Mood(ier) Than Usual

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Who: Squall Leonhart and the bubble
Where: A coffee shop in the plaza
When: Morning
Style: Starting in action, feel free to change
Status: Open

[He could not get over it. Squall simply could not get over it. This murder fiasco left him with overwhelming guilt and a feeling of uselessness.

Squall hates feeling useless. And when he tried owning up to his failure, people kept trying to comfort and coddle him. And he couldn't understand why people wouldn't just accept his apologies.

Why is this so much harder than it should be?

Eventually, he stopped trying, needing some time to cool off and feel miserable in peace, so he headed for a coffee shop he visited fairly frequently. Unfortunately for him, the only available seating was outside. The shop had started serving a seasonal blend with pumpkin and spice, business was booming.

And as such, Squall is currently seated at an outdoor table with a pumpkin spice coffee in hand, and he is positively radiating negativity.

Talk to him? Or just ask how that coffee tastes, that's good too.]

Comments

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No.

[His reply is blunt.]

You had just come back.

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie shakes her head, fists balling on her knee*

Yeah. I'd just come back. And everyone else has moved on without me. And I'm suppose to be in some kinda Defense Force and nobody tells me. And if I'd known...

I hate it that I went home and came back...

*And she frowns; the first time she's admitted that this is what has been wrong with her*

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[Oh, this is awkward. Squall is still not very good at this comforting thing, so he picks up on the easier things first.]

You don't have to be in the DF if you don't want to.

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie shakes her head and takes an angry sip at her hot chocolate*

It's not that I don't wanna, it's that I didn't know. I mean, I didn't remember that I even was in it when I got back...

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[He feels bad for her, but there isn't anything he can do to help her on that front. Taking a cue from her, he sips his own drink.]

This place is weird like that.

[booyaka_boom]

Yeah... It is.

*Selphie wrapped her hands around the mug before taking a long, slow drink. And she can't help but smile and lick her lips. She wonders if she liked Vatheon before, but it's not time to think about those kind of things*

When she's out, we can all go for hot drinks together.

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[A time where they can just sit down and not think about things like murders. The way Vatheon is supposed to be.]

Sounds good.

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie nods and drains some more of her drink*

You know... Nobody thinks it's your fault...or our fault.

*Well, at least Rinoa didn't, so she thought she'd offer that comfort, for them both*

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I still have some responsibility for it.

[Why won't people accept this?]

[booyaka_boom]

Then we both do.

*Selphie flashes a scowl at Squall then turns back at her drink. She's deliberately being overdramatic*