A/N: Last chapter! And I know, I wish it was longer too, but the good news is, that we actually touch base in this 'storyverse' with our next story which will be posted...whenever I feel like it, lmao. I'm totally open to bribes^_^

Seifer - A week later

"Stop bouncing!" I shouted, grabbing Penelo's arm and forcing her to stop jumping up and down in the passenger seat. See, this is why I didn't bring her with me to Dublin, she was hell in the car, couldn't sit still. The drive to the supermarket, that building being a fifteen minute drive away, was too much for her to handle. So, naturally, almost two hours worth of a drive to Dublin? Of course I hadn't considered it!

"Are we there yet?" She asked.

"No."

"What about now?"

"Holy mother of Jesus fucking Christ, Penelo Maria Roxanna Almasy, quit your yapping, sit still and be the good girl you sometimes pretend to be!" Nearly two hours of this. I had no patience. She had no patience. She got that from me. This is why Aerith avoided putting us in the same car for too long a drive, because we just weren't compatible in small confined spaces.

"Daddy, you swore." She sniffed her nose up at me, crossing her arms and looking the other way.

"Yes, I know, my ears are still in working order, thank you very much." I muttered, sighing in relief as the sign, 'Welcome to Dublin' finally came into view. "We're almost there." She squealed happily, the noise so high I'm sure my car windows were shivering, making me wonder why I'd told her in the first place.

"Oh my god! Look!" She plastered her face against her window, counting all the city lights she could keep up with.

I rolled my eyes, "You're so cute, it's not even funny." Reaching over, I tugged on her pig tail gently, retrieving my hand when I had to guide the car into the exit I needed to take off the highway.

"Did you tell Hayner we're coming?"

"That would sort of kill the surprise part of our visit, Penelo."

"So he doesn't know?"

"He doesn't know."

"Why are we visiting him?"

I sighed heavily, not too sure I was happy she'd entered the 'let's question all and everything' stage. "Don't you want to see him?"

"I do, but normally I only see him when he comes visit you."

"Us, when he comes visit us, sweetheart."

She giggled, "Yes, Hayner is nice like that." I nodded absently, concentrating on where I was going a little more as I had a tendency of getting lost once I drove into the city center. There were too many roads, turns, boards and stop lights I had to deal with.

"Are we going to his apartment?"

I shook my head, "He's still working, so we'll go to the bar."

"Would it be responsible of you to take your nine year old daughter into a grown up bar?" Blinking, I spared her a confused glance before fixing my eyes on the road again.

"Where the hell did you learn that?"

"Mom said it to you before we left to go to Dublin, you know, when you guys didn't think I was listening."

I chuckled, finding her annoyingly funny. "So long I don't give you alcohol, I'm sure you'll be fine."

"Parking spot!" She exclaimed, leading me to hit the brakes and snag the spot she'd located. Once the engine was killed, I turned to help her unbuckle her seat belt, but she'd already gone and done that, making her way out of the car.

"Penelo!" Unbuckling mine, I pulled the keys out of the ignition, quickly climbing across the gear and passenger seat so I could follow her out, grabbing her hand before she could waltz off willy nilly. "We ain't in freaking Ennis anymore, kay? You gotta hold my hand and stay close." Slamming the door shut, I pressed the button on the key, locking the damn car while my girl pouted up at me. "That's not gonna work, and you know it." She reached up with her arms mutely then, willing to wait patiently until I reacted, even if it was going to take hours. Puffing out some air, I reached down, picking her up and tossing her onto my shoulders. "You're a brat, you know that."

She giggled, "If you stopped letting me walk all over you like a doormat, maybe I wouldn't be."

"Smarty pants." Cringing with a smile on my face as she started to sing the alphabet song, I walked over to Pink's, not feeling too hesitant about taking Penelo in with me as it was a Friday night, so the crowd wouldn't be too huge; it wasn't even ten yet. The bar would have opened only a couple of hours ago, and I doubted many people would come before the time of eleven, midnight.

Using my foot to push the door open, I smiled when Penelo curled her body, pressing her lips against my nose and staying still so we could pass through the opening of the door. Once inside, she straightened back up, putting her hands on my ears so she could start tugging on them for the hell of things.

Like I'd predicted, there were practically no people, and while I could see Axel, Roxas and Demyx hanging around the stage, they weren't set up to play music yet, leaving that to the stereo set for now.

"Hayner!" Penelo shouted, bouncing on my shoulders as she waved hectically at him, trying to climb down all at the same time. Rolling my eyes, I grinned and then plucked her off, setting her down so she could run over to him.

He looked up, surprise written all over his face as he came out from behind the counter to catch Penelo in a huge hug. Catching my eye over her shoulder, he raised an eyebrow. "This is a surprise. What brings you two out here? Did you forget something important?"

Walking over to him, I placed a quick kiss against his lips, allowing Penelo to push me away so she could keep him to herself for now. "No, nothing forgotten. Just wanted to surprise you." It hadn't been a planned out type trip. After I'd driven home Monday morning from his place, I'd gone about my routine the following days, waiting for Friday to go get Penelo and start my week with her. And then instead of driving back to the farm after having gotten her from Aerith's, I guess I'd just sort of kept driving... To Dublin. "I should have called, I'm sorry, it wasn't really planned."

