Squall Leonheart

      He got him there. Squalled sighed softly. In the time they hadn’t spoken he forgotten how frustrating Seifer could be to talk to. “Look, I’m trying. Alright? Maybe it would be better if where you slept wasn’t with the students here. There is the section where the faculty live.”

       “If I wanted you gone, I would have told you to leave a long time ago, Seifer.” He wasn’t exactly sure how but, “and if it’ll make Zell happy maybe we could try and calm down some of the talk the goes on. Hyne knows we got people okay with Rinoa here in spite what she ended up becoming and what we were trained to do.”

      Squall frowned. As much as he didn’t like the odd couple, he did want to see Zell happy. “If you’re going to ditch him then you better do it now and maybe he’ll get over the heartache one day.”

      “Mhmm. It’s not like you both can run away to live on some farm. I would suggest Winhill since they’re so closed off, but knowing Zell he’d get into trouble at the chocobo crossing.” If anything, he wanted his friend safe.

      “No, I hadn’t forgotten what happened. I went out looking for the attacker so you could be with him if you had forgotten.” That garnered an angry look from the brunet. “Look, if you love him. Fine. I’m not going to question your feelings. If he honestly feels that way about you in return, then be with him. We both know how this is going to end down the line. And while I want you both safe here. But I can’t promise that.” It was unlike Squall to say so much in one go, but this was an odd situation.

      To say the least, that surprised Squall to the point where it showed on his face. “I see...” He pondered on that bit of information. If Zell had felt that deeply already.. Propping a hand on his waist Squall sighed. “Is that what you want? To stay with him?”

      “Don’t know that. There’s rumors, but that’s never reliable information to go by.” Squall was watching Seifer to see his reaction was with each exchange. “It’s better to go to the source. Can’t ask Zell because you know how he would react”

      “No, but he is.. brash. I thought it was his idea to be honest.” He was having just a hard enough time believing it was all true to begin with. “Have to look out for my friend’s best interests.”

      He held his hand up as if he were going to say something. Holding back the thought Squall said something else. “It’s not something anyone was really expecting, to say the least.” He glanced away when he saw a passing student. “I can’t speak for the others. But I wondered what your intentions were with him.”

      “It doesn’t matter to me if you wanted a cat or not. Rinoa has her dog. I was more concerned with Zell.” If anything at least Squall didn’t dance around the topic.

“I’ve lost track of time. Or I should say off and on.” Lifting a hand Squall would rub his forehead lightly. “I think it was from something I did back home. For days it won’t happen and then the next thing I know I’m somewhere else, and I can’t remember how I got there. Or if I’m fighting a manikin their faces seemed blurred. Hard to recognize.”

“Months?” Squall looked questioning down at Bartz. “I thought..” His words quiet, Squall would frown he looked away quietly. There was a thought in his eye but he wasn’t saying anything.

With Bartz clinging to him, Squall would naturally wrap his arms around the other. It seemed natural. He remembered doing it plenty of times with Rinoa, but it wasn’t the same. “Hm. I guess I could leave it long for now..” he mused outloud. It was partly to see what kind of reaction he might get if it seemed like Squall hadn’t made up his mind yet.