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"Let me guess: you laughed?" Selphie's voice came through the speaker of her phone and she blushed, looking down at her feet as she wiggled her toes, sitting on the edge of her bed and remaining silent, "I'm going to take your silence as a yes." She could hear Selphie giggling on her end and she moved to hold the phone between her shoulder and chin, leaning down and stretching, touching her toes.

"Hnng, how'd you know, Sel?" She asked and Selphie reminded her of the many times she had told her about her bad habit of giggling whenever someone mentioned reproductive members or whenever she saw them. It wasn't that she was ignorant, it was that she would get nervous, after all, she's always been aware of her sexuality and it's just as awkward as her normal life. "How can I make this right, Sel?!" She whined, "It's been a week and he's barely looked at me in the eye… He avoids me!"

"Hmm…" Shelphie muttered into the phone and remained silent for a bit as Rinoa could hear the mess in the background, she was shooting but her wheels were cranking, she would tell Rinoa a solution to her problem, she knew she could count on Selphie at a moment like this, "There's only one way to make things right, Rin." Selphie said as Rinoa sat up straight on her bed waiting for the answer, but what came she did not expect, "You need to show him yours."

Rinoa remained silent for a second, hers? Her what? This was such a vague answe-"WHAT?!" Rinoa screamed.

"It's the only way to make things right. Boys do it all the time, 'You show me yours, I'll show you mine' kind of thing… Anyhow, I have to go, we're about to start shooting." And with that Selphie hung up the phone, leaving Rinoa to deal with her consciousness.

She had spent the whole day trying to figure out a way to make this work. Squall had spent a whole week avoiding her and the guys were just making so much fun of her it hurt, for a little while she had even considered not stepping out of her room and just going out whenever necessary. Too bad pizza deliveries left it at the door and couldn't make it all the way to her room, because if that were the case that's all she would be surviving on for the week.

Squall had been going out with one of his bartenders, a girl named Shiva, and he was on his way to the bar as she had stepped out of her room. They both stood still and looked at each other as they blushed and Squall turned on his heel to start walking away when she reached out for his arm.

He looked at her and at her hand, then back at her and quirked an eyebrow, annoyance evident in his glare, "Aah, sorry," She said letting go, "Squall, I- I'm sorry, I didn't laugh at you. I actually think you're well endowed. I actually have this really bad habit in which I just laugh whenever I am presented with awkward situations and I just couldn't help it and-"

"Whatever. I have to go," He cut her off and started to walk away from her.

"Squall! Let's talk about this! I want to know how you feel!" She said as her hand clutched the hem of her shirt and she looked down to her feet.

"You want to know how I feel?" He asked her, walking towards her, "I'm frustrated, actually I've reached a point beyond frustration," He said rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"You're talking, this is good!" She cheered and nodded at him to continue.

He rolled his eyes and sighed, "You're so annoying!" He screamed, throwing his hands up in the air, the thunderous roar making Irvine and Zell poke their heads out of their bedrooms as they watched the scene, "You know, I've been going out with a very hot woman. We've been about have sex, THIS CLOSE TO HAVING SEX!" He brought his hand up, his thumb and index finger indicating the apparent closeness of the moment, "But no! I can't!"

"Why?" She asked looking up at him.

She blinked those ridiculously enormous eyes of hers from behind her glasses and he almost forgot what he was arguing about until he thought of Shiva, "Why? Because all I can think of at the moment of taking off my pants is that annoying giggle of yours! It's stuck in here," he pointed at his temple, "Like a damn broken record! That's why!" He yelled and stormed off the apartment.

Irvine and Zell snorted from their doors as Rinoa turned around to glare at them. The red head stood up straight and shrugged his shoulders, clearing his throat.

"Well, I'd say that's progress," Zell said as he chuckled and Rinoa threw a shoe and hit the wall as he kept on laughing.

She looked at herself on the full length mirror she had by the corner of her room, taking in her form as she stood naked in front of it, bringing her hands to her waist and nodding at herself, she was no longer that chubby college student. She had spent time and money on diets and gyms and she looked good, so she was going to do what Selphie had told her to do… She would show Squall 'hers'.