He smiled. "No, no. It's fine. I haven't seen Penelo in ages. Come in. I'll just take a quick break and get you my key so you don't have to stay around here all night. Are you guys staying the night?"

"We're here for-" I swallowed my words. "Ah, yeah, the night, possibly the weekend, really depends on where you want us. I sort of forgot about Tidus' existence." I waved at said guy, who waved back, not too bothered by my comment. "We can find a hotel as to not make your apartment too crowded." I really should have thought all of this through...

Hayner stood up and let Penelo back on her feet, all the while with a thoughtful look on his face. "You know, I think we can kick Tidus out of the apartment this weekend, if you want. Or," Giving me a wink, Hayner dropped down to look Penelo in the eye. "We can bug my friend Roxas over there into giving us a discount at his parent's hotel. They have a pool and you'd even get your own room right next door to your dad's. How does that sound?"

Penelo grinned, "Which one is Roxas? I'll use my puppy dog stare on him."

Pointing him out, Hayner said. "The really spiky blond guy over there. Give him hell, kid."

Watching her skip over to the guys on the stage, I said, "Do remember to ask the question first so he knows why you're using the stare in the first place!" Spinning on her heel, she gave me a quick salute, and then went to do some damage.

"I'm not completely sure who she gets that from..." I muttered, turning to look back at Hayner. "I really didn't think this through. I should have called, or planned this out with you. I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm kind of not."

"God, you're really fucking adorable when you're spontaneous." Stepping into my space, Hayner slowly put his arms around my shoulders, running his fingers up into my hair and tugging on it to bring my face down to his. He smiled and gave me a simple but hard kiss before taking a breath and pulling back. "Ya know what? I'm gonna take the night off. Tidus owes me and I'm cashing it in. Sound good?"

"I love you." I blurted, my hands automatically coming around his waist. "I-" Licking my lips, I gulped, "That's why I'm here, to tell you that." Oh, good going Seifer, very romantic. "That I love you." I repeated, just to make sure I made a complete fool out of myself.

The corners of Hayner's mouth pulled back into a slow and gentle smile while his fingers continued playing with my hair. "That's actually really great to hear. Cause I've been in love with you for a while now. Wanna get out of here?" Leaning up, he trailed quick kisses along my jaw to whisper in my ear, "So I can at least show you how much I love you too?"

"Penelo Maria Roxanna Almasy!" Blinking out of my dazed look pointed at Hayner, we both looked back to see Axel laugh at Penelo, "I remember you! You were just a tiny baby last time we saw each other!"

"Tiny baby?" Roxas looked at Axel with an eyebrow raised. "How'd you see her then? Weren't you like, in middle school? And how do you even know her?"

"You're Reno's older brother!" Penelo exclaimed, jumping up the stage to try and grab Axel's red hair, by which she'd most likely identified him.

"Hey...I thought Reno was the older brother?" That was a pretty powerful glare that Roxas was giving Axel. "How old are you, exactly? And old enough to know better but young enough not to care is not an answer, Axel."

Axel's eye twitched before he nudged Penelo back in our direction, "Run. Run like the wind squirt, I've unleashed evil." He said dramatically, giving me a salute before turning his cringe back on Roxas, about to spill out the truth.

"Yeah... We should go." I muttered, giving Hayner a pointed look.

"Ah, man. I wanted to see the major event. Now all I'll get to see is the end result when they're back to lovey dovey tomorrow." Sighing in defeat, Hayner nodded to Tidus. "We're heading out. You alright back there?"

"Yep!" He popped the 'p', "And If I'm not, I'll call in Yuna and this place will clear out in less than ten seconds." Waving us off, he whistled his way into the reserve.

"Rox, we good on rooms?" Hayner called out, chuckling when Roxas flipped him the finger and nodded, without once taking his eyes off of his stammering boyfriend in front of him. Turning back to me, Hayner looped his arm around my waist and gave me a smile. "Well? We ready?"

I smiled, "Lead the way."

Hayner - two weeks later

Ripping my duffel bag off my shoulder, he kicked it out of our way once it hit the floor, using my back to close his front door harshly, his lips attaching onto my own hungrily.

"Fuck, fuck, so horny..." Seifer groaned, grabbing my hands so he could shove them up against the door, forcing me to stretch my body out before plastering his flush up against mine, his hard on grinding into my own. Well, I guess that meant that he'd still missed me. Smiling into his kiss, I tried to push back against him, gladly submitting to his attack, my own heart beginning to race as I had missed him something terrible. I was almost regretting moving to Dublin as the distance was just that small bit of annoying, but I felt like I would have missed out on a lot if I hadn't gone. And with Seifer willing to visit so often, it was doable.

"Couch, or fuck, bedroom." I tried to say against his mouth, and I wasn't sure if he heard me and with my arms pinned, I was literally his prisoner at this point. He pulled his head back, the dazed expression telling me he was slightly incoherent at this point.

