CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE*

[seventhe]

Fandom: taking back Valentine's Day since 2008!

So last year bottle_of_shine had a Kissing Battle. The last edition is here (EDITED TO ADD: this is the old battle, not the current one!). It was a lot of fun and might be known around FF-fandom circles as the best Meme ever**.

Pretty much everyone I know is stressed about something, too, so this round of the Kiss Meme Battle honestly couldn't have better timing. (I love you guys) This round is about feeling good, it's about love, and it's also about seeing who can write the most kissy drabbles and ficlets in one week!

Final Fantasy Kissing Battle: Valentine's Edition!***
Happening right here in this very entry

This portion of the rules I borrow from Nay, because she explained it well.

Requirements:
  - Kissing. Of any sort, even if it happens to be platonic. Otherwise known as: gen kisses are okay!
  - Put the fandom and pairing in the header of comments with kiss fic! SERIOUSLY. This makes it 300% easier for people to browse (and for me to compile).
Limitations: above the belt (this isn't about porn) and Final Fantasy only (crossovers are cool).

There are many ways to play! Write kisses and post them as comments. Make a list of requests and hope someone will fill them. Write other people's requests and hope they do the same back. (Requests can be filled more than once.) Find other good kisses and squee! EDIT - You can request anonymously, if you want!

This is about love and feeling good and that kind of stuff so people who are stupid about it will get my steel-toes in their ass. WITH LOVE ♥ ♥ ♥

I'm thinking about a week for this, so whoever writes the most kisses in that time wins!

GO TO IT, GUYS.
Let the Kissing Battle begin!
Feel free to pimp and invite people! THERE'S LOVE FOR EVERYONE.


*Don't lie to me. You hate it, you know you hate it, and you love to hate it. You love to complain about how stupid of a holiday it is. Single, committed, married, playing the field, porn star, straight, gay, bi, curious, into donkeys - we all have a hate-on for Valentine's Day, and we all compete with each other over the size of our Valentine's-Day-hating cock. I've had it. ENOUGH. THE HATE STOPS HERE! FILL THE WORLD WITH MOTHER FUCKING LOVE, YOU FUCKING COCK BITCHES.

**it might also not. I may have made that part up.

***the name of this color is "Dark Hard Magenta." HAHAHA. HARD. i am such a loser. Also, I hope it's as annoying on YOUR screen as it is on MINE.

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REQUESTS
Updated: ~1:00pm 02-18-08

♥ Each *asterisk* represents one kiss already written for that request. It certainly does not mean you can't write another - it's really for people who are trying to make sure everyone gets their fair share of the kisses.
It's only based off of kisses with labeled comment headers. If you forgot to label your kiss, reply to it with a comment WITH THE PAIRING IN THE HEADER and I'll try to update you.
♥ Newest requests are at the bottom of each list, labeled with a heart. ("New" simply means "the most recent people I've added".)

Again, if you don't want your name on your request, feel free to comment anonymously.

FFI
Garland/Sara*, Arylon/Elf Prince, Jim/Kope, Light Warrior/Anyone - ovo_lexa

FFII
Paul/Leila, Maria/Guy - ovo_lexa

FFIII
Ingus/Sara* - kristinmachina
Dorga/Unne - ovo_lexa
♥ Arc/Alus, Cid/Mrs. Cid - rosehiptea

FFIV
Cecil/Rosa*, Cecil & young Rydia* - venefica_aura
Edge/Kain - katmillia
Rosa/Rydia, Edge/Kain/Rydia - first_seventhe
Edge/Rydia*, Kain/Rydia*, Kain/Valvalicia/Golbez/Rosa (any comb.)* - lassarina
Edward/Anna** - ovo_lexa
Rosa/Edge**, Rosa/Palom*, Anna (as Rosa)/Edward*, Rosa/Sylph - salarta
Porom/Edward, Porom/Anyone* - shiny_glor_chan
Rydia/Asura*, Kain/Rosa, Kain/Cecil, Edward/young!Rydia, Palom/Porom* - eerian_sadow
Cecil/Kain/Rosa - wakka_luver
♥ Yang/anyone** - fanaticalone

