"The fuck do you want?" Zell asked with anger in his voice.
"Sonya kicked me out," Seifer started.
"Who the fuck is Sonya?" Zell asked, losing his patience.
"The blonde girl you seen me with yesterday at the beach," Seifer answered. "She kicked me out of the hotel we were staying at."
"What the fuck do you expect me to do about it?" Zell asked.
"Let me stay here with you," was Seifer's reply.
"No fucking way, you can just find someplace else to stay!" Zell was about to slam the door in Seifer's face, but Seifer pushed it open more and quickly walked through.
"I have no more money to stay anywhere!" Seifer told him. "That bitch had me spend it all on her and now I have nothing but the money at Balamb Bank for a new house here!" Seifer pleaded.
"I don't give a flying fuck about you or your fucking bitch problems! Now I want your ass out of my house!" Zell yelled.
"Wow, somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed," Seifer half-joked. "I need someplace to stay man!"
"Go sleep on the fucking street for all I care and leave me the fuck alone!" Zell was beginning to get frustrated. Zell stared at Seifer for a few minutes and knew that he could not throw Seifer out on the street no matter how much he wanted to. He wasn't that cruel. "Hmph, fine you can stay, as long as you leave me the fuck alone while you're doing it!"
"Thanks chicke...Zell," Seifer put his bag down and gave Zell a huge hug. Zell didn't know what to think about that coming from Seifer.
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"You take the other side of the house," Zell was telling him. "I hope this isn't going to be a very long stay."
"Until I get enough money to get back to Balamb so I can get the rest of my money," Seifer told Zell while plopping down on the mattress/sofa beside him.
"I'll give you the money and then you can leave right now," Zell told him.
"The ferry service is shut down and won't be open for at least two more weeks," Seifer replied.
"Why the hell not?" Zell asked.
"Renovations after the group of Bolt Fish came through and fried the electrical wires in the building. Those wires were what powered the ferries and cruise ship," Seifer answered.
"I can't believe anyone was stupid enough to come up with the idea of getting rid of the gas powered boats and replacing them with electricity," Zell said more to himself than to Seifer.
"Yeah, especially in the water where electricity and water don't mix," Seifer replied. Zell was honestly surprised that Seifer hadn't bothered him much since he showed up on his doorstep. Not even one insult which was unusual. Even more unusual was that Zell was actually enjoying his company, thanks to the fact that he hasn't spoken to very many people since buying the house in the first place.
A few minutes passed and Seifer spoke up, "I need to stop having all of these one night stands and settle down with someone nice. I'm tired of not being satisfied."
"Satisfied in the sex department you mean?" Zell asked.
"No, I'm talking about the emotional part," Seifer told him.
"Since when are you all about emotional connections?" Zell laughed. "In my experience with you, you try your best to piss people off all the time."
Zell seen from the corner of his eye, Seifer stared at him for a minute and then Seifer said, "The time I was talking to Squall about my romantic dream...you know, during the Dollet mission?"
"Yeah," Zell said.
"It was my dream to become the Sorceress' Knight. But my dream was perverted by Ultimecia. I thought that if I became Edea's Knight, that I would be seen as a hero and girls would throw themselves at me...but instead, everybody who knows who I am hates me because of what I was forced to do. That was what I was talking to Squall about."
"You wanted to be a Knight so you could get dates?" Zell asked.
"It was more than just getting dates. I thought I would meet the one...you know, my soulmate. You know the expression 'Knight in shining armor' that every girl dreams of being with," Seifer stated. Zell looked at Seifer and seen that he had a sad smile on his face. "I totally fucked that up didn't I?"
Zell couldn't say anything so he simply shrugged his shoulders. "One question."
"Hm?"
"If you wanted to find 'the one', as you put it...why act like an asshole for?" Zell asked.
"So people would notice me of course...I'm not the bad guy like I seem to be," Seifer responded.
"Mmhmm...so, why give me a hard time all these years?" Zell pressed on.
"I thought that if people seen me making fun of you, and you crying, that they would think I was a strong person. Believe me Zell, you would totally kick my ass in a fist fight though. I've seen what you can do in battle and you are good!" Seifer smiled at that statement.
"Is that the reason you always made me cry as we were growing up? So you can seem to be stronger?" Zell asked with a hint of anger.
"Oh come on Zell, you know you weren't the only one I made fun of all these years," Seifer started. "I started shit with everybody I came into contact with."
"I'm gonna take a leak, and when I get back here, I expect you to be on the other side of the house. I'm not in the mood to deal with you right now," Zell told Seifer.
Zell stood and made his way to the bathroom. He shut the door and walked over to the toilet. He unzipped his shorts, pulled his penis out and began to urinate. After he shook any left over urine out of his penis, he zipped up and washed his hands. He walked out of the bathroom and went back into the living room, to his relief, he was pleased to see that Seifer had left the room.
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The next morning, Seifer and Zell sat on the mattress/sofa eating their breakfast of eggs, toast and jam and watched the local news station together. Seifer took a sip of his coffee and asked as he was putting it down, "So...why haven't you got any furniture in your house yet?"
"Because I couldn't find any furniture stores," Zell replied as he chewed his toast.
"They have about six furniture stores here and you haven't found them yet?" Seifer asked.
"So far, I only looked in the mall. It was the closest place from here," Zell told him.
"It is pretty uncomfortable sitting on this one mattress, I figured you would have at least a table and one chair in your dining room by now."
"Well I don't," was Zell's simple reply.
"How about I take you to a few of the furniture stores today? It's the least I could do since you're letting me stay here until the ferries get fixed and I get the money for the ticket back to Balamb," Seifer told him.
"Fine," was all Zell said.
"A couple of the places also have free delivery," Seifer continued.
"Really?" Zell asked as he looked over at Seifer.
"Mmhmm," Seifer sounded as he took another sip of his coffee.