"What's wrong?" Denzel asked.
A tear went down from your eye.
"Everything"
Denzel held your hand and looked up at you.
"Will you tell me?"
"You might not understand"
"So?"
"But you have to swear that you won't tell anyone, promise?"
"Cross my heart and swear to die"
He got his finger and made an x on his chest. You took a deep breath.
"I'm… I'm getting married"
"That's a good thing! To who?"
"I… I don't know"
Denzel had a confused look on his face.
"What do you mean I don't know?"
"It's an arranged marriage"
"Who arranged it?"
"Some important guy in my hometown"
"Why?"
"I don't know, but that's why I ran away, I don't want to get married"
"Then you'll hide with us"
You smiled.
"Let's go inside"
You stood up and held Denzel's hand. He looked at you and you smiled. You walked in the house. The table was flipped over, and chairs were on the floor. You were confused.
"What the hell happened here?"
"Reno and Cloud had a fight" said Marlene.
"You're not supposed to tell her that, remember!" said Barret.
"Oh wait, never mind, I wasn't supposed to tell you that" she said.
"Why were you fighting?"
"We had an argument" said Cloud.
"About what?"
"That's for us to know and for you to never find out" said Reno.
You raised an eyebrow and looked down at Denzel. He shrugged. Denzel let go of your hand to go to the bathroom, and you saw him wink at Cloud and Reno. Reno gave him the thumbs up.
"Did I seriously miss something?"
Reno put his hand on your shoulder.
"Yes you did"
"What?"
"Our conversation"
"About what?"
"I'm not gonna tell you"
"Why?"
"It's a secret"
He was walking up stairs. You ran after him.
"Wait, Reno, I like secrets!"
You and Reno were in the room. He chuckled.
"Oh, so you do like secrets"
"Yeah!"
"Well you wanna know a secret?"
You looked at him with a strange look. He goes up to you and puts his lips near your ear.
He whispers "I know who likes you"
You're surprised. You look at him unsure. He smirks and nods his head.
"Who?"
"I can't tell you?"
"Why not?"
"Because I promised"
"Albright that I can understand"
"Good, you better"
You sat down on the bed, he sat next to you.
"Why were you crying?"
"Because…"
"If you don't want to talk about it, that's ok"
"Ok, you wanna watch some TV?"
"Sure"
You went to the front of the bed and leaned against your pillow, Reno did the same. You were flipping channels. Then you fell asleep on his shoulder. He rested his head on yours. After a while Tifa walks in and smiles. She was about to wake Reno up because Rude was about to leave. She put her hand on him to wake him up, but then his eyes opened.
"Please, I don't want to wake her up, do you think I can stay here for tonight?" he whispered.
"Of course"
"Hey Tifa, could you get me that blanket?"
"Sure"
She walked over to the table and handed it to him. He got it and spread it over you and him. Then he felt you snuggle into him. He blushed. Then he hears you talk in your sleep.
"Please, no, don't leave me. I don't love him, I love you…"
He had a confused face. He shook his head, and fell back to sleep.
Next Morning:
You woke up. You looked at the clock. It was 6 in the morning. You tried going back to sleep, but you couldn't. You looked up at Reno and smiled.
Sleeping like a baby
You decided to get up and go outside. You lifted you head carefully so you wouldn't wake him up. You held his head and his back and carefully laid him down. You put the blanket over him. Then you stared at him for a while.
He's cute when he's sleeping. Actually, he's pretty hot.
You chuckled and left the room. You went outside and took a walk. You saw two kids who didn't have a home. They were staring through the glass of a candy store. You walked inside the store and bought 2 lollypops. You went out and looked at them.
"Hey, I have these 2 lollypops, here"
You handed them the lollypops. They smiled.
"Thank you lady" said the boy.
"Your welcome"
The little girl hid behind the boy.
"What's your name little boy?"
"My name is William"
"What about you little girl"
She just hid behind the boy.
"She can't talk, she's mute"
The girl nodded her head. You felt so bad. So you took out some money and gave it to them.
"Thank You"
You smiled and waved your hand goodbye. You were walking, and then your phone rang. You read the caller name.
"Unknown" you said.
"Yeah" you answered.
"Aimee…"
"May I ask who's calling?"
