1A/N: This isn't the first fanfic I've ever written, I've like written a million, yet I still think they suck, haha, Well I hope you enjoy this Squelphie (- that sounds so weird :D )
Squall wandered down the halls of Balamb Garden silently. It was 1am and he couldn't sleep. He had probably walked around circle around twice. He finally stopped and sat down on the steps leading to elevator. He rested his elbows on his knees and buried his face in his palms. He let out long, rough sigh. He would have stayed like he was for about another 5 minutes if the sound of footsteps didn't alert him. He looked up to see who it was and the looked down and groaned
"Hey Squall!" Selphie said cheerily.
No Response
"Whatcha ya doin' up so late?"
"What are you doing up so late?"
"I couldn't sleep.." Squall found no surprise there. He looked up and smirked, "Maybe you should lay off all of that caffeine,"
Squall noticed something in her expression changed. She didn't stick her tongue out at him like she would normally do or something childish. He noticed something was really bothering her. Before he could ask her she asked him, "Are you okay?"
No Response
She sat down next to Squall and looked at him. A serious and irritated look upon his face. She began speaking again, "You can talk to me...I'm willing to listen...That's what friends are for,"
Squall didn't have anything to say towards that. So he remained silent.
The silence remained for about 2 minutes, the Selphie said, "Do you think I'm likable?"
Squall looked up at her puzzled. Selphie didn't have one negative side in her entire soul. Why would she be wondering such a thing? Squall replied with, "What are you talking about...You don't have a negative bone in your body..."
"I mean...for a relationship...Irvine says he loves me...yet he pays more attention to other girls than he does me..."
"Irvine's a dick."
"..."
"(sigh) I'm sure you would make a great girlfriend for someone. Just not Irvine. Irvine is a loser,"
"...Are you thinking about Rinoa?"
"I just see no connection between us-" Squall realized that what he was saying and stopped. He just told Selphie what was wrong. He had no intention to, but she caught. He uttered a profanity and turned his head away from her. Selphie then said, "I caught you didn't I...Even if you didn't tell me, I would have still known...You've been kind of avoiding her lately. She notices it. You suddenly have papers to write, meetings, training, something..."
No response
"When you told her you loved her did you mean it?"
His eyes grew wide, but he still faced away from her.
"People when they say things, they don't realize they said it until it's too late. I told Irvine I loved him, now I realize I only said it because I thought he loved me. I never took time to think, does he love me? I guess when you haven't felt love for a long time, you kinda forget what it really is...I mean like love between two people..."
Squall still faced away from her, but was actually listening. A very confused look on his face. He wondered if it was still Selphie sitting next to him. He turned to look at her just to check...yep...still her. Except now she had he knees up to her chest and her head rested on them. She didn't even noticed he shifted his gaze to her. Squall noticed a drop of liquid hit the ground. He looked up at the ceiling, couldn't be a leak. He looked at Selphie and saw another drop bound to hit the ground from her chin. She continued talking.
"Matron loved us. But She wasn't always there. Just for our childhood and then she was gone. The next time we saw her, she was hellbent on taking over the planet. (Squall's eyes narrowed upon hearing Selphie use the word hellbent. It just wasn't in her vocabulary...she was seriously upset) But she loved us as her children, yet that is not the love I'm talking about..."
By now a small puddle formed below Selphie. Five minutes of silence before Squall said, "I understand..."
No response
He looked over at her and noticed she had fallen asleep. He sighed a big sigh and stood up. He bent over and picked her up and carried her off to the Dormitories. Her bedroom door was looked so he took her to his room and layed her on his. He pulled out the couch-bed and grabbed a pillow and went to sleep thinking about every word that unexpectedly came from Selphie's mouth. Odd, but he understood her...More than she would ever know...
