Make it All right.
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, I'm just a spoony bard
Dedications. This goes out to wonderful failure and Devon Sunslinger. WF, you are forever in my debt now and El, this is how Zell and Quistis get together in A Hundred years.
WARNING!! Has foul language (yeah, I know big fat fucking deal.) and some sexual content. And I mean sexual. This is a ZellxQuistis fic and is a sister story to A Hundred Years. I suggest you read both, although you don't have to.
Ch 1. (one month endgame.) age 18 the problem
I've been in the infirmary for three weeks now. I don't know how long they plan on keeping me here. Squall says I'm free to go when ever. I know better. If I leave here before I'm ready, someone is going to get hurt.
Dr. Kadowaki says it's post war anxiety or some shit like that. It was after the eighth time I'd sent someone to the infirmary that Squall told me to got here myself. It just wasn't safe to be around me. I was paranoid and the wrong movement or noise and I went into battle mode.
You see, unlike the others, I AM my weapon. As a rule, I never pull my punches. Ever. The walls are dull and white. There's nothing to do so I spend most of my time shadowboxing in the corner.
There's a two way mirror that I know they watch me from. Am I that fascinating? A broken warrior with war flashbacks and can't sit still for more that five minutes?
They all try to visit me. Seifer's back, he got SeeD a week ago. Rinoa left, and to top it all off, the 'relationship', if that's what you could call it, they had, they resumed. Squall came out of the closet with Seifer in tow. Selphie and Irvine are still together. No surprise there, they're perfect foe each other. Quistis is still single. Like me.
She seems lonely. Squall's still putting the Garden back together ad until then, Quistis teaching position is on hold. And Hyne only knows when that will happen. Her days must be quite dull because she visits me often.
I like it when she visits. I feel more normal when she's around. She talks to me like there's nothing wrong with me and I love that. It's like the others are scared of me now.
A knock sounded at the door.
"Come in." I turned off the TV and looked towards the door.
"Hey!" Selphie's head popped into the room. "How are you?" she stepped shyly inside and closed the door.
This is what I mean. Selphie's never been shy, and she's never been one to actually knock on a door. Now all the sudden she's shy and actually knocking. From what I can tell, its only around me.
"Doing good. The Doc says I can go out if I want." I gave her a half hearted grin.
"That's good. Um..." she fidgeted. "Squall said to tell you he's holding a very important meting tomorrow and he wants you to come."
Squall wanted me to come. Hmpf. Must be something important.
"I'll be there then."
"Great! "Selphie did a little dance. "I'll see you then."
Now normally, if I was normal, She would stay and chat. But I'm not normal anymore. I'm weird.
"Just saw Selphie high tail it out of here." The voice startled me and I glanced back at the door again.
"Hey Quisty, didn't hear you come in." I gave her a smile.
"That's because I'm feeling extra sneaky today." She pretended to hide behind the chair. "like a kitty."
I started laughing. "Where the hell did that come from?"
"Adrenaline rush. I snuck into the cafeteria kitchen and stole you some hot dogs." She held out a paper bag.
"You brought me hot dogs? Quis, I think I might be in love with you."
"Yeah, whatever. So did you hear about Squall's big meeting?" she sat on the bed opposite of me.
"Yeah, Selphie told me." I scowled. "It's like Squall told her to tell me. They all avoid me."
"They do not. Squall's busy with his duties to Garden. Seifer's occupied with Squall now that he's made SeeD, Selphie and Irvine, well, you know." She sighed. "And that leaves you and me."
"I think your the only one who knows that I'm going to be all right."
We both got quiet. The silence isn't uncomfortable. We've spent the better part of three weeks together in silence. Just each other's company is enough.
Partly because I don't know how to tell her I love her. I never could figure it out. Partly because I don't know how to talk about the stuff I need to an she's not one to push.
"Did the Doc say when you could leave?" she asked.
"She said when I'm comfortable. I don't know when that will be." I sighed.
"Well, you can start by getting off that lump they call a couch and coming to dinner with everyone tonight. It's gong to be funny watching Squall silently loath him while Selphie drools over him." She stood up. "Besides, the food here can't be good. Especially for a person of you're metabolism."
