OMG I'm soooo sorry I haven't been on. School has been sucking the life out of me and I finally finished it this morning.

[/bows] I am deeply sorry to those that have read this and kept up with it.

I told you guys I'd update sooner!!!! Well it wasn't as soon as I thought

Again thank you everyone who has reviewed and I'm sorry to make you wait.

(BTW) I finished 358/2 days. If you haven't played it yet. Steal it from someone who has it and play it. It's great I personally loved it!!!!!

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"Hey Blondie."

You have to be kidding me. There was no way this was happening. Rai and Fuu hadn't been walking from Seifer's apartment, they had been walking from my own house. It wasn't fair, how the hell did my mom know Seifer anyway, he didn't seem like the kinda guy to go up to someone's door and say 'Hi, I saved your son, remember?' though that did leave for a very interesting metal image. I must have been gawking because my mother appeared and put on her what the hell are you doing Hayner? look. Her eye hardened and I finally decided to take the bait.

"Hey, Seifer." I said threw clenched teeth. He seemed pleased with this and stepped back as I walked into the kitchen.

"We were expecting you a bit earlier Hayner." My mother said putting a pot on the table. "The rice has gone cold." Expecting!? just how long had Seifer been here. Kicking off my shoes in the front room I stopped in the kitchen. The table looked nicer then normal and the chair where dad usually sat in was now a crossed from mine. Just plain effin' wonderful.

"Sorry, I got…..held up with school stuff." I said, it was partially true, I was at the school. Though now I wished I had gone with Olette and Roxas to go school shopping.

My mom didn't answer just waved her hand for us to sit. I slid into my chair and Seifer sat in his, a small smirk playing his lips. I wasn't sure but he seemed a little be more happy then what he should have been. It wasn't all that funny. I still wanted to know how he got in contact with my mom. Outside the dinning room I could hear my mom play around with a few pots and I could hear the clanking of glasses. It would be a bit before she got back. Did I mention how plain wonderful this was. It was kinda like drowning.

"So, how'd you end up here?" I asked looking at the Bennie clad boy.

"I was just walking down the street and she saw me and recognized me." Seifer said, a bit of poison in his voice. He leaned on the table and looked straight at me. Sapphire blue eye's pricing mine. I had never really noticed how blue his eyes really were. It was nice, like a mix of Destiny island blue and….wait what was I thinking. Frowning I sat back in my chair and didn't say anything.

"You boys hungry?" My mom called from the kitchen.

On instinct both of us called "yeah" and Seifer smirked and I found myself slightly chuckling, Away from the crowd and the hatred from My gang and Rai and Fuu I found that I couldn't be as mad at Seifer, unlike Rai. I could only assume Fuu and Seifer knew that our first meeting was accidental. We had only ever fought from that day on cause of our groups. Or at least that was my thought pattern, Seifer had gone back to a slight frown, the small moment was gone and I was sure that he still thought I had forgotten.

"Remember, I asked where you….."

"Dinner!" My mom called walking in and putting a pot of steaming curry on the table. Despite the fact that Seifer was now looking intently at me as though waiting for me to answer, the curry smelt good and I couldn't help but feel my mouth water. "It's nice to have more people at the table, next time we should have all your friends over Hayner?"

"Yeah." I said smiling taking a bite of curry. Though I could hardly see Roxas, Pence and Olette being able to eat at the same table as Seifer. There was a slight pause and the next question from my mom meant that Seifer had net been at my home as long as I had thought.

"It only seems like yesterday that I was watching you boys playing outside with Sora and his brother. How have you been Seifer?"

"Good, working and such." He said giving his what every teen would call the I'm-talking-to-other-peoples-parents smile. However I saw him looking at me as though waiting for the revelation of a lifetime on my face. Too bad for him he'd missed it.

"Really, where are you working?" My mom asked taking a sip from her drink.

"At the 7 11 down the street." He said shrugging. "It's an okay job, My boss just had to fire girl for stealing make-up though." He said rolling his eyes at the very idea of stealing makeup.

My mother made a clicking noise with her tongue and bit her lip. "Is your boss looking to hire?" She asked. I instantly nearly chocked but masked it up very well. I hope she wasn't aiming for what I thought she was.

"He's thinking about it." Seifer said shrugging.

"Hayner maybe you could get a job there, it's close enough and you could make some extra pocket money."

