Hiya! Thanks for opening this up after that crappy summary, but I don't want to give anything away. Trust me, the story will be better that way. Hopefully. So yeah, please read on. With any luck you'll like it. I'm pretty sure Yuffentine fans will, when the story gets going. :)


Prologue

"How could you do this to me Yuffie?"

He just didn't understand.

I pressed my lips together tightly to refrain from saying something I'd later regret. I shouldn't lose my temper with him, this mess wasn't his fault.

It was mine, my fault.

I looked at him. His expression was tense, trying to hide his feelings. I knew him well enough to know his eyes would give him away, so I searched them with my own, trying to find something that resembled understanding. Or maybe forgiveness. I found neither.

Instead his usually deep, warm eyes were cold and hard. In them I saw mostly anger, and jealousy. There was also sadness and for a split second, pure hatred. He hated me for what I'd done, but I knew he loved me too. Hmm, love or hate? I wondered which emotion would win out over the other. Either way, I wasn't going to get out of being punished for my deeds. If love won, I'd be disgraced. I'd be disowned by my father, and the people of Wutai. If hate won...I didn't want to think about what would happen, but I knew it would hurt. I hadn't fully recovered from last time. Did he really hate me that much? What did he say before? Something about hating how much he loved me...

"Say something!" he pleaded.

I was drawn out of my reverie by his voice. He sounded angry but desperate at the same time.

"I don't know what you want me to say." I said truthfully.

He pinched the bridge of his nose with his right hand. I could tell he was losing patience with me.

"Why?" he asked again, "You knew what was at stake, what would happen, and you went ahead and did it anyway."

I sighed. "I know."

"Is that all you have to say?" he said angrily. His hands began to shake, and he clenched them into fists.

I swallowed nervously before answering: "I've already told you why."

"I don't understand your reasons." He said, before he looked me in the eye and muttered quietly, "I loved you."

Tears stung my eyes. I felt so guilty; I'd hurt him so much. Then again, he'd hurt me back, physically.

"I don't think you did," I said bravely, "not really. But that's no excuse. I'm so sorry."

He glared at me with those cold eyes. "Sorry isn't good enough!"

He started towards me, his expression sinister. I backed away into the wall and raised my arms to protect myself.


Well, that was dark and dramatic wasn't it? There's some light hearted Yuffieness in the next chapter though, promise! I'm posting up the prologue and chapter 1 together for you, and chapter 2 is halfway written. So you don't have to wait. :)

Thanks for reading!

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