"Blowjob!" He growled, dropping to his knees before me, he popped my pants button open, but before working the zipper down, he stood back up. "Mutual handjob, my dick can't take this." He changed his mind, opening his own pants, but stopping again as he leaned in to kiss my lips until I'm sure they bruised. "No, you deserve a blowjob." He backtracked, going down to the floor again, only this time he yanked my pants down at the same time, his mouth pressing hot wet kisses against my stomach.

Before I could really react to any of that, his fingers were already on their way to pulling my boxers down, and once my erection sprung free and I was impatiently waiting for his tongue to start working wonders on the tip of my dick, a knock interrupted us, leading Seifer to pull his head away. He frowned up at me all the while pushing my boxers back up over my nether regions.

"Who's there?" Seifer asked tentatively.

"Your mother. I can see you through that little window, you know. Pull your pants back up, Seifer Almasy."

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I bit out, shoving Seifer away and rapidly pulling my pants back up and buttoning them as quickly as I could. "I swear to God if you knew she was coming and didn't warn me, I'm cutting you off for a fucking month!" Hopefully my whisper was low enough that his parents didn't hear and I could feel my face growing hot.

"Jesus ain't nothing to do with what you were about to do, boy."

Seifer's eye twitched, "Dad?"

I mimed a slash across my throat. "Dead meat."

"It's ridiculous how often we've walked in on you over the years. We did teach you what curtains and locks are, right?" Seifer's father continued cheerfully.

The grimace on Seifer's face couldn't be described. "What the hell you two doing here?" He asked, nudging me aside so he could rip the front door open once he deemed us decent. A man and a woman in their late fifties were revealed to me, the woman short and round with the same blond hair Seifer had, while the man on the other hand was matching Seifer in height, shoulders nearly as broad and now I knew where Seifer's glare and grumpy behavior came from.

"We wanted to surprise you." His father said, leading his mother to giggle as she reached up to grab Seifer by the ears, pulling him down so she could plant a big, short, noisy kiss on his lips.

"Guess we surprised you all right." Moving away so his dad could greet Seifer properly, his mother walked over to me, pulling me into a quick hug. "He's a cutie." Reaching up, she pushed my hair to the right, instead of its usual left.

Pulling out of his Dad's bear hug, Seifer quickly walked over to us, pulling his mother away from me. "Mom, boundaries, personal space, we've talked about this, you can't maul my boyfriend whom you've not properly met yet, wait at least until he's given you his name."

His mother shushed him, "Considering I got to know his manly parts before the name, I think I'm entitled to rightening his hair all I want." Patting Seifer's dumbfounded cheek first before doing the same with mine, she then moved over to the kitchen. To say I was slightly uncomfortable would be an understatement. Here were Seifer's parents, people I'd had no intention of meeting in the near future and they'd walked in while their son was about to give me a blowjob. Now, horniness aside, even in a normal everyday circumstance I didn't like being surprised, and then add in the aborted sex, I was a tad annoyed. But, these were his parents.

I sighed internally, and put on my professional and polite smile. I'd make nice for a few minutes, and then hopefully be able to excuse myself on the pretense of being tired from the drive. Hopefully they wouldn't be too pushy or demand a whole lot from me. And the touching thing...not a big fan of that. I glanced at Seifer, silently asking him what the hell I was expected to be doing at this point.

I felt a large hand land on my shoulder. "We ain't gonna eat you." Looking over to Seifer's dad, the man grinned, whatever grumpiness visible before, momentarily gone. "My name is Sebastian, but Seb will do just fine. As for my grabby wife over in the kitchen, she's Anne." Taking my hand, he shook it. "What's your name?"

"Mom! Don't re-arrange my kitchen, you know I hate that!" Seifer exclaimed in a shriek that sounded a lot like a boy would at age 14 when their mother walked into their teenage bedroom. Then he quickly crossed the living room to stop her from ignoring him.

"You have no system in here, Seifer." His mother scolded, ripping the can of beans out of his hands. Frowning deeply, Seifer pulled it back out of her hands, clinging to it, which only led his mother to poke his side, tickling Seifer so he'd momentarily loose his stiff posture so she could retrieve to can of beans again. Stomping his foot on the ground, Seifer glared over at Sebastian.

"Dad! Do something!" My thirty year old boyfriend whined.

Ignoring his son, Sebastian pressed, "So, your name?"

"You are ruining my-"

Anne laughed softly, "Gosh, I sure did miss you, come give me a hug." I heard Seifer groan, but I figure he relented as the bickering stopped for now.

"My name is Hayner and it's nice to meet you." Giving him a polite nod, I shook his hand quickly and released it, wishing that Seifer hadn't abandoned me to fight with his mother in the kitchen. All I wanted to do at this point was retreat. Be it to my room here, back to Dublin, or hell, I'd go to Aerith's if need be. Anything to not be here right now. Thank goodness there wasn't even a glimmer of my earlier erection.

