Listening to the Radio
by: zhakeena
Chapter 4: Blue Notes, perhaps?
a/n: this is a warning! if thou cannot accept a somewhat unorthodox pairing, or is
somewhat narrow minded when it comes to the subject, i
think that you might want to hack me with a coupla Hyperions after reading this! (curious?)
Oh yeah, "Don't Know Why", "Miss You Love", and
"Tangerine Speedo" do not belong to me.... And, yeah, this one's
about Tifa this time....
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... Waited 'til I saw
the sun..... Don't know why I didn't come... hummed the radio.
"... Are we there yet?..."
Yuffie moaned for the 123rd time.
"For the last *&$#in' time, no, goddamit!"
Cid H. replied.
The others mumbled something under their breaths through
half-closed annoyed eyes. Maybe bringing Cid and Yuffie
was a bad idea after all. Too bad they realized this in the 4th chapter...
"Why d'you
have to bring me?! This is the most... most... boringest
thing you mooks ever planned!!!" Yuffie whined.
"First of all, baaah, you
forced yourself into this thing, baah!" Cloud
said, not yet recovering from the car crash.
"No, I didn't..." Yuffie
muttered.
"Yeah, well this sounds familiar? 'OOH,
you're gonna go visit Aeris?
Bring me bring me bring me bring meeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'"
Sephiroth said in a horrible Yuffie-esque
voice, along with a nasty rendition of her face.
Yuffie pouted. "No, I did not
sound like that! And---"
Red XIII cut her off. "Second of all, 'boringest' is not a word..."
"Bah! You're all against me!"
"Like &$%(#! we are!!!" Cid said. (hey, say
'Cid said' 10 times in a row for bragging rights!)
"At least Vince, Cait and Tifa are on my side!"
Barret said, "Whut 'bout me, foo'?"
"I already know you're against me too. Old men stick
together," Yuffie said.
"HEY, $#%^@!!!!" Barret and Cid said at the same time.
"Hmph!
So, Vinnie, you on my side, right?" Yuffie said, bright eyes looking up at Vincent.
Vincent looked at her coldly before turning away and simply
saying, ".... No."
"AW, c'mon, play along!!!" she whined, as Cloud,
Red and Sephiroth laughed.
"Sorry, I'm just not on anyone's side..." he
muttered before looking at his seemingly interesting window.
"Hmph.
What about you, Cait? You're not with the old men
too, are you?" Yuffie asked.
"Sowee, I decided to be a Chesirian!!!!" Cait said as Moggy nodded.
"A what?" Sephiroth asked.
"A Chesirian.
A follower of the Chesire Cat's sacred teachings of
catty peace and cattiness," Cait proudly
explained.
"Damn, that Reeve can make $h!+
up...." Cid muttered.
"Hmph.
How bout you, Tiffy?" Yuffie asked, turning to Tifa.
Then she saw that Tifa looked as if she was dreaming
something sober.
She was muttering stuff about pianoes,
7th heaven, bar, stuff....
"Tifa?
Where are you?" Yuffie asked, waving a hand in
front of her face. The others blinked.
"Baaah... she's sleeping with
her eyes open, baaah....." Cloud said.
".... huh?/ what?/ Wtf?!" asked the crew.
"Sleeping with her eyes open? ... Enlighten us,"
Red XIII said. Cloud blinked, obviously not getting it.
Sephiroth grunted before saying,
"Explain...."
"Oh! Baaah, she learned how
to sleep with her eyes open, baaah. She had to live
in the slums before, baaah. This is a way for her to be
alert of thieves, rapists, murderers, megalomaniacs and old fat men with hairy
backs, baaaaah." Cloud explained.
"... Yeah, but, she's asleep!" Cait
said.
"She be foolin' them suckas, foo'!" said Barret.
".... Ooooooh...." said
the others, finally getting it. Then they just went on with bickering as Tifa slept on....
***
"Ladies and gentlemen, Tifa Lockheart," said somebody from somewhere in the 7th
Heaven. The audience clapped as Tifa went onstage in
her stage clothes. ('Stage clothes' means something a musician would wear if
she would play in a bar... so hopefully, it isn't her scanty clothes, pervs!)
Tifa smiled at the audience, and
the spotlight stayed on her for quite a time. She looked around; the 7th Heaven
isn't just the dingy bar in the Sector 7 slums, anymore. Now, it's a classy bar
with tunes and booze in the Sector 7 bars, but isn't so dingy anymore.
