Squall walks out of a meeting and Seifer's just leaning against the wall next to the door like a punk
Squall walks past him a moment then pauses He turns and just drops all his notes and everything he was holding "...S-seifer?...." "You're....I thought...."
"Squa-ah.... right. "Leon" now" Kicks off the wall and just strolls past him "Does that actually fool anyone?"
He's too shocked to be upset with him so he walks up to him and just puts a hand on his shoulder to make sure he's real. "Of course not.....damn You're actually real. You came back..." He's just looking him over and settles on his chin, a little smirk on his face as he rubs at it. "When did you find time to grow this?"
"I didn't.... but I liked this bit enough to leave it." A shrug. You should've seen the scraggly mess on his face when he crawled out of that pod, Squall. "The hell makes you think I wouldn't be real?" then he stops, reconsiders the words and.... "Unless this is another place like Twilight Town? I thought this was supposed to be real-godsdammit"
Squalls just going to keep touching his beard as he continues to eye over Seifer and how different he looks. "Heartless...nobodies...you could be either of them but I've never seen them look this drastically different so you can't be. I guess I never thought to look for you in Twilight Town...some of us just disappeared and others showed up in Traverse Town. ...I waited years for you." And he finally let's go of him and just pops his hip as his arms cross over his chest. "I really thought you were gone..."
It's... weird? being touched like that, so casually by Squall of all people, but what about all of this isn't weird. "I'm not going to pretend I understand all the details but..." He shrugs, the familiar devil-may-care sort of gesture making his coat strain slightly at his shoulders. "Hardly the first time, right?"
But there's a little bit of something... cautious in his gaze however much he manages to keep his body language casual and dismissive. Everything's fallen to pieces. Literally. Are they.... can they let the past stay there? Is that something Squall's willing to allow?
Seifer needs his help, or at least needs a friend right now. Squall isn't blind to that. If he's been away this long and looks thay confused then he has a lot to explain and he plans to. Sure it's not the first time and their relationship was always a bit rocky but they can start new right? Everyone else was rebuilding and not just homes and stores but relationships too. Couldn't they do the same? Would Seifer want to be his friend?
"...I can give you a tour and help you get caught up. I have a spare room at my place too if you're okay with it. It's nothing fancy but..." He bends down and picks up all the papers he dropped and reorganizes them as he's crouched down on the ground, eyes averted from Seifer even if he can feel those green eyes on him. "Unless...you rather me help you find a place to stay alone?" Its then he looks up at him from his place on the ground. Squall's changed too but in that moment he looks so much like that young naive boy Seifer used to know.
First Meetings
Squall walks past him a moment then pauses
He turns and just drops all his notes and everything he was holding
"...S-seifer?...."
"You're....I thought...."
"Squa-ah.... right. "Leon" now" Kicks off the wall and just strolls past him "Does that actually fool anyone?"
He's too shocked to be upset with him so he walks up to him and just puts a hand on his shoulder to make sure he's real. "Of course not.....damn You're actually real. You came back..."
He's just looking him over and settles on his chin, a little smirk on his face as he rubs at it. "When did you find time to grow this?"
"I didn't.... but I liked this bit enough to leave it." A shrug. You should've seen the scraggly mess on his face when he crawled out of that pod, Squall. "The hell makes you think I wouldn't be real?"
then he stops, reconsiders the words and.... "Unless this is another place like Twilight Town? I thought this was supposed to be real-godsdammit"
Squalls just going to keep touching his beard as he continues to eye over Seifer and how different he looks. "Heartless...nobodies...you could be either of them but I've never seen them look this drastically different so you can't be. I guess I never thought to look for you in Twilight Town...some of us just disappeared and others showed up in Traverse Town.
...I waited years for you."
And he finally let's go of him and just pops his hip as his arms cross over his chest. "I really thought you were gone..."
It's... weird? being touched like that, so casually by Squall of all people, but what about all of this isn't weird. "I'm not going to pretend I understand all the details but..." He shrugs, the familiar devil-may-care sort of gesture making his coat strain slightly at his shoulders. "Hardly the first time, right?"
But there's a little bit of something... cautious in his gaze however much he manages to keep his body language casual and dismissive. Everything's fallen to pieces. Literally. Are they.... can they let the past stay there? Is that something Squall's willing to allow?
Seifer needs his help, or at least needs a friend right now. Squall isn't blind to that. If he's been away this long and looks thay confused then he has a lot to explain and he plans to. Sure it's not the first time and their relationship was always a bit rocky but they can start new right? Everyone else was rebuilding and not just homes and stores but relationships too. Couldn't they do the same? Would Seifer want to be his friend?
"...I can give you a tour and help you get caught up. I have a spare room at my place too if you're okay with it. It's nothing fancy but..." He bends down and picks up all the papers he dropped and reorganizes them as he's crouched down on the ground, eyes averted from Seifer even if he can feel those green eyes on him. "Unless...you rather me help you find a place to stay alone?" Its then he looks up at him from his place on the ground. Squall's changed too but in that moment he looks so much like that young naive boy Seifer used to know.