She turned around and grabbed the towel she had left on top of her bed and slowly moved to Squall's room, opening the door silently and closing it just as silent, proceeding to sit on his bed. She didn't understand why would he need such a big bed for himself, but it was none of her business, so she lied back, propping herself on her elbows as she eyed the room.

It was the same size as hers but the tidiness that he kept on it made it seem bigger. He had a huge bookshelf in front of his bed and she could spot some classics, as well as some college books, a picture of a girl with a man that somewhat resembled him, another one of a beautiful and angelic looking woman with a baby on her hands, whom she assumed to be his mother and another one of him with Irvine, Zell and Seifer, all in military uniform. She didn't know they were military, I mean, she'd seen Zell come back from a deployment but the other three never mentioned being in the military as well… She wondered if they all became friends at Garden or if they had known each other from before, and she also wondered if they had met her father before.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the main door of the penthouse flying open and she sat down straight, getting herself ready to receive Squall. That was until she heard the kissing and smacking of mouths against each other, the fumbling of limbs and Squall's voice guiding whoever it was he was with.

She panicked and looked for a place to hide as she heard the doorknob twisting, she had no choice, she would hide behind his bed and slowly crawl her way out of his room. Without further thinking she pressed herself against the wooden floor and she heard the thump of the bodies against the mattress, so she got on all fours, looking at the couple that lied on the bed, Squall on top, his back to hers as Shiva pushed him off her to take his shirt off, the girl was already halfway naked as she pulled him back to her and Rinoa saw her opportunity, it was now or never, she thought to herself as she started crawling out of the room, stopping by the foot of the bed to look back and just then Squall's eyes opened, much to her dismay.

She placed a finger over her mouth, begging he didn't say anything but his body froze and his eyes lingered on her.

Shiva opened her eyes and cocked her head back, looking for whatever it was that had stolen his attention and there it was, by his door and covered in a blue towel; she screamed.

Rinoa got up and fumbled around, looking for the doorknob, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Squall yelled at her as Rinoa jumped on the spot, throwing her hands up and her towel fell to the floor.

She looked down at the towel that pooled around her ankles and blushed, looking back up at Squall, then at Shiva, "Hey, Shiva! I'm Rinoa, Squall's housemate, nice to meet you!" She bent over and grabbed her towel, opened the door and ran into her room across the hallway.

Shiva looked at Squall dumbfounded and covered herself, "I- I think I better go," She said as she reached for her black dress and Squall sat on his bed nodding at her.

A few minutes passed and Rinoa heard the door to the apartment closing and she opened the door to her room to see Squall standing in front of her, his arms crossed over his chest. "Hey…" She whispered.

"Hey back at you," He said leaning against the frame of her door, "Just what were you thinking," He chuckled and she smiled at him.

"Ah… nothing really, couldn't you tell?" She told him as he nodded.

"Point taken." He pushed himself to stand straight and turned around, rubbing the back of his head, "Good night, Rinoa." He said while he yawned and he stopped at the mention of his name, "Hn?" He turned around to see her looking at him.

"Did you… Did you see anything?" She asked him as he smirked at her.

"Everything." He said, making sure to put emphasise each syllable, as she sent him a questioning look, "Not bad if that's your next question. Now, good night." He waved weakly at her as he walked into his room and closed the room.

Selphie was right, all it had taken was for her to show herself naked at Squall's room to stop the awkwardness between the both of them. She closed the door behind her and smiled, moving to her bed and getting under the covers with a smile on her face, thankful that things were back to normal between the two of them.

Meanwhile Squall lied on top of his bed, wide awake as his eyes lingered on the same spot of his ceiling, 'Talk about a ridiculous night…' he thought to himself as he smiled to himself, remembering Rinoa's naked body. He had to admit that she wasn't all that bad… at all, she was actually pretty damn hot and fit.

He sighed as he looked down at his trousers and the bulge that had risen and pressed against the flyer ever since he walked into the apartment. His train of thought reeling to places that he shouldn't have ventured into as he remembered her flawless and pale skin.

Life had decided to play one sick and twisted joke with him.

A/N: Poor baby Squall! Haha, I love getting him flustered and whatnot, but no worries! I promise that things will get a whole lot worse before they get better for him. I hope you guys are enjoying this story! See you soon!

VanyT