A/N: Thanks to my reviewers: kmsaum, jellybean-kitty, r, Cerulean Crystal, RoyMustangsBabe, Psycho Demon Creature, and Luissquall for reviewing. I love you guys! I fixed a few minor things in the last chapter. Hope it's ok now! I took out the last sentence, so I hope you guys don't get confused.

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VIII.

SavannahX

Eyes on You

Chapter 4

Rinoa saw him, she had really seen him! It had all happened earlier that day. Rinoa and Matt were out walking around Balamb. She was holding him close, going to protect him no matter what. Rinoa felt herself bump into another person.

"I'm so sorry!" she said, looking towards the man that she had ran into.

The man simply nodded his head and started to walk away.

"Wait!" Rinoa shouted after him. He turned around as she ran toward him. "I swear, I know you from somewhere."

He nodded again, looking away.

She smiled, "What, don't talk much?" With that Matt screeched, making the two look at the young boy. Rinoa smiled at Matt and kissed his forehead. He then reached for the man in front of him.

"Matt, no, this is a stranger," she said, pulling Matt away. The man just shrugged and started to walk away.

She ran after him. "Why does my son like you so much?" she asked the man, hoping he'd say something. He shrugged.

Matt giggled and reached up towards the man's hat, pulling it off. Rinoa saw Squall's stunned face there. He grabbed the hat from the little boy and started to run off.

"Squall!" Rinoa yelled. She wanted to at least talk to him, ask him why he'd been doing all this. Now it was too late.

-

Regret. Six letters, two syllables, one horrible feeling. Squall felt it. Squall felt every bit of the feeling, crushing his insides until he was about ready to burst.

Why hadn't he talked to Rinoa? He desperately wanted to, yet he couldn't. After what he had done to her, he couldn't bring himself to give her even more pain that she already had. He could see it, when he looked into her eyes. He could see every bit of pain and hurt that any person had ever inflicted on her, and most of it was by him.

Rinoa, the love of his life, the one he wanted. Rinoa. Rinoa. He felt that he was being pulled in by her. Everything about her. He needed to see her, see her again at least.

-

How she had wanted to talk to him. Rinoa wished that he would have stayed for a little while at least, and talked to her. She hated him, but at the same time, she couldn't help but love him. She couldn't stop the thoughts that ran through her mind asking herself if Squall still loved her.

Matt, the one thing that kept her going, kept her saying that she could survive without him. It was amazing how one life, one child, could change the lives of two people drastically. It was simply stunning that a little boy, not even one year old yet, could bring his parents together, make his mother want to live, make her want to be there to support him.

She thought about what had happened before. The night she'd met him, the Ragnorok, the promise.

Flash

Rinoa looked around and caught the smile of a cute guy. She lifted her finger up toward her mouth and walked up toward him.

"You're the best looking guy here. Dance with me?" she asked him.

He sipped his drink not responding.

"Ohh, I get it!" Rinoa exclaimed looking at him. "You'll only dance with someone you like. Ok, then, look into my eyes," she put her hand in front of his face and said, "You're-going-to-like-me, you're-going-to-like-me." She lowered her hand and smiled at him. "Did it work?"

He was silent for a moment, then mumbled, "I can't dance."

"You'll be fine. Come on!" Rinoa exclaimed. "I'm looking for someone, I can't be on the dance floor alone."

Rinoa dragged the man to the dance floor and placed his hands in the correct places. She began to lead him in dancing, but he was too slow and he bumped into her. Rinoa smiled at him and placed his hands in the correct positions again. Rinoa spun away from him and they collided.

Then he decided that he didn't want to be there anymore and started to leave. Rinoa didn't want him to and grabbed his arm, pulling him back. After a few seconds, he got the hang of the dance and started to do it correctly. He bumped into another couple, who looked angry. Rinoa stuck her tounge out at them and then smiled at Squall. Eventually, Squall got the routine right and fireworks went off.

-

They were in space. "From all of us at Ground Control, we wish you godspeed."

Squall nodded and said, "Thanks"

He turned off the gravity and looked back at Rinoa. "Hey?" She had exclaimed as she floated up into the air. Squall jumped up out of his seat to get her.

"Go and sit in your seat," Squall said, but Rinoa settled instead on his lap. "Now go sit down," he said again, motioning toward the seat.

She smiled at him. "Just a little longer?" she asked, pleading with him.

