Battle Of Egos
Author: Qevna
I don't own the characters. They are property of Square Enix Co, LTD.
Chapter 2 Ending summer
Morning cleared up to be a one of the coolest mornings for a while. Temperature had fallen below +5 degrees Celsius so every student and teacher had put on something warmer than just their normal uniforms. Quistis Trepe, warmhearted instructor and a teacher of Balamb Garden, was wearing a long red-orange striped scarf that matched nicely to her black uniform and red tie. Carrying a black notebook, she headed to classrooms. As she entered, she was welcomed with a loud snoring. A sigh escaped her full lips while she walked to the front desk.
"Ahem! Good morning students!" She said in a loud tone, but the snoring continued and was followed with a couple chuckles from the other students. Whispers, pointing and laughs lasted until Trepe ordered everyone to be quiet. She stepped front of the guy sitting on the first row and tightly grabbed his earlobe.
"Mr. Dincht, this is the SeeD Garden, not an kindergarten with naptimes and cookies!" With that Zell woke up yelling to Quistis to stop his torturing.
"I'm wake, I'm wake!" Quistis let go and started talking as she walked back to her desk.
"Good. Now that mister Dincht has finally stopped disturbing my class, we can start. Open your computers so that you can test your skills with the latest SeeD exam. Remember, this is only a test and it will point out what you guys still need to study before the actual exam. And I need to remind you, the exam is in a three days so start studying and if you have questions, I'm here to help out." She finished the instructions and sat behind her desk to oversee the students.
Zell rubbed his sore and a bit pinkish earlobe. He tried his best to concentrate to the task in hand but constant yawning disturbed him. Last night he had stayed up until 3 a.m. beating up the monsters in Training Center. It had been very calming but now he regretted it.
Biting his fingernail, he tried to figure out which answer was right to the question number 2 but thoughts about Seifer made it impossible for him to think straight. Why Seifer has to be constantly in my mind? This is so frustrating. What the hell is wrong with me? A loud bang got a few students to look at his direction but they didn't spare another glance to him as they learned that there were only five more minutes left to do the test.
Quistis got up and roamed around the classroom to check how students were doing. When she got behind Zell she was perplexed.
"This is new to you Zell, you usually do well in the tests "she muttered, "Is something wrong? " She sat next to the blonde looking him with a worried expression on her face.
"I'm fine Quis. I'm just a bit tired." The blonde replied running his fingers through his hair. "Do you mind if I go see Dr. Kadowaki? I'm not feeling well."
"Go ahead. But that doesn't mean that you can slack off. You have to pass this exam if you want to graduate in time. "The older woman reminded him sharply but gave him a small pat on the back. "If you need to talk, you know where to find me." She added.
Zell nodded before he picked up his stuff and headed off.
Zell had just stepped through the doorway to Dr. Kadowaki's office as he bumped into Seifer. The taller guy smirked as he noticed the fighter.
"Seems like you can't keep your hands off me after all." he said and winked, but the comment didn't bright up Zell's day.
"It's not always about you Seifer. I'm here to see Dr. Kadowaki." He replied eyeing Seifer from under his eyebrows. That guy had something fascinating in him that Zell didn't quite understand and couldn't put a finger on what it was. Something… that was exciting and different. The fighter's eyes got clouded and dark as he got lost in his thoughts, completely missing that Dr. Kadowaki had come to the door and was now calling Zell by his name.
"Chickenwuss, stop daydreaming about me. It's your turn." Seifer slapped the blonde's butt and laughed as embarrassed Zell followed the doctor to her office.
Back to Seifer's dorm room, the knight laid down to his bed taking out a notebook from under his bed. Yawning he opened it and started going through the notes from yesterday's SeeD's class. He had never liked studying and this time wasn't an exception. Slowly he scanned the pages, but nothing recorded to his mind. Angrily he threw the notes to the floor and turned to lie on his right side.
Zell has become immune to my mocking. I can't get a reaction out of him this way. Every time I try, he just ignores me or is lost to his own thoughts. Sighing the knight rubbed his forehead and started thinking a new strategy to get Zell's attention. What if… I need to ignore him too…
Then it hit him.
"That's it! Now I know what I have to do!" He jumped up from his bed and grabbed his phone from the small metallic table that stood right in front of his large double bed. He dialed a short number. The phone only rang twice and Seifer was greeted by a husky voice.
"You called to the hottest sex line of all Balamb. Ladies for free, gentlemen… Well let's talk about that later, shall we?"
" Cut of the slack off Irvine and get your sorry ass in here."