Author's note: Bet you all thought I was dead, huh? ) Well here I am again with two new chapters. Still waiting for my new internet connection to arrive...

Today I'll also start the sequel to Only Wanna Be With You, so be sure to read that too..

-Squall's POV-

If you take a left turn right in front of Balamb Station and exit the town, you end up on a beautiful plain. That's where I often go when I wanna be alone. Tho this time it seems to be impossible.

I stand very still, staring at the back of the boy who lost his sister today. I switch weight from foot to foot, trying to decide whether to talk to him or to turn around and go find some other place where I can be alone.

"Go away." The voice is surprisingly clear, not filled with tears as I imagined it would be.

"I.. ugh.. I'm sorry, Laxell," I say and turn to leave.

He stands up and turns to me. "Oh it's you Squall, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..." Sigh. "I thought you were that girl from the library. She keeps following me 'round and I /really/ don't need her company right now."

I nodd. "Yeah..."

He looks at me rather shyly under his eyebrows. "Have you ever... lost anyone you loved? Someone very close to you?"

"Yes, I have in fact. I had the same situation as you about ten years ago. I had a sister... I always called her Sis."

Laxell nodds, smiling a little.

"And then one day she just.. left. We still don't know where. I've missed her ever since."

"So no one's seen her in ten years?"

I shrug. "If only I could remember her name..."

"You don't remember your own sister's name?"

I scratch my head and avoid his gaze. "Well ugh... that's a funny thing, you see..."

"Yes?"

I look at him. "We all forget things. Actually, we.. We find out things we should've known, should've /remembered/, but... we've just forgotten them. Even the smallest things... I can't even remember my parents, you see."

Laxell frowns and looks thoughtful. "Maybe it's something in the water..."

I lock my eyes into his. Whattaf... He can't be serious.

He's fighting back a smile. I realize he definitely was not serious, and we both start laughing.

And when I return to my dorm later that afternoon, it feels nice to know I've made a new friend.

Smoke. Right into my face. Thanks a lot.

"I thought you were never gonna show up."

I lean on the barrier next to Seifer. "Yeah.."

"So where were you all afternoon?"

"Hmm..."

"Squall. Don't you start with me."

"I was.. walking. 'Round."

He sighs. "Fine. If you don't wanna talk, I understand, but.." He turns to me. "You have to understand that I just---"

"Don't you dare say you're worried 'bout me."

"I was only gonna say that I care about you. And with caring, often comes jealousy. So I just wanted to know if you were.. with someone else?"

I glance around. The Secret Area is empty, we're alone.

"Squall?" His voice is starting to sound worried.

I turn back to him. "Well.. yes, I was with someone."

His face becomes blank and he turns away from me.

I grab his arm. "I was with Laxell, Seifer! As friends!"

He snorts. "Right."

"Listen, the kid lost his sister today--" I glance at my watch. 12.04 am. "Yesterday... Okay it doesn't matter, anyways, his sister died.. recently. I've gone thru the same thing! Ten years ago, when Sis left, you remember Sis, I've told you about her---"

He turns to me very suddenly, something weird glowing in his eyes. "No, Squall. I don't remember you telling me 'bout Sis. I remember her /myself/. See Squall... I was there, ten years ago. She's my Sis too."

I jump back from him. "W-what..? What are you trying to say? That we're... brothers?"

"No, you jackass!"

"What then?"

"That we're orphans, Squall. We grew up in the same /orphanage/, not the same /family/."