This is my first Final Fantasy VII fic, so any constructive criticism is very much appreciated. Flames however, are not.
This prologue takes place during the game, but other chapters will be post game and pre Advent Children.
I don't own anything Final Fantasy VII related.
Cat and Mouse
Prologue
Cloud had sent them to find their reason to fight. That was easy enough for him. Vincent already knew his reason to fight; he had known his reason since his sleep had been disturbed.
This was his chance to atone for what happened all those years ago. He could have stopped all this before it started. If only he hadn't listened to Lucrecia and had taken his gun. He could have stopped Hojo and none of this would be happening now. Sephiroth and Lucrecia could have had normal lives. Everything would have been different.
Lucrecia may never have forgiven him but that had to be better than the state the world was in now.
It wouldn't really have been better for him, just everyone else he thought as he stared down at off-brown liquor in the glass before him. He had decided that as he had no need for soul searching he would get drunk. After all it had been a long time since he'd last done it and if he was going to die tomorrow he wanted several last drinks.
So after Cloud had finished talking and everyone had begun to disperse he had headed for Midgar. He had found himself walking towards a bar he had often frequented before he was assigned to guard Hojo and Lucrecia. He was surprised to find the place was still there and that nothing had changed. The décor was the same black and burgundy it had always been, the lights as dim as they had always been and the liquor as cheap as it had always been. It was somehow comforting to know that some things didn't change.
He had probably had too much to drink. His thoughts were starting to take strange turns. He wondered about his future, if he even had one. If they won what would there be for Vincent Valentine? He had no family, no real friends as Cloud and the others were more like acquaintances that for the time being he happened to be with.
It was the early hours of the morning when he left. And he had been drinking far too much for a man about to embark on a battle for the planet's future. Instead of getting rid of all thoughts as he had originally hoped as he continued to drink vast quantities of cheap but strong liquor, the alcohol had only made them worse.
Now his concern was whether he'd be capable of human contact once everything was over.
Vincent knew the alcohol was to blame for these thoughts and that in the morning they would be inconsequential to him. But right now, his future, whether he would be capable of making relationships work mattered.
It was stupid and he knew it. But then again most things fuelled by alcohol were stupid.
He was approaching a figure staggering towards him. As they got closer to one another the red hair gave the other away as Reno of the Turks. He was clearly drunker than Vincent as he was leaning heavily on the wall for support as he stumbled along the street.
He pushed Reno up against the wall. He shouldn't have done it, he knew he shouldn't have done it but he couldn't seem to stop himself. His body was working under the will of the alcohol now. The redhead looked at him with confused eyes but made no move to stop him.
He pressed his lips against Reno's. Almost chaste at first but hen he nibbled at Reno's bottom lip and flicked his tongue out to lick at it. Still the redhead made no move to stop him. He just moaned against Vincent's lips and let the older man slip his tongue inside his mouth.
That action snapped him out of it. He stopped and pulled away from Reno, leaving the redhead to continue looking at him in confusion. He left him there, slumped against the wall as he walked away.
It seemed to him that he was not meant to have human contact.
If you're interested in seeing this continue then leave a review. If I don't get any reviews I probably won't continue as I have other fics I could be working on.
Also if I do continue this I'll be looking for a beta since I'm hopeless at spotting any mistakes I make and to help make sure I don't warp the character's personalities too much. If you'd be interested you can mention it in a review or send me an email.
