Two needs, Two realizations, One love
Disclaimer: I've already said it once, and I'll do it again. I have no money, SquareEnix owns these characters and not me, unless I add a few original characters into this little fic, that's a different story. So please just leave me be with my imagination once more .
A cool gust a wind passed into the small acommodating room, Seifer stood out in the balcony just looking at those stars, those Balamb nights, so dark, so calm, so cold. Seifer again puffed another ring of smoke. Yes, Seifer Almasy has taken up smoking. Ever since the fiasco of the Sorceress War, he started smoking becuase it took all the pain and misery away just for a brief second. He regretted everything he did in his life. Somehow the only thing doing good at was failing. This time he won't, he'll show those SeeDs that he can do it too. The blonde man sighed and went inside the room to lay down and just think.
A few hours laters, he got up and went into the small bathroom to take a quick shower before going out. After rinsing his body from the sweat and dirt, Seifer came out of the foggy bathroom and sat on a recliner that the hotel provided and took some neatly packed clothes out of his bag.
Minutes after rummaging through his black leather duffle bag, he placed one a black cotton loose shirt and a pair of fake worn-out jeans on, went infront of the mirror and took some gel and decided not to style it like the old buzz cut look but instead just spike it up. He squirted a hefty amount of the transparent gelatin and combed his hair with his hands, leaving his untouchable bang out as usual. Looking at the mirror, he sort of looked a bit different. Leaving his tattered trademark grey trench coat and his faithful Hyperion in it's leather covered case behind in the hotel room, he went off to find a place to hang out and have a drink or two.
Sauntering her way out of the SeeD dormitory hallways, Quistis walked like she was on the cat-walk. She caught a few of the male cadets and SeeDs seeing thier jaw drops onto the floor and swooning over the mysterious girl. She grinned and just ignored the few pairs of eyes that were on her. A few of the females with thier boyfriends shot evil eyes to this unknown girl here, eyes widening, they saw Quistis Trepe, the ex-instructor sauntering out of the hallways looking a bit shocked at the sight of none other than Quistis Trepe.
She was a few minutes late, but she knew they would wait for her, seeing Zell and Amy all dressed up to party, Irvine and Selphie doing they're normal flirtacious conversation, and Squall and Rinoa holding hands while waiting for the arrival of the tall blonde.
- "Today, I was thiiiis close to getting a hotdog, but some guy got the last one" Zell sulking
- "Aww, babe, don't worry, next time you'll get a hotdog mmkay sweetie?" Amy trying to comfort him
- "Don't worry Amy I'll be al-"
Quistis flashed a sort of sexy smile at them. Grinning she went up to the group and just stayed silent.
- Zell gulped "-riiiiiiiight"
Quistis blushed a slight pink on her flawless skinned cheek. Irvine just tipped his hat and wolf whistled, followed by Selphie looking all quiet-which was abnormal, Amy just smiling, Rinoa dropping her jaw, and Squall looking like an expressionless idiot.
- "Okay, who the HELL are you, and what have you done to our QUisty?" Selphie shrieking
- "Phie, it's me, Quistis" Quistis replied
- "B-b-b-buutt...you look different" Zell mumbling
- "I agree, you look sexxay...OW!!" Irvine whistling followed by a kick in the shin courtesy of Selphie
Quistis smirked, and just went into the car without talking. The couples loked at each other wide eyed except for Squall and went inside the rented car courtesy of Balamb Garden of course. Quistis felt like she was on top of the world that night, she felt so alive, but there was one thing missing... a person to share it with. SUddenly, Quistis' lips formed a small little frown, but no one noticed, they were too caught up with thier own relationships to notice Quistis' expdression on her face.
Reaching Balamb, the gang found a popular joint in Balamb. Outside, you can hear the bass beats pounding the atmoshpere. It was a Friday night and there was a long lineup consisting of many young people trying to get in. But for the 'Heroic Six' plus one, they easily got inside. Soon enough, the line was getting smaller each hour. The gang found a spot and they all sat in the seats.
