Author's note: Thanks, foxygirlchan for reviewing! The first chapter was written in err…50minutes and while waiting for my turn in the PSLE oral exam (If you lived in Singapore, you'll know what it is… it's a national examination that decides your future)so naturally, I was nervous. Anyway, I'll try to write slowly for quality's sake.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Final fantasy 7 other than this fic (If I did, I wouldn't be writing fanfiction now)
Tifa slowly opened the worn, brown wooden door of the church. Excited, I ran in. However, when I reached the flowers, I walked slowly, trying not to tread on the flowers. The flowers were special, as no flowers could be seen anywhere else in Midgar or The Edge.
I crouched down and admired the flowers. They were beautiful yellow and white flowers. However, I saw a mat, a kerosene lamp and a wooden box remodeled to be a table beside the field of flowers. Did Cloud live here? If he did, then why did he leave our house to live in this tattered church? Curious, I asked
"Is this where Cloud lives?"
"I guess he does…" replied Tifa
I stood up and walked over slowly to Cloud's 'den'. But, I didn't see the grey box that obstructed my path.
"Ouch!" I cried as I almost tripped over the box. "What's this?" I asked Tifa examining the box. Tifa shook her head. There were still things that Tifa didn't know about Cloud, even though they had lived together for more than a year. Well, I guess Cloud still doesn't trust Tifa enough to reveal to her all of his secrets.
Walking carefully so as not to trip over the box again, I went over to the 'den'. Tifa walked around it, she was probably looking for more secrets that Cloud kept to himself. However, I spotted a couple of ribbons. "Oh my god, I thought, Cloud wears ribbons?" However, after a closer examination, I realized the ribbons were stained with some thing black. They looked kind of familiar. Wait… the black stain looked a little like…GEOSTIGMA? CLOUD HAS GEOSTIGMA?
Shocked, I asked Tifa, hoping she could shed some light on this.
"It's just like Denzel…is Cloud sick?"
"Then, why didn't he say anything?" Apparently, Tifa had no idea too.
"Did he leave because he's sick" I probed.
"He just wants to fight alone…"
"Fight!" Cloud still wants to fight monsters alone even though he had Geostigma? He's mad…
"No, I don't think that he will…" Oh, great. Now Tifa was talking rubbish.
"Tifa…" She turned her head to look at me. I stared at her strangely, hoping she will explain what she was talking about.
"Let's go home, Marlene." What was she talking about? Didn't she want to see Cloud and if he was alright?
"No, we can't! Cloud's not here yet!"
Picking up the bandages, Tifa sighed and said "I know sweetie…I miss him too."
But, if she missed him…why did she want to leave without him in the first place? Was she washing her hands of him?
"So, say he comes back…"
"Then, we'll go home!" Of course, what else were we going to do anyway?
"But not before he…gets a lecture." A lecture, of course! That would teach him to go away again without saying anything!
"Uh' huh!"
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Author's note: There done! Marlene has turned a little OC and her character in this chapter is different from the actual movie. I modeled her on what I would actually think if I were her, but I tried to stay as close as possible to the actual movie script. Next update in a few days!
