Took me long enough. Sowwy! Trying a new way to write the story. Well,
here's chapter two, enjoy!
Disclaimer and legal crap: I don't own FF7 or any of the characters.
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The café was rather empty, considering it was close to lunchtime. "So, Rufus, tell me about yourself. You've been awfully quiet all morning."
He shrugged. "I'm always like this. What do you want to know?"
She smiled. "Anything. You look like you could use someone to talk to, and I'm all ears. I'm curious to know what has got you so down. So, are you gonna let me in on your secret?"
He paused. ".. Well..." He didn't like to talk about himself or his history, but for some reason, he felt like he could tell her just about anything. But why?
The brunette grinned. "Come on, you don't have to be scared." She teased. The ending word of her sentence jumped at him.
He flinched. "I'm not scared!" The blonde grimaced at her. "Do you even know who I am?"
Tifa shrugged and smiled. "Yeah, you're Rufus."
"Yes, Rufus Shinra."
"So?" She tugged at a loose strand of hair.
He couldn't believe this girl wasn't scared of him. Just the name Shinra made others cringe.
"So what's it like being rich? I bet you're spoiled rotten in that big mansion you live in." She queried.
Rufus' sapphire eyes went wide. "You mean you're not scared?"
She shrugged. "Of what? Why would I be scared? You're a normal human being just like me, right? Not some kind of cyborg thing?"
"Cyborg?"
"Yeah, your eyes look weird. Well, not weird, its just that, they glow."
He couldn't help but smile at the girl's naive nature.
"You know, you should smile more, you look better when you're happy." She claimed, sipping on her soda straw.
This shocked him. Tifa had to be the strangest female he ever met. It was as if she didn't care about who he was, or how much money or power he had. She treated him, well, as an equal. Usually people couldn't look him in the face after they'd found out who he was. This fiery-eyed girl seemed to pierce his soul and melt his own icy eyed stare.
"Now tell me about your life!" she exclaimed, somewhat demanding, yet gently; not like his father who seemed to yell all the time. "I have a question, and I hope you don't think me rude. but did your mom really die in a car wreck? I just don't think it fits."
"Well." he paused. "No." What the hell am I doing?
Tifa gasped. "I knew it!" She watched him take a deep breath.
"My father killed my mother." He saw his friend gasp again, this time out of horror. "Yeah, last month, during that thunderstorm. They were having another one of their arguments. The kind where they'd yell at the top of their lungs. The kind where father would hit mother. She decided to bring up the subject of his mistresses, not even looking afraid of his reaction. He brought out his gun. They traded some nasty words and names. Mother was miserable, she didn't care whether she died or not, as long as it would get her out of the ShinRa lifestyle. She knew the family company's uses and abuses of planetary resources, slowly killing it. She never wanted to be a part of that." Rufus let his story flood out.
Tifa sat quietly on the other side of the table, listening intently to his past. She had no idea that his life was this bad. No wonder he wasn't a very happy-looking child.
The boy continued. "I think the only person she could truly talk to was me. She trusted no one else. Father knew she didn't care to live, but he also knew she feared my life above all else. So he threatened that he'd kill me and use one of his other children outside the business as an heir. That's all I am to father. My mother got angry and attacked father. That was the last thing he expected. In his surprise, he fired two shots. One hit my mother dead on. The other grazed my side."
"Father stood there, looking down at my mother, not positive of what he'd done. He dropped the gun and ran from the room, scared of what the media would do to him. I crawled to my mother, the pain in my side more than I'd ever endured; it felt like fire licking at my skin. Mother was still alive, but barely, handing on to life by a thread. Blood drained from her chest and mouth; she coughed, trying to form words. Her final words." he paused, his eyes wide as if he were witnessing it all over again. "She said, 'I'm sorry Rufus, to leave you here all alone. I have faith in you, don't be like your father. remember. I love you.' and then her hand, holding my own, went limp. The blood from her wounds mixed with mine. That was the first night I'd cried in a long time." He looked at Tifa. Her own cheeks were damp with tears; her eyes were red and puffy.
"Oh my God, Rufus. I'm so sorry. Here I thought you had it good, getting everything you want. Instead, your life sucks." She said suddenly, surprising him.
Rufus smiled, not a happy smile, but a depressed attempt.
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Well, finally there's the second chapter. I am REAALLLY sorry I didn't update for so long. HOMEWORK SHOULD DIE!! Hopefully I'll have the next chapter up sooner than I did this one. Yay, Rufus finally spilled his guts on the past. Sad, ne? Pu-leeze read and review!! Till next time. ^^
Disclaimer and legal crap: I don't own FF7 or any of the characters.
