Chapter
3:
The truth is going to be told
Zack stopped outside his house, and Tifa stood next to him. Her brown eyes glanced at his house, she knocked a few times at the door, and Zack hide himself. The girl swallowed, here it comes. She thought when she heard his mom coming down the stairs from inside of the house. His mother opened the door, and starred curiously at Tifa.
"Oh, you must be Aerith" his mother gasped when she saw the girl outside, she hugged Tifa so hard that she had problems with breathing. His mother thought it was Aerith, with darker hair.
"N-No… I'm Tifa Lockhart, Miss Fair…" she started and closed her eyes, his mother lot Tifa go, and took a few step backwards, still gazing at the young girl in front of her. "I'm here because of your son" she continued, and his mother looked curiously at Tifa. The young girl with the brown eyes glanced at the inside of their house, it didn't look that bad… she liked it…
"oh, sorry… I've never heard of you… " His mother excused, and made Tifa blush even more. His mother didn't remember her from the group, that day they had told her about Zack. "What has Zack done now, he hasn't hit you, made you pregnant?" she continued, the pregnancy question made Tifa blush even more, she shook her head.
"I'm his friend… kind of… I almost don't know him… but I wanted to tell you something…" Tifa closed her eyes, and his mother blushed as well. Suddenly Mr.Fair came, and looked at Tifa.
"what?! Has Zack made you pregnant?" his father gulped, and Tifa shook her head once again. His father calmed down, and starred at the girl in front of him. "Then what is it you want? What's up with our son?" he finished, and the brunette starred at him with friendly eyes.
"Well, we made a mistake when we said that Zack was dead… he's not dead…" she continued, but she didn't look at his parents. Zack came up behind Tifa, and his mother broke into tears, running to embrace her son.
"Zack is that really you?" she cheered, and hugged her son tight, he nodded, and felt his mother's salt tears fell down on his shoulders. His father looked more sceptical, and shook his head. "Oh, I'm so glad to see you!" his mother cheered again, with tears stinging in her eyes.
"a ghost…" his father muttered, pointing at Zack. But his son shook his head and smiled to his father. Tifa smiled to Mr and Mrs Fair. She was glad to see them glad again, but still something bothered her, why was that so easy?! She thought to herself. Oh, what's the matter with me? They're happy, and then I should be happy too… she thought again, and saw Zack's dad hugging him as well.
"Mom… dad… I'm glad to see you as well…" Zack muttered as his father hugged him, "but enough hugging now. Or else I'll turn gay" he laughed, and saw his mother laugh of his stupid joke. "I'm not a ghost, dad… it's me… Zack…" he finished and smiled his famous smile to his father. Tifa smiled as well, she had never dreamed about seeing them like this, a family again, and then she started to think of Cloud again. Things like this seemed to only work for real families, and was Cloud her real family? She wasn't so sure about that anymore. Tears started to sting up in her eyes, and Zack noticed them. "Will you two wait for me inside? I just have to have a moment with my friend on my own…" he continued, and his parents went in to their house again. Tifa looked at Zack with tears in her eyes, my friend?! She thought and her eyes widened. "Tifa, what's up?" Zack looked at the crying girl in front of him. She shook her head and laughed nervously.
"nothing, Zack…" she tried, but Zack still didn't believe her, he smiled friendly to her and wiped away a tear from her eye.
"you're crying, so there must be something wrong… right?" he said sceptically, while his fingers ran through her brown hair. She laughed nervously again, and starred into his friendly eyes. "Come on Tifa, you know you can tell me what's wrong!" he finished, and Tifa smiled.
"Okay, fine! I'm jealous! Happy now?!" she said sadly, and the boys eyes widened.
"jealous, why would you be jealous?" he wondered, and saw Tifa's eyes sting up with tears again. "I don't get it…" he continued.
