A/N: Not too important. I decided to used their father's last name (For Squall and Rinoa) since it's make more sense to me. Leonhart is Squall middle name and I don't know if I shall use Heartily or not. BTW, what's Fuu and Rai last name anyway?
Thank you for Exiled Childe for your review, really appreciated it. I hope you'll like the continuation.
Oh...Sorry for the OOC, and to be a warning, I'm really bad for consistency. No flame please.
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Squall knocked the opened door as he reached his soon to be club. The room as it seemed from outside was not too big with many paintings hung on its wall, art supplies scattered on shelf some on the floor, statues and some unfinished works. The members name were written on the whiteboard, complete with class and specialization. As expected, he also could smell oil paint and clays even Joining a club was not his interest but it was necessity for all freshmen to join a club in EHSB.
" We do expect that the new pupils are enjoying activities outside their class. So we require all freshmen to join at least one of our clubs minimum for their first year."
He remember Mrs. Kramer said that. Prior to his achievement in Esthar, Rinoa suggested him to join Art Club meanwhile she had her eyes on Newspaper Club.
" Our club's room shall be next to each other, it's perfect" she said before.
And as always Squall finally agreed (he also wondered why he almost never said 'no' to Rinoa), and he tought that could always resign from the club at his sophomore year later.
"NAME?" the petite senior asked.
"Squall L. Loire."
"SPECIALIZATION?"she asked again,
" Oil Painting"
"WELCOME" She shook his hand. The white hair girl has an odd way to talk, Squall thought,
The white haired girl nod and write something on the paper, "FILL". She gave Squall a form. Squall nodded and took it to the nearest desk. Art Club had not many applicant this year, as he read on the whiteboard. Apart from him there was only 8 other people joining.
It's fine, I like silent community anyway
"What's L stands for? Lousy?" a voice from his back startled him.
Towered above Squall, a big blond guy stood and frowning behind him. For a moment his heart stopped. It was him, the owner of the intense green eyes from days before. He was even more enticing in close distance. Out of his uniform and clad in simple clothes. Slightly smelled of sweat, he was sure had a sportman aura all over him and his duffel bag confirmed it. And he definietly not fit in an art club, perhaps he was not even a member.
He won't remember me. I was just a face in the crowd and it was days ago
Squall observed him to the point of staring and he not even realized that, yet.
"Not polite to stare Lousy"
"Whatever" Squall said in an almost whisper then he was back to fill his form, but his heart did something odd it never done before. It was racing now, and he didn't like it.
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Fresh out of shower, Seifer changed his clothes to a simple white T-Shirt and a sweat pants, his jersey full of sweat now. It felt really good, to play three-on-three after more than 3 months not touching the orange bouncy balls. Packing his dirty laundry to his duffel bag, he heard Raijin knocked the locker room in a rush. "Hey, thanks Hyne, you still here! Need your favor, you know?"
"What favor?" the green eyed man asked, " Nothing too fancy Rai"
Raijin approached him, " Ahh, not too much, just tell Fuu-",
"Forget it, tell her yourself!" He said even before Raijin finished his sentece, " It is her club day, you know she'll mad if I interupted her during her sculpting or something. Just call her."
And your girlfriend yelled like a T-Rexaur whenever she's angry, oh wait, her normal tone also unpleasant anyway...
" Ow...Seifer...I couldn't call her, The Art Club's room had a bad receiver," Raijin, sat in the bench behind him, and gave Seifer his best puppy eyes, "And you won't interupt anything, It's only first month of school, and she doesn't have any project right now, you know?"
Of course I don't know that idiot, and stop those damn puppy eyes!
He sighed in defeat, "okay...if she yelled at me for any fucking reason, you buy me lunch for a week", finally he gave up.
" Deal!" the dark haired man lit a smile.
"The expensive ones!", he chuckling when he saw Rai scratched his head.
Taking his heavy duffel bag with him, Seifer walked in no hurry to The Art Club Room which actually just took him less than 10 minutes to reach. It was actually a pleasant room if you could stand the smell of paint, and the arts displayed there were beautiful and totally worth the smell. Fuujin magically elected as the president in her sophomore years (it was cheating because the rest of club members afraid of her so she won the so-called-election), and he expected that she would be busy today with the new members.
"Just tell her to wait for me at cafeteria at 4 and not earlier, I should report club's first aid supply to this afternoon before the infirmary closed."
That was the message. Seifer knew it meant that Rai will be about an hour late and Fuu will definitely kick his ass, with or without the message. But with him playing as messenger, Raijin at least safe from his girlfriend early rage.
"Tch...he just too coward to tell Fuujin himself."
