Title- Intense Measures
~ I don't own FF8, but I do own my ideas and settings. Er...I don't own the asylum though. Ah well, please enjoy.~
Rated R For- Violence, language, slight suggestive themes, induced ill- minds and maybe slight yaoi in later chapters
Author- BloodOfAngelsX.
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Title- Insanity
Chapter- One.
~ The Asylum of The Insane ~
I see them and I can feel them. I know I'm talking nonsense, but I can really see and feel them. Oh, my name is Ridel, Ridel Kinto. I'm seventeen years of age and I've been in this asylum for about four years of my life. I came when I had turned thirteen because I had finaly told my parents about 'them'. Who may you ask is 'them' ? Demonic beings who haunt my dreams and reality. I won't take you back to my first times here, I'm fast forwarding through these damned days of hell inside of the Asylum Carnacious.
"Ridel Kinto, step up to the podium," a large man ordered.
I strode over to the podium, taking each and every step with a confident stride. As soon as I stepped up to the podium I was taken to the side by a buff man with a glass eye, he pushed me to the right. I bit my tongue so I didn't lash out at this rude gesture, I hated being pushed around by these guards. "Now, you are here to get injected with a test antibacteria for sicknesses. Now, my little ginuea pig, be a good little girl and allow your arm to Jeff," the large man instructed coldly.
I didn't budge as I stood there infront of all my fellow ill-minded heathens. Jeff yanked my arm and it felt like it was broken in two, I only let myself go because I wanted to be back to my dorm as soon as possible. A needle was inserted into a spot near my elbow, it was quite hot when the liquid was inserted into my nerves. Soon I could feel the injection start taking over my blood vessel's system, entering my brain and freezing my entire system. "Ugh...," is all I could manage before I blacked out.
"Take her to her dorm, Renee is still there and she might be able to help," the large man instructed to Jeff.
~ The Dorm ~
"Ugh...my damn head....," I grunted as I opened my eyes.
Renee was stooped over me, watching me with sorrow filled eyes. I rolled onto my side, turning away from my dormmate. "I was worried, Ridel. They brought you in and you had this expression which really scared me," Renee said with a sigh.
I didn't turn around to answer her, I didn't care. I heard her move about back to her bed and sit down, I closed my eyes again to drift into a neverending trecherous dream. But it was shattered when the dorm room door opened. "Renee, it's time for your examination," a gruff voice ordered.
"Alright, I hope you get well, Ridel," Renee said in a slight whisper.
The door closed and I sat up in my bed, staring at the door with intense interest. A demon was standing on the door, defying gravity and mocking me with a smirk. "Go away, demon! I have no time to spare with you!" I growled.
The demon only mocked me more by making a face and I replied with my pillow, which I threw at the little heathen. "Stop it I say!"
I stood up and opened the door, stepping out into the crowded hallways of this damned asylum. People shoving each other and some even carrying knives with them wandered through the halls, I spotted a young man with a scar over his face and blonde hair walking confidently down the hallway. It was Seifer, a young twenty four year old who has been here for quite some time. I passed him but not without a long staring contest with him, I turned around and watched him go. He turned his head and smirked, a knife reflecting the light in his back pocket. "Oh, excuse me," a male voice said.
I turned and a young man dressed in all black attire stood behind me, waiting for me to move out of his way. "Oh? You want me to move?" I inquired sourly.
"Yes, please."
I smirked slightly and allowed him to pass me by, he was a good chap. It wasn't Ravin's fault he was polite, before he was sent here his parents had taught him proper manners. He had a thing for blood, I wouldn't blame him because blood was the only thing us crazy people thought about. "Hey! Move out of my way!" a high pitched girl cried.
I stepped out of the way as a blonde rushed by, her pigtails flailing behind her. Her name is Quistis Trepe and I don't know much about her myself, but some say she has a thing for Zell.
I wandered to the lunchroom and grabbed myself a tray, gathering the needed essentials for my daily nutrition and diet. A strand of my crimson red hair slid over my shoulder and I cursed at its' insolence. A hand reached over and brushed the strand of hair away, I turned and the hand belonged to Zell. He was a tall young man with spiked blondish hair, emerald eyes and a great smile. He smiled and left me in the commotion of the lunchroom, I turned and sat down at the nearest table. After I finished my meal, I spotted Renee eating by herself at a round table in the back of the room. The last time someone tried to sit near her she attacked them with a hidden knife in her bra. I walked over and sat across from her. "Hey, I'm sorry for not saying a thank you this morning," I said solemnly.
