Smile...

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TerrisMoon

And who'd said that this would ever happen, that Seifer would end up in such an unlikely predicament? The girl was standing over him now with a huge grin on her face, and it sickened him to stare at her so he glared instead. He was glaring at her, giving her a look that most people would shudder at, but Selphie was special, Selphie didn't know the meaning of shudder or pain or any of those things. Seifer knew the meaning of those words well—but the reasons were something that were treasured and known only by him, and it was to be kept that way.

"What the hell do you want messenger girl?" Seifer spat out the nickname disgustedly. He made sure that spit flew out of his mouth purposefully, forcefully, and some saliva landed on her bright yellow dress. Rubbing vehemently at the material, Selphie's eyes flashed a dangerous look of anger, but Rajin and Fujin smirked at the girl's anger.

"STUPID!" Fujin yelled shrilly, as her eyes glared icily at the girl, she latched unto her leader's arm protectively. Rajin just laughed heartily but there was something dark about that laugh---Seifer loved that laugh too. But his impatience with the messenger girl did not ebb away at all it only increased.

"I'll ask you again Tilmitt, since you're hard of hearing, what the hell do you want?" Seifer repeated in that nasty tone. Selphie stiffened at the murderous looks she received, but it was her job to deliver messages about events that her group had taken acareful amount of time to prepare. Selphie sat down on one of the metal chairs that looked very outdated, and in its own right it was very uncomfortable.

"Um…we're holding this dance so…um I was just wondering if you'd want a flyer, Seify." Selphie said almost mechanically, Seifer raised an eyebrow questioningly. This was the second time Tilmitt had come over to him to persuade him to take one of her stupid flyers. What annoyed him even more was the fact that the flyer had something to do with a formal occasion. He smirked in that usual cocky manner of his and placed a finger over Selphie's precarious hand. He dug his nail into her soft delicate skin.

"Ooh, stop it Seif that hurts…" Selphie bit her bottom lip, refusing to look down at her finger as she felt her skin break. Warm blood flowed down her otherwise flawless skin and stained the peach colored surface. Seifer's cold blue eyes wandered over to the unwelcome guest sitting at his table in the cafeteria. Selphie's eyes looked at his and she continues to suck at her bottom lip now, feverishly staring at the broken skin, slowly Seifer's nail gently decreased its pressure upon the bleeding cut.

"Selphie get up, we need to have a talk" Seifer said in a rather businesslike tone—something that even Rajin and Fujin had never heard in their lives. Selphie however followed this abrupt order and soon the two were in the hallway. Selphie had stomped her foot numerous times and Seifer had huffed about double the amount of times she had stomped her foot. Many passerbies had just given them looks that were almost unreadable but most of those looks were anything but friendly.

"I'll go to your stupid dance, okay, gosh, does that make you happy?" Seifer demanded at one point. Selphie cocked her head to the side and for the first time, she noticed that Seifer's lips had twitched as she'd nodded in affirmation. Seifer broke into laughter, a glorious sound that was rich to her ears. Selphie smiled and for that moment she saw him smile genuinely.

"I was just joshing with you messenger girl" he remarked casually before walking away, and she watched his retreating form, still smiling softly…

FIN

Author's Notes: Second in the series, I'm not sure how many I'll post. R&R please, thanks!

- TerrisMoon