Life As It Is
Chapter 1 – The Assignment
A/N: So... um... how do I start... clears throat Hi. Um... this fic I'm writing is going to be mainly from Yuffie's point of view because she's so cool. The setting: college (duh!) The cast: KH gang, minus all the bad guys, the Disney characters (sorry Goofy), Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie, and plus Sephiroph, and random characters I made up. So... um... this is going to be mainly squiffie 'cause it's my favorite pairing and C/A, S/K, and Riku/Some random character I haven't thought of yet. Riku obviously needs someone 'cause he's so cute... so... um... that's it. Now read. grins Oh, and I made Kairi one year younger than Aerith and Yuffie, but she's in college because she's so smart. Aerith is 21, Yuffie is 20, and Kairi is 19. Sora is 19, Riku is 20, Cloud is 22, and Squall... Leon... (whatever) is 25.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!!! actually... I own this storyline and whatever characters I make up... and this fanfic account... looks in pocket and this crumbled up candy wrapper... want it? I'll trade it for squaresoft! No? Well, I guess that's why this disclaimer is here...
"Good bye home, hello dorm!" shouted Yuffie excitedly to her new roommates.
"Erm... hi." said Kairi cautiously, running a hair through her red, short hair. "Hi" said Aerith in a soft, sing-songy voice, adjusting her pink dress before sitting down on a large, pink futon. "So, have you guys unpacked yet?" asked Yuffie. "Yeah," Kairi replied, bored. "Me too" Aerith said. "Great! You guys can help me unpack!" Yuffie happily squealed. Her roommates just stared at her. "Um... sure... I guess..." Kairi said quietly after a minute. "Yeah, let's go" said Aerith, picking up one of Yuffie's bags. "You guys are awesome!" Yuffie said happily. "Yeah, sure..." said Kairi, taking a picture frame and putting it at the bed end. "No! It goes there!" yelped Yuffie. After a few more attempts by Kairi and Aerith to help her unpacked, they gave up and sat on her bed, watching her unpack everything else. "There! Perfect!" Yuffie said in her normal, hyper voice, "Lets get lunch!"
"We'll take my car" said Aerith, "So where do you guys want to go?" For once, Yuffie was silent. "How about McDonalds? Its Cheeseburger day and I'm almost broke." said Kairi. "I'm starving. Any place is good for me!" said Yuffie. Aerith parked and they walked in, grabbing a table next to a window. Yuffie looked out the window. "Hey, are those people from our school too?" asked Yuffie, pointing at a couple of guys also walking towards McDonalds. Kairi just shrugged, but Aerith said, "Yeah. I told them to come. I hope you don't mind." "No! Not at all!" Kairi and Yuffie both said. Soon they heard the jingle of the bells as the door opened and the four guys walked in. "Hi Aerith" said Cloud shyly. "Hi Cloud. Meet my new roommates. That's Kairi and that's Yuffie." said Aerith. A chorus of "hi"s erupted. Aerith waited until it ended. Pointing to the guys, she said, "That's Cloud, Leon, Sora, and Riku". "Gawd Sora's cute" Kairi whispered to Yuffie. "oooo!" whispered Yuffie loudly to Kairi, "Aerith can set you two up!" "Shut up!" Kairi almost shouted to Yuffie, "What if he has a girlfriend?" she asked fearfully, voice lower. The guys sat down. "So what classes do you have this year?" asked Sora, looking at Kairi. She yelped and looked at Yuffie for help. Grabbing her schedule, Yuffie said, "She seems to want to be an English major. She's also taking... um... why did you scribble hearts that say K and S all over your schedule, Kairi?" Kairi started blushing furiously, but then the food arrived. Biting in her cheeseburger hungrily and a bit savagely, Yuffie was making quite a mess. Yuffie noticed them staring at her, wiped her face off and asked innocently, "What?" "Oh nothing, just watching a what looks like a perfectly angelic girl attacking her hamburger." said Leon