hi everybody... no, i'm not dead... i've been hung over about my grandpa, who died in early February... so i haven't been updating at all recently... sorry about that... so if this chapter seems kinda... sad to you.... sorry... i haven't turned emo... and i'm not doing drugs... so i should be fine after a while... and my updates are going to be at random intervals... it might be the next day... or in 5 months... but hopefully before a month passes... there'll be another chapter...
Disclaimer: ugh... don't wanna deal with this now...
Ugh… It's my birthday… I just got older by another year. Ugh. I'm 20 now, which means I'll be able to legally drink in a year. Not that I don't already, but hey. Doing things legally is always better than illegally… Not.
I really hope nobody knows today's my birthday. Tifa had always tried to worm it out of me, but if I told her, she'd make me go shopping with her… for a DRESS. Grossness! Waaaaaaaaaaay too breezy down there, if you ask me.
Oh, darn it! I told Vincent, and Tifa said he'd be coming at 7. I looked at the clock. Damn, it was 6:52. I grabbed Oritsuru, pulled on my luverly boots, and rushed out the door.
"Bye, Teef!"
"Wh-Wait! Yuffie, where are you going?"
I scratched my head. I hadn't really thought about this. "Um… Well, I was going to the weapon shop to… uh… buy polish for Oristuru! Yeah! Okay, gotta go, bye!" I rushed through the door, only to run into something.
SMACK!
"Ow…" I rubbed my forehead, and looked up. And who do you think was standing there? Ok, whoever just said "SEPHIROTH!" is COMPLETELY WRONG and needs to go see a psychiatrist.
Anyway, Vincent Valentine was standing in the doorway, staring down at me where I had fallen on my butt. Just my luck. It wasn't even 7 yet! It was… 6:58.
"Ehehe… Hiya, Vinnie! Ya know, I was just on my way to the weapon store, so if you'll excuse me-" He grabbed my arm to prevent me from leaving, and raised an eyebrow. I sighed.
"Fine. Tifa, I'm taking Vince with me."
"Okay, have fun!" Tifa went back to washing the dishes.
I sighed again, and took Vinnie's claw. I decided to drag- er, accompany- him to the park instead.
"Weren't you going to the weapon store?" he asked.
"Yeah, well, I'm not."
"…"
"Shut up." I said tiredly. "You lie all the time."
"…"
"That's only cuz you never talk. If you talked, I bet you would lie all the time."
"…"
"Ah, shut it, ya old fart. Well, what did you want?"
Vincent looked at me like I was the dumbest person on Gaia.
"Don't give me that look! I know what day it is!"
He just looked at me impassively, and reached into his cloak. He brought out a box wrapped in plain wrapping paper with a red ribbon on top.
I snorted. "Figures it'd be red. Thanks."
I took of the wrapping and uncovered a cardboard box. I opened it, and inside it lay Cerberus' keychain.
I'm pretty sure my mouth was wide open in shock. Cerberus meant a LOT to him. He never let anyone touch it, not even Shelke.
"…"
He shifted uncomfortably after about 5 minutes of me gawking at the keychain, and I snapped back to reality.
"Oh my gawd. Vincent! This is…" I stopped, trying to find a good word. "AWESOME!" I grinned and pounced on him.
He shifted again, but he didn't try to escape the hug.
"…"
"Well, I know I gave you one! But you didn't have to give me one back!"
"…"
"True, I wouldn't know where to keep it, either. But still! Vinnie, I love it! It's the best present anyone's ever given me."
I could have sworn he smiled. And that just made it all the better.
But, my grin began to fade a bit as I remembered something that happened on my 7th birthday that changed the way I would look at the world for a very long time. Vinnie seemed to sense it, and pulled back to look at me. I quickly turned away so he couldn't see my face.
"…?"
"Vinnie, I have to go somewhere. You can come if you wanna, it doesn't really matter."
"…?" I could tell he was confused by the tone of my voice. I smiled bitterly, and walked towards the trees, with him following with a lot of unsaid questions hanging in the air.
told you it was gonna be melancholy... i'll try to keep it as cheerful as i possibly can... sorry about that... please review...
hunny-chan
