One's Love, One's Pity
By: Bishojo Beauty
Chapter 8
Whoa, took me long enough to write....honestly, I'm just stuck...
Oh, yeah, and about that mission thing...it was like, a mission to repay the lifestream for all the sin's that a person did while living on the Planet. Rufus failed the mission because he died by letting Tifa interfere with what was going on. So.....now what?
Find out here! Chapter 8!
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The day Rufus heard Tifa confess her love to him had passed. Three days ago. Since then, the members of AVALANCHE never came to the point of accepting Rufus. Luckily, from the day that Rufus miraculously woke from the dead, nothing strange seemed to happen, yet. Tifa sat at the dining table, to the right of her, was Rufus, left, Barret, and across from her was Cloud. They all ate in silence, the tension eating away. Rufus paid no heed to Barret as he ate and glared at Rufus, never taking his eyes off him. Tifa did however catch Barret when he glanced at her a few times. Each time with more worry than the last. Their attention was drawn to Cloud as he cleared his throat, unintentionally.
"Nice day, today," Cloud says. He'd rather say something than be the target of their glares.
"Still a bit chilly, don't you think, Tifa?" Rufus made it clear that Barret had no effect on him what so ever. Tifa looked up from my dinner to see Rufus smile at her sweetly. She would of looked past it, if it wasn't for his eyes. They spoke of something that told her he genuinely cared for her, and it wasn't just to prove something to Barret. In reply to Rufus' response, Barret snorted. Once again, the room was silent again. It went on like that for another fifteen minutes as they finished their dinners. And that was when all hell broke loose. Barret was biting Rufus' head off with his remarks, and Rufus retaliated without missing a beat. Tifa couldn't help but smile as she watched Rufus run his trained mouth. After all, he was the president, and not to forget, he loved to make speeches. Oh, I wonder what else he can do with that mouth of his. At that thought, Tifa immediately covered gaping mouth with her hand.
"Oh, my god!" Tifa instantly regretted what slipped past her lips. Now, all attention was drawn to her. A blush crept up her face as he looked at Rufus. Her gaze trailing down to his lips. Perfect.
"Something wrong?" Rufus asked, danger crossing his mind. He moved quickly to Tifa's side, all in thinking to protect her, wrapping his arms around her. Barret grunted in disgust.
"If you two are going to go all lovey-dovey, take it somewhere else. It's disgusting," Tifa, even in all of her embarrassment, felt the sting of those words. She couldn't help but feel offended. Of all the time she had known Barret, now is the time he was seriously pulling the strings. But before Rufus even opened his mouth, she quickly dragged him into the other room and out into the balcony. They stood in each other's company as they stared into the night, the first of stars appearing. It was different in Kalm. The stars were actually visible. Unlike in Midgar, where Mako polluted the air so badly that the night sky wasn't even visible.
"Rufus?" Rufus quickly turned all his attention to Tifa. His blue eyes planted right on hers. It was like a dream
"Hmm?" He purred as he turned around, leaning with his back on the bars that surrounded the balcony.
"Do you still think about ruling Midgar? Or, starting a Mako plant?" I caught his quick reaction, his brows shoting up in surprise, but less than a second later, his face was back to it's neutral self. I watched him as he pursed his lips together, creased his brows and directed his gaze to the floor.
"Sometimes," And with that, he got up, and went back inside, leaving Tifa by herself to ponder about it.
When Tifa turned her gaze back to the night sky, she noticed a moving object in the sky. A shooting star? And quickly, Tifa made a wish. She wished for Rufus to open up to her. Little did she know, that wish was going to bring a lot more unpleasantries than good.
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Whoa! I actually finished it! Took me a LONG time. Hope you all enjoy it. Though it is short, I'm hoping to write more...soon.
