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Disclaimer: I don't own Sora or Roxas, there owned by Disney, Squall, Ellone, Final Fantasy 8, and Kingdom Hearts are owned by Square Enix. Are you happy knowing I don't any of them?! GEEZ. Fake sob.
Title: You Have To Do Better Than That
Authoress: Tysonkaiexperiment
Warnings: Yaoi, bad pick-up lines, kind of obvious places to date, etc, etc, etc. Horrible puns, yes.
Couplings: LeSo with lots of others!
Summary: Squall was going to visit his sister at Destiny Islands High school while his college is off. He didn't expect to become interested in the high school's famous Matchmaker, especially when Sora knows every trick in the book. LeSo with a bunch of others!
Dedication: To all fans who read and review my LeSo fanfics! Thank you so much! You keep me writing about my OTP and I thank you all so much for your kindness!
Notes: This came when I was going to bed at four in the morning; my step-brother woke up from his sickness. I haven't decided exactly what will be in here or how long it'll be, but just expect a lot of cheesy romance. Haha.
Notes 2: Because this involves Squall's sister there will be a LOT of Final Fantasy 8 references, so if you haven't played it you might get confused on a lot of things.
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You Have To Do Better Than That
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Squall Leonhart wasn't one to just go anywhere for everyone, he liked his days planned out as perfectly as possible; the less time spent moving around a lot the better. So, when his sister asked him to come visit her while the college was closed down for break he sighed and began to pack. He knew she would sit there and tear up, deep brown eyes glazing over as a few bangs of deep brown hair would fall into her face and she'd look so defeated.
Ellone was good at getting him to do anything.
So he made his way from Radiant Garden College to Destiny Islands to go stay at his sister's place. She'd just recently gotten a job as assistant teacher there and since Ellone was known for being really great with everyone she'd instantly got the attention of everyone.
"Squall!" She cried as soon as she saw him, waving her arm frantically as the bright green sash around the middle of her arms slid towards her shoulder. "I'm so glad to see you!"
He hugged her with a grunt, well, more like she hugged him, and he could see everyone glancing at them with interest. Glaring at them before shuffling away, Squall couldn't help but eye twitch. Of course he and Ellone didn't look anything alike, considering Laguna and Raine had adopted her before Squall was even born, but that didn't mean that they were instantly something like lovers or anything. He hated it when people assumed things, half the time it wasn't true.
"I know you'll like my place." She told him as they slid into the taxi, Squall's car wouldn't arrive on shore for at least a day or two. "It's really peaceful and quiet, it has two stories and it somewhat resembles Raine's house in Winhill so you should feel at home."
He wanted to mutter that he couldn't even remember his mother's house in Winhill since he was sent immediately to the orphanage halfway across the world when she died, but he played to her idea and nodded his head.
"Does Laguna know I'm here?"
Ellone laughed, her pale fingers patting her brother on the shoulder comfortingly, "You know I wouldn't tell your father unless you were fine with it." A few minutes later they had reached the house and she paid the driver as Squall slid out to grab his suitcases from the trunk. "Are you hungry? It's still early, since you are an early bird." She teased, it was more than a little early, it was like, five in the morning, the entire family was early risers. "School starts at seven thirty and goes until noon."
Right, Japanese customs, you get out at noon but you have class from Monday to Saturday, even if he was Japanese he did like the American customs better, thank god Radiant Garden was an American-based school. "I'll make breakfast." He told her, shuffling into the house with his things as Ellone said good morning to all her early-rising neighbors. Once he placed his suitcases down near the couch in the living room and found the kitchen he started, letting her get ready for her day on the job. He made something quick and easy, easily held, and he probably couldn't name it if he tried. Squall was one of those people that could cook but if he didn't have at least ten minutes then he'd just throw a bunch of things between two pieces of bread and it would taste amazing. It took a while to get the ability down, considering no one expected, when he first tried it, to have bell-peppers and strawberry jelly combined.
Ellone quickly took hers, even though she was skinny, extremely, she liked to eat a lot. Grabbing one of his suitcases she waited for him to grab his food and the other one before she led him upstairs to his bedroom. "This is your room." She told him and slid open the last door on the right of the hall. It was a beautiful light blue, just barely off-white enough to be seen against the white ceiling and rug. The bed was a light wood, sheets and two of the four pillows white while the other two pillows and blanket with the designs of ocean waves in the same off-blue. There was a light wood dresser right next to the bed, a desk filled with papers and pens and other items in the corner to the left of the door with a light wood closet in the right corner. Simple, yet it was homey and with the large white window behind the bed the scenery seemed to make it feel like paradise.
"Are you trying to be cliché?" He asked, looking back to her with a shake of his head.
