Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII or any of the characters… but I can dream, right?

Usually, I despise High School fics for the Final Fantasy games BUT I promised I'd write this for a friend so… here I am. Please don't hurt me, it's cold and there are wolves outside.

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Yuffie Kisaragi flicked her fringe out of her face, ignoring the constant yells of "Emo!" from the 'popular' kids as she walked through the cafeteria. She found it more amusing than anything else most of the time as they used the same remark toward her friend Cloud, with the messy blonde hair. In any case, she was hungry and she had no time to worry about such trivialities. She trudged through to the usual table where she met her friends and sat herself down, tossing her bag carelessly to the floor. Once again, she'd forgotten to bring lunch to school and was in a grumpy mood… however, she instantly perked up when Cloud sat next to her. In her eyes, he was by far the most perfect being she'd ever laid eyes on; he was intelligent, good at sport, devastatingly attractive and he seemed to have everything… however this thought was quickly interrupted when Aeris sat next to Cloud and began to engage in conversation.

It's not that Aeris was a bad person, in fact, she was probably the nicest girl that Yuffie had ever met. The fact was, Yuffie wanted Cloud to herself and Aeris was the only thing in the way. Yuffie was Cloud's best friend, despite the fact that when he was quiet and pensive, she was loud and tended to think out loud, much to the annoyance of her classmates. He seemed to carry himself with such grace whereras she was probably the most clumsy girl in the school, shop displays would fall over if she so much as looked at them, talk about embarrassing.

Yuffie decided to walk away, looking for Tifa, who was probably still at Lacrosse training. Tifa was the image of elegance and femininity… yet she was also incredibly tomboyish in the sense that she studied every martial art under the sun and was on practically every sport team. Unlike Yuffie, she was popular with both genders, managed to get good grades and, secretly, Yuffie thought that she'd be a better match for Cloud than Aeris. 'That is, of course, if I couldn't have him!' she thought to herself.

Once again ignoring the supposed insults being hurled at her as she walked through the school grounds, she made her way to the school oval, hoping that she'd catch the end of the game. No such luck, they were walking off the field as she arrived! With a sigh, she waited underneath a tree by the oval. It was early autumn editor note: or Fall, whatever! and still rather hot outside. She wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead with a sigh. When did seeing your friends become so complicated?

After a few minutes, Yuffie noticed that she was not alone. She turned to face the other person who was waiting there and was incredibly surprised. He was the school's only "scary goth" kid, she'd had a crush on him with months. Surely, he was no Cloud, but he was still very attractive and he seemed to hide her infatuation with Cloud from her friends. He nodded a hello in acknowledgement and she blushed…. Then she realized something, she was alone with Vincent, THE Vincent! Now was her chance to talk to him and make a good impression! "Um… hi." She said lamely, hoping he hadn't noticed her nervousness.

"Hi."

She could see this was going nowhere but refused to give up just yet.

"So..." she quickly though about a topic of conversation "how's the band going?"

Vincent smiled at this, causing Yuffie to blush once more. It was a little known fact in their school that he was actually the bassist in the band "Thirty Years Sleep", yet she was one of their biggest fans. They weren't on the verge of becoming famous but they were quite talented nonetheless and the only time the two ever conversed was during their gigs.

"I knew you'd ask that." His face turned serious for a moment "I'm quitting though."

Yuffie looked horrified "Why would you do that?"

"I've just had enough…" He gave a secretive sort of half smile, as if he wasn't quite telling the whole story. He examined her shocked expression for a moment and patted her on the head "it's ok, I'm finding another band as we speak, I'd die without music." It was moments like this, Yuffie hated being short.

She realized how much taller he was than her, he was positively towering over her… it'd strain her neck to kiss him, she thought to herself. 'Wait, Yuffie! We're not going out yet!' she stopped for another moment, what did she mean yet? She liked Cloud! However, being so lost in thought, she hadn't noticed him looming over her with an amused expression.

"What are you so quiet about?" he asked her, making her nearly jump out of her skin.

"Um… I was just thinking…" she searched her mind for ideas "…how lovely and shiny your hair is!"

He looked incredibly pleased at this, he was quite a vain young man and comments like this fed his vanity further.

"Um… can I touch it?" she asked suddenly, clasping her hands over her mouth the second after she'd asked it. Now he'd think she was some kind of freak. Instead of looking disgusted, he smirked at her but shook his head.

"It's really greasy, I haven't washed it in a few weeks."

Yuffie looked revoulted for a second… although that would explain why it was so unnaturally shiny.

He spoke again, noticing her strange facial expression "…but I'll wash it tonight, so if you can find me tomorrow, I'd even let you braid it. I think your friend is here now." With that he walked off and Yuffie realized that Tifa was now standing behind her. She winced, waiting for Tifa to make some painfully embarrassing comment about this but luckily, the bell went and she hurried off to class.

The second she arrived at English, she thought about what had just happened. Personally, she'd always taken him for a quiet, mysterious type but her fantasies had really been crushed as she realized that he was some vain, arrogant, girly-boy… why did she find that so attractive? Then she realized something else, he'd asked her to find him tomorrow… did that mean that he enjoyed talking to her?

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End chapter 1.

So what did you think? Sorry if they seem really OOC. In any case, let me know what you think!