I don't own Final Fantasy VII. This is a V x T Story hehe.
Tifa Lockheart stood at her window as the rain hit the earth and the roof top of her home and her bar Seventh Heaven. The Rain made her think of the tears of the planet.
She kept looking out as the rain fell. She saw someone walking to her home and bar. But she knew it wasn't him it never was him anymore he had abandoned her. To her own fate now to the loneliness eats her and slowly taking away her heart and making it into ice. As she listen to the song take over the room she watched the person come closer and noticed it was one of her dear friends from there many journeys over the earth.
"When It Rains"
By Paramore
And when it rains,
On this side of town it touches, everything.
Just say it again and mean it.
We don't miss a thing.
You made yourself a bed
At the bottom of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
And convinced yourself that
It's not the reason you don't see the sun anymore
And no, oh, how could you do it?
Oh I, I never saw it coming.
No, oh, I need the ending.
So why can't you stay
Just long enough to explain?
And when it rains,
Will you always find an escape?
Just running away,
From all of the ones who love you,
From everything.
You made yourself a bed
At the bottom of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
And you'll sleep 'til May
And you'll say that you don't want to see the sun anymore
And no, oh, how could you do it?
Oh I, I never saw it coming.
And no, oh, I need the ending.
So why can't you stay just long enough to explain?
Take your time.
Take my time.
Take these chances to turn it around. (take your time)
Take these chances, we'll make it somehow
And take these chances to turn it around. (take my...)
Just turn it around.
No, how could you do it?
Oh I, I never saw it coming.
No, oh, how could you do it?
Oh I, I never saw it coming.
No, oh, how could you do it?
Oh I, I never saw it coming.
No, oh I need an ending.
So why can't you stay
Just long enough to explain?
You can take your time, take my time.
Rushing down stairs taken a lot out of her. She don't get enough rest the night before yesterday was the day Cloud had left and it marked the first year of him leaving her to loneliness. After they had killed Sephiroth and saved the planet from Meteor. Sephiroth had killed Aeris (Aerith) Gainsborough two years before.
Tifa let a few tears for her fallen friend fall and ran to the door as someone stood outside it. She hurried to unlock the door and looked out to see them.
"Please come in Vincent, and why are you out in a storm like this?" Tifa said to him with a cheerful tone in her voice then asked of him. Watching him come in made her heart beat a little bit faster. Vincent walked in and smiled a small smile at the metal artiest.
"How are you doing Tifa?" Vincent asked her in his dark voice and looked around at the bar.
"I'm doing ok." Tifa said to him picking to be truthful with him.
Unknown to her, he could hear the music playing and he knew she had been hurt deeply by Cloud's actions but she still tried to be cheerful and helpful to everyone. He don't like the sound but that wasn't why he was here.
Tifa smiled at him.
"How can I help you Vincent?" Tifa asked him and watched him turn to her with a small nod.
"I was wondering how you and the children were doing." Vincent said to her and watched her sigh.
"They are fine but me on the other hand." Tifa said to him and looked up at him with fresh tears wanting to fall but she turn away and walked to the bar.
"Want anything to drink?" Tifa asked him and he turn to the bar.
"A beer will be enough." Vincent said to her and came to sit in front of the bar. Tifa got a glass down then headed over to where she kept the beer nice and cold and garbed a wine bottle for herself and a wine glass.
Vincent watched her move around the bar. She moved like she was a mission.
"So what you been up to Vincent?" Tifa asked him turning around with their drinks and glasses so they could sit down and talk and catch up.
Nodding to her which she taken as much as the usual going on and that he was up to the same old same old.
"What about you?" Vincent picked to ask her and watched her turn to him with a sad smile.
"I don't really know. I kinda wanna get away from this place for a while." Tifa said looking out the window. She reached for her glass of wine and taken a sip letting it roll around her mouth. Vincent picked up his beer and taken a large sip and nod to her.
"I know." Vincent said and looked out the window and then back at her.
"I'm thinking of taking the kids to see Nanaki and see if he'll take them for a few weeks so I can have time to think about what I feel for Cloud now hes left again and I want to be away. I don't want this to keep happening through this its killing me on the inside." Tifa said to him with great sadness in her tone and looked at him.
"I also don't want to be a burden to you Vince." Tifa said to him in the softest of whispers and let out a sad sigh.
"You're never a burden Tifa." Vincent said to her and let a gentle tone creep into his tone.
Then other song came on the radio upstairs and she looked up and let a sigh out as she noticed the song.
"Broken Strings"
By: James Morrison and Nelly Furtado
Let me hold you
For the last time
It's the last chance to feel again
But you broke me
Now I can't feel anything
When I love you,
It's so untrue
I can't even convince myself
When I'm speaking,
It's the voice of someone else
Oh it tears me up
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay
You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real
Oh the truth hurts
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before
Oh what are we doing
We are turning into dust
Playing house in the ruins of us
Running back through the fire
When there's nothing left to save
It's like chasing the very last train when it's too late
Oh it tears me up
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay
You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell something that ain't real
Well the truth hurts,
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before
But we're running through the fire
When there's nothing left to save
It's like chasing the very last train
When we both know it's too late (too late)
You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I cant tell you something that ain't real
Well truth hurts,
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before
Let me hold you for the last time
It's the last chance to feel again
Vincent watched her walk upstairs and get the kids up for their last day of school. Marlene came down first then followed by Denzel walk down and look at him then turn to go behind the bar to start fixing him and Marlene something to eat.
"Uncle Vincent!" Marlene said to him happily with a wide smile on her small face she ran over to him.
"Hello Marlene." Vincent said to her and stood up then keened down to her hight. She flew into his arms and giggled looking up at him and he looked down at her with gentle eyes.
Tifa picked that minute to walk down and smiled at the picture. Rushing over to fix Denzel his lunch and Marlene's also she watched how Vincent helped the small girl.
"Uncle Vincent can I give you an other hug?" Marlene asked him her tone soft as a whisper but trying to be cheerful and watched him before he nodded to her and she hugged him in a grip that shocked him then she jump down running over the Denzel to poke fun at him.
"Guess what Denzel." Marlene said to him and giggled.
"What?" Denzel asked her with a tone that was a bit angry. Taken back by Denzel's tone she looked up at him with tears and turn and ran back to Vincent and pulled on his cloak and when he looked down at her and saw the tears he bent down to her and picked her up.
"What happen Marlene?" Vincent whispered to her in her ear.
"Denzel is mad at me." Marlene whimpered out and a whisper with tears flowing down her heart shaped face. Vincent looked up at the boy in question to see him looking away angrily.
Denzel watched and wondered over and put his hand on the smaller girls back.
"What did she say?" Denzel voice scared asked Vincent.
"She thinks you hate her." Vincent said to him with a even tone. Denzel looked at Vincent and sighed.
"Marlene I don't hate you. Please don't ever think that I was just sad not getting to see Cloud this morning." Denzel said to her and watched her turn around with her big doe shaped eyes that were the pretties brown he'd ever seen.