Disclaimer- I do not own any of the Final Fantasy VII characters. Please don't burn my heart with flames. I'm not trying to get anything out of this. I'm doing it for my own enjoyment and to share with others...Oh yeah the song "Skaterboy" belong to Avril Lavigne.
Author's note- Konichiwa! This is my first fanfic on Final Fantasy VII. I had never played the game or watch anyone played before. I just saw a picture of Cloud Strife and fell in love with him. So I'm sorry if I get OOC or something wrong, please informs me.
~Reminisces and Regrets ~
The sunlight bounce softly on the surface of the stream, giving it a slight glow. The air was filled with the scent of freshly cherry blossoms. There in the exact same spot and time from a month ago stood Cloud Strife in the middle of the stream with flowers in hand. His turquoise eyes were filled with sorrow and anger, staring pass the water as the scene from last month played over and over in his mind.
'I could of save her...why did I just stood there and watch the whole damn thing happen?!' his hands tighten in frustration, crushing the stems of the flowers. "Aeris...I'm sorry that I failed you as your body guard...so sorry," he whispered as he drops the flowers in the water where he had placed her deceased body. Slowly the flower sank down.
Afar on a rock perched Tifa underneath a fully bloomed cherry tree. She'd followed Cloud to this place. For hours she watched watch him closely. She had never seen her childhood friend this sad or shown this much feeling to one person. She knew, 'Cloud had feelings for Aeris...but this strong?' She couldn't stand to see him like this any more. Tifa tread softly to Cloud, out in the middle of the stream. The water was icy cold as it nips her legs, but she approached him anyways. Tifa stopped dead in her track and looked up, and all she saw was the blade of Cloud's sword inches away from her face. Her heart stopped beating for a moment. Cautiously Cloud drew back his weapon.
"What the hell are you doing here?" he said coldly. Cloud's turquoise eyes glimmered as he waited for an answer. It was dead silent, as if everything in the world had stop. Tifa had never felt this way before, scared of Cloud. "Well?" Cloud broke the silent with a sharp piercing tone.
"I-I was worried about you,"
"I don't need anyone to watch after me,"
"I just want you to know that I'm always here for you," Tifa said as she held onto Cloud's strapping arm and forced out a weak smile. Cloud fixes his raging eyes onto Tifa's.
"Are you happy? Your enjoying every moment of this aren't you? Aeris is gone, are you satisfied?!" Cloud growled as the questions flowed quickly off of his bitter lips.
"What?" Tifa said in a whisper with a puzzled face, "Aeris is my friend, why would I be happy that she is-"
"I don't want to hear it!" Cloud's eyes raged with flames.
"But Cloud-" Tifa tried to explain, still holding onto his arm.
"Damn! Just leave me alone Tifa! Go away, far away from me! For all I care you can leave the Avalanche!"
The last few words echoed in Tifa's ears and strike a wound in her. She felt her heart slowly sank. 'He hates me...he wants me to leave,' She letted go of the muscular arms that had held her safe so many times before in the past. She started to back away slowly from the one she loved, as her ruby eyes were clashed with a tent of tears. Cloud's cold stare swiftly changed into soft caring eyes. Tifa felt the tears coming but she blinked them back. No one said a word. Cloud gazed into her blurry cherry eyes. He knows how much the word he said is hurting her. Just by looking into her eyes.
"Tifa..."he said holding out his hand to her. She kept backing away from him, shaking her head as the rivers of tears finally unleashed a streamed down her soft cheek. Embarrassed by her tears, Tifa dashed off. "Tifa!" Cloud yelled after her, but she maintain running. He wanted to go after her, but he couldn't move his feet. He stood solemnly as he watched her body faded in the distance of the sunset.
~At Home~
When Cloud got back he saw that the members of the Avalanche preparing dinner. Cloud quickly notices that everyone was there except for Tifa. 'Where is she?' he thought. Cloud pushed the question to the back of his mind and went into his room to clean up for dinner.
