Karin-chin: I'm Alive! Thanks for saving me reviewers!
All the males: we were so close!
Karin-chin: shush! Anyway, I apologize to all the people awaiting this chapter. It's just that I started high school and I've been too busy to write lately.
Sora: What about the part where you were writing LokixSpica fanfictions?
Karin-chin: Well—um—that's…
Roxas: and the part where you were being lazy?
Karin-chin: not entirely true—
Demyx: and finally the part where you were watching Bleach all the time instead of writing?
Karin-chin: It isn't my fault that it's so addictive! How can death gods killing hollows and a whole plot to destroy the soul society with the addition of comedy and all that action not be awesome?!
(everyone sweatdrops)
Demyx: Really?
Roxas: Stop talking about this! Karin, we don't want to hear you rant about Bleach! Get on with the story!
Karin-chin: Alright already! Thanks to xxKingdom-Hearts-Fanxx, Mooncry, Iaveina, X-The Random Vampire-X, chainxofxmemories, and Yuleen75 for reviewing the last chapter. You all saved my life from the angry mob!
Axel: Stop rubbing it in!
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Recap:
It continued on like that between the six of them as the others danced with their own partner or they just watched with smiles on their faces.
The five males watched Namine smile as they danced with her. She looked so happy. They wished that it didn't have to end for her or them, but they kknew it was futile because time doesn't stop for anyone. But they pushed this thought out of their mind as they concentrated on the young blonde before them. It was then they realized something they should've realized at the beginning.
Namine wasn't poor at all. In fact, she was the richest girl in the world…
End of Recap:
Namine Narumi- The Supporter
"Let me cry on you" she sobbed out as she held the young girl, "Let me cry on you and let my tears fell on you, please" she begged to her companion.
"Just this once…"
"OOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDD HHHHHHHHAGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a voice shouted followed by many loud bangs on the door.
"Ugh" groaned out a woman as she moved around in her covers. She cursed the woman on the other side of the door knowing full well who it was.
After deciding that Namine was not going to leave her alone, Tifa rose out of bed and headed towards her door. The young woman unlocked it prepared to kill the blonde, but instead she got a big surprise…
..Confetti was blown straight into her face…
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFA!!!!!" shouted Namine Narumi and Squall a.k.a Leon Lionhart as they stood outside her doorway. Both of them were wearing pointy party hats and had noisemakers in their mouths with the addition of Leon wearing a red clown nose.
Tifa laughed aloud when she saw them. In fact, the sight of Leon wearing a clown nose was too hilarious that Tifa fell on the floor laughing her butt off. Leon glared at her as a flash went off beside him. He turned to see Namine holding a camera and taking out the picture she had just taken.
Leon glared as he made a grab for it. However, since Namine was so small, she easily maneuvered him. She waved the picture tauntingly as it was developing. He cursed; this is one of the things her shortness comes in handy for.
"You said you wouldn't take a picture you liar!" he shouted as he made another grab, but Namine moved out of the way again causing Leon to fall face flat on the floor of the hallway. Another flash was shown as Namine took another picture that would further embarrass Leon for the rest of his life. The commotion caused Tifa to laugh harder as she watched them.
After another five minutes or so of laughing and taking blackmail pictures, the three friends settled down and sat on Tifa's sofa. Tifa and Leon sat on the sofa while Namine rolled around on Tifa's carpet grinning.
"So, how does it feel to be twenty-six?" Namine asked grinning. Tifa chuckled before answering.
"I feel old," Tifa told her. Namine nodded and resumed her rolling.
"Well, I guess you live up to your name right, Old hag?" she asked as she avoided a pillow thrown at her by rolling away.
"I don't feel that old!" Tifa told her. "And why do you still call me that? We're only five years apart," Tifa pointed out to her. Namine just shook her head as she looked at the brunettes upside down from the floor.
"Yes, but it's a term of my endearment for you" Namine replied. "Just like I call Leon 'Squally' all the time," she told her while pointing to the male in the room.
"Are you sure it's not just to get on our nerves?" Leon asked suspiciously. Namine laughed nervously before rolling her way into the kitchen. She rose up from the floor and began rummaging through the cabinets.
"What are you doing?" Tifa asked. Her left eye was twitching when she saw all the stuff flying out of the cabinets.