Renee didn't look up but I just knew she appreciated that gesture of kindness. "Oh, I shouldn't bother you with no nonsense worrying," she said and looked at me.
She had a bruise across her cheek and I frowned. "They hit you?"
"Oh...ummm...I...," she struggled for words.
"What happened?" I inquired with strength in my voice.
But before she could answer Seifer waltzed over and sat down at the table. "Hello ladies," he said with his normal, non-emotional voice.
I turned to glare at Seifer but I spotted Demons surrounding Renee, they were laughing at her and kissing each other. I glared at the Demons instead and they went away. Seifer looked at me with a playful smirk. "Hey, Ridel. I noticed you tried to glare at me in the halls, but I have my own defense against your kind of glares," he muttered.
"Oh, I'm diseased now?" I inquired coldly.
"Oh, no no no, I didn't mean it that way."
"Then how did you mean it to be?" Renee inquired as she looked at Seifer.
I could see a slight blush in her cheeks, it even hid her bruise she had acquired from a scientist. Seifer gazed over at me once again and I felt his hand slid up my thigh, I turned to glare at him with my brown eyes until I felt him remove his hand. " I'll be in the dorm, Ridel," Renee said with a slight stutter.
I nodded and she left me alone with Seifer. He leaned over the table and touched my cheek with his hand. "Why do you ignore me?" he inquired with a hint of roughness to his tone.
"Because you are a pig?" I replied coldly and stood up.
"Do not fear me, Ridel."
"All I fear is death itself...not you."
I turned and walked away towards the doors, I heard footsteps behind me and I walked faster. Arms wrapped around me as I entered the hallway, no one was around in the halls and fury rose in my chest. "Don't leave so soon, Ridel," Seifer's voice whispered into my ear.
"Get your arms off of me, Seifer," I growled with my teeth clenched.
Seifer turned me around and gazed into my eyes, his hands moving up and down trying to calm me. But I only rewarded him with a swift kick in the groin and he doubled over. I raced back to my dorm and shut the door behind me. "What happened?" Renee inquired as I turned around.
I frowned and sat down on my bed. "Nothing," I replied and fell onto my back.
Renee stood up and paced back and forth between our beds. She had her thumb in her mouth, biting the tip until blood soon began to flow from her biting. "Renee," I warned.
Renee pulled her finger away and sat down on her bed. "I just...I want out," she muttered and hugged herself tightly.
I sat up and gathered my long hair, I pulled it and let it fall on my shoulder. "All of us want out of this damn place, but no guard would ever let us out because of our so called 'hell bent' problems. We are stuck here, Renee, and there's not a goddamn thing you can do about it!"
Renee looked at me with her bluish gray eyes, her hair was short and she wore a plain white jumper. She looked so frail and secure in her outfit, it made me wonder why she never let many people close to her. "Ridel...you don't seem to have many problems," she said in a hushed tone.
I leaned forward, bringing my face so close to hers that I could glare into her pupils. "You think I have no problems?! What the hell is blinding you. eh?!"
I got up and walked over to the bathroom. My only problem with Renee was her curious attitude towards me. "...Ridel...," Renee sighed.
I ignored her and put my attention on my reflection in the mirror. A toned face, pierced nose and crimson red hair. Brown eyes that seemed to change to a gray brown in the evening and pale skin. My body was my own security, the blood that ran through my veins had ceased to even be called blood. I was an average teenager, not too short and not too tall. I turned around and leaned against the white wall, allowing Renee to look at my expression. She laid down on her bed and seemed to fall asleep. I wandered over to the door and stepped outside, peering to the left and right. I spotted Zell walking towards the caged outside and I decided to follow him outside.
~ The Cage ~
"I know you're there, Ridel," Zell said and stopped in the doorway.
I walked over to him as he turned around, his eyes glistening in the moonlight which seeped into the hallway. "I just thought to join you outside," I replied with a smirk.
Maybe it was just me, but I felt a burning sensation in my chest. It was like Zell lit a fire inside of me when he smiled back. "Alright, you can join me outside."
I followed Zell outside and made sure to close the door behind me. He headed over to a willow tree and slid through the leaves which hung to the grassy floor. I entered into the cool leafy cage and sat next to Zell, it wasn't as caged as I had thought, above us was a clear view of the night sky. "So, why did you want to come with me?" Zell inquired.
