Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ TKO- Total Knock Out ❯ Chapter 18 ( Chapter 18 )

chapter 18

Seifer was up all night thinking about what he'd done with Zell. He took a shower and when he finished he found himself staring into the full body mirror again, wearing only a pair of dark blue boxers. 'Look at you, pathetic, now a jerk. I shouldn't have done anything with that kid. What was I thinking it was wrong I don't even know why I did it, why didn't he stop me?' He threw his wet towel in the clothes basket and went to his room. A second later he hears the door open to the apartment. He made a b-line for the living room instead and sees Irvine stagger in with long glow sticks. He was humming one of the songs that had played at the club. He spotted Seifer in the doorway on the way to his room.

"Hey, didn't expect to see you here so soon." He said smiling at him. "Its two in the morning." Seifer crossed his arms and watched Irvine stagger around taking his coat and hat off throwing them on the couch. Then he moved aside when Irvine made his way to the bathroom. He went inside and got a rush of steam from Seifer's previous shower. "You take too many damn showers." He said and closed the door. Seifer decided now wasn't the time to talk to Irvine and he'd wait till morning so he went back in his room.

"Its probably better I don't tell him what happened he'll just rub it in with all his talk of being confused and no one does it like a man can." He sighed and fell back on the bed. "I can't believe he's right." He rolled over and crawled to the top of the bed and got under the blanket. He heard Irvine go into his room and close the door then he closed his eyes.

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Squall went to his door and when he turned the knob the door was already unlocked. He furrowed his eyes at the doorknob and slowly pushed it open. When he got inside the lights were still on and he saw a bottle of beer on the coffee table then noticed the t.v was still on too. "Zell?" He called and waited but no answer came. He turned the t.v off and threw the bottle away then went to Zell's room. He cracked the door enough and looked in. He saw the sleeping figure on the bed and went over to him sitting at the edge of the bed. He leaned close to Zell's mouth to make sure he was breathing and when he was sure he wasn't dead he got up and left.

He turned the light out in the living room and went to his own room. He got undressed and climbed in the bed. He lied down and thought about what happened when he and Irvine were out on the dance floor.

Drinks were being passed around to everyone and they'd both had a few. The music started really picking up and the noise and lights were getting to everyone making them act wild. The two of them danced like they were lost in the music staring at each other deeply. He wasn't even sure when they'd taken their shirts off but when they did they left them at the bar counter and went down to the main dance floor. After dancing awhile Irvine asked "You about ready to go partner?" "Hells no are you?" Squall said back and Irvine shook his head. "Alright then." He said and pulled Squall to him then he kissed him hungirly and Squall didn't resist but put his arms around the cow boy and returned the kiss. They'd stayed like that for a long time until Squall realized what they were doing and it wasn't right.

"We should go its getting late." He said and Irvine looked a little disapointed but nodded and they went to get their shirts from the bar.

"Why did I let that happen? What if he thinks I changed my mind about us, if I tell him I didn't we might end up the way we were before avoiding each other and not speaking. Looks like I've done it to myself again." He looked at the clock then made himself comfortable and closed his eyes.

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A buzzer went off and Irvine's alarm clock flashed 5:30. He rolled over slowly and stopped the alarm. He glanced at the time 5:31 and groaned then his eyes shot open when his brain registered the time. "Shit the appointment." He jumped out of the bed and ran out of the room busting through Seifer's door. He flicked the light on and shook the man in his bed. "Get up Seifer we gotta go." He said and he left the room going into the bathroom. Seifer rolled over and quickly shielded his eyes from the light. "The fuck, turn that damn light off." He said groggily and buried his face in the pillow. A minute later Irvine went back in his room fully dressed. "Damnit I said get up." He pulled the pillow from under Seifer's head and he opened his eyes. "The hell is your problem Kinneas?" He sat up on his elbows and watched Irvine run around his room for clothes.

"I told you we gotta go now hurry up and get dressed." He left the room and went to the kitchen looking at the wall clock. 5:37 "Fuck we'll never make it to the appointment in time."