Selphie was getting a bit restless and dragged Irvine onto the dance floor, Zell and Amy decided to buy the drinks. Only left in the table was Squall, Rinoa and Quistis. Squall and Rinoa were talking to each other and Rinoa begged Squall to dance with her, after a bunch of pleading and begging, they left just for Rinoa to shut up and be happy.
The only one left was, yes, Quistis Trepe. Again, she was left out. She let out a heavy sigh and saw the tray of drinks setted on the table. Zell must have dropped it off before rushing to the dancefloor. The beats were pounding and all you could hear was the tempo of the music. Quistis, again took another chug of beer and decided not to drink because she was a light drinker and didn't want to get a throbbing hang-over the next day.
No one noticed the strawberry blonde brooding over in the corner of the night club, no one was looking at her even though she tried her best to look like anything but Quistis Trepe. Feeling her eyes burning, she was about to tear but wiped it away hastily with the back of her smooth hand and rushed out of the doors of the night club. She was running away from them, running away from the night club, away from the hard music, away from herself.
Leaving the small hotel, a new looking Seifer Almasy walked out of the gates of the hotel in search for a joint to have a drink. He heard one of the hotel bellboys talking to his comrade about a great popular night joint. At the entrance, he arrived at the doors only to be knocked down by a girl who smelt like...strawberries?
The only person he knew that smelt like strawberries was a young blonde instructor, but the girl who bumped into him looked way different from Quistis Trepe. He tried to catch her face, but her head was looking at the ground, she appeared to be crying or at the point to start crying. Shaking his head, she also mumbled a 'sorry' to him and just saw her walk away into the dark alleys of Balamb. He shrugged and tried to get in, but one of the bouncers told him it was a full house. He shrugged and didn't really want to get drunk and get a throbbing head ache anyway because he was going back to Balamb Garden the following day to re-apply for a spot in the grotesque institute.
He walked back to the hotel and went to sleep. Waking up to a day that will hopefully change his life. He couldn't get that image of a sad looking lady who he assumed looked very beautiful because she was a tall blonde similar to a model, he frowned at the sight. Shaking his head from thinking useless thoughts, he focused on Balamb Garden. He streched and changed into just black boxers, slid into the welcoming bed, he looked out the windos and gazed into the stars that reminded him of his forgotten childhood and shutting his eyelids hopefully waking up to a new day, a new start, a new life.
The blonde just ran. She couldn't hold herself anymore, just bursting into fits of salty tears. Tears streamed down her smooth cheek hoping that someone would wipe it away, assuring her that it's okay, comforting her and holding her into an embrace so she could melt into them. She wanted that knight and shining armour so badly, but Hyne never gave her what she truly needed. A man to love and love her back.
She went to her favorite spote in Balamb, the night where she lay after the Garden Festival. She felt the soft grass holding shimmering dew and lay on the hill looking up to the stars to find her comfort. She felt like her real parents were looking down on her, watching every moment she did. It felt like the stars were comforting her it felt like her forgotten childhood. What a fool she was to make her look different to catch someone's attention. It backfired and once again, she was alone, destined to be alone. She frowned and wiped away the rest of her tears. closing her eyelids, she pleaded to Hyne for some miracle to enlighten her dull life.
After a good amount of minutes -which felt like hours, she got up and went back to Balamb Garden to slip into her dorm quietly and collasped onto the queen size bed, hopefully waking up to a new day to change her life. Be careful what you wish for, it may come true.
A/N: Sorry that chapter two sounded dull, I was brain dead for a few seconds and decided to write, but after reading it, I thought it was crap. So expect an edited version of chapter two... enough about chapter two, chapter three is completed and it's quite long I hope you enjoyed this nice chapter. Ahh my creativity ate my keyboard! help feed it with reviews quickly! I won't update unless I get at least 10 or more reviews. So reviewers who reviewed my previous chapters, review and ask other authors to read and review this fic. See you after 10 reviews. :) Til next time, I shall see you soon.