I stretched my legs out infront of me and stared at the sky. "I really haven't been outside lately, or had any reason to," I replied quietly.
Zell smirked and I felt his eyes on me, scanning and checking me out. I felt my face growing very hot and it felt as if a whole tub of hot water was poured on my body. "Seifer would get jealous if he caught you with me," Zell whispered.
"I don't care for Seifer," I muttered and looked at Zell.
All of a sudden he leaned closer, his face so close to mine that I could actually hear his breathing. "You have something inside of you, so angry and evil....are you hurting?"
I turned away," what do you mean?"
"I mean...there is something in your heart. It's hurting, aching for something. It's eating you alive."
I felt his hand on mine which was nearest to him, maybe he had shifted his hand and didn't realize it was on mine. I turned and looked at him. "What is your case?" I inquired.
"I see viruses.....attacking someones heart and soul. It pains me to see it...I hate my problems. They haunt my dreams and my reality," he replied.
His voice made my body go numb, it was so soothing to hear him talk. I leaned closer but he stood up to hold a hand out to the sky. "Don't you wish we could all just heal....and be normal human beings?"
I stood up also and nodded. "Sometimes...but what's life without the psyco?"
Zell turned to me and it felt as if we both were staring into each others eyes for a minute. It seemed to me as if it lasted longer than that, but he soon broke the gaze and pushed through the leaves. "Are you leaving?" I inquired as I followed him.
"No, just getting a better look at the sky."
I heard the door open and spotted Renee entering with someone. I grabbed Zell and pulled him back into the leaves. "Hey hey! I don't want anything-"
"Oh shut up, Zell. I'm not trying anything..," I whispered into his ear.
I listened for Renee and her partner.
"Why did you bring me here?" Renee's voice inquired.
I frowned, so it wasn't Renee who came.
"Just to talk, you know," replied an all too familiar voice replied.
I almost lost my lunch, it was Seifer.
"About what? Ridel?" Renee asked with a sigh.
"No, not about that nutcase. Just...us. I want to know why you're so ansy around me now that I've spawned an interest in her."
"I'm not ansy around you. Just uncomfortable when you two get friendly."
Friendly? Friendly my ass, I thought.
"Friendly? We're not that friendly, she hates my guts. She showed it earlier, but that's not the point. Can you tell her that there's a new guy here...and she should meet him, can you do that?"
"Yeah, but what's this guys' name?"
"His name is Squall, he has illusions. I think they'd get along very well with her demons and his illusions."
I gritted my teeth and felt Zell struggle in my arms. "Ridel...your hand is...cutting off the circulation to my arm!" he growled under his breath.
I released my hold on him and listened.
"Okay...I'll tell her, but she might not listen to me," Renee said.
"Make her listen, be aggressive....,"Seifer said with a slight rough tone.
I rolled my eyes and turned to Zell. "Do you believe this!?" I whispered.
"No! I can't...I can't believe that I've missed lights out," he replied.
I frowned. "You weren't listening..."
Zell looked at me and smiled warmly," I only believe that you are overreacting."
I heard Renee and Seifer leave and I actually felt happy they did. I didn't feel good about doing it, but I went along with it. I leaned forward, planted a kiss on Zell's lips and ran out of there like there was no tomorrow.
~ The Dorm ~
"Where were you?" Renee inquired as she looked up from a book.
"I was....in the bathroom," I replied and sat on my bed.
I pulled my shirt off and pulled my black trousers off before sliding under the warm covers. Renee watched me close my eyes and I drifted into an awaited slumber.
~ The Dream ~
"Ridel," a voice said soothingly.
I opened my eyes, a light shone down on me as I sat up. "Huh? Where am I?" I inquired.
I turned and spotted Zell standing near me, with only a pair of shorts on. I blushed as he sat down on my bed and put his hands on my cheeks. "I've waited a long time for you to waken from your slumber," he whispered seductively.
I plunged into the feeling of his aura, the feeling of his hands over my body. I kissed him passionatly on the lips as we lay there on the sheer white bedspread. Then his image vanished and transformed into Seifer. "Ridel...," he said as he held me down on my bed.
"No! Seifer!" I cried out.
Seifer held me there, his body over mine and his hands wrapped around my wrists. I was powerless against him now, I was at his mercy. "I know you love me...you just don't show it," he said with a frown.