She laughed, a warm feeling spreading through him before she gazed to him, "No actually, most of the times hotels are trying for that tropical paradise, most homes in the islands are pretty messy and boring."
"Hmmm…" He merely took a bite of his food and set his suitcases down on the bed. "Should I unpack now?"
"If you want." She told him, smiling slightly, "Or you can come with me to see the school today."
"Deal with a bunch of little Zell's and Irvine's?" Squall retorted dryly and she began to laugh fully, "I'll stay here."
"Alright then." Finishing the food in her hands, Ellone hugged her brother goodbye before heading down the stairs, "The TV's down in the living room, computer in the den next to the kitchen, help yourself to anything in the fridge and I'll be back in a couple hours."
Squall wasn't one to be worried about, he'd rather sit there and read every single page of the news online rather than do anything too odd. Either way, he was a little surprised that his sister hadn't said anything more than that. Shrugging to himself he opened his suitcases and tried to decided what would go where.
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"Today will you come with me?" Ellone asked, eyes twinkling, "Quistis knew you were coming here and she got all excited and I keep getting bugged about it."
"Quistis is teaching here?" He asked, eyebrow rising in slim surprise as his ex-teacher and close friend's name sprung up.
"Yup!" She replied, helping peeling potatoes for tonight's dinner, "She heard there was a teaching spot with me and decent pay and took it just recently." Setting down the newly-peeled potato she took another and looked up at him, "Even if you decide not to, I'm going to have two kids over, one is having trouble in a class and the other is his brother and follows where ever he goes."
Squall glanced at how many potatoes they peeled before glancing back to her, "We're going to need more potatoes." He replied as his eyes told her it was her house, after all, she could do what she liked.
She smiled that sunny little smile and whistled a simple tune, "I bet you'll get along great Squall, they can sometimes act a little hyper but they'll never do anything too crazy."
"You say that and yet you're friends with Laguna."
She laughed lightly before slipping towards the door to put on her shoes, "I'll go buy more vegetables, anything else we need?"
"Maybe a little extra chicken." He told her, and when she nodded and left he eased back and sighed.
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"You must be Ellone's brother."
Squall nodded his head a few times as the boy in front of him gazed unemotionally at him. "And you are?"
"One of her students." He brushed past him like he owned the place and had been there often. Did she really let people in that easy? "She never told me she had an older brother."
"She doesn't." Squall had muttered, closing the door after seeing no one else outside. What happened the other one Ellone said was coming?
The boy's blue eyes widened somewhat, "Then you're—."
"Her younger brother." The brunet muttered, rolling his eyes as the boy gaped. He was used to this.
"But you're so tall! Ellone's barely five feet herself and you're well over six!" Blue eyes looked up and down for a second before he inclined his head, "But I can understand how you feel." He laughed, removing the hood from around his face so Squall could see a mane of spiky blond hair that slid to one side, "I'm the younger between me and my brother but we act completely different."
Which meant that he'd be dealing with another Zell, just great, what he was trying to get away from.
"I'm Roxas Kaze." The blond spoke, holding out a hand that Squall slowly took. The blond wasn't invading his space nor was he giving anything but respect, the least he could do was do the same.
"Squall Leonhart."
"Leonhart?" Roxas asked, blink confusedly, "But if your Ellone's younger brother then that means your last name should be Loire—."
"Never." Squall hissed, eyes narrowing, "That man is an idiot."
The corners of Roxas's lips slid up, "I understand."
"I'm back!" Ellone sung as she opened the door, "Hello Roxas! Hey Squall! I even bought dessert!"
"Oh Roxas!" A sudden wail interrupted the three, Ellone smiled and slid into the kitchen, Squall blinked, and Roxas rolled his eyes as the shadow that appeared behind Ellone bolted onto the blond, "I screwed up so horribly!"
Roxas pointed to the now-crying bundle that was securely attached to him, "This is my older brother, Sora."
The new teenager paused mid-cry to look up and once bright blue eyes met Squall's blue-grey ones he knew this was going to be extremely cliché. The kid was cute, a few pieces of brunet hair peaking from under a simple black hat as a drop of rain slid down the brim, falling onto his nose before it slid it's way off and landed on the floor with a 'plop'. "Hi!" The brunet chirped happily as he stood straight and smoothed out the wrinkles in his clothes. He must've been one of those that always wanted to make a good first impression. "And you are?"
"Ellone's brother." He grunted, nearly tempted to scoot back as Sora leaned forward to inspect him.
"Oh!" He squealed, an actual goddamn squeal. Zell hadn't even been able to do that, even when Seifer had finally said out loud 'he's my boyfriend'. "You're not what I expected, not at all; this changes all my readings for tomorrow…"
"Readings…?" Squall blinked, biting his lip when he realized he didn't mean to say it out loud.
