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Lightning.	By : KittyMeowMaxwell Category: Final Fantasy VIII > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 667 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Kitty: Assignments! ARGH!
-head explodes-

Eoko: Getting summoner from
1-20 in 3 days on FFXI... very fun. XD

Kitty: Yeah, yeah. Rub it
in... Anyway! Seifer and Selphie do their thing in this chapter. I don't
exactly remember what thing, but that's okay. I'm sure it's good.

Eoko: Of course, and considering
the angst of last chapter, and considering this one's mine, it's probably a lot
more comic than angsty. Yay for that.

Kitty: You love the angst. Go
on. Admit it. You're a closet angst-whore.

Eoko: I believe I came out of
to closet in that regard. But I still tend to lighten it up after.

Kitty: Your comedy is good. I
applaud you.

Eoko: Your angst is better. I
praise you. Shall we let them read?

Kitty: I think we should. Do
you think they even read these...?

Eoko: I dunno... they rarely
mention them...

Chapter, The
Twenty-Second: In Which Seifer and Selphie do Their Thing.

And then Zell cried.� He curled up on the side of the hill, face
buried in his hands and he cried.� He had
hoped with everything he had that Irvine would somehow forget what he had done
to him in the past, and only remember his time spent with Rubedo.� He was the same person, dammit!

Zell�s fists slammed into the
ground, denting it noticeably.� He was
the same.� He was Rubedo.� But all Irvine could see was the teasing, and
tormenting of his past self.� It wasn�t
fair� It wasn�t fair!� And he knew, deep
down, he knew he deserved this.

- - -

Seifer had agreed to meet
Zell in Balamb at 1500 hours.� In one of
Zell�s nervous ramblings he�d mentioned the time he�d pick up Irvine.� The taller man had done his best to calm the
little blond down.�

The thinking was, if it went
poorly, Zell would have some time to himself and if it went well, the two would
have some time together.� For some reason
unbeknownst to him he didn�t want it to work out, didn�t think it even could.

He glanced at his clock.� He�d already had lunch and spent some time in
one of the training rooms, just lifting some weights and making several dozen
cadets and SeeDs drool as he did.� If he
walked to Balamb he should go pretty soon.

After changing into a jade
turtleneck and a pair of black jeans, Seifer headed out the door, Hyperion at
his side.� He didn�t bother with his
trench coat today.� It wasn�t too chilly
out, so he didn�t think he�d need it.

Seifer headed down the street
to Balamb, slashing at BiteBugs too stupid to know that attacking him was one
of the most idiotic things they could do.�
BiteBugs really needed to get smarter, but considering the size of their
brains, that wasn�t going to happen.

He was about half way to the
town when something metallic red and blue caught his eye.� He stopped and turned.� That was Zell�s Sleipnir.� But what was it still doing out here?� Knowing Zell, he�d already be in Balamb,
waiting for him to show up.� Psycho little
blond was adamant about being on time unless Seifer did something to make him
late.

He turned off the road and
headed toward the bike.� Then
stopped.� But why was the bike still
there?� Had it gone well?� Had it gone so well that they had lost track
of time� were they�?� Seifer started
walking again, pace quicker than before.

He was nearly there when he
heard the sounds, but they weren�t what he expected.� He didn�t want to hear the sounds he expected
but he didn�t want to hear these sounds either. �He ran the rest of the way, dropping onto the
ground next to Zell and pulling the fighter into his arms.

They had met at noon, hadn�t
they?� It couldn�t have been more than
half an hour by the time Zell had taken off the helmet.� That left� two and a half hours for his
crying to turn to choked sobs and his tears to run out.

Seifer cradled the shorter
blond in his arms, whispering to him softly, trying to soothe him.�

Slowly, very slowly Zell came
out of whatever trance he had been in, moving against the larger body of Seifer
and fisting his hands in the jade top.�
�Seifer�?�� It was less than a
whisper.

�Shh, shh, Zell.� I�m here.��
He wanted to say it would be alright, but he didn�t think the fighter
would take it too well.� �Tell me what happened?

Zell buried his face against
Seifer chest, and was only held tighter.�
�He hates me�� he whispered.� �He
hates me��

Seifer rubbed gentle circles
on the fighter�s back.� �Zell, Zell,
shhh.� Let�s get you back to Garden and
you can tell me exactly what happened, alright?�� Zell could only nod slightly.

- - -

�So� So, Seifer, you have
to.� Please, you have to be my partner
for demonstrations.� I have 6 more
classes and I can�t just ditch them in the training center the whole time.� I�m his partner.� If I have to demonstrate with him too� I just
can�t Seifer, please??�

�Zell, Zell!�� Seifer grabbed the pacing blond by the
shoulders and threw him onto his bed.�
�Yes, Zell.� Yes.� I already said I would.� Calm down, please.� Just breathe deep and relax for five fucking
seconds.�

Sapphire eyes looked up at
the taller man then to the side.� He
really was flipping out and he couldn�t even control it at all.� �Sorry.�

�Don�t be sorry, Zell.� Just calm down.�

�I�ll try.�

�Roll over,� Seifer said,
kneeling on the edge of the bed.

