Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 7 or Dido's "My lovers gone." If you haven't heard it you should, it's a very good song.
~Jess~
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Cloud had gone. Tifa did not know where, there was something that was bothering him before he left. Tifa noticed it, but Cloud would just say not to worry about it, or that he couldn't tell her. Now he was gone. Tifa wanted to help him in whatever way she could, she would do anything for him, and all he had to do was ask. Feeling that way was new to Tifa, she never really cared much for the people she knew. Except for her friends that helped her save the Planet. She never cared much for the patrons at her bar, always saying rude things, looking at her like she was an object. But Cloud had helped her forget all that, he was different.
Tifa wandered about the street, aimlessly, as though she didn't have a purpose. Her mind wandered, all she could think about was Cloud, what was Cloud doing? What had happened to make him leave? When would he come back? Thoughts like a storm raced through her mind... What if he didn't come back? She stopped in her tracks... no he'd come back, he'd have too, so they could be together, to live in the world together that they as a team helped save.
"Oh Cloud where are you!? Please someone just tell me where Cloud is!" Tifa felt like the storm was consuming her; she sighed. There was nothing that she could do, except wait for his return. Or what for any sign of Cloud, a letter, a phone call, something, anything to stop her troubled thoughts.
My lover's gone,
his boots no longer by my door,
That night in bed Tifa had a hard time sleeping, the bed felt so empty. Once it held both of them together in the bed, now it was just her. She turned over to his side of the bed, he was no longer there. He had left while she was sleeping.
he left at dawn,
and as I slept I felt him go
Returns no more,
What could have driven him away? Life was so sweet. They cared for each other so much, talking about things when there was something wrong, trying to help him even if she didn't help much. She turned away from his side of the bed, she kept picturing him, sleeping there, his spikey hair sometimes poking her while she slept, a reminder that he was there. Now there was nothing poking her, just a pillow. She got up, she couldn't sleep, and she needed to be somewhere else.
She walked down by the harbor, she saw two teenagers flicking rocks in the water. Then they splashed each other and chased each other across the beach. She looked at the ocean, so calm and peaceful, much unlike the storm in her mind, and again felt the feeling that she had to leave.
I will not watch the ocean,
my lover's gone,
She heard people preparing, preparing for a ship to come in from the sea, all the way from the other continent. The ship that once carried them together... How silly Cloud looked in that uniform... She watched the ship pull in, anticipating that maybe... maybe...... her Cloud could be on there. People flocked off the boat, and almost everyone had families to greet them. Such happy families reunited. She watched until no one else got off the ship. All the families had cleared off the street, and again she was consumed in the emptiness.
no earthly ships will ever
Bring him home again,
bring him home again
My lover's gone,
She walked by an old restaurant that her and Cloud used to love. They'd go there once a week, they had become great friends with the chef there. She saw a couple at their table. The one next to the window, it was a great place away from all the other tables. He looked so handsome in the candlelight, they had spent many times kissing in that little booth by the window, sharing wine, talking about anything they pleased.
I know that kiss will be my last,
no more his song,
the tune upon his lips has passed
Walking back to their home, she remembered that Elena had been over her house quite frequently before he left. Elena and Cloud had become great friends, and sometimes Tifa felt their relationship being threatened. Even though Elena was very kind to both of them. If they got into a fight, she would try to fix it. She hadn't been around that much before Cloud left... What could it mean?
Perhaps Elena had turned back to her old ways. Back to Reno, Rude, and Tseng, all of them to do evil things again. Maybe they had captured another ancient, like they did Aeris, and were trying to get to the Promised Land again. If she had become a Turk again, that would have hurt Cloud deeply, but enough for Cloud to disappear?
Walking back past the ocean, Tifa looked out at it again. Feeling a sense of longing for her Cloud. Missing his smiles, his laughter, they way he would hold her, missing the way he would look into her eyes and not say a word, just missing Cloud, missing him being there, and not knowing what to do. She started trying to calm herself by humming.
