Tiger of Blackness: Been a long time since you updated this.

EverShadow: Whoops…well, I kept my promise!! I updated three things didn't I?

Tiger of Blackness: And that's supposed to be a lot?

EverShadow: GRR!! On with the show!!

Tiger of Blackness: You know you can't win this argument so you're ending it as quickly as possible.

First and Last Time

            I awoke feeling utterly horrible. That Moomba had packed quite a punch…er…flare. I looked around. Seifer was missing. Of course he was, he was completely unreliable. He probably thought I was weak and left. Squall would kill me if he found out that I had lost Seifer.

            "Damn him!" I cursed, pounding the bed.

            "Damn who?" Seifer walked in carrying a slip of paper.

            "Where did you go?!" I demanded.

            "Out. I thought you wouldn't mind if I looked around the city. You were still asleep so I thought I would take a look at some of the restaurants around here. There's nothing good except the one downstairs." He replied.

            "And you expect me to believe that? Seifer, if I didn't know you better I'd say that you were…"

            "Asking you out?" I was stunned by his words. I sat upright, dumbfounded and if I had been any less controlled, I would have been gaping like a fool. I blinked several times before I could say anything.

            "Excuse me? What did you say?"

            "You heard me instructor. I don't think I have to repeat myself. So, are you up for the challenge of dining with your favorite student or are you too afraid of me?" He smirked as if I had already accepted.

            "What makes you think you're my favorite student?! Of all the things to say I…"

            "That's right!" he cut in. "Squall is your favorite!" Ouch, that was a blow harder than the Moomba could ever manage. I inwardly winced at his comment but he didn't stop there. "He's not just your favorite student now is he? Forgetful me." Ouch again. This time I really winced and looked away.

            "Seifer…you're driving me insane. I could kill you!"

            "Save that for bed." If there had been as many words for red as there were on my face, I would have written an entire novel just on those words. He was clever indeed. He was taunting me into accepting but I was too clever for him.

            "Fine, I accept." Or not. Ok, so my mind didn't react the same way, I was obviously delirious from the spell the Moomba cast on me. Although dinner didn't seem too bad. "Now get out of my room!" I shouted. He shrugged and exited. As soon as the door closed, I went into a state of panic. What did I just do? What was he going to do? Why had I accepted??!! What was wrong with me??!! What was I going to wear??!!! Whoa, backtrack. Did I just think that? Of course I did and it seemed like a reasonable question. No it wasn't!!

            While I had a mind battle between myself and myself, Seifer stood outside the door whistling.

            "Hey, Quistis, I'm going to go make reservations alright?"

            "Fine! You go do that!" I shouted. Finally, one side won out and it wasn't the side that disagreed with my decision to "dine" with Seifer. I heard footsteps leave the area and I decided to run out and buy something to wear. I entered several of the shops and asked for a decent dress. It was either too low cut, too much exposure, or too see through. I finally went back to the room and dressed up in my SeeD uniform. After all, it seemed nice enough to wear. It wasn't a date after all, it was dinner with a former enemy.

            Former enemy? FORMER??!!

            "Quistis? Are you done yet?" Seifer knocked on the door. What had taken him so long to make the reservations. "Sorry you had to wait. I had to threaten one of the people at the counter to get our seats. Are you ready?" I couldn't resist putting a bit of makeup on just to see the look on his face. When I stepped out of the room, the reaction was a bit more than I had expected.

            Much more.

            Seifer's eyes doubled in size and he was gaping like a fool. I was tempted to slap him for staring but compassion won over.

            "Pick up your mouth and wipe the drool off your face." I said sharply.

            "Did I just hear an insult from Quisty? Perfect Instructor Quisis Trepe?" He asked regaining composure. We walked down to the table and ordered out meals. Seifer made pathetic attempts to start a conversation and we ended up talking about my SeeD uniform.

            "I never got to wear one of those." He sighed. "Never was quite good enough to achieve any rank of SeeD."

            "You were a good student, bad temper…er…horrible temper but you were a good student." Whap! I could tell that made a serious impression on Seifer. It had been a long time since I had said anything nice about him. Certainly it was the last.

            "Right…are you sure you didn't have too much to drink?" He asked. I shook my head and looked at the stage.

            "This was where Julia performed many years ago. To think that if Laguna had stayed here…Rinoa might not have been born." I said in a soft voice.

            "But then again, Squall wouldn't have been born either." He said. I couldn't tell if his voice hinted of compassion or mockery. I didn't care. "You know, Instructor, he is technically younger than you." Something inside me snapped.

            "And technically so are you, so just leave me be!" I stood up and walked into my room again and shut the door. I pressed my face into the pillow, not daring to cry, not daring to give Seifer an excuse to comfort me.

EverShadow: Hehe…I put sleeping pills into Tiger's drink. She'll be out for at least the remainder of this blurb! MWAHAHAHAHA!! Although afterwards I'm going to be dead…NOOOOO!! WHAT DID I DO??!! TIGER WAKE UP!!!

Tiger of Blackness: Huh…? Waaaaaaahhhhhhh??

EverShadow: Are you going to kill me?

Tiger of Blackness: *Snore*

EverShadow: ………that's a yes…meep…EverShadow signing off.