A/N: HOLY SHIT! I AM SOOO SORRY FOR MAKING THIS CHAPTER ARRIVE LATE!! D: I STRONGLY APOLIGIZE!! I REALLY HOPE THIS IS WORTH THE LONG WAIT :( Mostly, I really hope I didn't lose you guys out there.
Disclaimer: ....you know what I don't own......fine....I don't own final fantasy 8 nor the characters. They all belong to Squaresoft. There! Happy now?XD
Chapter 5
It was an early, yet beautiful Saturday morning. The sun was peeking out of the horizon of Balamb, showing off it's morning beauty. Because it's only eight o'clock in the morning, Balamb Garden wasn't as crowded as it would be during school hours. Minus the students who were sleeping in, everyone is taking a break from studying and training for the big field exam and they've all decided to do something fun with their friends for a change.
Squall, on the other hand, has better things to accomplish. If anyone were to be looking for him during the weekend mornings their first bet would be in the Training Center. Unfortunately for Squall, there wasn't as much monsters to slay this morning. Allot of them are either still asleep or maybe just acting like lazy bums.
"Why do I even bother coming here in the mornings?..." he groaned looking around to fine not one creature lurking about, "This is just a waste of time." Well, what could you expect? It's Saturday morning.
He sigh deeply as he gently ran this gloved hand through his floppy brown hair. He felt rather a bit depressed, which of course, it had to do with last night. When he saw Rinoa was about to be devoured by that T-Rexaur he had never felt that shocked or scared like that in his life. Just seeing her standing right in front of such a enormous beast made his time fly by in complete slow motion. He could had sworn he had heard his own heart beating against his chest, threatening to burst out.
Now, he's questioning himself 'why'. Why did he felt so protective around her and how could he just leave her stranded at the Training Center when he just saved her life? Thinking of that now made him feel so regrettable.
"Am I...really that in l-"
"Hi" came a soft and gentle voice from behind which brought back Squall to the real world again.
He immediately turn around and saw Rinoa with her Pin Wheel strapped on her arm. Just standing there she looked like a glowing angel who touched down from heaven. She was wearing a lightly-fitted sky blue hoody with her favourite black tank-top underneath. She wore a pair of blue jeans and her favourite black boots like she did yesterday. However, her raven locks stood out the most. It looked a lot more radiant than yesterday.
"Listen," she breathed as she approached closer to him, "I'm sorry about last night..."
She waited for him to respond but he only continue to stare down at her. His face was emotionless as if he didn't understood what she was talking about.
"You know," she continued, "That I've...made you ran off like that. I feel really bad about it and I want to make it up to you." Rinoa bowed her head with a somewhat guilty expression on her face. Of course, Squall took notice of that.
"No, it wasn't your fault." She look up at him in surprise, even though she still had that sad expression masking her face. "I'm the one who should be apologizing..." he admitted.
Her eye's widen. "Why?"
"Because...you know....I've shouldn't have left you like that after saving you from the T-Rexaur."
She stared into his icy blue eyes. She couldn't tell what emotions were being held captive inside, but, what she could tell is that they're just begging to be set free. They're just so...mysterious.
Soon, an occurred silence took over between the young teens. Neither one of them didn't know what to say or what to do next.
"Well...," Rinoa broke the silence, "I guess I'll go now." She studied his eyes one more time before beginning her walk towards the exit, still keeping her Pin Wheel ready just in case.
"Wait." Squall called out, only providing enough volume for Rinoa to hear.
She stopped suddenly and shyly turned her body to looked at him, waiting for him to speak.
Unfortunately, he hesitated. He did not know what came over him to do that since he doesn't have a good enough reason. It seems that he doesn't want her to leave his sight.
Just like a light bulb that has been switched on he came up with an idea, which he isn't a big fan of but it will have to do.
"Since we're already here," he began while he walked a bit closer to Rinoa, "Why don't we just start training?"
