Disclaimer
:: Yep…not mine…of course it isn't!
No
notes really…wait! Take that back…
-Uh…characters
are placed in present time! Yay!
-Wanna
know where? France! God, I love that place…
-As
much as I'm not THAT interested in writing Cleris stories, I just like trying
different couples…Cleris' don't bug me so what the hell…
-*Guess
what…Tifa Gainsborough actually has a nice ring to it! …Someone shoot me…not
that Aeris' last name isn't nice…I just didn't expect that to come out of my
mouth, that's all!*
-As
much as this is a Cleris story, Tifa still remains the main character…don't ask
me how that turns out…it just did!
-Did I mention that the characters who do live in
FRANCE, don't have the accent? Guess not…well, they don't. Don't ask me why!
-Chapter fic~!! Chapter, chapter, chapter fic!!! I
have these things for chapter fics…so sue.
-Uh..enjoy?
Oh wait! Couples :: please don't shoot me…
Cloud/Aeris
Zack/Tifa ßfairly odd, but I do use the
oddest couples…if you read my projects (stories) I'm working on in my profile,
you'll see why. ~.~ I feel stupid. Besides, this is MY story so don't you go
and diss it!
Tifa Gainsborough sat outside of the school on a
bench where she thought was the most quiet. She held a book in her hands; a
book about…romance. Yes, she was a sucker for those types of books but they
made her feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But the peacefulness ended when the
principal walked up to her. Closing her book, she stood up and waited for to be
talked to.
"Ah, Tifa, just the young lady I was looking for."
Tifa held a smile. It wasn't that she didn't respect
her superiors…it's just that…she hated it when people interrupted her
while she was reading a book. 'And it was getting to the good part too! She
pouted inwardly.'
"As you know, we're having an exchange student."
She clasped her hands together in eagerness.
"Really? And I get to show her around?"
"Absolutely. That's why I came to you." She smiled
gratefully at the girl and turned on her heels, stopping about midway towards
the school building. "And it's a 'he', not a 'she'."
Tifa's eyes widened. She was utterly happy…not only
was she able to show an exchange student around but the person she was going to
tour with was a boy! Maybe she'll get her luck…or maybe not. She wasn't, after
all, the type to get a boyfriend…She opened her book once more and continued
reading the story, which happened to be taking place in France too…of course,
it was fiction.
'She was sitting there at the fountain, hoping
that her ex-lover would be there. But no, she had waited but was merely turned
down. She was set up and she felt something hard tear at her heart. After
months of longing and despair, she was able to see her lover again, but no. All
he did was walk by her, arms around another woman. Oh, how she longed to cry
her eyes out but she was in public scenery. Instead, she looked down at the
crystalline water, the silver fishes darting through. An isolated tear ran down
her cheek, but before it could fall into the watery depths below, the gentle
wind caressed her face and took that lone tear away with it.'
Tifa felt her heart wrench. She was emotional, and
she knew it. But to hell with it all…she loved the darned book. She loved books
in general, whether they be dramatic, romance, which she loved so very much,
horror, and any kind, you just name it. Her eyes turned to diamonds, as she was
excited to know what happened next.
'Janelle stood up and walked down the stony paths of
France, back to her house. She was lonely and anyone who passed her by could
see it plainly. When she arrived at the gates of her house, she examined it. It
was a beautiful, white Victorian house that had been passed down generation to
generation. There was a lush garden out at the back and pretty trees, newly
bloomed, at the front. White curtains peeked out behind the clear windows and
the polished, front door, with its brass knob, almost beckoned her to come in
immediately. She felt a bit happier, knowing that at least she had something to
go to, instead of Jay, who constantly ignored her, her ex-lover that stood her
up. A mix of anger and sorrow found its way to her heart…and she just couldn't
push the feeling away, even if she wanted to.'
Tifa found herself being interrupted again as her
sister and the friends they shared arrived. She closed the book immediately and
shoved it in her backpack. She wasn't ashamed…okay, maybe she was. She told
every one of them she would never stoop down to the point where she'd read sappy
stories like she was earlier…oh how wrong she was. She could see them all;
Aeris, Vincent, Yuffie, Reno, and Zack. There were more…she just didn't know
where they were. Oh what good of a friend was she?
She actually envied them all. Aeris, the most beautiful
of the bunch. No, she didn't feel badly about herself. She just liked the way
her sister looked. Aeris was more of the type who cared about her features…some
of the times, she wished she was like that, mostly…not. She had an
ex-boyfriend whom she got over rather quickly and she seemed to be having a
blast as a single girl. Vincent, too, had an ex-girlfriend. Her name was
Lucrecia and she was also very pretty. Lucrecia was almost a second sister to
her. But Vincent also seemed to be enjoying his life at the moment. Yuffie and
Reno, the two who had a love/hate relationship. It was quite cute actually…and
she envied them to the point where she could break at any moment. Zack…dear,
dear Zack. He was pretty much the womanizer of the gang. He was downright
gorgeous and he attracted any girl that crossed his path, whether they be rich,
poor, or average. He was good.