"I'm looking for cake mix of course," Namine told her as if she just stated the world was indeed round. "It's your birthday, so what do we do? We have cake of course!" she told them still searching for the item.
"I don't have cake mix," Tifa told her. "And don't you have work today?" she asked the blonde. Namine just grinned as Leon shook his head with an amused smile. It was then Tifa knew that Namine had done something.
"What did you do?" she asked the blonde. Namine continued grinning.
"I just told them that it was Robonza," she told Tifa as she shut the cabinets and returned to rolling on the floor in boredom. Tifa looked confused for a moment before her eyes widened in realization.
"You took that from Futurama!" Tifa exclaimed.
"Exactly" Leon and Namine told her. Tifa sweatdropped.
"Okay then" Tifa replied. "So, since you both are free, what are we doing today?" she asked them. Namine got up from the floor and dusted herself off.
"First of all," she started; "We're going to go to the supermarket to buy some cake mix," she told them. "Then we're going to make the best cake for you and party to we're purple!" she cheered.
"And you took the purple line from Spongebob" Leon told her. Namine glared at him.
"Shut up!" Namine told him. They all put on their shoes and exited the door.
No wonder I had that dream, Tifa thought, It's the eleventh anniversary of what happened years ago. I can remember it like it was yesterday…
The day I met him…
Flashback (September 26th 1996)
"Yay! It's finally the weekend!" a brown haired teenager shouted in excitement. She ran straight to her home with a bounce in her step. Today she was going to take Namine and Kairi to the movies because she was done exams and the two had never been to a movie theater before. She couldn't wait to see the look of wonder from Namine when they got there. It would be priceless
"Hey, cutie" some guys whistled and did some catcalls as the brunette walked past them. She rolled her eyes and ignored them as her mother had always told her. It was better than Namine's advice anyway.
"Just beat the crap outta them if they're being a pain in the ass" the ten-year-old blonde told her as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Definitely not taking Namine's advice, that's for sure, she told herself.
Suddenly, she felt a grip on her arm. The teen turned to see the same guys who were being annoying.
"What's the matter cutie? Let's have some fun," the leader told her. The brunette's eyes widened the size of dinner plates as she realized her situation.
"No!" she began struggling as they dragged her to an alley. She wasn't that much of a fighter like most of the people she knew. Heck, she was pretty sure Kairi was a better fighter than her! And the little auburn haired girl never fought in her life since Namine does it for her!
"Let me go!" she screeched. She froze when she felt something cold touch her neck. It was the teeth of a switchblade.
"Quiet" he told her. "If you wanna live that is," he said smirking. She felt his hands beginning to go up her skirt as tears welled up in her chocolate brown eyes.
She was going to be raped…
She was going to be raped…
SHE WAS GOING TO BE RAPED!!!
However, the guy was knocked straight away from her and landed on the concert of the alley. His lip and nose were bleeding badly.
"What the hell?" he asked out. A male voice tsked and everyone turned to see a newcomer. The brunette stared at him.
Her savior was about fifthteen and quite handsome. His messy red hair was incased in a ponytail reaching his mid back. His clothes were too classy to be from the slums or from middle class. However, they weren't fancy like the regular clothes she saw Uptown people wear. To complete his punk look, he had goggles across his forehead.
"Is that anyway to treat a lady?" he asked. The guy growled at the newcomer.
"Get outta here punk!" he growled out, "This ain't your business" he told the male. The redhead just shook his head and glared at the guy menacingly.
"Yes, but when you hurt an innocent girl, it is my business" he told them and punched the guy straight in the face. Pretty soon, the alley irrupted into a full out brawl. The guy's comrades joined in the fight to avenge their fallen leader.
However, the redhead didn't seemed troubled by the unfair numbers. He just punched them all without even breaking a sweat.
All throughout the fight, the brunette girl just stared amazed at the red haired male. He was amazing! She wondered who he was. Why did he even help her?
The fight was over; all of them were knocked out with only the girl and her savior standing in the ally. It was silent and the girl thought he would just leave her be. However, she was surprised when he slowly, but surely, approached her. He stopped two feet in front of her knowing full well she wouldn't want anyone near her after the experience she just had with a rape attempt on her.
"Hey, you doing alright?" the male asked. The girl shook her head as she felt herself shake uncontrollably.
