Disclaimer – I am a poor college student. How could I possibly own FF8?
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Squall woke up to the sight of flowers and Rinoa. His head was in her lap and she was smiling down on him with a particularly lovely expression on her face. Not really thinking about what he was saying, Squall commented on how lovely she looked and then blushed. Fortunately, he was rewarded with an even brighter smile, an attractive flush on her cheeks, and a relieved laugh.
"Welcome back to the world of the living," Rinoa teased, though there was a definite seriousness behind her words. "When I saw you lying there in Time Compression, I was so worried…"
Sitting up slowly, Squall offered Rinoa a tentative smile and was relieved when she responded positively. "I saw the past. I went back to when Edea was still running the orphanage and saw Ultimecia pass her powers on to Edea. But I couldn't seem to find my way to the present. I'm lucky you found me."
"I knew you hadn't found your way back," Rinoa admitted. "I don't know how I knew… I could just feel that you were still there. It was if I was drawn to you. Once I found you, though, I thought of this place. I figured that you would want to go home."
Looking around at the field of flowers and the orphanage just beyond the field, Squall had to admit he felt more of sentimental tie to this place than to the Garden. Really, though, it was the presence of the girl in front of him that made him feel like he was home. Looking right into Rinoa's warm, chocolate colored eyes, Squall made a decision. It was time to tell Rinoa how he felt… that he had fallen in love with the crazy girl who'd dragged him on the dance floor the night he made SeeD.
A/N – And the next day at the party he tells her and then kisses her. Aww… :)