Funny Face
Linkin Fantasy

Chapter two

Later that night Zell is walking along the halls huffing and puffing to himself when he sees Seifer coming down the halls in his general direction. He looked around for a quick place to hide, but it was too late.

"You better not-..." He started to say but to his surprise all Seifer said was, "Hey Zell." And kept going by.

".....That was weird." Zell was saying his thoughts out loud. "I thought for sure he was gonna-...Aaah!"

"Ha ha, wet enough for ya? Chicky." Seifer said holding a now empty bucket that contained water over Zells head.

"You're gonna pay for that, Seifer!" He shouted clenching his fist. "Aaww what you gonna do, give me another one of your love taps? Ha!" But Zell was already revved up to strike, so Seifer turned on his heals and ran with the martial artist not to far behind him. He peeled around a sharp corner and into the boys dormitory halls then into his room hearing the door slide shut and feeling it on his back he let out a sigh.

"You can't stay in there forever. And when you come out I'll beat you into another life how's that dough boy!?" Zell shouted in anger through the door.

"Do whatever you want chicken wuss, it makes no difference to me!" Seifer shouted back. "Fine. Then I'll do something horrible to you, something so bad...so bad....so bad I don't even know what it is yet!" He banged his hand on the door. "So you'd better watch your back Almasy." And with that, he left.

Seifer left his ear to the door to make sure he was really gone and when he was sure of it he leaned against it with a sigh. 'Smooth Seifer, now he's gonna hate you forever....but, why do I care any way?' He thought to himself pushing off the door and going into his bathroom starting the shower water.

As he removed his clothes his vision glanced down to his dick and he noticed it had a nice sized erection from the little Thunder God and he didn't mean Hyperion.

"Looks like Zells temper isn't the only thing rising." He said to himself with a slight laugh. 'Why is he doing this to me? I mean, sure I had gay flashes once or twice in my life but that was when I was a kid for me to do that now would be like....what's that word....?

It's not important right now, but even if I might have a thing for Zell,' he stepped into the shower and slid the glass door over. "He'd never have a thing for me...Damn." He said the last of his thoughts out loud to make sure his mind knew that but it was just as stubborn as his physical sense and kept thinking about Zell making it impossible to concentrate.

The knight washed himself contently going gently over the swollen flesh. He let out a light sigh as the water re-hit it and his hands wandered down towards it, but he brought them back up. 'Imagine what life would say about that, me and the chicken wuss together.' He shook his head. 'I can't...rrr..see that happening.' He thought letting out a sigh from what his hands had found themselves doing to him anyway. 'Alright just this once, but no more.' He agreed to himself silently as he grabbed his shaft pumping it in and out of his hand.

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The next morning they were paired off with their buddies in the library. Irvine didn't have class right then so he hung out in the library around Squall and Zell while they worked together.

Although with Irvine around that seemed a little hard for Squall to do, oh sure they were about more than sex but when ever they were around each other they couldn't stop giving each other little glances and "accidental" touches of attention.

"Come on Irvine beat it, Squall and me are trying to work." Zell complained when he noticed Squall looking downward laughing lowly. "How's about I give you something to giggle about too?" Irvine said flirtatiously and Zell backed away but let a huge, fanged grin pass his face. "No way. You're not my type I like the more manly set- daarlin'." He laughed to himself and went back to work while the sharpshooter looked at him with question. "Are you implying that I look like a girl?"

"Irvine." He heard Squalls faint voice and turned to face him. "I really wouldn't let it bother you." He finished holding under his chin and pulling him into a quick kiss. "So basically you think so too?" The cowboy asked and Zell shook his head with a huff. "Man you're sensitive."

"I am not sensitive." Irvine snapped and stood up. "I'm goin' to the cafeteria to find Quistis she might be on her lunch break, You two clowns work hard, ya hear?" He tipped his hat to them and walked out while calling voer his shoulder. "Oh and Zell, your kinda dainty yourself friend."

"Man, how could you put up with that everyday?" The martial artist asked when Irvine was out of ear shot. "Whatever." Squall said wanting to say more but didn't bother why defend something that doesn't need it, they would always be solid even if Irvine had mood swings sometimes. "If I were gay," Zell was saying, "I'd have someone that was like- I don't know some loyal lap dog who was really nice to me." he ended with shrug.

"Oh yeah I can see the flyers up for that one." The commander replied with a thin small smile. "Ha, never thought you'd crack on someone." Zell said laughing to himself.

