Chapter 3

The First Day

That night Seifer was transferred back to his old dormitory back at Balamb. Before he thought of sleeping, he decided to visit one particular person.

Seifer knocked on her door several times and waited until she opened it. She was ready to sleep and so she wore a silk robe and her hair was down when she opened her door.

"…May I help you?" She yawned as she spoke which made her unaware of Seifer's presence.

"…Uh… hi."

Quistis knew the firm distinctive voice; she quickly opened her eyes. "Seifer!? What are you doing here?"

"Shh…lower your voice, you'll wake the others." He whispered pressing his pointing finger right on his lips

And so she did. She came closer to Seifer's ear and said her words through her teeth.

"Explain yourself, are you stalking me or something?"

"Stalking you? I came here to…to…actually thank you…" Seifer felt a bit vexed by his words at the same time disoriented. This made Quistis giggle while Seifer pissed off.

"Hey! I'm trying to be nice here!" exclaimed Seifer

Quistis giggled some more which made Seifer cut up a nerve. "That's it, I'm leaving!" Seifer tuned around to leave, but Quistis spoke.

"Seifer came back here…I'm sorry okay?" But her words didn't stop him. So she tried a different approach.

"…Please…" She said in the warmest, meekest, and softest voice that she could produce.

This made Seifer stop, voices of pleading women was always a weak point for men.

"…You were saying?" asked Seifer still a bit pissed.

"…You said you came here to thank me… go on, I'll listen…"

Seifer collected his words and took a deep breath before speaking. "…Well yeah… thanks for saving my ass back there…" those weren't the words that he thought of saying, but what more could he say?

"Well you saved mine back then, I just thought of returning the favor."

"But you didn't have to say all those things to Martine…it was a great insult to him."

"I know…I actually felt kind of embarrassed after I spoke… but Martine deserved it."

"You got a point there, but all I'm saying is that you shouldn't have over done it."

Hearing this Quistis felt as if she was smacked right in the head. She felt like she was far meaner than Seifer (Hey… is this Seifer I'm talking to?) "Who are you? And what did you do with the real Seifer?" she suddenly kidded

Seifer felt deeply confused by the words that popped right out from Quistis' mouth.

"…Whaaaaattttt???…" He asked looking at Quistis with a very troubled look.

"…I don't know!… you use to like people being put down."

"Oh, that… well, people change Quis, includes me as well."

"Whatever you say Seifer. Now don't you think you should go hit the sack? You have classes tomorrow…and it's gonna be a new day, especially for you Seifer."

"Wowe, you sure got me there Quis… or should I say, Instructor… damn how I miss calling you that!" kidded Seifer

"Nice hearing your voice calling me Instructor again, but I prefer you call me Quistis outside the classroom."

"Nope, no can do instructor, from this moment on, you will again be my teacher, my instructor… and so I will call you that until I'll change my class and teacher or something… besides, calling you Instructor gives you authority, am I right instructor?"

Quistis gave Seifer a long sigh then slightly she smiled at him saying " Guess I can't change your mind … very well Seifer, do as wish."

"I will, don't worry. Guess that's all… nite-INSTRUCTOR." Seifer bid as he started to walk away form Quistis' dorm.

"Night Seifer…"

Quistis was about to close her door when Seifer ran back and stopped the door from closing. Quistis turned back quietly and curiously watched him.

"Oh and by the way Instructor… let loose sometimes, you'll look more attractive and beautiful that way, if you know what I mean…"

She was about to slam the door right through his face when she realized that Seifer's words were not spoken in a sarcastic or mocking way. It was rather a sincere opinion which she could consider and 'honest remark' from Seifer. So she decided to respect his words and save the slam for another time.

The next day, Quistis entered her classroom earlier than usual to prepare for her class. But to her surprise, someone was already seated comfortably on her chair holding a cup of coffee.

"Instructor, I've waiting for ages, I thought you'd never come." Greeted Seifer as soon as she entered her classroom. Seifer then helped her with her things and gently placed them on her table.

"…?… Well I'm impressed! You're really up on becoming a SeeD aren't you?"

"Yup, that's one way of saying it… but I'm up for something else (Seifer winked making Quistis blush.) … care for some coffee? I made it just for you."

Seifer handed her the coffee, at first Quistis declined his offer but Seifer insisted.