"I guess. I'm gonna grab a shower first. You can wait here if you want. I won't be long." I grabbed a towel and clean clothes.
As I showered, I let my mind wander. Even before the was I've had a thing for her. I've loved her for as long as I can remember. Now we've become so close that we don't have to talk, we can just read each other. She'll never know how I feel. Plan on keeping that to myself for now. But, being her friend and confidant might be enough.
I dressed quickly, not bothering with my hair. When I opened the bathroom door, Quistis was sprawled across the bed asleep. She looked so peaceful that I hated to wake her. But I couldn't let her stay passed out. She had said something abut dinner and my stomach was really agreeing with her.
"Quis." Sitting on the edge of the bed I shook her gently. "Wake up. You said dinner."
"hmmmp" she rolled over and opened her eyes. The pale cerulean color captivated me. "How long was I out?"
"Uh... oh sorry. Not long."
"you okay?"
"Fine. I just spaced for a moment." I pushed my still wet hair from my face. "Anyway. Food?"
"Yeah." She stood and we were off to diner.
"So then Irvine tells her that he's a taken man and that he can't be with her because he loves me! Isn't that the sweetest?" Selphie threw her arms around Irvine fo0r what must have been the hundredth time in the past ten minutes.
"That's sooo cute." Squall rolled his eyes.
"Your such a party pooper." She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Well, we all see that Zell's out and about now." Irvine changed the subject.
"Yeah. I took a swig out of my coffee.
"Feeling better then?" I will admit that though he's an anti-social bastard, Squall is my best friend.
"Sorta. I'm not sure if I'm ready to be out full time or what."
"Well the good thing is he didn't freak out on me today." Quistis grinned. "I forgot to knock."
"Then what's the grin for? Did you catch the chicken wuss jacking off or something?" Seifer smirked at me.
"Piss off Almasy." I kinda grinned at him. If Seifer is picking on me again then I must be acting more normal.
"Yeah! Leave poor Zelly alone!" Selphie got a pouty look before she became a little devil herself. "Or I'll be showing off some very incriminating photos of you."
"You wouldn't dare."
"Watch me."
"Behave you two!" Quistis threw an ice cube in their direction.
The rest of dinner went about the same. For the first time in a long time I felt normal again. Squall and Seifer invited us all to go back to their place after dinner to watch a movie. I was still feeling okay so I said I'd go.
So it was almost 0300 before I left their room. Quistis and Selphie waked back with me to the infirmary.
"So if your feeling up to it Squall said I could get my classroom back together tomorrow."
"Sure Quis. If I'm still good that is." I scratched the back of my head. It feels kinda weird when I leave my hair down.
"Well I don't know about you two but I got me a cowboy to... well...." Selphie went pink and didn't finish her sentence.
"That was way too much information." Quistis covered her face with her hands, laughing.
"Sorry. Anyhow, I'll see you people later." Selphie took off almost at a run.
"I so did not need to hear about her and Irvine's sex life." I shook my head and opened the door to my temporary quarters.
"Zell, before you go off to bed, can I talk to you?" Quistis looked at the floor.
It surprised me. What on earth could she want to talk to me about? I mean yeah, we've become close friends, but I always thought she trusted Selphie more than me. But I was thrilled at the same time that she had chose me.
"Yeah, sure. Come in and I'll throw on a pot of coffee or something." I let her in and closed the door behind us.
She sat down on the edge of the bed and folded her hands in her lap. There was something very wrong with her.
"Quis?" I sat down next to her and looked at her. She was crying. "Oh Hyne." I wrapped my arms around her in a tight hug. "What's wrong Quis? Why are you crying?"
"Hyne Zell, I don't know. I feel like the whole world is crashing down around me and there's nothing I can do. And everyone else is so caught up in their own lives and I'm so alone." She burst into sobs and I couldn't understand anything she said after that.
I held her and just let her cry it out. There was nothing I could do anyway. When she had finished, she looked at me.
"Zell?"
"Yeah."
"Thanks for listening."
"Anytime. You've been doing for me for the last three weeks."
"I just feel like your the only one that listens." She was looking at the floor again. "Until get back to teaching, I've got nothing."
"You got me." I smiled at her.
"Thanks Zell. I should go. It's late and we have that meeting tomorrow."
