Please note that as much as I wished that I owned Final Fantasy and its characters, I don't.
This is my first really big project that I will be putting up on fanfiction so enjoy and bug the living hell out of me to keep it going. I've had 'My December' by Linkin Park stuck in my head all week and the story line comes from me reading too many shojo mangas. I've always wanted to an AU fic too so this is what I came up with. Well, enjoy and please review because it means a whole lot to me. Thank you! c:
Chapter 1
It wasn't just another chilly windy day by the waterfront. In her mind, she knew that this day would change everything between them. She was ready.
Her bare feet splashed lightly through the chilly ocean current. She giggled, brushing her long dark hair out of her face and letting it blow back in the cooling breeze. Her soft brown eyes locked with those of the blonde standing slightly behind her. "What are you waiting for?" she asked playfully. "Are you just going to stand there?"
The blonde sighed. "It's too cold, Tifa. You pick the coldest day of the year…"
"It'll only get colder if you just stand there," she said annoyed putting her hands on her hips. "Cloud, are you just going to stand there and wait for spring?"
He sighed again which he seemed to do a lot these days. Tifa was right. He couldn't just stand there and wait for spring. It was only the beginning of November. So technically it wasn't even winter yet.
"Fine…" he said taking a step forward into the chilly ocean water. Tifa giggled.
"You're always like that," she said looking up at the dismal sky.
"Like what?" he asked giving her a puzzled look.
"So gloomy," she said shifting her gaze over to him. "You've never taken the time to enjoy what's happening and you always isolate your self from others."
Cloud looked down at the sand. He knew he was in for another one of Tifa's 'Cheer up emo kid!' lectures.
"I don't like seeing you like that. It only hurts the people that care about you," she continued. "I…" she stopped and looked down at her feet feeling her cheeks get turn pink with embarrassment.
As her voice trailed off, Cloud looked up at her. "You what?"
"I love you, Cloud."