He casually walked into the dinning room and like always everyone was already eating. Cloud sat down on the end of the table. No one even notice he was in their presence. His eyes quickly shifted off to Tifa's empty seat. Slowly the question from earlier began to tread back to his every thought. Cloud picked up his fork and started eating trying to ignore his curiosity. It only lasted for about a few minute as he heard a voice in his mind,"Where is she?" 'Wont you shut the hell up?' Cloud argued back, but his conscience wouldn't leave him alone and constantly repeat the question. Finally Cloud gave in.
"Where's Tifa?" he blurted out. Everyone instantly stop what they were doing and look at Cloud. The room was completely silent. Usually Cloud never speaks ever since Aeris past away. Cloud felt uncanny and embarrass but he didn't show any of that.
"Wow! He could talk!" Cid teases as he broke the odd silent. Cloud ignores Cid smart comment and repeated his question carelessly.
"Where's Tifa?"
"She working at her bar," Yuffie answered trying to help Cloud out.
"Um...Thanks Yuffie" Cloud said as he sank down in his chair. 'She at work, you dumbass' he thought to himself. Everyone was still staring at him. He ignored them and continues to eat the rest of his meal. After a few second everything went back to normal.
~Cloud's room~
Cloud laid on his bed staring up at the ceiling. For once Aeris wasn't on his mind...Tifa was. He didn't like what he saw behind those teary eyes. 'I don't understand why would she cry over a few words I said. If someone else said it, she wouldn't even take it to the heart. All I know is the words I said is still hurting her enough to unleash the tears that is rarely ever seen.'
Already Cloud felt back enough but his conscience added on,' All she did was try to cheer you up and what did you do in return? You yelled at her and made her cry. You only have seen her cry once in your life Strife, and that's when Sephiroth killed her father. That meant the words you said had the same effect on her the same way Sephiroth actions did.'
"I know what I have to do. I must apologize to her. I have to some way some how bring back that smile to her face," Cloud said weakly but determinedly as he finally fell into a deep sleep.
~1:47AM at 7th Heaven(Tifa's bar)~
Tifa sat at the bar wiping the counter sketchily as her customers started to leave. Her eyes are still crimson from earlier. She loves her job but she had too much on mind to do her best. She went on cleaning the rest of the tables listening to the karaoke machine.
The song slowly faded as the track change to the next song:
He was a boy
She was a girl
Can I make it any more obvious?
He was a punk
She did ballet
What more can I say
He wanted her
She'd never tell
That secretly she wanted him as well
But all of her friends
Stuck up their nose
And they had a problem with his baggy clothes
He was a skater boy
She said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
She had a pretty face
But her head was up in space
She needed to come back down to Earth...
'This song...it sounds so familiar...back when we were kids. He liked me...but I never paid any attention to him. I thought of him as just another boy,' Tifa thought as the song played on.
Five years from now
She sits at home
Feeding the baby, she's all alone
She turns on TV
Guess who she sees
Skater boy, rockin' up MTV
She calls up her friends
They already know
And they've all got tickets to see his show
She tags along
And stands in the crowd
Looks up at the man that she turned down
He was a skater boy
She said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a superstar
Slammin' on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?
He was a skater boy
She said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a superstar
Slammin' on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?
Sorry girl but you missed out
Well tough luck, that boy's mine now
We are more than just good friends
This is how the story ends
Too bad that she couldn't see
See the man that boy could be
There is more than meets the eye
I see the soul that is inside...
'Why didn't I like him,when he liked me?...Now he loves someone else, Aeris,'
He's just a boy
And I'm just a girl
Can I make it any more obvious
We are in love
Haven't you heard
How we rock each other's world
'I lost my chance with him...his heart belongs to Aeris...she saw "the soul that is inside" and he finally found someone who loved him back...I love him too but...I never admitted it...now my chance is gone. All I have to ask myself is "Why?",' Tifa wiped the tear that was lurking down her cheeks.
