The next 2 classes never seemed to end but luckily Tifa and Aerith were in them but Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz were too. The moment Rhea sat down, she felt his presence it scared her. Why am I scared of Kadaj? I've never been scared of his presence, Rhea thought as she scribbled her name down on her paper. She could feel Kadaj watch every movement that she did. Aerith came in late but she didn't seem to mind and sat down next to Rhea.
"Hey, Rhea." Aerith smiled happily. That was one thing that Aerith was good at, smiling. Rhea looked at Aerith, sadness in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Aerith asked, concerned. Rhea nudged towards Kadaj's direction. It freaked her out how it was like he was breathing down her neck every moment. She didn't feel safe with anyone except for Vincent and her friends. She had fifth period with Aerith and sixth period with Tifa. They chatted a little before the teacher came in and began the lesson. Then it was time for sixth period. Tifa was already there in the seat in front of Rhea's assigned seat. At least Kadaj isn't in this class, Rhea thought. Yazoo and Loz never bothered her. It was mainly Kadaj which was freaky. His personalilty is freaky enough, she didn't want him to be her personal stalker.
"Tifa!" Rhea exclaimed before running up to her dark brunnette haired friend. She sat down in her seat and brushed her ebony hair out of her face with her fingers.
"Hey!" Tifa exclaimed when Rhea finally sat in her seat. They both chatted and when class started, they would write little notes to each other. Tifa knew that Rhea liked Vincent and Rhea knew that Tifa liked Cloud. When the end of the school day bell rang, Tifa and Rhea shot up from their seats and left the classroom. They both had lockers near each other so they went to their lockers. Rhea got her book bag out of her locker and closed the locker. As her and Tifa were about to exit the school, they heard some yelling and screaming coming from the floor above since they were close to the stairs that lead to the senior floor. The two girls ran up the floor and saw that Sephiroth had slammed Cloud against a locker.
"Hey! Silver haired freak! Pick on someone else!" Rhea yelled and ran over to Cloud. She helped him and up and brought him over to Tifa.
"What did you call me?" Sephiroth asked.
"Silver haired freak!" Rhea retorted. He swung his fist at her but she blocked it with her hand.
"You!" Sephiroth yelled. His phone rang and it was his mother, Lucrecia Crescent. He asnwered it.
"Sephiroth, are you coming home? I have a matter I would like to discuss with you." Lucrecia spoke.
"I'm coming home now." Sephiroth sighed as he started to walk off. The two girls and Cloud left school. Cloud met up with Zack and they talked a little before Cloud mouthed to Tifa that he had to go and sped off on his Fenrir along with Zack.
"I gottta go Rhea. I'll text you tonight or call you. If not I'll catch you tomorrow." Tifa said before walking off. Rhea started to walk home when a raven haired man pulled up on a motorcycle.
"Vincent?! What are you doing here?" Rhea asked, suprised.
"I'm taking you home today. I don't want Kadaj and his gang to bother you on your way home and I just want you to be safe." Vincent replied.
"Y-You d-don't h-have t-to." Rhea stuttered at every single word. She mentally punched herself for being such an idiot in front of him.
"I don't care. I'm taking you home. Now get on." he demanded. Rhea sighed in defeat before hopping onto his motrocycle. The most awkward thing was having to hold onto his waist. She blushed bright red and looked away as Vincent drove off in the direction of Rhea's house. They got many stares and many glares but they just ignored it.
"Why are you doing this?" Rhea asked Vincent.
"I worry about you." he replied.
"But that doesn't mean you have to take me home." Rhea spoke in protest. Vincent sighed and kept going towards the direction of Rhea's home. Rhea held on tightly as he drove. Finalyl after about 10 minutes, they reached Rhea's house.
"I can go in by myself, you don't have to come along." Rhea said but Vincent already parked the bike and took the keys out of the ignition. He walked with her to the front door and waited for Rhea to open the door with her house keys. She stepped in to see her mother folding laundry on the couch in the living room.
"Rhea, you're finally home." her mother spoke as Rhea stepped in. Vincent stood in the doorway awakwardly, waiting for Rhea to settle in before leaving.
"Oh, Vincent is with you. Why don't you come on inside?" her mother said, gestering for him to come in. He slowly stepped into the house. Vincent has been to Rhea's house before but this time, it was awkward and he knew why. The last time he had been to Rhea's house was towards the end of last school year and that was when things didn't get awkward between them. After he came in, her mom left to the kitchen to go do something.
"Vincent, what are you doing standing around? Why don't you sit down?" Rhea asked.
"No, I'm fine standing." he said, awkwardly after noticing that the only free spot was right next to Rhea. Rhea sighed and went through her school bag to get her phone out. She pulled it out and checked for any messages or missed calls revealing none. She checked the time and it read 3:45. Has she been out for that long? Rhea thought as she leaned on the couch, closing her eyes for a split second. What has happened between the two of us? Rhea sighed, stood up and walked over to Vincent. She looked him dead in the eye and they just stood there, staring at each other, awkwardly.
"Vincent." she said.
"Rhea." he said back.
"I'm getting sick and tired of this awkwardness between us. What happened to those moments we've shared last year when we got along so well? What happened to them? Did they just disappear or were they not important enough for you to care?!" Rhea asked, raising her voice. Vincent furrowed his brows and turned his face away to avoid Rhea's question, how could she be so stupid? he thought. Rhea started to get irritated by the way he was ignoring her and glared at him, look at me dammit, she thought to herself. Vincent noticed her intense stare and returned it.
"What are you staring at?" Vincent said rudely.
"Why don't you just figure it out?" she snapped back.
"You know, I don't need this!" He said raising his voice. Rhea flinched a little to the sudden harshness in his voice, he never got like this.
"Maybe...M-Maybe you should leave..." Rhea said, quietly as her voice cracked.
"Rhea...I didn't mean too..." Vincent said, softly coming closer to her after realizing how he sounded.
"I said leave!" she yelled pushing him away as she looked up at his face, a tear sliding down her cheek. His eyes widened at the sight of her face like this but he was too hurt to care so he did as she said and left, slamming the front door behind him. Rhea's mom then came back from the kitchen.
"Honey, what happened? Did Vincent have to go?" her mom asked concerned.
"Nothing happened! Leave me alone!" Rhea exclaimed as she pushed past her mother and rushed to her bedroom, Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! she thought to herself as she crashed on her bed curling up into her blankets, why can't he see...how I feel.
