Each person had his own quarters and it was there that they chose to spend the remaining of the trip to the island. The ship glided through the air gracefully. It hummed, full of energy and intelligence but lacking life for no one in the interior wanted to speak with one another. Each one lost in his own thoughts, his own universe.
Squall was perfectly fine with this. Zell, however, was quite anxious and slowly grew insane. However, there was no one to talk to. He couldn't talk to Seifer because, well…Seifer is an asshole. And Squall…now's not the time for Squall. Devoid of anything to do Zell punched the wall in frustration. The ship rumbled, a mere annoyance over the mechanical hum of the engines. And in an instant Squall was there.
"Fight?"
"Uh…no. I was just bored." answered Zell, sheepishly. "There's nothing to do on this ship."
"I've been meaning to talk to you." Squall decided to go directly to the point.
"Uh, about what?" Zell said as he tried his best to make a nonchalant face, completely masking the relief that something is going to be solved.
"Listen. I know that we have drifted apart," Squall started and Zell tried to stifle a snort. "and I know its my fault and I wanted to apologize for it."
"Okay." Zell prompted for Squall to go on.
"It was wrong of me to push you away. Accept my apology." Squall not-so-gracefully ended.
"You know what's wrong with you, Squall?" after a bout of silence, Zell continued, "You never show your feelings. You hide. And you push others away for reading you."
"You want me to reform?" Squall said.
"No, I want you to feel. That's an apology enough."
"Hm. Zell, I felt alone when Riona left me. Or I left her, I don't even remember. Then I felt confused because I didn't care that much that she left me. Then I felt small and helpless when others tried to comfort me. And when I pushed them away I felt regretful for pushing the one person who tried the hardest. I regretted pushing you away."
A silence pervaded the space between accented only by the gentle humming of the ship.
"Wow. Squall, that was more than what I had expected." Zell was amazed that Squall opened up so quickly without a bigger struggle.
"So, do you accept my apology."
"I do, Squall. And now things are better between us." With that said, Zell closed the distance between them and gave Squall a big hug. And this is when Squall began to have those feelings which alienated him from the one person that meant the most to him.
A soft chime signaled their arrival. "I think we're here." Squall murmured and broke their embrace.