FFV
Syldra & Faris* - ovo_lexa
Reina/Faris* - salarta

FFVI
Setzer/Celes* - astrangerenters
Maduin/Madeline* - deadshrimpblues
Terra/Anyone*, Locke/Celes - first_seventhe
Celes/Leo* - aesriella
Locke/Celes, Leo/Celes* - lassarina
Terra/Celes/Kefka - salarta
Sabin/Cyan* - jianna
♥ Cyan/Terra - rosehiptea

FFVII and assorted
Tseng/Elena - irish_ais
Tifa/Elena*, Reno/Aeris*, Lucrecia/Ifalna** - venefica_aura
Veld/Ifalna*, Veld/Lucrecia, Vincent/Ifalna* - astralavator
Cid/Shera**, Rude/Elena*, Tifa/Barret*, Chocobo Joe/Esther, Ilfalna/Elmyra* - deadshrimpblues
Tifa/Barret, Tifa/Rude, Yuffie/Reno - first_seventhe
Vincent/Tifa* - rhianna_aurora
Vincent/Cloud* - kristinmachina
Cid/Vincent, Cloud/Zack, Cloud/Sephiroth, Sephiroth/Zack, Zack/Aeris, Reno/Rude, Rufus/Reno - jameva
Zack/Aeris, Reno/Rude, Tseng/Elena - lassarina
Tifa/Scarlet - salarta
Tifa/Vincent, Tifa/Veld*, Tifa/Tseng, Tifa/Reno, Tifa/Sephiroth - is_bel
Vincent/Elena*, Aeris/Elena*, Reeve/Tifa, Anna/Veld* - tijuana_pirate
Vincent/Cloud*, (AC) Marlene & Denzel - solitaryjane
Any combo: Cloud, Reno, Zack, Sephiroth, Rufus, Angeal, Genesis - jenovas_boy
Tifa/Vincent - sarasa_cat
Cid/Loz, Cait Sith/Red XIII*, Aerith/Cait Sith* - wakka_luver
Cloud/Tifa, Loz/Tifa, Yuffie/Vincent, Yuffie/Cloud* - anime_angel_ash
♥ Cloud/Barret*/a> - firefly99
♥ Zack/Tifa, Zack/Cloud, Rude/Tifa - fiorieart
♥ Reno/Rude/Elena* - fanaticalone

FFVIII
Squall/Rinoa*, Seifer/Zell, Seifer/Quistis, Seifer/Xu, Seifer/Fujin, Irvine/Selphie*, Cid/Edea** - irish_ais
Seifer/Squall, Rinoa/Ellone*, Fujin/Xu*, Cid/Edea* - venefica_aura
Squall/Ellone* - katmillia
Squall/Quistis*, Irvine/Quistis* - astrangerenters
Selphie/Seifer*, Irvine/His Hat** - achenar
Quistis/Zell*, Seifer/Zell, Quistis/Laguna*, Selphie/Seifer, Irvine/Anyone* - first_seventhe
Irvine/Rinoa** - rhianna_aurora
Seifer/Zell, Irvine/Squall* - dior_anghel
Quistis/Xu*, Xu/Nida, Quistis & Angelo***, Quistis/Bobo/Zell - aesriella
Quistis/Shiva* - aesriella
Seifer/Zell, Irvine/Selphie - jameva
Seifer/Irvine!*, Seifer/Squall - lassarina
Seifer/Ma Dincht*, Seifer/Raijin*, Seifer/Xu*, Seifer/Fujin, Selphie/Edea, Xu/Martine, Xu/Zell, Zell/Fujin, Zell/Irvine*, Zell/Chocobo - siva630
Edea/Quistis - salarta
Quistis/Irvine* - solitaryjane
Quistis/Squall - owlmoose
Seifer/Zell - not_cynical
Edea/Laguna* - mrsteninch
Squall/Rinoa, Seifer/Zell, Xu/Martine*, Irvine/Seifer - bottle_of_shine
Ultimecia/Anyone*, Ifrit/Shiva* - wakka_luver
Selphie/Irvine, Zell/Library Girl*, Seifer/Xu*, Seifer/Rinoa*, Raine/Laguna - anime_angel_ash
♥ Quistis/Odin*, Zell/Quistis, Squall/Zell*, Squall/Nida, Seifer/Nida, Cid/Dr. Kadowaki* - fiorieart
♥ Zell/Selphie/Irvine* - fanaticalone