Three days later I was back in my own room. The Doc says I'm doing great. I've been helping Quistis set her classroom back up. She starts teaching again in a week.
"Hey, you left the door open again." Quistis flopped down on the couch next to me. She had Selphie with her. "What the hell are you watching?"
"Wrestling. There's beer in the fridge if you want." I pointed tot he kitchen area and Selphie got up to retrieve a beer for her and Quistis.
"Who's fighting." She asked as she passed Quis the beer and sat down.
"No one important. Big match is next week." I answered her.
"I don't know how you can watch this crap. It's all staged." Quistis snorted.
"Yeah, this is staged, but you can actually us alot of thier moves for defensive purposes. See, see hoe he's got his legs around his head? Now watch how the other guy gets out of it." I directed Quistis's attention to the screen.
"Holy shit! I've seen you use that move in battle a hundred times. You even used it against Ultemecia." Her jaw dropped.
"Catching flies Quisty, or are ya just open for business?" Selphie teased.
"If she was open for business she wouldn't be here." I joined in "I'm broke."
"Very funny you two." Quistis threw her beer cap at Selphie.
"With that." Selphie stood. "I have Garden Festival meeting to attend. I gotta bail. Zell, tell me who wins so me you and we can watch the big match next week with you."
"Will do." I told her as she left.
"I didn't know Selphie and Irvine were into wrestling." Quistis commented.
"Oh yeah. We used to watch it together all the time." The fight on the screen turned hard core. "Sweet! Pick up the chair and hit him! Hit him damnit!"
Quistis laughed at me. "Your weird."
"Am not. I just like my wrestling." I said defensively.
"What are you doing later?" she asked, taking another swig from her beer.
"Well, you know me. I was gonna pick up a hooker, have my way with her then not pay her."
"Well how about you do that another night. Seifer and Squall have decided that we all need a night out. We're going to a gay bar for dancing."
"A gay bar? I'll be damned before I go to one of those." I scowled.
"They just want to go dancing. They didn't say anything about picking up guys." She poked me. "unless you want to pick up guys."
"No. I'm straight."
"So come with me."
"I guess. What time?'
"Eight is when were leaving. We're going to Deling."
"A two hour drive just to go dancing? Damn." I got up to get myself another beer. "You want another one?"
"Nah. If we're going dancing I have to go shower and have Selphie pick out my clothes." She stood up.
"You need Selphie to pick out your clothes? Ha! At least I can dress myself." I opened my beer and took a swig.
"Ha! That's what you think. Seifer and Squall are on their way over right now." With a grin, she was gone.
I almost choked on my beer. They were sending Seifer and Squall to dress me for a gay bar. I think I'm scared. I turned off the TV and headed into the kitchen with the empty beer bottles. On my way back through I opened the door to find Squall in mid-knock.
"Come on in." I sighed.
"I guess someone warned you huh?" Squall grinned at me as he and Seifer pushed their way in.
"Quistis did. You guys can go through my closet while I take a shower." I headed for the bathroom and before I even had the shower on, I could hear them rummaging through my clothes.
I showered quickly, not bothering to put anything but my towel on when I was done. When I emerged, both Seifer and Squall were sitting on the couch watching TV.
"Didn't take you two long." I commented.
"Well, we were expecting your closet to be pretty mundane. I was suprisingly shocked to find your vast collection." Seifer grinned. "Zelly chicken wuss. Your attire." He pointed tot he bedroom.
"And since you've got your clothes on, I get to have my fun with you." Squall grinned.
"Stop. Rewind. Rephrase." I told him. That comment had come out very perverse, and coming from y gay best friend, well....
"I said what I said."
Moments later I stood in front of them dressed in skin tight black leathers and a red spandex T with a black velvet dragon sprawled across the front. I had on Doc Martins and my wrists were decorated with black leather bracelets, some graced with steel pyramids or spikes.
"Not bad chicken. Now it's Squall's turn." Seifer stood and motioned for me to sit next to his boyfriend.
"I wish you wouldn't call me that." But I sat anyway.
"Close your eyes." Squall instructed. I did as I was told. His hands were steady and firm as he applied eyeliner and mascara to my eyes.
"I'm not wearing lipstick." I told him.