sarcastically. "Squall!" reprimanded Aerith. "Yeah!" Cloud immediately said after. "First, it's NOT a hamburger! It's a cheeseburger. And second, who's Squall?" Leon was glaring daggers at Aerith, who was blushing. Cloud, in turn, was trying to glare daggers at Leon for glaring daggers at Aerith. "Um... he is" Sora said, pointing at Leon. "So you're Leon AND Squall? How cool! But I like Squall better." Yuffie said, grinning evilly. Leon was still glaring daggers at Aerith. "Children, children. Please stop glaring daggers at each other." said Riku in a cool, relaxed but slightly obnoxious sort of a way. Leon dropped his head and started eating his cheeseburger. After a few moments of silence, Riku stated, "It's almost 2. We need to get to school to attend the assembly." All stood up, and Yuffie hurriedly got to Aerith's pink Beatle (the car). In the car, Kairi could only gabble about how cute Sora looked. Aerith stared at her (during a red light, of course), "Do you want me to set you two up or anything?" she asked. "No! No way! Does he have a girlfriend?" Kairi quickly responded. "Nah," Aerith replied. "What's with Squall?" asked Yuffie. "Both his parents died. He was sent into a military orphanage, and you know how the military is. After he got out, he changed his name, and tried to forget his past. We knew him before, so that's why we sometimes slip and calls him Squall. He's a bit depressed and a loner." explained Aerith. By this time they had arrived back at the school and entered the auditorium. Cloud immediately sat next to Aerith, Kairi sat next to Sora, and Yuffie got stuck between Leon and Riku. The principal droned about how the school worked, and the "mission" of the school. Aerith was listening intently, while Yuffie dozed off, leaning her head on Leon's shoulder. "Wake up, Yuffie" said Leon, tapping on her shoulder. "Okay, Squall" said Yuffie, yawning and getting up. "It's Leon." Leon replied through gritted teeth. "Whatever, Squall" retorted Yuffie. Leon glared daggers at her, but said nothing.
"So where are we going out to eat?" asked Yuffie, back in their dorm. Aerith and Kairi looked uncomfortable, gazing shyly at her. "Um..." Aerith said. "We're going on a double date" Kairi said in a rush. "We're sorry, Yuffie." Aerith said. "HOW COULD YOU PLAN A DOUBLE DATE WITHOUT ME???!!!" screamed Yuffie. "Well... you were sleeping... so..." Aerith began to mumble. "Argh I can't BELIEVE you people" and with that Yuffie ran to her room.
Yuffie heard a knock on her door. It was Aerith. "Yuffie, please don't be mad. You didn't have a date... so..." Yuffie ignored her. "Yuffie..." Aerith began again. "Why don't you just leave me alone?" screamed Yuffie, "I better go to sleep, 'cause I have CLASS tomorrow" "Yuffie... I'll check on you tomorrow than... sweet dreams..."
Yuffie felt awful. Why couldn't she just let Kairi and Aerith go on a double date without her? Aerith was right, she DIDN'T have a date. Kairi and Aerith were the only friends she had and now she just blew it. She decided to call her mom, because her mom always knew what to do. "Hey mom?" Yuffie mumbled. "What is it honey? Are you okay?" her mom asked, concerned. "I just got mad at my two newest friends at college for going on a double date without me." Yuffie started, and soon spilled the whole day out to her mom. "Aw poor baby. Don't worry, you'll find a boyfriend soon. As for your friends, I suggest you writing a note apologizing. Remember what you learned from those Life Skill books in middle school? And use that new stationary I bought you!" her mom replied. "Okay mommy. Thanks a lot!" Yuffie replied. Write a note... write a note... Yuffie sat down before her table and grabbed the new pack of paper her mom bought her. "Dear Aerith and Kairi". 'No, that seems too formal' Yuffie though, and tore it up. "Dear friends..." After a couple more balls of crunched up paper, she proudly put it on the kitchen counter.
