The romance in FFVIII has never really interested me, asides from the fact that Rinoa comes across incredibly immature at times.

What I would have liked to see at the end of the game is Raine somehow appearing after being saved due to Time Compression combined with Ellone's power... considering that the story seems to have circled around Ellone and her family (read: Laguna, Squall and the events that happened in Winhill etc) it would have been a nice ending... that and it would be massive food for thought for any fanfiction writers.