She looked up at him with her cute chocolate brown eyes. Okay, she was not expecting that. Soon, she could feel her cheeks heating up to a shade of pink, or so it feels like that to her.
She wanted to answere back to him but found out that her voice refuses to come out.
"Rinoa?"
"Yeah. Alright." she blurted out as if her voice was given a huge kick boost. They exchanged looks and began their way to the student training area as he briefly went over on what they were going to do.
Once there, Rinoa stood on one side, like Squall had told her to, where he stood opposite from her. Basically, Squall just wanted to see how well Rinoa is in battles and what may need some approving.
Still keeping their eye's set on each other they raised there weapons into the proper battle position, signaling each other they're ready.
After a split moment, he lunged forward at her, but, he was very cautious to aim the left or right side of Rinoa so he wouldn't accidentally lay the blade on her.
With speed of light, Rinoa raised her Pin Wheel in front of her and released a barrier that reflected his gunblade away. The blade made a clashing sound when it made contact and it bounced off his hand.
"Not bad." Squall compliment, but it was emotionless.
"Thanks." She replied, yet with more delight.
The next test has to do with Rinoa shooting some targets which were nailed to rows of large trees. She thought she was going to flunk this part but she actually got a terrific one hundred percent. She even performed a fantastic display by knocking down six of the targets off the tree at the same time in one, single launch from her Pin Wheel, which really impressed Squall. But of course, he didn't show it.
The next part has to do with being ready for any surprising attacks. What Squall is going to do is try to sneak up on Rinoa and try to attack her from behind while she is just standing there, minding her own business. If he were to reach her from behind and she doesn't attack, he will automatically stop himself and get her to try this part again. Fortunately, she sensed him coming from behind and she displayed a roll-dive and got out of the way just in time.
Feeling a bit more confident, Squall moved Rinoa up to the next stage level. This part consists of killing low level monsters and working her way up from there. No T-Rexaur's required! Aside from all the few minor cuts and bruises, Squall thought she did excellent.
"Well?" she questioned as she approached him, slightly panting. "How did I do?"
He nodded once. "You did great."
Hearing those words made a smile come out of Rinoa's features. "Yes! I'm ready for the exam!"
One Hour Later
The two young teens have been walking around the non-affected-monster-area after an incredibly long hour of training in complete silence. The only sound that could be heard was their foot steps, making dirt patching sounds as they made contact. To Rinoa, she found it quite rare that she actually got Squall to walk along with her by her side. She's was thinking this could be a great time for him to open up towards her more; but how?
Recalling on what Zell had told her the other day Squall had dug himself in this great deep hole and no one doesn't have the longest robe to to pull him out and it's been his home for so manys years. Sadly, he could care less.
Well, it looks like she'll have to start off small and work her way up like what you're suppose to do with things in life. If he could train her, then she could very well train him to open those doors to the people around him.
Still walking she peered up towards him, thinking on what is she's going to say. She doesn't want to say anything that will drive him to run off like he did the other night. He may had apologize about that but she wasn't going to take any chances.
Taking a quiet deep breath, she proceeded on her assignment.
"So..." she casually said, not wanting to show where she's getting at, "What are you planning on doing all day?"
"Nothing." he answered, not taking his eyes off on what lies before him.
"Oh, alright." Rinoa bowed her head as she tried desperately to think what else to say. First try and he's already making this complicated for her.
She looked around her surroundings, wishing that she could see something that could be easily grasp onto for a good topic. She needs to free some words out of his mouth. They're just begging to be release!
She raised her head when she thought of something to talk about with him. Let's just keep our fingers crossed for this.
"...How long did you had your sword for?" Rinoa asked. Okay, it may not be the best question of all times but it's worth a shot.
"It's not a sword," Squall simply corrected as he changed his gaze to Rinoa, "It's a gunblade."
"Oh. It sure is impressive." She compliment, admiring the engraving that adored the blade with great pride. "But how long did you'd had it for?"