In the back of the room Selphie is working on the computer while Seifer is taking long glances at Zell. Snap! Snap! "Earth to Seifer you in there?" She asked him and he blinked back into movement then looked at her. "What? Did you mess something up?"

"Ha ha haa, ha ha ha haa. Nooo, I didn't mess something up, I need your opinion on this." She said pointing to the screen he gave her a brief look of, 'You've got to be kidding me?' then turned his vision to the screen. "Yeah it looks fine." He said standing. "But you barely looked at it." She argued and he patted her head. "I don't care what we do, lets just quickly get it done."

"Alllright, but, wait a minute where are you going?" She asked him as he turned himself away and began to exit the library. "Away." He said simply and she sighed slouching her shoulders. "Men. I'll be by your room tonight okay?" She said and went back to work but returned her head in the same direction it had been a second ago feeling a hand on her shoulder. "Hey Selphie." Zell said sitting down at the empty seat next to her with Squall at his other side. "Where'd your partner go?" Squall asked. "Away. You didn't hear him?" She responded. "Nah, we don't speak loser." Zell replied. turning on the screen.

No one had seen Seifer hide behind a shelf in the front of the library and he looked to the back where they were sitting and listened in on them. "What, you don't like him?" She asked taking notes then gazing at him. "Of course not! He's a mean, heartless, ass hole, who deserves nothing but cruelty for all the years of torture hes put me through." Selphie raised an eye brow to that and shook her head. "Don't let people get to you Zell, it'll only ruin everything."

"That sounds insane." Squall said taking notes as well and she threw an old balled up piece of paper at him, btu he swatted it away. "Come on, he's a jerk. I mean this guy makes coffee nervous." They laughed lightly to that and Zell went on with the insults. "He so sour lemons curl in from him." Selphie started squealing with laughter kicking her feet and shielding where she felt the laugh tickle on her neck with her clasped hands.

"Do a Seifer impression." She called out and Zell- never letting a chance to pick on someone himself stood up and straightened his back lifting his nose into the air. "I'm Seifer and bo-o-oy am I angry!" She laughed again and Seifer shook his head with a frown. 'Is that what they really think of me?' He wondered. "Seifer? What are you-....?"

He spun around sharply and clasped a hand over her mouth walking out of the library still holding her as he did so while she kept up his pace walking backwards.

When they reached the hall way he leaned her over the rail and breathed in her face. "Don't ever sneak up on me again. Got it?" The young woman nodded and he let her go and she adjusted herself before she spoke again. "Seifer you didn't have to drag me into the hall way for that."

"My dear instructor....get a hobby nosey is a terrible color on everyone." The knight said and she just laughed into her palm. "Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?" She said and he looked at her a little lost then shrugged.

"Yeah? Well how now, brown cow." He retorted and she shook her head. "What I mean is, you're a fine one to talk when you were obviously spying on Squall and everyone."

"Leonhart? What the fuck does he have to do with anything? I was just making sure they weren't talking about me, that's all."

"Uh-huh. And since when did you care about whom talked about you?" Quistis asked crossing her arms. "Hey I have feelings too, you know?" She shook her head. "No, I didn't know. you usually portray such a heartless, mean, ass hole. So it'd be really hard to tell." She said turning away. "Whatever Trepe. We'll see how easily your feelings can be hurt someday!" He called after her and she just waved a hand over her shoulder.

'I am not a heartless, mean, ass hole. I just care less then normal people....but I'll show them, and who knows I might even be able to patch things up with the chicken so that someday we might-....I'm getting ahead of myself first I gotta figure out this nice thing.' He winced at the very thought of it and walked down the hall.

Back in the library. "So what are you gonna do about Seifer?" Selphie asked and Zell thought for a moment then blinked back from his thoughts. "I don't know, it's not like can avoid him, he's everywhere!"

"You nkow what you do for people like him? You ignore them, it drives them nuts and then they stop bothering you." Squall stated very matter-of-factly. "Or they pick on you worse." Zell added closing his books. "Done with my half of this thing, thank Hyne because I smell lunch cooking and I wanna be first one there. See you guys later."

He got up from his chair and walked out of the library after returning the books to the shelf.