"I don't think I'll be for a while" she replied. Looks like she wouldn't be taking Namine and Kairi to the movies tonight. She needed time to cool down and get better.
"That's understandable," he said to her. "If you were a slut, you'd be begging that guy to get you laid, but you were scared shitless so you're obviously not" he told her. The girl winced at his choice of words. The only person she knew who foul mouthed as much as this guy was Namine. And Namine's only ten for crying out loud!
"Excuse me?" she choked out. The teen seemed to have realized that he might have offended her and began to make amends.
"Sorry" he said to her ruffling his hair. "It's just that I tend to say stuff without thinking sometimes," he told her. "So, who are you?" he asked curiously.
"I don't think it's your business," the girl snapped.
"Aw come on, I saved you. The least you can do is give me your name" the guy whined. The girl just stared at him thinking about his request. He did save her after all…
"Look," he began, "I'll give you my name first so it's fair," he said to her. He then gave her a big grin and held out his hand.
"I'm Reno Tatsuki" he introduced himself.
"I'm Tifa Lockhart" the girl told him taking his hand and firmly shaking it.
That was the day that Tifa Lockhart met Reno Tatsuki…
"Ooh! Double chocolate cake!" Namine shouted as she pressed her face and hands against the glass eyeing the sweet treat in excitement. "Hey, Old hag! Let's get chocolate cake!" she shouted over to Tifa.
However, she didn't receive a reply…
"Old Hag?" asked Namine. She then felt a slight twinge in the back of her mind and growled out knowing full well why the old bat wasn't answering her.
"DIDN'T I REPEATEDLY TELL YOU NOT TO HAVE FLASHBACKS AROUND ME?!" Namine yelled out in frustration as she faced the brunette who seemed to be in a whole other world.
Tifa snapped out her daze as she turned to look at the steaming blonde. Usually, she would laugh at a time like this, but all she did was give Namine a soft smile.
"Right, sorry" she said. Namine felt her eye twitch in irritation. She grabbed the birthday woman by the wrist and pulled her into the dessert store.
"Hey! Wha—"
"You're not allowed to have flashbacks, Old Hag" Namine cut her off. Leon was already inside waiting for them. "Especially on this day" she added quietly but Tifa heard her loud and clear.
But Namine, Tifa thought with a sad smile as she let the girl pull her along, I can't help but remember what happened on this day.
Flashback (October 12th 1996)
"Wait, so you're saying that when you sneeze, you're added to a hit list?" a perplexed Reno asked as he looked at her from her bed. They were currently sprawled over Tifa's room. It was late at night but the two didn't seem to notice.
"Yeah, funny isn't it?" Tifa laughed out as she remembered what Namine had told her earlier that day, "Namine can be very weird at times. It almost seems as if she's an entire different person than when I first met her," Tifa said smiling as she thought of the blonde.
"So you guys are close I guess" Reno said with a slight tint of jealously. It had been a month since he and Tifa had become best friends, but still, Namine always came first. Not that he ever met the kid, but from what Tifa says, she's one blunt smartass midget.
Tifa, however, didn't seem to notice Reno's tone as she grinned.
"Yep! She can even write! I didn't know about it until recently, but she's really good!" Tifa said as she remembered when she came across Namine's journal. Namine's writing skill was amazing! She was probably good enough to become a novelist!
"She tells me that when she grows up, she wants to be a journalist, but I think she would be so much better if she become a novelist" Tifa told them while laying back on her bed.
"I think the reason is because I told her I'm going to run a newspaper column when I'm older," Tifa mused out. "Yep! I'm going to open a nice newspaper column called the Seventh Heaven and Namine will be there with me". In fact, she would bet all her allowance that the reason Namine started writing in the first place was so she could be with Tifa. That girl doesn't look like it, but at times, she can act like a baby chick following her mother.
It was just so cute! Tifa mused to herself with starry eyes.
"Do you have a Namine complex or something?" Reno asked irritably. Tifa looked at him startled.
"What do you mean?" she asked slightly hurt. Reno rolled over to her side and glared.
"I mean," he began as he traced little circles on her cheek with his index finger. The gesture was intimate. Something best friends didn't do, but Tifa didn't find herself caring nor moving away. "That you always talk about her. Are you obsessed with her?" he asked out.
