"Seeeeephie!" complained the cowboy while attempting to lean up, but failing due to the current position, added weight and place he was in. "Can'tcha get yerself up? It's kinda well.. ya know.. COLD laying on the ice rink!" he whined as he tucked his gloved hands up into the sleeves of his tan colored coat.
"Ugh.. hehe, not for me!" Selphie beamed as she lifted her head, then groaned again as she collasped back against Irvine's chest. She lay there, as still as she'd ever been in her life, then lifted her head once again as she felt Irvine's chest shake as he snickered. "Hey!..What's so funny!?" she demanded with a frown.
"It's just you're bein' so, non hyperactive for once!" he commented snickering once again, then sat up and grabbed the slightly annoyed brunnet, pulling her back down to their previous postition. "It's cute Seph, you're always so cute." He heard her giggle then lay back comfortably as prior.
Times like these we far and few between, they both being SeeD's now were always busy with jobs and such, though at least Cid was gracious enough to usually pair the two of them, even issue them the same holidays! The cowboy smiled and lay back in comfort, mentally thanking the gods that his long coat was warm as well as thick enough to keep out the chill of the ice beneath his backside. "We wouldn't be in this situation if you'd watch where you were goin' when yer skatin', ya know Sephie" he expressed with a grin as he ruffled her hair.
"Hey! This isn't my fault!" she piped up, then frowned, "you're the one that,that... that dragged us all the way out here to Galbadia Garden to visit!" she replied as she attempted to get up, but was pulled back down, "hmph!"
Irvine chucked, " 'cept yer the one who said, rather TOLD me I needed to visit, and yer the the one who begged me to go because you wanted to go ice skating. So here we are in the middle of the rink," he explained with a smile, "enjoyin' yerself yet?"
"Irvy! I did not beg you!" Selphie stated.
"What can I say.." he grinned, "it sounded dramatic though right?"
"Oh just be quiet or I'll make you go visit headmaster Martine again!" she threatened while stealing his hat and placing it on her head then stuck her tounge out.
"Ok, ok, ok!" the auburn haired male replied with a cringe, "But still.... yer the one who ran into me darlin'!"
"Am not."
"Are too."
"Fraid not."
"Fraid so."
"Nuh UH!"
"Ah HUH!"
"Don't think so!!"
"Know so!"
"Oh fine!" giggled Selphie, then snuggled closer to the body beneath her, "let's just lay here for a bit, I'm to tired to move..."
Deciding against commenting on that fact that he was still the one on the ice, the cowboy lay back, one arm behind his head as a support, the other around Selphie. Instead of some dirty minded joke coming to his head, something much different suddenly occured to him, a question which never really came to mind before; How did I ever get this far?
Sure, take that literally and ya get 'well you idiot you flew to the Garden and walked yerself to the rink,' but that isn't what I mean.. It's more like... well think of it in a deeper sense. Yes.. this is one of those things I NEVER tell anyone, I mean.. I have a reputation to live up to you know. Speaking of such.. Irvine Kinneas, the playboy.. the womanizer, haha! Hey I shoulda became an actor you know. What can I say, I'm a friendly person, I like companionship, friends and more than such, even if I'm supposed'ta be the lone sharpshooter. Just shows that people assume too much, that I'm bedding every female I've been seen with, hardly. I'm not so harsh really. I do care, do have morals. But I'm not out to prove to everyone that I have such, they can all believe what they like.
The thing is.. life sure seems to change a lot. I mean, I knew it would, that's no surprise. It's jus' I didn't think it'd be this... drastic. I'm only nineteen, and already I've seen and experienced so much. I mean, jus' two years ago I was off battlin' the sorceress. That was a big event in my life, but there were many more before hand.
I started my childhood in an orphanage. I don't remember anythin' about my biological parents, but it's ok. Matron was a mother to us all. It was go great back then. My childhood and early teens, the time of my happiness. It's that feelin' of happiness that we spend the rest of our lives tryin' to attain once again I believe. My time of happiness came to a quick halt though. My friend's were bein' adopted before my very eyes. Then finally, the worst thing happened. Selphie was sent away to Tabia Garden. 'My' Sephie, sent away, I was crushed.. The next thing I knew I was at Galbadia Garden. I don't have many good memories there. Well... at least I have my memories though, that's somethin'. As much as I don't like that part of my life, a lot seemed'ta happen. I became quite social and made a lot of aquaintences.. I guess I was lookin' for a way to fill the emptiness I felt inside, I didn't get far though. Then there was Martine.. that rube seriously disturbs me.. Somewhere along the line though, I aquired the title 'playboy', how odd, but amusing at the same time. So I did the only thing I figured I could do. I lived it up, played the act of the playboy, and if I do say so myself I did a pretty smack up job, heh heh. Yet still.. I was so incredibly lonely, not that I ever told any one that.. jus', it's what I felt is all. That's when I took up the rifle, my total dedication, my materialistic infatuation, my supplement. Finally, a way to escape from the anguish. But of course, jus' got settled with that, then bam! Things just went and changed all over again.