FFIX
Beatrix/Steiner, Beatrix/Garnet* - aesriella
Kuja/Zidane, Zidane/Garnet - jameva
Freya/Amarant, x7 - siva630
Garnet/Beatrix - salarta
Steiner/Beatrix, Freya/Fratley, Vivi/anybody - owlmoose
Zidane/Garnet, Eiko/Vivi* - anime_angel_ash
♥ Freya/Zidane* - fanaticalone

FFX/X-2
Lulu/Rikku, Tidus/Rikku, Yuna/Auron or Yuna & Auron* - venefica_aura
Auron/Rikku**, Baralai/Gippal, Yuna/Baralai* - katmillia
Wakka/Rikku*, Lulu/Rikku*, Yuna/Anyone* - first_seventhe
Gippal/Baralai - dior_anghel
Lulu/Chappu - aesriella
Auron/Jecht*, Lulu/Auron - jameva
Lulu/Auron*, Nooj/Paine - lassarina
Yuna/Kimahri, Rikku/Wakka*, Wakka/Lulu, Wakka/Yuna - siva630
Lulu/Doll, Lulu/Leblanc, Elma/Lucil - salarta
Kimahri/Rikku, Braska & young Yuna, young Yuna / young Auron - eerian_sadow
Lulu/Luzzu, Yuna/Isaaru, Buddy/Anybody*, Paine/Nooj! - owlmoose
Auron/Braska, Auron/Jecht, Tidus/Yuna, Baralai/Gippal*, Paine/Nooj*, BARALAI/ISAARU - not_cynical
Auron/Belgemine, Shelinda/A Chocobo - mrsteninch
Auron/Braska, Dona/Bartello*, Baralai/Gippal*, Shinra/Pacce, Buddy/Brother, Yuna/Beclem* - bottle_of_shine
Braska/Jecht* - jianna
Kimahri/Moogle - wakka_luver
Gippal/Yuna, Paine/Rikku, Nooj/Lucil, Beclem/Elma, Isaaru/Belgemine* - pink_rapid
Tidua/Yuna, Wakka/Lulu, Nooj/Lucil, LeBlanc/Gippal, Paine/Baralai, Braska/Yuna's mother*, Jecht/Tidus' mother* - anime_angel_ash
♥ Lulu/Wakka/Luzzu - fanaticalone
♥ Wakka/Tidus - rosehiptea

FFXII
Basch/Ashe* - katmillia
Balthier/Ashe**, Drace/Gabranth - astrangerenters
Penelo/Larsa/Vaan - achenar
Vaan/Ashe - astralavator
Balthier/Vaan*, Balthier/Fran - kristinmachina
Fran/Balthier - aesriella
Balthier/Fran, Balthier/Basch*, Basch/Vossler* - jameva
Balthier/Ashe*, Gabranth/Drace*, Gabranth/Ffamran**, Vayne/Ashe* - lassarina
Larsa/Penelo**, Vayne/Drace**, Fran/Vaan* - mariagoner
Balthier/Vaan, Balthier/Basch, Ashe/Al-Cid* - not_cynical
Basch/Ashe, Basch & Noah*, Noah/Penelo**, Ffamran/Fran* - aorin107
Fran/Penelo - mrsteninch
Drace/Gabranth*, Penelo/Basch**, Venat/Dr.Cid - sarasa_cat
Reks/Penelo* - mariagoner
Ondore/Drace, Balthier/Penelo, Basch/Fran, OLD DALAN/HOOKAH* - pink_rapid
Al-Cid/Ashe, Vaan/Ashe, Larsa/Penelo - anime_angel_ash
♥ Vayne/Larsa, Vayne/Gabranth, Zargabaath/Zecht, Gabranth/Zecht - manic_intent

Revenant Wings
Lluyd/Filo, Penelo/Velis, Fran/Mydia - kristinmachina
llyud/Filo, Kytes/Filo*, Llyud/Penelo/Vaan, Kytes/Filo/Llyud - shiny_glor_chan