�What?� Zell blinked up at
him.

Seifer shook his head,
chuckling lightly.� �Roll over so I can
rub some of that tension out of your back, alright?�

�Oh.�� Zell did as he was asked, rolling onto his
stomach.� He folded his arms beneath his
head as Seifer shifted his weight to settle over Zell�s smaller body.

Large, strong hands worked
their way over Zell�s back and deep into his tight muscles.� He was tense, very tense.� It had probably been building up every since
he�d made the arraignment to meet with Irvine and show him who he really
was.� Hyne, he was tight.� Seifer was very tempted to just start beating
the knots out of his muscles.� Who knows,
Zell might have even enjoyed it, being the little sadomasochist that he was.

- - -

How�?� How?�
How, How, How?!

Irvine mentally screamed
again and again and again as he tore from the plains and back into Garden.� How could the man he cared about, who made
him see the truth in himself, who made him happy about that truth� how
could his Rubedo be� be� be�

�Irvine?�� Selphie blinked as Irvine strode by, fury
emanating off him stronger than his trademark cologne.� And she got nothing.� She turned and headed after him.� �Irvy?��
Nothing�

The cowboy marched himself right
back into his room, Selphie slipping under his arm and through the opened door,
not being noticed.� He fell onto his bed
and started to beat the living shit out of his pillows.

�Irvine!� Selphie raised her
voice a few decibels to gain the man�s attention.

�Selphie??� How did you get in here?� He turned to look
at her, utterly flabbergasted.

She cocked a brow at
him.� �Through the door, under your arm.�

He looked at his arm and at
the door like it wasn�t possible, then back to her.

�What�s wrong with you?� You look like you�ve emptied your cartridge
but still think you can take on the Galbadia Army.�� Two little fists came to rest on two little
hips.

Irvine let out a long,
suffering sigh.� �Remember Rubedo?�

Not good, not good, not
good.� Don�t say you know.� Don�t say you knew!� You didn�t know it was Zell! Selphie mentally prepared herself.� �I think I remember you mentioning him,
yea.� What about him?�

�He were great.� He were so great I opened myself up to
him.� So much I realized something� I�d,
like, never known before.� That I like
men.� That I�m gay.�� He smiled weakly up at Selphie.� He knew she�d understand.� She supported Seifer and Zell all the time,
too much if you asked some people.

�Well, that�s good isn�t
it?�� She chewed nervously on her lower
lip.

�You�d think� you�d think it
would be, but it ain�t.� I got to see
him.� Finally got to after waitin� all
this time, and I was, like, so happy, and then� and then everythin�� it was
like I got hit with Time Compression again, right in my heart and gut.�

�You found out�� Selphie
lifted a hand to smack herself in the head, hard.

Irvine stared at her.� �What did you say?�

�Nothing!�

�Did you just say �you found
out�?� I found out?� Found out what??� Did you know?!�

Selphie started backing up,
smartly, in the direction of the door.�
�I, uh� well, I knew� I knew Zell�s middle name was Rubedo� I knew� that
he drove a Sleipnir� and I� may have talked to him and Seifer-�� She squeaked and ducked from his lunge at
her, scurrying to the side.

�You were in on this
too??� You knew they were doing this to
me!?�

She dashed to the other side
of the room, using her smallness to her advantage to get away from Irvine.� �They said they�d stop teasing!� They said they�d leave you alone!�

�And break my heart?!� Was that part of the plan too?�

Selphie stared, and narrowly
avoided getting full body tackled.� She
yelped and grabbed Irvine�s shoulders, pushing him back and pinning him to the
wall.� �You were so happy talking about
Rubedo.�

�Rubedo doesn�t exist!� He�s Zell!�
I hate Zell!�

Selphie leaned her head down
and hit Irvine square in the chest with it as her hands were busy.� �Rubedo exists in Zell Dincht, just as the
very name sits between the two.� There�s
a thin line between love and hate, cowboy, and I think you�re in the air and
don�t know where to land.�

The hyper-gone-serious
brunette let go of Irvine and left, only to hear the words �I hate him!� ring
out behind her, through the metal door and half way down the hall.

�I hate him�� Irvine
whispered to himself, the room suddenly feeling very quiet.� �I hate him� it was all a game� he used me�
he fooled me� he played me� he probably had cameras, has pictures� he�s going
to make my life hell, I just know it��

- - -

Why can�t he
understand?� Why can�t he see even the
smallest, tiniest hint of what I was doing with him?� Why couldn�t he see I was genuine?� That I wanted to be there, that I wanted to
see him�� Why couldn�t he see that I
care� why can he only hate me�?
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