"Where is she getting at?" he didn't know what she was playing here but he answered her anyway. "...I guess when I started getting better in battles so I was probably...fourteen or so years old..."
"You must have felt really great about yourself to be awarded with such a cool weapon like that. You must be Balamb's greatest gunblade specialist!" she giggled. The sound of Rinoa's soft and velvet laughter made Squall feel warm inside. Her voice is like the gentle sounds of angels, singing from the heavens.
"I guess so."
"So far, so good!"
Seconds have past since another silence took over them, but, it didn't last long like the one before had.
"Hey!" she piped up like a bright light bulb being turned on, "I've heard of this place called the Secret Area and I'm just curious on what it looks like..." she was excited at first but for some reason, she just trailed off.
He waited for her to finish, knowing she wasn't quite done yet. But all she did was stare down at her feet, feeling quite embarressed on asking this question but this should hopefully start knocking down the fortress that he'd build around him.
"So I was wondering if you could take me to that place and...show me around?..." At that conclusion she could feel her cheeks heating up into a soft shade of red. Sure, she wants somebody to show this secret area but asking Squall to do so will probably result him to say something along the lines of no and storm out of the Training Center, ditching Rinoa.
As expected, he was shocked.
He doesn't know why but something tells him that he should bite the bullet and just go for it. The other half of him however, says 'don't even go there'.
Inside, Rinoa began panicking when he was dead silent. "Oh no! What have I just done?!" If only she could tell what is racing around his mind.
"Any moment now." She waited for him to abandon her again.
"I...guess so. Sure..." The words litterly slipped from his tongue. Now, it was his cheeks turn to heat up.
"Dammit!" he cursed, "What have I've now got myself into!?"
She looked up with a delighted expression on her face and her excitement level began to rise.
"Great! C'mon, let's go!" Without waiting for him to reply, she grabbed his free hand and led him to the top part of the Training Center. Yes, she knows where the Secret Area is located but she believes it would be a good idea to to get someone to tell her some of the pros and cons.
His cold eye's widen when she had grabbed his hand and began hauling him from behind. He stumbled at first, not expecting what was coming, but he managed to regain his balance.
His mind was entirely blank. He couldn't bring himself to pull away from her grasp. All he did was stare at his hand being clutched onto her slender hand.
When they've reached their destination, Rinoa stopped and gazed at what lies before her, still having her hand wrapped around his.
Squall tried to get his hand free but it seems each time he attempts to do so she tightens the grip more.
Snapping out of La-La Land, she peered down and realized what she was holding. Her eye's widen in thunderstruck as she quickly released his hand.
"I'm sorry!" she quickly apologized.
Her emotions went from surprise to quickly being in complete embarrassment.
"Why did I do that?! Now he's going to leave!"
He stared at the ashamed raven-head.
Although, he did felt more comfortable now that he got his hand free from hers, but deep down inside, he wish he could at least hold her soft and slim hand just a little bit longer.
He sigh and started to walk towards the entrance.
"Let's just get this over with." He said in a low, yet somewhat annoyed voice, passing Rinoa while entering the Secret Area.
Finally, she gained the nerves to look up and notice that he's going in without her.
"Hey! Wait for me." she called out, jogging to catch up with him.
She joined his side, staring up at his face. He continued to look in front of him, not even once peering down at Rinoa.
The two teens walked in silence but that wasn't until when the sun shown on the each of their faces, Rinoa gasped and ran ahead.
"Wow!" Rinoa exclaimed in delight, "This is amazing!"
She admired the beautiful atmosphere of so many gardens as she ran to the balcony which was knotted around with vines for the finished touch. Up ahead, she could see Garden and everything else that lies before her. It was like being in a secret garden.