"Because I know that… that thing you and your family just had right now, that moment… never gonna happen to my family… Cloud and the others… it's not going to happen, but I guess that's just a thing for real families…" she continued with a sight. And Zack hugged her tight. Her eyes widened, and she laughed a bit. "Zack… I thought you said it was enough hugging, or else you would turn gay…" she chuckled with tears in her eyes. It made him laugh as well.
"Oh, I can stay gay for a little bit more… but one minute! Nothing more, all right? Or else I'll turn gay for real this time" he chuckled, and hugged Tifa tight. "Look, Tifa… I know how you feel about your family, but still there are others, not only your family that cares for you… you know that, right?" he finished, and Tifa wiped away her tears.
"like who?! There's Cloud, Marlene, and Denzel, no one else!" she gasped and closed her eyes, Zack sighted to him, and ran his fingers through her hair again.
"There is always me… you know…" he started, and the girl's eyes widened. "That's right… I'll always be here for you…" he finished, and Tifa went a few steps backwards, glancing at him.
"you really mean that?! You're not joking now, are you?" she continued, but Zack shook his head. Tifa smiled and starred at the boy with friendly eyes. "Well, then I guess there's more that cares for me than I knew for myself…" she continued, and Zack starred at her and smiled. The boy glancing at the inside of his house, with his arms crossed. His parents had gone in again, and sat in the living room. His father read the news paper, and his mother knitted. "Looks like mission 'bring Zack back to life' is over then… I think I should get going…" she finished, and walked away from the boy's house. His attention was at Tifa again, and he ran after her and stopped in front of her.
"wait, Tifa! You don't have to go!" he chuckled and Tifa's eyes widened again. Zack looked into his house again, and nodded. "It's already dark outside, you can come and stay with me for the night… then you can get going tomorrow, if you want to" he continued, the boy was right, it was dark outside, and she didn't really remember the way back to the bus stop in this darkness. She turned around; glancing at his house again, then she glanced at where they had come from.
"I really don't want to bother you, you just came home… use your time on your parents… they've missed you…" she started, but Zack shook his head and gently touched Tifa's palm.
"I want you to come… really, you don't bother me! And you're not bothering my parents either! I'm sure they look at you as some kind of hero, now that you brought me home again." He said with a soft voice, he had convinced Tifa, she could just give up, because Zack had no plans about giving up with the first. They went in to his house together, and Tifa starred at the walls. They had almost twice as much picture on the wall as she had in her bar. His mother laid away the knitting things, and went to say hello to Tifa again. She stopped and hugged the girl, and Zack smiled. "See, I told you they look at you as some kind of hero or something" he laughed.
"I'm not a hero" she protested, and his mother heard her, and smiled friendly to Tifa.
"don't be shy, off course you're a real hero… maybe not for everyone, but you're sure one for us! Thank you for bringing our only son back…" his mother muttered as she hugged Tifa. The attractive brunette didn't know what to say, here she had came back with their son, and now they looked at her as some kind of hero? It was the weirdest thing she had ever been through, since Cloud always had been the one they had looked at as a hero.
"hey, mom… can our hero stay here for the night? It's too dark to let her go out on her own now… please, just for this night?" he begged his mother, and his mother smiled and nodded. "Yay" cheered Zack and ran over to Tifa. "I'll make the sofa ready for you…" Zack said and smiled to Tifa. His mother leaved them; she sat herself down in the chair again, and continued her knitting.
"you don't have to do that, Zack. I can do it myself…" Tifa muttered, but he shook his head and laughed.
"Remember who the hero is, all right? It's you, and seriously, I want to do it!" he said with his famous smile on his face, and Tifa nodded in disbelief. Zack, doing the sofa ready for me? I have to see this is he's actually going to do it! She thought to herself and smiled back to Zack. "but we're not going to bed yet… it's too early… what do you say to watch a movie or something together with me?" he suggested, and Tifa smiled.
"I would love to watch a movie together with you…" she said and smiled. They sat themselves down on the sofa, and Zack turned on the television and went through their channels.