"I don't talk about her all the time" Tifa glared at him. "And besides, she's a great person and very dear to me. How can I not talk about her?" she asked him. She felt his hand stroke her cheek as her cheeks slightly heated up.
"It's always 'Namine this' and 'Namine that' with you" he pointed out bluntly. Tifa blushed darker as he moved closer to her.
"So?" she asked trying with all her might to remain composed. However, she felt her walls breaking down one by one.
"So," he mimicked as his face was an inch away from hers, "I want you to concentrate on something else for a change" Reno told Tifa.
"Like what?" she asked. His eyes shined with mischievousness and closed the distance between them.
"Me," he replied and joined their lips together in a fiery passionate kiss. Tifa felt Reno change positions from beside her to on top of her. His hands were running up and down her sides as her hands were in tangled in his hair. She moaned in pleasure as it became more intimate.
Suddenly, the moment was ruined when Tifa felt Reno's hands go up her shirt. As if realizing what was going on, she broke the kiss and looked at him.
"We can't," she told him firmly. Reno didn't move as he looked at her with the same intensity.
"You know you want this Tifa" he told her seriously, "Just as much as I want it too," he told her.
"But what if—my mom—"
"Is not here, remember?" he finished with a grin. "It's just you and me, and it's always gonna be that way, ya here?" he asked. Tifa felt her heart pound in both anticipation and ecstasy as he kissed her again.
That was the night Tifa Lockhart gave all of herself to Reno Tatsuki…
"Ah-choo!" Namine sneezed out bringing Tifa back to the present. The blonde sniffled and Leon gave her a tissue from his pocket. Namine blew her nose loudly and handed it back to Leon who looked as if that wasn't necessary.
They were now heading back to the apartment with the cake mix and soda in the plastic bag Leon was carrying. They had decided to make the cake since it always tasted better homemade instead of just buying it. Much to Namine's pleasure, they had gotten chocolate cake mix.
"I've been added to another hit list again," she told them. Leon and Tifa sweatdropped at their friend for her weird logic.
"I thought you sneeze when someone's talking about you," Leon said. Namine shook her head.
"Nope, it's when someone added you to their hit list" she told him. Tifa rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, sure, Namine" she said patting the blonde's head with affection. "Then you must be on a lot of hit lists apparently" Tifa joked.
"You think so too?" Namine asked seriously causing Tifa and Leon to sweatdrop again.
"Well, look who decided to join us" Leon joked. "You were spacing out all the way back to your apartment," he informed the brown haired woman.
"It's about time Old hag," Namine said annoyed. "I've been trying to get to you for ten minutes now! Didn't I already tell you no flashbacks today?" she asked the brunette sternly.
"Okay, I get it" Tifa said as she unlocked her apartment. They immediately unpacked the materials and began to work.
Leon and Namine were arguing something about Kisame from Naruto being related to artichokes (A/n: it's a kind of fruit if anyone didn't know) while Tifa was left in her thoughts. She knew she was nearing the end of her memories.
The memory of this very day was very fresh in her mind.
Flashback (November 30th 1996)
It had been a month since Tifa and Reno had started dating. Tonight was Tifa's birthday and she was planning on visiting Reno as a surprise and spend it with him. They have been a couple for over a month but it was the best month of Tifa's now fifthteen-year-old life.
She felt herself bubble with joy, as there was a bounce in her step. She was currently in the Narumi apartment with Namine. Kairi had gone to bed about an hour ago because she was going to a birthday/sleepover party the next day. Mr. Narumi was out buying groceries since he didn't want his daughter Namine to go outside late at night. As for Namine, she had nothing better to do than watch Tifa fidget with excitement and go on about her boyfriend.
However, that didn't mean she had to like it.
"I can't wait to see the look on his face when I tell him to take me out for dinner," Tifa laughed evilly. Apparently, some of Namine's evilness had rubbed off on her. Namine looked at Tifa in a bored fashion.
"Don't you think you're rushing into everything?" she asked causing the older girl to stop jumping around. "I mean, you guys have been friends for almost a month, then become a couple, and then you want to celebrate your birthday after only dating for a month? I don't know Old hag, but it all seems fishy to me," Namien said. If you listened closely, you could detect the worry in her voice.
"Oh, Namine" Tifa sighed, "When you're in love, it doesn't matter about time" she told the blonde as she patted her head. "You'll understand someday. Who knows, maybe it will be me in your current spot and you in mine right now" Tifa said ruffling the blonde's short locks.
