Letting Go.
Chapter one
Cloud.
I can't believe she's gone. The only thing keeping me sane is this fucking house and she's gone. I sob quietly as I sit in Tifa's room; we found out that she was run over by a drunk driver on her way back from school. This is one of the reasons I hate Midgar. She was my twin sister. We weren't identical, oh no, I am blonde, male with quite a short but lean build whereas Tifa, my beautiful sister, she was tall, but not overly so. She was a big breasted woman with long dark hair. We were complete opposites, I liked my alone time and she always felt the need to be around people. I miss her so much, it's weird to think I only said I'll see you later Tifa with a wave and a smile and then just as I'm leaving the office of Midgar High, I get a phone call from the police station. I pretty sped to the hospital on Fenrir, my bike that Tifa and I built together, to the hospital. I got there before anyone else. I sat down by her side and held her hand and begged her to stay with me! It sounds selfish but I couldn't bear to face the rest of my life without her. Ahh fuck I'm crying again. I jerk my head up at the sound of someone laughing; there in the doorway of the room is Kadaj, one of my step brothers.
"Ahh poor Cloud, Tifa leave you all alone? What a surprise.. Not!" he says sarcastically, before sauntering away looking like the cat that got the canary. I leap up and run out of the room to beat his ass but only end up running into my step father, Sephiroth Wing. He glares at, Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo all snickering at the bollocking I get from him for chasing one of his 'prized' sons with intent to harm. "Cloud! You better be listening to me boy! I will not tolerate any violence towards any of my sons. And no excuses, if it happens again I will personally see to it that can't harm another hair on their heads." Sephiroth scolds me like I'm a child, yet I'm eighteen. I start Midgar High tomorrow, I'm a senior. I'll be the new kid in senior year, no doubt Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo have already started spreading rumours. The only one that is true is that I'm gay. I only trusted Tifa with that little secret. I trudge back to my room and start packing my stuff and moving it Tifa's. I had decided to have her room instead of one of those ungrateful pricks. Mum knew exactly what I went through with the three precious sons of Sephiroth's but never had the guts to say something. Always looking at me apologetically. I notice the time and have a shower before heading to bed; I cried myself to sleep that night, thinking of Tifa and how she would beat down on Kadaj's ass when he went in her room.
The next morning I wake up to my alarm blaring out the classical section of my iPod. It was Tifa who put it there, she persuaded me to learn the piano, and then she recorded some of my songs. I felt tears sliding down my face and wiped my face in the pillow. I slowly sat up and stretched. I hunted for a pair of my Tripp baggy jeans and found a black stretch knit hoodie to wear over my plain black top. I went through my normal routine of brushing my teeth, attempting to tame my hair and breakfast. Once I was finished with that, I grabbed my backpack and black DCs and wandered downstairs to get ready to leave. I went to the garage and hopped on Fenrir, got everything sorted and off I went. I left purposefully early today, to get to school and figure my way around and to see what the trip had planned for me. Arriving at the school; was nothing unusual, a few people already there. They stared at me as I walked past them. I took the steps two at a time and went to the office to get my schedule and locker and all that crap. Once I received them I decided to wander around the school, I found everything that was on my schedule with ease. I decided to go back outside to Fenrir, when I noticed a group of people huddled around him. I headed for my bike quickly only to find people were just staring at it. I pushed through the crowd to get to him and pulled my keys out of my pocket to get my bag from one of the many compartments me and Tifa had designed.
People watched in awe as I sat on the bike and pressed a palm to the oil tank and the compartment with my bag opened. Then before I can grab it, I hear someone saying they'll scratch Fenrir, and I knew that voice anywhere. "Kadaj, you know I have better hearing than you think," I murmur under my breathe as he lunges for the paint on the tank. I snap my hand out and grab his wrist. He looks at me angrily and starts threatening me with his dad. I grab my bag and get off Fenrir, making sure to lock him properly. Before I could step through the crowd someone steps in my way with their hand held out ready to shake. I look up to see a slightly taller guy, with raven hair and a cheeky grin. "Hi I'm Zack, Zack Fair," he says. I take his hand tentatively, "Cloud Strife, just call me Cloud." I respond with no emotion. He frowns at something that I am not aware of and head to my first class, AP Chemistry, as the bell rings. I make it to class as everyone starts to go to their respective groups and start talking. I notice the teacher up the front and go to him.
"Umm, Sir? I'm new, where should I sit?" I asked quietly. My teacher turned around and looked me up and down before smiling weirdly. He kept staring and his smile was creeping me out. "And you are, young man?" he asks. If possible his smile gets wider as I nervously scratch the back of my head. "Cloud Strife, sir." His eyes seem to brighten at that. Then he jots something on a scrap piece of paper. This guy is weird. "I am Professor Hojo. You can go and sit at the back next to Zack, he's the only person without a lab partner." He dismisses me after telling me where to sit. I turn around and realize I'm paired up with the kid from earlier, except now he's wearing a varsity jacket. I sigh and think to myself. This is going to be one long year. I walk to my seat and take it. Hojo sets us a task to make a chemical to react with another chemical. I sigh and set to work only to feel eyes staring at me. I look up to see Zack staring intently at me. "Can I help you?" I ask him a bit harshly. He jumps surprised at being caught, he coughs and scratches his head nervously. "Umm, well you kinda remind me of someone I met over the summer. You have the same facial expressions." I must have given him a weird look because he quickly thought through what he said and said something else, "I worked with her down at the local mechanics in town. Cid Highwind's place. She used to scrunch up her brow too whenever she thought." I stopped what I was doing and nearly dropped the conical flask I was holding. I felt the tears spring into my eyes before I bolted from my chair and out of the room. I saw everyone look at Zack shocked and then at me briefly as I fled the room to find a way onto the school roof.