CHAPTER 1: HATE

'Twelve months ago he came here. He just walked into our lives as if we were sending out a wireless signal saying that we were having troubles. Has it really been that long, twelve months? I should have done something from the start; I should have told her how I felt. But it's too late now, whatever feelings she had for me are long gone now.'

Cloud sat on a barstool deep in thought. In the twelve months that Tifa had been dating Nasta cloud had been doing a lot more thinking ad had become a lot more depressed than usual. Cloud felt as if someone was calling him while he daydreamed; the voice seemed to get closer and closer. Cloud realized soon that it was Tifa.

"Cloud… are you feeling okay?" Cloud felt Tifa's soft hand on his shoulder and it comforted him

"Hmm….oh yeah I'm fine."

"Cloud I know when something's up with you now come on tell me"

The door opened and Nasta walked in. Tifa smiled as he walked over to her. Cloud was filled with a white hot rage; it was as if Sephiroth had just walked in and stabbed Cloud's family with his sword.

"Oh hey I forgot this yesterday." Tifa said as she took her camera off the bar

"Why would I want your camera" Nasta had a confused expression on his face as he spoke

"No silly, I realized I don't have any pictures of us" Tifa said as she turned to cloud

Cloud took a looked around realizing that no one else was here to do it. Cloud took the camera off Tifa and pointed it at her and Nasta as they held each other closely. Cloud felt as if he was going to cry as he looked at her with another man. Cloud hated anyone who merely looked at Tifa and now this man was holding her, touching her, absorbing her scent and it made Cloud sick. The flash went off and the picture slid out of the bottom of the camera. Tifa walked over and took the picture from Cloud. Nasta walked over after her and examined the scrap book she had opened, she wrote the words Tifa and Nasta at the top of a blank page. Nasta looked at the page next to the one Tifa was writing on. The page was entitled Zack and most of the pictures were of him doing something stupid.

"Who is this dick head" Nasta said pointing to Zack.

It was at that moment that cloud snapped, all his hate for Nasta surfaced and Cloud could control his body no more.

Cloud launched himself off the seat and towards Nasta; he placed his right hand around his throat and slammed him into the wall.

"Don't ever insult my friends ever again" Cloud tried to control the anger in his voice but in doing so he only squeezed Nasta's throat harder

"Cloud let him go right now" Tifa shouted as she pulled on clouds arm. It was as if Tifa's voice had soothed his rage because his anger soon subsided. Cloud dropped Nasta and walked up the stairs. When Tifa heard clouds door close she helped Nasta up.

"Are you alright" She said as she grabbed her purse off the table

"Yeah come on" Nasta replied as he walked out the door with his arm around Tifa's waist.

Yay first chapter finished. I'm really trying to get 10+ reviews for this one so PLEASE READ & RESPOND