"Your not special enough to wear my lipstick." He laughed. "Now it's time for your hair."
When he was done my hair looked... chunky? I guess that's the only way to describe it. It was down, but it was gelled and moussed, and Hyne only knows what else.
"Okay, your done." Squall stepped back, obviously pleased with what he'd done.
When I looked at myself in the mirror I almost didn't recognize the punked out version of me. Had it not been for my tattoo, I would have thought I was looking at someone else.
"Holy Fuck!"
"Look Squall, I think he likes it." Seifer smirked. "Anyhow. We have to go find the others. We'll meet in the Quad at 19:30."
They left, leaving me staring at myself in the mirror.
"I'm glad you talked me into going." I laughed as Quistis threw a pop can out the window.
"Good. See? Going to a gay bar wasn't that bad." She poked me again. "I think Selphie and Irvine are getting a hotel tonight. They were all over each other tonight. Seifer and Squall are headed back later tonight."
"So we're the only one's leaving now? Makes me feel old. Going home early." I sighed.
"Doesn't mean we have to go home now. Just drive somewhere." She pulled her hair out of the French twist Selphie had put it in. "That feels better. You don't mind if I borrow one of the many shirts you've got in the backseat?"
"Go for it." I turned onto the road to Balamb. We still had an hour an a half to get home. It was 0200 and I still wasn't tired.
I watched out of the corner of my eye as Quistis spent at least two minutes trying to unlace the crimson corset that was confining her.
"Do you want me to stop the cart? It might be easier if you stood up to do that." I pointed out as I slowed down and pulled over.
"Yeah. Thanks." As I stopped, she opened her car door and stood. I forced myself to look away as she removed the corset and pulled on a T- shirt. I couldn't help but look. Her skin was a perfect creamy white. She wasn't wearing bra so I caught a glimpse of the rosebud pink nipples that poked out in the cool night air. "Ready?" She asked as she got back in the car.
"Yeah." I took to the road again. Quistis changed the subject from the bar to how excited she was to be teaching again. Up in the distance I could see the tell tale sign of a church, the cross illuminated in the dark of night. "Hey, there's the halfway point." I told her.
"You know, I've always wanted to make out in that parking lot." She told me.
A thought crossed my mind. So as a joke I pulled into the parking lot and looked at her. "Well?"
She started laughing and poked me in the ribs. "You are such a dork."
"I know. I just wanted to make you laugh again." I grinned and poked her back.
We went back and forth for a few minutes, poking each other. Then she started tickling me.
"Shit!" I swore and grabbed both her hands. I pulled hem in close so she couldn't tickle me anymore. Her face was only about two inches away. I don't know who kissed who, If I kissed her, or if she kissed me, but it happened. Her lips so soft, giving.
I don't know how it happened, but moments later we were naked in each others arms. I was still kissing her. Didn't think, just pulled her into my lap so it was easier to get to her lips.
With one leg on either side of my seat she kissed me. I could feel the heat of her bare flesh against me. I wasn't expecting to feel that heat enclose over me, for her to stay there, for me to stay there. My lips never left hers as we moved together. I could feel her tightening around me. She was going to come, and I couldn't hold out much longer.
"Oh Hyne." She moaned into my lips as she came, and seconds later I was coming too. The waves of ecstasy washing over me as my heartbeat slowly came back to normal. She moved off me and sat back in the passenger's seat. We both stayed where we were until we both caught our breath, neither of us saying a word to the other. It was when we were looking for our clothes when she spoke again.
"Where did my shoes go?" She asked as she looked through the mess of my backseat.
"Um... not sure. Here, check behind your seat." There it was.
As I started the car again I felt very confused. What the hell has just happened? I mean, I've wanted this for so long and now I can't figure out what the fuck is going on!
She didn't act like anything had happened. l I could handle that. See where things went. How this all is gonna turn out, I have no idea.
A/N This is a sister story to A Hundred Years. I had a few people ask me how Zell and Quistis got together and then after I put up a little one shot where Zell has a crush on Quistis I had Wonderful Failure tell me that if I did a ZellxQuistis fic that he would be forever in my debt. So here it is people. And for Devon Sunslinger's Information, I based how Zell and Quistis got together on mine and my bishounen's relationship.