That face made me want to hold him close, he looked like a lost boy without a teddy bear. I leaned closer to him, ready to kiss him on the lips but then my dream was shattered.
~ The Dorm ~
"Ridel, wake up," Zell's voice beckoned.
I opened my eyes and Zell was really there, I almost jumped out of my skin. "What are you doing here?" I inquired hotly as I pulled the sheets tightly around me.
Zell's eyes wandered away and I sighed, he looked at me and shook his head. "I wanted to talk to you," he said.
"About?"
I then remembered that I had kissed him and ran from the cage. I lowered my eyes. "I felt an aura...I thought it was yours, so I came. I found you dreaming and your heart was beating real wild like...I think another virus came to you. But then again...it might have just been a nightmare."
A nightmare, oh, if only he knew. "Yeah...I had a dream," I said with a yawn.
"Was it a nightmare?"
"Yeah...sort of anyways."
Zell, as I had realized, was only in a pair of black baggy nightpants. He sat down on my bed and I slid over. "I'll sleep in here tonight...the dorms are locked," he whispered and slid under the covers next to me.
The heat of his body made my skin become goosebumpy, I blushed deeply as he layed his head on my pillow and turned on his side to look at me. I could only stare into his eyes and he smiled politely. "I won't do anything, I'll leave early so I can at least change and get a shower in tomorrow," he said and yawned.
I felt his leg rub against mine and it made me jump, Zell looked at me with question filled eyes. "You nervous that I might try something? If it makes you feel better I could-"
"It's fine...really," I cut in.
He smiled and nodded a thank you. I felt the need to hug him and pull him close to myself, but in my current condition I felt as if I couldn't. That he wouldn't appreciate me gesture. But it surprised me that he reached over and pulled me closer to him. "This will make sure I don't hog the blanket," he whispered with a slight humorous hint in his voice.
I smiled and let him wrap his arms around me, a friendly gesture of kindness that I soon fell into a dreamy sleep to.
~ To Be Continued. Ah yes, the first chapter. Second is us meeting the young man named Squall, if you don't get what I am doing all my characters will be in first person in their designated chapters. Meaning the next chapter is where Squall will be in first person p.o.v. So, hope you liked the first chapter and I hope you'll like the second.
~ I don't own FF8, but I do own my ideas and settings. Er...I don't own the asylum though. Ah well, please enjoy.~
Rated R For- Violence, language, slight suggestive themes, induced ill- minds and maybe slight yaoi in later chapters
Author- BloodOfAngelsX.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~OOOOOO------~~~~~~~~~~
Title- Insanity
Chapter- One.
~ The Asylum of The Insane ~
I see them and I can feel them. I know I'm talking nonsense, but I can really see and feel them. Oh, my name is Ridel, Ridel Kinto. I'm seventeen years of age and I've been in this asylum for about four years of my life. I came when I had turned thirteen because I had finaly told my parents about 'them'. Who may you ask is 'them' ? Demonic beings who haunt my dreams and reality. I won't take you back to my first times here, I'm fast forwarding through these damned days of hell inside of the Asylum Carnacious.
"Ridel Kinto, step up to the podium," a large man ordered.
I strode over to the podium, taking each and every step with a confident stride. As soon as I stepped up to the podium I was taken to the side by a buff man with a glass eye, he pushed me to the right. I bit my tongue so I didn't lash out at this rude gesture, I hated being pushed around by these guards. "Now, you are here to get injected with a test antibacteria for sicknesses. Now, my little ginuea pig, be a good little girl and allow your arm to Jeff," the large man instructed coldly.
I didn't budge as I stood there infront of all my fellow ill-minded heathens. Jeff yanked my arm and it felt like it was broken in two, I only let myself go because I wanted to be back to my dorm as soon as possible. A needle was inserted into a spot near my elbow, it was quite hot when the liquid was inserted into my nerves. Soon I could feel the injection start taking over my blood vessel's system, entering my brain and freezing my entire system. "Ugh...," is all I could manage before I blacked out.
"Take her to her dorm, Renee is still there and she might be able to help," the large man instructed to Jeff.
~ The Dorm ~
"Ugh...my damn head....," I grunted as I opened my eyes.
Renee was stooped over me, watching me with sorrow filled eyes. I rolled onto my side, turning away from my dormmate. "I was worried, Ridel. They brought you in and you had this expression which really scared me," Renee said with a sigh.