He didn't respond, just sat there until Rinoa spoke up again. "You don't like this?"

He looked down, "Just not used to it, I guess."

"How about when you were little? Didn't you feel safe and secure being held by your parents?"

He looked down again. "I can't remember anything about my parents. But Ellone was there. Ellone was there to hold my hand."

Rinoa smiled at him again. "Made you feel safe and secure?"

"Sure. But she just left. Just disappeared. I'm afraid... afraid of having that feeling of comfort taken away."

Rinoa felt her heart melt at this. "You were afraid of losing us? Is that why you kept your distance?"

"I was always alone," he said.

"Squall, you've missed out on all the good things in life. You've missed out on so much."

He cocked his head. "Maybe."

"Definitely," she said. "I like it like this. I liked having my mom hold me. My dad, too, back when we got along."

Squall almost let a grin come onto his face. "I'm not your mom."

"No, of course not!" She exclaimed, a smile still on her pale face. "But now Squall, you're the one who gives me the most comfort. Comfort and happiness... and annoyance and disappointment too!"

Squall just looked away and said, "...Whatever," as the same time as Rinoa did. She laughed.

"You should go back to your seat now," he said looking down at her. She reached up and hugged him tight.

"Just a little longer," she murmured, still hugging him.

"You'll be safer in your seat..." Squall thought.

"We'll gonna make it home, right?" the young girl said to her lover. There was a hint of fear in her voice.

He looked up toward the sky. "We can only hope."

"When we get back, we won't be able to stay together, huh?" she said, wishing for it to be the exact opposite.

"...Maybe. No one can predict the future, there are no gauruntees." he looked at her. "Those were your words, Rinoa."

"That's not what I meant."

"We'll figure out what to do when we get back."

-

Rinoa and Squall were in the flower field. "Can I tell you a story?" Rinoa asked. Squall nodded. "I had a dream. A scary dream. We made a promise. A promise to see shooting stars together. I get all dressed up and put on your ring. But the thing is, I can't remember where I'm supposed to meet you. I start to panic. I really want to see you Squall, but I don't know where to go. I start running through the mountains, the deserts, the plains, through Timber, Galbadia, and Balamb. When I realize I can't run any longer... I just want to see you so badly. So I scream, 'Squall, where are you?' Then I woke up. I was crying."

Neither of them said anything for a moment until Rinoa broke the silence. "It's ok, you don't have to say anything. I just felt like I had to tell you."

It was silent again until Squall said, "It was just a dream. It doesn't mean anything. Don't worry about it."

"...I guess you're right."

"How about this? I'll be here..."

"Why?"

"The reason you couldn't find me was because we hadn't promised yet."

"Promised?"

"I'll be waiting for you. If you come here, you'll find me. I promise."

Rinoa smiled at him. "I'll be here too! It's a promise!

End Flash

Rinoa snapped out of her flashback. The promise... Would he really be there? She had to go find out.

-

Seifer wasn't one to go back and beg for forgiveness. Seifer wasn't one to even go back. But he felt like he had to. With Squall being a killer and all, he felt like he had to comfort Rinoa in some way. Rinoa and him had a special bond, and he thought maybe he could help her.

Would she even look at him? Hyne, he was an asshole. Throwing her off to Adel like she was some toy. He wouldn't forgive himself. He never could. Rinoa was like an angel, Rinoa was perfect, yet he sacrificed her.

And here he was, walking in the streets of Balamb. He realized this was pointless. They wouldn't even let him into Garden after what he had done. So why was he even trying? Even if they did let him in, Rinoa would just kick him out. Or was Garden even there anymore?

He walked outside of Balamb and found that the Garden was indeed there, so he went towards it. The first person he saw when he walked inside of Garden was Selphie. She was holding a little girl, still bouncy and cheerful he noticed, as she was hopping up and down screaming, "RINNY! RINNY!"

She turned toward the footsteps that were nearing her slowly. "Seifer?" she said, looking at him, no longer cheerful, her vibrant green eyes looking scared and nervous. Her voice shook as she talked. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to talk to Rinoa," he said simply and he was in luck, as the raven haired girl he wanted to see was coming straight toward him.

"Seifer," Rinoa said as she neared the tall blond-haired guy.

"I need to talk to you," he blurted out and Rinoa pulled him to the side. Selphie had run off by now, probably to alert her friends that Seifer was here.

"What?" Rinoa said, annoyance in her tone.