Crossover
Reno/Rydia****, Quistis/Rydia, Squall/Cloud - katmillia
Basch/Celes* - astrangerenters
Quistis/Rydia** - first_seventhe
Ferris/Setzer, Edgar/Ashe* - kristinmachina
Auron/Celes, Ashe/Celes, Zack/Rydia - lassarina
Rosa/Edea*, Rosa/Kefka - salarta
Ultros/Balthier!!* - sarasa_cat
Faris/Leila* - shiny_glor_chan
♥ Balthier/Mustadio, Balthier/Zalbaag, Balthier/Cidolfus Orlandeau - manic_intent
♥ Rude/Fujin - fanaticalone

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HONORABLE MENTION FANDOMS THAT ARE NOT FINAL FANTASY BUT YOU MIGHT KNOW THEM ANYWAY
Sir Hilldo / Kitty Kitty by hilldo

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REQUESTS FOR CHARACTER/INANIMATE OBJECT
I am not going to be able to keep track of all of these, so feel free to just respond to the entry with any kisses these prompts might inspire!

Already requested:
   - Irvine/Hat (all over the place)
   - Lulu/Doll

New
   - Sabin/His Too Sweet Fists Of Fury
   - FF7 Cid/Pack of Cigarettes
   - FF7 Cid/The Highwind
   - Wakka/Blitzball
   - Reno/Nightstick
   - Kadaj/Jenova bits
   - Cloud/Cell Phone
   - Cloud/Fenrir
   - Squall/Triple Triad Cards
   - Shinra/CommSphere
   - Leblanc/Nooj's Glasses(/other parts)
   - Balthier/The Strahl
   - Yuffie/Materia
   - Rikku/Auron's Sake Jug
   - Seifer/Quistis/Quistis' Whip




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Comments

FFVII: Reno/Rude/Elena

[deadshrimpblues.livejournal.com]

It was a little-known fact that Turks, in addition to being accomplished assassins, arms dealers, and assholes, were also fairly competent magicians. Set a bottle of Gongaga Gutrot in front of one and it would vanish in the blink of an eye. Give it to three of them, and the speed at which the stuff disappeared became downright supernatural.

The Blue Note was Rude's favourite place to go for a drink in Junon. Since it had been his turn to pick on this particular trip, that was were they were. The place was packed, excluding the area around the Turk table; people practically tripped over their own feet trying to give the three a wide berth. Not that the occupants of said table noticed - they had arrived at 7, and both the big and little hands on the big neon wall-clock were now angling towards 12. Several empty flasks of various sizes had appeared during that time; it looked like they were building a fort in the centre of the booth with them.

A frightened-looking waiter brought another full bottle, left it on the table, and scuttled back into the crowd like a frazzled cockroach. Elena was the first to break the cap on this one; she tipped the booze back with a flourish that set her comrades to cheering. Several patrons glanced back at the trio and edged further away.

The bottle was passed to Reno. He took a drink, slopped half of it down the front of his suit (the Turks were on a first-name basis with their dry cleaners; they got rid of every kind of stain, didn't ask questions, and were tipped handily for the discretion), and handed it to Rude. Rude was much neater about his imbibing, but still managed to finish off half of it in one long, quiet pull.

Reno wiped his mouth on his sleeve, ran a hand through his hair, and leered cheerfully at Elena.

"Hey, 'Lena," he slurred, trying desperately to focus both eyes on her face, "if we're all drinkin' from th' same bottles, does that mean me n' Rude just indirec'ly kissed you?"

Elena pondered this, rubbing her chin in a drunken mockery of thoughtfulness.

"Nahhhhhh. I think it means you n' Rude just did, though! Or maybe ... maybe all three of us are makin' out!!"

The thought tickled her so much she nearly fell out of her chair, cackling hysterically. Her comrades joined in, but it was an alarmed kind of laughter that soon petered out into a strained silence.

Rude was the first to break the pause. He coughed, cleared his throat, and spoke with perfect enunciation.

“... Time to go home, then?”

The screeching of three individual chairs being hastily pushed back was all the answer needed.

FFIX: Freya/Zidane

[deadshrimpblues.livejournal.com]

Her fur is gray and patchy, face and arms covered with the pinkish puckered scars of battles long fought. The armor she wears is of a ceremonial type long since gone out of fashion in Burmecia and its surrounding tributaries, old but obviously well taken care of. Younger dragoons scoff at her when they think her back is turned - 'The Iron Lady', they call Freya Crescent; the nickname makes her think of ancient heartaches best forgotten - but she doesn't care. They are young, and it has always been the prerogative of the young to scoff at the elderly while they can. In Burmecia there is much talk about the state of the youth these days, how much more honourable they were in elder times. Freya knows better, and begrudges her proteges their wild oats not a whit.

