Secrets
(A Vincent and Yuffie fanfic)
by Yuu Mizuyuki
Chapter 4: Understand The Highwind's engine roared and soon, leaves were blown away and scattered in many directions ... constanty swirling and playing. Vincent gazed at the motion of the leaves, cheerfully teasing him to join their dance. He chuckled at his slight moment of bliss. When was the last time he did that, he thought to himself. Funny, how he had been missing a lot of simple joy in life. Probably because I was stuck in a coffin too long, thought of her too long. He had learned to forget Lucrecia little by little, step at a time. His lips tugged into a small smile. He chuckled again with amusement. It had been a very long time since he actually had done such a feat. He tried once again ... this time, smiling a genuine one. Throughout his small whim, Yuffie had been watching from above in her own hideaway, grinning. Vincent had been too absorbed to notice the little ninja spying on him. She giggled as Vincent smiled and through her bout of giggling, she simply lost her footage. Vincent's eyes widened when he felt something amiss and quickly ran to where his senses were telling him. With outstretched arms, she fell in a loud thud. Quickly, Yuffie glanced at Vincent and stuck out her tongue. "Um ... hey, Vinny!" Yuffie tried out and waited for Vincent's infamous glare to come. Her eyes widened in disbelief as Vincent lightly chuckled. "Do that again!" Vincent blinked and stared at Yuffie. "... pardon me?" Yuffie wriggled in Vincent's arms as Vincent carefully let her down. Yuffie held onto his shirt, as she repeated herself. "Do that again!" Vincent blinked once again. "Do what again, Yuffie?" "The laughing thing ..." Vincent smiled in amusement with Yuffie's own bewilderment. "H-hold on a sec! Are you Vincent? Give me Vinny back ... well, I mean, you're nice and stuff but it's freaky ... not in a bad way ... I mean ... " She trailed off, not knowing what to say. Vincent on the other hand sighed and was back to his serious self. "What were you doing up there?" Yuffie grinned. "The usual stuff ... checking the squirells and knitting them pink socks." She started to walk slowly away from Vincent and stopped. "By the way, I never knew you could do that ..." Vincent raised his eyebrow. "..." Yuffie ran back to Vincent. "Hey! Lighten up, will ya! I was just kidding. You know ... a joke. Besides, I was just happy you're showing more of yourself, if you know what I mean. I've been hanging around you guys for the past few months and we even fought side by side fighting Sephiroth. The weird thing is, I don't know much about you, You keep hiding yourself from us. Gawd! Vinny, I hate it when I'm talking like this." She pouted and walked towards the Highwind half-heartedly. She heard footsteps following her which was, no doubt, Vincent's. When they had arrived, Cid was cursing good-naturedly as always. It seems that they were too busy talking to each other to notice that the others had arrived. "Sorry there, ol' man!" Yuffie said as he patted Cid in the back. "I promise to try not to barf around the place and just barf in the bridge." "Why you @#&%&*%@!$%#!!!!!" Cid continuously cursed as Yuffie ran away, avoiding what Cid was throwing at her. The others just watched what was taking place, for they have seen it for about a hundred times. After the onslaught, Cid grabbed the controls. With that, they took off.
Cid had dropped off Barret and Marlene in Junon, their new residence. Then, he went to Cosmo Canyon. Red gave his goodbye as Highwind turned to the direction of Wutai. Cid faced Vincent. "Hey you, after I finish with this damn school bus ride to Wutai, were do I drop you off?" He huffed on his cigarette. Vincent stared blankly at Cid, deep in thought. Where am I going after? Should I sta- From a distance, he heard Yuffie whine and Cid seemed to hear it too because he marched right out of the bridge to make sure Yuffie didn't barf on his precious airship. Vincent followed Cid after and saw Yuffie lying down in a makeshift bed, not looking well. "@#%$! What the hell happened to you! You look damn greener than usual!" Yuffie glared at Cid and stuck out her tongue. "Gawd! That's because I'm trying to keep my side of the bargain! I'm trying to do what I promised, geezer!" She started to squirm and grabbed a pillow to place over her head. "If you're just gonna stare at me and wait for me to puke, you might as well wait for Cloud's hair to be kept down. Cid scowled and left, muttering curses as he went. Vincent sighed but grabbed a box to use as a chair and sat beside Yuffie's makeshift bed. Yuffie took out the pillow over her head, expecting no one to be there, but was surprised to see Vincent sitting there. "Why are you here?" She asked cautiously. Vincent was acting strange ... well, stranger than usual. He was strange from the beginning. Vincent sighed. Caught again ... Yuffie didn't need to wait for an answer as she spilled out her thoughts. "Look here, I know something is up. Did I do something for you to be awfully nice?" She grinned and continued. "I'm quite impressed actually. You said you were going to live a new life, and that's what you've been doing, right?" Vincent looked at Yuffie, his eyes showing a hint of happiness mixed with a bit of despair. "I probably have been trying without knowing ..." He whispered. Yuffie laughed. "I never thought I'd see the day when Vincent Valentine would admit that I'm right." She patted Vincent's back and noticed that she wasn't having air sickness anymore. "So, were are you going? I mean, everyone is in their respective homes and well, were are you staying?" Vincent shrugged. "I have really never thought about starting a new life until a few days ago ... I