said. "He can't possibly know Seifer was there!"
"So you're blaming me? Oh, what a way of saying thank you from warning you that Seifer was there!"
Quistis sighed. "I'm sorry, okay?" she said. "But can you please help me with my problem? It's like the end of the world!"
"Losing Seifer is like the end of the world?" Squall said thoughtfully. "I wonder what that feels. . . . Must be like crap."
"Don't talk about him like that!"
Squall's face almost crumpled in disgust. He looked at Quistis as if she was weird.
"You really are in love, aren't you?"
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"Alright, alright! I am! Now, are you happy?" Seifer said sarcastically to Rinoa, who stopped shaking his arm to make him say he was in love with Quistis.
At first, he didn't want to admit it, just as she had done to her friends. But he can't deny he was in love with her.
Rinoa smiled in satisfaction. "I knew it! Seifer's in love with the instructor!" she squealed in delight.
Seifer pretended to look cheery, and then rolled his eyes.
Rinoa made a face, but continued to smile happily.
"It's okay to say you're in love, Seify!" she said.
"Don't call me that," Seifer said in a disgusted tone. "It sounds like a girl's."
"But it's cute!"
"I don't care."
"Say you're in love again!"
". . . . . . . . . . ."
"Come on!"
". . . . . . . . . . ."
"Just one more!"
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"I love him so much, Squall."
Squall looked at Quistis, who was beginning to cry. He sighed heavily and sat down on the bed beside her. He started to pat her shoulder comfortingly.
"After all this, I know we'll never talk to each other again," Quistis said as she hugged herself. "I never meant to say all of them. I just wanted to protect our relationship. I didn't want anything to come in our way. I want to kill myself. . . ."
"'If only I did this. . .' 'If only I did that. . .'" Squall said, shaking his head and sighing. "That's not the way you should think, Quistis. That is very negative."
"But it's true! If only --"
"Were you listening to me?" Squall said in irritation. "Like I said, it's not the way you should think. If you love him, then you fight for him."
Quistis looked at him with wide teary eyes. She was obviously surprised to hear these words come out of Squall's mouth.
"I kind of did the same for Rinoa," Squall said silently.
Quistis looked down at the floor.
Squall stood up and patted her shoulder once more, then walked toward the door. Before walking out, however, he turned around and said, "You do what I told you to do. Then you'll be happy."
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"Hey, Seifer?"
Seifer turned to Rinoa and was about to snap at her for being so talkative, but was caught off guard when he saw Rinoa smiling peacefully and looking faraway into the sky.
He turned back down and grunted to say he was listening.
"Do you remember the time when we first met?" Rinoa asked breathlessly. "When you introduced me to the headmaster. . . . I thought I was in love with you back then."
"Yeah, I remember," Seifer said quietly.
Rinoa breathed loudly and stretched out her arms. "It's so good to be in love with the person you love!" she yelled out.
Seifer looked at her, embarrassed. "Uh. . . I don't know you, okay?" he said.
Rinoa giggled and relaxed.
Seifer rolled his eyes for almost the fiftieth time.
"It's true," Rinoa whispered. "It feels good to be in love with the person you love."
Seifer nodded thoughtfully in agreement. Yeah, it felt good to be with Quistis. He had loads of fun doing stuff with her. He was in love. No, he IS in love. But he wasn't sure if Quistis felt the same way as he did.
He rested his head on his hand and stared down darkly.
"I thought I was in love with you," Rinoa said again. "But I realized I was in love with Squall."
Seifer raised an eyebrow toward her.
"But in your case, Seifer," Rinoa said, jumping down to stand beside him, "you really are in love."
Seifer opened his mouth to protest that Quistis never loved him, but Rinoa held up a hand to silence him.
"This time, it's not a mistake. It's true."
And Rinoa walked away, leaving Seifer to understand completely what she just said.
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Author's note: It's corny!!!!! Very!!!!! I'm not really that good in final fantasy romance. . . . You should see me in Slam Dunk though. . . . But I hope you guys liked it! I did my best! Please don't forget your reviews!!!