I didn't turn around to answer her, I didn't care. I heard her move about back to her bed and sit down, I closed my eyes again to drift into a neverending trecherous dream. But it was shattered when the dorm room door opened. "Renee, it's time for your examination," a gruff voice ordered.
"Alright, I hope you get well, Ridel," Renee said in a slight whisper.
The door closed and I sat up in my bed, staring at the door with intense interest. A demon was standing on the door, defying gravity and mocking me with a smirk. "Go away, demon! I have no time to spare with you!" I growled.
The demon only mocked me more by making a face and I replied with my pillow, which I threw at the little heathen. "Stop it I say!"
I stood up and opened the door, stepping out into the crowded hallways of this damned asylum. People shoving each other and some even carrying knives with them wandered through the halls, I spotted a young man with a scar over his face and blonde hair walking confidently down the hallway. It was Seifer, a young twenty four year old who has been here for quite some time. I passed him but not without a long staring contest with him, I turned around and watched him go. He turned his head and smirked, a knife reflecting the light in his back pocket. "Oh, excuse me," a male voice said.
I turned and a young man dressed in all black attire stood behind me, waiting for me to move out of his way. "Oh? You want me to move?" I inquired sourly.
"Yes, please."
I smirked slightly and allowed him to pass me by, he was a good chap. It wasn't Ravin's fault he was polite, before he was sent here his parents had taught him proper manners. He had a thing for blood, I wouldn't blame him because blood was the only thing us crazy people thought about. "Hey! Move out of my way!" a high pitched girl cried.
I stepped out of the way as a blonde rushed by, her pigtails flailing behind her. Her name is Quistis Trepe and I don't know much about her myself, but some say she has a thing for Zell.
I wandered to the lunchroom and grabbed myself a tray, gathering the needed essentials for my daily nutrition and diet. A strand of my crimson red hair slid over my shoulder and I cursed at its' insolence. A hand reached over and brushed the strand of hair away, I turned and the hand belonged to Zell. He was a tall young man with spiked blondish hair, emerald eyes and a great smile. He smiled and left me in the commotion of the lunchroom, I turned and sat down at the nearest table. After I finished my meal, I spotted Renee eating by herself at a round table in the back of the room. The last time someone tried to sit near her she attacked them with a hidden knife in her bra. I walked over and sat across from her. "Hey, I'm sorry for not saying a thank you this morning," I said solemnly.
Renee didn't look up but I just knew she appreciated that gesture of kindness. "Oh, I shouldn't bother you with no nonsense worrying," she said and looked at me.
She had a bruise across her cheek and I frowned. "They hit you?"
"Oh...ummm...I...," she struggled for words.
"What happened?" I inquired with strength in my voice.
But before she could answer Seifer waltzed over and sat down at the table. "Hello ladies," he said with his normal, non-emotional voice.
I turned to glare at Seifer but I spotted Demons surrounding Renee, they were laughing at her and kissing each other. I glared at the Demons instead and they went away. Seifer looked at me with a playful smirk. "Hey, Ridel. I noticed you tried to glare at me in the halls, but I have my own defense against your kind of glares," he muttered.
"Oh, I'm diseased now?" I inquired coldly.
"Oh, no no no, I didn't mean it that way."
"Then how did you mean it to be?" Renee inquired as she looked at Seifer.
I could see a slight blush in her cheeks, it even hid her bruise she had acquired from a scientist. Seifer gazed over at me once again and I felt his hand slid up my thigh, I turned to glare at him with my brown eyes until I felt him remove his hand. " I'll be in the dorm, Ridel," Renee said with a slight stutter.
I nodded and she left me alone with Seifer. He leaned over the table and touched my cheek with his hand. "Why do you ignore me?" he inquired with a hint of roughness to his tone.
"Because you are a pig?" I replied coldly and stood up.
"Do not fear me, Ridel."
"All I fear is death itself...not you."
I turned and walked away towards the doors, I heard footsteps behind me and I walked faster. Arms wrapped around me as I entered the hallway, no one was around in the halls and fury rose in my chest. "Don't leave so soon, Ridel," Seifer's voice whispered into my ear.
"Get your arms off of me, Seifer," I growled with my teeth clenched.
Seifer turned me around and gazed into my eyes, his hands moving up and down trying to calm me. But I only rewarded him with a swift kick in the groin and he doubled over. I raced back to my dorm and shut the door behind me. "What happened?" Renee inquired as I turned around.
