From A to Z

by WishingDreamer5

Not in a zillion years had he thought that he would admit it to himself, but there might be a small chance that he was...in love with her. It was pretty pathetic and he'd rather die than tell anyone, but he couldn't fight it anymore. She'd found the way to his heart... -26 Squinoa snippets about their complex relationship, with the letters of the alphabet as a prompt.

9. Indifferent

~ He may have seemed all tough and indifferent from the outside, but when Rinoa had mentioned Seifer, she saw something flicker in Squall's eyes. ~

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I. - Indifferent

"I see," Squall said, nodding briefly, after a short silence.

After that, he looked away.

He may have seemed all tough and indifferent from the outside, but when Rinoa had mentioned Seifer and how she had spent her summer with him, she saw something flicker in Squall's eyes. Something that she couldn't quite place, since she had seen it for the very first time.

Was it hate? Surprise? Anger?

Sorrow? Pain? Disbelief?

Maybe something else? Or all of the aforementioned things?

Rinoa was sure she hadn't made it up, and it hadn't been because of the lights, either. She didn't know for sure what it was, but it worried her, to the point of staying awake late at night and wondering if she had done the right thing telling him. But if she hadn't told him now, he might have found out soon in a not so pleasant way. So this was better, right?

She could never be sure of what was going on inside that handsome head of her new crush. Whatever it was, he knew how to hide it well from her, deliberately or not.