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Cloud had been on edge. Well…that is a bit of an understatement.
Cloud was terrified.
Sure he has stood up to most anything life has thrown at him so far. But this was not a fight so to speak. In recent years he had saved the world (or at least helped) three times.
He survived it all to go on and marry his childhood friend Tifa Lockheart. But this last announcement had him metaphorically pissing in his pants.
Tifa had just announced that Cloud would be a real dad.
At first Cloud was happy about it. He was currently taking care of two children…but neither were really his. Marlene belonged to Barrett if he ever came back from those oil fields. And he pretty much saw Denzel as a younger brother…they were only 13 years apart.
So now he was camping out on his roof brooding about the future.
The way he saw it…he had nothing to go by. His father had abandoned his family while Cloud was a newborn. His mother never told him why.
Some random part of his mind suggested that he go get something to eat. He'd been up there for a good three hours.
His mind vaguely registered a presence from behind him as he heard the telltale clink of Vincent's metal boots on the roofing. He continues to stare out over the street as his reclusive friend sits down next to him. They sat there comfortably for a couple of minutes before I just became too much for Cloud to bear.
"What are you doing here Vincent?" It was safe to say Cloud was a bit to the point.
"Tifa told me I'd find you up here…You seem troubled"
"That's an understatement"
"How so?" Cloud considered for a brief second about whether or not he wanted to go into this. But then again Vincent would probably understand more that anyone. He and Yuffie had just had a little Valentine of their own.
"Well Tifa's pregnant and I have no idea how do be a father. Sure I take care of two but neither of them are mine and I have nothing to go on because that son of a bitch father of mine ran off and left me and mom to be ridiculed by the whole town" Cloud was ranting and he knew it.
Vincent on the other hand, having experience on how to block out all parts of ranting except the important ones(because if you ignore the whole thing it will most assuredly bite you in the ass), caught the part about his friends parentage.There was only one time when Cloud ranted and that was when he did not know what to do
"You shouldn't judge your father too harshly"
"And why the hell not?" And there's the attention.
"Because I knew him" And there's the shock…now anger
"When did you plan on telling me this?"
"…..You did not ask" And there's fury complete with eye twitch
"You mean we have been friends for 4 years and you just now tell me you knew my father!"
"…Yes" And there's the storm off.
But Vincent wasn't worried about it. Cloud's curiosity about things especially his past will bring him back…now to just get a hold of Veld…
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Well… I think it's a good start…will go into Cloud's parent's…less than noble lives once Cloud calms down…Is that him blowing up random buckets that look suspiciously like Sephiroth…-sigh-ill be back later…