All of the pissed off feeling inside Squall vanish when he watched her run towards the balcony. To be honest, he's rather quite fascinated with the enthusiast angel. The way how she appreciate the the gorgeous surroundings, how her hair swayed and dance with the wind and how her fair-skin glowed against the sunlight really makes her look so...angelic. That's the only word that compared her best. No other ones could stand a chance perfectly; angelic was the key that fit.
"Squall! Don't just stand there!" he shook away from his thoughts, noticing her mentioning him. "Come see this!" She gestured a spot for him next to him. Yes, Squall has come here billions of times and has seen the landscapes trillions of times but he still approached to the spot Rinoa had beckoned. He stood there just gazing ahead, probably just to keep he mouth shot.
"I just can't get over how gorgeous this place is." she said in amazement, locking her eyes at the scenery.
"Yeah...it sure is nice." For the hundredth time, an occurred steady silence came into play between the two teens. The morning crisp wind ran through each of them as the touch of sea salt scent hit their noses. It felt like home to Rinoa. It's a whole lot better than listening to cars constantly honking their horns at one another.
After what felt like hours she slowly peered at him who looked so frozed in place, almost like he was ten feet deep in his thoughts. His arms rested on the balcony railing with his body leaning against it. His mysterious eyes darted down to the ground.
She slowly cocked her head to one side, scanning his face for some type of answere.
"Squall?..." no reply or a sudden reaction.
"Squall?" this time, she nudged his arm which caused him to slowly come to his senses. He connected his eye's on her, waiting for her say something.
"Anybody home?" she joked, putting a smile on her face. He rolled his and stared after Garden.
She lightly laughed before speaking to him again. "What were you thinking about Squall?" she asked. He didn't answere her right away. He bowed his head to the before position, slowly reconnecting his eyes to the ground.
"...It's...it's noting...forget it." he said dryly. He wasn't the type of person to be sharing his thoughts to other people.
"Well, alright then. You don't have to if you don't want to..." She was now trapped in his captivating looks. She couldn't bring herself to unlock her eyes from him. Aside from all that, she's so curious on what's on his mind right now.
"Something must be really bothering him." He looks so sad or upset about something. All the evidence was written all over his face and clearly shown through his icy cold ocean eyes.
She gave out a large sigh and rested her face on the palm of her hand with her elbow sitting on the railing for support.
He stared at her for a little while. "What's wrong?" he didn't really sound concerned.
Rinoa sigh as she placed her hand back on the railing. She's wanted to say something but the right words refuses to come out.
"I just...I just...sigh. I just wish you can tell me whats wrong! You look so hurt right now and I wan to know why!" Squall was taken aback.
"Please," she begged calmly, "Just tell me whats wrong."
His eye's searched her. He ran his hand through his hair and peered towards the exit, then back at her.
"Rinoa," he began, "It's...none of your concern to be worried about me right now and it's none of your business!" he told her sternly. He didn't really mean it though.
"Why?" she demanded.
"Because I just don't want to talk about it!"
"Are you always like this around with people!?" she questioned surprisingly.
"Whatever. I'm leaving." He started to storm towards the exit, not wanting to put up with this.
"No Squall, please! I'm sorry!" Rinoa charged after him, grabbing his arm when she could. She wasn't about to let her abandon here again.
Squall stop and looked down at the sorry puppy brown eyes.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have forced you like that." She wish she could stab herself for punishment right now as she tried her very best not to let the tears spill out her eyes. "Please, don't leave me like that again."
He studied her with his cold expression as if trying to tell if she was saying sorry for real or if she's saying it just for the hell of it. The more he looked at her, the more his expression went calm and smooth. Rinoa looked like she was going to let the tears flow out if Squall were not to accept her apologize. Eventually he was convinced.
"Let's go Rinoa." he softly said.
She knew what he meant by that. "Thank you."
He waved his hand, signaling her not to worry about it. Not bothering to unlock her eye's off of his, she let go of his arm before they began their way out of the Secret Area. Well, that wasn't much of a tour was it?