"... Good evening, and thank
you. For your entertainment tonight, I'm gonna play
some tunes on the piano... so hope you enjoy." She said. Then, she walked
towards the piano in the center of the stage. Cloud on the guitar, Barret on the drums, and Vincent on the bass guitar were in
some corner of the stage.
She tucked some of her hair behind her ear before she
pressed the keys. A familiar tune filled everyone's ears. Then, Cloud, Barret and Vincent joined in playing that soft tune. She looked
at the audience and saw, among others, her gang (Aerith/Aeris,
Cid, Cait Sith, Red, Yuffie, Sephiroth), the ShinRa emps (Reeve, Heidegger,
Scarlet, Hojo, Palmer), the Turks (aw c'mon, you know
them!!! Tseng,
Tifa began to sing,
"I
Waited 'till I saw the
sun
Don't know why I
didn't come
Left you by the house
of fun
Don't know why I
didn't come..."
As she sang, she could almost feel the listeners groove
their heads [?] along with the song. Her mind zoned out, though, because suddenly
she found herself on a cold day at a beach. (not in a
bathing suit, mind you! At least, not yet. Just wait, pervs.) Uh... significant
thingy.... Oh, Cloud was there.
Cloud looked at her. Then he held out his hand. Maybe... he
wanted to walk with her? Tifa didn't take it, though.
Suddenly, she found herself standing there.... all by
herself.... And that she was barely seeing Cloud and Aeris
walking away from a distance... together....
"When I saw the
break of day
Wished that I could
fly away..."
Tifa was dumbfounded, sort of...
She followed them from a distance. Then,
she got a sandy rock from the ground... and threw it at the sea. She saw the
sun rising.
"Instead of
kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in
my hand"
She decided to not follow them, and just kneel on the sand
and watch them. Tifa saw them laughing together.
Seems like Cloud is having a good time with Aeris...
She suddenly felt that lump in her throat.
"My heart is
drenched in wine…"
Back at the bar, Tifa sang those
lines with more feeling. (wonder if it makes a difference, though.) The guitarist, the
drummer and the bass guitarist went, "oooooh……" (imagine that… Vincent going ooooh… ehehehe….)
"But you'll be on my
mind
Forever"
Camera close-ups on Tifa's fingers. Then, it just suddenly warps back on the beach! (duuude… visualizations are so hard to write…)
"Out across the
endless sea
I would die of ecstasy"
Tifa walked along the dunes. They were slightly moist, and the morning was quite cold. She took one look at Cloud and Aeris again, (who were both acting all lovey-dovey…. Awww!) and she felt herself burning up again.
"Nonono, you're not the type to be jealous, Teef…" she said to herself. Then, she looked at the sea again, and she wished that she was just like that, able to go from one place to another in no time, so that she could just teleport out of there when awkward times like these happen… Grunting, she just hopped in her car (a BMW… how she got a car on the beach or how she learned how to drive, I don't know… it's a mystery!)
"But I'll be a bag of
bones
Drivin' down the road along"
In her car, Tifa clicked on the radio and sang along with Norah Jones. Back at the bar, she sang the rest of the song, and Cloud, Barret and Vincent went "ooooh…" again…
"My heart is drenched
in wine…"
She looked at the audience, who listened with half closed
eyes, and gently sipping their wine. (imagine
"But you'll be on my
mind
Forever…"
For a few seconds, the camera focuses on Tifa's fingers working on the piano keys. Then, (for some reason, out of her car) she watched Cloud walk away, with his arm over Aeris' shoulder. Then, for some reason, she found herself sadly smiling.
"You know what, Tifa? They just… match," she said to herself.
"Somethin' has to make you run
Don't know why I didn't
come
Feel as empty as a
drum
Don't know why I didn't
come
Don't know why I didn't
come
I…"
"Feel so alone… but don't worry, Aeris. He's all yours… You two are just too… perfect…" The, she walked away…..
"Don't know why I didn't
come…"
She finished up her song with panache. The audience clapped,
accompanied by a few whoots and whoos
by
Tifa tucked some of her hair behind her ear once more, and beamed at the audience. Suddenly, on top of her piano…. A set of white teeth with fangs appeared.
She gasped in surprise. Then, she watched as it materialized into a grinning Cait Sith with purple striped wings. "… Cait Sith?"
"Noo, the Cheshire Cat, actually," grinned Cait Sith. "Sick of it, yet?"
"Wha… wha?" Tifa stammered. "Oh, I'm just here to bring a little bit of color in your life, Teef!" said Cait. Tifa concluded that Cait was possessed and cannot be possibly controlled by Reeve.