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Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, I'm just a spoony bard
Dedications. This goes out to wonderful failure and Devon Sunslinger. WF, you are forever in my debt now and El, this is how Zell and Quistis get together in A Hundred years.
WARNING!! Has foul language (yeah, I know big fat fucking deal.) and some sexual content. And I mean sexual. This is a ZellxQuistis fic and is a sister story to A Hundred Years. I suggest you read both, although you don't have to.
Ch 1. (one month endgame.) age 18 the problem
I've been in the infirmary for three weeks now. I don't know how long they plan on keeping me here. Squall says I'm free to go when ever. I know better. If I leave here before I'm ready, someone is going to get hurt.
Dr. Kadowaki says it's post war anxiety or some shit like that. It was after the eighth time I'd sent someone to the infirmary that Squall told me to got here myself. It just wasn't safe to be around me. I was paranoid and the wrong movement or noise and I went into battle mode.
You see, unlike the others, I AM my weapon. As a rule, I never pull my punches. Ever. The walls are dull and white. There's nothing to do so I spend most of my time shadowboxing in the corner.
There's a two way mirror that I know they watch me from. Am I that fascinating? A broken warrior with war flashbacks and can't sit still for more that five minutes?
They all try to visit me. Seifer's back, he got SeeD a week ago. Rinoa left, and to top it all off, the 'relationship', if that's what you could call it, they had, they resumed. Squall came out of the closet with Seifer in tow. Selphie and Irvine are still together. No surprise there, they're perfect foe each other. Quistis is still single. Like me.
She seems lonely. Squall's still putting the Garden back together ad until then, Quistis teaching position is on hold. And Hyne only knows when that will happen. Her days must be quite dull because she visits me often.
I like it when she visits. I feel more normal when she's around. She talks to me like there's nothing wrong with me and I love that. It's like the others are scared of me now.
A knock sounded at the door.
"Come in." I turned off the TV and looked towards the door.
"Hey!" Selphie's head popped into the room. "How are you?" she stepped shyly inside and closed the door.
This is what I mean. Selphie's never been shy, and she's never been one to actually knock on a door. Now all the sudden she's shy and actually knocking. From what I can tell, its only around me.
"Doing good. The Doc says I can go out if I want." I gave her a half hearted grin.
"That's good. Um..." she fidgeted. "Squall said to tell you he's holding a very important meting tomorrow and he wants you to come."
Squall wanted me to come. Hmpf. Must be something important.
"I'll be there then."
"Great! "Selphie did a little dance. "I'll see you then."
Now normally, if I was normal, She would stay and chat. But I'm not normal anymore. I'm weird.
"Just saw Selphie high tail it out of here." The voice startled me and I glanced back at the door again.
"Hey Quisty, didn't hear you come in." I gave her a smile.
"That's because I'm feeling extra sneaky today." She pretended to hide behind the chair. "like a kitty."
I started laughing. "Where the hell did that come from?"
"Adrenaline rush. I snuck into the cafeteria kitchen and stole you some hot dogs." She held out a paper bag.
"You brought me hot dogs? Quis, I think I might be in love with you."
"Yeah, whatever. So did you hear about Squall's big meeting?" she sat on the bed opposite of me.
"Yeah, Selphie told me." I scowled. "It's like Squall told her to tell me. They all avoid me."
"They do not. Squall's busy with his duties to Garden. Seifer's occupied with Squall now that he's made SeeD, Selphie and Irvine, well, you know." She sighed. "And that leaves you and me."
"I think your the only one who knows that I'm going to be all right."
We both got quiet. The silence isn't uncomfortable. We've spent the better part of three weeks together in silence. Just each other's company is enough.
Partly because I don't know how to tell her I love her. I never could figure it out. Partly because I don't know how to talk about the stuff I need to an she's not one to push.
"Did the Doc say when you could leave?" she asked.
"She said when I'm comfortable. I don't know when that will be." I sighed.
"Well, you can start by getting off that lump they call a couch and coming to dinner with everyone tonight. It's gong to be funny watching Squall silently loath him while Selphie drools over him." She stood up. "Besides, the food here can't be good. Especially for a person of you're metabolism."