Even with the understanding that time is a thief far nimbler than Zidane at his slipperiest, she is still surprised at the changes wrought in old friends. Queen Garnet's hair is as white as Freya's ever was, her face a drooping mass of wrinkles. When she stretches out a trembling hand to take Freya's in greeting, the Burmecian is taken aback by how gnarled her fingers are, the blue veins standing out like cords.

Seeing Zidane is worse. In Freya's mind he has stayed forever young, mischievous as the day they met. The thing on the dais is not her old friend; it has a balding head, a tail as pink and hairless as any Burmecian's, and an expression of solemnity never worn in life. Freya's stomach churns looking at it, but she is determined to say goodbye, and so she paces down the aisle without a pause. Her bones pop and clatter almost as much as the armor she wears. Nobody here laughs.

When she kisses him on the forehead, it is like putting her mouth to cold wax. Garnet's cheek feels much the same; Freya cannot help but wonder how much longer she will last without him.

Sylph Colony/Yang

[ovo-lexa.livejournal.com]

Sleeping Beauty

“What is it?”

Their wings fluttered, each pair out of time with the next, as they flitted about nervously. It had landed, almost certainly by magic, amidst their circle; but besides its explosive arrival, it remained eerily still. Among the winged folk, its inaction provoked both curiosity and mistrust.

“It’s human!”

“It dangerous!”

“It’s not dangerous!”

“It’s asleep,” Uva said. She was the most clever among them, and they were silent to listen, but she had no more answers.

“What if it’s a trick?” Nis asked, “How do we know it’s not like the others?”

“What do we do?” Eib asked. She was the smallest of their number, and the most timid.

“We have to kiss it,” Thret insisted. “That’s how you make humans wake up. You kiss them.”

“How do you know?” Uva demanded, fluttering higher than the rest.

“There was a maiden, once,” Thret replied, “A human maiden, who was sleeping so deep that she had to be woken up with a kiss. It’s the same with this one.”

It didn’t work. All of them tried, again, and in different combinations. Thret beat his wings faster to cover his blushing. “Any other ideas?”

“We can’t just leave it here...” Uva sighed.

Eib piped up, “Can we keep it?”

Re: Sylph Colony/Yang

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

THIS WINS FFIV FROM NOW ON.

FFIV: Yang/Yang's Wife

[salarta.livejournal.com]

Note: D'oh! ovo got to Yang before I did. Oh well, I have a fun idea anyway.


"Yah! Yah! Yah!" Yang's hand blurred, whiffing the air. He jumped and spun in a roundhouse kick, his foot narrowly missing the bedpost.

"Impressive!"

Yang looked back to his wife. Grabbing his towel, the monk moved to embrace her. A strong, sturdy hand smoothed its way behind those lovely purple locks of hers, vibrant as the day they met.

"I'm just getting warmed up," Yang showed his mustachioed grin. His wife blushed.

"You always were a charmer."

"How else could I have convinced such a beauty to marry me?" No time for teasing. Yang pulled his darling close, locking lips with her. The passion ran through them both, one, no longer bound into cages of flesh.

Their lips parted.

"You must go to Mt. Hobs and show some rookies how a master fights, right?" Yang's wife asked.

The monk nodded.

"You better come back in one piece, or you'll be kissin' something else!"

Yang trembled when she smacked the frying pan in her hand. "I will, dear. I promise that."

"Good!" Yang's wife smirked, and she waved as her man went down the stairs.

FFVIII - Zell/Selphie/Irvine - 10 People Zell Blames

[anime-angel-ash.livejournal.com]

SO UH. APPARENTLY THIS ONE'S KIND OF LONG, SO IT'S GOING TO GO INTO TWO COMMENTS.

Also, this is slightly more porny than anything I've seen here yet, and while it doesn't break any of the rules, I'm still twitching over here. Hopefully everyone still loves me. ^_^;

Also, this one even has a title! Because Zell's "misery" deserves a title.