"… Fine… thank you—wait…you didn't spit on it right?"

"Gosh no! Why would I do such a thing to my beloved Instructor?" he ridiculed

"I don't know… maybe a love potion then? But I guess that's all right…" Quistis spoke sarcastically, but somehow she seemed happy. This made Seifer wonder.

(…??? Love potion???…) "Well someone sure is happy, glad you listened to me."

"Not at all Seifer, I just feel that today is going to be a great day." she happily replied

Seifer thought for a while before reacting to her remark. (A great day? maybe it's because

I'm finally back at the Garden…) He then snapped back to reality. "I'm glad you think of me that way… so let me do you a little favor…" Seifer abruptly took Quistis' clip making her hair fall "This is going to make your day even better."

"Seifer give that back!" She demanded as she desperately tried to reach her clip at the tip of Seifer's palm. But he was simply too tall for her.

After sometime of chasing, reaching, scolding and pounding Seifer, students started coming in and it wasn't long until the bell rang for class.

"Forget it Instructor, time for class."

"Seifer you are embarrassing me!" She angrily whispered at Seifer's ear.

"No can do, you'll just have to deal with it until dismissal." Seifer jokingly replied as he sat down on his usual seat keeping her clip. But Quistis forcefully pinched Seifer's nose and dragged him on a vacant seat closest to her desk.

"Hey! What's the big deal!?" Retorted Seifer rubbing his aching nose.

"Deal with me, and I'll deal with you. I won't be easy on you this time Seifer. I will be monitoring you as the Headmaster ordered. And I was given the power to smack you with anything in class when you're misbehaving… got that!?" reprimanded Quistis

It took sometime before Seifer fully digested her words. "Whatever you say… but I'm keeping your clip until this afternoon."

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

After their argument, Irvine entered the room together with Rinoa and saw Quistis and Seifer centimeters away from each other's eyes looking incredibly fired up.

"… Is there something I missed." Rinoa broke up

"Gee Quis, you sure look swell. Leave it down." Irvine complimented

"Yeah Miss Trepe you look splendid." Another student added.

"I agree, you look soooo beautiful with your hair like that Instructor Trepe." Followed by another Trepe then soon after the whole class was complimenting her.

At this point she had no choice but to start her class. She began the class by blushing making a whole room giggle.

That day she introduced Seifer at the start of class, they were teased a little. Then they welcomed Seifer with opened arms. Almost everyone in the world has already forgiven Seifer since his 'heroic deed' was known all over. Though most students in the Garden accepted him back into their hearts, especially the Trepe's for saving their beloved Quistis Trepe, some still held a grudge against him. Mostly were the people whom their families got killed and some students from Trabia Garden.

She also discussed to the class about the upcoming SeeD examination. She advised them with some tactics that she used way back when she was taking her own SeeD test. She tried convincing them to train hard for the field test and study hard for the written examination, you know like everyday stuff… you get the picture.

After a loooooooong day of same old discussion the bell for dismissal at last rang. Students immediately filed out the room excluding Quistis who was fixing her things as she does everyday, and Seifer who was eagerly waiting for her to finish.

"What do you want now Almasy?" asked Quistis in a far serious tone compared to the way she talked to him that morning.

Seifer frowned saying, "What's the sudden change of attitude? I just wanted to ask you if your day came up as you expected it to be."

"Well I think you pretty much know it Seifer. We both know it was a BORING day…"

"Oh come on, cheer up! The day may be over, but you have the whole night to make it up, besides, today wasn't so bad… you received several compliments."

"I guess you're right, I think I'll just have to make the best of it… thanks Seifer… guess I'll see you tomorrow then… bye…" Quistis said in reply as she exited from her classroom and started walking towards her dormitory.

Then all of the sudden Seifer called her saying, "Instructor, heads up!" as he gently threw Quistis' clip to her, she caught it and smiled at him for the first time for the whole afternoon then said,

"…thanks…"

A/N: SO?sososososososo? you like it? Any more errors? Don't hate me I'm only 14. Hey, listen if you like Chapter 3, I'm sure you'll love Chapter 4 (I'm working on it.) It's one of my most favorite chapters in the story, it's a heartwarming scene between Seifer and Quistis after the last part on disc 4! So don't miss it! Oh! And don't forget to REVIEW all right!?