Re: Rinoa and OPEN - 10:45ish
He listened to her hesitate before the words left her mouth. Part of him didn't expect her to say that, but the other part did. It was Rinoa; of course she held onto the past and emotions like that. Although it shook his nerves about in ways that even alcohol couldn't fix, it made him feel better. It wasn't, "please go die in a fire, thank you," it was, "it's good to see you." Squall would have said the same to her if it wasn't for the fact their circumstances of reuniting were inconvenient at best.
All Squall could do was nod his head and allow a sigh to pass through him. He did it to potentially calm himself instead of doing it out of irritation. He wished someone else would come along and step in to lighten the mood between the two, but everyone else was occupied with another person. All smiles and laughter. Wish I could relax enough to do that right now.
"Yeah." Squall nodded. "It's good to see you, too." The words rushed out, sounding not as sincere as he wanted them to be. Good job, idiot. Not sure where to pick it up from there, his eyes suddenly noticed the empty wine glass of hers. "...do you need a refill at all?" You know, to deal with me better? And girls like wine and I can refill that. Yup. That's me doing a good thing. I can do that.