The Lonely
This is a song fic that I came up with about Tifa's feelings for Cloud. Square Enix owns FF VII and Christina Perri owns the song The Lonely. Not me. Rated K+ Enjoy!
Song: The Lonely by Christina Perri
2 a.m., where do I begin?
Its 2 am, I take a deep breath and close my eyes. I imagine my childhood friend and hero, Cloud Strife. I love him, but his heart belongs to another.
Crying off my face again
The silent sounds of loneliness
Wants to follow me to bed
I cry softly at my bar. Thankfully it's closed today, I don't want any of the customers think I'm some crying nutcase. I cradle my head in my hands and let the tears fall down like a waterfall.
I'm a ghost of a girl that I want to be most
I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well
Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in to take my heart again
I think about the one who has Cloud's heart. Her name is Aerith, she is also happens to be my best friend. Heck, I consider her like a sister. Sephiroth took her away, and Cloud killed him. Cloud ended up going into a deep depression. Nothing I did seem to help him out of it. Then Sephiroth came back again, Cloud killed him again, and healed everyone from the geostigma plague. I thought he would finally come back to the Seventh Heaven. I was wrong.
Maybe if I were more like Aerith, he'll come back. Aerith was perfect, she didn't seem to have a single flaw to her. If she did, she hid it well. I take a few more deep breaths to help myself from crying more. It just made it worse, I lay my head into my arms and start heaving.
Too afraid to go inside
For the pain of one more loveless night
But the loneliness will stay with me
And hold me 'til I fall asleep
After a few mintues of crying hard I start to calm down. I take more deep breaths and I feel better. I decided to go back upstairs to my bed. I pull the covers over my head and close my eyes. I still can't get Cloud out of my head. I start humming a little tune I heard Marlene hum one day at Aerith's church. I hum myself to sleep.
I'm a ghost of a girl that I want to be most
I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well
Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in to take my heart again
I wake up with the sum beaming down at me though my window. I smile thinking how beautiful it is. It makes me think of the happy moments in my life. I think back on Cloud, does he know how beautiful it is? It disturbs me to think that he doen't even think of any. Another thought comes to me that instantly wakes up every sense in me. Maybe he's lonely too. I get up to prepare for my day quickly. Thankfully I didn't have to worry about Marlene and Denzel today since they went off to Barret's house this week. Once I'm finshed I dash out of my bar and run to Aerith's church.
Broken pieces of
A barely breathing story
Where there once was love
Now there's only me and the lonely
When I arrive, I see Cloud sitting by himself looking as if he just woke up. He hears me running up the church to him. He stands up quickly looking surprised. He opens his mouth slightly to say something but I kissed him before he could get anything out. His body went from tense to relaxed. He pulls me closer and we embraced.
Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in to take my heart again
