Love Triangle Suck

By Mae-Mae

Disclaimer- I do not own any of the final fantasy characters but I do in fact own this story line.

Ch. 1: Train of Memories

Rinoa Heartily sat near the light house, waiting as she had done every night for the past two years. He had promised her that if she ever needed him he would be waiting here. She sighed, she had hurt him and it was tearing her up inside. She had tried to hide the fact that she still loved him, but it was useless; he tormented her dreams and thoughts. She just wanted it all to go away.

Her cell phone started to ring and vibrate.

"Hello, Rinoa speaking."

"Rinoa? Hey it's Shinji. Look I know summer vacation barely started and but we ran out of waitresses in the restaurant…." Rinoa giggled slightly, "Don't worry about it I'll hop on the next train to Hokkaido."

"Thanks Rinoa, you're a big help."

"You don't have to thank me; I owe you guys. After all you guys helped me when my whole world came crashing down."

The next morning she arrived at the train station.

"Ladies and gentlemen. The next train arriving will be to Hokkaido."

Rinoa looked up from her seat. The train slowly stopped in front of her. Letting out a sigh, she stood up and walked to it. Here goes my whole summer.

The door opened for her. As she walked in she bumped into somebody, nearly knocking the both of them over.

"Sorry." She apologized.

"It's okay." He said blankly and continued down the carriage. His flaming red hair, obviously dyed (lol poor Rinoa will learn otherwise), was tied neatly into a low ponytail. From the way he was dressed, he looked like one of the yakuza.

"RENO WAIT FOR ME!!!" A boy with blond hair forced the closed train doors open. (No everyone its not cloud lol). The red head turned around and smirked, "Rei, I almost thought you and Tifa wouldn't make it." Suddenly a girl appeared behind Rei, panting and out breath.

"Sorry Tifa, over here took forever to get ready." He said pointing at the out of breath girl. Tifa gave him a good whack on the head, "I'm the one who took forever? You're the one who insisted on getting something to eat!" Rei chuckled nervously, scratching the side of his head. Reno smirked, "Shall we take our seats?"

Tifa and Rei nodded and followed him down the carriage. Rinoa took her own seat near the front of the train.

"We are now departing from the station. First stop Central Station. Then, onward to Hokkaido."

Rinoa looked out the window, watching the train station shrink in the distance. She sighed; no matter how she tried her thoughts had kept drifting back to him. Two years ago, seemed as if it were yesterday. She shook her head ridding herself of the memories that threatened to break through.

Rinoa closed her eyes, and let herself drift away to the land of her dreams; her sanctuary, the only place that her thoughts rained over anyone else's.

Reno and his friends sat in seats across from Rinoa. "Can some one tell me why were going to Hokkaido, again?" Reno asked.

"Because…" Rei gave him a toothy grin, "you need a break. I mean your girlfriend left you for your best friend… which by the way is pretty pathetic. I mean after all the stalking she did…" Tifa punched his shoulder, "… What Rei means is, you need to get your mind off of Saiyuri; a break. Time to get everything together."

Reno's expression softened a bit, and he raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure it's not because you two want to go to that all you-can-it-buffet?" The three teenagers laughed. As the train came to a screeching halt Rinoa, who had just stood up, fell on top of Reno.

"Hey you all right?" he asked helping her up. Rinoa's face was flushed a bright red.

"Ladies and Gentleman…" Everyone's ears perked up at the sound of the conductor's voice. "…I am sorry to announce that we are having some technical difficulties. Please bear with us as we fix the problem."

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you." Rinoa got up and walked back to her seat.

Two hours later, they were finally able to get the train working again. To think, that now they just have to wait an hour before they even reach Hokkaido!

Rinoa was tired. She was up most the night, finding and packing all the things she'd need for the summer. This was the summer of their senior year; it was supposed to be fun! Yet she was stuck helping out in a restaurant almost all day, everyday. Joy. On top of that she couldn't get him off of her mind. Why is it that she felt more and more guilty for doing that to him?

Because of her, he had joined Seipher's gang, gotten this bad-ass reputation, and got dragged into a mess of stuff. Four days after she had told him that she didn't want to see him anymore, she got news of him teaming up with Seipher.

"Rinoa, can I talk to you for a minute?" Lenne asked, with a sad look in her eyes. Rinoa nodded and followed her out the door..