In Seifer's room he sat up in the bed with his head in his hands. 'Where the hell are we goi- the doctor shit.' He jumped out of the bed and grabbed the clothes Irvine threw at him but he got a look at them and went back to the closet for new ones. "Why didn't you tell me what time it was?!" He shouted out the room getting dressed. When he finished he ran in the bathroom to fix his hair and wash his face. Then he ran to the kitchen and stopped abruptly grabbing his head. "Ah fuck." He could feel the hangover starting to take affect and he sat on one of the bar stools. Irvine was right beside him holding a bottle of aspirin and and cup of orange juice that he passed over to Seifer.

"Hurry up we gotta skip breakfast if we're gonna make it to the hospital in time." Irvine got up and put his boots on then found the keys. Seifer finished taking the pills and drank the rest of Irvine's juice then took the keys from him and they ran out the door and to the elevator.

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Squall was sitting at the kitchen table going over the schedule for Zell's training that week going over dates and times for them until the day of the game came.

Zell was just starting to wake up and yawned stretching his arms over his head. He got comfortable again and turned onto his back. The feeling of being on his back had brought back the memory of the night before or hours ago since it'd been past midnight. 'Seifer...' His mind had flashes of the man straddling over him then the kissing and- "You feel so good." He heard Seifer's voice in his head remembering what they'd done. "Seifer!" Zell said finally opening his eyes he sat up and looked beside him on the bed. He was a little confused seeing no one there. He looked around the room for some trace of Seifer having been there but saw nothing.

"Was it a dream?" His shoulders slumped down and he fell back against the headboard. He tried racking his brain to remember exactly what happened that night. He remembered the match and going into the locker room with Seifer. "You know what we need to do? Celebrate." Seifer said. "Me and you." Then he remembered going to the bar and drinking with him. He pushed his mind to go farther and remembered being up on the cliff and Seifer's arm around him as they looked down into the water. The moon was out in full that night making the water reflect beautifully. Then he remembered being outside the apartment door and Seifer's face being really close to his own. He could almost feel Seifer's hands going down his body to get the key card. "You gonna invite me in?"

'It wasn't a dream it all happened all of it even when we-' He flung the blanket off himself and then yanked it back seeing he was naked. "Wait a minute what am I doing no one else is in here." He said to himself but he searched the floor for his pants anyway and slid them on. He could feel the stickiness still on him from the night before and he frowned at his self then went to the bathroom. He opened the door slowly and looked across the hall to Squall's room and saw the door was open and no one was in side. 'He can't still be out.' He thought until he smelled coffee. He took a quick look into the living room and over to the kitchen where Squall was sitting at the table. He pulled his head back and decided to just hurry up and take a shower before going out there.

Once in the safety of the bathroom he leaned his back against the door. "Today I am a man." He said to himself and smiled then walked over to the shower and turned the water on. "I wonder what that means, what does that make us now?"

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In Deling's hospital downtown Irvine and Seifer were only a few minutes late and they rushed into the hospital and to the front desk. When they came in two men stood from the waiting room chairs. "Mr. Kinneas, Seifer." A rep from the league greeted them and they turned from the desk towards them and walked over.

"Don't worry everythings taken care of, this is doctor Schmitt he'll be doing the cleaning." They both shook the doctors hand. "Didn't think you were gonna show up at first." The doctor said. "Well it was a long night." Irvine said. "By the way congradulations Seifer you did exceptional last night, we're all proud of you." The rep said. "Thanks." Seifer said not really in a talking mood because the hang over was making his head pound and he was still tired. 'Come on lets get it over with I just wanna get in and out- oh god is that what I did with Zell last night a quick in and out? I don't even know what I'm talking about here.'

"We really appreciate this sir both of you." Irvine said. "No problem, ready to go then?" Dr. Schmitt asked. He led Seifer down to the room where the proceedure would be done. He talked to him on the way there but Seifer wasn't really listening he was still pre occupied with what to do about Zell and how to explain what happened.

When the two were out of sight the league representative turned to Irvine. "Remember Kinneas no one knows, no one gets hurt. The testing is scheduled for one o'clock today so don't be late. We wanna come out of this media ordeal looking good, you can understand that right?" "Of course sir, don't worry none we'll be there with bells on. Then this whole mess fixed and out of the media." "Good, I have to go now call me later and let me know how things went here." They shook hands and the suited man left the hospital.

