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Chapter 7.

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Selphie bounced up and down on the beach in greeting. "Hey guys."

"Now we have too many players again." Rinoa whined.

Seifer held up his hands. "Hey it's okay, I understand you don't want a god like me to play with you it would be an unfair advantage to our team." He smirked.

Everyone either looked amused or rolled their eyes.

"Yeah, yeah Mr ego." Selphie chuckled. "I'm surprised you hooked up Zell, didn't think anyone would be good enough for your standards."

The blondes shared a look. "You knew?"

The girls and Squall glanced at each other. "Well, yeah."

"We did see you kissing in front of everyone remember?" Quistis said.

Zell paused. "But- But I thought we were being stealthy."

Fujin scoffed. "You? Stealthy?"

"Hey I can do stealth!" He patted his own chest.

She looked doubtful.

"I can!" He insisted.

"Do you want me to referee the match?" Seifer asked.

"No! You'll take sides.... And I don't think it'll be ours." Selphie said.

Seifer shrugged and sat down on the sand with his legs stretched out in front of him, he pulled off his shirt as the sun beat down on his shoulders and he put his arms down on the sand behind him to prop himself up.

"We get to start!" Rinoa announced. "Because this was my idea!" She stuck her tongue out at them.

Selphie took the ball and heaved it up.... And accidentally over her own head.

The girls groaned.

"Oh Selphie!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She ran after the ball and brought it back.

Irvine smirked. "If this is the competition, I think we've won already."

Fujin frowned and snatched the ball from the petite brunette. "Give that to me." He threw the ball over the net, getting it right the first time and scoring their first point.

Selphie cleared out the old storage shed at the back of the old building. He found the volleyball net, a cricket ball, a football, a game of twister- we made plans to play that later- some boomerangs and Frisbees. All kids toys that they probably used as children at the orphanage and other kids before and after they were there.

The game had started off going in the guys favour with Selphie hurling the ball in all the wrong directions but then Fujin had banned the petite brunette from ever touching the ball again. Selphie just hopped backwards and forth trying to look like she was concentrating though she didn't actually do anything for the rest of the game and the girls started to win.

Seifer shaded his eyes from the sun with his hand as he watched Fujin make the final point and win the game for the girls.

They all cheered.

"Woo-Hoo!" Selphie celebrated.

All the guys scowled. "Cheats! They must have cheated!" Irvine said.

"We won fair and square! Better than fair for you because we only had three players, technically." Rinoa said.

"What are you happy about?" Zell asked Selphie. "You didn't win the game, the others girls did."

"Hey! This is a team sport and I was on the team so therefore I win too!" She argued.

Seifer broke up the arguing, walking down to stand between the two sides. "I was watching the whole time, the girls won fairly."

"HA!" Selphie said.

Irvine scoffed. "Like hell you were watching, when I last looked over you had your eyes closed."

"Yeah and when I saw you, you were staring at Zell's ass, you know." Raijin said.

"Raijin!" Zell blushed.

Seifer laughed. "Well only for a second or two, the rest of the time I was watching, honest."

Irvine started to walk off quickly. "Okay game's over, I admit defeat now let's go inside and-"

"Wait a second!" Selphie said. "What about our bet?"

He smiled nervously. "Well we didn't shake on it so it doesn't count."

"Oh no you don't asshole!" Fujin said. "You would have made us stick to the stupid ass bet so you have to too."

Raijin chuckled. "She's right you know we have to face the consequences now, you know."

The girls grinned and huddled around together to discuss their plans. The guys glanced at each other waiting. Rinoa popped out a couple of times to grin evilly at them before they separated and lined up to face the guys.

"Right we have decided. Each of us has come up with a - punishment-" She giggled. "For each one of you."

Fujin smirked at poor Raijin who actually flinched.

Selphie stepped forward first though looking at their commander. "Squall."

The brunette looked up at her. "I didn't agree to the bet."

She smirked. "Too bad, you're included." She paused and then added. "Now then I want you to.... Kiss Irvine."

He frowned. "Why?"

"Because it's the forfeit that I have chosen it for you to do."

"I'm not kissing him, I might catch something." Squall grimaced.

Irvine frowned. "Well you didn't the last time."

Raijin blinked. "There was a last time, you know?"

Selphie frowned. "Yes of course last Christmas, don't you know anything?"

Squall frowned, seeing that everyone seemed to know about what happened last Christmas.

Raijin huffed. "Well I'm sorry for not keeping up to date on gossip you know."

"So?" Selphie looked expectant.

Squall chewed on his lip and looked over at Irvine who smiled at him.

"Oh.... Fine." He hissed, glared at the other man. "Don't go getting any ideas cowboy."

"Who, me?" He grinned.

Squall grabbed the front of his vest and kissed him hard and quickly as if to get it over with. He pulled back, with glare still in place.

"There!" He announced.

"Err- A proper kiss please." Selphie said like a teacher correcting a student.

"What?!" He frowned.

"We would like a real kiss please."

He sighed as if humouring a small child, he glanced at the cowboy again in indecision before starting towards him again.

"Shut up." He hissed at the smirked cowboy, in case the other man had thought of saying anything.

Squall kissed him again mostly in the some way as before, rushed and trying to get it over with so he could run away. Irvine had other ideas though, his left hand came up cupping Squall's cheek and slowly the pace of the kiss, taking advance of the other man's slightly parted lips.

