bold= cloud's thoughts
(by evilmoogle)
"He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me, he loves me not..." Tifa was picking petals off a beautiful ripe flower. Her delicate fingers lightly brushed against the soft petals before she plucked them off. It was the most wonderful morning she had seen yet. The sun was warm on her cheeks and only a small slight breeze brissled through the trees. The clouds were sitting quietly in the perfect blue sky. "He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me, he loves me not..." Her face soften a little as her vision got a little blurry. She looked at the very last petal held between her fingers, and a small tear slid down her flushed cheeks and onto the grass. Realization struck her and another tear spilled out of her eyes. She didn't want to think about it but it kept rushing through her head, and a hot piercing pain went through her chest. Agh... I don't want to think about it...
*FLASHBACK*
Cloud, Tifa and Cid were in Mideel. It was a couple of weeks after the crisis of the planet was over. Many towns were worn out by the collision of the lifestream and Meteor, and Cloud and the others wanted to help piece everything back together.
"Brings back memories just being here..." Cid sighed and relaxed himself on a plump sofa in a small house in Mideel. The weather was unusally hot in Mideel and labor out in the sun was being a drag. "Fuck, all of this is killing me. I'll just head home for today." Cid continued his rough complaing as he headed to where Cloud and Tifa was.
Cloud and Tifa were also taking a little rest and were sitting by the pool of lifestream. Tifa noticed Cloud was a little quiet. Well he always had a quiet aura around him but this time she was a little more curious. "Are you still thinking about her?" She said it in the most caring way she could, just to show that she was really worried. He looked at her and didn't say anything. He just turned his head back to the way it was and he was lost in his train of thoughts again. *sigh* Just tell me what to do Cloud. I hate seeing you like this so please ask me to help and I'll do anything... Tifa gave Cloud a sympathatic look.
Tifa finally took her eyes off Cloud and turned her head only to notice Cid approaching. "Ya numbskulls takin' a li'l' rest too? Hehe... Well I had enough motherfuckin' work for today so I'm goin' home." Before he started heading off a village person went up to them with a revolting expression on their face.
"We found someone washed up on shore! We have no idea who she is, but we thought one of you guys might know. She's in the hospital right now!" The village man started running back toward where the hospital was. Cid dropped the cigarette out of his mouth and said, "Well I'll be damn. I was just about to leave and all of the sudden some wit comes and drags me to come check out some person washed on shore?! Tifa why don't you check out the mess? 'Cause like i said, I had enough work for today." Tifa nodded and turned back to face Cloud. "Aren't you going to come too?" Cloud just gave her a vague look. "Damnit Cloud just get off your ass and listen to the woman!" Cid said with a pissed off look. "... Fine..." Cloud said.
Cid finally left, and Cloud and Tifa headed toward the hospital. They finally got there, and the first thing that Tifa noticed, well Cloud for that matter, is that there was a girl somewhat of Cloud and Tifa's age, and her damp hair was messy and was loosely tied up in a pink ribbon on the back of her chestnut hair. Her buttoned pink dress was soaked and she was sound asleep on the bed. "Aeris! It can't be..." Cloud said as he walked up quickly toward her. He gently placed his palm on her cheek, while his fingers lightly brushed little strands of her hair. He picked her head up with both his hands. "Aeris, are you awake?" He noticed her eyelids twitching a little. Oh Aeris please be okay Cloud pleaded to himself as his hands were shaking nervously as he waited for Aeris to give him another response. She groaned a little, and she lazily opened her eyes, noticing that Cloud's face was only a couple of inches away from hers. "Aeris you're alive and you're okay!" Cloud said with relief. "... Cloud..." she said weakly. He placed her head right under his chin and kissed the top of her forehead. He rocked her back and forth giving her a little comfort. She only responded by placing her hands on his chest and falling back asleep on his shoulders. "Aeris, I missed you." He was even about to cry as he squeezed her in a tighter hug.
Tifa did nothing but stand there, only being an audience of the whole scene. Is he finally happy?
*END FLASHBACK*
Tifa opened her eyes awaking from her trance. She looked at the flower's very last petal, layed on the grass. She picked it up again and continued staring at it with the familiar constricting pain surging through her. He's happy now. Isn't that what I wanted? If he's happy then... then why am I not happy? Cloud... She fought with herself in her head but it just gave her a headache and her eyes starting watering again.
Marlene noticed a burnette sitting on the grass outside as she looked through the window of a house in Kalm. "Tifa?" She walked up to the door, and with effort barely placed her hand on the doorknob and finally turned it to go outside. As she walked up to Tifa she noticed that Tifa had her head down with parts of her hair hanging over the side of her face so that Marlene wouldn't notice her crying. Even with Tifa trying to hide her sobbing self, Marlene heard little sniffs. Marlene tugged lightly on Tifa's shirt, "Tifa, don't cry......." she said with her childish tone. Tifa's crying got a little quieter and Marlene placed her small slender arms around Tifa's neck, giving her a little comfort.
-unfinished
author's notes: oh well a short chapter, but i want to see how i'm doing before i write anymore to this fic. this is my first fanfic so PLEASE GO EASY ON ME. i would really appreciate reviews. i like criticism so please criticize my work so that i could do better on the next chapter! but please no flames. oh, and the title of the fic has nothing to do with the story, FOR NOW. and i tried to put as little angst as i can so that Tifa wouldn't be much of a lonely wuss, but eh... i had to put a lot of it into this chapter. i won't put much of it again. so far the last time, please review or i won't write another chapter. 'no point to writing a story when there's no reviews.