"Dear friends,
I hope I did not hurt your feelings much today. I was angry at first, but I understand now. You guys have your own life too; I can't just come in a do it my way. That's just selfish. I hope you understand.
Your friend,
Yuffie
P.S. Come to my room and tell me what happened! Wake me up if you have to.
"Wow, I never thought she'll apologize" said Kairi. "Yeah, she's a sweet girl. Well, want to go wake her up?" asked Aerith, but Kairi was already racing to Yuffie's room. "YUFFIE!!! We're back!" screamed Kairi, but Yuffie just lay there. "OH MY GOD. AERITH HURRY UP AND COME HERE!!!" Kairi shrieked. Aerith came running. "What happened?" she asked. "Is she dead?" Kairi whispered fearfully. "No, of course not! See her breathing? She's just sleeping." and with that, Yuffie rolled on her back. "Wow she's a really deep sleeper" said Kairi. "Hey look, there's a note" said Aerith.
"P.P.S. You need to play "I love you" from that Barney show to get me to wake up. It's on my desk. Just click on the purple button. I hate that song."
Kairi walked over, turned on the music, and Yuffie sprang up, ran over, and turned it off. "So, you guys forgive me?" asked Yuffie shyly. "If we didn't why would we be here?" asked Kairi. Aerith just gave her a hug. "So, what happened?" asked Yuffie eagerly. Kairi launched in the great aspects of Sora, like how nice he is, while Aerith chatted away about how good Cloud was looking. "Aw guys, you're making me jealous!" Yuffie said, laughing. "Well, as you said, we do have class tomorrow and it's already 11. See you tomorrow Yuffie and Kairi!" said Aerith. "Yeah, night you all!" replied Kairi. "Night..." Yuffie replied sleepily, and quickly dozed off.
"I love you, you love me," sang Yuffie's alarm clock. It was already 6 a.m. She got up, threw on some clothes, and ran out the door. Aerith was already up and made French toast for everyone. "So, what's your first class?" asked Kairi. "English with Ingles" replied Yuffie. "Me too!" replied Kairi happily. "Wow, this must be a miracle or something, but I have Ingles too!" said Aerith. They hurried off to English. Yuffie sat down beside Aerith and Kairi. "Hey Kairi" said a voice. "Oh my god! Hi Sora!" Kairi shrieked, hugging him. Apparently, all of the guys also had English with Mrs. Ingles. "That's enough!" said the teacher, "I shall take role now". After taking role, she sat down, and said, "My name is Mrs. Ingles. I teach literature arts. We will focus on creative writing this year. Your first assignment will actually be year long. You will keep a diary for me. I will not check it, but at the end of the year you will have an essay on what you think life was like. The diary will just help you jog your memory. Feel free to write about what you wish had happened, how you felt, and what you feel about life in general. Now, write a paragraph on what you think life is. You have one hour."
"I believe life is unfair." Yuffie wrote, "In a perfect life, I would have a loving boyfriend who cares about me. I would be smart, intelligent, and amaze people by my intelligence. I would be rich and carefree, and live in a huge house. I would be graceful, not the klutzy person I am. I would also have a cat, and a mom who isn't allergic to cats. What I like about life, though, are my new friends Aerith, Kairi, and my old friends too."
"Looks like someone hates life, eh?" someone said. It was Squall. He was looking at her paper! "How could you?" Yuffie asked, "I don't look at YOUR paper" "I was just trying to get you to stop writing. The bell rang, but apparently someone is so klutzy that she didn't notice" replied Squall. "Oh." and with that Yuffie ran off to her next class.
A/N: So how was it? Any review is good... suggestions... I'm new at this so... I need a lot more improvement. As far as flames go... I'll accept them as a "learning opportunity", or most likely, ignore them. shudders Well I hope you liked it. If I get reviews at least one review (flames don't count!) I'll write more. When an author gets no reviews she gets a bit discouraged. cries Well review! And I'm sorry if this is a bit short...
