ok, i wanna thank Mary for her constant support and patience...yeah doc, thanks alot...hahaha...thank there's Flo. i know i haven't replied to your reviews even though i have your e-mail...i know...i'm a lazy ass...and i wanna thank a special friend of mine who means alot to me...thanks alot nGeL...

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Caine parked in front of Squall's chilled figure and jumped out to him, "Squall?"

Squall smiled at him, a cheerless, empty smile, "Thanks Caine...I don't know where else to go."

The younger brunet stood up slowly, staggering back before he regained balance, almost bumping into Caine as he walked over to the car.

Caine regretted what he had done...he had let anger, frustration and jealousy get to him and revealed his friend's secret.

Squall sat almost like in a daze as he watched the rain pelt mercilessly on the windshield, his heart bating in slow rhythm.

"Squall?"

Squall turned to Caine, a questioning look in his deepening eyes, "You...knew it didn't you?"

Caine nodded and turned to look back at the road, "I...I'm sorry..."

"No...it's ok now...I needed to know."

Did you? Is it really better like this?

Not now, please...

What are you going to do now? You're moving in with Caine?

Leave me alone please!

What about your love? What about Seifer? He loves you...even though he sleeps around...

Go away!

You love him!

"Stop it!" Squall cried, covering his face with his hands, breaking down in front of Caine, who parked the car in an abandoned alleyway, "Squall..."

The brunet's shoulders shook as he cried and Caine turned off the car, shifting to pull the younger brunet into his arms, stroking Squall's hair, not knowing what to say to make the pain all go away.

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Seifer smashed his fist into his mirror, then smile as the tender flesh of his knuckles were torn and blood oozed from the wounds.

But no matter how much pain he forced his body to endure, the pain deep within would not go away.

The blonde finally quieted down...he had to look for Squall...he had to find him and explain...he had to tell him that he loved him...

Walking into the bathroom to wash his bloodied hands, Seifer pulled on a shirt and pants, and he walked out to his car, letting the rain cool his nerves as he wondered where the brunet could have gone.

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Caine watched as Squall walked into his apartment, not paying attention to anything.

He seemed so unattached to his surroundings, seemingly unaware of even where he was or with whom.

"You can sleep in my room tonight, Squall." Caine whispered, not wanting to be too loud for some reason or the other.

Squall shook his head. His eyes were red from crying and his head hurt. He hadn't cried like this in three years, since his lover had died. He felt so miserable and messed up. "I'll sleep here on the couch."

"No, really you can have my room...I'm not going to sleep tonight, have a lot of work to do. Come on, shall I show you in?"

Squall wasn't resisting, just let himself be led like a puppet to Caine's room, the older brunet's arm around his waist, guiding him for fear that Squall would bump into walls.

Caine pulled out a towel and handed it to Squall, leading him to the bathroom and turning on the warm water of the shower, "Here you go...shower and go to sleep, okay?"

Squall just nodded blankly, not even listening, not knowing why he was nodding in the first place.

Caine walked out of the bathroom, shutting the door, a sad frown on his face...what have I done, oh Lord...what have I done?

Squall's desperate weeping echoed in the bathroom and flooded outside to haunt Caine's ears and further deepen his regret.

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Hours later, Caine walked into his room, smiling sadly at Squall's resting figure draped daintily on his bed.

The towel was clasped, as usual, around those lean hips.

Caine frowned, examining the milky skin of the younger brunet. This was one hell of a night, walking over he smoothed Squall's chocolate hair away from his angelic face and pulled the blankets over the brunet's shoulders.

Squall cuddled into a pillow and Caine sighed with exhaustion and exasperation as Squall whispered Seifer's name in his sleep, hiccupping slightly as the aftermath of his lamentation...

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yeah this chapter is quite short but i will do better in my next updates really...you won't believe my laziness...i haven't done a single HW for the past month and damn my copybooks are so incomplete...hehehe...too busy daydreamin during class and spilling drinks at home...hahahaha...not to mention bumping into walls...why? hahahahaha