Disclaimer: I don't think –anyone- on would even CLAIM to own Final Fantasy VII because, clearly, we don't. Unless one of us works for Square Enix or something. The point is, I don't work for Square-Enix, I don't own the characters… ok?
That last chapter was pretty frustrating to write, back to school now, where this fic BELONGS. Love to those that have reviewed so far, you're my hero 3 As someone has mentioned, yes, the characters are kinda OOC for their typical characters so I'm going to justify this a bit:
Firstly, neither Yuffie nor Vincent really get that much characterization I the game, for a number of reasons. Personally, I don't think that any of the characters got nearly enough characterization… but that's just me… still, they don't because they are EXTRA characters, they aren't necessary to the storyline and you CHOOSE to have them in your party. Due to this, they aren't in many of the dialogue bits of the story and you don't really get much of an idea how they'd react to things.
Furthermore, I don't think that Vincent would always remain silent and have "…" as an answer if he was in highschool. In my fic, he reacts more like he would as a Turk than he would after the whole Lucrecia thing (though she –does- get a mention a bit later on). He'd hang out with the 'slightly alternative' group. Read: the Turks. Why? They're about the same age and they all have complimentary personalities. I always imagined him as the type of guy who, rather than always being silent, brooding and having angsty, "my life is pain" kind of dialogue, takes time to think about what he's going to say and won't speak unnecessarily but when you do get a reply, it's guaranteed to be intelligent, maybe even witty or filled with dark humour. He appreciates the fine things in life.
As for Yuffie, I don't think that she's a hyper, bouncing-off-the-walls-while-on-sugar-high type. She speaks her mind, even if it sounds rude or blunt, she has lots of energy and may be childish sometimes but remember, her mother's died and she's been through a whole lot so in some ways, she's mature beyond her time.
As for having Sephy in this fic, I'm not really sure. Maybe. He was in the CC list of Vincent's email, I was thinking of making him be in the band that Vinnie quits.
Well, this has been an unnecessarily long Author note. Sorry about that --
Please keep reading!
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Yuffie walked into school that Thursday morning with her head held high. She was now more determined than ever to get Cloud. She had started to cherish the time they had together in class. In class, she had no rival for attention except, perhaps, the work; in class, there were no distractions and, perhaps most important, in class, there was no Vincent.
After half an hour of patiently watching Cloud work, she poked him in the side… no reaction. Great. She started to tickle him on the side of his ribs, his only ticklish spot, he twitched slightly but continued working. Finally, she decided to break the silence.
"Cloud?"
"mm…?" he was chewing on his pen, concentrating on their English work. She poked him playfully in the ribs
"Pay attention to me… you've been concentrating on this for nearly a whole lesson!" she said in the cutest voice she could muster for such an ungodly hour in the morning, why did people actually work at 8am? Wait… now it was 8:35...
Cloud sighed, put down his pen and faced her. 'Yes!' thought Yuffie, 'I finally got through to him!' Then she looked at his slightly annoyed facial expression.
"Let me finish this last question, ok?" he asked, exasperated "then I'm all yours."
She nodded and left him back to his work, waiting for him to talk but knowing that he wouldn't. She leant her head against his shoulder and slept through the class, not noticing a tiny smile escape his lips as she did so.
By the time recess came, she was no longer tired, simply hungry. She rummaged her pockets for money… none. Great. At least she had some leftover Doritos in her bag. Once more, she tossed her bag to the cafeteria floor and sat with Tifa, idly chatting. It was amazing how much she'd missed this in the last few days. Aeris wasn't at school today, odd considering, so she was also able to talk to Cloud in between his texting Aeris. Yuffie was curious to see what he'd write, he didn't seem the type to write 'I love you' in a message. She giggled, he probably wrote highly impersonal texts like: 'I need my Biology book back' although, Aeris wasn't in their Bio class. Still, you get the idea.
The next class, Bio, wasn't any more productive than English. Cloud was so utterly wrapped up in their work that he didn't even seem to notice if Yuffie was there. Her face fell, he was concentrating more than usual, had she done something wrong? 'I wonder if Vincent's at school today?' she asked herself. At least he paid attention to her, he was certainly a better listener than Cloud, even though he never really said much either.
By lunchtime, she was ready to hang herself from the rafters with boredom before Vincent came along, once more tapping her on the shoulder. In his hand, was a concert ticket… that's right, he was selling a Lifestream concert ticket.
"It's yours for $55!" he said, pulling his hand back when she tried to snatch it away.
"Fifty-five bucks?" she asked "Like I can afford that, I don't have a job!" of course, this was a lie. She could easily afford it but she refused to ask her father for money, as she was trying to prove her independence to him. "Umm…" she continued "I could see if Tifa would buy it, she loves Lifestream as well… that is, if you need the money that badly."
Vincent nodded.
At the end of the day, she was pleased to remember that she would be going out with Tifa. Tifa worked at a small café just out of town and would treat Yuffie to a milkshake or coffee before her shift every Thursday. Yuffie jumped as her phone rang and fumbled to answer it. "He-Hello?" she asked, nearly dropping the phone, her hands moist with condensation from her milkshake.
"Hi." Was the reply. A male voice, that was unusual. "It's Vincent."
She nearly dropped the phone again, this time with shock.
"Hi… Vincent…"
"Did I, uh… did I call at a bad time?"
She snapped back to normal at this. "No, no of course not. How are you?" she asked rushedly.
"I'm alright. I was just wondering…" he said slowly "…if you'd talked to your friend about the Lifestream ticket yet?" Yuffie's face fell. Of course he'd be asking about that, why else would he call her?
"No, not yet."
"Alright then. I'll see you tomorrow then." And with that, he hung up.
Yuffie did sms him back eventually, as his number was now saved in his call list.
Hi vince :) asked tifa about lifestream, she said to call her. Her number is….
She put her phone on her bedside table and threw herself on her bed, too tired to even check her emails, and closed her eyes. She groaned, realizing that she hadn't eaten dinner yet and she was, in fact, starving. Oh well, food could wait. Her phone made a little beep, a reply from Vincent.
She couldn't go in the end but thanks anyway.
She typed a reply to this:
Sorry about that hope ur not too annoyed.
She decided to make dinner, hell, even instant ramen would do, she was starved. She ate slowly, she was exhausted and lost in thought. Who'd think that liking two guys would take this much out of you? No, wait. Make that one… she didn't really like Vincent, did she? She checked her phone again, another message popped up.
Not annoyed, it's not your fault. Just pissed off that I wasted $55.
She sighed.
In other words ur annoyed, Vinnie.
Boys were really stubborn when they wanted to be. Another sms arrived as she was doing her dishes.
Maybe.
She smiled, she'd won their first, mini sms war. Then a thought crossed her mind, how did he get her number in the first place?
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