Chapter 2 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The café was rather empty, considering it was close to lunchtime. "So, Rufus, tell me about yourself. You've been awfully quiet all morning."
He shrugged. "I'm always like this. What do you want to know?"
She smiled. "Anything. You look like you could use someone to talk to, and I'm all ears. I'm curious to know what has got you so down. So, are you gonna let me in on your secret?"
He paused. ".. Well..." He didn't like to talk about himself or his history, but for some reason, he felt like he could tell her just about anything. But why?
The brunette grinned. "Come on, you don't have to be scared." She teased. The ending word of her sentence jumped at him.
He flinched. "I'm not scared!" The blonde grimaced at her. "Do you even know who I am?"
Tifa shrugged and smiled. "Yeah, you're Rufus."
"Yes, Rufus Shinra."
"So?" She tugged at a loose strand of hair.
He couldn't believe this girl wasn't scared of him. Just the name Shinra made others cringe.
"So what's it like being rich? I bet you're spoiled rotten in that big mansion you live in." She queried.
Rufus' sapphire eyes went wide. "You mean you're not scared?"
She shrugged. "Of what? Why would I be scared? You're a normal human being just like me, right? Not some kind of cyborg thing?"
"Cyborg?"
"Yeah, your eyes look weird. Well, not weird, its just that, they glow."
He couldn't help but smile at the girl's naive nature.
"You know, you should smile more, you look better when you're happy." She claimed, sipping on her soda straw.
This shocked him. Tifa had to be the strangest female he ever met. It was as if she didn't care about who he was, or how much money or power he had. She treated him, well, as an equal. Usually people couldn't look him in the face after they'd found out who he was. This fiery-eyed girl seemed to pierce his soul and melt his own icy eyed stare.
"Now tell me about your life!" she exclaimed, somewhat demanding, yet gently; not like his father who seemed to yell all the time. "I have a question, and I hope you don't think me rude. but did your mom really die in a car wreck? I just don't think it fits."
"Well." he paused. "No." What the hell am I doing?
Tifa gasped. "I knew it!" She watched him take a deep breath.
"My father killed my mother." He saw his friend gasp again, this time out of horror. "Yeah, last month, during that thunderstorm. They were having another one of their arguments. The kind where they'd yell at the top of their lungs. The kind where father would hit mother. She decided to bring up the subject of his mistresses, not even looking afraid of his reaction. He brought out his gun. They traded some nasty words and names. Mother was miserable, she didn't care whether she died or not, as long as it would get her out of the ShinRa lifestyle. She knew the family company's uses and abuses of planetary resources, slowly killing it. She never wanted to be a part of that." Rufus let his story flood out.
Tifa sat quietly on the other side of the table, listening intently to his past. She had no idea that his life was this bad. No wonder he wasn't a very happy-looking child.
The boy continued. "I think the only person she could truly talk to was me. She trusted no one else. Father knew she didn't care to live, but he also knew she feared my life above all else. So he threatened that he'd kill me and use one of his other children outside the business as an heir. That's all I am to father. My mother got angry and attacked father. That was the last thing he expected. In his surprise, he fired two shots. One hit my mother dead on. The other grazed my side."
"Father stood there, looking down at my mother, not positive of what he'd done. He dropped the gun and ran from the room, scared of what the media would do to him. I crawled to my mother, the pain in my side more than I'd ever endured; it felt like fire licking at my skin. Mother was still alive, but barely, handing on to life by a thread. Blood drained from her chest and mouth; she coughed, trying to form words. Her final words." he paused, his eyes wide as if he were witnessing it all over again. "She said, 'I'm sorry Rufus, to leave you here all alone. I have faith in you, don't be like your father. remember. I love you.' and then her hand, holding my own, went limp. The blood from her wounds mixed with mine. That was the first night I'd cried in a long time." He looked at Tifa. Her own cheeks were damp with tears; her eyes were red and puffy.
"Oh my God, Rufus. I'm so sorry. Here I thought you had it good, getting everything you want. Instead, your life sucks." She said suddenly, surprising him.
Rufus smiled, not a happy smile, but a depressed attempt.
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Well, finally there's the second chapter. I am REAALLLY sorry I didn't update for so long. HOMEWORK SHOULD DIE!! Hopefully I'll have the next chapter up sooner than I did this one. Yay, Rufus finally spilled his guts on the past. Sad, ne? Pu-leeze read and review!! Till next time. ^^