"NAME?"
Ahh..that Fuujin's voice. Even from this 10 meters distance he could hear her scream. He chuckled.
Perhaps Rai should wear ear muff everytime they had sex
Oh, eww...
He shivered from his own thought. The image from his big burly bestfriend naked and wear ear muff above his small girlfriend did good for his unplanned celibacy. He noticed that the club's door was opened, he then entered the room like he owned it, and looked for Fuu. He saw her gave some blank form to a person whom bent in front of her.
"FILL"
It was the storm eyed guy. Now he was a bit relieved because mistaken him for a female is more understandable from close distance. Every XX chromosome owner would be jealous with his face and his feature. Most notably those mysterious eyes which unfortunately a bit curtained by brown locks.
I want to see them right now...
As he watched the brunnette sit down, Seifer decided to approached the brunnette's chair until he could read his name.
Squall L. Loire
Sudden gust of wind. How fit for him. His eyes I mean, he seemed like a wall flower type.
"What's L stand for? Lousy?" he said before he could stop himself, and those eyes looked at him now. Not saying anything, this Squall held his gaze little bit too long and started to make him uncomfortable.
So they were blue with hint of gray after all...
"Not polite to stare Lousy" he said again, masking his nervousness with joke.
"Whatever" and this Squall back to his form. Unsatisfied, " Hey-" Seifer ready to open his mouth again but stopped by sharp pain at back of his head, "...ouch, calm down Fuu!" as Fuujin pulled his hair stronger,
" SEIFER BULLY!". The girl yelled even louder.
"Aww easy Fuu...I'm just getting acquitanced with puberty boy here" he pointed at Squall whom now gave him zero fuck, Fuujin pulled his ear "GET OUT!"
" This is why I don't like playing messenger for Rai " he sighed.
Forget the lunch, I owe Rai for the name now...
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To said he's uncomfortable was an understatement. Their coincidence meeting at his club room days ago put his mind in chaos because now he could put the name on the owner of those jade eyes.
He's name is Seifer and he's senior. He thought, he shook his head and tried not to think about it further,
No time for that...study,study...
Rinoa approached him after the bell of their last lesson rang. Squall already noticed that today Rinoa had anxious expression. Usually, it meant that she had something to asked from him, like when she asked him to come with her to find a vet in Dollet a year ago. She put her best smile but Squall knew she wanted something from him.
She linked her arms to his, " Please accompany me after class!" Rinoa pleaded.
"Where to?" Squall asked, it was uncommon for Rinoa asked him to be her entourage since Rinoa usually very confident on her own.
" Basketball field. Must interview the captain for my newspaper club."
"Why not asked fellow member?"
"Umm, because nobody like me?" she said frowning
Squall's mouth scowling slightly , "Really?", Rinoa laughed, and patted her bestfriend's arm.
"Kidding Squall my club is amazing, but it's forbidden to asked help from inside, this was technically their 'test'. And I am nervous as hell and I need my bestfriend support. So, will you?" she talked in one breath. After some moments Squall eventually gave a small nod,
" Yeay...great, now let's hurry !" she held him even tighter.
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"Aren't you too short for basketball, kid?"
Rinoa and Squall startled and saw the tall blond guy behind them that wasn't there before.
Seifer.
He's jersey soaked in sweat
"Hyne, you're quiet aren't you Squall?"
Uhh, he remember my name?
"Whatever"
"Ah... your vocabularies are lacking I guess?"
Asshole
"Umm...Excuse me..." Rinoa finally said, " I'm looking for uh...I think his name is Raijin? Is he here?"
Seifer glanced at Rinoa and smiled, "Ah you must be from the newspaper club. Raijin still inside the court, help yourself..." he pointed at the open fence.
Seifer eyed the girl too keenly for Squall's taste, and couldn't help to think that it was normal for a guy checking out a sweet pretty girl like Rinoa,
Maybe that time, Seifer was looking at Rinoa, not me. He concluded. Should I checking Rinoa out too?
"Thank you-" Rinoa not sure how to call her senior
"I'm Seifer, also a club member" he introduced himself, "You can find Rai inside court he's currently teaching the new members, leave your friend here, he'll be safe with me." He said again smirking now.
There's sweat on his throat...
"Umm...Squall?" she broke his thought, "Will you be fine here?"
He nodded, "Do you want to come with me Squall?" she still asked instead,
Not really
" He is gonna be fine miss...Go find Raijin", as he pulled him away, "Come on..."
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Club's room and locker room was located outside the basketball field. It was pure coincidence that he saw this Squall again from the field as he and that long hair girl approached the club's room just after gave the new members some warming up games.
