-Seifer's POV-
The morning comes, rainy and gray. I wake up a little grumpy after only a couple of hours of sleep. As I'm making coffee, Zell bounces in.
"Ever heard of knocking, chickie?"
"Aren't we on a good mood today, huh?" he grins.
"Did you come here just to spend quality time with me, or did you actually have something?"
"Yes, I got news. The Garden's safe."
"Figured."
"Anyways, so is Trabia Garden."
I nodd. "Nice."
"And HeadMaster Cid wants to see you. And Squall and me and all the others who were involved in the Missile Base thing."
I nodd. "Cool. I'll go see him."
"So ugh... You got any idea where Squall is?"
"Nope. I just woke up."
He shrugs. "'kay then. See ya."
I keep on knocking on Squall's door for like five minutes, until he finally opens it.
"What? Oh hey."
"Zell said Cid wants to see us."
"Why?"
I shrug. "Somethin' 'bout the mission."
"Oh. Ugh.. come on in for a second."
I enter his dorm and sit on the couch while he dresses up.
"So what's the situation?" I ask him when he finally comes out of his bedroom.
"Situation? You mean like... Well I think we secured the Gardens and---"
I stand up. "Not that situation, Squall. /Our/ situation."
He lowers his eyes onto the ground. "Oh. I don't know."
I lift his chin up. "What do you /want/ it to be?"
He frowns shortly and looks thoughtful. "I..." He turns his head away. "I... I love you, Seifer. That's all the situation I need."
I wrap my arms around him. "So why all this pointless grudge we've been having these past few days?"
"I don't know, maybe it's..." He sighs and leans against me. "Maybe it's the pressure of all the action that's been going on lately."
"Could be," I say, stroking his hair.
"Maybe we should go see Cid now," he says after a few moments of silence.