[Zell scratches his head.] Well, I remembered once Seifer...well, did stuff he'd done before? Like...when I felt it, and realized it felt familiar. [He turns a little pink; one of those things, after all, had been kissing him.] But my body's always been smarter than my head. So maybe it's not a surprise it remembers better than the rest of me. You're different, though. So maybe it's just gonna take something different for your memories to come back. Maybe if Seifer describes things to you more, like when Irvine described the orphanage to us...?
[Zell gives Seifer a bemused look.] What, do you think Squall and I expect you to become someone totally new now that we're friends again? Or, y'know...dating? Less angry's good, but...I know the only you I remember decently well is who you were after I forgot you. I remember a little of who you were before, but...only bits and pieces still. [And, for a moment, he looks downcast.] And yeah...you were nicer back then. Happier. But I don't expect you to just...turn into that guy again. Even if you could, I'd end up feeling like you were some stranger I have to get to know all over again, like with how much Squall's changed. It wouldn't be bad, but...it'd be weird.
Besides, we both liked you even when you were a jackass. Maybe it was kinda complicated, but...there's always been good stuff about you. Like how strong you are, and how you never just blindly follow orders, how you've got all these principles even with people you hate, how much you care about stuff - [Zell belatedly realizes he...might be going on too much, and promptly turns even redder than before.] A-anyway, the point is we don't care if you're the same Seifer from, like...back during the SeeD exam. The worst parts of you were just you hassling us all the time for reasons we didn't even understand. I think that's the only thing we ever really wanted to change. And that's the only thing that really has a reason to change now, right?
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Date: 2022-12-02 12:46 pm (UTC)[Zell gives Seifer a bemused look.] What, do you think Squall and I expect you to become someone totally new now that we're friends again? Or, y'know...dating? Less angry's good, but...I know the only you I remember decently well is who you were after I forgot you. I remember a little of who you were before, but...only bits and pieces still. [And, for a moment, he looks downcast.] And yeah...you were nicer back then. Happier. But I don't expect you to just...turn into that guy again. Even if you could, I'd end up feeling like you were some stranger I have to get to know all over again, like with how much Squall's changed. It wouldn't be bad, but...it'd be weird.
Besides, we both liked you even when you were a jackass. Maybe it was kinda complicated, but...there's always been good stuff about you. Like how strong you are, and how you never just blindly follow orders, how you've got all these principles even with people you hate, how much you care about stuff - [Zell belatedly realizes he...might be going on too much, and promptly turns even redder than before.] A-anyway, the point is we don't care if you're the same Seifer from, like...back during the SeeD exam. The worst parts of you were just you hassling us all the time for reasons we didn't even understand. I think that's the only thing we ever really wanted to change. And that's the only thing that really has a reason to change now, right?