Lalala don't look at me! I don't own Square Enix…
EverShadow: Sorry for the wait! I've been trying to beat Xenosaga.
Tiger of Blackness: Soo much blood in it…
EverShadow: And when you beat some of the people, I'd never thought I'd be glad to see people bleed.
Tiger of Blackness: Yup! I'm always glad to see people bleed.
EverShadow: Riiiighht…anyway, on with the show!
The Quiet Touch
Seifer kicked around the objects in the room. He made such a noise that a person knocked on his door and told him to be quiet. He took out his gunblade and threatened to kill that person if he didn't go away. That got him some peace and quiet and he resumed tearing up the room. How could he have been so stupid? Quistis was still healing after losing that stupid Squall to Rinoa. It was almost the same for him since he and Rinoa were once…
"That was the past!" He roared to no one. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!!!" You know you can't get anywhere just by kicking things around. Sure, it'll calm your anger but what about Quistis? How do you think she feels right now? Seifer stopped. The stupid little voice in his head was right. What if Quistis was going to jump off a bridge or something? He didn't even bother going through the door. He broke the window and jumped out, leaving the janitors to stare in awe at the mess he had created.
I guess I'm still a child when it comes to emotions. Quistis thought. I thought I was in love with Squall but…maybe I wasn't. But Seifer of all people had to love me. I treated him like dirt. Worse than that. How could I…
"Finally, I found you." Seifer plopped down beside her.
"Go away, Seifer. I never want to see you again."
"But isn't that against the Headmaster's orders?" He asked and almost immediately mentally slapped himself. How could be so stupid as to mention Squall again? Was he subconsciously trying to hurt Quisty? His Quisty?
"I don't care about the Headmaster." She snapped. Because her face was pressed into her knees, she didn't see what Seifer was doing. He removed one of his gloves and ran his fingers through her hair. She jumped and looked up.
"What are you doing?!" She demanded.
"Shh…" He replied, not stopping what he was doing. Quistis stared at his face, completely awed by the emotion she saw there. It was concentration, memorization with a touch of surprise. "Your hair is really soft." He said quietly. She breathed in sharply when his fingers traced the outline of her face. Though his fingers were calloused from use of his gunblade, the way he traced her face was light and sensitive. Quistis couldn't take it. What did he think he was doing? Finally, his hand rested on hers and removed the black glove there. They compared hands. Finally, she snapped out of it.
"What the hell are you doing?" She asked. He smiled at her.
"Do you remember what we did after we set off the fireworks?" He asked. She shook her head.
"The GFs…"
"I know. I was just wondering if you remember it. No matter how much I junction a GF, I will never forget that night."
"What happened?"
"Tch, what's the use of telling you?" He snapped in his old manner. "You wouldn't care."
"Tell me Seifer." She hissed and he smiled again.
"Fine. We had just finished watching the fireworks and everyone was going back inside. Crybaby Zell followed everyone else, whining about how dangerous that was but he didn't want to be left out. Anyway, I was just walking up the steps when I noticed you still hanging around. So I went down and sat beside you." His smile turned into a grin. "You told me to go away but I didn't. I asked you if you were cold and told you to go back into the house. You looked up and your eyes were sparkling with unshed tears." He looked over Quistis's face to see if she remembered. Her expression remained blank. "You asked if the fireworks went high enough to reach heaven so that your parents could see them and you wondered if they thought you were being a bad girl by playing with them."
"I think I remember it a little." She replied.
"And after that, we stared up at the stars and you fell asleep and guess where?" Quistis gasped. "Yeah, right in my arms. I remember thinking to myself, 'Ack! I've been touched by a girl!'"
"I felt safe. That's what I remember." She said with a little effort. Without warning, he took her in his arms.
"And before you say anything, shut up." He barked. "Shut up, stop thinking for once, don't struggle and just feel." Quistis was about to do all three of the things that he mentioned not to do but his harsh command made her stop. No one had held her like that before, not her adopted parents, not even Matron. Only Seifer had done it once and he was doing it again. I think I missed this the most…she thought sadly. But now…it's different. I'll just feel, just like Seifer said. And with that, she cast all her thoughts, her painful memories, her unrequited loves out of her mind.
EverShadow: Lots of Fluff!!
Tiger of Blackness: Here Fluffy!
EverShadow: Eh?
Tiger of Blackness: I was joking. Now, when are you going to have Quistis fight the Omega as you originally planned?
EverShadow: You'll see what happens. After all, this happiness is so un-Quistis. I'll just have to throw in a few plot twists, a few deaths…
Tiger of Blackness: DEATHS??!! OF WHOM?? WHERE? WHEN? HOW? WHY?????!!
EverShadow: Hehehe…this is EverShadow signing off.