The commander's hands slackened in their death grip on the cowboy's vest, his palms lying flat on the other man's chest instead.

They parted slowly, both taking a moment to open their eyes and remember what was going on.

Their little audience had gone silent in shock and were looking on with amused and/or shocked looks on their faces.

Once Squall had remembered where he was his eyes narrowed and he pushed the cowboy away hard before storming off up the beach.

Irvine cursed. "Squall! Oh come Squall don't be like that!" He sighed and made to go after him but Selphie blocked his path.

"You haven't had your forfeit yet."

He frowned at her. "Is that really important? Sure you're not happy already now that you made him hate me more than ever?"

She rolled her eyes. "He does not hate you." She paused. "But I suppose you can have your forfeit later... something to look forward to." She giggled.

"And at least you know he enjoys kissing you."

Irvine scoffed. "Not necessary maybe he's just horny, he is after all a teenager and as far as I know not getting any."

"Looks like I'm the only guy here who doesn't have sex on the brain, you know." Raijin said.

Seifer scoffed. "Yeah, right."

"Not with the way you were eying up the girls on the beach earlier." Irvine said.

"I was not!" He glared at Irvine. "I thought you had somewhere to be, you know?"

The cowboy chuckled. "I'm going." He walked off in the same direction as Squall.

"So...?" Selphie looked all expectant at Raijin who was looking uncomfortable and staring at his feet.

"What?"

"Was it anyone in particular?"

"I wasn't looking at anyone! Irvine was the one staring, he was just being an asshole, you know."

"Sure?" They all turned to look at Fujin.

The albino frowned. "What are you all looking at me for?"

"Well-" Rinoa nudged her. "You know, you and Raijin...."

Fujin wrinkled up her face. "Oh please that would be like dating my brother."

"Yeah because you look so much alike." Seifer joked, Zell looked back at him over his shoulder at him and laughed.

"... Just like if I dated Seifer.... Except Raijin would be the straight brother." she shot back.

"But- But you two would be soooo perfect for each other." Rinoa crooned.

"Perfect? He's an idiot."

The dark man frowned. "Fu I am standing right here."

She glared at him. "I know that, why do you think I said it?"

He looked at his feet like a wounded puppy for a second.

"Anyway-" Selphie looked back at Rinoa. "It's your turn to deal out a forfeit."

"Oh right, yeah." She came to stand in front of Zell who suddenly looked nervous.

"Zell you have to run five laps around the beach."

He looked relieved.

"That's it? You let him off easy, you know."

"What's the catch? There has to be a catch." Seifer said.

"Well there is one little thing."

Zell sighed and braced himself. "What is it?"

"You have to run naked."

Seifer started to laugh.

"WHAT?!" He yelled. "I'm not doing that!"

"You have to!"

"Why? What are you going to do if I don't?"

The girls all turned to form a huddle to confer before they turned on him grinning like ghouls.

Zell 'eeped' in terror and hid behind Seifer. "Hide me."

The taller man laughed as his boyfriend peered out to see what was going on.

"Either go and run your laps or... we'll tell Seifer what happened the night of the summer festival when he was.... Away."

The tall man looked at Zell curiously. "Why? What happened?"

The little blonde's face filled with terror. "I'll do it."

He suddenly to peel off his shorts.

Seifer stared at him in shock. "What happened? I want to know."

Zell shook his head. "No, no need for you to know, I'm going running." He hooked his fingers into his boxers and pulled them off without a second thought.

Everyone started to laugh as Zell started running bare assed around the beach.

Seifer was having a field day with this, first Irvine had supplied him with plenty of ammunition for teasing and now Zell too. Oh happy day!

"Raijin's turn." Seifer said, helpfully.

The dark man frowned. "Oh thanks, man you're a real friend, you know."

Fujin smirked at poor Raijin. "Now Raijin why don't you share with the group just who you were really looking at before?"

"I wasn't looking at anyone!"

"We both know that's not true, don't we?"

He looked uncomfortable. "I'm never telling you anything ever again." He hissed.

"What, what this?" Selphie said. "Does Raijin have a little crush?"

They all ganged up on him.

Fujin nodded. "Once upon a hot summer's day in garden and a certain someone was sunny themselves in their bikini..." She smirked at Raijin. "And you said to me?"

He squirmed. "That wasn't a crush, it was an observation, you know!"

Fujin scoffed.

"It was." He looked at Selphie. "So I might have said you had a nice arse, it was just an observation... like the grass is green really so......"

"Me?!" She stared at him.

Seifer and Fujin laughed.

Rinoa squealed. "Aw isn't that cute?"

If his complexion would allow it Raijin would be blushing by now, he was saved more embarrassment by someone else's embarrassment when Zell arrived back and flopped to the sand exhausted. He absently held out a hand to Seifer for his shorts.

"Clothes!" He panted.

Seifer threw his shorts on top of him.

"How was the run?"

"Tiring... and I... I think I might have sun burn in...err- certain places."

They chuckled.

"Don't worry Chickie I'll be able to help smoother you in cream." Seifer offered.

"Did I miss anything?"

"Raijin loves Selphie."

"I do not, you know!"

Selphie chuckled. "It's fine, really I'm faltered." She said, before bending over to pick up an invisible something right in front of him to embarrass him on purpose.

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TBC