"Seifer!" His dad shouted, leading me to nearly jump out of my skin at the loudness of it. "Get your ass over here and take care of Hayner, he's clearly uncomfortable. Your mom and I know our way around the house." Leaving me to join his wife, Seifer seemed to listen without protest as he rushed over to me, grabbing my elbow so he could drag me with him up the stairs, passed Penelo's bedroom and the bedroom I used to sleep in when I'd been an au-pair, to go straight into his. Closing the door, he let out a huge sigh.

"I'm sorry, I had no idea they were coming or else I'd have given you a warning, or an escape route, something, anything!"

"It's...fine. I just, was not expecting this and I'm wondering if I should just head back to Dublin? Maybe come back next week instead?" That sounded so cowardly, and I could admit that to myself. But I hadn't thought I'd be meeting his parents this week. I was selfish enough to want Seifer all to myself in the pitiful time we could share alone together and I resented that time getting interrupted. Petty and immature, but hells, I was only 20. Maturity could wait till I was older. I wanted my fucking boyfriend naked with me on the bed, not making nice and polite with parents. Rubbing my hand over my face, I tried to smother my feelings. I could do this for Seifer. It wasn't the end of the world and I suppose I loved him enough to not act like a spoiled ass.

He surprised me by laughing at me, "You think they're going to let you leave?" Oh... "My mom is gonna play twenty questions with you whether I have a say in it or not." Dammit. "But-" Walking over to me, he framed my face, "They go to bed early," He waggled his eyebrows, "And they know I work, so they'll probably go and entertain themselves during the day. Also, they're not just here for me, they're going to want to spend time with Penelo."

I bit back a wince. More questions from people I didn't know. "Well, I guess if I have no choice." I smiled, but held up my hand. "But, depending on my mood, I wouldn't be expecting any 'fun' stuff while your parents are here. Just a heads up." I hadn't been comfortable doing anything when I'd stayed with Aerith and she had her own fucking wing. His parents would be down the hall. Not happening.

He raised an eyebrow, "Cause you think I'm going anywhere near your cock knowing my parents are next door? I was thinking we go out and be all Brokeback Mountain like and do it in the freaking hay in the stables."

"Humph. I'll think about it, perv." I leaned up to press a quick kiss to his lips, feeling a bit of tension drain out of me. When you love someone, it's expected to meet the parents at some point. And they did come all the way from California to see their son and granddaughter. "All right, let's head back downstairs. Get this over with." Nodding, he walked back out of the bedroom, making his way down the stairs and letting me follow after him. Once there, I noticed his parents had gotten themselves some coffee, already comfortably seated on the couch, both of them smiling when Seifer went to sit on one of the armchairs nestled in that same area as well.

"My hate of phones isn't that bad, you could have called." Seifer said, clearly not all that annoyed with it as he seemed very happy to have his parents here. "I don't have Penelo this week." He warned.

"I'll give Aerith a call tomorrow morning, see if she'll mind us coming over to see our granddaughter." Anne resolved easily.

"Is Hayner gone?" Sebastien asked, leading Seifer to shake his head and point at me behind them.

"Where would I go? My cars blocked in." I waved towards the driveway, a playful smile on my face. It's the best way to break the ice, right?

His mother frowned at me for a moment before looking back at Seifer, "You live in Ireland, keep telling us there is no way you'll be coming back to America, yet your boyfriend is American. How'd that happen?" Waving me over, Anne then smiled at me, the frown gone which also told me she didn't really care I wasn't Irish. "You can never keep things easy, can you?" She then added, grinning when Seifer just rolled his eyes at her.

Turning towards me then, she said, "Now let's skip the how you got here, because Seifer already told us how you two got together."

"He told you, not me, we don't talk about relationships." Sebastien butt in before grinning my way, "That wouldn't be manly."

Anne laughed, "But you ask questions about it once Seifer isn't on the phone anymore. Now," She turned back to me, "Do you have any questions about Seifer you know only a mother can answer?" She held up a hand, stopping Seifer from protesting before he even could.

Despite my immediate desire to completely exploit her knowledge, I didn't want to embarrass the guy too much. But I was curious about what he was like as a child. He hadn't talked too much about his childhood, but not because he didn't talk about it like me. There was just more recent stuff to talk about.

"Hmm, how about his first date? Or first girlfriend? Anything exciting happen there?"

Anne frowned, "Well, as far as serious relationships go? You and Aerith are the only ones he's mentioned. But!" She looked over at Seifer, who hung his head. "Me and Seb are the ones that told him he was gay. He didn't realize it yet. He had a very large crush on the boy living across from us. When he asked me who he should take to the prom, I suggested the boy. That's where it all spiraled downwards. Seifer was very angry with us for assuming he was gay." She shrugged, "I guess he just needed to knock up a girl and be forced into marrying her by her father to catch up with the reality."

"You make it sound so classy, mother." Seifer chuckled.

"She was nice enough to leave out the part where you become so impossible? We had to send you across seas to calm you down." Sebastien responded.

"What was the boy like?" I don't really know why I was fascinated by his earlier crushes, but it was just some morbid curiosity. Maybe I just wanted to see how I measured up.

