Happiness Long Forgotten
~Takes place a month after the world is saved
Chapter I ~ A Mysterious Girl
A cool breeze flowed by the garden, life seemed to have stopped. The sky was filled with twinkling stars. It was warm outside as it always was during Balamb's summer. Tussling his hair, the wind rushed past Squall. Eyes closed, he leaned against the rail of the second floor balcony. He always went up to the balcony to relax when he couldn't sleep(which was often). Questions kept beckoning him and he just couldn't figure out the answers. With a sigh, he opened his eyes and looked up at the stars. The stars always reminded him of Rinoa, but that night was different. Flashbacks of people he couldn't remember in places he'd never been, filled his mind.
"Squall?"
Squall spun around and saw Rinoa staring at him from inside.
"Are you all right?" Rinoa asked with a concerned look on her face. She walked over to him and took his hand.
"Yeah... everything's fine... why?" Squall looked at the stars again.
"Oh nothing," Rinoa said sarcastically,"just that you have been coming here for the past two weeks without telling anyone why. That's all." Rinoa sighed and looked down at the softly swaying grass.
Squall glanced at Rinoa then looked down at the grass.
"We worry about you Squall. You haven't talked to anyone the last two weeks. Something is going on and I will find out!" Rinoa turned around and started walking back inside. "You should get to sleep Squall. You don't look so good." She went inside and headed back to her room.
"Don't worry... there's nothing to worry about..." Squall looked at the stars again for a few minutes. His grayish-blue eyes yearned for something... something that was not there... something that was missing...