Blonde Ambition
And lots of pairings…
- Amaranthos –
Chapter 21: Save me
We exited the bathroom with Yuffie and Shera teaching me a valuable life lesson. Somehow, the experience of wearing a bikini, was strangely life-changing. I smirk at the thought.
How ironic..
As we made our venture through the school, many of the so-called immune guys to simple women began throwing me some wicked stares. Every face, every guy, even some girls were throwing us some 'conflicted' looks.
Shera and Yuffie began laughing.
I arch a brow and look at Yuffie…
"Why are we being at …um, so strangely?" I had to question the ambience..
Yuffie laughs some more…
"Oh Tifa, poor Tifa… you're so young and naïve…" she begins …
I blink back. What does that mean? How does that answer my question. Surely I would sort a higher, more 'intelligent' reason from Shera.
She looks at me and gives a small smile.
"They're watching you Tif… they're watching you…" she explains…
And suddenly I feel like a dork for asking such a question. I have pretty good perceptional skills, but boy, now I'll surrender my title.
Shera and Yuffie continues to laugh, insanely. The stares we got as a trio was equivalent to firing lasers. Yes, that intense… that epic.
I'm glad the girls thought this amusing, because being stared at like meat, like an animal was kind of wrong all together. Wearing a bikini and embracing my confidence is one thing, but having men eye me down like… like… that, is really repulsive. Degrading…
And the more I seem to show disgust at their stares, the more I heard heckling, saw glaring and the possible odd drooling that was gawked at me. I actually felt bad for them.
As we crossed paths with Kyoto boys, I was amazed at the hecklings I got. Whistling, and shouting were thrown my way and I had to blush. My cheeks were flaming. Who knew, bathing suits could get a girl into so much trouble.
The girls and I walked down to the beach below, where from above the entire place looks like ants. People were running, shouting, laughing, screaming, playing, eating, kissing, swimming. As we came closer to the beach, we could hear music of bands performing on the stage. Considered to be what is known as a test skit, it provides performing artists to perform in betterment of their muse. Probably I'd see some of my friends perform, today…
To our surprise Vincent hails out to us. Yuffie runs to his side, and waves to us.
"Just like that?" Shera and I witness the pair leave…
"It happens" Shera pats my back.
We both proceeded through the crowd, noticing several people dancing to the music. I scouted the stage and found that some guy from Kyoto was playing. He was playing Deftones – bored on the stage. A contradictory to the environment. All the while, I kept continuously being heckled by guys. The odd thing was… some of them, were actually … well, could make a girl blush. Let's keep it PG.
Shera and I made our way to the shore where we dug our toes into the sand.
"Excuse me" comes a small voice…
We turn around an observe a small girl…
"Yes?" Shera answers…
"No need to bother you, but… are you Shera?" she asks…
"Yes I am…"
"You're one of the people responsible for helping out with students, right?" asks the girl…
"Yes…"
"A couple of Shibuya students require some help.." and with that I got a hint. Shera shook her head.
"I see, I'll be there in a minute"
She turns to me.
"Can I leave you for a lil while? I swear I'll be back" she's concerned about me. I could tell…
"Hey, relax… I'll be fine…" I reassure her…
"Alrightie, be back soon" and with that, she leaves.
Good old Shera, always helping people out. She truly fits the role of leader. She's compassionate yet she's firm in her plans and beliefs, and is ready to listen to others. I marvel at that.
I sit down on the sand and observe the people at the beach…
I turn my back and try for a minute to calm myself.
A couple of guys crowded around me agitating the situation with their laughing and sinister stares. They kept staring at me, their eyes very rudely darting over my body.
"You're really beautiful…" starts another boy…
"Thank you, if you would excuse me" but they keep me maintained in their circle of friends. At first they started with 4 friends and now its 10 guys around me. I feel cornered…
"I want to pass" I ask of one of the guys and he smugly laughs…
He refuses to oblige. He's like iron in my path and his friends barricade me from the outside world. I feel honestly, scared and the feeling of courage has long died…
I push myself through their barricade, but this makes one of the boys grab my shoulders and control me all the more. The guy glances me a dirty look and I roll my eyes.
"Let me pass" I repeat through gritted teeth…
"And if I don't" he asks…
I really didn't know what I could say to this guy to frighten him. I was as defenseless as they came. I was scared out my mind and somehow I was expecting to see Shera any minute now. And then the guy gruffly brings me closer to him. I'm appalled by his actions, but what can I do? I pull myself out his grasp and slap him solid. The other guys around us, laugh at my feistiness. He doesn't take too kindly at my actions…
"Feisty bitches are the best, but I'm really not in the mood" and before my eyes he grabs me.
I close my eyes, somehow not wanting to see the end of this.
I ready myself for whatever he's about to do. And then it doesn't come. In fact his arms weaken. And amazingly I see him.
He holds the guy's arm and then pushes him off. He towers over the guy and looks at him menacingly. His green eyes cold and dark. Somehow, I could tell he was insulted by the breed of men they were.
The guy gets back up and shouts out, it's none of his business…
Sephiroth stares at him intently.
"Low life" Sephiroth is disgusted…
He watches the boy and slowly nears him. He places a foot on the guy's head and presses it into the sand. He stares at the guy and I'm not sure what it was, but the guy refused to fight. Sephiroth slowly retracts and emerges with a victorious grin on his features. His eyes remain as dark and the face he leaves the guy with, is disturbing. The guy just stares and I can tell Sephiroth has a popularity of striking fear.
Sephiroth looks at me, those dark eyes still flashing incredulously.
"Are you alright?"
I breathed in. Somehow…this feeling of safety returns to me. I almost want to hug him.
I felt like whimpering, and yet I felt like…
"You… you… saved me" I looked down. My voice was tiny. As much as that sounded cheesy, that's exactly what he did. He rescued me from …those guys.
It was such a scary feeling and that in itself no one should have to feel. Feel so threaten …so afraid. Tears could not be kept and I'm sorry I had to look weak.
He rose my chin and then he looks at me.
"Don't…" he whispers…
The tears fall deftly on his hand. And he wipes them away and smiles, "not today…"
And it makes the urge to cry that more urgent, but I bite the urge. And he stares at me and I stare back. His beautiful green eyes staring intently back at me. And it's not the harsh green that he used on those guys, it's a softer kind. He warmly looks at me…
I softly smile.
To be continued…