"I guess. I'm gonna grab a shower first. You can wait here if you want. I won't be long." I grabbed a towel and clean clothes.
As I showered, I let my mind wander. Even before the was I've had a thing for her. I've loved her for as long as I can remember. Now we've become so close that we don't have to talk, we can just read each other. She'll never know how I feel. Plan on keeping that to myself for now. But, being her friend and confidant might be enough.
I dressed quickly, not bothering with my hair. When I opened the bathroom door, Quistis was sprawled across the bed asleep. She looked so peaceful that I hated to wake her. But I couldn't let her stay passed out. She had said something abut dinner and my stomach was really agreeing with her.
"Quis." Sitting on the edge of the bed I shook her gently. "Wake up. You said dinner."
"hmmmp" she rolled over and opened her eyes. The pale cerulean color captivated me. "How long was I out?"
"Uh... oh sorry. Not long."
"you okay?"
"Fine. I just spaced for a moment." I pushed my still wet hair from my face. "Anyway. Food?"
"Yeah." She stood and we were off to diner.
"So then Irvine tells her that he's a taken man and that he can't be with her because he loves me! Isn't that the sweetest?" Selphie threw her arms around Irvine fo0r what must have been the hundredth time in the past ten minutes.
"That's sooo cute." Squall rolled his eyes.
"Your such a party pooper." She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Well, we all see that Zell's out and about now." Irvine changed the subject.
"Yeah. I took a swig out of my coffee.
"Feeling better then?" I will admit that though he's an anti-social bastard, Squall is my best friend.
"Sorta. I'm not sure if I'm ready to be out full time or what."
"Well the good thing is he didn't freak out on me today." Quistis grinned. "I forgot to knock."
"Then what's the grin for? Did you catch the chicken wuss jacking off or something?" Seifer smirked at me.
"Piss off Almasy." I kinda grinned at him. If Seifer is picking on me again then I must be acting more normal.
"Yeah! Leave poor Zelly alone!" Selphie got a pouty look before she became a little devil herself. "Or I'll be showing off some very incriminating photos of you."
"You wouldn't dare."
"Watch me."
"Behave you two!" Quistis threw an ice cube in their direction.
The rest of dinner went about the same. For the first time in a long time I felt normal again. Squall and Seifer invited us all to go back to their place after dinner to watch a movie. I was still feeling okay so I said I'd go.
So it was almost 0300 before I left their room. Quistis and Selphie waked back with me to the infirmary.
"So if your feeling up to it Squall said I could get my classroom back together tomorrow."
"Sure Quis. If I'm still good that is." I scratched the back of my head. It feels kinda weird when I leave my hair down.
"Well I don't know about you two but I got me a cowboy to... well...." Selphie went pink and didn't finish her sentence.
"That was way too much information." Quistis covered her face with her hands, laughing.
"Sorry. Anyhow, I'll see you people later." Selphie took off almost at a run.
"I so did not need to hear about her and Irvine's sex life." I shook my head and opened the door to my temporary quarters.
"Zell, before you go off to bed, can I talk to you?" Quistis looked at the floor.
It surprised me. What on earth could she want to talk to me about? I mean yeah, we've become close friends, but I always thought she trusted Selphie more than me. But I was thrilled at the same time that she had chose me.
"Yeah, sure. Come in and I'll throw on a pot of coffee or something." I let her in and closed the door behind us.
She sat down on the edge of the bed and folded her hands in her lap. There was something very wrong with her.
"Quis?" I sat down next to her and looked at her. She was crying. "Oh Hyne." I wrapped my arms around her in a tight hug. "What's wrong Quis? Why are you crying?"
"Hyne Zell, I don't know. I feel like the whole world is crashing down around me and there's nothing I can do. And everyone else is so caught up in their own lives and I'm so alone." She burst into sobs and I couldn't understand anything she said after that.
I held her and just let her cry it out. There was nothing I could do anyway. When she had finished, she looked at me.
"Zell?"
"Yeah."
"Thanks for listening."
"Anytime. You've been doing for me for the last three weeks."
"I just feel like your the only one that listens." She was looking at the floor again. "Until get back to teaching, I've got nothing."
"You got me." I smiled at her.
"Thanks Zell. I should go. It's late and we have that meeting tomorrow."
