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.
The offer of not only a tour but a room startles him enough that he actually takes half a step back, arms coming up across his chest, crossed briefly before one hand gestures in Squall's general direction-
"-with you?" The smirk, when it comes, is a shadow of it's former arrogance, something almost wry now. He starts to open his mouth, to snap off some comment about keeping ones enemies closer. But there's something about the way Squall looks at him, looks up at him that makes him bite his tongue for once. If Squall is willing to make an effort he should too. Right? There's no one else-
Raijin and Fujin hadn't been in those pods. The versions of them in Twilight Town had been reconstructions from his memories, just like so much else. Pieces of the minds of those trapped thrown together to create something better.
So the smirk softens, just enough that one might almost call it a smile, and Seifer reaches out a hand to pull Squall back to his feet. "Guess it's not the worst thing I've endured."
For a moment Squall wonders if Seifer has really changed over the years. He seems kind and the fact he hasn't really made any teasing jokes for a record amount of time and now here he is walking over to him with his hand out. It takes Squall a moment to actually comprehend this version of Seifer. It had been so long since he last saw him and now this change is a lot to take it, but then he's ruining that whole new façade with his snarky comment.
Squall just rolls his eyes but takes Seifer's hand and stands up, letting go of him as soon as he is standing again. "I'll make this as painless as possible." he starts to walk off, expecting Seifer to follow. "So this is Radiant Garden....its a work in progress still but...it's home."
In his defense... the years since Darkness took their world have largely been spent with, somehow, less emotional maturity than he'd had before things had gone to shit. Would either one of them know how to deal with the other if there wasn't some level of friction between them? Of course he sasses Squall. That's.... how they are. How they've always been.
(He thinks, briefly, of Hayner and the others. An entire lifetime of memories and people that don't exist outside his memory anymore. How it's always been is shit. But he doesn't know how to be anything else.)
Whether Squall believes it or not he is making an effort. Which only makes it sting more when Squall just walks off like he's supposed to follow along like a good little doggie. (Somewhere he remembers being called the Sorceress's lapdog and that stings too.)
"One Garden to another, huh?" It could be an innocent enough statement, observation, even amusement but there's something biting and bitter in his tone that makes it clear it's not. What it is meant to be he's not sure. An accusation?
It's been so long that sometimes Squall forgets the connections to his old live and a comment like that does have him pause. He waits for Seifer to catch up with him before walking beside him, still leading but not in front. "Yeah...I guess I did leave one for another..."
There is so much more he wants to say but words fail him. He left his whole life in that other world, so many and found this nee one, a new purpose. Or rather he was forced into this new one. It hasn't been for naught, he knows that. While he's not a keyblade wielder he still did help Sora in the gran scheme of things and helped get this world back to its peaceful existence. His part was important and he wouldn't change that, just like he wouldn't change their past either. Sure he'd have liked to do things different, better, but maybe it was meant to be this.
"So...have you looked around at all yet or...you came to find me immediately?" He's not sure if that's the right question to ask so he shakes his head immediately and tries again. "Actually...are you hungry? I can make you something at my place."
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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.
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"-with you?" The smirk, when it comes, is a shadow of it's former arrogance, something almost wry now. He starts to open his mouth, to snap off some comment about keeping ones enemies closer. But there's something about the way Squall looks at him, looks up at him that makes him bite his tongue for once. If Squall is willing to make an effort he should too. Right? There's no one else-
Raijin and Fujin hadn't been in those pods. The versions of them in Twilight Town had been reconstructions from his memories, just like so much else. Pieces of the minds of those trapped thrown together to create something better.
So the smirk softens, just enough that one might almost call it a smile, and Seifer reaches out a hand to pull Squall back to his feet. "Guess it's not the worst thing I've endured."
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Squall just rolls his eyes but takes Seifer's hand and stands up, letting go of him as soon as he is standing again. "I'll make this as painless as possible." he starts to walk off, expecting Seifer to follow. "So this is Radiant Garden....its a work in progress still but...it's home."
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(He thinks, briefly, of Hayner and the others. An entire lifetime of memories and people that don't exist outside his memory anymore. How it's always been is shit. But he doesn't know how to be anything else.)
Whether Squall believes it or not he is making an effort. Which only makes it sting more when Squall just walks off like he's supposed to follow along like a good little doggie. (Somewhere he remembers being called the Sorceress's lapdog and that stings too.)
"One Garden to another, huh?" It could be an innocent enough statement, observation, even amusement but there's something biting and bitter in his tone that makes it clear it's not. What it is meant to be he's not sure. An accusation?
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There is so much more he wants to say but words fail him. He left his whole life in that other world, so many and found this nee one, a new purpose. Or rather he was forced into this new one. It hasn't been for naught, he knows that. While he's not a keyblade wielder he still did help Sora in the gran scheme of things and helped get this world back to its peaceful existence. His part was important and he wouldn't change that, just like he wouldn't change their past either. Sure he'd have liked to do things different, better, but maybe it was meant to be this.
"So...have you looked around at all yet or...you came to find me immediately?" He's not sure if that's the right question to ask so he shakes his head immediately and tries again. "Actually...are you hungry? I can make you something at my place."