Chapter 3
Instead of the wondrous hopes and dreams, the only thing that would last forever now were the what-ifs and maybes they left behind.
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He closed his eyes…
If I had said sorry to her.. maybe it wouldn't have come to this…
Maybe if I had been more sensitive…
What if I had been more understanding?
Would it have changed anything?
He braced for the impact.
No.. It wouldn't have…
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She sighed, staring out into the balcony, ice blue eyes watching the equally cold sea. She silently wondered how the sea felt like right now. Yeah.. Leonhart would know…
Quistis almost laughed at the thought of the Lion when she chastised him for not going after Rinoa. It had been a slightly odd scene, at least for her, considering, then she still had feelings for him… Or at least shadow feelings… But when he told Irvine to plan a course for Esthar, she still believed that maybe someday… He'd come to like her.. After all this was the first time he took her advice on his personal matters…
But after she saw what happened in the Sorceress Memorial, her heart was utterly shattered, fragile as it already was. Her face held no feelings as she fought off the soldiers, no one but herself, knew what was going on inside.
But that wasn't the end… After they fought Seifer in the Lunatic Pandora, he took Rinoa to Adel, or rather threw it to the man-like sorceress. For a moment it looked like Seifer had a sympathetic and regretful look on his face.. As if he knew exactly how Quistis felt… But once the battle began, he disappeared, and his sympathetic look was replaced by a frustrated Squall that told her to stop daydreaming. Then she realized that he would never love her…
Even in her dreams…
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He closed his eyes…
If I had said sorry to her.. maybe it wouldn't have come to this…
Maybe if I had been more sensitive…
What if I had been more understanding?
Would it have changed anything?
He braced for the impact.
No.. It wouldn't have…
The impact never came.
His eyes flickered open…
Exactly how many times I relieved this moment, only I knew… But it didn't matter… Whatever I did now, couldn't change the fact that I survived…
How long had I been asleep, I asked.. They answered, 3 months… How did you find me, with our Guardian Forces… How many do you have, more than a hundred.
No matter what question I asked, they answered patiently. There was only one thing they didn't answer though…
Why did I live?
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Pretty short yes..