Disclaimer: I did NOT create Final Fantasy VIII or any of its Characters

Caution: Mature Content read at YOUR OWN RISK!

A/N: This chapter doesnt really have any sexualness in it, but it does go along with the story. But maybe things wont end the way it seems. Heh, enjoy this little section, the next one might take me a while.

It was a gray clouded day. little light poured into the main floor of Balamb Garden. People were bussling about, little groups of girls here and there, where giggling could be heard. The more rebellious groups of peple hanging out in their chosen spots among them trying to make it perfectly clear to the rest that they simply didnt care. There were a few SeeD units here and there in uniform mainting order.

Groups of people were finally making their way towards the training room, when suddenly the reinforced doors opened and Squall strolled out holding his gunblade over his shoulder. It was appearant that he had gone in alone and came out just the same. People just got out of his was as he walked by, staring after him and whispering to one another. However, he didnt come out completely clean, he had various types of blood from different types of beasts he had slain in the training room. He took out a rag and wiped some of the blood off his face as he walked down the hall away from the training room. He always trained, even on his days off, though, there weren't really any days off from saving the world. Squall sighed for a moment, leaning against the wall in the hall, it had been a while since his last battle with Seifer. Then the whole thing in space where he had to sace Rhinoa. It all seemed so far away, though in reality it had only been a week since they flew the spaceship to Balamb Garden. They had decided to take it easy for a while since they had seriously done so much in record time. But this "vacation" did have its perks, like 2 days ago, the whole thing with Selphie. She, of course, kept up the whole thing with Irvine, but every time she passed him, she would smile to him in a certain way, or she'd catch him alone, sometimes in the training room to do something like kiss or hold him for a while. He figured she had gotten the wrong message from their little... fun that they had, but he wasn't complaining.

Squall pushed himself off the wall, walking again towards the main room of Balamb Garden. Once outside the hall, he looked around at all the students and SeeD units, there were also some teachers and adults here and there. He looked up at the windows in the ceiling, he couldnt really tell if it was still early or was it more towards the afternoon. Still, he had had a sleepless night, mostly waiting for dawn so he could finally leave his room and go do something. Suddenly his stomach growled and he instantly headed toward the cafeteria where he was sure they would still be serving breakfast, or atleast lunch.

Once in the cafeteria, Squall went up to the window where one got one's food. He told the cafeteria worker what he wanted, paid for his food, and grabbed his tray and set off to find a table that was empty. Finding a table neer the back of the food court, he set his tray down upon it and sat down on one of the seats. Poking around his food with his fork he looked at what he had chosen to eat. It consisted of: 3 hot cakes, scrambled eggs, a strip of bacon, and a sausage link. Squall began to eat slowly, taking small portions of the food into his mouth and chewing it slowly. He looked up as he ate, his eyes searching the food court for familiar faces or rather faces of that of his "team". He only saw some of his old classmates, the ones that had failed the SeeD test.

He looked back down at his food, taking another bite before a voice, a very familiar voice, called to him and caused him to look up to see who it was. Right to the side of him stood the beautiful Quistis. Her hair was tied back with her bangs hanging down around her face, as always and her square glasses were pushed down on the very tip of her small nose. She was tall and thin, yet her complete figure suited her for who she was. She wore a white turtleneck that fit her just right, her perfect breasts stretching the material across her chest, she had a black jacket over her shirt that was left open for the time being. She wore a lengthy professional looking black skirt which ended just below her knees, and had semi-casual shoes which were also black. She use to be a teacher, Squall thought, she must just be use to dressing like one. Quistis was beautiful though, not the "Oh my god, she gives me such a boner" kind of beautiful, but the kind of beautiful you can't help but respect while trying hard to get her to notice you.

He simply nodded a hello, and nodded yet again when she asked if she could sit down. He smiled though, she was the company you just couldn't help but enjoy. Squall took another glance at her body, then got a mouthful of food.

"So... Why aren't you surrounded by a bunch of little girls drooling all over you this morning?" She asked, then laughed softly at her own words.

"Huh? Oh, I dont know. Rhinoa said something about that needing to be ended for good, and since then it stopped happening as often. I'm kind of greatful, it was getting annoying after all." He stated before he took another mouthful of food.