"Where are you going, Sei-" Raijin shouted as he saw Seifer immediately ran to the opened fence door and escaped his duty to 'coached' his juniors,
"Got some bussiness, see you Rai!" he yelled back
"The fuc-...Seifer! Get back here!"
And the blond certainly pretending not to hear him.
He saw the girl was scooping the club's door and Squall just stand behind her.
Are you guarding her or something?
"Aren't you too short for basketball, kid?", he said practically startling the duo, "Hyne, you're quiet aren't you Squall?"
"Whatever"
"Ah... your vocabularies are lacking I guess?"
He will have some early wrinkles if he keep scowling like that.
" Umm..,Excuse me..." the girl seemed eager to break the tense.
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Suspicious and confused.
How did they know each other?
It was what Rinoa thought currently. He said his name was Seifer. Her first suggestion that this blond guy was bullied Squall somehow. This big, blond, hot senior was an epitome of a bully. His permanent smirk strengthen the feeling.
And he didn't ask for my name back
"Umm Squall will you be fine here?", she didn't miss that Squall a bit panic and lost for words (more than usual) but nodded nonetheless.
"Do you want to come with me Squall?" she insisted
"He is gonna be fine miss...Go find Raijin!" he said and pulling Squall away as she watched them with her mouth agaped.
What exactly happened between them?
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Before he could think too far he dragged the poor boy from that girl.
"Where are you taking me?" he heard the brunette, "Let me go"
Easy there boy, I'm not a kidnapper or anything
"Ahh...finally more than a word" Seifer let go of his arm. It's not he held it too tight, but this Squall was apparently some delicate creature.
"What do you want?" he asked again,
Terrified. Seifer tried to put label on the younger boy expression.
"Nothing...I just gave your friend a chance for doing a proper interview without her boyfriend dotting her." He answered and sat on nearby bench. Seifer streched his arm and yawned, he's a bit tired after all. Squall eventually sat down but still kept their distance. He glanced at the court.
"You can see the court door from here. Don't worry" Seifer still closed his eyes, " You can see her when she finished with Rai."
"Don't you have to be practiced?" Squall frowned
Ha...he's annoyed now.
"Ahh...that's the beauty of becoming a senior Squall, I can practiced whenever, I didn't even have to break a sweat..." Seifer said smirking, " Just quiet, let me take a nap" he positioned himself a comfortable as one could be in sitting position and closed his eyes.
" You don't have to drag me if you want to sleep" Squall muttered
Annoyed again. Noted.
Not answering. He heard his companion took a long breath. Squall gave up and took a book and pencil from his bag after all and began doodling. Meanwhile Seifer took a peek and trying not to hypnotized by the beauty of the pale boy beside him.
"I know that you're not sleeping Seifer." But he didn't stop drawing.
" Ahh, so you also know my name?" he opened his eyes.
I'm glad, really. Less work for me
"You said it to Rinoa before"
Call my name again and not hers, it sound good coming out of your mouth
" Hey Squall," He started, "you're staying at dorm, right? Second floor room 7?" Squall lifted his eyes from his sketch and finally look at the older boy,
"Don't be to alarmed, I saw your form in your club room"
Eyebrows slightly lift, he's surprised.
" We are neighbour you know. I lived three doors from your room."
..."Whatever" and he's back to his book.
His cheek redden. Hmm...a bit...shy?
"Back to one word sentence I see." He remarked, " I'll fetch you up tomorrow." Seifer stood up abruptly but yawned again.
Confused again
Squall's hand stopped drawing but his gaze still on the book, " What for?"
Because I want to see more expression on those eyes?
" I don't want you to get lost in this school, fresh man."
Liar liar pants on fire
"I know most ways now."
It's longer sentence, a development...
"You don't know all the shortcuts" he remarked smartly.
"Why should I?"
" I dunno Squall...Might be come in handy someday? Who knows..."
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" So?" The girl baited, she truly felt that something fisihy had occured to her friend. An antisocial guy like him suddenly acquintanced with an obviously social senior.
A hot one with tendency of a bully to be said
They walked to Squall's dorm. Before 6 pm it's still permitted for a girls enter the boys dorm room and vice versa. She's too lazy to back to Balamb right now and prefer to spend her time in Squall's room.
"What?" he asked back. His expression gave nothing.
"You got nothing to tell me?" As they climbed the stair," about what happened earlier?"
"What happened earlier?" he confused,
Should I spelled it one by one?
"The guy name Seifer? Big, blond, bully?" she used hands to make her points.
Squall shrugged, opened his room, and let Rinoa entered first, "Nothing to tell..."
Rinoa rolled her eyes.
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