"What's wrong Lenne? Did Shuyin and you get into a fight?" Rinoa asked, hoping it wasn't the cause. I mean after what happened a couple of days ago with Squall…

Lenne shook her head. "No, Rinoa its Squall. He's with Seipher now." She looked at Rinoa confused, "Why would he join up with them? He turned them down before, didn't he? What could he be thinking? This has got to be the stupidest…" Lenne stopped when she saw Rinoa's face drop.

"Rinoa… did something happen between you and Squall?"

Why? Why had she done that to him? If only she could have controlled her anger then he would be at her side right now. "Rinoa… I'd rather know that you're alive and well, then live." His words echoed across her mind. She closed her eyes. She hated Squall. Hated the person he had become. After hearing every rumor, every truth about Squall… no Leon; she could only hate him. Love… she loved Squall… but despised Leon.

"Ninety- eight bottles of sake on the wall… ninety-eight bottles of sake…" Rei sang out of tune. Oh Buddha, please kill me! "I can't take it any more!" Reno silently begged. Rei sung about as bad as he could cook… maybe even more.

"Reno, is some thing wrong? Do you want to sing with me?" Rei asked with child-like innocence. "NO!" Reno's sudden outburst made almost everyone on the train stare at them.

"Uh… I was just saying, 'No! Why aren't there any hot cheetos left?'" Reno laughed nervously as everyone looked away.

"Some one's a bit cranky." Rei laughed. Tifa covered her mouth with her hand; trying to suppress her laughter. Reno was annoyed; for the past two hours they had been stuck twenty miles away from central station. During that time Rei had sung every song from ""Hit me Baby One More Time" to "Breaking Up is Hard to Do". Reno thought he was going to die! On top of that for the past two hour's one person… no two people were on his mind: Kenji and Saiyuri. Saiyuri had been his ex-girlfriend and Kenji, his best friend and fellow basketball teammate. Saiyuri and Reno had this amazing one year relationship that all came crashing down when they 'both' decided to break up. It felt more like she was breaking up with him… maybe because he never planned to end their relationship in the first place.

"Reno!" Saiyuri yelled as she ran towards him waving, as she always did. She wrapped her arms around his waist, "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Yeah, is something wrong?" he asked raising an eyebrow at her abnormal behavior. Usually if she needed to talk to him about something, she would just say it. So why was she 'asking' today?

"Reno..." she leaned over and kissed him on the lips, then pulled away, "…No spark." Reno just stared at her. He didn't know what she was talking about; he felt something.

"Reno, I think maybe since there's no more spark between us… maybe we should just be friends." Yup. He knew it. She had been sort of distant for the past few days, so he knew this was coming and as much as he didn't want to break up with her… "Yeah, just friends."

…But if she was going to be happier with some one else, the he had no right to tie her down.

Two days later he had seen Saiyuri and Kenji in the hall.

"Kenji…" She grabbed his arm, "I love you."

"I know, I love you too, but…" before he could finish she cut him off, "No buts. Do you love me?"

"Yes…"

"Then we can make this work." Saiyuri pleaded. Reno remembered exactly how it had ended. Their argument went on and on, but ended with her in his arms.

"You still have feelings for her, huh?" Rei asked from behind him.

"Yeah…"

Kenji and Saiyuri are happy together, and if they're happy then Reno was happy… or at least that was what he told himself.

"We have now arrived at Hokkaido Station. Thank you for using the Yukimura Express."

"Reno, come on let's go!" Tifa tapped his shoulder. As Reno got up, something silver caught his eye. He picked it up and realized that the girl who had fell on top of him earlier, had dropped her necklace. He looked around franticly and saw her looking at her watch, and run out the door of the train. "Wait!" he yelled as he started after her, but by the time he had reached the door she was already lost amongst the sea of people.

He sighed and looked down at the necklace, there was something engraved on it. He read it loud: My Angel, Rinoa.

Yup that's the end of chapter one. I hope you guys liked my first ever FF fic. Don't mind much the characters Saiyuri and Kenji. They're just support characters. Rinoa and Reno… R and R. lol it means Read and Review!

Rei- Can we give them a hint or quote from the next chapter?

Mae-Mae- Alright just cuz I love you so much…

Rei- Beams I love you! Hugs Tifa instead of Author

Tifa- whacks him upside the head

Mae-Mae- That's what you get!

HINT HINT:

"You're the guy/girl from the train!" They both yelled in unison.