I met a skater boy
I said see ya later boy
I'll be backstage after the show
I'll be at a studio
Singing the song we wrote
About a girl he used to know
The song faded away. She walked over and turned it off for the last time. Tears came flowing out. She stops at the entrance and looked over her bar for the last time as she turned out the lights. "I'm going to miss this place," she whispered, locking the door. Tifa mounted on her motorcycle and rode away. The nice breeze blew through her flowing black hair as the moon and stars shine brightly over her. She was the only one on that lonely rode...just how her future is going to be.
~Back At Home~
Tifa open the door quietly trying not to wake anyone up. The T.V was left on. She glances to the couch, where Yuffie and Vincent were sound asleep. She quickly turned off the T.V and covers them lightly with a blanket. She paced carefully into her room and packed everything that she held closest to her heart. On top of everything was a picture of Cloud and her. The tears slowly tread back as all the sweet memories revise in her mind. She then zips up the bag as if she was shutting out all the memories. Tifa didn't bother to wipe her tears. She knew they wouldn't stop. She left her room, her home. Tifa headed down the long hallway, but she stopped in front of Cloud's room. Cautiously she twisted his door knob. It was unlocked. She peered in the dim room, but she still could see him. She placed her bag next to his bed.
'Cloud, you look so peaceful in your sleep. Your hair is a matted mess without any gel but you still have that handsome charming look,' Tifa smiled. 'It showed another side of you. The innocent side that I've never seen. I want to look into those beautiful ocean eyes of yours, but I dare not to wake you up. If i do, you'll stop me from leaving,' Tifa kiss him softly on his forehead and left a letter on his nightstand. She picks up her bag and headed to the door. Tifa look back at him for the last time. She shut his door and stood in front of it.
"Bye Cloud, I have always love you and I always will," Tifa' whispered as the tears continue its endless river.
Author's notes- Okies that was my first chapter. I'm sorry it was a little long. Well I hope you like it and the next chapter would be up when I have at least 3 reviews. So review please! And I'm always open to ideas.
Author's note- Konichiwa! This is my first fanfic on Final Fantasy VII. I had never played the game or watch anyone played before. I just saw a picture of Cloud Strife and fell in love with him. So I'm sorry if I get OOC or something wrong, please informs me.
~Reminisces and Regrets ~
The sunlight bounce softly on the surface of the stream, giving it a slight glow. The air was filled with the scent of freshly cherry blossoms. There in the exact same spot and time from a month ago stood Cloud Strife in the middle of the stream with flowers in hand. His turquoise eyes were filled with sorrow and anger, staring pass the water as the scene from last month played over and over in his mind.
'I could of save her...why did I just stood there and watch the whole damn thing happen?!' his hands tighten in frustration, crushing the stems of the flowers. "Aeris...I'm sorry that I failed you as your body guard...so sorry," he whispered as he drops the flowers in the water where he had placed her deceased body. Slowly the flower sank down.
Afar on a rock perched Tifa underneath a fully bloomed cherry tree. She'd followed Cloud to this place. For hours she watched watch him closely. She had never seen her childhood friend this sad or shown this much feeling to one person. She knew, 'Cloud had feelings for Aeris...but this strong?' She couldn't stand to see him like this any more. Tifa tread softly to Cloud, out in the middle of the stream. The water was icy cold as it nips her legs, but she approached him anyways. Tifa stopped dead in her track and looked up, and all she saw was the blade of Cloud's sword inches away from her face. Her heart stopped beating for a moment. Cautiously Cloud drew back his weapon.
"What the hell are you doing here?" he said coldly. Cloud's turquoise eyes glimmered as he waited for an answer. It was dead silent, as if everything in the world had stop. Tifa had never felt this way before, scared of Cloud. "Well?" Cloud broke the silent with a sharp piercing tone.