Anne giggled, "Well, he's always had a thing for blondes."

A month or so later

"We need to talk..." Tidus repeated the line Seifer had thrown at me through an earlier call, leaving me frustrated ever since. My fellow bartender winced, "That can never be good. When Yuna said it to me? And I went to her place to find out what it was all about? She then went on to tell me I needed to read up on 'clitoris', and that if I didn't and wouldn't get a grasp on the location of it? It'd be the end of things."

"You are so stereotypically straight." Axel said, tossing his drink back.

"Dude, as much as your straight sex talk is the highlight of my day," I glared at Tidus, "I do not need to hear about how long it took you to figure out a girl's body. It just makes me sad for you." I vigorously wiped up the ring of water left by Axel's drink before turning my glare to him and slamming a coaster down before he could place his drink back. "And it wasn't so much the wording, it was the fact that suddenly, I know there is some issue, whether it's good or bad, that's going to be the whole reason for this visit. It's like, why even say that? Why not just show up, and then talk about something if need be. Now there's all this expectation and stigma attached to this visit, and I can't relax about it until the actual event takes place!" Roxas' eyes had grown wider and he gave me a knowing look as I slammed the rag back on the counter.

"Hayner, take it down a notch. You're acting like he's going to tell you he's pregnant. Which, last time I checked, is not possible for someone with a dick."

Axel chuckled, "Wouldn't that be funny though?" Wrapping his arms around Roxas, he pressed his laughing face against the blond's cheek, "Seifer pregnant... dear lord, that image is 'Saw' number-I-don't-know-how-many, material."

Ignoring Axel for the moment as he was clearly living in his crazy mind, I glanced at the clock and realized that despite feeling like my shift should be over; I saw I still had over half of it left. "Ugh. Fucking clock. I swear that thing goes slow on purpose."

Tidus suddenly started laughing, "Oh, hah! I get it. Saw, the horror movie." Reaching over the bar, he high fived Axel, clearly set on ignoring my mood.

"From all the stories you've told us about Seifer," Zexion started, surprising me that he was giving me a piece of what he was thinking, as he rarely participated in our conversations. "It's clear that he doesn't seem capable of handling serious situations with much grace. He avoided you instead of telling you he wanted to be with you, he told you 'bon voyage' when he heard your contract at Aerith's was going to end, instead of telling you he wanted you to stay, and... He drove all the way to Dublin without so much as a warning, daughter in tow, just to tell you he loves you. While that can be viewed as romantic, I should point out that it's not very graceful." Zexion shrugged, blowing the bang out of his face, "I doubt you need to worry."

I gave him a blank stare. "Actually, you've just proven that I need to worry as this is probably something big and he's trying to be spontaneous and romantic. Or he's not handling something serious with grace." I paused. "Well, maybe not worry per say, but this is definitely not some random thing. But then again I knew that already and he clearly stated 'We need to talk.' I think I might have to kick his ass."

Zexion looked over at Demyx, "I told you it was better for me to just not talk."

"Aww, I thought it was sweet that you were trying to calm down the crazy person behind the bar." Demyx used his fingers to push the hair away from Zexion's eyes, showing us all for one brief moment that he did in fact have two.

Tidus gagged, "Can you two ever not be sweet?"

Roxas snorted in his drink. "Yeah, right. You two have each other so whipped by now, I'm pretty sure you're 'kicking' of his ass isn't going to involve much 'kicking', if you know what I mean."

"Fuck off, Roxas. I'll bet you lasted 20 minutes of being mad at Axel for keeping his age, and then you two were back in the janitor's closet moaning for the next hour. And yes, we can all hear you."

Axel laughed, "I'd be upset if you couldn't. Loud Roxie, means satisfied Roxie."

I scrunched up my face. "Eww, just...fucking eww."

"Last time Seifer was in the bar I had to wait fifteen minutes before being able to get the beer I ordered." Zexion butt in, "Granted, the bar hadn't opened yet, so you weren't officially on duty, but at least Axel and Roxas have the decency to make out behind closed doors."

"Oh snap!" Tidus exclaimed, high fiving a reluctant looking Zexion.

I whirled on him, flicking him with the bar towel. "Shut up, 'clit' boy. I'm never going to let you live that down. In fact? I'll be sharing that story with each one of your kids and then their kids and so on."

Tidus didn't care, jumping out of my towels reach, laughing, "Don't do it, Hayner, cause I'll make sure to give back the favor. Seifer! Yes! Oh, god! Harder! Right there! Hmmmm!" Tidus jumped over the bar to avoid my hands that so dearly wished to choke him. Tears in his eyes because of all the laughter, he started making kissy noises, "Jesus Christ, don't stop, Hayner! Faster!" I suppose I could give him creative bonus point for lowering his voice a bit to imitate that of Seifer's, "Yeaaaah, baby! Uh! Uh! Uhh-" He stopped the crude hip movements as he bumped into someone, leading him to blink and whirl around. "Why's your timing always so freaking perfect?" Tidus squeaked at Seifer.

