Declaimer: Still don't own it! Man, I wish I did. Especially Squall.
A/N: Hey guys. Thanks for sticking with me. I totally posted the wrong chapter the first time. I realized that last night when I went to bed, I was like 'oh no!'. But I got it fixed. And I have stork of death to thank for reminding me. OH! And thanks stork of death. You've been a great deal of help! Well, now here's chapter 5. I hope you like it! R&R.
My True Feelings
Chapter 5
Rinoa returned to her father's house. She pulled out her house key and unlocked the door. Tommy was right behind her the whole time.. She lead him to a guest room where he can put all of his stuff. While he got settled in, Rinoa went to her room to put her stuff away. She opened one bag. Right on top was a picture of her and Squall. Squall, of course, wasn't smiling. In fact, his face showed no emotion. Rinoa was standing by his side, hugging his arm, with a huge smile on her face. Rinoa carelessly threw it on her bed and started putting things away.
Tommy then came to her room. He sat on the bed. Rinoa looked at him and smiled. He gave her a small smile back. Tommy looked around her room. The color was pink. Pink was everywhere. Her wall, bedspreads, desk, chair……….just about everything. Her clothes, thankfully, was different varies of colors. Not just pink. Or blue. He saw that she had a few stuffed animals on her bed. She had a picture of what he thought to be her mom sitting on her desk. There were a few others. There was one when Rinoa was little. She was sitting in her dad's lap. Her mother was standing behind them with a smile on her face. The sound of the door opening brought Tommy back to reality.
"Rinoa!"
"Hi. I'm back a little early," Rinoa said to her father.
"Its ok. Sara said you were back."
He then looked around. He saw that Tommy was sitting on the bed. He eyes widen. He didn't expect to see some American boy come home with his daughter. He expected Squall.
"Who's this?" Caraway pointed at Tommy "And where is that hero of yours? Squall, was it?"
"His name," Rinoa said as she pointed at Tommy "is name is Thomas. As for Squall, hates me. Why did I even go out with him? I should have known this would happen." Rinoa then said quietly.
"What would happen? What did happen?" asked her father.
"He bought one of my best friends a cat. He never bought me an animal. All he bought me was clothes."
"But you always liked getting new clothes. Did he give you an explanation of why he bought her a cat?"
As they were talking, Tommy leaned back a little more on Rinoa's bed with his hands supporting behind him. He felt some kind of frame. He turned around to see what it was. That's when he saw the picture of Rinoa and who he assumed to be this Squall guy.
"Yeah. He said it was because she deserved it. She's done a lot for garden and it was his way of saying thanks as commander."
"Well, if that's what he said, then don't you believe him? Has he ever lied to you before?"
"That's the thing. I don't know. If he has, then he's pretty damn good at lying."
"How long are you staying?"
"I don't know. I Kana still here?"
"Yes. I'll get her for you."
"Thank you. And um, Tommy is going to be staying with us for a while. He's a new friend. He's here visiting Japan. Don't worry, he's going to stay in a guest room."
"Ok then."
Rinoa smiled. Caraway smiled back. Then he left. Kara is Rinoa's maid and friend. While Rinoa waited for Kara, she continued to put her stuff away. Tommy helped her a little. That's when he picked up the picture again. He looked at it.
"Is this that Squall guy?" He asked pointing to Squall.
"hmm? Oh, yeah. He is." Rinoa answered.
Rinoa took the picture from Tommy and put it in the closet. She smiled at Tommy. He smiled back. She went back to unpacking. A few minutes later, Kana came in.
"Rinoa!" She said excitedly.
"Kana!"
The two of them hugged like long lost friends. They were babbling, like what two long lost friends do when they see each other. Tommy was feeling completely ignored. But then again, he really didn't mind. He just sat on Rinoa's bed smiling at them. A few minutes later, Kana looked around the room and saw Tommy sitting there.
"OH! I didn't know you brought a boy!" She said.
"Huh? Oh yah! Tommy this is Kana, my best friend and maid. Kana, this is Tommy," Rinoa introduced.
"Nice to meet you," they said at the same time.
"Kana, Tommy will be staying with us for awhile," Rinoa said happily.
"Well that's great! Well all have so much fun!" Kana said excitedly.
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Selphie and Squall were in Dollet. Selphie ran ahead of Squall. She saw an ice cream shop and couldn't resist. Squall smiled while shaking his head. Then he followed her. Selphie waited for him until he got in the shop.
"Well what do you want?" Squall asked.
"Um...Ice cream sundae!"
"Really? Me too."
"Cool!"
" Lets share. A large one."
"Ok!"
Selphie took a seat at one of the tables. Squall went up to the counter to order. Then went to sit down across from Selphie. They stared at each other for a minute. Squall thought that Selphie was having a staring contest with him. But he then realized that she was off in her own little world. Then Selphie smiled.
"So, I was thinking that I could dress Shadow up. Maybe as a princess," said Selphie out of nowhere.
"Why? She's not going to be out, is she? I mean, she's not going to be running around Garden."
"Well no, but I think she would look cute."
"She already looks cute."
"Yeah, well you know how I am."
"Yes, I do."
"Here's you ice cream. Call me over if you need anything," said the waiter as he put it on the table.
"Thank you," Squall said.
The waiter left. Squall and Selphie ate their ice cream in silence. Selphie ate a little too fast and got a brain freeze. Squall, once again, shook his head. Selphie smiled at him. He gave her a little smile back. After they finished up with their ice cream, Squall left a tip on the table. Then they left.
They went to a store. They were at Hot Topic. Selphie found the coolest devil angel costume. One of the best stores to find costumes like that. The dress was called Tokyo Doll Dress. It was black and looked very much like what a devil angel would wear. Her boots were called Black Cherry Multi Buckle boot. She also got a black halo to go with it. And last but not least, the awesome black wings and the tiny black horns. The horns were the kind that you use some kind of special glue to glue them on.
