How It All Began
Written by phoenix pheatherz
A/N: I don't know if anyone read the last chapter...please review if you read it! Any kind of review is good, as long as I know that people are reading this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X-2 or any related materials. I only own the original characters Rosari and Samuto.
Chapitre 4 :: Love Triangle
What do I tell him?
"It's okay," Rosari says, noticing my confusion. "Think about it first, okay? I won't force you to choose someone on the spot."
"O-Okay..." I replied, not looking at his face.
"Come on, let's go," he says. "It's almost time for you to perform."
His voice has a nice, deep and rough tone to it, but it's still gentle. Are all Ronsos like that? He makes me feel...loved. Not the kind of love that fans give me, but real love. Something I haven't felt in a long time.
"Right," I replied, and we started to walk to the front of the dome.
"Lenne! There you are!" Shuyin said, seeing me and Rosari as we headed to the entrance. "Rosari? What are you doing with her?"
"I just found her," Rosari said.
"Yeah, I kinda wandered and Rosari came out of nowhere," I lied. I didn't want him to know I was upset.
"Well, it's time for you to go on stage," Shuyin said. "But I need to talk to Rosari."
"Alright," I replied. I hope he doesn't think Rosari did something to me... I thought as I walked into the dome. I walked onto the stage and started to sing. I sang mostly Zanarkand victory songs. While I sang, I kept thinking of one thing:
I think I love him.
I walked down from the stage after I finished. I headed back to the table, and Shuyin and Rosari were back in their seats.
"Great job, Lenne!" Samuto smiles.
"Thanks," I reply.
"Lenne, can we talk outside?" Shuyin asks.
"Sure," I say. We walk out to the main entrance. "So what do you want to talk about?"
Please don't ask me out too... that'll totally kill me.
"I know what Rosari said to you," Shuyin replies.
"H-How?" I ask. Was he there the whole time?
"I overheard you guys," he says. "I didn't mean to, but I didn't want to interrupt you guys either."
"Oh..." I say.
"I know that if you two are going to date, you'll probably want to keep it private, right?" he asks me.
"Um..." I thought about it. "Most likely..."
"Well, if you are going to date him, I'll tell all of Zanarkand."
"What? Why?" I respond. He walked back into the building, ignoring my questions. "Shuyin!" I call out to him as I walk back into the dome. Thank goodness nobody notices... I think.
He keeps walking until he reaches the table. Then he whispers something to Rosari.
What is he doing? And why is he doing this?
He sits back down on his seat. Rosari looks at me, slightly confused.
"I-Is everything alright?" Samuto asks me as I sit down.
"I really don't know anymore," I say, almost crying.
"Lenne, we need to talk," Rosari whispers to me. "Can we meet up next week at a picnic at the Calm Lands?"
"Sure," I respond. "Wait...are you taking me out on a-"
"If you would let me," Rosari cuts me short. "If not, then we can just call it a friend thing."
I really do like him. I should give it a try.
"Sure, why not?" I reply. "A date it is!" Rosari blushes a little through his thick blue fur.
"R-Really?" he says, sounding surprised.
"Let's give it a try!" I smile. He smiles back.
"Okay," he says.
"Look!" Samuto gets our attention. "The Abes are gonna do a dance for us!"
We look up to the stage, where all the members of the Zanarkand Abes are lined up in a V formation.
"Eh?" I stare at Shuyin, who has a weird grin on his face. "Um... Samuto... is this going to be one of those stripper things?"
"I'm really not sure," Samuto replies, "but that would be HOT!"
All of a sudden, music blasts from nowhere, and the men on stage start breakdancing to it. ...Were they high when they thought about this? I thought to myself. They look like monkeys! Except Shuyin, of course.
"They look...awesome?" Rosari says.
"Aww, it's not a stripper thing!" Samuto pouts jokingly.
"They need to get some lessons," I say to Samuto. While they were dancing, all the prepubescent girls were gasping in shock, all the prepubescent boys were thinking it was cool, all the teeny boppers screeched in delight, and all the other people just watched, somewhat amazed. But while all this was going on, I kept thinking about what Shuyin said to me. Why would he do this to me? Is there a reason he doesn't want me going out with Rosari? Unless...
He's in love with me!
Omigosh... this is a dream come true! I exclaimed to myself. But... I have a date with Rosari. And if things go well between Rosari and I, then I guess... I would be with...
"How'd you like my dance?" Shuyin grins, plopping himself onto his chair.
"Spectacular!" I lied.
"It was cool!" Samuto lied.
"Man, I wish I was as good of a dancer as you guys are!" Rosari lied.
"Heh, we are that good, aren't we?" Shuyin grins.
After that, the celebration ended pretty soon. I went home by myself, afraid of what Shuyin would do to me. He drove Samuto and Rosari back. My image of Shuyin has changed completely. Is he that crazy that he would do that for love? That's kind of freaky... but you've gotta admit, you'll know if you're loved. I've never seen him like that before. It makes me worried. Will Shuyin hurt Rosari?
A week passed by after that really quickly. I didn't see Shuyin at all during that week. I mostly hung out with Samuto. We talked about Shuyin, but I never told her about my date with Rosari. In fact, I haven't told anyone about my date with Rosari! I headed down from Zanarkand, walking through Mount Gagazet, and found myself in the Calm Lands. I dodged a few fiends, and found my way to the center, where I rented a chocobo. I started to walk around, looking for Rosari, when I bumped into another chocobo.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" I said to the rider of the other chocobo.
"Hey, Lenne!" the other rider says.
"Oh, hey Rosari" I reply. "I was looking for you!"
"Me too!" he says. "Come on, let's go!" I follow him to a secluded area where no fiends entered. I see a picnic basket and blanket laid out perfectly. We sit down and start to eat.
"So what did you want to talk about?" I asked him.
"Well, it's about Shuyin," he says.
"Did he threaten you too?" I ask.
"No, did he threaten you?" he replies.
"Yeah," I say to him. "He told me not to date you or else he'll tell all of Spira!"
"Really?" he looks at me oddly. "He came up to me and told me I deserve better than you."
"Omigosh!" I say, slightly angry. "He actually said that?"
"Yeah! And then he gave me this weird look that kinda disgusted me," he says, imitating Shuyin's look.
"Oh... my... gosh!" I reply.
"What?"
"That look."
"What about it?"
"That's supposed to be a seductive look."
"Now why would Shuyin look at me with a seductive look?"
We stared at each other, realizing what was truly going on.
"Shuyin is-"
"GAY!" I was cut off by Rosari.
How's that for an odd twist? Please review if you read this and you liked it. Or even if you didn't, any kind of review would be nice, so I know that somebody is reading this. If not, I'll just stop writing.