Seifer covered Tidus' face with his palm, pushing him out of the way. "I sound nothing like that." And then he walked over to me.

"Actually, you do. Only it's always a lot more creepy because you make it sound like a starving man given a steak dinner. I would think at your age you could show some restraint." Roxas smirked at Seifer, tipping his glass at him.

Seifer returned the smirk, "Send me a card when your balls finally decide to descend their way down, I'll need a warning for when your voice finally reaches puberty."

"All right, all right. Break it up you guys." I decided I should step in before Roxas launched himself at Seifer with no regard to the fact that Seifer could crush him in two seconds despite Axel sitting there. Leaning over the bar, I pulled Seifer in for a quick kiss, silently promising him something more the second I got off work. "I didn't think you'd be here till later."

"Practically no traffic." He explained. "Slow night?" He asked, all the while looking around the bar, seeing only a few tables occupied. I didn't need to respond, the fact that all my co workers slash friends were sitting at the bar instead of actually working answered his question for him. Turning back to me, he smiled apologetically. "It's only when I was already nearing Dublin that I realized I used the cliché 'we need to talk'. Hope I didn't freak you out too much."

"No, there was no freak out." At Roxas' amused snort, I shrugged and smiled. "There was some...slight concern, I'll admit. Nothing else though." That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I glared around at my co-workers daring them to contradict me. I was pleased when everyone but Tidus walked off to actually start working, and while Tidus moved back behind the bar, he allowed me and Seifer our personal space. Seifer licked his lips, taking a quick scan around the place again before sitting down on a barstool, reaching over so he could pull me close and give me another kiss. He was nervous...

"It's nothing bad, or at least, I don't think it is, I hope it's not in your eyes either." He started rambling. "I thought about it a lot and I wasn't sure how to go about it, but I figured you wouldn't be comfortable with a huge, extravagant setting." Gulping, he darted his eyes up to mine and then back to the bar. "Or maybe I'm just not comfortable with the extravagant. Anyway-" He groaned, reaching up to righten his hair. "Simple is always best, right?"

"Okay...maybe take a deep breath or something and start from the beginning." His nervousness was catching and I was racking my brain for any clue that he could have given me about what was about to happen. Reaching out, I gently touched his arm for reassurance. Smiling at the touch, he grabbed the hand, lifting it so he could press a kiss against my knuckles before releasing and sticking his hand into his jacket pocket.

"There's nobody else I'll ever want to be with." He murmured softly before sliding a small wooden box over the bar and into my hand he'd put there earlier. "I love you and want to make sure the world knows it." He added, a very faint blush covering his cheeks as he retrieved his hand, leaving the opening of the box to me. Oh. My. Hell. Suddenly the bar and patrons, hell even the fact there was a giant counter separating us, everything just disappeared and my entire being focused on that small box in my hand.

Was this really happening? Was there really a...ring inside that box? There had to be right? I mean, this was a proposal, I wasn't confused or imagining things? I gulped, thinking maybe I should stop going crazy in my head and actually open the fucking thing and find out. My hands were shaking as they lifted the box up in front of me, and my breath started coming faster as I gently pulled it open.

It was made out of wood, just a very simple wooden ring, no decorations besides the small SxH engraved into it. "I didn't want to go out on a limb and make the assumption I knew what kind of ring you'd like, so, this one is just... well," Seifer shrugged, licking his lips nervously, "We'll go get you one I didn't make out of a tree trunk in less than one evening. I just want you to be able to pick it yourself, but I also needed a ring to make my message come over clearly."

"You...made this?" I asked softly, still too stunned to put two and two together.

He chuckled, "Yeah, Cloud dragged me to the wood work shop down in Ennis' city center. They hold crafting nights for noobs twice a week." Oh shit. I could feel it happening again. That familiar tingle in my eyes, the tightening in my chest and my heart beating hard enough to jump out of my chest. The ring and box were blurred as the tears gathering in my eyes spilled over down my cheeks and I noticed that my mouth was wide open in a huge smile. I glanced up and looked at Seifer, trying to convey the happiness I was feeling but couldn't quite push past my lips.

He grinned, "And here you were trying to convince me you were some tough guy these last seven months." Taking the box and the ring, he then set the box aside, taking my hand so he could place the ring on my finger. "You want this, right?" He whispered, "I know I do."

I quickly nodded, still not able to actually speak, though I couldn't stop the pathetic hysterical giggle slash sob that escaped from me. I couldn't seem to stop shaking as he held my hand. Gulping, knowing that it would probably a good idea to say something, I managed to get a whispered, "I love you," out.

Laughing happily, he pressed his lips to mine, returning the 'I love you' all the while trying to kiss me silly as he pushed off the barstool to lessen the distance between us. "I'm sorry your friends are seeing you cry, I know you don't like public emotional displays." He breathed against my mouth, his hands framing my face as he couldn't seem to let go of me.

"I really don't care. They can all just be jealous that I'm actually going to get married. I can't believe it." I trailed off, concentrating on his lips wanting no space between us. Holy hell, I just wanted to take him to bed right now.