Training Center
The walk back to the student training area was in complete silence between the two teens. There would be the odd time when one of them would sneak a peak at one another, but that was only when either Squall or Rinoa would not take notice of it.
Just have a curiosity. Do you ever get that feeling when you're walking around, minding your own business and you believe that you're being watched? Well, upon entering the training area, Squall couldn't help but sense that someone, or something is stocking him and Rinoa.
"What's wrong Squall?" Rinoa asked when she noticed his alert face.
"I think we're being watched." he answered, not taking his eye's off his surroundings.
She thought about it for awhile as she to scanned around. "Come to think of it, maybe we-" She immediately jumped when she heard chuckles. Those vicious sounding ones couldn't belong to no other than Seifer. He stood on a close by medium size rock, trying to look cool.
Squall crossed his arms and glared at his rival with a very serious expression. "What the hell does he want now?"
"This is great!" his husky voice filled her ears. This would be the last sound she ever wants to here on this planet. "The lone-wolf has finally reached puberty and he's hanging around with my bitch!" Still keeping his arms crossed, Squall tighten his hands into tight fist when Seifer referred Rinoa as 'bitch'!
He had Hyperion resting on his shoulder with his hand clutching on the handle. And of course, he couldn't forget to bring along his smirk when he pierced his eyes into theirs.
"Leave us alone Seifer. I believe you have better things to do." Rinoa told him sternly. Not a single trace of fear was to be seen on her face.
He glared at her and within a split second, she was now meeting his silver looking eyes. Seifer quickly raised his weapon to meet with Squall's neck, which stopped him from getting any closer to Rinoa. He could slightly feel the cold blade on his flesh.
"Now, now Rinoa. Remember what we talked about the other day?" he recalled from yesterday's episode in the dorm hallways. He moved his hand to stroke her cheek but she jerked away from him. She grabbed onto Squall's leather sleeve jacket and pulled him and herself away from Seifer. She doesn't want to two feuding men engaging into a fight.
Suddenly, she let out a yelp as she felt her free arm being yanked back. Her arm felt like everything inside it was collasping as he pulled her extremly hard. Squall also faltered at the fact Rinoa still was gripping onto his sleeve. Seifer grabbed Squall and pinned him to the ground, pointing Hyperion at his neck again. Squall gridded his teeth, holding the weapon away from him where he could so he wouldn't slice off his fingers.
"Let him go Seifer!" she yelled, struggling to push him off. She gasped out loud when Seifer got up, seized her by wrapping his arm around her waiste and hauling her up to his body. There wasn't an inche of space between them. She struggled to break free but it was no use. Unfortunately for Squall, he's completely stuck to the ground due to the fact Seifer has his hard boot on his chest and Hyperion pointing at his neck.
He attempt to get himself up but Seifer applied more pressure on his chest and fiercely pointed his gunblade by looking square down at him.
"Stay down Puberty-Boy or else I'll give you another souviner!" he spat.
"Souviner...what does he mean by that?" she wondered to herself.
Seifer quickly turned his attention back to his desired ex-girlfriend.
"Now listen hard Rinoa!" he ordered, "The SeeD mission is coming up soon and if you interfere with anyof my plans..." He paused as he swam further into her eyes, his way of torturing her."...I will make sure you won't come out of Dollet alive." he hissed. She couldn't do anything but stand there helplessly.
Meanwhile, Squall tried to figure out something quick to get Rinoa and himself out of this.
"And this gets better from here," he leaned forward to whisper in her ear, "I can make it look like an accident very easily!" Her eyes widen and her body went painfully numb from her feet, to her head.
Making sure he's more focused on Rinoa, Squall immediately snatched Hyperion, threw it out of Seifer's reach, and brought his legs to meet with Seifer's abdomen by knocking him off of him. He cursed out loud as he gripped his stomach and fell backwards, letting go of Rinoa.
Squall quickly got up from the ground and stood in front of Rinoa, shielding her from whatever Seifer might do next.