I sing alone,
while I watch the ocean,
She sighed as she saw the same ship she had watched earlier depart. All the people on the ship, waving to their families and friends. She just wished that Cloud could have told her before he left, why? Was Cloud sick of her, did he want to be with another? Would he ever return? She watched with these questions in her mind until she ship was gone from the horizon.
my lover's gone,
no earthly ships will ever Bring him home again,
bring him home again
~Jess~
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Cloud had gone. Tifa did not know where, there was something that was bothering him before he left. Tifa noticed it, but Cloud would just say not to worry about it, or that he couldn't tell her. Now he was gone. Tifa wanted to help him in whatever way she could, she would do anything for him, and all he had to do was ask. Feeling that way was new to Tifa, she never really cared much for the people she knew. Except for her friends that helped her save the Planet. She never cared much for the patrons at her bar, always saying rude things, looking at her like she was an object. But Cloud had helped her forget all that, he was different.
Tifa wandered about the street, aimlessly, as though she didn't have a purpose. Her mind wandered, all she could think about was Cloud, what was Cloud doing? What had happened to make him leave? When would he come back? Thoughts like a storm raced through her mind... What if he didn't come back? She stopped in her tracks... no he'd come back, he'd have too, so they could be together, to live in the world together that they as a team helped save.
"Oh Cloud where are you!? Please someone just tell me where Cloud is!" Tifa felt like the storm was consuming her; she sighed. There was nothing that she could do, except wait for his return. Or what for any sign of Cloud, a letter, a phone call, something, anything to stop her troubled thoughts.
My lover's gone,
his boots no longer by my door,
That night in bed Tifa had a hard time sleeping, the bed felt so empty. Once it held both of them together in the bed, now it was just her. She turned over to his side of the bed, he was no longer there. He had left while she was sleeping.
he left at dawn,
and as I slept I felt him go
Returns no more,
What could have driven him away? Life was so sweet. They cared for each other so much, talking about things when there was something wrong, trying to help him even if she didn't help much. She turned away from his side of the bed, she kept picturing him, sleeping there, his spikey hair sometimes poking her while she slept, a reminder that he was there. Now there was nothing poking her, just a pillow. She got up, she couldn't sleep, and she needed to be somewhere else.
She walked down by the harbor, she saw two teenagers flicking rocks in the water. Then they splashed each other and chased each other across the beach. She looked at the ocean, so calm and peaceful, much unlike the storm in her mind, and again felt the feeling that she had to leave.
I will not watch the ocean,
my lover's gone,
She heard people preparing, preparing for a ship to come in from the sea, all the way from the other continent. The ship that once carried them together... How silly Cloud looked in that uniform... She watched the ship pull in, anticipating that maybe... maybe...... her Cloud could be on there. People flocked off the boat, and almost everyone had families to greet them. Such happy families reunited. She watched until no one else got off the ship. All the families had cleared off the street, and again she was consumed in the emptiness.
no earthly ships will ever
Bring him home again,
bring him home again
My lover's gone,
She walked by an old restaurant that her and Cloud used to love. They'd go there once a week, they had become great friends with the chef there. She saw a couple at their table. The one next to the window, it was a great place away from all the other tables. He looked so handsome in the candlelight, they had spent many times kissing in that little booth by the window, sharing wine, talking about anything they pleased.
I know that kiss will be my last,
no more his song,
the tune upon his lips has passed
Walking back to their home, she remembered that Elena had been over her house quite frequently before he left. Elena and Cloud had become great friends, and sometimes Tifa felt their relationship being threatened. Even though Elena was very kind to both of them. If they got into a fight, she would try to fix it. She hadn't been around that much before Cloud left... What could it mean?
Perhaps Elena had turned back to her old ways. Back to Reno, Rude, and Tseng, all of them to do evil things again. Maybe they had captured another ancient, like they did Aeris, and were trying to get to the Promised Land again. If she had become a Turk again, that would have hurt Cloud deeply, but enough for Cloud to disappear?
Walking back past the ocean, Tifa looked out at it again. Feeling a sense of longing for her Cloud. Missing his smiles, his laughter, they way he would hold her, missing the way he would look into her eyes and not say a word, just missing Cloud, missing him being there, and not knowing what to do. She started trying to calm herself by humming.
I sing alone,
while I watch the ocean,
She sighed as she saw the same ship she had watched earlier depart. All the people on the ship, waving to their families and friends. She just wished that Cloud could have told her before he left, why? Was Cloud sick of her, did he want to be with another? Would he ever return? She watched with these questions in her mind until she ship was gone from the horizon.
my lover's gone,
no earthly ships will ever Bring him home again,
bring him home again