Irvine sighed and went to sit in the waiting room. He slumped in the chair and took his hat off running a hand through his bangs. He looked at the table of magazines and saw a newspaper and picked it up. The front page had last nights fight review on it and a picture of all the finalist standing in the arena. He read through that for awhile then looked for more about the game inside the paper. He found a smaller article talking about the matches. "Ah here we go, The dinamic dou of Kinneas and Almasy have done it again, stepping out for combat in combat uniform. Pleasing the crowd and making the other fighters look a little less glamorous. heh heh I was something wasn't I?" He kept reading but to himself.

'The new commer to Deling's game Zell Dincht put on quite a performance during his matches proving size doesn't matter in this game just proving what we already knew about long time boxing coach Squall Leonhart is still one of the best making the little guys big.' "Yeah that's my Squall." He put the paper down and thought about the kiss they'd had the night before. 'There had to have been something there something more, he wants to be with me I know it.'

He was suddenly struck with an idea and went over to the secretary at the fron desk. She looked up at him and smiled and he returned the smile politely. "Howdy ma'am by any chance do you know how long this thing is gonna take?" He motioned his head towards the room Seifer and the doctor had gone in. "Oh at least half an hour maybe longer." "Thank ya kindly, if they do happen to get out sooner and I'm not here tell them I just ran out for somethin to eat." The woman nodded and he smiled at her again before leaving.

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When Zell finished his shower and fixed himself for the day went out into the kitchen where Squall was still sitting. He looked up from what he was doing when he heard Zell come in. "Hey when'd you get in?" Zell asked making his way to the fridge. "A little after two I guess, where you drinking?" Zell froze for a minute then relaxed again getting frozen waffles from the freezer. "No, not really I only had one and a half bottles of beer." "One and a half?" Squall said confused. "Yeah it made me feel sick so I stopped. Don't worry I'm fine nothing happned." 'Nothing, except I finally got laid ha ha ha.'

Squall watched Zell move around cheerfully then went back to his work. "So did you have fun last night, where'd you go?" Zell asked flopping down at a seat across the table from Squall. "It was alright, we went to this club and had dinner that's all." "Sounds boring the way you say it," He laughed and went to get his waffles from the toaster. "You're in an awfully good mood for a Monday." Squall said and looked at him with a big grin on his face. "Why wouldn't I be I just made it to the final match, I finally get to see Esthar. Its just a feel good day for me I guess." Squall just made a noise and went back to what he was doing, Zell sat down to eat. A minute later there was a knock on the door and Squall got up to answer it.

"Mornin darlin." Irvine said smiling almost as brightly as Zell had been. Squall knew this was coming and he'd already set himself up for it all morning. "Irvine we need to talk." He said and went out into the hall way closing the door slightly. Fear and disapointment showed all over Irvine's face as soon as he'd heard those words. "Last night it was just for fun you know two friends celebrating." "Yeah but what are you gettin at?" Irvine said. "I didn't change my mind about us being just friends. That kiss it was just the heat of the moment that's all." Irvine couldn't believe what he was hearing and he huffed turning away from Squall then back again. "So let me get this straight you still don't wanna to be with me?"

Squall sighed and nodded. "Its not like how you're saying it though." "But you I mean that kiss meant somethin else didn't it?" "I love you Irvine that's what it means but I can't be with you not now. I'm sorry if whatever I did or said led you to think otherwise." "I can't believe this, I'll change for you Squall I'll do anything for you just tell me what's wrong." "Nothings wrong I- I can't explain it can't you just except that for now?"

Irvine was looking down at the floor with his hands holding the brim of his hat tightly. "Okay if that's what you want. I gotta go see ya around." He went to the elevator without looking back. Squall sighed heavily and could feel the tears forming in the back of his eyes. 'I had to do it Irvine I'm sorry.' "Hey everything ok?" Zell said coming to the door. "Yeah its fine you ready to go?" Squall said and Zell nodded and went back in for his school things.

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Zell walked into the school feeling top notch and couldn't wait to see Seifer, he was actually excited about going to his sex ed class. "Yeah maybe I could teach them a thing or two." He said to himself and laughed. "Teach them what how to stand people up?" He heard a voice say and looked behind him to see Nida. 'Ah fuck I forgot about him.'