"Hmm, Hayner, I don't think we can do what you want to do here." He pointed out while taking a hold of my hand that was making its way down his chest.

"I think I'm taking the night off. I am not going to be able to keep my hands off of you..." I could feel myself starting to really react to him being in front of me. Seifer's lips parted, and a barely audible moan escaped him as this time he couldn't stop my hand from finding its way downwards.

"Tidus!" He barked, effectively pausing himself and me in the process. "Cover for Hayner and sleep at Yuna's tonight." He threw at my co-worker before pulling me out from behind the bar.

"What?" Tidus shrieked, not that willing to help us out.

Stopping in his tracks, Seifer shoved his hand in his pocket and pulled out thirty euros. "That should cover it." And then after throwing the money at Tidus, he continued on his way, dragging me along with him. I chuckled, my eyes constantly falling down to my hand to stare at the ring Seifer had given me. He'd made me a ring. And proposed. And I...wasn't freaking out. At least not in a bad way. I was excited, happy and that, more than anything, was a relief. Even the thought of moving back to Ennis if I had to seemed okay despite how much I loved Dublin. If I could just be with Seifer, I could handle it.

"You know, that's more than Tidus makes in tips by flirting with boys." I gently teased, perfectly happy that he'd done that.

Seifer grinned as he unlocked the door to his car, "Good, then I can say it wasn't a selfish act, but an act to spare some poor boys their hearts breaking over that idiot now that he won't need to flirt for tips for a while." I chuckled at that, knowing that it wouldn't be long before Tidus finally got his act together and settled down with Yuna. Then he'd have to stop flirting with the poor boys.

Now that I was away from the bar and my co-workers, I hesitantly turned to Seifer as we settled in the car and he started it. "Um, we've never really talked about this before. Are you sure? I mean, I love you and I do want this. But as far as I'm aware, I was completely shocked." Blindsided more likely.

Driving off, he nodded at me with a big smile on his face, "I know, it hit me by surprise as well. I had Penelo on the phone this morning and after she told me how all of her fifty plushies were doing, she asked me why you and I weren't married, and..." The smile grew, "I didn't know what to tell her, because all that I could think of was, why the hell aren't we married?" Reaching over, he laced his fingers through mine. "I am very sure about this, Hayner."

"Yeah." It must be the reaction to the ring on my finger as to why I was gazing at him like a lovesick puppy. I could actually feel my masculinity suffering as I just couldn't stop smiling at him. Before I knew it we were at my apartment, Seifer quickly parking and dragging me out of the car.

Making our way up the stairs, he said, "We're going to have some manly romantic sex to make you feel better about the gooey way you're looking at me. It's like when you get drunk," His voice amused as he guided me over to my door, wrapping his arms around me from behind as he kissed my neck while waiting for me to unlock and open, "you regret it in the morning."

"It's only because you won't let me live it down in the morning." I sniffed at him disdainfully as I tried to concentrate on digging my keys out. "And I still maintain that I don't 'snuggle' you." I shivered as his breathe tickled the back of my neck, my pants starting to feel ridiculously tight already because of his proximity.

One of his hands found its way underneath my shirt, his fingers sliding up to tease my nipple. "But I kind of like it that you 'snuggle' me." Biting down gently onto my earlobe, he pressed his body against mine, his hard on nestling comfortably against my behind.

"Fuck, open already!" I snapped, feeling triumphant when the lock finally yielded to my key so I could drag my boyfriend...fiancé inside and get naked.

Seifer

Pushing Hayner inside, I spun him around, grabbing a hold of his face so I could kiss him fiercely, using my foot to kick the door closed. He wanted to marry me... He was right; we'd never spoken of it before, which is why I'd had no clue when it came to his opinion on the matter. But he wanted this as much as I did. He'd gotten all touchy feely the way he does when he gets overwhelmed, which I found really rather cute.

Although the cuteness was being smothered by the great amount of hotness that was being produced by both me and him right now. Reaching down, I quickly undid his pants, grinning against his mouth as he didn't skip a beat and went and started removing mine as well. Of course our shoes got in the way, so after an annoyed growl, I somehow managed to find the will to detach myself from him, pointing his way to just get rid of his clothing and shoes himself while I did the same, as it would go faster that way.

Once both naked, I caught a hold of him again, his arms around my neck while mine went around his waist, our kiss harsh as I began walking him backwards, guiding him to his bedroom, which at this point? Having spent many weekends here? I didn't need the light anymore to know where the hell his bed was at.

One of his hands snaked up into my hair, running his fingers through it like he loved to do when we had sex. His moans were becoming more desperate sounding the closer we got to his bedroom, till finally as the back of his knees hit the mattress, he let out a whine, pulling me so that I fell on top of him.

Appreciating the feel of him naked against me, I slowed the kiss down just a bit, wanting to bask in the lovey dovey of it all. "By marrying me I'm not asking you to leave Dublin." I whispered out in a soft pant, letting my hands trail down his sides. "I want us to spend time both here and in Ennis equally." Nudging his knees apart, I grabbed one of his thighs, guiding his legs around my waist as I pushed against him, moaning into his mouth.

