Blessed Union Of Souls - Standing At The Edge Of The Earth
EVERYTHING YOU WANT
By: Reffie Striheart
It's already coming in
Oh and it's rising in the
back of your head
Cloud stood outside in the dark,
in the front of a huge mansion. He raised his hand to knock but
chickened out and dropped his hand once more to his side.
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now your here and you don't
know why
Why was he even here? Did he think
that the beautiful Tifa Lockheart would even remember him? And if
she did, would she recognize him anymore? With his dim, dark blue
eyes and short un-spiky hair? With his strong muscles but weary
body? Would she?
But under skinned knees and
the skid marks
Past the places where you
used to learn
He had a horrible secret. A secret
that he, himself, had just found out. He, Cloud Mariam Strife was
dying. Dying of a deadly disease with no cure.
So he had traveled through all of
the places that they'd traveled through on their quest to save
the world. Icicle, Bone Village, Cosmo Canyon, Midgar, Mideel,
Nibelheim...
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echos of angels that won't
return
Cloud had called all of his
friends. Wanted to see them again, maybe for the last time. But
they couldn't be bothered. So he hadn't told them that he was
dying. They had all gone on with their lives. He was a reminder
of Aeris. And they didn't want to be reminded of that death.
Except for Tifa. He hadn't called
his old friend. He'd been too scared.
And thats how Cloud Strife ended
up on her doorstep.
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of
you
That you wish you could be
The doorbell rang and Tifa
Lockheart looked up and at the clock in the kitchen. Who would be
here at this time of night?
She opened the door and gasped.
" Cloud!"
And there he was. The man that she
had admired and had held a friendship with. But he was different
now. Darker, somehow. Not the same man that she'd traveled with.
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
She stood there and stared at ther
friend remembering how he'd comforted her and she'd comforted him
when Aeris died. How they'd sat and talked long after everyone
else was asleep.
But she never loved him, but
admired him for his bravery. And now he was here. And she still
didn't love him.
Your waiting for someone to
put you together
Your waiting for someone to
push you away
In Nibelheim, as a child some of
her friends had tried to pust them together, but soon after Cloud
left and Tifa thought constantly about their promise. And then
when she found Cloud again, Aeris was there and pushed them away.
There's always another wound
to discover
There's always something
more you wish he said
" Come in Cloud. I didn't
expect to see you." Tifa ushered her old friend into her
huge house. They sat down at the kitchen table, across from each
other. " So what brings you here to Kalm?"
"Teef...." Cloud paused
searching for words. " Tifa, I'm going to be blunt. I
am....dying."
Tifa covered her mouth with her
hands. " Oh god..."
But you'll just tight
And watch it unwind
It's only what your asking
for
" Oh my god, Cloud...."
Tifa shook her head. Inside Cloud brightened. Does that mean
that she loves me?
Cloud leaned foward to kiss or hug
her, but she moved back.
" What are you doing?"
" Don't you love me?"
" Your my friend,
Cloud...but....I don't love you. Your my friend
though."
You'll be just fine
With all of your time
It's only what your waiting
for
Inside Cloud's heart hurt. Somehow
he knew -guessed?- that if none of his other friends wanted to
see him the she wouldn't either.
He turned and left.
Out of the island
And into the highway
Past the places where you
might have turned
He left Kalm and traveled throught
the places that he and his 'friends' had been. But this time he
had a final destination.
Past the Chocobo Farm where they'd
caught their first chocobo. Near Mythril Mines where they'd first
seen Sephiroth's power. Into Mythril Mines where he, Tifa and Red
XIII had run into the Turks. Onward and onward....until he
reached the City of Ancients, Aeris Gainsborough, last Cetra's,
resting place.
You never did notice
But still you hide away from
The anger of angels who
won't return
He stood on the beach of the water
in front of Aeris's grave. Cloud closed his eyes and waded out
towards her. When he reached the spot where he'd lowered her
down, he stared into the cool, clear water and wondered:
Did she love him?
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of
you
That you wish you could be
Why couldn't Tifa care about him
as he cared about her? He was charming, hansome and hero-ish. He
was her friend and nothing more.
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you
And I don't know why
They'd talked so much....Cloud had
thought that Tifa loved him and that he loved her and after the
Meteor everything would be perfect.
Oh, well. It would be her loss,
then.
He dove foward into the water,
down, down towards Aeris Gainsborough's prone body. And he never
returned to the surface.....
I don't know why
Why
I don't know
A/N: I wrote this in like ten
minutes andI think it shows. R & R please!