Namine growled and swatted the hand away. She glared at Tifa and replied.
"I won't fall in love in love and go crazy over one guy! And I don't think having sex together after a month of friendship wasn't a smart move old hag!" Namine retorted with venom in her voice. She only spoke like that when she wanted someone to listen to her.
Tifa blushed a beet red and glared at the blonde who returned her glare with one of her own.
"Who told you that?" she whispered out. She never told anyone about that. Namine snorted.
"No one needed to" she told the older girl. "I live right next door. I could hear your moaning all the way over there," she stated bluntly causing Tifa's blush to darken even more if possible.
"You're lucky that Kairi and my dad were asleep at the time or else he would have to tell your mom," Namine told her. The clock on the wall chimed seven meaning Tifa had to get going. She turned to say goodbye to Namine, but the girl was already heading towards her room with Kairi.
Tifa sighed dejected and headed toward the door. She guessed that she would talk to Namine later and tell her she was wrong about Reno. Maybe they can meet one day. Tifa then shook her head thinking of the time when Reno was jealous of Namine and Namine's distrust in Reno.
It was best not to give Namine another victim to torture.
"Oy, Old hag!" Namine called. Tifa turned around to face the blonde ten-year-old. Namine sighed and looked at her in concern.
"Be careful," she told her. Tifa smiled, these were the few rare times when Namine would show she cared. "Because if that moron hurts you, then I can't" Tifa did an anime fall at that statement.
…but then again, Namine always has to add a comment after it…
Tifa approached Reno's house (or should she say mansion?) in Uptown. There were strangely a lot of cars parked outside and there seemed to be colorful lights going on inside. Tifa was very curious. Was there a party going on?
Maybe Reno was throwing it for her. Tifa thought this with glee. She straightened up her dress clothes and walked to the house with a big smile on her face.
However, when she opened the door, it vanished completely…
The place was filled with unknown teenagers and adults older than her. The air reeked of smoke and the colorful lights were blinding. The music pounded in her eyes as she gazed upon people making out on the furniture, people drinking and/or smoking, and people doing inappropriate dancing on the dance floor.
Tifa stepped into the house uncertainly. She felt out of place with her nice clean and proper clothes compared to the skimpy punk outfits the others were wearing.
Deciding to find Reno and get out of here quick, she headed towards a crowd of college kids chatting away. She attentively tapped on one of the boys' shoulders. He turned around to look down at her. She felt so small when the crowd had turned their attentions to her.
"What do you want?" he asked. Tifa looked at him in a determined manner as she took a deep breath.
"Have any of you seen Reno?" she asked. They looked at each other for a second before the guy replied.
"He should be up in the bedrooms like he usually is" the guy pointed out. "What are you? Another one of his one night stands?" he asked.
"Excuse me?" she asked offended. The guy didn't seem to notice her tone and nodded.
"Reno's pretty popular amongst the ladies," a girl purred out. "He definitely knows how to give someone a good time" she sighed in pleasure showing that she herself had the experience. Tifa felt as if she was going to be sick.
As soon as the crowd went back to their business, Tifa went straight up to the direction of the bedrooms. Her heart was pounding. Her stomach churned. She was praying to God that what they had said wasn't true.
Reno had told her he would be with her forever. He told her that he loved her. It couldn't be true! They were lying! That was it! They were lying!
Tifa stopped in front of a white door. She heard scuffling inside and opened the door.
However, she wished she never did…
Reno was there all right. He was there shirtless and currently taking off the unknown girl's bra. Tifa could only watch in horror as the woman moaned in pleasure and Reno was moaning along with her. Tifa felt sobs beginning to rack her body and un ushered tears gathered in her eyes.
"R-Reno?" she choked out. She confirmed that it was indeed Reno for he seemed to freeze as soon as she spoke out. He immediately removed his mouth from his partner's and stared wide eyed at Tifa.
"T-Tifa?" he stammered. He then looked between his position and Tifa with fearful eyes. "It isn't what you—"
"Think?" she finished angrily. She glared at him with hatred as her fists shook clenched at her sides. "Oh? And what do I think, Reno? That I see my boyfriend just having a little fun?" she asked outraged.
"More than a little fun" the woman purred out. "He's a blast!" she cried out in ecstasy.
