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Author's note: okay, this is my first fanfic of Final Fantasy VII. I'm pairing Zack and Tifa. to ZackxAerith fans, sorry for not pairing them because I don't like Aerith much. Plus, sorry for my bad grammar and vocabs. Rated M for later chapter...
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CAPTIVATED HEART
The mako blue-eyed guy stared at her. She shook her head. No way Zack would stare at his best friend's girl. She sneaked over her shoulder again. He IS staring at her! And to her surprise, he didn't even bother to look away when she met up his gaze. Instead, he walked up from his seat to the front bar. Tifa quickly continued arranging the bottles that just arrived from the box up to the cupboard. She was too nervous to face him. Lately, Zack's been acting strange. He stammered whenever he made a contact with her and stalked off when Cloud hung out with her. The martial artist found it strangely…nice. She wondered why.
"Tifa…" the Class First SOLDIER said, breaking Tifa's imagination. She flinched at the call and turned around slowly, trying hard to look cheerful before him. Their eyes met again. He was searching her within the eyes and it made her uncomfortable.
"Yes, Zack? Can I get you anything?" she asked delightfully, detaining the tense that began to grow inside her. What's wrong with me? It's not like I talked to him for the first time! Tifa smacked herself inwardly.
A warm hand touched her fair one. She swore she could have faint when she saw Zack was stroking her hand gently.
"Zack!" she gasped and jerked her hand away but his firm grip kept her hand intertwined with his. Tifa looked around. Luckily, there's no one in the bar at time like this and Cloud was away on mission. As for Aerith- Tifa halted upon pondering the last name. Turmoil coiled in her stomach. Aerith was her best friend and surely she knew about her and Cloud's having a special relationship. But she spent most of her time with Cloud more than Tifa did and Tifa noticed the soft glance Cloud often had upon Aerith.
Was it something they were trying to hide? Nah…Cloud and Aerith looked up at each other just like good friend did. I am imagining things too much. Cloud wouldn't …fall in love with Aerith, would he? Besides, he showed me more love than before…now, what's this? Comforting yourself with beautiful words? Tifa laughed at her inane thought but she couldn't help feeling a tiny prick jabbing her heart endlessly.
"Cloud…" she whispered without realizing it wasn't said inwardly. Zack stopped dead from his action when he heard the name. Tifa snapped out of her drifting as Zack was already on his feet and began to make a move toward the door.
"Zack?" she said with alerted voice. The raven-haired guy halted and turned his head a bit. He smiled and raised an arm to her. The wooden door creaked and closed silently behind him, leaving Tifa in shock.
She felt sudden bereavement filled her. The cold and dark bar emitted a strong feeling of solitude. She hated this kind of feeling. No one's there to comfort her or to offer warmth. No Cloud to smile softly and urged her to be quick on her job. She was surprised to find that Zack was able to spin her cheer moment to a somber one. And, she was even surprised that she felt disappointed when Zack pulled away so fast. She touched her own hand where Zack's been touching before. Somehow, she yearn for more.
No Tifa! He just a friend and he's Cloud best pal ever. You can't just moved by his unusual behavior just now, Tifa tried to parry the sudden emotion.
She hurriedly finished her job, forcing herself to forget about Zack. But it lasted only for a few minutes. She growled in frustration. She was exhausted and at the same time, miffed of being nagged. Zack has messed with her rational thinking with his…petty gaze and touch. He's so gonna pay for all of these…rubbish feeling!
She wiped her hand in a small towel and dashed out from the bar. Down the street, she strolled under the quiet night-sky. Left road, junction; take the right side and go straight, she recalled. Then, she reached a high-security four-storey building. It looked old and quite rusty due to the exposure of Lifestream around the Edge City. Well, well, is this where the so-called Class First SOLDIER lived? Tifa thought through a smirk. She sneaked quietly behind the high wall, jumped deftly on the nearest pillars and leaked bricks to the fourth floor.
As she came across a room, she knocked slowly, so no super sensitive sense of other SOLDIERs heard her. A topless bloke appeared behind the door while scratching the back of his fousled hair. His eyes grew wider when he saw the wine colour-eyed girl stood in front him wearing a long face.
"Tifa?!" Zack choked out with disbelief. He craned his neck to the left and to the right and pulled her into his apartment.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Tifa said with a raised of an eyebrow. She then noticed that Zack's room was neat and clean despite of its external sight.
"No, what are YOU doing? Get real, Tifa! This is SOLDIERs' apartment! In case you haven't noticed, it's an all-guys place?!" he hissed with rolling eyes. Tifa blinked her eyes a few times before she remember the main prior of being there.
"I wanted to ask you-"
"Hey, Fair! Open up!" someone was banging Zack's door a few times.
"Damn it! They must've detected trespasser!" he cursed under his breath. Quickly, he grabbed Tifa by her waist, which earned a yelp from her, and stepped onto the windowsill. There's a medium-sized pathway, enough for an adult to cross on it. The path led to a small balcony near to his room.
"Wait here. This place wasn't used for years so it should be safe for now. Just keep quiet, okay? I'll be right back," he said in a low voice. Then, he jumped back into his room and took a deep breath. The banging became louder and louder.
"Hey, wassup?" it's in the middle of the night you guys," Zack said with a yawn and sleepy eyes. Hope these will fooled them for a while, he thought nervously.
"What took you so long, Fair? Is there something you hide or SOMEONE you were trying to hide?" a bulky guy in a navy blue uniform that Zack recognized as the apartment's guard asked suspiciously. Both of his comrades also narrowed their eyes at him.
"Huh? I was sleeping before you came and bombarded my door like there's no tomorrow!"
The guard snorted and pushed him aside. He walked and scanned every inches of the room. When he satisfied enough with his observation, he turned to leave but stopped in front of Zack.
"You don't want me to catch you, Fair. You and your misbehavior," he warned through gritted teeth and jabbed Zack's chest with his finger a few times. Zack gave him a nonchalant shrug that it made him screwed his nose grudgingly.
After the guards left, Zack fled to the window but the person who stood before him at the windowsill was totally freaking him to death…
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That's it! hope you guys like it. it's not a very good one but i'm hoping to hear flame or comment on this. Thank you~