"Yes, back then," Riona muttered while standing on the dais and looking down at the crowd. Where could Squall be? "Damn it!", She said softly, and left her father, who paid no attention to her.

She went down the stairs and looked for Squall in the crowd. "Where's Squall? Where's Squall? I have to find him, I want to know the reason why he ended the relationship!"

Suddenly she felt a strong hand grab her arm and pulled her back. Liquid fire thawed their cold bones, it sure is Squall! She turned around quickly, but the person standing in front of her wasn't Squall. It was Cifer! Cifer, whom she adored 2 years ago, before she met Squall! Cifer, Squall's arch-rivals!
"Day Rinoa! You haven't seen us for a long time. Why is this hurry?", Asked Cifer Rinoa.
"I, I ... I'm looking for Squall," she replied.
"Ah, Squall, your friend, right?"From a corner you could see Cifer's smile," I've seen him, if you're good I'll show you where he is. "
Without waiting for an answer, he took her hand and led her through the crowd. Then they went into the dark park.
“Where's Squall?” Rinoa asked as Cifer pulled her further into the park.
“Just be patient, you will still see him!” Suddenly they stood still. They were surrounded by old trees and the sky was partly covered by the canopy of the trees. There was no one around. One could only easily hear the joy of the residents cheering and celebrating on the main street.
“Where's Squall?” Rinoa asked again, “I want to see him!”.
Cifer still held her hand, waited a while and then said to her, "I didn't see him! I just wanted to lure you here! You have to know that I can give you more than Squall! I love you, Rinoa!"". And when he saw the despair in Rinoa's eyes, he turned his back on her. You ass, he thought, why did you have to tell her that even though it wasn't? Hopefully she swallowed this.
"Listen, Rinoa," he said, "I can understand you if you still have feelings for Squall, but I'm only here for one reason. Just because of you!"
Suddenly he turned around, wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her mouth. Rinoa was in a state of trance. She couldn't even notice that he was kissing her. And when he pulled her tighter, she pushed him away. "Cifer ... My heart belongs to Squall even though he broke up with me. I need him."

Then Cifer was gone. Rinoa did not understand this. The other day he had abused her cruelly, and today he kissed her ... She gave up all hope of ever seeing Squall again. She stood still, trying to digest what had just happened."Hello Rinoa," she heard and listened up. Where did this voice come from? Where from? She turned around. There it was: Squall.
"I've been looking for you," she said. Although she was very happy, things seemed different to him. She could see sadness in his green-blue eyes. The leaves let the light that came from the street through only partially. Little heart-shaped patches of light appeared on Squall's face ... and body.
"That was Cifer, wasn't it?" Asked Squall.
"Yes"
She was pretty embarrassed. Because he saw the kiss. Turning her back to Squall, she ran to a tree and held onto it. "I've been looking for you, Squall! So many questions are still open ..." when she said this, she didn't want to look into his eyes ... then she turned around, but Squall was no longer there. What was she doing? What? she wondered as tears pooled in her eyes.

Winhill, 9 a.m.Squall woke up in his bed. He didn't want to think about Rinoa and Cifer's kiss, it hurt him too much.

"I knew that when you have friends, you will only be disappointed," he said. Then he got up, took a shower, and went down the stairs. Ellione, his sister, was sitting at the table reading the newspaper.
"Tomorrow, Squall, how was it yesterday?" She asked him.
"I do not want to talk about it."
"The residents need your help, the monsters are back."

After the witch Artemisia was killed, Squall and Ellione moved into the house of Squall's mother, who died 18 years ago, shortly after Squall was born ...[/i][i]. They didn't want to go to Esthar because Squall had labeled the people there as complicated, even though his father, Laguna, lived there as President of Esthar. A few months after moving in, Squall decided to end the relationship with Rinoa.

When Squall closed the front door behind him, someone jumped at him and punched him so hard in the stomach that Squall countered automatically.His fist hit the person directly in the face.
"Yo, Squall! It's me!" Xell yelled as he felt his face for blood.
"What do you want?" Squall asked angrily.
"I'm here for you! It's about Rinoa."
"Straighten your nose and go home, I don't want to have anything to do with her," said Squall as he walked away from Xell. Xell grabbed Squall by the shoulder, trying to stop him like that.
"Squall, there is something ..."
Squall yelled and threw Xell's hand off his shoulder, "you're annoying!"
"I can't help it! She needs you! I'm afraid Artemisia is still alive."
"Nonsense! I killed her! You were there!"
"No! Squall, she's alive!" Xell yelled, "Rinoa needs you!"