"Oh really?" Tifa asked as she felt the tears begin to fall. "Then I'll just leave you to have your blast and never come back!" she screamed. She then turned around ignoring Reno calling after her desperately. Begging her to come back and listen.
She didn't want to listen to what he had to say.
Namine sat on the couch in boredom as she watched Escaflowne on the television. It was about ten in the evening and she was waiting for her father to come home. Unlike Kairi, Namine didn't have any plans on the following day so she didn't need to go to bed for anything.
She sighed when she heard rapid banging on the door. Pops must've overdone it with his paycheck with the groceries again, she figured. He wouldn't be knocking if he wasn't overloaded with bags.
"Alright, I'm coming" she called and lowered the volume on the slightly fuzzy image on the television. Their cable sucked to normal standards but it wasn't that bad compared to the bigger television problems people had in the slums. Most people didn't even have televisions for pete's sake!
"Pops, you really shouldn't overdo it with the groc—Old hag?" Namine exclaimed out concern shined on her face when she saw that it was Tifa at the door instead of her father. She looked to be a mess! And she had tears coming down her face!
"Wha—"however, the ten-year-old was interrupted by Tifa throwing her arms around the blonde bringing them both to the floor on their knees. Her sobs racked loudly in the apartment. She was shaking as she clutched Namine tighter. The only other sound in the room was the low television volume.
"Let me cry on you" she sobbed out as she held the young girl, "Let me cry on you and let my tears fell on you, please" she begged to her companion.
"Just this once…"
"Huh?" Tifa asked out as Namine spoke for the first time since Tifa had used her as a shoulder of comfort. Namine took a deep breath and repeated.
"Just this once… I'm going to be your shoulder to cry on" she told Tifa. Tifa sobbed harder as Namine said that. She would only do this once? Did Tifa mean that little to her?
"But from now on, I'm going to be your support pillar" Namine said causing Tifa to look at her in surprise. "I'm going to help you stand just as you do me," she told the brunette.
"I'm your supporter Tifa, and that's who I'm always going to be," she told the teen as Namine hugged her back.
"From now on, we'll support each other," Namine said as she hugged Tifa tighter. "Just as you help me stand, I'll help you stand. We'll be there for each other no matter what. We won't let the other one cry," Namine explained.
Tifa clung to Namine. She clung to Namine as if there was no tomorrow. She nodded rapidly as tears continued to fall from her chocolate eyes. The tears were first for her misfortune. They were for the fact that Reno had lied. That he had used her. That he didn't love her like she had loved him. That she gave everything to him and all she wanted was his heart in return, but she was unsuccessful.
"We're supporters," Namine said quietly, but loud enough for Tifa to hear her. "That's our most important job for the rest of our lives. Let's do our best, ne Old Hag?" she whispered. Her response was the arms around her waist tightened as Tifa sobbed on her flat chest.
But now, they were tears of joy and contentment for her and Namine…
"I'm not saying it again," Namine growled out. "Give. Me. The. Orange. Soda." She drawled out every word threateningly. Leon just smirked and held the precious soda higher out of the short blonde's reach.
"No can do, midget," he told her simply. "This is what you get for taking those pictures" he waved the orange soda in front of her tauntingly. She gave him a glare and gave a battle cry before tackling him to the floor.
"GIVE ME THAT ORANGE SODA, YOU BASTARD!!!!" she yelled out as pounding insured between the two immature adults.
"Um…" was all Tifa could say. She watched as Namine was kneeling on Leon's face as he held the orange soda away from her reach. However, that didn't stop her from trying thus the reason why her knee was covering his mouth.
How long has she been in that flashback?
Leon then noticed that Tifa decided to join them in the world of the present for he was tapping Namine on the shoulder since her knee was covering his mouth.
"What?" she asked. He pointed towards Tifa and Namine turned to gaze at her. She grinned and got off the suffocating male. The blonde bounced over to her with a big grin on her face.
"Well, it seems that you won't be in flashback mode for the rest of the day" Namine mused out. "So let's gobble down the grub and get drunk off the orange soda!" Namine cheered.
However, before any of them went into Tifa's kitchen, Namine went over to Leon and whacked him upside the head. The orange soda bottle flown out of his hands and into her awaiting ones. She hugged the bottle close to her non-existent chest with a big smile on her face.