"I-I was worried about you,"
"I don't need anyone to watch after me,"
"I just want you to know that I'm always here for you," Tifa said as she held onto Cloud's strapping arm and forced out a weak smile. Cloud fixes his raging eyes onto Tifa's.
"Are you happy? Your enjoying every moment of this aren't you? Aeris is gone, are you satisfied?!" Cloud growled as the questions flowed quickly off of his bitter lips.
"What?" Tifa said in a whisper with a puzzled face, "Aeris is my friend, why would I be happy that she is-"
"I don't want to hear it!" Cloud's eyes raged with flames.
"But Cloud-" Tifa tried to explain, still holding onto his arm.
"Damn! Just leave me alone Tifa! Go away, far away from me! For all I care you can leave the Avalanche!"
The last few words echoed in Tifa's ears and strike a wound in her. She felt her heart slowly sank. 'He hates me...he wants me to leave,' She letted go of the muscular arms that had held her safe so many times before in the past. She started to back away slowly from the one she loved, as her ruby eyes were clashed with a tent of tears. Cloud's cold stare swiftly changed into soft caring eyes. Tifa felt the tears coming but she blinked them back. No one said a word. Cloud gazed into her blurry cherry eyes. He knows how much the word he said is hurting her. Just by looking into her eyes.
"Tifa..."he said holding out his hand to her. She kept backing away from him, shaking her head as the rivers of tears finally unleashed a streamed down her soft cheek. Embarrassed by her tears, Tifa dashed off. "Tifa!" Cloud yelled after her, but she maintain running. He wanted to go after her, but he couldn't move his feet. He stood solemnly as he watched her body faded in the distance of the sunset.
~At Home~
When Cloud got back he saw that the members of the Avalanche preparing dinner. Cloud quickly notices that everyone was there except for Tifa. 'Where is she?' he thought. Cloud pushed the question to the back of his mind and went into his room to clean up for dinner.
He casually walked into the dinning room and like always everyone was already eating. Cloud sat down on the end of the table. No one even notice he was in their presence. His eyes quickly shifted off to Tifa's empty seat. Slowly the question from earlier began to tread back to his every thought. Cloud picked up his fork and started eating trying to ignore his curiosity. It only lasted for about a few minute as he heard a voice in his mind,"Where is she?" 'Wont you shut the hell up?' Cloud argued back, but his conscience wouldn't leave him alone and constantly repeat the question. Finally Cloud gave in.
"Where's Tifa?" he blurted out. Everyone instantly stop what they were doing and look at Cloud. The room was completely silent. Usually Cloud never speaks ever since Aeris past away. Cloud felt uncanny and embarrass but he didn't show any of that.
"Wow! He could talk!" Cid teases as he broke the odd silent. Cloud ignores Cid smart comment and repeated his question carelessly.
"Where's Tifa?"
"She working at her bar," Yuffie answered trying to help Cloud out.
"Um...Thanks Yuffie" Cloud said as he sank down in his chair. 'She at work, you dumbass' he thought to himself. Everyone was still staring at him. He ignored them and continues to eat the rest of his meal. After a few second everything went back to normal.
~Cloud's room~
Cloud laid on his bed staring up at the ceiling. For once Aeris wasn't on his mind...Tifa was. He didn't like what he saw behind those teary eyes. 'I don't understand why would she cry over a few words I said. If someone else said it, she wouldn't even take it to the heart. All I know is the words I said is still hurting her enough to unleash the tears that is rarely ever seen.'
Already Cloud felt back enough but his conscience added on,' All she did was try to cheer you up and what did you do in return? You yelled at her and made her cry. You only have seen her cry once in your life Strife, and that's when Sephiroth killed her father. That meant the words you said had the same effect on her the same way Sephiroth actions did.'
"I know what I have to do. I must apologize to her. I have to some way some how bring back that smile to her face," Cloud said weakly but determinedly as he finally fell into a deep sleep.
