Rain
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TerrisMoon
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of FFVIII; those belong to their respectable owners SQUARE-ENIX. I do, however own the adorable plot of this one-shot series. This is the first in the series, 'Flower'.
Author's Notes: This is strictly a series of Selphie x Seifer drabbles. It's not so popular though…
She'd always said that she was scared of the tiny droplets that would drop down from the clouded sky; Seifer would chuckle and lecture her for being childish, while he himself (being a bit hypocritical) would attack the puddles with his black boots during every chance he got. They would encounter this obstacle that was all Mother Nature's fault just purely by accident. Sometimes they would walk to the small grocery store at the corner to perform some tasks; occasionally their dorms would run out of food. Then when they returned from their trip—together they would feel cold water fall upon their dry clothing and warm skin.
And on a day such as this, 17-year-old Selphie Tilmitt was in a gay mood—no not the homosexual gay, but the happy sort of gay. 18-year-old Seifer Almasy was the complete opposite of this, he was particularly sour and he'd walked with a slump all evening. But, as soon as he noticed that they had come out not to go to the supermarket—not to do any errand of any sort at all, but to frolic, his mood lightened. That drastic change showed very noticeably on his face, for a cocky smile, which only Seifer could pull off while managing to not make the crinkles reach his eyes, came upon his visage.
"Why are you so happy all of a sudden? Your smiles are uber creepy." Selphie asked inquisitively, she'd insisted to take out her brown little Doberman who was only a year old for a walk. Seifer secretly held a fondness for animals too.
"Because messenger girl, it's going to rain soon, that's why. And I don't care if my smiles are creepy, because the way you talk is creepy" Seifer admitted, for Selphie's language was sometimes a bit of moonshine that she'd thrown in; and he had to admit that her voice combined with such a language gave him a fright. Selphie stuck her nose in the air and her hands were akimbo now. Her dog, Cocoa woofed happily and jauntily bounded up to Seifer, tackling the golden-blonde. The young man let a small smile slip unto his usually cold features as his body met the soft, green grass.
"Ah, messenger girl you're all wet!" Seifer mocked, although it wasn't true, he was just doing this to tease the poor girl on her fear of the rain.
"Whatever Seify" Selphie mocked as she sat down and tucked her knees under her chin. Seifer smirked tickling her little puppy on its stomach as its tongue lolled out to the side. And as the clouds gathered together, and as the sky darkened, Selphie felt something wet land on her cheek. Looking up, the girl stared mortified as more droplets landed upon her yellow skirt and white short-sleeved shirt. The plain articles of clothing were soon very wet, and she huffed smacking Seifer lightly on the arm.
"You buffoon, I'm all wet now, thanks to you!" With that, Selphie whistled over to her dog, and Cocoa rolled back over, standing up straight. It paused to relieve itself of any excess water, shaking itself vigorously. Seifer smiled, he'd taken her out here for a reason---to relieve Selphie of her fear for the rain.
"Selphie!" the golden-blonde haired man called, cupping his hands at the sides of his mouth, Selphie who was a few good feet away from him stopped midway and she turned around to him, sighing impatiently.
"What?" she called back indignantly, she didn't come out here to get all soaking wet while she still wore her dry-cleaned clothes! Seifer walked over to her ever so slowly and then he grabbed her hand at the last minute, dragging her (not literally mind you) over to the public fountain. Looking hastily from right to left, the young man whispered something in her ear; distracting her and then, rather lightly he pushed her into the cold water with his hands. Cocoa woofed hysterically, it seemed to laugh at its drenched mistress.
"You, you pig!" Selphie shouted, but for some reason, as the rain fell she did not shudder, she did not feel anything rush down her spine. He fear had been gone—it had been obliterated. She sighed and after a few more minutes the sun peeked from in-between the grey clouds. Seifer helped her out, splashing water on her, when she hadn't been looking. Cocoa still stared at the two, tongue hanging out lazily to the side.
"Did you enjoy your bath, messenger girl?" Seifer asked, not rhetorically at all.
"Oh yeah, it was fine, Seify" Selphie replied, of course she was joking, she had loved it. But, she wouldn't let Seify know that just yet---or ever for that matter.
FIN
A/N: R Just a drabble revealing how Selphie got over her fear of water….Enjoy!