Disclaimer : Square own everything and they won't even share. I don't even own my own copy of the game. Life sucks, doesn't it ? My fantasizes about Quistis, however, are mine. Oh an I got coffee too, wanna come over?

Note : Ok I edited it and you may wonder why, well simply because I was unhappy with the way it sounded. To me it still looked to much like it was a poor translation from French, even though I never wrote it in French. There were also some typos and grammar mistakes that wanted editing. I felt bad leaving that thing on the internet for everybody to see.

So here it is : the brand new version of "Coffee" (or expression of my own obsession with coffee AND Quistis), I did not make any major changes in the story (if you can find one) nor in the atmosphere, only in the way to convey it. Anyway I still need you opinion, if you read the first version and liked it better let me know about it

Oh, and forget what I said in the disclaimer, I HAVE NOW MY OWN COPY OF FFVIII !!!! starts dancings lalalala !! And I got it for less than $15 !! Life's great! And Quistis's a goddess - but that is not the point….

COFFEE

She had never been particularly fond of coffee. She never felt the need to be high on caffeine and to be honest she did no even like its taste. She did not like its taste at first.

But because Quistis liked it, so did she.

Whatever the hour of the day, the blond instructor would always carry with her the singular scent of coffee. And you could often see her clasping a half empty mug of said beverage in her delicate hands.

Even when she was late in the morning she would make a point of inhaling her three cups of coffee before going to work. Then again, Quistis was never late.

She liked it black, her coffee. No sugar, no cream, no milk, nor anything, only coffee. It was like her : simple, strong and effective.

Coffee was also the taste of their first kiss. It did not surprise her at all, since that was how she had always imagined it. .After four long years of fantasizing about her friend and roomate, she learned that her lips realy did taste of coffee.

What surprised her, though, was that it was Quistis herself who initiated the kiss.

It happened during the party after the defeat of Ultimecia, they barely made it to the bed that night. And the next morning - because Quistis was an early riser and she a lazy bum - she was greeted by the scent of coffee in her kitchen. And its taste on Quistis lips once again.

Yes, first kiss in the morning would always taste of coffee.

The rare time she had coffee, she would sweeten it with loads of sugar and cream and other substances that made Quistis cringe at the tought. Yet there she was, by the window, nursing a cup of black coffee. She took a short sip of the hot liquid and found that the bitter taste matched her state of mind. For her girlfriend was out, probably saving the world once again, and coffee was the closest thing to her taste that she had. She finished her drink, savoring her lover's taste and musing about the tingling sensation it left on her lips.

Because while Quistis was addicted to coffee, Xu was addicted to Quistis.