Three days later I was back in my own room. The Doc says I'm doing great. I've been helping Quistis set her classroom back up. She starts teaching again in a week.
"Hey, you left the door open again." Quistis flopped down on the couch next to me. She had Selphie with her. "What the hell are you watching?"
"Wrestling. There's beer in the fridge if you want." I pointed tot he kitchen area and Selphie got up to retrieve a beer for her and Quistis.
"Who's fighting." She asked as she passed Quis the beer and sat down.
"No one important. Big match is next week." I answered her.
"I don't know how you can watch this crap. It's all staged." Quistis snorted.
"Yeah, this is staged, but you can actually us alot of thier moves for defensive purposes. See, see hoe he's got his legs around his head? Now watch how the other guy gets out of it." I directed Quistis's attention to the screen.
"Holy shit! I've seen you use that move in battle a hundred times. You even used it against Ultemecia." Her jaw dropped.
"Catching flies Quisty, or are ya just open for business?" Selphie teased.
"If she was open for business she wouldn't be here." I joined in "I'm broke."
"Very funny you two." Quistis threw her beer cap at Selphie.
"With that." Selphie stood. "I have Garden Festival meeting to attend. I gotta bail. Zell, tell me who wins so me you and we can watch the big match next week with you."
"Will do." I told her as she left.
"I didn't know Selphie and Irvine were into wrestling." Quistis commented.
"Oh yeah. We used to watch it together all the time." The fight on the screen turned hard core. "Sweet! Pick up the chair and hit him! Hit him damnit!"
Quistis laughed at me. "Your weird."
"Am not. I just like my wrestling." I said defensively.
"What are you doing later?" she asked, taking another swig from her beer.
"Well, you know me. I was gonna pick up a hooker, have my way with her then not pay her."
"Well how about you do that another night. Seifer and Squall have decided that we all need a night out. We're going to a gay bar for dancing."
"A gay bar? I'll be damned before I go to one of those." I scowled.
"They just want to go dancing. They didn't say anything about picking up guys." She poked me. "unless you want to pick up guys."
"No. I'm straight."
"So come with me."
"I guess. What time?'
"Eight is when were leaving. We're going to Deling."
"A two hour drive just to go dancing? Damn." I got up to get myself another beer. "You want another one?"
"Nah. If we're going dancing I have to go shower and have Selphie pick out my clothes." She stood up.
"You need Selphie to pick out your clothes? Ha! At least I can dress myself." I opened my beer and took a swig.
"Ha! That's what you think. Seifer and Squall are on their way over right now." With a grin, she was gone.
I almost choked on my beer. They were sending Seifer and Squall to dress me for a gay bar. I think I'm scared. I turned off the TV and headed into the kitchen with the empty beer bottles. On my way back through I opened the door to find Squall in mid-knock.
"Come on in." I sighed.
"I guess someone warned you huh?" Squall grinned at me as he and Seifer pushed their way in.
"Quistis did. You guys can go through my closet while I take a shower." I headed for the bathroom and before I even had the shower on, I could hear them rummaging through my clothes.
I showered quickly, not bothering to put anything but my towel on when I was done. When I emerged, both Seifer and Squall were sitting on the couch watching TV.
"Didn't take you two long." I commented.
"Well, we were expecting your closet to be pretty mundane. I was suprisingly shocked to find your vast collection." Seifer grinned. "Zelly chicken wuss. Your attire." He pointed tot he bedroom.
"And since you've got your clothes on, I get to have my fun with you." Squall grinned.
"Stop. Rewind. Rephrase." I told him. That comment had come out very perverse, and coming from y gay best friend, well....
"I said what I said."
Moments later I stood in front of them dressed in skin tight black leathers and a red spandex T with a black velvet dragon sprawled across the front. I had on Doc Martins and my wrists were decorated with black leather bracelets, some graced with steel pyramids or spikes.
"Not bad chicken. Now it's Squall's turn." Seifer stood and motioned for me to sit next to his boyfriend.
"I wish you wouldn't call me that." But I sat anyway.
"Close your eyes." Squall instructed. I did as I was told. His hands were steady and firm as he applied eyeliner and mascara to my eyes.
"I'm not wearing lipstick." I told him.