Chapter 1 – The Assignment
A/N: So... um... how do I start... clears throat Hi. Um... this fic I'm writing is going to be mainly from Yuffie's point of view because she's so cool. The setting: college (duh!) The cast: KH gang, minus all the bad guys, the Disney characters (sorry Goofy), Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie, and plus Sephiroph, and random characters I made up. So... um... this is going to be mainly squiffie 'cause it's my favorite pairing and C/A, S/K, and Riku/Some random character I haven't thought of yet. Riku obviously needs someone 'cause he's so cute... so... um... that's it. Now read. grins Oh, and I made Kairi one year younger than Aerith and Yuffie, but she's in college because she's so smart. Aerith is 21, Yuffie is 20, and Kairi is 19. Sora is 19, Riku is 20, Cloud is 22, and Squall... Leon... (whatever) is 25.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!!! actually... I own this storyline and whatever characters I make up... and this fanfic account... looks in pocket and this crumbled up candy wrapper... want it? I'll trade it for squaresoft! No? Well, I guess that's why this disclaimer is here...
"Good bye home, hello dorm!" shouted Yuffie excitedly to her new roommates.
"Erm... hi." said Kairi cautiously, running a hair through her red, short hair. "Hi" said Aerith in a soft, sing-songy voice, adjusting her pink dress before sitting down on a large, pink futon. "So, have you guys unpacked yet?" asked Yuffie. "Yeah," Kairi replied, bored. "Me too" Aerith said. "Great! You guys can help me unpack!" Yuffie happily squealed. Her roommates just stared at her. "Um... sure... I guess..." Kairi said quietly after a minute. "Yeah, let's go" said Aerith, picking up one of Yuffie's bags. "You guys are awesome!" Yuffie said happily. "Yeah, sure..." said Kairi, taking a picture frame and putting it at the bed end. "No! It goes there!" yelped Yuffie. After a few more attempts by Kairi and Aerith to help her unpacked, they gave up and sat on her bed, watching her unpack everything else. "There! Perfect!" Yuffie said in her normal, hyper voice, "Lets get lunch!"
"We'll take my car" said Aerith, "So where do you guys want to go?" For once, Yuffie was silent. "How about McDonalds? Its Cheeseburger day and I'm almost broke." said Kairi. "I'm starving. Any place is good for me!" said Yuffie. Aerith parked and they walked in, grabbing a table next to a window. Yuffie looked out the window. "Hey, are those people from our school too?" asked Yuffie, pointing at a couple of guys also walking towards McDonalds. Kairi just shrugged, but Aerith said, "Yeah. I told them to come. I hope you don't mind." "No! Not at all!" Kairi and Yuffie both said. Soon they heard the jingle of the bells as the door opened and the four guys walked in. "Hi Aerith" said Cloud shyly. "Hi Cloud. Meet my new roommates. That's Kairi and that's Yuffie." said Aerith. A chorus of "hi"s erupted. Aerith waited until it ended. Pointing to the guys, she said, "That's Cloud, Leon, Sora, and Riku". "Gawd Sora's cute" Kairi whispered to Yuffie. "oooo!" whispered Yuffie loudly to Kairi, "Aerith can set you two up!" "Shut up!" Kairi almost shouted to Yuffie, "What if he has a girlfriend?" she asked fearfully, voice lower. The guys sat down. "So what classes do you have this year?" asked Sora, looking at Kairi. She yelped and looked at Yuffie for help. Grabbing her schedule, Yuffie said, "She seems to want to be an English major. She's also taking... um... why did you scribble hearts that say K and S all over your schedule, Kairi?" Kairi started blushing furiously, but then the food arrived. Biting in her cheeseburger hungrily and a bit savagely, Yuffie was making quite a mess. Yuffie noticed them staring at her, wiped her face off and asked innocently, "What?" "Oh nothing, just watching a what looks like a perfectly angelic girl attacking her hamburger." said Leon