"Misheru"
"Heh, long time no see"
"Likewise"
"Why are you calling?"
"What, I can't call just to say hi?"
"No"
"Oh, Aimee, you know me too well"
"I knew you since I was four"
"And you don't know why I'm calling?"
All you did was give a big sigh.
"I'm sorry it has to be this way"
"I know you are"
"You have to be here by next week"
"I know. So… how are you?"
"Fine, fine, the rest misses you, even me"
"It has been too long, 5 years, was it?"
"Yes, a long 5 years"
"So, training hard?"
"Yeah, but you are the best ninja, well, second to me"
You both chuckled.
"I know you're better than me"
"And you are a brave ninja to admit that"
"I know so"
"I'll see you next week"
"All right"
"Bye"
"Bye"
You took a sighed and went back.
How am I going to tell them I have to leave? Maybe I'll bring them there and tell them it's a vacation. All right, that's what I'll do.
You reached in your pocket.
Damn, I forgot my key.
You knocked on the door.
"Hello! Open the door! I'm stuck in here! Please? Pretty please? Fine, be like that"
No use, they're all still sleeping. Maybe I'll visit Cloud.
You walked to Cloud's place. You saw him sleeping in the pile of flowers. You kneeled down next to him. You took away some of the hair in his eyes so you could look at him. You smiled. He was tossing and turning. You figured that he was having a nightmare. So you reached into your pocket and took out your small music box. You opened it and it played a soothing melody. He stopped and rested peacefully. You were humming the melody. Suddenly you heard a voice.
"You know, you're not supposed to be here"
You looked behind you, it was Reno.
"Well, I forgot my keys, and tried knocking, but no one would answer, so I went here"
You closed the box, stood up, and went near Reno.
"You gonna get in so much…"
You put your finger gently on his lips to shut him up. You looked back and Cloud just changed position, you made sure that he won't wake up. You took you finger of his lips.
"…trouble…" he said finishing his sentence.
"We'll both be in trouble if you don't be more quiet"
"Sorry"
You rolled your eyes and chuckled.
"Jackass"
"Hey!"
You covered his mouth quickly.
"I told you to be quiet" you whispered.
"What are you doing here?"
You both looked at Cloud. He's sitting up looking at you two.
"Heh, heh, I can explain. Umm, Aimee was here first, yell at her!"
"Hey!" you yelled.
"All right, Aimee, what were you doing here?"
"Umm, I got locked out from the house, so I came here, sorry"
"Yeah, you better be sorry Aimee, shame, shame, I expected better of you" said Reno.
You punched him.
"Ow!"
"Hey, stop, stop, I just really want to know who woke me up"
"Now, that was Reno"
"Heh, sorry?"
Cloud rolled his eyes. But then he realized something.
"Who was playing the music box?"
"I was, did it wake you up?"
"No, it didn't, but…"
"But what?"
"Was that the one I gave you?"
"Yes"
"You still have that?"
"Of course, why would I throw it out?"
"I was just wondering. What time is it?"
Reno looked at his watch.
"7:56"
"All right, since I'm already up I'm going to the bar"
He got up. You all went to the bar.
All right, at breakfast, I'll tell them.
Cloud took his key and unlocked the door. You went in. Tifa and Marlene were already up.
"Morning" she said.
"Good morning" you said.
"Aimee, could you do me a favor?"
"Sure"
"Could you wake up Denzel?"
"Ok"
You walked upstairs into Denzel's room.
"Denzel, Denzel hun, wake up"
You were rocking him gently. He threw the covers over his head.
"You make me do this"
You took him and carried him over your shoulders.
"Put me down! Put me down!"
"Nope, not until we get downstairs"
You were walking downstairs.
"I've got the hostage!"
You put him down. He tried running upstairs, but you stopped him.
"Hostage is escaping! Hostage is escaping!"
You tickled him. You laughed a lot.
"All right, all right! I give, I give!"
He sat down at the table. Then Tifa realized you had a call.
"Oh, Aimee, you got a call from someone named Raliek. He told me to tell you to invite your friends on your special day"
You were confused, then you realized he was the man you were getting married to.
"Aimee, do you know him?"
"Umm, yeah"
"So, who is he?"
Everyone was looking at you.
"My, umm, fiancé"