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Blades of Rival
Please don't leave me...
AaaAAaa (o////o)
Arts by Kuttorisan
They said Virgo's best match is Capricorn. And you know what? Squall is Virgo and Seifer is Capricorn aawww 💕
Happy Birthday, Seifer!
-22nd December-
Short SquallxSeifer fanfic.
Summary:
Seifer was obsessed with positions in office. He'd took every means to achieve it, including dirty ways at the expense of his loved one, Squall
Warning: Mature content, Drama, Hurt, Angst
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22624276/chapters/54070387
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Barely started...forever ago.
((It’s just an idea for a fanfic at the moment. I haven’t really touched it in years now. If you like it please let me know! I’ll finish it eventually... but support and knowing someone out there actually wants to read it besides myself is always nice.))
Squall wasn’t really sure why he kept coming back here once a month. The whole thing had started after Balamb Garden had gotten back on its ‘feet’ and the SeeDs had been left with little or nothing to do for months at a time. Sure he was still Commander, Xu was Second in Command, Zell and Irvine were Elite Squad Leaders, Selphie was in charge of the Festival Committee as always but she and Nida would also take turns flying the Garden or Ragnarok to drop off SeeDs for the few missions they had – mostly monster clean-up for small towns. Quistis was now the Head Instructor and Ward was actually their new Headmaster – since Cid retired to live with Edea and restart their orphanage. But it wasn’t ever really ‘enough’, there always seemed to be something missing. So Rinoa, with Selphie’s help, had convinced him and Zell to help out at the local Animal Shelter in Balamb with them. Rinoa had stuck around for a while, about a year or so actually, before she’d grown bored with him and the life all SeeDs lived. So she’d retracted her mind from his, releasing him from being her Knight and had gone back to Timber to help out with some new project. She kept in contact with them all but he couldn’t remember what it was Selphie had last told him the Sorceress was up to. Yet here he still sat behind the counter of the Animal Shelter trying his best not to look bored or intimidating so that some of the poor critters there would get adopted. He wasn’t sure at all why he came back every month by himself... Zell and Selphie had stopped coming as often after getting into serious relationships. Something that Squall guessed he’d really never understand, he’d certainly failed at the one he’d attempted with Rinoa.
Banging his head down on the counter in front of him he sighed gustily and simply sat there slouched over for a while. His attention only being snared again by the jingle of the bells on the door as it opened. He looked up as Fujin and Rajin entered the Shelter and had to blink several times before he could believe his own eyes. No one had seen them or Seifer in about four years, the last he’d seen of them they’d been fishing on the docks of FH when Balamb Garden had flown by. Remembering that he was there to do a job he smiled at them before asking, “Anything I can help you with?”
Fujin turned to look at him with her one good eye, “SQUALL?” Her expression said she couldn’t believe she was seeing him anymore than he could believe he was seeing her.
His polite smile turned into a real one, “Yeah it’s me Fujin.”
“Whoa! Wasn’t expectin’ to see you here, ya know?” Rajin’s shocked expression changed to one of worry.
Squall frowned at the sight, “Wasn’t really expecting you guys either. You looking for a pet?”
Fujin firmly shook her head, “JOB.”
Squall’s eyebrows rushed to the center of his forehead as he tried to comprehend that.
Rajin saved him from overheating his brain however, “We finally convinced Seifer to move back to Balamb. But he’ll only do it on the condition that he’s already got a job when he gets here, ya know? He’s good with animals and is even certified as a veterinary assistant but none of the vet offices in town will let Seifer Almasy work for them. Still think he’s evil or somethin’, ya know?”
Squall shook his head, “They really shouldn’t. I simply volunteer here once a month, but I think they have an actual position open at the moment. Hold on a second and I’ll go check.” He stood up at Fujin’s nod and went into the back. He passed by all the kennels and cages with dogs, cats, and chocobos in them to the back room where the Manager was currently working through payroll.
Knocking on the open door to get the man’s attention he entered the room, “Hey, were you still hiring?”
“You looking to actually stay on?” The big man asked him.
Squall shook his head, “No, I’ve got my own full-time job thanks. But a friend of mine is looking for work. He’s a certified Vet assistant, and I’ll totally and completely vouch for him.”
The man nodded carefully, “I get the feeling there’s a reason for saying you’ll vouch for him?”
Squall mentally winced, “It’s Seifer Almasy.”
The manager’s eyebrows rose till they were lost in his hair, then he gave an odd look and nodded. “Alright, I’ll give the guy a trial run at least. Have him come by today or tomorrow with his credentials and we’ll go from there. I don’t want anyone here who’s only going to halfass it.”
Squall nodded, “I’ll tell him.”
Squall went back out into the store and found Fujin cuddling a mangy looking puppy - all shaggy white fur and too-big feet. It stopped the Commander dead in his tracks, he had never expected the hard and cold, matter-of-fact Fujin to have any kind of soft side. At least not one that didn’t include Seifer or Rajin. Squaring himself up as Fujin’s head rose he stated, “He can come by some time today or tomorrow with his credentials and the manager will give him a shot.”
Fujin nodded mutely and put the puppy back in it’s kennel before exiting the store.
Second Chances by emcey squared
Given memories of the future, Seifer has the chance to alter his life before any of his mistakes are made. Despite the temptation to choose the same side as before, Seifer makes SeeD and changes everyone's futures.
Time travel fics are one of the things that I enjoy immensely but sadly they are rarely completed and even fewer of them are well written. This fic though is an exception to that, the characters actions and thought processes are consistent with how they are portrayed in the game and I can totally see how the differences in characters change how canon events unfold. Even if you've never played final fantasy viii it is still possible to read this story and understand what is happening, this story is slash between Squall and Seifer though it doesn't occur until halfway through the story.