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[anewlingo]

Who: Selphie and Squall
What: Taking a walk and probably some moping :/
When: After this.
Where: Around... outside!
Rating: PG... ish? Maybe?

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[hadtoleave]

Squall briefly closed his eyes and turned his head away, suppressing a sigh. He'd almost wanted to offer to… go with her. That was stupid. Besides-

"Didn't others go with you?" he said. "Leon?" He couldn't remember. He'd recently thought about joining, maybe it would be a low-key way to be around Laguna without…

Well, it didn't matter anymore.

He looked at her, quietly watching for a while. A thought crossed the very back of his mind. His arms reflexively tightened across his chest and he finally broke, scowling and looking away.

It would be logical, not to mention normal. Everybody did it. She probably had wanted to earlier. All he would be doing was beating her to the punch and, anyway, he'd be doing it for her. It had to be harder than she wanted to tell him. She was just being a friend and he should return the favor. She'd probably get weirded out and stop him. Right?

Before he could second-guess his decision, he unfolded his arms and reached out to grab her by the wrist. He looked at her again, almost defiantly, as he stepped closer. He'd made up his mind; he wasn't going to be a wimp over this anymore. She needed a hug and, damn it, she was going to get one.

Unless she stopped him, which was entirely possible, and he'd be lying to himself if he wasn't hoping she would.

[anewlingo]

"Yeah," she admitted, "But still..." It would be weird without Laguna.

Selphie went rigid when Squall grabbed her wrist and closed in. Her skin went pale, and for a moment she thought she was done for. He had grown tired of her constant pestering and had finally snapped! (Though this was far more silent than she always imagined Squall's cracking to be). She looked up at him with a mixed expression of fear and surprise, trying to kick her brain into motion so that she could pull away or something.

"W-what'd I do? I d--"

Then, it occurred to her what he was trying to do, and the surprise was left to stand alone on her face. "Oh! ... a hug?"