Okay people, this is Arina writing this. Yes, I do exist. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! My friend, Fayth, KK, Kataya, whatever she is going by today asked me to type this up since her computer access is limited. Sorry if there are any mistakes, I don't play the game but think Squall is HOTT and has said hottness in abundance. I wrote 'hott' that way for a reason folks.
Chapter Three:
Roommate Bonding
ARINA'S POV:
I walked down the dormitory hallway until I found Room 217. I knocked on the door and waited until a girl answered, humming "God Save the Queen". Nice, yeah?
A girl answered asking, "Arina?"
"ANGEL!" I cried, launching myself at my friend. I glomped her around the waist and squeezed as hard as I could. I didn't know that this was the Garden that my best friend went to. Angel Price has been my best friend for… forever, since the Diaper Days I believe.
"So, made any new friends?" she asked.
"Yeah, Selphie and her group."
"Oh, you've made friends with the pretty people," Angel said.
"What? Pretty… people?" I was thoroughly confused.
"You know… Squall Leonheart, Selphie Tilmitt, Zell Dincht, and Kataya Volkova. Kataya's the new one," Angel explained. "Are they snobby?"
"No, they're all really nice, except – " I stopped. It wasn't my job to reveal the fight at lunch today. It didn't matter that Angel's my best friend. The job of gossiping is best left to the gossips.
"Except…? Come inside. Maybe there you'll feel better."
"Yeah, thanks." We went in and closed the door and were eventually parking our butts on the sofa.
"Spill. What happened?" Angel asked.
"Well…" Fight the spillage, fight the spillage… "There was a fight at lunch today. Squall hit Zell." Dammit, I spilled! My willpower sucks.
"Well, that's understandable. You did hear about what happened, right? About Instructor Heartilly?"
"I had no idea she was an Instructor here." Honestly, I didn't.
"Yeah. Why else do you think they transferred Instructor Volkova from Timber? That's rhetorical."
'That makes sense. Kataya said she had just moved here yesterday. But… Rinoa Heartilly died two months ago. Well, there's no use in worrying about it. It isn't any of my business anyhow,' I thought.
Soon after that, Angel and me could be found playing Karaoke Revolution Volume 3. I was singing "When I'm Gone" (in varying keys) by Three Doors Down, and Angel was singing "Come Clean" by Hilary Duff. Her song choice made me shudder violently. Suddenly, rave music – sounding very much like Julia Caraway's "Eyes On Me" only rave-ish – came from down the hall.
Someone knocked on the door; I opened it and saw Selphie standing there. "Hey, you wanna come hang?" she said.
"Um…" I thought about it. It didn't sound like the invitation was extended to Angel who I also wanted to chill with, but I wanted to go too…
"It's okay, Rin. Go ahead." She sounded supportive and all for it, but knowing her, she'd be bored out of her mind.
"Can Angel come too?" I asked Selphie.
"Sure! The more the merrier!" Selphie chirped.
I began to walk out the door and turned to Angel. "You coming?"
"Sure, why not?"
She switched the game off and left the room beside me. We walked across the hall to room 219 that Selphie opened the door for.
The other three 'pretty people' were already there. Squall and Kataya were playing DDR. Kataya was good but Squall was better. He bounced all around the pad and kept the beat, but Kataya was just good at bouncing and not the beat keeping. It was obvious to everyone that she hadn't been playing for very long. In the end, Squall won.
Kataya grabbed a water bottle as Zell challenged the 'Reigning Champion' to a round.
"Are they okay now?" I asked Kataya, referring to the fight earlier.
"Zell apologized, so yeah. They're good until Zell decides to hit him back." She laughed as she said the last part. I concentrated on the DDR match going on before us. The song playing was "Heaven" by DJ Sammy. (Co-A/N: I LURVE that song.)
Zell was as good as Squall, maybe even better. Without warning, he (Zell) did a flipped back, landed both of his hands on the left and right arrows and held until the song finished. Kataya and the other two girls clapped with a few chuckles interspersed in it, but unfortunately for Zell Squall still held the title of Champion.
Zell threw himself back on the bed, took Kataya's offered water bottle, and chugged half of it. He handed it back to her, only to have it snatched away by Squall who drank the other half.
"Anybody else?" he asked. "Come on! Kat? Zell? Selphie, Arina, Angel?" His tone was pleading.
Eventually, I stood up. I can't stand begging; I always break in the end. "Sure, I'll take you on." My voice was confident, betraying my sudden, inner-nervousness.
I hopped on the dance mat and used a hair doodle to tie my long, wild blonde hair. Squall gallantly allowed me to choose the song ("Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas). I almost always favor that song. I was (as I mentioned before) nervous since it had been a while since I last played DDR. Once the music started, my feet and body fell into the rhythm. Just follow the arrow-y road… By the end of the song, Squall's and my footwork was identical.
Holy… Non-Cuss Word! I'd won. I kicked Squall's ass. WOOT! My championship was short-lived though. Selphie whipped me in the following round. It was like a game of musical dancers. Where the game and champion-ness stopped next, nobody knew.
We must have played for about four hours, because by twelve we were all exhausted. Everyone was lounging around on Squall's floor, laughing, joking, carrying on, and having a good time. Squall, Angel, and Zell were playing Risk while Selphie was amusing herself with 'Crash Bandicoot'. Kataya and me were chilling on Squall's bed.
He finally wiped Zell of the game board, even though that wasn't Squall's mission. Zell hopped up next to us and sat there laughing at Selphie's gaming misfortunes and Squall and Angel's squabbles. Soon, people began to leave. Selphie went first, followed by Angel and Kataya, and finally Zell and me.
I got back to the room, brushed my teeth, got ready for bed, and grinned at Squall's last words to me. "Tomorrow we're gonna start the hard stuff." Those words echoed in my head, making me laugh as I drifted off to sleep.
All right people, that is all for now. Let my friend know what you think and we'll all be happy little hobbits.
BYE!
Galasriniel, Alyria30's co-author and friend.
