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5. Giggles

Helping Rinoa move her stuff out of her apartment had been hell, not only was her old house located at the other end of the city, but her ex boyfriend had proved a challenge when he had refused to hand over some of her stuff, irritating him to the point of wanting to deck him, but Irvine had taking care of the hitting, as he slapped him in the face and proceeded to take Rinoa's stuff, only so that they could make it home, drop everything off along with Rinoa and head over to the airport to pick up their other roommate, who had just come from a deployment.

He rested his chin on his hand, his eyes lazily staring at the mug of coffee that Rinoa had placed in front of him. "What do you think you're doing?" He asked through a yawn.

"What else would I be doing other than cooking breakfast for Zell?" She pointed at him with the spatula.

The door to the room flew open as a out of breath and very shirtless and sweaty Irvine came through with an equally sweaty Seifer and they slump on chairs next to Squall at the counter top.

"What's for breakfast?!" Seifer asked as he used a towel to dry his sweat.

Rinoa looked at them with a grin and handed them each a plate of scrambled eggs with vegetables and toast followed by a small bowl full of oatmeal, "Here you go, boys! I'm taking these to Zell since he mu-"

Squall grabbed her wrist and gave her a warning stare along with a shake of his head. "Let him be. I don't think anyone wants to hear his annoying voice so early in the morning," He grunted and proceeded to eat his breakfast as Rinoa shrugged and put everything in the microwave.

"Ok, then I'm going to start getting ready for work."

And with that she disappeared into her room as the boys ate their breakfast and Zell walked to the kitchen, fetching his plate from the microwave and sitting with them as they ate in silence.

"Morning, Chicken Wuss." Seifer muttered from behind his coffee mug owning a weak wave from Zell.

Squall finished his breakfast and put the plates on the dish-washer, walking further into the house and disappearing into the bathroom, leaving the other three males to their own before they started cracking jokes and pissing each other off. He proceeded to take his clothes off and turn the water on, letting the steam from the hot water build up as he started scrubbing himself.

He rinsed himself and was too distracted to hear the door opening as he walked out of the shower, the towel drying his hair and he could swear he heard a squeal. Realization hit him like a bag of bricks as he pulled the towel down and covered himself waist down, his cheeks flushing scarlet, matching those of the girl that stood in front of him.

She looked around due to nervousness, until she found his eyes and she found herself giggling and running out of the bathroom as Squall screamed her name and she shut the door to her room.

"This is ridiculous!" He yelled as he shut himself in his room and Zell peeked his head through the hallway, opening the door to his room and walking in as he dressed himself, his face still red/ "I can't believe this!" He continued muttering, enraged.

"What's up?" Zell asked as he leaned his back to the wall, crossing his arms over his chest.

"What's up is that Rinoa walked into the bathroom and laughed after seeing me naked." He fumed as he put his shirt on, "She laughed!" He finished as he stormed off the room and out of the apartment.

Zell sighed and moved to Rinoa's room to find her grabbing her camera bag and her tripod, she was wearing skinny jeans and a black top, matching with black flats and her head was put up on a pony tail, her bangs held back by one or two bobby pins. "Why'd you laugh?" He asked her as she felt her fingers falter and she dropped her tripod.

She reached for it and stood up, holding the tripod with one arm against her chest and fixing her glasses with her free hand as she grinned sheepishly at Zell, "I didn't know how else to react?" She said as Zell sighed once more.

"Squall is very sensitive and conscious about his body, you know?" Irvine said, entering the room and taking a bit of his toast.

"He must be overthinking it so bad right now," Seifer added with a scoff as Rinoa took a deep breath and looked down to the floor.

"I really did it this time, didn't I?" She asked as the three men started to laugh and she couldn't help but to blush.

The scene at the bar had picked up this Saturday night, orders were flying left and right as Squall kept everyone in check and making sure that the orders were right. His underling and newest hire was working with him tonight and when she wasn't busy taking orders she was too busy trying to get a handful of his butt and trying to start conversation.

"So, how about I take you home tonight?" The blonde asked as Squall smiled at her, he never knew when she was being serious, but he could definitely use some company of the physical kind.

"Sure, but you have to help me close." He winked at her and he could swear he was slapping himself mentally.

It was almost two in the morning when the door to her apartment flew open and she pinched him against the wall, her mouth pressing against him fervently as his hands roamed her back and hers lingered on the hem of his shirt, carefully lifting it over his head as they distanced themselves with each other and then she moved to remove hers.

He felt his mouth go dry as she shimmied her way out of her pants, "Your turn!" She giggled and suddenly the rush he was feeling was gone.

"Ah, I didn't think things would go this way tonight, Shiva…" He smiled, scratching the back of his head as she tilted her head to one side, her long blonde hair falling to one side, revealing ombre blue tips.

She sat on her bed with a sigh. "So, you're one of those, huh?" She asked him as she patted on the bed spot next to her. "At least come into bed, then. We can make out like teenagers." She winked at him as he fetched his shirt and put it back on, moving to the bed and lying down.

Shiva continued kissing Squall, trailing kisses down his jawline as he looked at the ceiling with disinterest, Rinoa's giggle echoing into the void of his brain and making it impossible for him to concentrate on the task at hand. This was going to be a long night.

A/N: This story is coming along quite fast, and I can only hope I can keep that tempo for a while. Hopefully more updates to come along as often as these first chapters have. I'm glad to see that there's so many of you enjoying it. Thank you so much for your time!

VanyT