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[bg_rinoa_hearti]

Who: Rinoa, North, Squall
What: Playing with Angelo
Where: Outside the Garden
When: Wednesday, around lunchtime
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[bg_north_anthon]

Trekking across the grass, North was unprepared for the ball of dog and girl that nearly bowled him over. Sidestepping as gracefully as possible, he probably would've continued walking had he not recognized the girl as Rinoa. The dog he'd seen her with sometimes, couldn't recall the name.

When they came to a stop, dog happily panting, and Rinoa a tangle of limbs and wild hair, he couldn't hold back a faint smile. They were obviously having fun and the mood was very nearly contagious. Though he'd no intention of getting on the ground and rolling around to get there.

"Might want to watch where you're going. You might take out the wrong person."

[bg_rinoa_hearti]

Rinoa wouldn't have known someone else was anywhere near her, so wrapped up was she in wrestling with her dog, but Angelo had tensed. He'd also completely disengaged from her, and though onlookers would only see a slightly curious dog, tail suspended as if he hadn't decided whether or not to wag

[bg_squall_leonh]

Squall strode across the lawn, looking for Rinoa. He spotted her after a few moments. But then he noticed that she was with more than just Angelo. the protective side of him kicked in immediately, and he stopped a few feet behind her, watching the boy with a wary eye. If he was trying to bother Rinoa, he'd better think twice.

[bg_rinoa_hearti]

Once again, Angelo beat Rinoa when it came to sensing new arrivals. He swiveled on the spot, and his tail began wagging madly. Curious, Rinoa leaned back until she could see the grass in place of her skyline, and nearly fell over when she saw Squall.

Dropping her hands from where they'd been clasped upon her knees, she shouted, "Squall!" and scrambled up. Without thinking twice, she launched herself at him, threw her arms around his neck, and tackled him into an expressive hug.

Her face was laughing when she turned it up to his. "So you finally show! I was beginning to think you were avoiding me or something."

Frowning, she asked, "Why'd you stop back here? Sometimes you're so weird, Squall.."

[bg_squall_leonh]

The corners of Squalls mouth curved upward almost unnoticably into what would hardly be called a smile by anyone else. "You're going to make me dance again?" he replied, but his voice was warm.

He knew the day that they had met. The SeeD ball was the same day that he passed the SeeD exam, and the "start date" written on all the paperwork in his file. It had never occured to him before that two of the most defining things in his life- Rinoa and being a SeeD- had started in just one day.

Then again, he had no idea at the time that meeting Rinoa that day would lead to everything that it did. He looked down at her hand in his, squeezing it lightly. "Okay," he promised. "We'll go out." Squall wouldn't usually have been interested in the festival, but he supposed it wouldn't kill him to go.

Besides, with Rinoa it might be fun. Since he met her he had found out, as much to his surprise as anyones, that he was capable of having fun.

[bg_rinoa_hearti]

Shifting so that she could elbow him lightly in the ribs, Rinoa teased, "Yes, I am going to make you dance again. And you're going to like it

[bg_squall_leonh]

He followed her gaze to the sky, cloud watching with her for a moment. He heard Angelo stir, stretching out in the grass. It was a lazy, easy moment, and he was going to enjoy it while he could. He knew something would ruin his serene mood soon, probably as soon as he walked back inside