sarcastically. "Squall!" reprimanded Aerith. "Yeah!" Cloud immediately said after. "First, it's NOT a hamburger! It's a cheeseburger. And second, who's Squall?" Leon was glaring daggers at Aerith, who was blushing. Cloud, in turn, was trying to glare daggers at Leon for glaring daggers at Aerith. "Um... he is" Sora said, pointing at Leon. "So you're Leon AND Squall? How cool! But I like Squall better." Yuffie said, grinning evilly. Leon was still glaring daggers at Aerith. "Children, children. Please stop glaring daggers at each other." said Riku in a cool, relaxed but slightly obnoxious sort of a way. Leon dropped his head and started eating his cheeseburger. After a few moments of silence, Riku stated, "It's almost 2. We need to get to school to attend the assembly." All stood up, and Yuffie hurriedly got to Aerith's pink Beatle (the car). In the car, Kairi could only gabble about how cute Sora looked. Aerith stared at her (during a red light, of course), "Do you want me to set you two up or anything?" she asked. "No! No way! Does he have a girlfriend?" Kairi quickly responded. "Nah," Aerith replied. "What's with Squall?" asked Yuffie. "Both his parents died. He was sent into a military orphanage, and you know how the military is. After he got out, he changed his name, and tried to forget his past. We knew him before, so that's why we sometimes slip and calls him Squall. He's a bit depressed and a loner." explained Aerith. By this time they had arrived back at the school and entered the auditorium. Cloud immediately sat next to Aerith, Kairi sat next to Sora, and Yuffie got stuck between Leon and Riku. The principal droned about how the school worked, and the "mission" of the school. Aerith was listening intently, while Yuffie dozed off, leaning her head on Leon's shoulder. "Wake up, Yuffie" said Leon, tapping on her shoulder. "Okay, Squall" said Yuffie, yawning and getting up. "It's Leon." Leon replied through gritted teeth. "Whatever, Squall" retorted Yuffie. Leon glared daggers at her, but said nothing.
"So where are we going out to eat?" asked Yuffie, back in their dorm. Aerith and Kairi looked uncomfortable, gazing shyly at her. "Um..." Aerith said. "We're going on a double date" Kairi said in a rush. "We're sorry, Yuffie." Aerith said. "HOW COULD YOU PLAN A DOUBLE DATE WITHOUT ME???!!!" screamed Yuffie. "Well... you were sleeping... so..." Aerith began to mumble. "Argh I can't BELIEVE you people" and with that Yuffie ran to her room.
Yuffie heard a knock on her door. It was Aerith. "Yuffie, please don't be mad. You didn't have a date... so..." Yuffie ignored her. "Yuffie..." Aerith began again. "Why don't you just leave me alone?" screamed Yuffie, "I better go to sleep, 'cause I have CLASS tomorrow" "Yuffie... I'll check on you tomorrow than... sweet dreams..."
Yuffie felt awful. Why couldn't she just let Kairi and Aerith go on a double date without her? Aerith was right, she DIDN'T have a date. Kairi and Aerith were the only friends she had and now she just blew it. She decided to call her mom, because her mom always knew what to do. "Hey mom?" Yuffie mumbled. "What is it honey? Are you okay?" her mom asked, concerned. "I just got mad at my two newest friends at college for going on a double date without me." Yuffie started, and soon spilled the whole day out to her mom. "Aw poor baby. Don't worry, you'll find a boyfriend soon. As for your friends, I suggest you writing a note apologizing. Remember what you learned from those Life Skill books in middle school? And use that new stationary I bought you!" her mom replied. "Okay mommy. Thanks a lot!" Yuffie replied. Write a note... write a note... Yuffie sat down before her table and grabbed the new pack of paper her mom bought her. "Dear Aerith and Kairi". 'No, that seems too formal' Yuffie though, and tore it up. "Dear friends..." After a couple more balls of crunched up paper, she proudly put it on the kitchen counter.
