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Hidden Memories
Star Shadow and Dark Stratos
Chapter Three
The Talk
The room was sparsely decorated with a desk, dresser and a bed. There were some pictures on the walls too, but they weren't the pictures I had expected. They were pictures of Home and some of our Al Bhed friends, mostly male. There was one picture of a woman, only one. She wasn't Al Bhed either. She was short with brown hair and dark blue eyes. I knew her image well. Cid had this same picture on the mantle in his room.
I looked at the picture and smiled, touching her face gently, ignoring Rin purposely. I didn't want to see the look on his face. I didn't want to answer his questions. I didn't want to face his accusations like I had to do with Cid. I wanted to leave.
An odd feeling came over me when he spoke. "I have heard that you have become a summoner."
"Yes," I said, never taking my eyes from the picture. I knew I wouldn't be able to look him in the eye. I would only feel like a small child in trouble for breaking his mother's favorite vase.
"Your mother would be proud," he said quietly. The uncomfortable silence that I had been waiting for finally crept into the room. This was the second time that someone had mentioned her today. "Why did you join the Squad it--"
"They wouldn't let me into the temples," I said, cutting him off. It was easy to figure out what his questions were going to be. "They said that the Al Bhed weren't allowed inside."
"I see," Rin said. Again, I didn't look at him and another uneasy silence settled over the room. Rin moved, coming closer. I could hear him right behind me, and I closed my eyes as tight as possible. 'Are you sure about your decision?"
"Yes," I said, putting the picture back on the desk where I had found it. I turned and saw him behind me. Right then, he looked so old and sad. Worry was apparent on his face. I had never seen him look so tired.
He hugged me then. He hugged me as tight as he could. This was one of the people who had raised me, like the father I had never had. It was always him and Cid. My two Dads.
My real father was dead when I was born and when my mother died they took care of me to the best of their ability. They always told me how much I was like my mother. I never doubted them.
I hugged him back. I was suddenly scared. I was scared of my decision, my future, and scared of never seeing those that I cared about ever again.
Somewhere in that time, I had begun to cry and rubbed my back just like always. I never wanted to let go, but after a few minutes he let go and wiped my eyes. He told me to get some rest and I nodded.
When I laid down of the bed, sleep claimed me almost instantly. It was when I awoke the next morning that I found out that he had left in the night so that I wouldn't be able to tell him goodbye.
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