Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Switch ❯ last part ( Chapter 2 )

Seifer(Z) turned and walked straight into someone else, someone bigger. "Hey watch it!"

He looked up at a couple of guys who used to think they were tough, but the posse soon set them straight.

"Sorry Dincht, didn't see you down there."

Seifer(Z) rolled his eyes. "That was funny, did it take all of you to think one up?"

"You say something Dincht?"

The blonde grimaced. Were these guys for real? That was the lamest comeback ever! They gave real bullies like himself a bad name. "Yeah there was one thing."

He kicked the guy in the crotch and when he doubled over head-butted him in the face. He grinned as the guy hit the floor. "That's better."

"Zell!"

He looked round to see a very shocked Irvine and Selphie.

"What? The guy's an ass!"

"I-I can believe you just did that, okay so yeah the guys are assholes but you just have to ignore them man." Irvine said.

"Why? This is so much easier!"

Selphie put her hands on her hips. "You've been hanging out with Seifer again having you?"

"Yeah sort of."

"It's okay to like him but you're starting to act like him! He's a bad influence on you."

The blonde rolled his eyes. That's right, blame Seifer for everyone's problems. "Yeah I'll keep that in mind."

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"Seifer!"

Zell(S) stopped dead looking over at Squall. Oh great, couldn't everyone just leave him alone?

"Squall." He nodded. "I mean-um-" What did Seifer usually call Squall? Puberty boy was getting a bit old so.... He just stared at the brunette. "W-What do you want?"

"You didn't show up today for practice."

"Oh right, yeah I was- busy."

"Uh huh, well we can train now!" The brunette put a hand on his hip, looking impatient.

"Now? B-But I can't, I-err- have a note from my doctor."

Squall frowned. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Nothing I'll- um- just go get my gunblade then..... um- what's it called?"

The brunette gave Seifer a concerned look. "Are you okay Seifer?"

"Yeah, yeah but- Hyperion! That's it!" He smiled sheepishly. "I forgot there for a minute how stupid is that?"

Squall shook his head. "Just hurry up Seifer."

The blonde headed for his dorm and unlocked the door. Okay so training he could do that right? How hard could it be?

Zell(S) sat on the edge of the bed and pulled out the large gunblade case from under the bed. He opened it and removed Hyperion. It was bigger than Lionheart, heavier too. He stood up and held it out in one hand like Seifer did, the weight pulled him forward and he almost fell over. The blonde leant on the blade. How the hell did Seifer and Squall carry these things? He moved the blade from the floor to see that he had made a hole in the carpet. He quickly ran his boot over it, hoping Seifer wouldn't notice later on and of he did that he wouldn't get the blame. He sheathed the blade, it weighed his limb down forcing him to walk like a demented penguin. He stared at it in frustration. Fuck!

He unsheathed the blade again. Yeah. this was better. He held it in his hands and ran out of the dorm before he dropped it again. This would be the final test of how Seifer-like he was.

When he arrived in the training centre Squall was pacing up and down with his jacket already removed and slung over a branch. He slashed at the air a few times, maybe he and Squall had more in common than they both thought.

"Are you going to stand there and watch me all day?"

"Huh?" Zell(S) realized he had been staring and the brunette was waiting for him to get ready to spar.

"Sorry." He winced as soon as he said it, Seifer didn't know the meaning of the word. He shrugged off his trench coat and held the blade out in two hands.

"Ready."

Squall looked doubtfully at the way he was holding the blade. "Are you sure? Aren't you going to drop one hand."

Zell(S) carefully took his left hand away, but Squall just frowned more. "What?"

"You're left handed."

The blonde grimaced. Why did Seifer have to be so difficult? "Am I? I-I err mean that err this is part of my new style."

"Uh huh." Squall just looked confused. "Whatever Seifer, just get on with it." He got ready and signally for the blonde to start but Zell(S) didn't know how.

Squall sighed and started to spar with his training partner. The blonde jumped back out of the way, feebly blocking the blows with his blade, he fell on his ass against the wire fence. "WAIT!" He yelled, fearing Squall would kill him.

"What is it this time Seifer?"

"I-I CAN'T DO THIS!" He dropped Hyperion and ran away.

Squall frowned after the blonde and picked up the blade, he sheathed his own and carried the other with him. What the hell had gotten into Seifer?

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Seifer(Z) sat on his bed trying to find something to wear for his date with Squall. Of course he saw what the commander saw in Chickie but he was not Zell, he could put the brunette off him in one date. It would be easy! There was a knock at the door and he opened it to Squall looking sexy as usual. He wore his normal tight pants minus the jacket and his tee was replaced with a black vest. Seifer wasn't going to bother dressing up but he would rather die than go out wearing those horrid cut offs that Zell wore. After a long look through the other blonde wardrobe he broke into his own dorm and went through his wardrobe. He found his favourite blue vest which fit before he realized how short his legs were now, garden was so much bigger when you were Zell. Would it look too stupid if he rolled up a pair of his own pants? He settled on a blue pair of jeans from Zell's wardrobe that didn't look too bad.

"What happened to the jacket?" He asked Squall

"Though I'd go without, you look good." He didn't hide that he was checking the shorter man out, his eyes roamed over him, focusing on Zell's ass mainly.

The blonde jumped when Squall tried to put an arm around him, he gently pushed him away casually. "S-So what movie do you want to see?"

"I don't care." He said sweetly, causing Seifer(Z) to get more nervously by the second.

In Balamb Squall had insisted on sitting at the back probably because then he didn't have to watch it which he didn't, he just cuddled into the other man's chest.

"D-Didn't you want to watch the movie?"

"No you were the one that wanted too remember?"

During the movie Seifer(Z) would shift away and push Squall back when the brunette's hands got a little too friendly. Maybe the plan to disgust Squall wasn't going to work if this was what the brunette was really like.

Seifer was so desperate to get out by the end that he had to hold himself back from running out. He lit up as soon as he was free.

"You smoke?"

The blonde smirked. YES! Something that Squall didn't like. "Yeah sure, that bother you?"

To his horror Squall smiled. "Nope, give me one then."

"What?" He stared.

The brunette ran a finger down the blonde's chest. "Cigarette I mean... for now anyway."

"You- You don't-?"

"Only sometimes, you know like when I'm lacking energy or I have sooo much work to do or...." He grinned. "I'm horny."

Seifer(Z) stared. This couldn't be Squall? He was so un-Squall-like. He never thought his rival was this forward if he did then he would have tried something on ages ago and as himself not Zell.

"What do you want to do now?"

"We could go back to your place and-"

"O-Or not, what do you want to eat? It's dinner time, are you hungry?"

The brunette smiled. "Nope." He took a step back and Seifer followed dumbly until he saw garden ahead and realized.

"Squall I don't think-"

"You could invite me in for- coffee." He put empathize on 'coffee'.

"I not really a big fan of coffee."

"Sure you are, everyone likes coffee, come on."

Seifer(Z) groaned and followed him back to garden.

Outside his dorm room. He jumped as arms slipped around his waist and a head landed on his shoulder. He wasn't used to Squall being taller than he was.

The blonde unlocked the day and paused. "Listen Squall I have a really early start tomorrow...."

The brunette's fingers played with his muscles under the shirt.

"Busy, busy day so maybe we shouldn't-"

Squall pushed the door open and shoved the blonde inside ahead of him with a predatory look in his eyes.

"Don't you want me?" He shut the door and leant on it, pushing off to follow the blonde who backed up nervously.

"Cause I want you."

"I-I-I-I-" Seifer(Z) gulped when his back hit the wall.

Squall leaned in, mere inches from his face and whispered. "Fuck me."

The brunette gave him a tug, they both fall to the floor Squall beneath the blonde and his hands were in Seifer's(Z) pants before he could do anything.

"Squall-"

The brunette held a finger to the blonde's lips. "Shhh." He whispered and leaned up to silent him.

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He awoke feeling strange, well stranger than usual. He blinked his eyes and looked around Zell's room. Didn't switch back then.

Something moved beside him causing the blonde to stiffen. His eyes widened as the figure beside him rolled over to show a mop of chocolate brown hair, the face buried in his shoulder but there was no doubt who it was.

Oh god!

A hand ran up from under the covered and started stroking his chest lazily. The fingers brushed his nipples lightly.

He stared in horror first at the hand and then at the man beside him. He was in bed with Squall, he was in bed naked with Squall, he was in bed naked with Squall in Zell's body. Okay, things were getting a little complicated, complicated in the extreme.

He was a dead man, Zell and Squall would kill him. He made the move to escape from the warm bed, he shuffled away from the other man. As soon as he was clear of Squall the brunette frowned in his sleep and quickly moved to cuddle close again. Seifer(Z) sighed, he was right on the edge of the bed now so he slid out a leg then the rest of him followed. He silently headed for his clothes that were scattered randomly around the room from when Squall had stripped him hurriedly.

"Zell?"

He froze, busted.

The blonde turned to see Squall sitting up against the pillows looking more awake than he should do.

"You weren't going to leave were you?"

"Err- yeah I have somewhere to be."

"Oh." Squall looked a little disappointed. "Well um what are you doing later?"

"Um-I-err-"

"W-We could have breakfast together first then you could go do whatever you have to do."

Seifer(Z) Sighed. Squall looked adorable propped up against the white sheets and pillows and he looked so disappointed when he that he was going to leave him.

"Okay, hurry up though."

The brunette was up and out of bed before Seifer(Z) had figured out what to do with his hair. He left the usual spikes down and loose, it hung in his eyes.

"Is that part of the new you?" Squall said as he walked up to finger the blonde bangs.

"Maybe but I'll change it back in a few days so don't be surprised okay?"

The brunette looked puzzled. "Okay."

"And don't tell me anything either."

"Okay." Squall frowned slightly. "You're a little strange."

"You have no idea."

The left the dorm and walked towards the cafeteria, Squall's hand slipped into his own at some point.

"Seifer!" The blonde looked up sharply, one reason because that was his real name and secondly that was his voice yelling it.

Squall frowned at the tall blonde. "What do you want Seifer?"

"Squall it's me!" He glared at himself. "Where the hell have you been? I've been looking everywhere for you? We have things we need to sort out."

The brunette looked between the two of them. "What is he talking about?" He asked his lover.

Before Seifer(Z) could reply Zell(S)

noticed their joined hands. "Why are you holding hands?" His eyes widened. "Nooooo! You bastard!"

"Wait! Zell's it's not like that!"

Zell(S) folded his arms and said. "Squall, 'Zell' has something to tell you."

Squall looked worried. "Y-You two aren't-"

Zell(S) scoffed. "Please, you'd think I'd trust him?"

Seifer(Z) fidgeted. "Lets go somewhere more private for this shall we?"

"Fine we can use my- I mean- your dorm." He led them to Seifer's dorm and forced them to sit down in the living room.

Zell(S) opposite Squall. "Okay here's the thing, you remember that night in the bar with Rinoa right?"

"Actually not very well."

"Anyway Rinoa she- She was jealous of me- of Zell so she switched us."

Squall stared at the tall blonde. "What?"

"This will sound crazy but she switched us bodies, I'm not Seifer I'm Zell." He paused pointing at himself. "And that is really Seifer."

The brunette scoffed. "Is this some sort of joke?"

His lover shook his head. "No, it's not I'm Seifer not Zell, I swear it."

The brunette looked between them both for a few moments looking into their eyes before he jumped up away from both of them.

"You bastard!" He yelled at Seifer(Z).

"Wait Squall, I didn't mean-"

"You took advantage of me! How can you have not meant that!?"

Zell(S) looked disgusted. "You slept with him! How? Why? I don't act anything like him! How could you think he was me?"

Squall glared at him. "Oh how silly of me for not realizing that you had swapped bodies!"

Seifer(Z) continued. "The kiss was a joke I thought you'd run away or something."

"Oh? And when you fucked me that was a joke too was it?"

"No, no but I am a guy! When you're naked and begging me to fuck you what do you expect me to do?"

Squall blushed.

"Begging?" Zell(S) asked before bursting out laughing.

"Chickie now is not the time or the place."

"It is funny when you think about it, isn't it?"

"NO!" The other two said in unison.

Zell(S) swallowed his giggles. "Listen, all we have to do is get the next train to Deling and fins Rinoa, she'll fix this."

"And then what?"

"One step at a time yeah."

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Seifer(Z) had gone off to the little boys room leaving the other two alone sitting on the large bench in their Seed cabin on the train to Deling. Squall leant back on the wall, the back of his head hurt, his eyes slid shut. It was late and they had a long journey, he eyed the bunk beds. The two blondes had refused to share a bed saying it was weird and they had argued for ages on who should share with Squall. So they all sat on the bench instead. Zell(S) jumped when a head landed on his shoulder.

"Don't get any ideas, it's just more comfortable this way that's all."

"Of course." The blonde draped an arm around the shorter man.

Silence followed for a short time.

"Can I ask you a question?" Squall asked.

"Sure."

"Do you like Seifer?"

"Err- in a friend way or in a warm and fluffy sort of way?"

"Warm and fluffy."

The blonde shifted. "I don't know, I did before this but-"

"Now you don't?"

"I don't know." He paused. "Why? Do you?"

"I think so."

"Cause you slept with him? Cause you know that was my body he just stole it."

The brunette smiled.

"D-Do you like me in a warm and fluffy way?" Zell(S) asked.

Squall chuckled gently. "I'm a little past warm and fluffy by now."

"Oh."

There was a silence before Zell(S) asked. "Aren't you going to ask me if I like you too?"

"Only if you're going to say yes."

The tall blonde smiled. "Yeah I was going to say yes, does that help?"

"Yeah a little."

The blonde nudged him. "Why don't you take the top bunk? Seifer and I can toss a coin of something."

"Sure?"

"Yeah."

Squall leapt up and under the covers just before Seifer(Z) came in. "You look comfy." He said, looking over at Zell(S) on the uncomfortable bench. He sat on the bottom bunk.

"Hey!"

"You can share with Squall."

"I- Really?"

"Yeah." He lounged out under the blankets. "This way I get a bunk to myself."

Zell(S) grinned and jumped up climbing over Squall.

"Ow! Watch it!"

"Sorry."

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Rinoa glanced out of the window at the rain that ran down the glass. She sung 'Eyes on me' to herself as he prepared dinner. She had invited a young man to dinner, he seemed nice, polite and not gay like Squall was. She smiled thinking that at least Squall wouldn't be able to have Zell anymore because Zell was Seifer now. She winced at the thought of it happening to her with someone horrible like Quistis or worse Selphie. She shivered.

The doorbell rang and he turned around. Was that her date? He was early. She opened the door to three soggy men.

"What do you guys want?"

"Like you don't know." Zell(S) yelled.

Seifer(Z) barged in past her. "Don't mind if we come in do you?"

She sighed and followed him. "This had better be quick I'm expecting someone for dinner."

"It will be." Squall said gesturing to the blondes. "Switch them back!"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Like hell you don't switch them back or..." He sat at the dinner table. "We're staying for dinner."

She sighed. "Oh alright." She waved her arms.

"Is that it?"

Seifer ran a hand up his face. "Am I me?"

Squall smirked. "One way to find out." He pulled the stunned blonde down to his level and kissed him, Seifer kissed back. Rinoa wrinkled her nose and Zell grinned.

"Yeah that did it alright." He tapped the blonde on the chest.

"B-But I thought you liked Zell."

"I do."

"A-And Seifer?"

He paused. "Uh-huh."

She made a face. "I never had you down as a slut." She looked at Zell. "Aren't you jealous?"

The short blonde seemed to consider this. "Nope."

They headed for the door and Seifer laughed. "Come on lets leave Rinoa to her dinner plans." He wrapped an arm around Zell's waist and Squall walked on the other side holding the little blonde's hand. "I've heard there are some great clubs in Deling."

The rain had stopped and there was a rainbow over the house as they walked away.

The End!