Secret Agent Man and Wife
The train cabin was completely dark as Seifer awoke and sat up on his bunk. He groaned and rubbed his eyes as he peered out the window into the night sky that was whizzing past the train.
He heard Quistis' gentle breathing as she slept on the couch of the cabin. She was lying on her side facing the door. Her hand was lying under her pillow and he had a sneaking suspicion that her whip was in easy reach.
He momentarily berated himself for not offering her the only bed but shrugged it off by telling himself that she was the one who told him to go lie down and that she had made no move to take the bed.
He contented himself with his logic and moved on. He checked his watch and saw that the train should be arriving at the Timber station within a few minutes.
Should he wake Quistis or would she be able to wake up when she felt the train slowing?
He was unsure and it was his indecision that decided for him.
Quistis woke suddenly and jumped to her feet from her prone position on the couch. She had her whip wrapped tightly around his chest and arms before he could move to defend himself.
He let out a small noise of protest at this treatment and she finally noticed exactly who it was that she had tied up.
He grinned at her surprised look and laughed. He stretched as much as possible inside the tight bonds and she flicked her wrist.
The whip loosened instantly and he shrugged his shoulders to knock it off.
"Nice to see you this morning," Seifer joked cheerfully.
She rolled her eyes.
"Sorry Seifer," she returned in a falsely apologetic tone.
They grinned at each other and both jumped at the sound of the whistle that announced their arrival in Timber.
It was one in the morning and the small town was totally asleep as the train rolled noisily into the station in the center of town.
The few people bound for Timber disembarked and unloaded their baggage and the train continued on it journey.
Quistis checked their information as Seifer gathered their luggage.
"Lead the way," he said as he shouldered the bags.
They walked silently to the town's only hotel and they used the identifications given to them for the mission to check in. They were registered as Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Once they got their things up to their room they unpacked and set their things up a little bit.
By one-thirty they were both tired again and they wanted to go to sleep but, since they had registered as a married couple, their room only had one bed.
Quistis looked uncertainly at Seifer as they stood on opposite sides of the bed.
"Um…what are we gonna do?" Seifer questioned as he watched her frown in thought.
She shrugged.
"We're both exhausted and need sleep, we're just here for tonight, we're both mature adults, we can handle this."
He nodded and bent down to undo his boots. She went into the bathroom and came back a few minutes later wearing a t-shirt and a pair of long pajama pants.
When his blonde head reappeared above the edge of the bed she was brushing her hair at the mirror, attempting to get her blonde locks to straighten after being restrained in a braid all day.
He removed his t-shirt and was unbuckling his pants when she turned back to the bed.
"What are you doing?" she asked him, looking startled.
He looked confused for a minute.
"Um…getting ready to go to bed."
"And, why are you taking your pants off?" she questioned.
"Well, I'm not sleeping with them on," he returned.
"Well, I'm not sleeping in the same bed with you if you don't have pants on," she stated.
They stared at each other. Neither blinked.
Finally Seifer growled but reached into his bag for some pajama pants.
"Do I have to wear a shirt too?" he asked sarcastically as he climbed into bed.
She climbed in on the other side and they pulled the sheets over themselves.
"Goodnight Seifer," Quistis said sweetly as she clicked the light off.
The next day they woke early and went down into town to meet their contact. According to their information they were to meet the guy outside the pet shop next to the train station.
Seifer was leaning against the building when he heard something moving in the alley between the pet shop and the train station. He turned to look into the dark space and was surprised to see Zone and Watts removing themselves from the trash can that they had knocked over.
"Oh brother," he groaned as he turned back to where Quistis was watching.
She didn't look pleased at the turn of events and the two blondes glanced at each other before they went to help the two men extricate themselves.
Zone yelped in surprise as he felt himself being pulled upward by a hand he couldn't see.
Seifer set the confused man on his feet and helped Quistis pull Watts up. The two resistance members turned to thank their rescuers and grinned when they saw the two SeeDs.
"We were supposed to meet you two here," Zone declared to the two surprised blondes.
"You two are our contacts?" Seifer asked.
They nodded and smiled to the frustrated SeeDs. Zone reached in his jacket pocket and removed a large envelope that had been folded. He handed it to Quistis, blushing the whole time. Seifer scowled at him and Zone immediately turned away.
Quistis opened the package and dropped its contents into her hand. The envelope contained two IDs and a key. There was also a piece of paper in the envelope. She pulled it out as she handed the other items to Seifer.
"It's the address of our new house and the location of the recruitment office in Timber," Quistis said as she read.
Seifer examined their IDs and groaned. Quistis turned and frowned, "What's wrong?"
"My undercover name is Kyle," he groaned.
She laughed and he scowled at her.
"Hey I wouldn't laugh yet, your name is Morgan. That's a guy's name."
He tried hard not to wince when she slugged him in the arm before she stomped away.
The small house that the two teens would be living in lay down a small side road near the center of town.
They were supposed to unpack and try and start gathering intelligence. Quistis had decided that she would stay at the house and get everything situated and Seifer would go try to join the Galbadian army as a way to gather information.
Seifer rubbed his shoulder unconsciously, trying to rid himself of the pain his partner's blow had left, while he walked down the street toward the recruiting office.
When he arrived at his destination he quickly filled out the required paperwork and was amused when he was immediately accepted. It appeared the Timber branch of the Galbadian army was desperate for new recruits.
He quickly collected his new uniform and promised to report to basic training the next morning at 0500.
When he arrived back at his new home he was surprised to see that Quistis had already unpacked. He noted with amusement that the stereo that their friends had given them was already hooked up. He heard her moving around in the back of the house and went to the bedroom to see her sorting her clothes into the single large dresser.
"I get the top three drawers you can have the bottom three," she declared without turning around.
He shrugged and joined her in unpacking his clothes.
After they finished unpacking everything they went into their backyard and started sparring without a word.
Tomorrow all the hard work would begin. They would need to be ready.
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Next Chapter: Seifer begins basic training and meets his fellow soldiers and Quistis joins a soldier's wives club.