He started to get up slowly from the dirted ground, retrieving Hyperion along the away. He glared at Squall with his cold silver eyes watching him guard Rinoa, which he found it quite amusing. It wasn't highly common for Squall to be defending a girl.
He made a low evilish laughing sound. "This is such a nice picture."
"Don't talk to her, don't touch her and don't you even dare threaten her like that again!" Squall told him angrily, keeping direct eye contact on him.
Seifer laughed some more. "Since I'm such a sweetheart, I'll leave you punks alone. Just wait for the SeeD mission." he said, glancing at Rinoa in his last sentence. He turned around casually as he laughed his way out of the Training Center. Good riddance!
When he was completely out of sight, Rinoa shakely breathed out a sigh. What if she does interfere without realizing it? Will she be able to save herself? If not, then who will come to her aid?
She could feel tears boiling up in her eyes when she thought more of it. She brought her delicate hands to wipe them away before they made contact with her cheeks.
She jumped when she felt a hand resting on her shoulder and soon relaxed when it was only Squall.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah." she lied, wiping the remaining tears away "I'm fine, don't worry."
Squall, however wasn't convinced "No you're not Rinoa!" he scolded her in his thoughts. "That stupid bastard has no right in hell to have threaten you like that!"
"I think I should go now. I'll see you later." She said, not making eye connection with him fearing that he'll see her now blood-shot eyes.
"I'll walk you out." he offered. Again, there wasn't a sign of any emotions from his features or his voice.
She stopped on her tracks and peered over her shoulder. "Now that's highly unlike of him. There is no way he would offer something like that...or so I think"
"Thanks. That's really...thoughtful of you." she said quietly, managing a tiny smile for him.
She waited for him to come by her side and without a single word, they left together.
Main Hallway
It felt so bracing to Squall and Rinoa when they left the musty old training center and into the clean and invigorating hallway. Rinoa, however, found it allot more refreshing that she won't be face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend for quite sometime; or, so she hopes. Dammit all! Why are things getting so complicate now?!
The two teens slowly stopped their walk at the tip of the walkway entrance leading to the training center. She turned her face to confront his before speaking.
"Squall, thank you so much for everything today."
Like last time he waved his hand. "Don't worry about it."
She smiled up at him. Hyne, that smile is so beautiful to him. But something was wrong. Underneath that smile held something that concerned him. It was fear, and the smile was only masking it away.
"I really should get going now," she told him, "I think Zell and Selphie could be looking for me."
The only reply she got from him was is usual nod.
"Well, I guess I'll see you around. Bye." she turned around slowly away from him and began walking.
"See ya." he whispered. Obviously, she didn't hear it but strangely, she stopped and peered over her shoulder towards him.
"What now?" he wondered. From what he least expected she didn't say a word. All she did was gave him a sweet and caring tiny beam.
"Hyne, that smile is really something." She send him one last grin before turning her gaze away and started walking away. By then, her smile worn out and was replaced by a frown.
"I just want you to let you know Squall, that I'm not afraid right now." she thought as she slowly strides away, hugging herself like if she were outside sheltering herself from a painfull ice-cold rainstorm.
"Rinoa...please...be safe until the mission." With that thought, Squall turned away slowly and walked the opposite direction from her with his head slightly bowed down.
Once she knew he was long gone from her sight and she made sure no one wasn't watching, she slowly let the tears blur her vision and come streaming down her face.
"Rinny?" a female voice made Rinoa jumped but when she saw it was only Selphie, along with Zell, she quickly wiped her tears away hoping the two didn't see them.
"Are you okay?" Selphie asked the raven-head.
"Uhh...," she cleared her throat before continue, "Yeah. I got up real early this morning so I'm quite tired."
Zell wasn't convinced. "You look like you've been crying." he scanned her face a bit more closer. "In fact, your face is tear stained."
"Awwe, Rin." Selphie calmly said as she took her friend in her arms to comfort her.