"Ah yes, that Rhinoa, she is something else, isnt she?" She said with a smile, perhaps a fake or forced smile, but a smile none-the-less. Dont get her wrong, she didnt HATE Rhinoa, nor was she even jealous of her, but she did still feel strongly for Squall. Before, her excuse for not telling him exactly how she felt for him had been because he was a student, and she a teacher. Now, none of those facts were true, no... Now her excuse was, well... Rhinoa, she told her self often that those two were in love, she continued to think that she didnt even matter to him anymore, if ever she had.

"I guess she is," he said, knowing he still just saw her as a team member and as for that, someone that got into a lot of trouble, meaning to or not. Well honestly, he wasn't sure how he felt about her, he tried not to think about it actually. He looked away from his food to look up at Quistis. He remembered when he first met her, he was a loner, didnt care about anyone else, and even so, she had always cared about him, always worried about him and came to visit him when he got too hurt fighting Seifer. So much had changed since those days, after becoming a SeeD unit, now he was always with someone and he didn't even mind it so much anymore. He looked back down at his tray of food, most of it he had eaten, though he didn't want the rest of it. "You want some?" He asked looking back up at her.

She looked from him to his food and then back at him smiling. "No thanks. I already ate this morning."

He shrugged and got up, watching her rise as well. He walked his tray over to the trash can and dumped his food into it, then placed his tray where it was specified to be placed. He began to walk off, and Quistis followed, walking beside him.

"So, where are we going?" She asked as if she had been invited to accompany him somewhere. Yet, this was what they all did to each other, seeing as they each knew one another so well after spending so much time together, especially in battle. They knew each other so well, that they seldom had to ask permission or questions at all, since they already knew what the answer was gonna be.

"Outside.... I need some fresh air."

"Ah, I see. Was the training room fun this morning, Squall?" She said in a cheery voice, as she waved to one of her ex-students.

"How'd you know I went in there today?"

"Because you go everyday. That and you're such a mess.." She said with a small laugh.

"Well in that case, yes, it was fun. There was no one else in there that early, so the monsters took advantage of this and tried to ambush me. Of course those things are simply child's play compared to what we have faced before."

"Is that why you have so many burns and cuts? I didnt know child's play could do that to you." She laughed again.

"...."

"Oh cheer up, I was only kidding with you."

Finally stepping outside, they made their way to an old spot where they sometimes met to organize and talk about missions, it was strictly private business and no one else ventured to that area. It was secluded from the rest of Balamb Garden, it even protected them from the skies with a huge tree that over looked their spot. Squall leaned against the trunk of that tree and his head fell slightly, crossing his arms over his chest. Quistis took the side next to Squall's on the trunk and leaned against that.

Time passed as the day grew darker, not because it was getting late, but the clouds were getting thicker and grayer. The silence was only broken when Quistis, out of nowhere, asked very softly, "Do you love her?..."

"Love who?"

"Rhinoa...."

"Not that I know of," he said, unphased by the question.

"Oh Squall, you need to show your feelings more, or girls will always be confused about you."

"Are you confused about me?"

She looked down, even though he couldnt see her, she didnt know if she should really answer him truthfully or not. She wanted to know, yes, but the fact that he might answer against her hopes was frightening. Still, she HAD to know, she simply had to put an end to this ambivalence she had. "Yes.... Yes I am."

Squall chuckled for a moment, he pushed himself away from the trunk of the tree and walked over to her, standing before her, he leaned forward placing a hand on either side of her head to leaned against the trunk. This placed him very close to her face and he stared into her beautiful blue eyes. "Did you ever really have a doubt about how I feel about you?" He asked with a inquistive seriously look.

Quistis had lost herself in his eyes, she blinked and tried to look away, this was futile however, as she was instantly drawn back to them. "Yes, I...I dont know how you feel....about me."

"Quistis, my god, if it hadn't been that you were a teacher back then, I wouldn't have ignored all those hints you gave me, all those glances, smiles, the way you treated me. You know we couldn't do anything back then, you know how it was pointless back then, but even so, I couldnt help but to fall in love with you, and have been ever since back then." He came a little closer, he could see her trembling. Fear? Cold? Overwhelmed with feelings? He didnt know. "I love you Quisits Trepe, always have."

"Oh, Squall...."

Before she knew or he knew what was going on, they had pressed their lips against one anothers, closing their eyes, in perfect harmony, as it began to rain.

A/N: Ha, well what did you think of that? Do tell. R&R folks. I'll try to start writing the next chapter. But dont expect anything too soon.