had always wanted to keep to myself again ... " Why am I telling this to her ...? He paused to look at curious, brown eyes. "And?" Yuffie frowned. "Gawd! That's it? You didn't even answer my question!" Vincent looked down to escape her searching eyes. She was the only one who he had a hard time predicting. She was rather moody and her eyes were always unreadable. When she was sad yet here eyes held a light gleam. When she was happy, he felt that somehow, her eyes seem to hide something which he can't figure out. "Yuffie, I was given the chance to start over but I can't seem to be able to do it." He looked up once again and saw Yuffie staring at him, confused. "I don't have a place were I belong, I don't have a family and I don't have anyone I ..." love? "Gawd, Vinny! That's not true at all! Are you blind?! You have friends, you have me! We are always here to help you! I'm always here to help you ..." She stopped in a whisper as she felt her heart fill with sadness. She suddenly knew how it felt ... how he felt. How it was like to be alone, everyone wanting you to be someone else ... losing someone you love. She had lost her mother before she even had a chance to cuddle in her lap as she might read bedtime stories. Sure, she had a little teddy bear from her mom before she died but she never knew how it felt like and it hurts. She suddenly felt something liquid trailing down her cheeks and realized that she was crying. Vincent felt his heart grow heavy. He had caused Yuffie to cry. He made the woman he loved cry. The woman I loved ... And with that, he felt his heart grow a bit lighter with that realization. He loved Yuffie. With a new found courage building inside of him, he gently wiped away Yuffie's tears and brought her closer to him. He rubbed her back and said soothing words as she sobbed and embraced him. "Yuffie ..." He whispered to her ear. " ... I love you." He peered at Yuffie and smiled as he saw her sleeping.
Author's note: NO! This is not the last chapter! Hahahahaha! *grin* I'm sorry if it took me so long. I forgot *all* my ideas! ARGH! (yes, I'm forgetful! and to the people who know me and is reading this ... *glares at them* Evil!) I'll be continuing as soon as I fix my ideas. (ack! I have to outline it ... *looks for a piece of paper* Aha!) Okay, well ... R&R! ://meow ~Yuu Mizuyuki~ meow//:
(A Vincent and Yuffie fanfic)
by Yuu Mizuyuki
Chapter 4: Understand The Highwind's engine roared and soon, leaves were blown away and scattered in many directions ... constanty swirling and playing. Vincent gazed at the motion of the leaves, cheerfully teasing him to join their dance. He chuckled at his slight moment of bliss. When was the last time he did that, he thought to himself. Funny, how he had been missing a lot of simple joy in life. Probably because I was stuck in a coffin too long, thought of her too long. He had learned to forget Lucrecia little by little, step at a time. His lips tugged into a small smile. He chuckled again with amusement. It had been a very long time since he actually had done such a feat. He tried once again ... this time, smiling a genuine one. Throughout his small whim, Yuffie had been watching from above in her own hideaway, grinning. Vincent had been too absorbed to notice the little ninja spying on him. She giggled as Vincent smiled and through her bout of giggling, she simply lost her footage. Vincent's eyes widened when he felt something amiss and quickly ran to where his senses were telling him. With outstretched arms, she fell in a loud thud. Quickly, Yuffie glanced at Vincent and stuck out her tongue. "Um ... hey, Vinny!" Yuffie tried out and waited for Vincent's infamous glare to come. Her eyes widened in disbelief as Vincent lightly chuckled. "Do that again!" Vincent blinked and stared at Yuffie. "... pardon me?" Yuffie wriggled in Vincent's arms as Vincent carefully let her down. Yuffie held onto his shirt, as she repeated herself. "Do that again!" Vincent blinked once again. "Do what again, Yuffie?" "The laughing thing ..." Vincent smiled in amusement with Yuffie's own bewilderment. "H-hold on a sec! Are you Vincent? Give me Vinny back ... well, I mean, you're nice and stuff but it's freaky ... not in a bad way ... I mean ... " She trailed off, not knowing what to say. Vincent on the other hand sighed and was back to his serious self. "What were you doing up there?" Yuffie grinned. "The usual stuff ... checking the squirells and knitting them pink socks." She started to walk slowly away from Vincent and stopped. "By the way, I never knew you could do that ..." Vincent raised his eyebrow. "..." Yuffie ran back to Vincent. "Hey! Lighten up, will ya! I was just kidding. You know ... a joke. Besides, I was just happy you're showing more of yourself, if you know what I mean. I've been hanging around you guys for the past few months and we even fought side by side fighting Sephiroth. The weird thing is, I don't know much about you, You keep hiding yourself from us. Gawd! Vinny, I hate it when I'm talking like this." She pouted and walked towards the Highwind half-heartedly. She heard footsteps following her which was, no doubt, Vincent's. When they had arrived, Cid was cursing good-naturedly as always. It seems that they were too busy talking to each other to notice that the others had arrived. "Sorry there, ol' man!" Yuffie said as he patted Cid in the back. "I promise to try not to barf around the place and just barf in the bridge." "Why you @#&%&*%@!$%#!!!!!" Cid continuously cursed as Yuffie ran away, avoiding what Cid was throwing at her. The others just watched what was taking place, for they have seen it for about a hundred times. After the onslaught, Cid grabbed the controls. With that, they took off.