"Hey Nida ho- hows it goin?" "Zell if you didn't want to hang out with me last night you could have just said so it wouldn't have been a problem but you made me wait outside the arena, you could have at least said there was a change of plans before you left." "I'm sorry but something did come up we just went out to celebrate. Are you mad?" He asked hoping the boy would understand and forgive him. Nida thought about it for a minute and then smiled. "Yeah I guess its alright, anyway congradulations you fought great I really admire your skills. I could never do that." "Sure you could with the right training and all. Come on lets not be late for class." "You sure you're gonna show up at all?" Nida said sarcastically. "Very funny come on."

They started walking to their first class. "Trying to rush the day doesn't work you know." Nida said Zell just looked at him then back towards his destination. 'If you slept with Seifer Almasy and had a class with him you'd wanna rush the day too.' He said in his mind. When they got in the classroom he went to his seat and looked at Seifer's desk. Of course he wasn't there but Zell figured he'd be late like usual and waited contently for the rest of the class to file in.

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At the hospital Irvine pulls up in a cab and goes inside just as Seifer and the doctor come out into the waiting room. "Where have you been?" Seifer asked. "Just out for some air, how'd it go?" Irvine asked solemnly. "Uh very well Mr. Almasy here is in great health I gave him a check up and the cleaning went smoothly. He might be a little weak and tired for awhile but it'll pass." "Great. Lets go." Irvine said in the same droned tone. "Well just remember no alcohol, cigarettes anything alright, I don't wanna see you back here anytime soon. Take it easy today." Dr. Schmitt said and he went over to the woman at the front desk. "Lets go." Irvine said again and they went out to the car.

"Hey you think it'd be ok if I skipped school today to relax and all, doctors orders." "Yeah sure." Irvine said staring out the window. Seifer eyed him curiously but started the car and took off wihout a word.

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At the school the class had been minutes in and there was still no sign of Seifer. 'Maybe he just skipped today and I'll see him in the hall or lunch or something.' He convinced himself that's all it was and tried focusing on the instructor.

The class had ended and Zell's feel good mood started fading to a bad one. He sat through that awful class having to learn about the female anatomy something he defenitly wasn't interested in. He walked down the hall to his next class with his head down.' What if he couldn't come today because he was hurt last night, what if something went wrong, geez and I fell asleep he probably feels embarrassed or something.' Zell racked his brain for an excuse to why Seifer hadn't shown up and on his way down the hall an idea came to him.

He ran to the office and the lady that helped sign him in his first day. Luckily she was there at her desk looking at the computer. He slowly walked in and knocked on the desk getting her attention.

"Excuse me, hi remember me?" He smiled at her when she looked and she smiled back quaintly. "I remember you who could forget that strange thing on your face. How can I help you its been too long for you to have gotten lost." "Oh no its not that I was just wondering if you could do me a favor, did uh Seifer come in here this morning?" He asked cautiously not wanting her to suspect anything. She tapped her finger to her chin and then pulled out the attendance file for that morning.

"No he's not here and hasn't been here yet. He's got till this afternoon before I call his place and mark him out for the day." "Oh, well thanks see ya." He waved and left the office.

"I wonder if it'd be wrong for me to call there, maybe he just got sick right he's not sick he probably has a hangover or something. Yeah I'll take that." He said and went happily to his next class.

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Seifer and Irvine were sitting on the couch quietly staring at the t.v. Seifer was starting to get uncomfortable with Irvine's unusual quietness and he reached inside the side table drawer for a pack cigarettes and lighter. When he got it to his mouth he stopped sighed and dropped it on the table. Irvine was watching the whole thing.

"Don't tell me you're quitting, never thought I'd see the day." Irvine said turning back to the t.v. "Yeah well today's the day. Like you said constantly, this stuff messes me up and I need to get addicted to the game not drugs." Seifer said and Irvine surprised looked over at him. "So you do listen to me after all, well that's good but if I catch you slip up your ass is mine." Irvine warned and went back to his quiet state. They sat like that for awhile listening to the t.v that could barely be heard and Seifer shifted uncomfortably.

" If I knew you'd be like this all day I'd of gone to that fucking school." He said and Irvine just shrugged not knowing how to respond. "Are you gonna tell me whats going on?" He asked. "Since when did you care about my problems?" Irvine said crossing his arms. "Since you cared about mine, now tell me." Seifer said demandingly and Irvine looked at him with a raised eyebrow then he sighed.

"You wouldn't be interested, just havin some man troubles that's all." Irvine said. "You and me both." Seifer said letting the words slip. 'Shit.' Irvine had his full attention on the boy now. "What did you say- no wait I heard what you said you having man troubles. Heh heh." He shook his head and laughed. Seifer frowned getting up from the couch but Irvine grabbed him back down.

"Now hold on a minute I didn't mean to laugh its just shockin that's all." "Yeah yeah." "So you've finally seen the light, when did this happen hells who with?" "I didn't see any light first of all and if you're gonna take it all as a joke I don't wanna tell you." Seifer said and grabbed the remote turning the t.v up. "Alright alright you're still confused but tell me what happened anyway."

Seifer thought about it for a minute then mustered up the nerve to say it. "Zell." Irvine's eyes widened with shock. "The tattoo kid you were hangin out with last night?" Seifer nodded and Irvine couldn't believe what he'd heard. "Seriously?" "Yes okay! It just kinda happened I didn't know what I was doing I was drunk." "I see, so who did the fuckin you or him?" "Irvine!" Seifer said getting frustrated at not getting the help he'd hoped for from his coach. "It was a harmless question." "Yeah well you're not helping any. What am I supposed to do now, I don't think I can even look at him anymore." "So serious so soon," Irvine said. "I know how that can be. So you like this kid or what?"

Seifer sunk low in the couch and took the lighter from the table and started playing on it. "I don't know, I mean he's good company and cute for a guy I guess." "Well the only thing I can tell you is be careful not just with sex but men in general. There's some cruel bastards out there like some women I suppose either way you go but if you choose to go the gay way I'm proud of ya." He patted Seifer on the head just as the phone rang and Irvine went to the kitchen to pick it up.

"Talk to me." "They're calling people in for the drug test now thought I'd let you know ahead of time so you can get here on time." A league exec said from the other end. "Right I almost forgot, we'll be right there." They both hung up. "What was that about?" Seifer said walking over to him. "Drug test are gonna start soon lets go." Irvine went for his coat and hat. "Hey what about your problem?" Seifer said grabbing the car keys and his own jacket. "We'll talk about it on the way."

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Zell was sitting in his next class waiting for all the others to file in. He was writing on a blank page at the back of his notebook. Seifer and Zell world boxing champions, two of a kind, a love of all loves, Zell Almasy. He laughed to himself. 'So this is love.' He was about to start writing again when someone stepped in front of his desk. He quickly closed the notebook and looked up.

"Rob?" He asked with annoyance in his tone. "Uh hey, Zell right." Rob said and Zell nodded. "So hows it goin?" Zell just looked at the other boy still confused about why he was talking to him in the first place after what happened in the cafeteria his first day. "Good I guess." He said slowly. "Good, well I just wanted to say that was a good game last night, I was there and you're really good ya know," The boy chuckled a little. "If I'd have known that I never would have messed with you before, so uh no hard feelings?" Rob held his hand out to Zell.

'Oh now it makes sense he's afraid of me. Ha that's the best thing I've heard all day. Guess it wouldn't be a problem to forgive him now that I have the upper hand.' He smiled devilishly to himself and took the other boys hand. "Don't worry about it but I'd be careful about who else I decided to mess with if I were you." He said squeezing the boys hand tightly and Rob tried yanking his hand back but couldn't until Zell let go.

"Yeah I-I will." He said and went to his seat. Zell couldn't help but laugh a little at the fear in the kids eyes. "Zell." He heard his name being called from the classroom door and looked up. "Squall?" Zell got up and went out of the room. "What are you doing here?" "We gotta go, drug test they just called." "Oh ok." He went back in and got his stuff then told his instructor that he had to leave. The instructor looked at Squall who was standing halfway in the room and nodded to Zell. Then he left and followed Squall down the hall. 'Perfect Seifer's defenitly gonna be there and maybe I can talk to him' Zell thought feeling his good mood slip back into him as he left the school.


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