"That sucks, that one sucks even more, what the hell is that?" he muttered to himself while he went though their channels. His father lifted his eyes away from the news paper, and starred at the television. It was a kid's channel, and right now they were sending a program for kids. Zack blushed while he found out that Tifa had noticed the same as he had. "Its okay, Tifa, I've never watched those programs anyway, don't get the wrong idea!" he warned her. She was serious at the beginning, but when a teddy bear started to sing and dance, her curiosity exploded, she laughed so hard, she hadn't remembered the last time she had laughed that much. Zack held his left hand, and covered his eyes, know his biggest secret ever was gone, it wasn't that secret anymore. Tifa laughed even more when she saw Zack's expression. His mother looked at the television as well, and laughed when the dancing bear started to sing and dance tango together with a pig.
"look, Zack… it's no big deal! Everyone has watched those programs before, right? It's nothing to be embarrassed for!" Tifa laughed and covered her mouth with a hand; she could see that Zack didn't believe her.
"it's a big deal! For me!" he snorted, and threw a glance at the program again, now a whole bunch with teddy bears had started to dance. And it made Tifa and the rest of his family laugh even more. Zack rolled his eyes, and his mother looked at him with kind eyes.
"don't take yourself so serious, Zack! It's just a program! It's fine if you don't like it, just move on to another channel!" his mother said while she laughed, and that was what Zack did. There was a romantic film on the next channel, he was going to change the channel again, but his mother stopped him. "Oh, I love films like that! Aren't they romantic?" she chuckled, and Zack rolled his eyes again. Zack sighted, and didn't change the channel again.
"sure, they're so romantic that they're making me ill!" Zack said sarcastic, and his mother looked at him with mild eyes. His father protested too, and sighted as well.
"Zack is right, see if you can find some really good porn!" his father suggested, and his wife's eyes widened.
"forget it, dear, not with girls in the house, you can watch so much porn as you want, but not when there's girls and females in the house!" Zack's mother protested, and Zack rolled his eyes again. The whole conversation made Tifa laugh. They discussed for minutes after that porn was better than the romantic shit that was on the television now, and Zack's mother was the one that won in the end. The romantic film was on the rest of the night.
His mother wiped away some tears when a character in the film died, and left his lover again on her own. Mr.Fair rolled his eyes and looked at his wife. "Look, it's just a film, the guy's not dead in the real life" he tried to convince, but his wife shook her head and continued wiping away her tears, with the tissue.
"Poor, poor girl! Look how miserable she is! DAMN IT BOY! WAKE UP!" she screamed to the television, and Tifa's eyes widened, Zack held is hand covering over his eyes again, now his mother had started to talk to the television, it was the most embarrassing thing he had been through his whole life. He blushed when he found out that Tifa was glancing at him. "NOOOOO!" his mother screamed when the girl in the film started to cry, and the boy was dead, Tifa was shocked by his mother scream, and Zack just wanted to fell down from the sofa, making the attention on him, and not on the stupid film. "He's dead! FUCK YOU DAMN MURDER" his mother shouted to the television when the killer was on the screen again, and Mr.Fair rolled his eyes again. Zack blushed even more, and was happy when the film was finally over. "Okay, that's it! Let's make the sofa ready for Zack's girlfriend and go to sleep" his mother raised herself from the sofa, and Tifa looked at her in disbelief, girlfriend, since when!? Tifa thought to herself, and raised herself up from the sofa as well.
When they were done with the sofa, Zack's parents leaved and Zack and Tifa was alone again. "There you go, the sofa is done" Zack smirked to Tifa; she smiled back to him, and closed her eyes.
"Am I your girlfriend? Since when?!" she smirked, and the boy in front of her blushed again.
"I'm kind of tired, so I'll explain tomorrow." He excused. "Good night, Tifa!" he said on his way up the stairs.
"yeah, good night Zack!" she answered, and laid herself down on the sofa and fell asleep.