"Dear friends,
I hope I did not hurt your feelings much today. I was angry at first, but I understand now. You guys have your own life too; I can't just come in a do it my way. That's just selfish. I hope you understand.
Your friend,
Yuffie
P.S. Come to my room and tell me what happened! Wake me up if you have to.
"Wow, I never thought she'll apologize" said Kairi. "Yeah, she's a sweet girl. Well, want to go wake her up?" asked Aerith, but Kairi was already racing to Yuffie's room. "YUFFIE!!! We're back!" screamed Kairi, but Yuffie just lay there. "OH MY GOD. AERITH HURRY UP AND COME HERE!!!" Kairi shrieked. Aerith came running. "What happened?" she asked. "Is she dead?" Kairi whispered fearfully. "No, of course not! See her breathing? She's just sleeping." and with that, Yuffie rolled on her back. "Wow she's a really deep sleeper" said Kairi. "Hey look, there's a note" said Aerith.
"P.P.S. You need to play "I love you" from that Barney show to get me to wake up. It's on my desk. Just click on the purple button. I hate that song."
Kairi walked over, turned on the music, and Yuffie sprang up, ran over, and turned it off. "So, you guys forgive me?" asked Yuffie shyly. "If we didn't why would we be here?" asked Kairi. Aerith just gave her a hug. "So, what happened?" asked Yuffie eagerly. Kairi launched in the great aspects of Sora, like how nice he is, while Aerith chatted away about how good Cloud was looking. "Aw guys, you're making me jealous!" Yuffie said, laughing. "Well, as you said, we do have class tomorrow and it's already 11. See you tomorrow Yuffie and Kairi!" said Aerith. "Yeah, night you all!" replied Kairi. "Night..." Yuffie replied sleepily, and quickly dozed off.
"I love you, you love me," sang Yuffie's alarm clock. It was already 6 a.m. She got up, threw on some clothes, and ran out the door. Aerith was already up and made French toast for everyone. "So, what's your first class?" asked Kairi. "English with Ingles" replied Yuffie. "Me too!" replied Kairi happily. "Wow, this must be a miracle or something, but I have Ingles too!" said Aerith. They hurried off to English. Yuffie sat down beside Aerith and Kairi. "Hey Kairi" said a voice. "Oh my god! Hi Sora!" Kairi shrieked, hugging him. Apparently, all of the guys also had English with Mrs. Ingles. "That's enough!" said the teacher, "I shall take role now". After taking role, she sat down, and said, "My name is Mrs. Ingles. I teach literature arts. We will focus on creative writing this year. Your first assignment will actually be year long. You will keep a diary for me. I will not check it, but at the end of the year you will have an essay on what you think life was like. The diary will just help you jog your memory. Feel free to write about what you wish had happened, how you felt, and what you feel about life in general. Now, write a paragraph on what you think life is. You have one hour."
"I believe life is unfair." Yuffie wrote, "In a perfect life, I would have a loving boyfriend who cares about me. I would be smart, intelligent, and amaze people by my intelligence. I would be rich and carefree, and live in a huge house. I would be graceful, not the klutzy person I am. I would also have a cat, and a mom who isn't allergic to cats. What I like about life, though, are my new friends Aerith, Kairi, and my old friends too."
"Looks like someone hates life, eh?" someone said. It was Squall. He was looking at her paper! "How could you?" Yuffie asked, "I don't look at YOUR paper" "I was just trying to get you to stop writing. The bell rang, but apparently someone is so klutzy that she didn't notice" replied Squall. "Oh." and with that Yuffie ran off to her next class.
A/N: So how was it? Any review is good... suggestions... I'm new at this so... I need a lot more improvement. As far as flames go... I'll accept them as a "learning opportunity", or most likely, ignore them. shudders Well I hope you liked it. If I get reviews at least one review (flames don't count!) I'll write more. When an author gets no reviews she gets a bit discouraged. cries Well review! And I'm sorry if this is a bit short...
