Ribbons to Remember
By: XlittlexninjaX24
**Another little quickie... I'm on a roll right now with the oneshots! I wasn't sure what to do with this one because Vincent isn't technically in it, it's only implied. But it's in Yuffentine now! Woo! Well, enjoy!**
Since he left she didn't really talk to anyone much. she could talk to Tifa, sure. But it was never about what she truly yearned to talk about. So she talked to Cloud.
A soft knock came throught the door and achoed through the otherwise silent room.
"Yuffie?" Cloud would say. But of course it's me, She'd think, It's my room.
"Hmm??," She'd reply, without moving."You can come in, Cloud..." She'd say quietly, after a pause.
The door would open to a certain blonde in the doorway who offered comfort to her daily, even if only company. He would enter to see her back. She was sitting by the window, surely in a reverie, he'd think. She wouldn't have the confident posture she used to, so now sligthly slumped with her feet out the window, was the former princess.
She'd been awfully still since he'd left.
He would finally speak, asking the question he'd wanted to ask her all day.
"Did you love him?"
There would come a long pause, as if she were thinking about it. As if she needed to think about it. He'd think. After a while she would respond.
"Yes." It would come almost as a child whispering, as if you had to lean in to hear or you would miss it. He tried to hear her, but that was all she'd said. She would wish the he were there with her right then.
She'd been awfully quiet since he'd left.
He would wait a moment before asking again. After all, he'd come to comfort her, not ambush. And he was debating whether he really should or not. He wanted to know.
"Do you wish you didn't?" She'll wait again, but maybe this time she was really thinking. He knows this is difficult for her. He only wants to help, to make her the light and happy person she was before all this-- before him.
"Yes... And no...," She'll say this slowly, like she is testing the words on her lips, not sure how they would work. "I wish it could've lasted. And I wish he would have been more... You know, jump in with both feet... Instead of just one toe in the water at a time..." She was still testing the words on her own ears first, unsure of them. Cloud was quiet, considering this also.
She'd been awfully cautious since he'd left.
He then would spot a little red thread tied in a ribbon around her right pinky. He can't help but ask, knowing that Yuffie wasn't much for jewelery.
"What's that?"
She'll smile fondly, looking toward the thread, knowing what he is inquiring on without actually looking at him, as if reading his thoughts.
"It's from his cloak. Because it matches his eyes. Because I never wanna forget him. It's there to remind me. There to remind me never ever to forget the great Vincent Valentine-- stoic, amazing secret-keeper-best-friend-anyone-could-ever-have-for-a-vampire-- extraordinare. Because I do love him. And because I don't regret it at all."
Cloud quietly left the room.
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The next time she saw him, he had a pink ribbon tied around his right pinky. When she asked, he told her it was to remind him never ever to forget her. His Legenday Flower Girl.
How was that?? It's kind of a tribute to Aerith, too. So I'm unsure of what to do with it...
Happy Reading!!!!
Lurve.
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