And here is the final sequel/spin off to There's Something Wrong With Me because I don't want to beat a dead horse. The title is cliche and blah blah blah but it's better than some of the other ones I had considered and I had a seriously difficult time thinking of a title. Like I had this written days ago but couldn't post for lack of a title. This is basically how certain people deal with Zex's and Dem's ending. The people who I'm gonna focus on are Tifa, Xion, Aqua/Rikku and Namine and Cloud. Sorry the first chapter is so short. Failure as a writer... -__-'
"Tifa?" The brunette rubbed her eyes as she listened to her mother on the phone. She heard Aerith grumble and turn over as she sat up and looked at the clock. It was one in the morning.
"Mom, why are you calling me at one?"
"Oh honey, I'm sorry. I forgot about the time difference." Her mother choked on her words and Tifa heard a gentle sob.
"What's wrong?" Lulu tried to pull herself together.
"It's your brothers Tifa..."
"Zex and Dem? What's wrong? Are they sick?"
"Tifa, they're...gone."
"What do you mean? They ran away? Why would--"
"No Tifa...they--" She stopped to dab at her tears as Tifa's heart was slowly dropping into her stomach. "They've passed away."
"W-what?" This wasn't something Tifa could process. How could they be gone? She had just seen them a few days ago. They were fine. She thought they were fine. Had they been hiding an illness?
"I don't know how else to say it Tifa!" Lulu snapped and Tifa jumped at the sudden noise.
"I just saw them! What the fuck do you mean?!" Tifa got angry in response to her mother's anger. This was how it always worked. Aerith sat up now and rested her hand on her girlfriend's shoulder, suddenly feeling nervous herself.
"Tifa this is not the time for us to get in a fight!" Tifa nodded. "Tifa?"
"Yea, y-yea...mom, what happened?" She asked as she felt tears start to well in her eyes.
"It was..." Lulu cleared her throat. "They killed themselves Tifa." And the world shattered. Tifa's eyes widened and she dropped the phone. Tears streamed freely down her face. No sound escaped her mouth even though she felt like she was screaming.
I just saw them. They were fine. They were fine. Nothing was wrong.
"Tifa? Babe? What's wrong?" Aerith tried to coax the other girl out of this semi coma, this utter state of shock that seemed to freeze her in time. "Tif?" Whatever barrier had been blocking Tifa's throat was gone now. She let out a heart breaking scream and buried her face in her hands.
"No! NO!" She screamed over and over until Aerith looked at her with her own shock and slowly picked up the phone as Tifa slowed her screaming to simply moaning as she sobbed, holding her stomach to keep from throwing up.
"Hello? Mrs. Loire? Yes, it's Aerith...what? Oh god..." She held her hand over her mouth and looked at the weeping girl next to her. She closed the cell phone in her hands, Tifa's mother had already hung up once she couldn't hold it in anymore. Aerith could do nothing but watch as Tifa rocked back and forth slowly, trying to will herself to calm down. It wasn't working. "Tifa?" She tried but got no response except another muffled cry. She wrapped her arms around her shoulders and pulled her close to her chest. "It's ok...it's ok..."
"No it's not Aerith! My brother's killed themselves! They killed themselves!"
"Tifa...it's ok..." All she could do was hold her. And say it was ok even though she knew it wasn't. She squeezed her eyes shut to keep the tears from falling as Tifa shook her head violently.
This is Tifa'a response.