Roxas sighed, "Sora's the best matchmaker in Destiny Islands, probably best in the world." He waved his hand as Sora began to remove his rain-covered clothes and place them in the bin Ellone had just walked into the room with. "He can tell you your exact soul mate, exactly what they find romantic, and little random things like where the best place to woo them is."
"I helped Roxas find his boyfriend!" Sora cried out proudly, hands on hips as he smirked to his now-blushing brother.
"That's true." Roxas replied, ignoring Sora's cry of 'ah ha!', "He introduced us in elementary school and Axel and I have been attached to each other ever since."
Ellone pulled Roxas out of his wet clothes before smiling, "Well matchmakers, you can worry about that after, it's dinner time, then study time!"
"Yes mother!" Sora and Roxas sarcastically replied at the same time and followed her into the kitchen and dining room area.
Squall would've followed them but he was more worried about himself and how close he was to hitting himself in the head. He knew his questions to Ellone should've been about why they let themselves in so easily or why students were so comfortable talking to people like this, but the only questions he had for her happened to be was the cute brunet available and was that his real eye color?
It was at that exact moment that Squall Leonhart did smack himself in the head.
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They were waving goodbye when Ellone turned to him, that small little smile on her pale face as Sora and Roxas began their walk home several blocks away.
"What?" He finally asked, looking down into her eyes to see the obvious joy there.
"Wasn't he cute?"
Even if he was Squall Leonhart, he could do nothing but choke on his spit, widen his eyes, and stare at her with brightly flushed cheeks, "WHAT!?"
Ellone didn't even seemed fazed, eyes softening as she looked at her younger brother with something akin to fan-girl-ism. "Sora, he seemed to be interested in you."
"And how did he show that?" He shut the door and she slid inside with him following into the kitchen. When she grabbed the first empty container he knew it was time to clean up.
"Well, at school he's a rather different person." She muttered, holding the container as he poured the leftovers into it, "Not like he turns evil or something, he's just a little more quiet and stubborn and a little too level-headed because that's what everyone expects of a famous matchmaker." As soon as she set it down and reached for the lid her eyes were on him again, "When he's out of school he's more hyper and outgoing, but I have never, ever, seen him freeze the way he did before he said hi to you."
He looked away, busying himself with rinsing out the pot as she put the leftovers in the fridge, "He did say he didn't expect someone like me, what if he was just caught off guard and expected someone shorter and more like you?"
Ellone giggled, brushing some hair from her face, "That may be, but he's still really cute and I think he is at least somewhat interested in you. I would date him, if I was younger." She was, after all, at least ten years older than Squall was.
Squall flushed, "I did not need to hear that."
"Right, sorry." She laughed, "Either way, he's gay, it wouldn't work." As he spluttered she smiled, "You should come with me tomorrow, I'm sure he'd like it if you show up."
Squall turned away, nearly stomping like a child up the stairs to his room, Ellone's laughter ringing throughout the house since everything else was off.
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The next day Squall had glared the building down with a passion.
"It won't be so bad." She told him as his car slid past the gate with the large sign that read 'Destiny Islands High School Employee Parking Only'. "You can stay in my classroom if you'd like."
"I plan to." He muttered, still trying to figure out why he was coming with her in the first place.
"Roxas and Sora have several periods with me, lucky you; you'll see them a lot!"
His face hit the steering wheel and there was a long shrill horn heard throughout the campus that had everyone staring before Squall managed to pick himself up again.
"It won't be so bad, honestly, even though Sora and Roxas sit right next to my desk in the back of the class…"
Squall's head met the horn again, but instead of it just going off his face now exploded with a large white air-bag. He could've sworn he heard Ellone crackle evilly.
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Tke: Oh god, I think I love this fic, I don't know how long it'll be, probably won't be long but it depends on how much I want to write, but I'm trying to include EXTREMELY cheesy romantic things in it. Besides the whole movie and dinner or "Fine set of legs, what time do they open?" events and lines, anybody got some ideas for what Squall would want to do/say? I have a few but I'd love to have people involved, it makes it more fun!
I love Ellone; she's probably one of my favorite female characters ever. She'll be appearing a lot as Squall's motherly figure/advice giver (since, if you played FF8 and all, his mom's kinda… dead…)… anyways, I plan to put in a LOT of FF8 characters because it's my favorite of the Final Fantasy series, though that doesn't mean I'll ignore KH characters, they'll be there too.
So, besides LeSo, AkuRoku, and SeiferZell, is there any other couplings (not involving these characters that already have a coupling) people would want to see in this?