"Your not special enough to wear my lipstick." He laughed. "Now it's time for your hair."
When he was done my hair looked... chunky? I guess that's the only way to describe it. It was down, but it was gelled and moussed, and Hyne only knows what else.
"Okay, your done." Squall stepped back, obviously pleased with what he'd done.
When I looked at myself in the mirror I almost didn't recognize the punked out version of me. Had it not been for my tattoo, I would have thought I was looking at someone else.
"Holy Fuck!"
"Look Squall, I think he likes it." Seifer smirked. "Anyhow. We have to go find the others. We'll meet in the Quad at 19:30."
They left, leaving me staring at myself in the mirror.
"I'm glad you talked me into going." I laughed as Quistis threw a pop can out the window.
"Good. See? Going to a gay bar wasn't that bad." She poked me again. "I think Selphie and Irvine are getting a hotel tonight. They were all over each other tonight. Seifer and Squall are headed back later tonight."
"So we're the only one's leaving now? Makes me feel old. Going home early." I sighed.
"Doesn't mean we have to go home now. Just drive somewhere." She pulled her hair out of the French twist Selphie had put it in. "That feels better. You don't mind if I borrow one of the many shirts you've got in the backseat?"
"Go for it." I turned onto the road to Balamb. We still had an hour an a half to get home. It was 0200 and I still wasn't tired.
I watched out of the corner of my eye as Quistis spent at least two minutes trying to unlace the crimson corset that was confining her.
"Do you want me to stop the cart? It might be easier if you stood up to do that." I pointed out as I slowed down and pulled over.
"Yeah. Thanks." As I stopped, she opened her car door and stood. I forced myself to look away as she removed the corset and pulled on a T- shirt. I couldn't help but look. Her skin was a perfect creamy white. She wasn't wearing bra so I caught a glimpse of the rosebud pink nipples that poked out in the cool night air. "Ready?" She asked as she got back in the car.
"Yeah." I took to the road again. Quistis changed the subject from the bar to how excited she was to be teaching again. Up in the distance I could see the tell tale sign of a church, the cross illuminated in the dark of night. "Hey, there's the halfway point." I told her.
"You know, I've always wanted to make out in that parking lot." She told me.
A thought crossed my mind. So as a joke I pulled into the parking lot and looked at her. "Well?"
She started laughing and poked me in the ribs. "You are such a dork."
"I know. I just wanted to make you laugh again." I grinned and poked her back.
We went back and forth for a few minutes, poking each other. Then she started tickling me.
"Shit!" I swore and grabbed both her hands. I pulled hem in close so she couldn't tickle me anymore. Her face was only about two inches away. I don't know who kissed who, If I kissed her, or if she kissed me, but it happened. Her lips so soft, giving.
I don't know how it happened, but moments later we were naked in each others arms. I was still kissing her. Didn't think, just pulled her into my lap so it was easier to get to her lips.
With one leg on either side of my seat she kissed me. I could feel the heat of her bare flesh against me. I wasn't expecting to feel that heat enclose over me, for her to stay there, for me to stay there. My lips never left hers as we moved together. I could feel her tightening around me. She was going to come, and I couldn't hold out much longer.
"Oh Hyne." She moaned into my lips as she came, and seconds later I was coming too. The waves of ecstasy washing over me as my heartbeat slowly came back to normal. She moved off me and sat back in the passenger's seat. We both stayed where we were until we both caught our breath, neither of us saying a word to the other. It was when we were looking for our clothes when she spoke again.
"Where did my shoes go?" She asked as she looked through the mess of my backseat.
"Um... not sure. Here, check behind your seat." There it was.
As I started the car again I felt very confused. What the hell has just happened? I mean, I've wanted this for so long and now I can't figure out what the fuck is going on!
She didn't act like anything had happened. l I could handle that. See where things went. How this all is gonna turn out, I have no idea.
A/N This is a sister story to A Hundred Years. I had a few people ask me how Zell and Quistis got together and then after I put up a little one shot where Zell has a crush on Quistis I had Wonderful Failure tell me that if I did a ZellxQuistis fic that he would be forever in my debt. So here it is people. And for Devon Sunslinger's Information, I based how Zell and Quistis got together on mine and my bishounen's relationship.
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