Unaffordable Day-Dreams
"Finally, high school!" One spiky haired blonde said.
He always wanted to come back to Nibelheim for high school. The school was so nice. Unlike the other schools he had seen before.
"Aw… Come on, Cloud. It's not all that great I mean look at all the homework we have to do." Said his best friend, Zack, while pointing at a kid holding a stack of books taller than himself.
"Not that! That." He replied as he looked over to all the girls on the other side of the hall.
All the girls were looking at both of the guys, giggling and smiling at them. It seems that they become popular right away.
"I could get used to this…" Cloud said to himself. He looked at his best friend to find him looking at something as if he was hypnotized.
"Wow!" Zack said. He ran over to a girl with light brown hair and bright green eyes. "Hey what's your name?"
"Why, hello there! I'm Aeris. And you?" She smiled.
"Zack." The dark haired boy said as he took her books and walked with her until they disappeared in the crowded hallway.
Cloud made his way over to his new locker. "Hmm… 167. Locker 167. Where are you…?" Eventually he found his locker in the long hallway. He put his books inside and started to wander around the school, classes didn't start until Monday. It was only Saturday…
"Aw… Crap! I'll never find it…" The 16 year old girl said. She looked to the left and the right of her, with a stack of books in her hands. "Where is locker 166?" She said to herself.
She looked here and there, but finally found it. "There you are!" She put the tower of books inside the locker, which surprisingly fit.
She wandered around the halls. She stopped to talk to people from time to time, until she became tired and sat down on a bench outside.
A boy came over and sat down beside her, not even taking a glance at the girl. He didn't notice her at all. He was just sitting there, staring into space.
She broke the silence. "Hello."
"Hi." He said, still not even looking at her.
"… Aren't you even going to look at me?"
…Nothing.
"Cloud? Hello?" She said.
He finally looked her in the eyes. 'Why do they look so familiar? Wine-colored eyes… Where have I seen that before?' It finally hit him. "Tifa?"
"Yes. May I help you?" Tifa Lockheart replied playfully.
"Is it really you?!?!" He said still in shock to see his childhood friend.
"Yep! I came back here from Midgar with my Dad. I'm here to stay until I finish high school."
"Wow! I never thought I would see you here…" 'Same old Tifa. It really is her. But when did she get so… so… beautiful?' He stared at her.
"What are you staring at?"
"Huh?" He snapped out of the trance. "Oh, nothing."
She noticed it was getting dark. "Well I should be getting home now."
"I walk you there. If you want…"
She blushed, but turned away to hide it. "Okay." 'I get to be escorted by him on the way home! Whoa. I never actually knew he was this hot! I mean when I look into his deep blue eyes it's like I literally melt…"
He walked with her to her house which was not too far away from his. No one said anything on the way. They finally came up to the door of Tifa's house.
"Thank you, Cloud."
"No problem." He replied.
That night He couldn't stop thinking of her. Her raven-colored hair. Wine-colored eyes. Just the thought of her made him blush. He was so glad that Tifa came black for high school. He thought about some good times that had happened during their childhood together…
Flashback
"Hey Cloud?" Tifa said.
"Yeah?" Cloud replied.
"Wanna come with me to my favorite place in the world?" She asked.
"Okay, sure where is it?"
"Here, follow me."
Both of the young children ran towards the edge of town. She brought him to a hill with a well at the top of it. "Well, what do you think?"
"Wow. Um, a well!" He said sounding quite confused.
She giggled. "Not that silly! Up there." She exclaimed, while pointing towards the sky.
There were countless stars. Billions and billions of them probably. All of them shining and twinkling ever so bright, looking down upon both of them.
"Wow! There are so many of them! I can see why you like it here so much." He said, sitting down next to his friend, who was already gazing at the night sky.
"Yeah, I know. I come here everyday just to look at them all."
"Don't your parents know that you're here?"
"No not really… They usually think I was out playing with my friends."
"Oh…"
They laid there just looking up at the shining lights in the dark night sky. They stayed up on that hill for what seemed like forever. Until, Cloud broke the long silence. "It's getting kind of late. We should go home." He suggested.
"Yeah. I am getting sorta tired."
They walked home together. Neither kid said anything, just wondering what they would do together the next day…
End of Flashback
He had drifted to sleep, by the thought of his childhood friend. He dreamt sweet dreams about the brunette…