Squall decided to go as the devil. Not some costume that was red and had the horns and stuff. No, he wanted to look like an awesome devil. Much more cooler. It was pretty much like Ororon's costume from The Demon Ororon. It was a not exactly a suit but close to one. He also go a tie to go with it. He already had his gloves.
Selphie went up to the counter to pay. Squall put costume up with hers.
"Paying together?" the cashier asked?
"Yes," Squall said before Selphie could answer.
"Squall, you don't have to pay for mine," Selphie told him.
"Don't worry about it. It's less than 1,000."
Selphie's eyes widen. Did he just say 1,000? 1,000 is way to much. Does Squall have that kind of money just to blow off? He did have to pay for his food, new clothes, hygiene products, and gunblade upgrades. Before Selphie knew it, she was being pulled out of the store. She looked at Squall. He had just the littlest smile on his face. You could only notice it if you were looking hard enough. Selphie gave him a smile when he turned to look at her. His smile got a little bigger. He opened the passengers side of his truck for her to get in. Then went around got in on the drivers side. Once they were both in, Squall took off.
The ride home was long was long. Selphie sat in silence. She was tired. Very tired. They were out all day. She let her eyes wonder around Squall's truck. She's been in it many times before, but she never really looked around. She discovered that his cd player can hold not one, but 6 cds. His choice of music was, well rock. Just like Selphie. Squall had a few cds of Selphie's most favorite singer in the world. Gackt. That surprised her. She didn't think any guy would like Gackt a whole lot. But she remember Squall saying that Gackt is one if his favorite singers as well. The song that was playing right now is by Gackt. And it's a very peaceful rock song. That was what was putting Selphie to sleep.
It wasn't long after she fell asleep that Squall pulled into the parking lot of Balamb Garden. He got out of the truck, went to the other side and opened the door. He took Selphie out carefully and carried her to his dorm. When he got there he put her in his bed and then went to sit on his couch. He laid back and thought about the past few days.
'I got Selphie a cat. Rinoa leaves. What's with that? It's just a cat. Its not like I asked Selphie to marry me or something………… Am I in love with Selphie?' Squall thought. 'She fun to be around. She makes me laugh on the outside. She makes me smile without me realizing it. This is weird.'
Moments later Squall fell asleep.
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Selphie woke up later that night. Once her eyes came into focus, she realized she wasn't in her room. She new just by looking at a big case leaning against a wall that she was in Squall's room. She looked around. She could hear light breathing coming from the couch. She got up and went over to it. There she saw Squall Leonhart sleeping like a baby. Selphie then had the sudden urge to poke him, but didn't. She didn't want to disturb his sleep. Instead, she looked around his room for something to do. He room was always clean so she couldn't clean it. She wondered into the bathroom in search of his laundry. She found it in the closet. She put it all in a bag and started haul it out of his room. She stopped by her room to get her own laundry. When she opened her door, a horrible smell came out of her room. She shut the door as fast as she could.
"What was that horrible smell?" she asked herself. "Oh wait. I know what it is."
"Shadow!" Selphie said as she opened the door. "You little brat!"
Shadow ran under the bed in fright. Selphie scared her just by coming in the door. Selphie smiled at her. She fed Shadow real quick. Then she got down to cleaning. She cleaned up Shadow's mess and made her bed. She got her laundry out of her bathroom and put it with Squall's. She hauled the large bag out of her dorm and into the laundry room. She put all of Squall's and her dark clothes in one pile and all the lights in another. She put the lights in one machine and the darks in the other. She loaded up the washers and started it. She then went back to Squall's dorm to see if he was still sleeping.
He was. He was still sleeping like a baby. She wanted him to move to the bed, but she still didn't want to wake him up. He looked so peaceful and relaxed. He works too much. He deserves every bit of sleep he can get. She smiled as she walked away. She took out one of his weapons magazines and quietly flipped through it. After she grew tired of that she just decided to sit around and wait for the clothes to get done washing. Half an hour later she went back to the laundry room and put the clothes in the dryer. She sat in there for a little bit, looking through a music magazine they had there. She was surprised that it has been taking yet. There was a huge interview of Gackt, Japan's most famous singer. She read the interview. It actually took her the whole time the clothes were drying to read it. She decided would take the magazine with her and bring it back later. She folded the clothes and went back to Squall's dorm. She quietly put his clothes away. Then she went to her dorm to put her clothes away.
She looked at Shadow. Shadow looked back. Selphie has been ignoring Shadow all day. She felt ashamed. Sure, Shadow is just a cat. But to Selphie, she is more.
"I'm sure Squall won't mind if I bring you in there for a while," Selphie said while picking Shadow up.
She walked to Squall's dorm again with Shadow in her arms. She opened the door and set Shadow down on the bed. She went back to reading the magazine. She heard Squall move a couple of times. Each time he did move, Selphie shifted her eyes to look at him. A half an hour later, Squall arose from his slumber. He looked at her. She looked at him. He then looked at the cat that was sleeping at the end of the couch.
"Hey, you!" Selphie finally said.
"Hey. I thought you might have been gone by the time I woke up," Squall said.
"Nahhh, I won't just leave like that. OH! By the way, thank you for today."
"………………Your welcome."
Selphie smiled at him sweetly. Squall smiled back.
'Yep,' Squall thought 'I think I did fall in love with her.'
A/N: OK! MTF chapter 5 is now complete! throws party I will try to have 6 up soon. OH! and I know I keep using this singer in my stories. Gackt. He's a awesome Japanese singer. You guys should check him out. Ok now tell me what ya think!
