Author's note: Much thanks to PistGurl, tho I couldn't quite figure out whether you wanted to marry me or kill me. Here's another chap, so you don't have to do the latter, at least not yet. Also thanks to SxS fan. But why doesn't anyone else review? Hmph.
Slight[?] Rinoa-bashing here, so beware. Sorry, I just happen to hate her.
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-Seifer's POV-
I look around in the ball room. Full of cheery people. Makes me wanna throw up. So more champagne it is...
I can't find Squall. We left separately and I don't know if he's even arrived yet. Hyne, there's Zell. Hope he doesn't see me... Good, he's gone. I can't handle him right now. Well of course I /can/, but I don't wanna.
Dammit, there's the hyperactive little brunette who's always trying to get everyone to join some committee. No, she saw me!
"Hi Seifer!" she says, jumping up and down.
"Hmm."
"I'm a SeeD now too, isn't it great?!"
"Guess."
"I've always wanted to be a SeeD, it's been my dream since I was just a little kid!"
"Nice."
"SeeDs are so respected, /aaaall/ over the world! It's so great! And now I'm one of them! You know with me being so small and all, people often think of me as weak or something, but with my nunchaku I can whack their arrogant asses!"
"Congrats."
"Your sword is called Hyperion, right? I've heard so much about it!"
"It's a gunblade."
"Really? I thought Squall was the only one with a gunblade. He's so cool. Have you seen him?" She turns to look around the room.
"Not here."
She pouts. "Hmph. He'd better show up. I wanna ask him to join the Garden Committee!"
"Oh."
She turns to me with a glow in her eyes. "Hey I know! Why don't /you/ join the committee? Oh yay, it'd be so much fun!" She claps her hands and jumps again.
"Parties ain't really my trade."
"Yeah but you could---"
"Oh there's Squall now," I mumble and leave.
~~~
He's standing alone in a corner, looking around shyly. I grab a glass of champagne on my way to him.
"Here, have a drink. You look like you could it."
"Thanks," he says and drinks. "How's the party?"
"Boring. That little jumper's been harassing me."
"Jumper?"
"The little girl who always jumps."
"Oh Selphie."
"She jumps a lot. Too much. It must affect her brain."
He shrugs. "Maybe that's why she's so naïve. She's having constant concussions."
I chuckle. "Could be. So, wanna dance?"
He looks at me with a that-is-so-not-funny -look.
I have to laugh at his serious expression. "Oh come on, I was kidding."
"Yeah, I know."
I move to his side by the wall and look around the room. Shhit, Rinoa! A stupid, naïve girl who tried her best to hit on me last summer. Man she's annoying! Oh Hyne, did she just look this way?
"Seif, that girl's waving to you," Squall says.
"Yeah, just ignore her. You wanna go outside for a while? It's kinda stuffy in here."
~~~
-Squall's POV-
We go to the balcony. I lean on the barrier and look around while Seifer lights a cigarette. One of the Instructors will be here any minute, telling him to put it out NOW! They're really strict about that.
"You seen Quistis here?" I ask.
"Nope. Why, you miss her?" He joins me at the barrier.
"Nah, I just.. Thought that she might want to talk to me."
"'Bout what?"
I shrug. "She always wants to talk to me."
"Yeah, she's a real drag."
I turn to him. "Hey don't say that. She's.. quite nice."
He raises an eyebrow. "Quite nice? As in..."
"I didn't mean that."
He smiles a little. "I hope so. You two've become really close lately."
"She's just always following me 'round, telling me how she understands me."
"And that's not a drag to you?"
"Here you are," a female voice says.
We turn to look at the door. A black-haired young girl is standing there, wearing a white dress that looks like lingerie.
"I've been looking all over for you," she says with a small smile and comes to us. "You'll dance with me, right?"
Seifer frowns. "No."
She pouts, then looks at me. "Well well well, who is your handsome friend?"
"Don't have any," Seifer says.
She giggles. "Oh come on, I'm looking at one right now!"
"Who said he's my friend?"
She looks at Seifer a little puzzled.
"Maybe he's my lover."
She giggles again. "So he's not available?"
"No." That was me.
Seifer smirks. "Too bad, kiddo," he says, throws the rest of his cigarette away and goes back inside.
The girl looks after him, then at me. "Are you really his lover?"
"Whaddaya think?" I mumble and leave too.
~~~
As we're lying in the dark of my dorm after some amazing sex, I start to think about the girl again.
"Seif?"
"Hmm?"
"Who was that girl at the ball?"
"Oh she's just this major annoyance."
"Ex-girlfriend?"
He chuckles. "Hardly."
"So what then?" I get up on one elbow and look into his eyes.
He smiles. "Why are you so interested in some girl?"
"I'm interested of you and what you've done with her."
"Are you sure you wanna know?"
I frown a bit. He hasn't.. has he? "Yes, I'm sure."
He sighs. "Last summer... I was in Timber for a while. She lives there. We happened to meet one day and for the next month or so she was always hanging on me and trying to 'make me like her'. That's what she always did. Tried to hypnotize me or something. Man she's naïve."
"So.. nothing ever happened?"
"Of course not. Squally, you should knwo better than that, I don't really swing that way."
"Yeah..."