~1:47AM at 7th Heaven(Tifa's bar)~
Tifa sat at the bar wiping the counter sketchily as her customers started to leave. Her eyes are still crimson from earlier. She loves her job but she had too much on mind to do her best. She went on cleaning the rest of the tables listening to the karaoke machine.
The song slowly faded as the track change to the next song:
He was a boy
She was a girl
Can I make it any more obvious?
He was a punk
She did ballet
What more can I say
He wanted her
She'd never tell
That secretly she wanted him as well
But all of her friends
Stuck up their nose
And they had a problem with his baggy clothes
He was a skater boy
She said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
She had a pretty face
But her head was up in space
She needed to come back down to Earth...
'This song...it sounds so familiar...back when we were kids. He liked me...but I never paid any attention to him. I thought of him as just another boy,' Tifa thought as the song played on.
Five years from now
She sits at home
Feeding the baby, she's all alone
She turns on TV
Guess who she sees
Skater boy, rockin' up MTV
She calls up her friends
They already know
And they've all got tickets to see his show
She tags along
And stands in the crowd
Looks up at the man that she turned down
He was a skater boy
She said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a superstar
Slammin' on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?
He was a skater boy
She said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a superstar
Slammin' on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?
Sorry girl but you missed out
Well tough luck, that boy's mine now
We are more than just good friends
This is how the story ends
Too bad that she couldn't see
See the man that boy could be
There is more than meets the eye
I see the soul that is inside...
'Why didn't I like him,when he liked me?...Now he loves someone else, Aeris,'
He's just a boy
And I'm just a girl
Can I make it any more obvious
We are in love
Haven't you heard
How we rock each other's world
'I lost my chance with him...his heart belongs to Aeris...she saw "the soul that is inside" and he finally found someone who loved him back...I love him too but...I never admitted it...now my chance is gone. All I have to ask myself is "Why?",' Tifa wiped the tear that was lurking down her cheeks.
I met a skater boy
I said see ya later boy
I'll be backstage after the show
I'll be at a studio
Singing the song we wrote
About a girl he used to know
The song faded away. She walked over and turned it off for the last time. Tears came flowing out. She stops at the entrance and looked over her bar for the last time as she turned out the lights. "I'm going to miss this place," she whispered, locking the door. Tifa mounted on her motorcycle and rode away. The nice breeze blew through her flowing black hair as the moon and stars shine brightly over her. She was the only one on that lonely rode...just how her future is going to be.
~Back At Home~
Tifa open the door quietly trying not to wake anyone up. The T.V was left on. She glances to the couch, where Yuffie and Vincent were sound asleep. She quickly turned off the T.V and covers them lightly with a blanket. She paced carefully into her room and packed everything that she held closest to her heart. On top of everything was a picture of Cloud and her. The tears slowly tread back as all the sweet memories revise in her mind. She then zips up the bag as if she was shutting out all the memories. Tifa didn't bother to wipe her tears. She knew they wouldn't stop. She left her room, her home. Tifa headed down the long hallway, but she stopped in front of Cloud's room. Cautiously she twisted his door knob. It was unlocked. She peered in the dim room, but she still could see him. She placed her bag next to his bed.
'Cloud, you look so peaceful in your sleep. Your hair is a matted mess without any gel but you still have that handsome charming look,' Tifa smiled. 'It showed another side of you. The innocent side that I've never seen. I want to look into those beautiful ocean eyes of yours, but I dare not to wake you up. If i do, you'll stop me from leaving,' Tifa kiss him softly on his forehead and left a letter on his nightstand. She picks up her bag and headed to the door. Tifa look back at him for the last time. She shut his door and stood in front of it.
"Bye Cloud, I have always love you and I always will," Tifa' whispered as the tears continue its endless river.
Author's notes- Okies that was my first chapter. I'm sorry it was a little long. Well I hope you like it and the next chapter would be up when I have at least 3 reviews. So review please! And I'm always open to ideas.