"Poor thing. Maybe I should talk to Seifer for him, and tell him to stop picking on him." The energetic girl said to a half listening Squall. "Maybe you should just leave it alone, there's no helping some people." He said mostly to himself but loud enough for her to hear. "That's why I'm thankful for people like me, because guys like you give up waaay to quickly and what if it were Irvine with a problem? Would there be an exception?"

"......Whatever." He responded putting on his leave me alone now face. "Uh-huh, I thought so." She crossed her legs and turned off her computer screen. "See you in the lunch room." She said to the commander and he nodded.

Selphie pranced away and Squall said lowly to her air space. "Of course it would be different." After that had passed he went back to work.

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Later that night Seifer was taking a shower again letting his hands do the thinking for him when he heard a knock on the door. "Shit." He mumbled to himself. "Who the fuck could that be?" He thought for a moment then rolled his eyes. "Right, little messenger girl." After a loud annoyed groan, he stepped out of the shower wrapping a towel around his waist grabbing another one to dry his chest and hair as he walked out the bathroom to get the door.

When it slid open Selphie was standing there with a bright smile on her face, until she looked down then she blushed and turned her vision lower to her boots. "What?" He asked leaning an arm against the door frame. "U-uh, I came so we could work on our project together, remember?" She said then looking up.

"Unfortunately for me. Come on in." He gestured and she brightened up with all her blush fading. "Really?!" She bounced inside trailing the words 'Cool.' past him.

When she got inside she looked around for a place to sit and chose an arm chair in the corner. "Sa-a-ay, what a nice room you got here. Did you get someone to decorate it?" She turned to look at him and his towel was dropped as he changed into his night wear. She looked away with a blush and faint smile, then covered her eyes and turned back to him. "No. I did it myself, it's no big deal." He answered pulling a shirt over his head and walking to the bed sitting down.

"Come over here so I can look at this shit I don't feel like talking across the room to you." He ordered and she shrugged skipping the distance over to his bed and placing the papers down. "Alright what is all of this?"

"Well see it's about the digestive system of the Wendigo. I printed pictures from the computer earlier and I wrote out some of the report, I thought maybe you could do the rest aaand since you have the attention span of a fruit fly I thought it'd be a good idea if I helped you." She smiled brightly but when he looked at her face all he heard was their laughter and he looked away.

"My vision is burning and you're totally damaging my karma, what's wrong?" She leaned in so he couldn't avoid seeing her face. "You can tell me, I won't tell anyone. Scouts honor." She said holding her index and middle fingers up together and he huffed out laughter. "It's three fingers, stupid." He said putting up her ring finger with them. "Welll whatever." She put her hand down. "So what is it?"

".....It's...." He started to say but the words wouldn't come out and she elbowed him in the arms. "Come oonnn." She coaxed and he thought it over for a second. 'I guess I could trust her, maybe a little- who knows she might even be able to help me....okay, here goes.'

"...Do you think I'm mean?" He asked and she widened her eyes in surprise to the question. "No. Where in the world did you get that idea?"

'Talk about liar.' He thought and shrugged continuing. "I've heard things, that's all."

"Well, you're not mean per say...you're just- Seifer, we wouldn't expect anything else from you."

"Oh." He said to his lap. "Heey, chin up kid. Plenty people think your nice. Remember that time you helped me with my....no wait that was a dream. Oh! How's about that time you....no wait that wasn't even you."

"You see!" He nearly shouted at her. "What? What? So who cares if you're not the nicest person in the world I still love you like my friend."

"And I love you back for it but this is kind of important for me okay?" He said and she looked blank and asked. "What for?"

"There's someone I like-..." He started but was cut off by an, "Aaaww."

"Yeah. Anyway this person thinks I'm a jerk and I don't think heee- this person," he corrected himself. "would want me unless I was nice to them."

"I see.... So what does that mean, where do I come in?" She asked smoothing her jumper against her legs to avoid looking at him again. "You could help me with this whole...nice shtick." She looked up at him and thought it over then made a huge smile. 'Uh-oh, baaad idea.' He thought suddenly. "I'd love it! But only if you promise to do your share of the report?" She said bargaining with him.

"........Deal. So you'll help me?" He asked again to be sure and she nodded holding out her hand. "Yyyup."

"Alright." He said taking her hand shaking it. "But wait whose the person?"

"I can't tell you." He replied looking at the papers on his bed. "Fair enough. Lets get started."

"On the nice thing?" He said hopefully looking at her. "Noo, with work."

He groaned leaning his head back into it. 'Maybe I should rethink my low stitch gambling methods.'