Chapter two: Fire in her eyes
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They all looked at her in awe and disbelief. They all had the same questioning look, how in the world would a timid, nerdy school girl could manage to throw a hit like that? Barret stood up and looked at Tifa with also the same disbelieving look.
"Ms. Lockhart." He gently said. Tifa tensed up. "You will take Ms. Pugsley to the infirmary, now, Mr. Strife you go with her." Tifa flinched at the name.
"I'm so sorry sir.. it was an accident." Barret waved his hand to dismiss her.
"Yes, I know. Just make sure she gets treated immediately." Tifa nodded. Barret sighed.
Cloud made his way towards the injured girl with his hands on his pockets, kneeled down and carried her bridal style. The girls were all jealous and wanted to faint too. If she would gain her consciousness right now and see who was carrying her she would instantly go limp and be dead from heart failure. He made his way towards the gym entrance while Tifa hesitantly followed behind.
Their walk to the infirmary was quiet, neither of them talked but they were getting looks along the way. Tifa repeatedly adjusted her glasses while silently tripping in her own feet. She could smell his scent from behind and it driving her mad. He smelled so good she just wanted jump on his back and glue herself there forever, sniffing his scent dry. She shook her heads for her thoughts to go away.
When they reached the infirmary, Cloud stopped in front of the door and looked at her with a blank expression. He didn't say anything and stared at her like that, she gave him a questioning look then it hit her that she needed to open the door.
"Oh!" She hurriedly turned the knob and held the door for them while he entered. She followed suit and made their way to the nearest empty bed. Cloud gently laid her down and waited for the doctor to come. He sat on a nearby chair while Tifa was still standing up, her right hand placed on her left elbow in front of her. She heard him sigh and lean back to the chair. From the corner of her eye, she can see him looking at her with those beautiful, intense eyes. She blushed and looked away.
"What do we have here?" The doctor, a beautiful woman with long brown haor held in a high ponytail, entered the clinic. "I'm Dr. Crescent." She looked over to the bed to the girl with a bloody nose. "Oh my, what happened?"
No one spoke. Tifa kept shifting in her position while Cloud didn't move from his spot. It irritated the doctor.
"Is anyone going to answer me?"
"I..." Tifa began. "We were playing volleyball in gym class and I accidentally hit her in the face... with the ball..." She bowed her head. Ms. Crescent raised her eyebrows and looked at the injured girl.
"Are you sure that's it? It looks like she was punched in the nose repeatedly." Tifa stiffened.
"Yes ma'am.. It was just an accident..."
"Okay, I'll take care of her, better go back to class. Now run along." Tifa nodded and Cloud stood up.
With that, she hurriedly went out the door not bothering to wait for her companion who was now behind her, burning holes through her head. There was something about this girl that interests him. But he was not sure what was it about.
When they went back to the gym, class was over and everyone was in the locker rooms so she walked faster to get changed before the bell rang.
She was on her way to her next class, which is math, when she once again encountered the girl named Scarlet and her gang of giggling girls. Their leader smirked at the sight of Tifa.
"I heard you knocked someone out in gym class with a volleyball, that only proves what you really are, a FREAK!" She almost screamed the last word, the girls behind her repeated the word 'freak' then laughed hysterically.
Tifa plans to walk past them when they blocked her way so she had no choice but to stop and listen to their insults once more.
"You don't belong here, this is no place for someone like you, why don't turn around, go home and kill yourself. No one will miss you because you're a fr-"
"Scarlet, that's enough." The blonde girl jumped at the stern voice. Tifa saw Scarlet's expression turn from menacing to horror, she now wondered who her savior was and was willing to find out. She looked over her shoulder to see non other than the mighty Cloud Strife, hands in his pockets and eyes intense. She looked away again, back to where her offender was.
"Cloud... I was just... Just teasing the new girl..." She giggled nerviously. "You know I didn't mean any of it." She flashed him a seductive smile. Cloud snorted at the sight.
Before the blonde boy could say anything, Tifa hastily turned around and started running, but she didnt notice that Cloud was behind for he walked a little closer towards her without her knowing it. She bumped into him causing all her belongings to scatter everywhere and her falling on her butt. Cloud almost fell but manage to regain his balance. Then he kneeled down to the now frantic Tifa who was gathering her belongings in a haste. He started helping her then noticed her glasses were on the floor, he reached towards it but Tifa had the same thing in mind and their hands touhed causing the brunette to look up to him. What he saw made his breath hitch.
He was now clearly seeing her face, he only noticed now how smooth looking and delicate her features were, her nose was straight and small, her lips plump and pink and her face was a perfectly sculpted heart shape. But what really caught his attention was her eyes, they were beautiful wine colored with thick and long lashes which was faning her cheeks. He stared at her in shock. She hurriedly grabbed her glasses and put them back on, gather her remaining stuff and hastily ran away without saying sorry or thanks.
Cloud was still kneeling down, staring at the floor where she was just now. He slowly stood up and looked at the direction where she had gone, his brows furrowed.
He couldn't believe what he saw, but he was feeling a bit smug that he was the only one who saw that really beautiful girl behind those horrendous glasses. He was now really interested to know more about the mysterious and intruiging girl with the beautiful wine colored eyes, Tifa Lockhart.
