A/N: This chapter is boring. Yet I like it to be told with the story sorry.

Chapter 4 – Words. Trust. Always curious.

That face…that mesmerizing face. …Rinoa thought back to when she was on the train. She envisioned his face close to hers, touching it. Gliding her finger amongst the curves of his face and saw his scar. His scar…I've seen it somewhere before…Rinoa shifted towards the ledge of the tower and surveyed the area. At a stretch of a road, she saw the four that were after her and they were splitting up into twos.

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Tap, tap, tap, sounded his boots in the quite region. Squall approached the tall blue tower near the entrance. He gazed to the top of the tower and checked out his surroundings. "This is the place." He entered the tower with no trouble. The doorman was asleep at this late a time. He pushed open the doors to the staircase and found himself having to climb to many floors to count.

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CRASH!! The sound of metal objects hitting each other rung through the city and Irvine turned around.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouchies!" She squealed. The innocent girl had crashed into a bunch of garbage cans. She rubbed her head and pouted. "Who moved this here?!"

"You're going to scare our enemies away again, Selphie" Irvine said and laughed as he approached her. Selphie pouted more and rubbed her head again. He grabbed her waist and lifted her light body out of the garbage. He then smiled.

She turned away and spoke softly. "Do you consider us in a relationship?"

"Is this about what happened on the train?"

"Maybe…" She said swing her hips side to side. "It's just you always flirt or think about anything that's female and human. Am I anything to you at all?!" She said twirling around to him.

"You'll always be my girl, my damsel in distress." He told her and walked beside her. "…It's just I'm… scared of commitment." Irvine said next as he put his hat on her head.

"Hehe, I'm sorry I doubted you. Let's go find Quistis and Zell. It's not really safe to split up."

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"It's not safe to split up… What is that man thinking?"

"Yo, don't worry about it Quis. This is Squall were talkin about."

"I guess your right, Zell… but let's contact him once we meet up with everyone"

"Man Squall is probably hogging all the fights. I didn't become Seed for this shit" Zell said distracted walking around throwing his fists into nothing.

Quistis sighed and rolled her eyes. "Ah, what fun it must be to be younger and ignorant."

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The door to the roof squealed as it was slowly being opened. The nightly wind blew through the air, spiraling around a tiresome body lying on the floor. Her head laid on her coat and her hand on her wound. Squall thought she was asleep and walked forward.

"Those people chasing me… you're one of them, correct?" Rinoa spoke.

Squall stopped to respond "Yes. We were sent to capture you."

"I won't make it easy."She said. Not yet.

Squall smiled. "Well, I never said you would."

He is very valiant. He doesn't seem like an adversary. Rinoa sat up and glanced at Squall. He could she her shirt tarnished from her wound. Could he bring me to Caraway? "Who sent you?" asked Rinoa.

"I am part of an elite team working for Balamb-"

"You're SeeDs. I understand but who are you protecting? This is about the General isn't it?"

"I was ordered to find and capture you… those questions are not for me to answer" Squall told her.

Is that right...? They must have him.

Squall's communicator buzzed:

"Commander! Report, where are you?" Quistis demanded.

"I'm on the job… find an inn, rest up and I'll get back to everyone during sunrise"

"It's not safe for you to be on your own… We're ready anytime for back up!" Quistis said determined. You could hear she was having trouble with the communicator but it was just Selphie.

"Forget it, Quis! ...Oh hey, it's Selph! Don't over work yourself, over and out!"

Squall put away his communicator and looked at Rinoa. She had a painful glare. She asked "…Could you heal me? …You wouldn't want to hand me in dead."

He was skeptical, but approached her anyway. Squall cured her and watched her frown disappear as the white magic removed her pain. She nodded to him in thanks. He looked at his watch. "It's pretty late… We'll reside here."

Squall sat not to far from Rinoa, laying his weapon beside him. Rinoa lied back down, brought her knees up and stared at the stars. "Squall right? That's what your friend in the train called you."

"Yeah, Squall Leonhart"

" ……" Rinoa grew silent.

Then something you'd never expect happened. He opened himself up to someone.

"My mother is dead. I don't have any memories about her. I found my sister a couple of years ago… She makes an effort to see me often to repair what damage that could have caused me… she has to realize the past is the past… she sees me as an empty heart." Squall glanced at her face. She was asleep. He watched her clutch a ring on the necklace that she wore.