Not really waiting for him to respond to what I'd said, knowing that my following action would most likely stop him from doing so, I let my hand slip down and between his legs, using the pad of my thumb to tease his entrance. His arms tightened around my neck, his hips pushing off the bed in a way that led me to groan in pleasure as he created firmer friction. As I started to get a little lost in the horniness of it all, Hayner sort of brought me back to reality as he pushed the lube bottle into my free hand. Smiling, I trailed some kisses down his neck, paying attention to his skin there all the while coating my fingers with some lotion above his head before letting my hand go down between his legs again, and this time I didn't tease, but pressed the finger inside of him.

"Ungh, that feels so good, you have no idea." He groaned out, his body pushing back onto the finger as his fingers gripped my hair slightly tighter.

I chuckled against his skin, "I do actually, you make sure to remind me regularly so I don't get the chance to forget." Moving my head down, I tongued his nipple gently, taking my time with the fingering, enjoying dragging things out and driving him to the edge but not completely over it on numerous occasions. While he tended to complain through a moan with the occasional smack on the shoulder for punishment because of my teasing, I knew he loved it.

By the time both our skins were starting to get sticky with sweat and he was groaning loudly at the feel of three fingers working their way in and out of him, I moaned in thanks when he pulled himself away, fingers slipping out of him all the while handing me condom. Kissing his lips quickly, I pulled away so I could sit up and work the rubber down my length.

"You know the dragging out thing is as much torture for me as it is for you, right?" I panted.

"Liar. You do it so I'll beg." He gasped back at me, trying to glare through his arousal.

Grinning, I leaned back over him, not wasting any time as I pressed the tip of my erection into him. "Maybe that's a little true..." I moaned as I pushed deeper into him. "Ah fuck..." I panted, planting random kisses onto his mouth as I gripped his hip with one hand to keep steady.

"Hurry up, already!" Without waiting, he grabbed my hips and pulled, all the while pushing down with his, forcing me to enter him faster. "Fucking finally...' He murmured, eyes closed as he adjusted.

"Uh!" Eyes rolling into the back of my head, I rolled over, pulling him along with me without slipping out of him. Once he was sitting on top of me, I pinched his nipple until he slapped my hand away. "How many times have I told you not to do that impatient, bump, shove and grind in less than three seconds? Brings me real close to coming and had that happened, your time of day wouldn't have seen sunlight because you know how useless I am after that."

"Don't care...can't care right now." And he started moving, one hand on my chest to steady himself, the other reaching down to wrap around his erection, slowly stroking himself in time to his riding movements. "Make a note and I'll file it away."

"Fucking hot." I bit out, smacking his hand away so I could work him myself, pushing my hips off the mattress, thrusting up in time to meet his. Licking my lips, I let my head fall back on the pillow, watching him as we continued to move in sync. Smiling, I grabbed his hand with my free one, bringing it up to my lips to kiss his knuckles, my finger sliding over the ring afterwards.

"I'm not even trying to last." He gasped out, locking eyes with me, letting me see as he was ready to tip over the edge into coming. Leaning forward suddenly, using his free hand to brace himself on the bed, he suddenly started to really pound himself on me, while his moans grew louder.

I didn't even get a warning or any of the kind. "Holy-" Sitting up, I roughly attached my lips to his as I was blind sided by the orgasm that ripped its way through, my hand still pumping him quickly as the aftershocks led me to practically bounce him on my lap. I felt his release on my hand, and he panted against my lips, still shivering from the event. 'I love yous' were whispered over and over against my lips, with an occasional, 'I love having sex with you' to make me chuckle. His body started to loosen in post orgasmic bliss.

Moving my hands around his shoulders, I held him against me, one hand in his hair as he relaxed, pressed to me entirely, his muscles seemingly no longer in working order for the moment. Laying us back in the bed, I pressed several kisses to his forehead, cheek, and corner of the mouth, sighing contently as I held him to me.

When we were both reaching that cozy state of almost asleep, I breathed in, my hands moving to rub his back gently. "I wanna get an apartment here in Dublin, for us, that way we can live here when I don't have Penelo, and I'll work on the farm's paperwork from there, and when I do have Penelo, I'll go to the farm, be with her and take care of the place in person." Kissing his temple, I pushed the hair out of his face. "I don't want you to feel obliged to move to Ennis with me during those weeks that I'll be there, but I'm hoping you will. You think Marluxia will hire you part time instead of full?"

His smile was blissful and he nodded. "He better be okay with it. Cause I don't think that I could be happy without you around as much as possible." He reached to the side and grabbed a few tissues, wiping us clean quickly and arranging himself in his preferred sleeping position, his head on my chest with one arm thrown over to hold on. "We can start apartment hunting first thing tomorrow." He mumbled.

I smiled, "You un-complicate me, Hayner, and it's awesome."

THE END

A/N: Yup, the end. Just a bit sappy, but what can ya do. Next story features alot of people from this one:D I look forward to it!