I frowned and sat down on my bed. "Nothing," I replied and fell onto my back.
Renee stood up and paced back and forth between our beds. She had her thumb in her mouth, biting the tip until blood soon began to flow from her biting. "Renee," I warned.
Renee pulled her finger away and sat down on her bed. "I just...I want out," she muttered and hugged herself tightly.
I sat up and gathered my long hair, I pulled it and let it fall on my shoulder. "All of us want out of this damn place, but no guard would ever let us out because of our so called 'hell bent' problems. We are stuck here, Renee, and there's not a goddamn thing you can do about it!"
Renee looked at me with her bluish gray eyes, her hair was short and she wore a plain white jumper. She looked so frail and secure in her outfit, it made me wonder why she never let many people close to her. "Ridel...you don't seem to have many problems," she said in a hushed tone.
I leaned forward, bringing my face so close to hers that I could glare into her pupils. "You think I have no problems?! What the hell is blinding you. eh?!"
I got up and walked over to the bathroom. My only problem with Renee was her curious attitude towards me. "...Ridel...," Renee sighed.
I ignored her and put my attention on my reflection in the mirror. A toned face, pierced nose and crimson red hair. Brown eyes that seemed to change to a gray brown in the evening and pale skin. My body was my own security, the blood that ran through my veins had ceased to even be called blood. I was an average teenager, not too short and not too tall. I turned around and leaned against the white wall, allowing Renee to look at my expression. She laid down on her bed and seemed to fall asleep. I wandered over to the door and stepped outside, peering to the left and right. I spotted Zell walking towards the caged outside and I decided to follow him outside.
~ The Cage ~
"I know you're there, Ridel," Zell said and stopped in the doorway.
I walked over to him as he turned around, his eyes glistening in the moonlight which seeped into the hallway. "I just thought to join you outside," I replied with a smirk.
Maybe it was just me, but I felt a burning sensation in my chest. It was like Zell lit a fire inside of me when he smiled back. "Alright, you can join me outside."
I followed Zell outside and made sure to close the door behind me. He headed over to a willow tree and slid through the leaves which hung to the grassy floor. I entered into the cool leafy cage and sat next to Zell, it wasn't as caged as I had thought, above us was a clear view of the night sky. "So, why did you want to come with me?" Zell inquired.
I stretched my legs out infront of me and stared at the sky. "I really haven't been outside lately, or had any reason to," I replied quietly.
Zell smirked and I felt his eyes on me, scanning and checking me out. I felt my face growing very hot and it felt as if a whole tub of hot water was poured on my body. "Seifer would get jealous if he caught you with me," Zell whispered.
"I don't care for Seifer," I muttered and looked at Zell.
All of a sudden he leaned closer, his face so close to mine that I could actually hear his breathing. "You have something inside of you, so angry and evil....are you hurting?"
I turned away," what do you mean?"
"I mean...there is something in your heart. It's hurting, aching for something. It's eating you alive."
I felt his hand on mine which was nearest to him, maybe he had shifted his hand and didn't realize it was on mine. I turned and looked at him. "What is your case?" I inquired.
"I see viruses.....attacking someones heart and soul. It pains me to see it...I hate my problems. They haunt my dreams and my reality," he replied.
His voice made my body go numb, it was so soothing to hear him talk. I leaned closer but he stood up to hold a hand out to the sky. "Don't you wish we could all just heal....and be normal human beings?"
I stood up also and nodded. "Sometimes...but what's life without the psyco?"
Zell turned to me and it felt as if we both were staring into each others eyes for a minute. It seemed to me as if it lasted longer than that, but he soon broke the gaze and pushed through the leaves. "Are you leaving?" I inquired as I followed him.
"No, just getting a better look at the sky."
I heard the door open and spotted Renee entering with someone. I grabbed Zell and pulled him back into the leaves. "Hey hey! I don't want anything-"
"Oh shut up, Zell. I'm not trying anything..," I whispered into his ear.
I listened for Renee and her partner.
"Why did you bring me here?" Renee's voice inquired.
I frowned, so it wasn't Renee who came.
"Just to talk, you know," replied an all too familiar voice replied.
I almost lost my lunch, it was Seifer.
"About what? Ridel?" Renee asked with a sigh.
"No, not about that nutcase. Just...us. I want to know why you're so ansy around me now that I've spawned an interest in her."
"I'm not ansy around you. Just uncomfortable when you two get friendly."
