The Breakthrough
Barret put his head in his hands and began to sob quietly. Cloud put a hand on his shoulder and tried to comfort him.
"It happened so quickly!! And they never asked if I wanted to do it! I just.. I'm lost!!!" He sobbed, staring at ten fingers, instead of five.
"I'm sure they didn't mean any harm. Now, please continue with your story." Cloud pushed his glasses back onto his nose, and scrunched his face into a strange position.
"And then they tell me I should've gone to an insane asylum a long time ago. How would they know? I didn't put my gun in my own hand!!"He growled, standing up, and shrugging.
"Now, now. Do not be testy! They thought they were helping, I'm sure of it!"Cloud laughed, pulling out a clip board and scribbling a few things on it, before continuing.
"Barret, your hour is up, so you may go. Thank you for sharing."His hair shone in the light of the sun. He nodded, and patted Barret on the back.
"Yeah, well, I hate coming to these sessions, anyway. This is some nuthouse you have here." He laughed, revealing yellow teeth that made Cloud cringe.
"Yes. Nuthouse.. I suppose, eh?"Cloud flinched again, as Barret yawned. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Cloud."Barret laughed, clenching his hands into fists. "Who is that next patient you have, again?" Barret continued, before crossing his arms over his chest and leaning against the wall.
"Some guy who said that he needed therapy for stealing his mother's head from a company called Shinra. Yes. Somehow that names seems familiar. Anyway, he claims to have known a man just like me named Zach. What a load of bologna, eh?" Cloud poked at a spike on his outfit.
"Wow. And they said I needed therapy for having a gun in my arm. Nuts. They removed it!! And then told me that I needed to go to an insane asylum! I don't find that fair." Barret growled again, stepping out the door.
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"Leaving Barret, sir?" The receptionist, Aeris, asked, fidgeting with a strand of brown hair. Her eyes were a pale blue color, and her hair, a beautiful shade of golden-brown. The locks were twisted into one large braid in the back of her hair. Barret drooled at her pink and red kimono, tied in back into a perfect bow.
"Uh. In fact, yes." He gulped, worried he sounded like a complete idiot. She nodded, and motioned for him to come closer.
"You need to schedule an appointment for some other day, Barret. I just received a call from the courthouse, saying Cloud is on jury duty.
"Oh yeah? Meaning he'll be gone?" He dribbled, floating in mid air, as she spoke. Spoke such fluent English.
"Yes, sir." She giggled at the way she could get men to act around her. Her laughing fit ended when Tifa came into the asylum. Barret turned, suddenly growing wings, and flying over to her. Aeris rolled her eyes, and began typing something onto the computer.
"Barret, sir, I have you scheduled for 10:00, Thursday the twentieth. Is that okay?"Her eyes burned with hatred for the woman, messing with Barret.
"Yeah.. That'll be fine." He chuckled, completely ignoring Aeris, and walking out the door with Tifa. Cloud came out about the same time.
"You like him?" He asked, a bit of sadness in his eyes. She smiled for a minute, and stroked his forehead.
"Of course not. He's just a stupid dummy!"She laughed at the way he rubbed his head against her hand.
"That's nice to know." He smiled, noting that the bell on the door was ringing. Sepheroth entered, his hair pulled back into a long ponytail, reaching the ground.
"I'm ready for my 3:00 appointment, Zach." He laughed, his hair brushing the ground, raising a bit of dust.
Cloud sighed, and prepared for the worst.
Barret put his head in his hands and began to sob quietly. Cloud put a hand on his shoulder and tried to comfort him.
"It happened so quickly!! And they never asked if I wanted to do it! I just.. I'm lost!!!" He sobbed, staring at ten fingers, instead of five.
"I'm sure they didn't mean any harm. Now, please continue with your story." Cloud pushed his glasses back onto his nose, and scrunched his face into a strange position.
"And then they tell me I should've gone to an insane asylum a long time ago. How would they know? I didn't put my gun in my own hand!!"He growled, standing up, and shrugging.
"Now, now. Do not be testy! They thought they were helping, I'm sure of it!"Cloud laughed, pulling out a clip board and scribbling a few things on it, before continuing.
"Barret, your hour is up, so you may go. Thank you for sharing."His hair shone in the light of the sun. He nodded, and patted Barret on the back.
"Yeah, well, I hate coming to these sessions, anyway. This is some nuthouse you have here." He laughed, revealing yellow teeth that made Cloud cringe.
"Yes. Nuthouse.. I suppose, eh?"Cloud flinched again, as Barret yawned. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Cloud."Barret laughed, clenching his hands into fists. "Who is that next patient you have, again?" Barret continued, before crossing his arms over his chest and leaning against the wall.
"Some guy who said that he needed therapy for stealing his mother's head from a company called Shinra. Yes. Somehow that names seems familiar. Anyway, he claims to have known a man just like me named Zach. What a load of bologna, eh?" Cloud poked at a spike on his outfit.
"Wow. And they said I needed therapy for having a gun in my arm. Nuts. They removed it!! And then told me that I needed to go to an insane asylum! I don't find that fair." Barret growled again, stepping out the door.
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"Leaving Barret, sir?" The receptionist, Aeris, asked, fidgeting with a strand of brown hair. Her eyes were a pale blue color, and her hair, a beautiful shade of golden-brown. The locks were twisted into one large braid in the back of her hair. Barret drooled at her pink and red kimono, tied in back into a perfect bow.
"Uh. In fact, yes." He gulped, worried he sounded like a complete idiot. She nodded, and motioned for him to come closer.
"You need to schedule an appointment for some other day, Barret. I just received a call from the courthouse, saying Cloud is on jury duty.
"Oh yeah? Meaning he'll be gone?" He dribbled, floating in mid air, as she spoke. Spoke such fluent English.
"Yes, sir." She giggled at the way she could get men to act around her. Her laughing fit ended when Tifa came into the asylum. Barret turned, suddenly growing wings, and flying over to her. Aeris rolled her eyes, and began typing something onto the computer.
"Barret, sir, I have you scheduled for 10:00, Thursday the twentieth. Is that okay?"Her eyes burned with hatred for the woman, messing with Barret.
"Yeah.. That'll be fine." He chuckled, completely ignoring Aeris, and walking out the door with Tifa. Cloud came out about the same time.
"You like him?" He asked, a bit of sadness in his eyes. She smiled for a minute, and stroked his forehead.
"Of course not. He's just a stupid dummy!"She laughed at the way he rubbed his head against her hand.
"That's nice to know." He smiled, noting that the bell on the door was ringing. Sepheroth entered, his hair pulled back into a long ponytail, reaching the ground.
"I'm ready for my 3:00 appointment, Zach." He laughed, his hair brushing the ground, raising a bit of dust.
Cloud sighed, and prepared for the worst.
