Disclaimer: Neither Reno or Tifa of Final Fantasy VII are mine. I assure you if they were, there'd be so much more drama.
A/N: Whoa. I haven't written in like, forever. University has kept me hideously busy, and then when I have time to actually do something, I get lazy. This poem is a result of being sucked back into the universe of FFVII and being abominably fascinated with the RenoxTifa pairing. Based on the concept that there was a relationship between them pre-FFVII which broke down after they both went their separate ways; Reno with Shinra and Tifa with AVALANCHE. The poem is based on a moment in time post-Meteor.
On a related note, I've just realised that this is the first time I've written anything that has to do with a video game. Enjoy.
Breathe
He sifts his fingers
through her thick curtain of hair,
Softly,
Softly.
Her eyes closed in the
scintillating mirror glass,
Lashes dark against her
cheek,
As she leans back slightly
into his embrace.
Her eyes open.
He watches her through
oceans as he
Kisses the alabaster skin
at the corner of her mouth;
Those dark, dark,
Dark eyelashes flutter,
>Once, twice.
Whispered words between
their gazes
Through the mirror
As she lifts a hand to his
face,
Ghosting the angry red
scar tattooed
On the line of his
cheekbone.
He does not flinch.
They are
A long way from everywhere
And Nowhere.
A long journey they have
traveled
Although they have not
left the room since they
Entered.
A few years have changed
Everything.
A few years have changed
Nothing.
Time has not healed all
their scars
And they are still broken
and bleeding.
But they have not lost their memories.
She has not forgiven him
for
Death.
He has not forgiven her
for
Loss.
They are a long way from
Peace,
And a long way from
redemption.
But each touch and taste
and sound shared
>Bridges the abyss between
them one breath at a time;
A hundred breaths given,
A few hundred thousand
more to go.
The distance between them
shortens
As they
Breathe.
A/N: Loved it? Hated it? Drop me a line to let me know. Also, it'd be much appreciated if anyone could point me to some good RenoxTifa fanfiction, thanks. Nice, long epic ones are preferable, but oneshots would rock too.