Cid had dropped off Barret and Marlene in Junon, their new residence. Then, he went to Cosmo Canyon. Red gave his goodbye as Highwind turned to the direction of Wutai. Cid faced Vincent. "Hey you, after I finish with this damn school bus ride to Wutai, were do I drop you off?" He huffed on his cigarette. Vincent stared blankly at Cid, deep in thought. Where am I going after? Should I sta- From a distance, he heard Yuffie whine and Cid seemed to hear it too because he marched right out of the bridge to make sure Yuffie didn't barf on his precious airship. Vincent followed Cid after and saw Yuffie lying down in a makeshift bed, not looking well. "@#%$! What the hell happened to you! You look damn greener than usual!" Yuffie glared at Cid and stuck out her tongue. "Gawd! That's because I'm trying to keep my side of the bargain! I'm trying to do what I promised, geezer!" She started to squirm and grabbed a pillow to place over her head. "If you're just gonna stare at me and wait for me to puke, you might as well wait for Cloud's hair to be kept down. Cid scowled and left, muttering curses as he went. Vincent sighed but grabbed a box to use as a chair and sat beside Yuffie's makeshift bed. Yuffie took out the pillow over her head, expecting no one to be there, but was surprised to see Vincent sitting there. "Why are you here?" She asked cautiously. Vincent was acting strange ... well, stranger than usual. He was strange from the beginning. Vincent sighed. Caught again ... Yuffie didn't need to wait for an answer as she spilled out her thoughts. "Look here, I know something is up. Did I do something for you to be awfully nice?" She grinned and continued. "I'm quite impressed actually. You said you were going to live a new life, and that's what you've been doing, right?" Vincent looked at Yuffie, his eyes showing a hint of happiness mixed with a bit of despair. "I probably have been trying without knowing ..." He whispered. Yuffie laughed. "I never thought I'd see the day when Vincent Valentine would admit that I'm right." She patted Vincent's back and noticed that she wasn't having air sickness anymore. "So, were are you going? I mean, everyone is in their respective homes and well, were are you staying?" Vincent shrugged. "I have really never thought about starting a new life until a few days ago ... I had always wanted to keep to myself again ... " Why am I telling this to her ...? He paused to look at curious, brown eyes. "And?" Yuffie frowned. "Gawd! That's it? You didn't even answer my question!" Vincent looked down to escape her searching eyes. She was the only one who he had a hard time predicting. She was rather moody and her eyes were always unreadable. When she was sad yet here eyes held a light gleam. When she was happy, he felt that somehow, her eyes seem to hide something which he can't figure out. "Yuffie, I was given the chance to start over but I can't seem to be able to do it." He looked up once again and saw Yuffie staring at him, confused. "I don't have a place were I belong, I don't have a family and I don't have anyone I ..." love? "Gawd, Vinny! That's not true at all! Are you blind?! You have friends, you have me! We are always here to help you! I'm always here to help you ..." She stopped in a whisper as she felt her heart fill with sadness. She suddenly knew how it felt ... how he felt. How it was like to be alone, everyone wanting you to be someone else ... losing someone you love. She had lost her mother before she even had a chance to cuddle in her lap as she might read bedtime stories. Sure, she had a little teddy bear from her mom before she died but she never knew how it felt like and it hurts. She suddenly felt something liquid trailing down her cheeks and realized that she was crying. Vincent felt his heart grow heavy. He had caused Yuffie to cry. He made the woman he loved cry. The woman I loved ... And with that, he felt his heart grow a bit lighter with that realization. He loved Yuffie. With a new found courage building inside of him, he gently wiped away Yuffie's tears and brought her closer to him. He rubbed her back and said soothing words as she sobbed and embraced him. "Yuffie ..." He whispered to her ear. " ... I love you." He peered at Yuffie and smiled as he saw her sleeping.
Author's note: NO! This is not the last chapter! Hahahahaha! *grin* I'm sorry if it took me so long. I forgot *all* my ideas! ARGH! (yes, I'm forgetful! and to the people who know me and is reading this ... *glares at them* Evil!) I'll be continuing as soon as I fix my ideas. (ack! I have to outline it ... *looks for a piece of paper* Aha!) Okay, well ... R&R! ://meow ~Yuu Mizuyuki~ meow//: