"Woah!" Zell was falling faster towards the earth and gaining speed. Zell made contact with a tree branch. The sound of bones breaking could be heard through out the training center. Finally Zell hit the ground and the last thing he saw was Rinoa's face staring down at him.
Zell was in the infirmary lying on one of the beds. He was bandaged up pretty good. He tried sitting up but then yelped in pain. (This can't be good...) "Ah, ah Mr. Dincht you still need your rest. You had a pretty nasty fall back in the training center." Dr. Kadowaki said as she checked Zell's blood pressure. Zell was really confused. "How did I get here?"
"That nice girl Ms. Heartilly brought you in late last night... she was kinda upset." Zell's heart was panned with guilt by this point. "You have a couple broken ribs and you sprained your arm pretty bad. You're lucky that is all that happened, you could have died." Zell winced "Yea I Know..." Dr. Kadowaki looked at him hard. "If you don't mind me asking, what were you doing in the training center that late?"
Zell started sweating he couldn't tell her the truth. He'd be put on 24 hour suicide watch and possibly booted from Garden. "I... I couldn't sleep so I decided to go out for a run... I guess I wasn't paying attention." "...Alright just be sure to be more careful next time. I wouldn't want you to die on us. You're a good young man Zell just remember that." "Thanks" Something was telling Zell that Dr. Kadowaki wasn't buying his story.
"Hey Dr. Kadowaki! Is Zell awake?" "Why yes he is, Mr. Dincht you have a visitor." Selphie bounced into the room with a card. "Zell! How are you feeling?" She ran up and hugged him and Zell let out a small scream "Selph!" "Oh sorry I forgot. Zell waved it off and pointed to the card in Selphie's hand. "Whats that?" "Oh this, its just a get well card signed by me and the rest of the gang." She set it down on the table.
"Zell... Rinoa told us what happened and... this doesn't have anything to do with the way you've been acting the last few months does it?" Zell looked away from her. "I have no idea what you're talking about." "Come on don't be like this, you've been different ever since we defeated the Sorceress." "Maybe I just felt there was nothing for me to live for."
Selphie took her hand in Zell's. "Is she really worth dying for?" Zell stared at her wide eyed. He couldn't believe what he heard. (She knew?) "Don't look so surprised, it wasn't that hard to figure out and plus Irvine helped me out a little." Zell was speechless. "Don't be mad at him he was just worried about you, as am I." "Does anyone else know?" "Nope."
"What am I gonna do Selph?" "Well the first thing we're gonna do is get you back to your room." Selphie helped Zell out of the bed and he put one arm over her shoulder for support. "Just know one thing Zell... if you ever pull another stunt like that again, I will personally kick your ass." Zell laughed and so did Selphie "Alright."
Well theres chapter 2. I know its short but the next update will be longer promise. This might turn out to be a Zell/Rinoa/Selphie triangle later on i'm not sure.