The battle is over for now and I find myself getting back into the normal way of life. who am I kidding? I'm going out of my mind with boredom.
Cloud had been sulking about in the slum's for day's now. None of his friend's knew what had made him so down lately. But they weren't going to push him. He had his mind on one person in particular. Vincent Valetine,he was dark and stayed to himself half the time. It made Cloud crazy because Vincent never showed what he was thinking half the alone what his mysterious acquaintance did at he curled his hand around his beer and tipped it back into his mouth letting the liquid wash over was good someday's,other day's he missed Zack and Aeris like hell. But he wasn't going to tell his friends that. God knows what they already thought about him without adding to their suspicions that Cloud was now becoming a reclusive drunk. Yea better not say anything to them.
Tifa was cleaning up in the bar when she noticed Vincent hiding in the shadow's. She left the rag on the counter and leaned against the counter. "What bring's you here Vincent?" she said watching the flash of those creepy red eye's that seemed to stare right through her.
Vincent appeared bored at such an inhumane question that he just scanned the room and vanished back into the shadow's to keep his eye on the blond sitting at the counter.
Tifa threw her hand's up in the air and turned back to wiping the counter top. " i will never understand that man and then again ,maybe it is for the best." she said to herself as she went back to work.
Meanwhile...
Cloud was walking around the slum's feeling lost in his own little world until he felt that coldness that always excited and scared him. He knew who it was but it still made him cautious as to what the guy actually wanted from him.
" Good Evening Strife" that deep silky familiar voice said deep in the shadow's of the alleyway.
Cloud could feel his heart start to race and his palm's got sweaty. He turned around and sucked in his breath. Vincent was in those tight black jeans and a tight black silk shirt that seemed to hug his body in all the right places. The site made Cloud's saliva glands work overtime. He noticed that Vincent had put his hair up in a ponytail. It made him look less intimadating and more humane. "Vincent,why are you out hiding in the dark." He hoped that the dark man would not recognize the trembling in his voice. What was it about Vincent that made him want to spill everything?
" I have as much right as anyone else." Vincent had that self-loathed appearance that made everyone want to punch him. But for Cloud he wanted to jump him right there infront of everyone.
Cloud eyed Vincent thoroughly taking his time to get the image he wanted before he looked into Vincent's eyes. Those beautiful garnet eye's that glowed in the eye's could see anything even into a person's soul. Cloud cringed at that point,He hoped Vincent couldn't see just how horribly mutilated his soul really was because if he could. Then Cloud was surprised that Vincent wasn't running for the hills. "You never come around here." he said with his arm's crossed against his chest to keep himself from shaking. He waited to hear what Vincent had to say.
"I came to see you." Vincent replied,the meaning in his voice suggested that he had been waiting for this private meeting with the blond ex-soldier for awhile.
Cloud smirked inwardly at Vincent's answer. "This is an awkward meeting considering you usually stay at home."
Vincent reached out and grabbed Cloud by his collar pulling the blond-haired man closer to him. "I'm here to talk to you Cloud." he let go of his collar and shrank back in the shadow's leaving Cloud very confused and horny again.
Cloud was more confused at the situation then he was before. He wasn't that was a lie and he knew it. He had been in love once and that was with his friend Zack. After Zack had died Cloud shut off his heart and stopped feeling anything towards anyone. It was unfair that Vincent the creepiest guy on the planet could make his heart race and ache at the same time. He hadn't wanted to believe that he could feel again but the walking sex stick had made that impossible by grabbing him. "Good God, I need to take my mind off of him"
Walking by on his way from the store,Barrett stopped too look at Cloud standing in the middle of the street staring at nothing and mumbling to himself. "Man that kid is weird."
Cloud felt eye's staring at him as he turned too see his friend staring at him with concern. He turned bright red and moved on his way walking quickly to his home. Great!!!!