"Look, I was an ass." Rinoa wasn't expecting this and her expression changed into a confused one. "I don't expect you to forgive me, but maybe you could. I want to help you."

"Help me what...?" she muttered.

"Catch Squall."

"Catch Squall?" she muttered. "I don't want to though."

"Look, Rinoa I-" Seifer started but was cut off by Irvine saying, "Y'all right there darlin'?"

Seifer and Irvine shot venomous glares at each other.

"Irvine, guys, could you leave us alone?" Rinoa asked them. They obeyed, but only because they knew their friend needed their privacy.

"I want to help. I'm no longer a stuck up asshole, I want to be with you again. You, Rinoa," he muttered the last part softly and leaned in to kiss Rinoa. After all, she was single and the least she could do was push him away.

Their lips met and surprisingly, Rinoa didn't push him away. She didn't kiss back though, either. Seifer pulled away after a moment of lingering.

"What was that?" Rinoa asked him.

"I don't know, forget I did that." He mentally kicked himself. He had let his emotions take over. Fujin was right, he needed to learn to control them.

"Seifer, I need to go. I'm going somewhere. Can we talk when I get back?" she asked him. He nodded and she walked off to her friends.

"Hey guys, I left Matt with Zell, and I don't know how good that is, Selphie could you go get him and watch him for me? Zell's in the cafeteria."

Selphie nodded and ran off in the other direction. "I'm taking the Ragnorok." Rinoa stated and walked off.

-

He sat down, thinking of what had happened in the past. Rinoa, Rinoa. The girl, no woman she loved. He realized she was no longer a girl, but after he had left, she changed into a woman. She had changed so much; no longer young, naïve, and innocent, she now was full of hurt and pain. Her appearance had changed too. The weight she had gained from childbirth fit her nicely, along with the facial changes that had taken place as she matured. Her hair was now longer and the blond streak had been redone, making it longer and fit her hair better.

Matt. The little boy that had changed two people's lives so drastically, Squall knew that the little boy would bring his parents together more than this one occasion. Squall couldn't imagine himself as a father, not in the 20 years that he had lived, but now he was one and he was starting to feel differently about himself. He had to talk to Rinoa, set things straight between them.

-

She reached Edea's orphanage and the flower field. She sighed and breathed in the deep scent of the flowers that were around her.

"You aren't here..." she muttered, falling to the ground, tears forming in her eyes. "You aren't here." A single tear slid down Rinoa's cheek.

-

Squall and Rinoa, but not the same. It seemed like the whole gang was there, but not themselves. Squall, Rinoa, Seifer, Selphie, Irvine, Zell, Quistis, and even Sara, the girl who wasn't connected to them, but soon would be. The Others.

"Come on Squall!" Rinoa's Other screamed at him. "Let them be together! Quit messing with his mind!"

A/N: They'll be known as their regular names, sorry if I confuse you. Until the end of this chapter names equal the Others.)

"I'll mess with them all I want Rinoa, you can't stop me," Squall snarled at her.

"But..." she protested.

"She's right Squall!" Selphie said, agreeing with her friend. "I wouldn't be here if I didn't have to! I hate this stupid group that you've made! You're messing up people's lives!"

"Now, now, Selphie darlin'," Irvine said, looking at the young girl. "Squall has to mess their lives up. We're their shadows, it's what we were made for. We're not made to make everything better. And you had better not disagree with Squall."

"And why's that?" a disgusted Selphie snarled, sarcasm dripping. "Why can't I disagree with PRECIOUS Squally?"

Squall got up and went closer to her. "Wouldn't want anything to happen, now would we Selphie, dear," Squall said, taking out the copy model of Lionheart. He raised it up in an attempt to kill her.

"Stop! Squall!" Rinoa screamed. He stopped, glaring at the girl.

"Dammit, Rinoa! If only I could stop loving you!"

"Well, you can't!" she yelled. "Now, listen to me! Don't hurt Selphie!"

He looked down. "Fine," he muttered. "But that's what'll happen if anyone else disagrees with me."

End Chapter

A/N: So what did you think? Sorry if the ending confused you. The last part was all of the Others talking. Questions? Review and I'll answer them. Oh, just to say something, I got this idea sort of from Kingdom Hearts and the Nobodies, but it's different. That's where the Others were made. But it'll progress differently than the Nobodies. No, I don't own them. Please review!

SavannahX