All of these people were people she envied. Either
they had a special quality to them or they've had or do have a boyfriend
(girlfriend). It irritated her so that she was "left out". Obviously she wasn't
because they had tried a million times to set her up with some stranger, who
were cute, but she wasn't interested in them at all!
"Hey, Sis!" Aeris cried out and hugged her. "I saw
the guy you're supposed to show around today! He's such a hottie! Gosh, I wish
I were you!"
'And vice versa.' Tifa
thought.
Zack hugged her from behind. "Yeah. C'mon, Tifa
baby, let's show that boy what you're made of." He growled in her ear and she
flinched a little. 'God! What a pervert! But still…he's cute…'
"Aw, you know you love
me." He grinned and punched her playfully on the arm. Yuffie made a face. "You
know you're not supposed to hit a girl! It's uncanny…and it's very unheard of!
Hmph! Sometimes, Zack, you make such an ass out of yourself, it bothers me why
you aren't one."
He stuck his backside
out to her. "Oh go suck on it."
Reno's eyes gleamed,
but not glaring. He also had the tendency to make fun of his girlfriend. "Watch
what you're sayin' Zack…no funny talk 'round my girl."
"That's right!" Yuffie
countered. "No funny talk around his girl…which happens to be me!"
Reno smirked. "Only I
have that privilege."
"RENO!!!" Yuffie
chased after him, the both of them out on their playful ways.
"Well? He's waiting in
the office…you better go get him before I do!" Aeris said, playfully.
"Alright, alright! I
just didn't expect it to be now." She sighed and walked inside the building.
There, inside the office, was the cutest boy that she found…ever! But she held
the urge to hug him…she wasn't like that. She was polite, mature, and she had
to endure so much emotional pain. Never had she once had a boyfriend to comfort
her like most girls at her school already had. That or they had gone steady
with someone at least once.
"Hi there," Tifa
smiled. "I'm Tifa Gainsborough. And you are…?"
"Cloud Strife." He
replied, smiling back at her.
"Well, I'll be your
guide through the rest of your vacation…or at least until you get comfortable.
If I get too annoying, tell me."
He laughed. "Sure."
~
"And this would be the
cafeteria." Tifa said. "Well…that's the end of our tour. That table over
there," Tifa pointed at one at the corner. "Is where I sit."
She stole a glance of
Cloud, whom was practically mesmerized at one of the members at her table. She
sighed inwardly in distress. 'No point in telling him who she is and what my
relation is to her…' "You wanna sit with us?"
He was shaken from his
clouded mind and he quickly agreed. They walked up to the table and Tifa quickly
introduced her friends to Cloud Strife. Yuffie nudged Aeris at her side.
"Say, he's cuter than
Reno don't'cha think?" Yuffie grinned.
"HEY!! I'd better shut
your good-for-nothing mouth because once I'm finished with you, you won't be
able to utter a single word from that darned mouth of yours!" Reno threatened,
obviously it didn't work, but still waving his fist in Yuffie's face. Tifa
queried herself upon their relationship. Although they taunted each other and
practically threatened each other, they still loved the other…how could
it possibly work??
Tifa sacrificed her
seat, which was usually next to Aeris, for Cloud. She sat on the opposite side
and watched them, both getting along quite nicely. Zack leaned over.
"Hey baby face…gimme a
lil lovin' will ya?" He winked at Aeris, who just suddenly slammed a book in
his face. Zack fell off the table, which caused the whole group to laugh.
'We're probably
the oddest of friends…I guess we even out the odds.' Tifa
thought and quickly resumed to the conversation they were all in.
Author's
Notes :: Weird…actually, all my stories are weird. They all have a weirdness to
it that I can't explain. But anyway, yeah, this is a chapter fic, so it's going
to be hard to keep up with my two other stories…~.~ I haven't been able to post
up one, one-shot. Boy, am I pathetic, don't you think so? (No! Don't answer
that!) Plus, if you're looking for the waffy part between characters…probably
never gonna happen for Reno and Yuffie because right now, I LOVE their
love/hate relationship…they seem to have more character. Besides, all those
anti-reffies keep complaining how us, REFFIES, are butchering their character.
WELL, IF they were together (through some unknown source), this is how
I'd picture their relationship to be like. So don't you go whining to me and
ripping my head off about how I'm totally wrong. Well, I hate to burst your
bubble but you can just stick a sword up your ass because I'm NOT, I repeat,
I'm NOT going to bother with you annoying anti-reffies. Flame me, go
ahead. I'll have my friend flame you back, and she's pretty good at it ~.~
She's got a short temper so just you know! ^.~ I'll be waiting! Oh, R & R!
Cloud:
Jeez, woman! I sound like a jock.
Aya:
Another muse! #1 Muse = Tasuki-kun. #2 Muse = Taka-kun #3 Muse = Cloud-kun!
Cloud:
-.-;;
Aya:
I'm their koibito! Aren't you glad, Cloud-kun?
Cloud:
Ureshii…*flops on the ground*
Aya:
Fine…you ungrateful…! Ugh…you make me sick…you're not my muse anymore
Cloud:
Aiiieeee!! Gomen ne, Aya-san!
Aya:
Okie ^_^