Disclaimer: I don't own FFVII…
Note: I'm so sorry it's taking so long to update! It seems like these would be so simple to write but they're not… I don't want random bits of crap, I want random bits of good fan fiction! It's a delicate process! Anyway, here's more, I really am planning all these little parts out you know…
Thirty Four
-Why?-
She stood solidly in the middle of the field, the sunlight glinting off her hair majestically even as she sent him her best death glare. He was in trouble, deep trouble. Not the kind of trouble where you turn around and ignore it, the kind of trouble where you wind up scarred for life. He knew that the moment he began following her through the mountain pass. And he was prepared.
"What do you mean 'wait'?" Yuffie asked impatiently. She didn't understand, and supposed she never would, but if Vincent had come this far it must be important enough that her opinion would matter to him.
He sighed deeply, glancing away from those stormy eyes for a moment as he tried to gather his thoughts. She was so good at making him feel out of place and exposed…
"Yuffie, please…" He glanced up at the sky as if expecting Leviathan to come appear and save him from the wrath of the young woman.
"I.. I don't know how to explain it to you. You must understand, I have very little experience with women…" Wrong start, he knew, he thought he felt his cheeks flush for a moment as her glare intensified.
He rolled his eyes in defeat and groaned internally, ignoring the chorusing voices of the demons inhabiting his body.
"I care for you deeply, I want to get to know you better, I just… I lived in a coffin for thirty years, you must understand…" He was losing her attention, he knew, as she started kicking at the tufts of grass nearby.
"There is something about you that draws me to you, I don't understand it, and I cannot say I really care to understand, but I need more time to consider it, and I want to know that you will wait for me…" He spilled it all out at once and stood rather awkwardly as her eyes drew up from the grass and drifted over to him.
"Alright." She said simply, and walked away.
Vincent stared after her for a long time, his crimson eyes wide in confusion and disbelief. She was walking away? Was that normal female behavior?
She was upset, he knew that. He just wished she might have said more, yelled at him at least. That was something he could handle. Simply walking away was not something he was accustomed to dealing with. Especially not with women.
"Yuffie..?"
He didn't understand, and knew she must not quite understand either. He moved quickly to catch her before she vanished into the fields of Rocket Town.