Rinoa gently tried to break away from Selphie's embrace. "Guys, I'm fine. Really." she ensured them, doing her very best to enforce her normal voice.
"You sure?" Zell asked, studying her face as if waiting for her to burst into tears.
"Oh yea! I'll be fine!" she said with more confidence.
Again, Zell wasn't convinced but he decided to let her off the hook. "Well...alright then." A bit of silence came into play.
"Anyways," Selphie piped up loudly, "Who wants to go the cafeteria?"
"Hot Dogs!!" Zell exclaimed rapidly, zooming out of sight leaving the wide-eyed Selphie. Rinoa couldn't help but giggle at the scene, which took affect on cheering her up.
"C'mon, let's go before he hurts himself." Selphie sigh as she gently nudged Rinoa's upper arm, signaling her to accompany her to the cafeteria.
"Or hurt someone." Rinoa joked.
"Or hurt something."
"Or destroy the cafeteria."
"Or blow up Garden!" Rinoa laughed at Selphie's joke as Selphie soon joined in. She mainly laughed on how she said it, like those comedians you see on television.
Their laughter came to a steady end as the two neared the cafeteria.
"So," Selphie began, "How was your training with Lover-Boy-Leonhart?"
Rinoa eye's widen in surprise as she quickly brought her hand to slightly cover Selphie's blabber-mouth. "Selphie! Not so loud!"
"Sorry." she apologized. "But c'mon Rin! Tell me! What was it like?"
She sigh. "All we did was train together and he got me to some basic fighting stuff."
A smirk was then plastered on Selphie's features. "Is that all?"
"Yes Selphie. That's basically what we've done." the raven head rolled her eyes at her friend.
Her smirk grew wider and wiser. "You're hiding something from me."
"No I'm not!" Rinoa retorted hastily. Selphie went back to her laughing out loud which that resulted for a few students to stare at her weird as if to say 'where the hell was she brought up to?!'
"Come on Rin, let's go get some lunch." Selphie said, still laughing a little as she gave Rinoa a tug forward
Through out the rest of the afternoon, Selphie had done nothing but annoy Rinoa with maddening questions about her morning training with Squall. Yes, Rinoa had indeed spilled the beans about she had gotten him to take her to the Secret Area, which that was a bad idea. Why you ask? Well, for starters, this resulted to fill the lively and hyper active Selphie with constant and never ending questions. "What was it like?", "Did he say anything to you?", "Did he asked you out?", "Did you two kissed?" and the questions just went on and on and on. Rinoa thought she was going to scream out to the world for help. Nevertheless, she answered her as politely as possible, even though her tone of voice slightly showed that she was getting pissed off. Zell mostly paid attention to his beloved passion for hotdogs which that was pretty good.
Aside from all that, Rinoa, Selphie and Zell had spend an enjoyable afternoon in the court yard of Garden. A very and highly populated place among the students. The three friends done many amusement things such as climb trees, joke around like a normal teenager would do around with their friends, just basically having a good time.
Around three o'clock, their energy was drained to the last drop so they all decided the next thing to do was to sit by a large and old looking tree to where they could rest in the cooling comfort of the shade where they just simply hanged out.
-Rinoa had to admit, she had a lovely and peacefull day with her two trusting friends. The best part among all of the events was they're wasn't a single word and not even a single encounter of Seifer.
Not even Squall.
A/N: Oh man!! I strongly apologize for making this late!! I guess I didn't have my mind set on this chapter for awhile. I tried as best as I could to make this chapter worth the long wait and I really hope it is. I'm truly sorry!!! :(
In future chapters, I would love to have a lot of drama scenes going on so I'm in the process of looking for a beta reader who is an excellent pro when it comes to that kind of stuff.
Here's a tinsy little spoiler for the next chapter. I'm planning on jumping to the SeeD mission in Dollet because I can't really think of anything else to put in before the mission. So I hope you guys don't mind
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