Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ It Couldn't Be True ❯ Temperamental ( Chapter 22 )

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Title: It Couldn't Be True

Pairing: Seifer x Squall
Warning: Yaoi, Lemon, Angst, Language, more can be added...
Rating: NC-17
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It Couldn't Be True

Temperamental

We finally got Seifer up to my room but he seemed upset when he realized where we were. Did he not want to be here? I want to know what happened. Dagen didn't even bother to check up with Seifer, to see if he was all right. That is not how he was suppose to handle the situation and knowing that Seifer was involved, he's probably going to say that it was his fault.

Why couldn't it be his fault?

I blinked clearing my thoughts as I settled Seifer on my bed, watching his chest rise and fall in unsteady breaths.

Because I know Seifer. He's changed for the better and there hasn't been a case of where he attacked anyone for no apparent reason. The only person that he has records dealing with fighting is myself, and I am partly to blame for that as well. I know him. Though he may not show it, I see that gentler side of him. I notice when he's happy, angry, needing to let his frustration out when people are giving him a hard time. I know all these things. I can't help that I'm a little bias and pick on the people who do give all those frustrations to Seifer. Even though people would say that he is my rival, the man I had to fight during the war, I would still rather be with him, trust him, than anyone else like Dagen.

I snap myself out of my thoughts to find my hand was resting against the pale cheek of the injured man. His skin was cold, unlike how it was when I felt him against me last night. But then he tensed and I immediately jerked my hand away. When he sat up, he winced again, leaning over to rest his weight on his left hip. I narrowed my eyes in suspicion.

"Hey, do you want anything?"

"I want to die." His voice was so low but I think I heard him right, and gasped in surprise.

"What?" He slowly gazed up into my eyes and lowered them again.

"I want to shower . . . " I frowned and stood up watching him closely as he moved awkwardly and groaned at his aching muscles. Part of me wanted to call Kadowaki right now so she could heal him better than what Zell had done. I wasn't feeling too good either but I was holding up . . . for him.

"You want a shower or do you want to draw a bath so you can soak?" Seifer shook his head. No. No what? My mind keeps nagging me that I need to find out what happened. I don't like seeing him this way. Why would Rui do this to him? It's like his spirit is broken . . . I can feel it and it's hurting me too. "No bath?" Again, another shake of his head as he steps into the bathroom with me following closely behind him. "I'll get the water started for you. I forgot, here is a new bar of soap." I twisted the knob for the nice hot water and immediately, the steam started to rise. I was going to ask if he though that it was too hot when I noticed him shuffling.

I stood up and turned to face him but he was staring into the mirror outlining the bruises on his face. His shirt was slightly lifted, exposing his hip and a bruise that looked like a hand gripped it tightly . . . I moved towards him, my curiosity begging to know what else was on his skin. What more did he do to him?

"Leonhart." My eyes darted up to his own and he was up against the wall, moving away from my questing hand.

"Seifer . . . what is that?" He looked into the mirror, noticed and pulled his shirt down to cover the mark.

"Nothing. Another bruise that they gave me."

"They?" I asked. How could Seifer beat up Rui if 'they' left bruises on him? It didn't make any sense.

"Leave."

"Seifer, please, tell me what happened."

"Can I please take a bath without you babying me? Fuck, Leonhart. It's just a bruise. He just got a few good hits in. Nothing else. What don't you understand?" I was taken aback when those brash words left his mouth. One feeling that went through me was utter sadness for I was not able to help him out the way that I wanted to. The way a friend would help another like he was doing for me . . . I tried again hoping that he would just tell me, hoping for him to see that I meant good and no harm but he only pushed me away.

"Leonhart!" God, I never heard him say my name like that. I felt a wave of dizziness but I stumbled against the wall and I noticed a sudden worry expressed in those eyes for a brief second.

"Fine. Just let me know when you're done. I'll be in the bedroom." I walked out on him, closing the door silently. That took all my energy to do. I was starting to feel weak, drained and I staggered to my bed, plopping down on it hard. I didn't feel too good. Maybe if I got some rest, I'll feel better. Yeah, I'll just sleep for a while.

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AN: Hi guys. I know this chapter sounds weird, probably really ooc on Squall's part but I've been having a difficult time with my stories, especially with my Fake fic as I had written almost thirty pages and it all got deleted. The only pages that I could recover are what I had posted on the net, which was about 13 pages or so. I'm so upset and I'm finding it so difficult to rewrite what I can remember and it's sooo not going to come out the same. I almost lost this story, though too but I'm glad I didn't, otherwise I would have to update...months from now...but I'm not saying that that will happen to Fake. Oh, yeah, they took this story off of FF.NET so I lost all my reviews n' stuff there too. You guys have been great and I have the next chapter almost done. Even though I can't find every grammatical mistake, I try. Please R&R. This chapter though, might undergo some revisions, fyi.

Bye-bye!

BlizAngel