Disclaimer: So very not mine.
A/N: Okay so the brief was this: Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like, turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle, then write a ficlet related to or inspired by each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards! At the moment I have thirteen of these to share, but there wil probably be more as they're bloody addictive.
A/N Part Deux: Nobody is to laugh at the things I have on my music player. Also, these are NOT SONGFICS! The songs are just for inspiration.
A Riotous Symphony
© July/August 2008.
1. Confessions of a Broken Heart – Lindsey Lohan
Yuffie sometimes sits out in the Bailey and wonders where her clan went. She's not morbid about it, but she surprises people by not trying to drop water-balloons on them over the ramparts, or see how far she can spit, or even pull one of her death-defying stunts scaling the walls to the turrets without a winch. Nobody can quite believe it when they come out to find her sitting quietly, kicking her heels, deep in thought.
Aerith sometimes sits next to her, but she's so full of her own thoughts about Cloud that Yuffie feels bad about filling her up with what-ifs not her own. Likewise Tifa, though not in the same way. Girls are supposed to gossip, but the quietest times of Yuffie's life are spent in the company of her two best female friends.
Mostly Yuffie wonders what happened to her father when Radiant Garden fell. There's never been any news about the Wutai Clan, but she doubts Godo would go down without a fight.
Then again, once upon a time they thought that about Lord Ansem, too.
She reflects that her dad was actually a lot like Cloud – a hell of a fighter, tenacious as hell, and a bit buggy in the head.
"Hey, brat."
"Get lost, Squall."
"It's Leon, and you're late for dinner."
She leans backwards, unbending from her perch into a bridge and then a handstand, finally propelling herself onto her feet wit her arms outstretched. She grins at Leon, who just rolls his eyes and turns away from her.
Leon is nothing like Cloud. He wouldn't run out on them to chase his own demons. He's nothing like her dad, either, and that's probably a good thing, because Leon wouldn't just fall into darkness without a fight, he wouldn't fall at all.