Friendly? Friendly my ass, I thought.
"Friendly? We're not that friendly, she hates my guts. She showed it earlier, but that's not the point. Can you tell her that there's a new guy here...and she should meet him, can you do that?"
"Yeah, but what's this guys' name?"
"His name is Squall, he has illusions. I think they'd get along very well with her demons and his illusions."
I gritted my teeth and felt Zell struggle in my arms. "Ridel...your hand is...cutting off the circulation to my arm!" he growled under his breath.
I released my hold on him and listened.
"Okay...I'll tell her, but she might not listen to me," Renee said.
"Make her listen, be aggressive....,"Seifer said with a slight rough tone.
I rolled my eyes and turned to Zell. "Do you believe this!?" I whispered.
"No! I can't...I can't believe that I've missed lights out," he replied.
I frowned. "You weren't listening..."
Zell looked at me and smiled warmly," I only believe that you are overreacting."
I heard Renee and Seifer leave and I actually felt happy they did. I didn't feel good about doing it, but I went along with it. I leaned forward, planted a kiss on Zell's lips and ran out of there like there was no tomorrow.
~ The Dorm ~
"Where were you?" Renee inquired as she looked up from a book.
"I was....in the bathroom," I replied and sat on my bed.
I pulled my shirt off and pulled my black trousers off before sliding under the warm covers. Renee watched me close my eyes and I drifted into an awaited slumber.
~ The Dream ~
"Ridel," a voice said soothingly.
I opened my eyes, a light shone down on me as I sat up. "Huh? Where am I?" I inquired.
I turned and spotted Zell standing near me, with only a pair of shorts on. I blushed as he sat down on my bed and put his hands on my cheeks. "I've waited a long time for you to waken from your slumber," he whispered seductively.
I plunged into the feeling of his aura, the feeling of his hands over my body. I kissed him passionatly on the lips as we lay there on the sheer white bedspread. Then his image vanished and transformed into Seifer. "Ridel...," he said as he held me down on my bed.
"No! Seifer!" I cried out.
Seifer held me there, his body over mine and his hands wrapped around my wrists. I was powerless against him now, I was at his mercy. "I know you love me...you just don't show it," he said with a frown.
That face made me want to hold him close, he looked like a lost boy without a teddy bear. I leaned closer to him, ready to kiss him on the lips but then my dream was shattered.
~ The Dorm ~
"Ridel, wake up," Zell's voice beckoned.
I opened my eyes and Zell was really there, I almost jumped out of my skin. "What are you doing here?" I inquired hotly as I pulled the sheets tightly around me.
Zell's eyes wandered away and I sighed, he looked at me and shook his head. "I wanted to talk to you," he said.
"About?"
I then remembered that I had kissed him and ran from the cage. I lowered my eyes. "I felt an aura...I thought it was yours, so I came. I found you dreaming and your heart was beating real wild like...I think another virus came to you. But then again...it might have just been a nightmare."
A nightmare, oh, if only he knew. "Yeah...I had a dream," I said with a yawn.
"Was it a nightmare?"
"Yeah...sort of anyways."
Zell, as I had realized, was only in a pair of black baggy nightpants. He sat down on my bed and I slid over. "I'll sleep in here tonight...the dorms are locked," he whispered and slid under the covers next to me.
The heat of his body made my skin become goosebumpy, I blushed deeply as he layed his head on my pillow and turned on his side to look at me. I could only stare into his eyes and he smiled politely. "I won't do anything, I'll leave early so I can at least change and get a shower in tomorrow," he said and yawned.
I felt his leg rub against mine and it made me jump, Zell looked at me with question filled eyes. "You nervous that I might try something? If it makes you feel better I could-"
"It's fine...really," I cut in.
He smiled and nodded a thank you. I felt the need to hug him and pull him close to myself, but in my current condition I felt as if I couldn't. That he wouldn't appreciate me gesture. But it surprised me that he reached over and pulled me closer to him. "This will make sure I don't hog the blanket," he whispered with a slight humorous hint in his voice.
I smiled and let him wrap his arms around me, a friendly gesture of kindness that I soon fell into a dreamy sleep to.
~ To Be Continued. Ah yes, the first chapter. Second is us meeting the young man named Squall, if you don't get what I am doing all my characters will be in first person in their designated chapters. Meaning the next chapter is where Squall will be in first person p.o.v. So, hope you liked the first chapter and I hope you'll like the second.