Final Fantasy VII Squaresoft. Coarse language and …some violence…a bit of gore…OH WHATEVER! Its rated R for something!
Pleasant Sounds
Chapter 10
Cloud and Vincent stood immobile for a while. Cloud snatched back the locket and left running out.
Vincent didn't try to stop him; he simply looked at him and then turned to Tifa with a worried face.
("That was a convenient move") he thought as he leaned near Tifa to untie her.
Tifa stared at him with eyes full of anger, she didn't say a word and got up moving straight to the bathroom; Vincent then followed her.
"Maybe there's something I should explain…"
Silence. Tifa put on her dress and was fixing her hair a bit.
"It started off like that but…I…after what you said in the bathroom…"
Tifa stopped in front of him with a serious face.
"What? That I love you…forget it" and smiled as she pushed him away.
She went straight downstairs ignoring him.
"I deserve this Tifa! Let me explain!"
"What use it is now?" she went on.
"Why should I want to explain myself if I didn't care for you?"
Tifa stopped in front of the door giving Vincent her back. She turned quickly around to move towards him. Her head up with her eyes straight at him.
"So now you love me, hum? Is that it?"
"…yes…" he almost whispered.
"So…you love me right…let's put it this way then. You love me…but not even for a second did you stop Cloud for treating me like that, now did you? How's that, eh? You think I felt good treated like some stupid bitch?" she looked sad and was forcing herself not to cry "I was treated like trash for all that time and you find a way to stop him with out pulling his guts out like he rightly deserved…"
Vincent's eyes widened.
"You scared of him? Hum? Tell me Vincent…why didn't you react more likely?"
"You think viole…"
"Shuddup! You perfectly know that Cloud deserved to be beaten!"
Tifa saw Vincent speechless; se had reached a part he wasn't aware of himself. She almost felt sorry for him; Cloud had manipulated him into a little loyal puppy. She understood that but she wasn't willing to forgive him just like that, it wasn't fair. She left with fast pace to the mansion.
Vincent looked around himself almost ashamed, if he saw himself in a mirror he would probably smash his own image at the moment.
Cloud entered his studio and closed himself in. He felt outraged! His best friend had betrayed him as well…he hated him now, just as he hated that stupid bitch. What an idiot he was! Marry her looking inside for a woman who couldn't be duplicated…fool! What a fool he had been…
Tifa entered quickly and went straight to her room packing up all her stuff in suitcases. She grabbed all her jewelry and looked around the house for valuables she could sell.
"I'm sure Barret can help me out for a while! What an idiot, I should have done this long ago…" she bit her upper lip and closed the last suitcase.
She heard a door open. Cloud or…
Vincent came in closing the door behind him…his face presented all the sadness and regrets she's expect from him.
"Tifa…" almost pleading.
"It's going to take more than that…" never looking at him straightly.
"…there must be some way I can gain you back…"
"You don't really expect me to forgive you so easily now, do you?"
Vincent took a deep breath and walked out.
("What is he up to know?") she thought.
Vincent went downstairs and entered Cloud's unlocked studio. There he was with a glass of whisky in his hand and his head over the table, his eyes looking far away.
"What do you want?"
"Get rid of Tifa"
Cloud looked up at him.
"So now you want to kill her…"
"Nothing like that. I'll get rid of her on my own way…"
"Which is?"
"Divorce and give me your ring…"
"I need that wench…" he turned away.
"Give me the ring…" he insisted approaching to him.
Cloud got nervous and lifted his head up looking serious.
"No! Not for now at least! What? You want to marry her? Fine…fuck your life but not until…"
"Don't you see how stupid your request is…Rufus is going to kill you anyway…"
"…you should be helping me out…"
"Not anymore…" he grabbed his left hand.
Cloud tried to pull off uselessly but Vincent had a strong grip.
"WHAT THE FUCK…" he yelled.
Vincent grabbed a small knife and cut his annular.
"YEAHOW!!"
Cloud was free and immediately attacked Vincent who was holding his cut finger.
Vincent avoided his clumsy gesture and kicked him away.
"It was all about the money Cloud…that's the only thing that kept you alive near me…" and walked away.
When Vincent left Cloud quickly shouted for a servant. Quickly they came and took care of his cut finger and taking him to the hospital. Cloud was not letting Vincent get away with this.
Vincent opened the door up and found Tifa talking to a maid.
"What is it now?" she gave him a cold look and turned to the maid.
"Might you leave us alone lady?" he asked the maid.
"Stay!" ordered Tifa.
"Please…"
"She stays!"
Vincent pulled Cloud's finger from his back.
"Go!"
The maid ran off the room as fast as she could leaving a horrified Tifa.
"Vincent…what have…"
Vincent removed slowly the ring from the bleeding finger.
"Mr. Strife is not married anymore as far as I'm concerned…" he threw away both finger and the ring.
"…as for Mrs.Strife…" he grabbed Tifa's hand, which didn't react at all with a pale and shocked face.
"…she is no more…" he took her ring off.
Tifa regained her strength still nausead.
"I…" she turned away.
"I avenge you...isn't that what you wanted?"
"I…Vincent…" she turned to face him still a bit shocked "…I'm horrified and scared of you now…"
"I did…"
"…well thanks…but I'm not leaving a psycho to get with a human butcher…"
"That's not fair!"
"Vincent! I never said I won't forgive you…but don't expect that cutting people is going to make me feel better…couldn't you simply beat him up like normal people?" she called for her maid again.
"What are you doing?" he looked at her impatient.
"I'm leaving…I need to be alone for a while…"
"Where?"
Tifa thought before telling him.
"Midgar! I have a friend there who can help me out for a while…"
"What about…"
"I need some time on my own!" she calmed him down.
"…and you too! Come see me when you're "really" ready to say something as "I love you"…without hurting somebody perhaps…"
"Tifa…"
"Good-bye Vincent…" she went out followed by servants brining down her stuff to the car parked outside.
Funny how this story keeps going on…by itself…I mean it…I don't know what the heck is writing this stuff…still wandering about the ending…not far anyway! Reviewwwww =*