Zell blamed many, many different people for this.

First, he blamed Irvine’s students, with their rifles and their jerk-y attitudes (gunslinging abilities were rare in the Gardens, they were some of the most talented students Balamb had to offer, blah, blah, blah) and their upcoming SeeD evaluations.

Second, he blamed Squall. “Would you drop this by Kinneas’ room on your way?” he asked after a routine meeting about Zell’s students’ progress. While scribbling his signature on a request from Selphie to reserve the training ground on Wednesday afternoon, Squall held up a single piece of paper, handing it to Zell. “It’s the evaluation dates for his students. Feel free to shove it down his throat. I’m getting tired of him not paying attention to my notices.”

Third, he blamed Seifer. While Zell’s students had preformed decently and got passing marks from Squall, their progress still didn’t rival that of Seifer’s kids in Galbadia. This, for Zell, constituted a few good hours with his punching bag. Sufficed to say, the issue had his full and complete attention as he wandered down the hall, paper clasped tightly in his gloved fist. Damn Almasy, always showing him up. Even when he wasn’t in Balamb anymore, he always—!

Fourth, he blamed Selphie. As happy and peppy and skippy as she seemed to be at all hours of the day, all days of the week, every week for the past year and beyond, she wasn’t dumb. She knew when to be quiet, and what to be quiet while doing. She’d apparently trained Irvine to do the same, which was why Zell didn’t hear anything telling when he finally reached Irvine’s dorm room and nonchalantly let himself in.

Fifth, he blamed Irvine. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for the gunner to still be in bed, shades drawn and room basically pitch black, at three in the afternoon—he was a lazy bastard like that. So Zell didn’t think much of it when he opened the door and found himself immersed in a cloud of black. He was already halfway to Irvine’s bed (which wasn’t exactly a feat; those dorms hadn’t been built with spaciousness in mind), before he realized that something was amiss.

Sixth, he blamed Selphie. Though whatever she was doing (or whatever was being done to—that train of thought was stopping right there) was clearly good enough to slow both her and Irvine’s reaction time (why else would he have been able to open the door without them noticing?), her senses were apparently no less sharp for it. “Zell?!” the black lump of Irvine’s bed yelled in her voice, and suddenly that black lump began to take on a very distinct shape—no, set of shapes. Selphie, splayed out over the mattress. Irvine, towering over her—

Seventh, he blamed Irvine. Though Zell had always been fast, and in fact moved faster than he ever had before on his way out the door and the hell away from there, Irvine still managed to catch him. Freezing when he the gunner reached from the confines of the room and grabbed him by the shoulder, Zell slowly turned, twitching with a sort of discomfort he hadn’t known since his first physical from Dr. Kadowaki. Irvine was giving him an apologetic, somewhat perturbed look—Zell had been able to decipher that because, after chancing one cautious look down, he’d deemed Irvine’s face to be the safest place to focus his scrutiny. “God, Irvine, could you at least put some pants on?”

Re: FFVIII - Zell/Selphie/Irvine - 10 People Zell Blames

[anime-angel-ash.livejournal.com]

Eighth, he blamed Selphie. At that exact moment, she chose to appear at Irvine’s shoulder, overdressed in one well-placed flannel sheet. Her cheeks were tinged a ridiculously bright pink, as they should be, but that was the only part of her face that looked like it ought to. Instead of casting her eyes down, embarrassed and regretful, she was looking him straight in the eye with an expression that was—no, no way. He was crazy. There was no way—

Ninth, he blamed Irvine. When Zell looked back at him, intent on denying what he saw in Selphie’s eyes, Zell found the exact same thing there. Swiftly, his gaze went back to Selphie, then to Irvine, then back to Selphie again. However, no matter how many times he looked between them, it was still there. Behind the embarrassment, in the way Selphie glanced between him and the blackness of the room, and the way Irvine not-so-subtley raised his eyebrows: invitation.

Tenth, Zell blamed himself, because even though his first instinct was to bolt back to his room and get acquainted with the lint beneath his bed, he soon found himself stepping back inside, to be welcomed by two very pleasant kisses.

Re: FFVIII - Zell/Selphie/Irvine - 10 People Zell Blames

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

I AM FULL OF LOVE FOR YOU.