I'm sorry about the delayed update, please don't kill me! I've got like three different stories going, and I have tests I have to study for. But here it is...

Disclaimer; I own.....Uh, I can't think of anything right now, I'll get back to you on that.

And some notes; /Word/ = someone is thinking " Word"=someone is talking ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ = change of scenery Week/Year/Day/Hour = change of time
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Tifa stared at herself in the mirror. She didn't recognize the face staring back at her. /Why is life so unfair? /

Three weeks earlier

Brent had left soon after bringing the beer-barrel in, and as time wore on, the bar slowly grew empty. Tifa glanced at the clock on the wall. / Half an hour till closing time/. She turned and looked around the bar. Anne had left an hour ago, and Joe had followed suit. Angela had drifted off soon afterwards, leaving Tifa alone in the bar. It was OK, though, seeing there weren't any customers left, either.

Wrong. There was one, but Tifa tried her best not to think about him. / Sephiroth. I wonder why, and how, he's here./

The silver-haired ex-SOLDIER had spent all evening sitting in the corner. Tifa could not fathom what he was thinking about, and she was much too afraid to ask. After all, he was the man that had killed her father and burned Nibelhem to the ground.

She glanced at the clock again. A quarter to midnight. / Might as well close early./ . She cleared her throat discreetly.

" S-Sephiroth?" She asked, stumbling a bit over his name.

" Yes?"

" I'm closing the bar now."

He nodded to show he understood, and got to his feet. He headed for the door, and Tifa was only a step behind him. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤

Sephiroth stopped outside. Tifa looked at him, waiting for him to do something. However, he just stood there, staring at the sky.

After a while, she got curious about what he found so fascinating, and stood beside him, following his gaze. She was surprised. He had been staring at the stars. She could understand him, they were truly breath taking. They looked like diamonds in the sky.

She didn't know how long she had been standing beside the silver-haired general, when she became aware that he was looking at her. Being used to men staring at her, she just said the first thing that came to mind.

" Enjoying the view?" She hadn't meant to sound so harsh, but she did. / Oh, crap!/ She thought, knowing Sephiroth wasn't the one for sarcasm. Unless he was dealing it out of course./Good work Tifa, insulting the deadliest fighter on the planet! He'll probably kill you now!/

To her surprise, he just turned away quickly, and muttered an apology. Then he left swiftly, leaving Tifa very surprised. / Did I just see what I think I saw?/

/ What?/ She asked herself.

/ Was Sephiroth blushing?/

END OF FLASHBACK 0000

Tifa came back to reality, and turned away from the mirror. In doing so, she winced a little in pain. / How could this happen to me?/

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Cliffhaaaaanger! I am evil! *insert maniac laugh here*. I'll have the next chapter up sooner, I promise.

_ Metallicafangirl.