"I thought I just proved that to you ten minutes ago."
"Well I /might/ need another reminder..."
He grins devilishly and kisses me.
~~~
Slight[?] Rinoa-bashing here, so beware. Sorry, I just happen to hate her.
~~~
-Seifer's POV-
I look around in the ball room. Full of cheery people. Makes me wanna throw up. So more champagne it is...
I can't find Squall. We left separately and I don't know if he's even arrived yet. Hyne, there's Zell. Hope he doesn't see me... Good, he's gone. I can't handle him right now. Well of course I /can/, but I don't wanna.
Dammit, there's the hyperactive little brunette who's always trying to get everyone to join some committee. No, she saw me!
"Hi Seifer!" she says, jumping up and down.
"Hmm."
"I'm a SeeD now too, isn't it great?!"
"Guess."
"I've always wanted to be a SeeD, it's been my dream since I was just a little kid!"
"Nice."
"SeeDs are so respected, /aaaall/ over the world! It's so great! And now I'm one of them! You know with me being so small and all, people often think of me as weak or something, but with my nunchaku I can whack their arrogant asses!"
"Congrats."
"Your sword is called Hyperion, right? I've heard so much about it!"
"It's a gunblade."
"Really? I thought Squall was the only one with a gunblade. He's so cool. Have you seen him?" She turns to look around the room.
"Not here."
She pouts. "Hmph. He'd better show up. I wanna ask him to join the Garden Committee!"
"Oh."
She turns to me with a glow in her eyes. "Hey I know! Why don't /you/ join the committee? Oh yay, it'd be so much fun!" She claps her hands and jumps again.
"Parties ain't really my trade."
"Yeah but you could---"
"Oh there's Squall now," I mumble and leave.
~~~
He's standing alone in a corner, looking around shyly. I grab a glass of champagne on my way to him.
"Here, have a drink. You look like you could it."
"Thanks," he says and drinks. "How's the party?"
"Boring. That little jumper's been harassing me."
"Jumper?"
"The little girl who always jumps."
"Oh Selphie."
"She jumps a lot. Too much. It must affect her brain."
He shrugs. "Maybe that's why she's so naïve. She's having constant concussions."
I chuckle. "Could be. So, wanna dance?"
He looks at me with a that-is-so-not-funny -look.
I have to laugh at his serious expression. "Oh come on, I was kidding."
"Yeah, I know."
I move to his side by the wall and look around the room. Shhit, Rinoa! A stupid, naïve girl who tried her best to hit on me last summer. Man she's annoying! Oh Hyne, did she just look this way?
"Seif, that girl's waving to you," Squall says.
"Yeah, just ignore her. You wanna go outside for a while? It's kinda stuffy in here."
~~~
-Squall's POV-
We go to the balcony. I lean on the barrier and look around while Seifer lights a cigarette. One of the Instructors will be here any minute, telling him to put it out NOW! They're really strict about that.
"You seen Quistis here?" I ask.
"Nope. Why, you miss her?" He joins me at the barrier.
"Nah, I just.. Thought that she might want to talk to me."
"'Bout what?"
I shrug. "She always wants to talk to me."
"Yeah, she's a real drag."
I turn to him. "Hey don't say that. She's.. quite nice."
He raises an eyebrow. "Quite nice? As in..."
"I didn't mean that."
He smiles a little. "I hope so. You two've become really close lately."
"She's just always following me 'round, telling me how she understands me."
"And that's not a drag to you?"
"Here you are," a female voice says.
We turn to look at the door. A black-haired young girl is standing there, wearing a white dress that looks like lingerie.
"I've been looking all over for you," she says with a small smile and comes to us. "You'll dance with me, right?"
Seifer frowns. "No."
She pouts, then looks at me. "Well well well, who is your handsome friend?"
"Don't have any," Seifer says.
She giggles. "Oh come on, I'm looking at one right now!"
"Who said he's my friend?"
She looks at Seifer a little puzzled.
"Maybe he's my lover."
She giggles again. "So he's not available?"
"No." That was me.
Seifer smirks. "Too bad, kiddo," he says, throws the rest of his cigarette away and goes back inside.
The girl looks after him, then at me. "Are you really his lover?"
"Whaddaya think?" I mumble and leave too.
~~~
As we're lying in the dark of my dorm after some amazing sex, I start to think about the girl again.
"Seif?"
"Hmm?"
"Who was that girl at the ball?"
"Oh she's just this major annoyance."
"Ex-girlfriend?"
He chuckles. "Hardly."
"So what then?" I get up on one elbow and look into his eyes.
He smiles. "Why are you so interested in some girl?"
"I'm interested of you and what you've done with her."
"Are you sure you wanna know?"
I frown a bit. He hasn't.. has he? "Yes, I'm sure."
He sighs. "Last summer... I was in Timber for a while. She lives there. We happened to meet one day and for the next month or so she was always hanging on me and trying to 'make me like her'. That's what she always did. Tried to hypnotize me or something. Man she's naïve."
"So.. nothing ever happened?"
"Of course not. Squally, you should knwo better than that, I don't really swing that way."
"Yeah..."
"I thought I just proved that to you ten minutes ago."
"Well I /might/ need another reminder..."
He grins devilishly and kisses me.
~~~