"What was that for?!" asked an outraged Leon as Tifa laughed at Namine's display of affection for the orange soda. She acted as if the bottle was her child or something.
"Revenge is a bitch, Squally! Hehe!" Namine laughed evilly and bounced into the kitchen with the orange soda in her hand and Leon grumbling something about evil midgets after her. Tifa looked wary at the blonde and pointed out.
"Namine, I don't think—"
"HOLY SHIT!!!!"
"You should open the bottle after shaking it so hard…" Tifa finished out too late. When the birthday girl entered her kitchen, she nearly died laughing.
There Namine and Leon were, covered in orange soda along with most of her kitchen with the most priceless expressions ever. They seemed to have come out of their stupor for Leon was glaring at Namine who was licking her lips to taste the orange soda.
"Way to go midget, you got us all sticky," Leon said as he crossed his arms glaring at Namine.
"How was I supposed to know it would explode?" she asked with a vein throbbing at her temple.
"It's common sense you moron! You're supposed to be smart!" he shouted.
"At least it's better than being a dumbass!" she shouted back.
"Uh, guys?" Tifa said uncertainly as she watched another soon-to-be brawl. However, it was too late for Leon charged at Namine. Although, due to her shortness, Namine evaded him. He tried again, but she just dodged again.
"Come and get me you cheesehead!" Namine taunted out. Leon had the last straw and charged with all his might…
..Causing Namine to bump into Tifa who went face flat into the cake…
"Uh-oh" Leon and Namine said at the same time. Tifa rose from the cake with a chocolate covered face. Namine and Leon each gave her a sheepish smile of apology.
There response was cake thrown in their faces.
"Oh, this is war" Leon said.
"Declare war on the Old hag!" Namine shouted and threw cake at the woman.
Thus, began the Cake Revolution…
Tifa laughed joyfully as she evaded a chocolate blob by Leon and thrown one of her own. Namine had pegged her successfully with cake as she stood on Tifa's couch. Tifa smiled as the war continued on.
"We're supporters," Namine said quietly, but loud enough for Tifa to hear her. "That's our most important job for the rest of our lives. Let's do our best, ne Old Hag?" she whispered. Her response was the arms around her waist tightened as Tifa sobbed on her flat chest.
Tifa's smile grew bigger as she remembered that day. True to Namine's word, each of them had done their part in being each other's support. It was because of that that they were still able to go on and be who they are today.
I didn't believe you at first Namine, Tifa thought in apology, but you kept you promise to me all these years, never once failing to make me happy.
You're my supporter, Namine, and I wouldn't have anyone else…
Karin-chin: there you have it! The long awaited chapter of Love at First Write! Congrats to all for being here from the beginning and now as Love at First Write is the first of my stories to hit the tenth chapter!
Sora: (sniffles) oh happy day!
Roxas: (reads over the chapter) we weren't even in here!
Karin-chin: You were mentioned
Riku: barely
Karin-chin: well, this story isn't always about you. For it to be a good story, it has to have some chapters with Namine and other people. I would leave so many questions if I didn't do that! So there you have it! the story behind Tifa and Reno! Hope you all enjoyed!
Demyx: to be a good writer, you can't leave the readers guessing about certain things so you have to fill in some holes apparently.
Axel: that doesn't mean that we still have to like it!
Karin-chin: Okay, okay! Enough! Now, normally I give you guys a preview on the next chapter; however, instead I'm going to be giving you a sneak peak on my other Namine-centric story that is now updated, but none of you guys seemed to be reading it. Or you guys don't know about it. Either way, it's another Namine story and I think you will like it if you like this one. It's called Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game
Preview for chapter one of Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game
"Are you really going to work, Nee-chan?" Denzel asked suspiciously. He knew that no one was recently fired from her job. After all, when he's done with school for the day, he goes to her job to hang out and do homework while waiting for her at the bar she works at.
"Alright, what will it take for you to not tell mom I lied?" the blonde whispered. The little boy knew her more than anyone did and he could tell she was lying. Denzel grinned and replied.
"You have to help me with my project after school," he told her. The blonde groaned, but she smiled and ruffled his hair.
End of Preview for Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game
Karin-chin: I'm pretty sure you guys will like it. Please read it and review. I would really appreciate it if you did. Anyway, see you next time and review on the way out!
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