"Oh? What? How?" Tifa said in confusion.
Cait rubbed his catty chin. "Hmm… Time to dream of another person, Tifa!" he said, snapping his claws together. Then he disappeared.
"Millionaires say
Got a big shot deal
And thrown it all
away, but…"
A voice from one side of the stage sang.
Tifa looked at that side of the stage, also noticing that the audience and her band were oblivious to what's happening. Except for Dark Nation, who jumped on the stage and watched. (can you guess who the singing guy is, now?)
"But I'm not too sure
How I'm supposed to
feel
Or what I'm supposed
to say, but…"
Tifa walked a few steps closer to the singer. Then, out of the shadows of the stage…
Came out Rufus ShinRa, alive and singing Silverchair's Miss You Love… (oh, the shock.)
"I'm not, not sure
Not too sure how it
feels
To handle everyday
And I miss you, love…"
"… Rufus?!" Tifa managed to say. Dark Nation purred knowingly. [?!?!?!]
"Make room for the
prey
Cuz I'm coming in
With what I wanna say, but
It's gonna hurt
And I love the pain
A breeding ground of
hate, but…"
"[Wow, what a voice!] Rufus! Rufus!!!" Tifa said. But it looks like Rufus has no intention of stopping…
"Remember today
I've no respect for
you…
And I miss you, love
And I miss you, love…"
"RUFUS?!" Tifa practically screamed. Rufus looked at her, and the music instantly stopped.
"… Yes?" he asked, as if nothing was wrong.
"Uhm… do you realize… What you're singing? And who you probably are singing it for?" Tifa asked, with a sort of freaking out voice.
"Well… yes, I am, Tifa," he said, flipping his hair, much like he does every time you see him. "And, I'm quite aware that I'm singing for you."
"But… but…" Tifa stammered. She stopped though, when he suddenly held her hands.
"Why, Miss Lockheart? Is it so strange, so wrong to sing a song for you?" he asked, his eyes still cold. (droohoohoohoohool…)
Tifa was at loss for words. Then, Cait Sith appeared behind Rufus' shoulder, raising his eyebrows teasingly. "Hi, Teef. Enjoying this dream so far?"
"As a matter of fact, it's all getting too awkward, MAKE IT STOP!" she said through gritted teeth.
Cait Sith pretend-thought for a while, then reappeared beside Tifa. "OK, this oughta wake you up!" he said, and disappeared again.
"AND CHA-CHA-CHA!!!" went the Turks, suddenly snapping out of their trance. Tangerine Speedo suddenly went out of the speakers.
"Two-week vacation
Tifa, not being able to take the male Turks dancing in tangerine speedos, fainted in there on the spot.
***
"Shamanap, shamanap, yo-yah!" sang Cloud while Tangerine Speedo blasted in the vehicle's radio.
"… Will somebody make that *&$%^ shut up?!" said Cid from the corner of his mouth.
"Baaah, I'll have you know that my singing skills are one of the things I'm proud of, baaah." Said Cloud.
"Hey-hey! Looky! Tifa's eyes closed!" Yuffie said.
Red XIII looked at his watch. (awww! Doggy/catty/whateverie paw watches!) "Hmm, an hour of sleeping with her eyes open… hopefully, she blinked. Or else her eyes should be dried up by the air-con air…" he explained.
"….."
Tifa suddenly opened her eyes WIDE OPEN with a "GASP!!!!" This startled everybody.
"So, Teef, whaddya dreamt about? Was it nice?" sarcastically asked Sephiroth, while Tifa gasped for breath, trying to calm down, and while everyone else rubbed her back, or summat.
"(gasp) Cloud and Aeris… (gasp) beach… (wheeze) Seventh Heaven… (wheeze)
Singing while piano (whoo!) Then Rufus, and the
Turks, and Cait Sith, with
the
"Oh… Never mind," she said, leaning back. Everyone else shrugged and sat back. "Oh, Cait Sith?" she said.
"Yeah?"
"Please, I beg of you, never ever read or watch
"Oh? … All right, I guess.."
Tifa tried to calm herself down, before looking out the window.
"… Rufus?" she thought to herself.
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Bwahahah! Am evil. Am twisted. Am corny TO THE MAX!!!!
So, you liked this addition? I should hope so, but odds are, most of you would want to burn this down with angry mob type torches… (but they are sooo welcome, though)
Okay, as you may have figured out, I'm not really good in writing romance, so please, gimme some advice on that one… and please leave a review with the next one I should torture in a refined way with panache and the sound of music.
à zhakeena (music minded and
so slow on updates)