Chapter I

Zell looked around. He sighed and grabbed his bag, it was his first day at Balamb Garden. And all he could think about was meeting Seifer. He wondered if the blonde had new friends and was still an asshole.

"Look out!"

Zell turned around, letting out a yelp when someone bumped into him, making him fall over. He tried to sit up, unable to move his legs with the person lying on him.

Rin looked at the boy underneath him and blushed, sitting up. "Sorry." He rubbed the back of his head, looking at the blonde who was underneath him. "Uh...new?"

Zell nodded. "Yeah, new."

Rin grinned. "Me too." He said and got up. He held out his hand for Zell and helped him up. "I'm Rin Acheron." The raven haired boy smiled, holding out his hand. His mismatched green and blue eye rested on Zell, wondering how old the blonde was.

"I'm Zell Dincht." Zell anwsered and shook Rin's hand.

Rin nodded. "Well my friend Kylie, she's new too." Rin blushed. "I was looking for her when I bumped into you."

Zell started laughing. "Well let's look for her then."

"Your not mad?"

Zell shook his head. "Of course not."

A small girl was waving at the two of them, grinning. She started to run towards them, stopping in front of the two. "I lost you Rin!" She breathed.

Zell looked at her. She reminded him of Selphie but this girl had long blonde braided hair and big green eyes. She was looking at Rin with a faked angry look. She placed her hands on her hips, muttering something under her breath.

"Kylie, this is Zell." Rin smiled, pushing Zell between them. "Isn't it nice to meet him?"

Kylie glared at Rin over Zell's shoulder. "You are still dead."

"Are you ready? Let's get you to your dorms then." One of the two instructors said, looking at the group of children. "The girls will follow me and the boy's will follow instructor Trepe." She started to walk away, followed by a small group of girls.

"Well see ya." Kylie waved them goodbye and followed the group.

The boys followed instructor Trepe. Zell frowned, wondering about the instructor's name.

"What's on your mind?" Rin asked softly.

Zell looked at him. "A good friend of mine was called Quistis Trepe...maybe they are the same." The mumbled and ran to the front. He smiled when he saw the familiar blonde girl talking to a boy from the group. She brushed some hair out of her face and smiled at him. "Quistis?"

Quistis frowned when she heard Zell's voice, turning her head. "Zell?" She smiled. "You are finally here!"

Zell nodded, grinning. "Are you really instructor?"

The blonde girl smiled. "Well still in training though, but I will be a instructor soon." She frowned. "Seifer and Squall are here too, constantly fighting."

Zell frowned. "Really?" He sighed. So Seifer hadn't changed at all.

"Thank god they haven't killed each other yet." Quistis decided.

III

Seifer held up Squall smirking. "You are so pathetic."

Squall looked down at him and smiled. "Whatever."

The blonde punched him, letting him fall to the ground. "Fuijn, Raijn, let's go."

The two behind him started laughing.

"He's not worth my time..."

"Seifer!"

Seifer smirked when he heard Quistis' voice, he turned to taunt her but stopped when he saw a familiar blonde next to her. "Zell..." He whispered softly.

"Seifer?" Fuijn frowned, looking at him. "You ok?"

The blonde nodded and walked over to Quistis. "Instructor Trepe, pleasure to see you again."

Quistis raised a brow. "Sure Seifer." She passed him and walked to Squall. "Are you all right?"

Squall glared at her, getting up by himself. "I don't need your help."

Seifer looked at Zell from the corner of his eyes. He hadn't seen the blonde for so long, not that Zell had changed much. When Zell looked back at him he smirked. "Ah the wuss has come to Balamb."

Zell blushed, remembering Seifer's nickname for him. "Shut up Seifer."

"So the chicken talks back." Seifer crossed his arms. "How amusing."

Rin placed his hand on Zell's shoulder and glared at Seifer. "Leave him alone Seifer."

Seifer raised his brow. "And how would a pest like you know about me."

"Bad news travels fast and far, and you are deffinitly bad news." Rin muttered and looked at Zell. "Let's go Zell."

Zell nodded and followed Rin. Seifer looked at the two and growled, jealousy was flaring up inside of him and he couldn't do anything about it.

III

Zell was glad to find out that Rin was his roommate. They were sitting in the small living room. Kylie had joined them and also one of Rin's friends, Bartz. Kylie was lying on the couch, her head resting in Rin's lap. "There's such a cool girl living in the dorm next to mine." Kylie decided. "Her name is Gwen and she can play guitar."

Rin started laughing. "What's so special about that, I can do that."

Kylie punched him. "Yeah but you suck at it!"

Rin pouted looking down at Kylie. "You hurt my feelings."

"Like I care." Kylie muttered, crossing her arms.

Zell looked at the two and smiled slightly, his mind wandering on Seifer every time. He didn't understand why Seifer would pick on him the first day all ready. Didn't Seifer like him any longer? He thought Seifer had yelled at him the last time they had talked because Seifer had to leave but now Seifer was still being a bully.

Bartz frowned, looking at the small blonde. "You ok? Your kinda zoning out."

Zell looked at him and shrugged. "Just thinking."

Bartz nodded and smiled, sitting down next to him. "We don't know each other but maybe I can help?"

Zell smiled and nodded. "Well I like someone but I don't know if this person likes me anymore." Zell sighed. "He used to like me."

"He?" Bartz asked.

The blonde blushed. "Didn't mean to say that...but yeah 'he'."

Bartz nodded. "Bummer."

"I know." Zell sighed. "And now I will have to see him every day."

The brunette looked down at him and frowned. "Who is it then?"

"Seifer Almasy." Zell whispered softly, hoping Bartz hadn't heard him.

Bartz raised a brow. "You sure pick them out, he's the asshole of Balamb." Bartz decided. "With Fuijn and Raijn at his side he's making Balamb his playground."

Zell smiled. "He used to be nice."

Both Rin and Kylie looked at them. Rin smiled. "Maybe you can sweep him of his feet and make him spill his secret and undying love for you."

"Don't be dramatic." Kylie sighed.

Rin looked down at her. "What?"

Zell looked at the two and smiled before turning towards Bartz. "Thanks."

Author's Notes: Please review. So um...can they stay?? The OCC's I mean of course
Discl.: I don't own Final Fantasy VIII
Warnings: Yaoi, Yuri, Het. OCC!!
Pairings: Seifer/Zell, Quistis/Squall (One-sided), Rin/Squall (One-sided)