A change which totally took me by surprise. It was totally unexpected. Although I can't say it was a bad thing, and I sure as hell can't say I regret it ever happenin'. Though at the time I was rather iffy about the whole ordeal. The headmaster, Martine told me he was shippin' me off with some people from some rube Garden, and boy, did I ever get more than what I bargained for. There before me stood the majority of the 'orpahanage gang'.. Squall, Quisty, Zell..and most of all.. Sephie. Have you ever felt so incredibly happy that you felt like you would burst? Even more than that, internally combust even? Well that's how I felt at the time, 'cept I wasn't getting much of a reaction, which was odd, but hey, I still kept my cool and all. Not soon after though, I would find out what I never expected.. and boy would it hit me hard. They didn't know me... they didn't remember me, they didn't even remember each other, not what they should remember each other as any way. Selphie didn't know me.. didn't remember me, she was still the same.. but 'MY' Sephie didn't even know me.. and I loved her... I don't think I'd ever been so heartbroken in my life.
The neo sorceress war would prove to hold much new information though. I would once again learn the whereabouts and happenin's of Seifer, Ellone and Matron, rather.. Edea as she went by now. Soon into the whole thing I would tell what I knew of our old orphanage gang, and ya, it did come back to them. The GF's had stolen their memories.. well that was my conclusion any way. After that, the rest of the war went by in a blur. A mix of emotions all hittin' me at once. Extreme tension and stress, times when I thought for sure I was dead, thought we were all dead. Times when all I could think about was that I couldn't let anythin' happen to Selphie.. Then, I couldn't very well have anything happen to me, no way I could get this far and lose it all now. But then... there were times I didn't even want to be alive at all.. just wanted it all to end. But maybe.. maybe it was the complete opposite.. maybe I didn't want it all to end.. It's true. I didn't want it to end. Sure, I was scared out of my mind, any one of us could've died, serveral times we almost did.. but there was somethin' I feared even more than that... I feared that it'd all be over, and I'd be left alone again. Why would anyone stay? I can see it clearly now... all along, I was just so scared.
Things didn't turn out like that though. It all ended, even though I feared it, it still happened. A lot of things changed though. Balamb Garden became somewhat of a new 'orphanage' really. Edea is now aiding Cid in helping the Garden, Seifer was readmitted again with Raijin and Fujin, as he had been controlled by the sorceress. The other five of us, plus Rinoa are all stationed as SeeD's in Balamb Garden now. Ya, I finally made it to the SeeD rank. Sure, I should be happy about everythin' right...? Though... I guess I still find things different... like things have changed.. I can't really figure out what.. just.. "Irvine.." things seem so.. "Irvine..." like something's missing, some far away dream that should be reality but isn't.. "Irvine!"... but I wonder what it is I'm looking for.. actually, I know.. it's the light...."IRVINE!!!"
"Huh!? Oh! Sephie, what is it?" Irvine jumped as he replied.
"Hey Irvy? You ok? You were like.. laying there and not responding to me. It was super duper freaky yes!" Selphie expressed with a frown as she sat up, still looking his way, obviously expecting an explanation.
The coyboy grinned and sat up, " Of course I'm alright darlin', I'm always great." he grinned again as he saw the frown fade from her face and turn back into her usual smile. She sure was cute, not to mention was the only female he knew who could wear yellow anything. At least she'd opted for pants while ice skating rather than the usual mini dress. "But how about you Sephie, you usually don't get so concerned, you alright?" he asked.
"Tee hee! Of course!" she exclaimed, then jumped to her feet and brushed herself off, " I just happen to love you is all you fool. Woo hoo! Now let's get back to ice skating!"
Irvine watched her skate off, and smiled, always the unpredictable one she was.
"Come on Irvy! I promise I won't run into you this time! Tee hee!" she called to him.
"I'm comin' I'm comin'!" he called as he lifted himself up and skated over to her, grabbing her in a hug. Perhaps I did find what I'm looking for, my dream is a reality. I finally found my light again.