Running From You

Ashe-kun

IT'S JUST BIZZLES! Yes. Thank you for coming and reading my story. This is my first ever fanfiction, so don't come and laugh at me.. anyway ONTO DISCLAIMER!

Disclaimer: i hereby disclaim all Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, and Cody is the rightful owner of Shinji Ikari; cause DAMN do i hate it when people steal my ideas and let that be a fair warning.. i love you all...

ONWARDS TO DA SHOW!

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Chapter One: Deliverance

Tifa swung her legs quietly on a swing in an abandoned park. She came here everyday, just to see if anyone would show up. It was their old place, and if anyone was truly looking for her then maybe this would be an obvious enough place to look.

A boy wandered lostly down the street. He had an envelope in his hand, and he was biting his bottom lip in embarrassment of not knowing the way. He spotted a girl in a park, and went up to ask directions. "Uh.. excuse me, Miss? Do you know the way to a Miss Tifa Lockheart's residence?"

Tifa looked up, a little confused. He seemed somewhat familiar, yet she could not place a name to his face. "Yes, I am Tifa. And you are..?"

"Shinji; Shinji Ikari. I have a delivery for you." He shyly handed her the envelope. She opened it quietly and read the note. Shinji looked down at his feet as she glanced up after reading it. "Why were you sent?"

Shinji shrugged. "They did not find me useful anymore; so they sent me to you.. please don't disown me.." his eyes pleaded. Tifa blinked, still not caught up with this.

"Alright.. you can come with me.. only if you don't act like some kind of slave. I'd like the company." she smiled, standing up. "I was about to leave anyway. My house isn't too far away; come on!" she brightly said and starting walking down the street, Shinji following.

Looking at the ground, thoughts ran though his mind. 'I wonder..'

A small smile traced his lips. "I'm glad that you haven't changed, Tifa.."

Tifa glanced back, her hands in her pockets. She smirked.

"Have you found anyone..?"

She looked up at the sky, like she was searching for answers. Slowly shaking her head, she returned her gaze back down to the ground.

"Why not?"

Taking out her keys, Tifa shrugged. "We're all searching for each other.. we just haven't found anyone yet. We'll be found, though.. we're friends."

'I wonder if she remembers the times of when we were happy, and more than just friends.' Shinji thought guiltily, his eyes shifting to the ground. Unknowingly, Tifa's eyes were glazed with those memories as she opened the door and threw the keys onto the table by the door. "Feel free to make yourself comfortable; what's mine is yours" she smiled, so he went and sat down on the couch in the main room.

"Comfortable, as always.." he said quietly, grinning. Tifa grinned back and lingered on the staircase.

"I'm going up to get your room ready... come if you want," and she continued upwards. Once in the said room, she got the comforter down from the top shelf in the closet and spread it out; nights were getting colder as they came.

Shinji had followed, and quietly spoke up, "Uh.. Tifa.. would it be possible if I could just sleep on the couch.. or.. you'd definitely not let me sleep with you.. it's.. getting a little.. scary.."

Tifa gave an amused smile at his shyness, and blushed herself as she rolled up the blanket again, putting it back. "You can come and sleep with me, as long as you don't try anything on me."

"Now why would I do that?"

Tifa winked and shrugged, heading across the hall to her room. Glancing at the clock on the wall, she pulled some Moogle pajama pants and a ribbed white tank top to go change into. "It's getting kind of late.. feel free to stay up if you want, and you can join me later." she walked into the adjoining bathroom.

Walking back out some minutes later, Shinji had crawled under the blankets already. Sitting down on the right side, she quickly tied her hair back into a braid, and nestled her head into the pillow as she turned off the light.

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alright.. that was my first chapter. Tsuki and i, we beg of you to review this.. cause it's so nice to know that people care.. Alright thanks you! Hope you enjoyed!

(Tsuki is my otherconscience and my best friend. 3)

Ja!

--Ashe & Tsuki