Yep she was. I laughed a bit. "Ha, yeah. I'll go see after school starts." I said praying deeply that she would forget.

There was a bit of silence for a while before my lack of knowledge on how Seifer was sitting there finally snapped. "So, how'd you run into each other?" I asked casually.

"I saw Seifer walking towards the apartment and he said hello to me." My mom said. I looked over at Seifer and he gave a smirk that said told you so. "He then told me he knew you." She finished. "It took a me a bit before I recognized the scar, Hayner, honey you never told me Seifer lived here or I would have invited him sooner." She said as though I had known all along that I knew who Seifer was. Seifer on the other hand gave a small chuckle and I could see he was half glaring at me and half trying not to laugh.

"Sorry, guess I just forgot." I said; however, that might not have been the best choice of words as Seifer's eyebrows narrowed.

"Oh well. It just seems so long ago. I remember you two getting along so well. You pouted for a couple of days Hayner after the accident, do you remember how you had wanted to thank Seifer. It was soo cute, your broken arm and leg just sitting on the couch." My mom said.

The memory hit me hard and I could see Seifer smirking. My face began to redden and I put down my fork. Why was it parents always chose the wrong time to say these things.

"Really?' Seifer said slightly laughing with my mom. "Leon was planning to go back the next summer but I had moved here that year. I could have gone back and visited you." He said causing my mother to smile. I'm sure it was all a ploy and it was starting to piss me off. I rarely really got embarrassed but this was the worst.

The rest of the dinner went a bit more relaxed. My mother went on a bit of a rant about the tram system which Seifer began to give a bit of insight on. The rest was set in small talk about the city and silence. By the time the food was gone I began to feel happier and my mom began to help clear the table which I stood up to help and Seifer who as I have found out did not want to feel useless and began to help also.

"Ready for school?" Seifer said sitting on the couch next to me after the table had been cleaned and my mom was now in the kitchen making some surprise for dessert.

"No." I said leaning back in the couch brining one leg up and hugged it. It's was kinda feminine but it was a habit I hadn't broken.

Seifer laughed a bit but stayed silent for a while as some commercials came on. "Guess I have to go back to hating you." He whispered. At first I thought I hadn't heard it, but after a while I was sure that I had heard it.

"You didn't hate me today?" I asked finally. I didn't look at him but I could see him tense a bit, but he lightly sighed and opened hit mouth to talk just as my mother walked in and I could feel him smirk.

"How do you boys feel about brownies?" My mom asked placing the tray on the coffee table.

The two of us sat up at once and I could see Seifer trying deeply to look cool but the smell of warm brownies was filling the room. It was nice. It wasn't often my mother baked

'Thanks mom." I said, she smiled and turned and left the room. I thought about asking if she was going to have any but Seifer had already cut into the pan and handed me a piece.

"So…?" I said looking right at him.

"So what? better hurry cause I have to go home soon." He said roughly and took a bite out of his piece.

I was taken aback.. His face had gone back to what I'd known it to be, he was the mean arrogant Seifer I'd known all summer.

"uh...never mind." I said looking at my own piece of brownie. This seemed to hit him, he kept his trademark smirk and narrow eyes but they seemed to soften just a little as he looked over at me.

"Why do you want to know?" He asked looking at me. Turning and leaning his elbow on his knees so he could see me. I could feel my face heat up just a bit.

I guess I wasn't going to get an from him anytime soon, so instead I went with what I was going to say before my mom waltzed in with brownies "Ok. Well it's late by a couple years, but, thanks." I said.

He stopped a bit and sat back. Picking out his cell phone he looked at the time, roughly stuffed the cell phone back and stood up. "I'd better go. See you at school Chikenwus." he said

"Oh, okay." I said, returning my gaze to the brownie. Well he didn't have to be a jerk about my apology. Sure it was late and all. I saw out of the corner of my eye Seifer get up and walk away. I heard my mother give the usual, "Came back again, and don't be a stranger."

Sighing I sat back into my chair and dropped my leg to the ground. It hit something and at first I thought it was the remote control when I groped around the ground for it. Pulling it into my gaze, it wasn't the remote control, it was Seifer's cell phone, it must have fallen out of his pocket when he stood up. Jumping up, I jogged out to the front door and opened it. Closing it so my mom didn't notice I turned and saw Seifer walking just out passed the first house.

"Seifer!"

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