That Fateful Moment: Love Blossoms
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A/N: Just to let you know the following is from Vincents point of view retelling what happened in the time that passed and not me so yah enjoy
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I figured that a boring re-tell of every incident that happened over the past two weeks would be a bit degrading and unnecessary for our story.Aand you the audience, are probably ready to just take a step forward instead of two steps back so I'm gonna quickly re-tell events before the actual continuation of the story itself so you aren't lost.
The next day at Rocket town, I'm sure you remember, the group and I went out to find the captain and by chance, we did. His name, Cid Highwind the "Captain" Of Rocket town. Cid had no time to even speak with us in the beginning though cause he was preparing for a meeting with the Shin-Ra president himself, Rufus. Apparently to talk about a reimbursement for the rocket project. We followed Cid back to his house to see if we could get some of his time after the meeting. There we seen the Tiny Bronco, Cid's beloved plane. Cloud, getting an idea that if we could borrow the plane, we could use it to travel around a bit faster than Sephiroth, hence we might be able to catch up to him and take him down before he found the Black Materia. The chances of that happening were 1000000:1 but hey, there was still a chance. Cid refused so we decided to wait till after the Shin-Ra meeting… perhaps if he did get the reimbursement, then he would be in good spirits and change his mind. Well Rufus did indeed come but it wasn't for the reason Cid had been hoping for. Rufus had outright told Cid he didn't care about the rocket or some old mans dreams but instead demanded that he use Cid's Bronco. Well Cid never took that too well, and began screaming and spitting out so many curses, so loudly, that I'm sure even a deaf man could hear.
While this was going on, Shera, the woman living with Cid (I was surprised the two weren't married when I seen the way they acted together) Told us to go out back and take the Bronco… sure Cid would be pissed, but it would save the Bronco from being taken by Shin-Ra. So Cloud, Aeris and I went around back and started up the Bronco. Unfortunately Cloud wasn't an experienced pilot… none of us were really… and so the most we could do was to try and do it like we've seen in movies, driving fast enough that the plane would just take off. As we rounded the corner, the rest of the group came running from the house and hopped onto the plane as it was moving… including Cid. With Cid on board, he took over the controls and the plane was able to take off properly. We almost made it too… that is until Shin-Ra began shooting at the plane. They did succeed in destroying the engines for flight but, we still got away… landing in the ocean… thank god Cid's plane was also designed to float on water.
Cid couldn't fix the plane to flying standards, but we could use it to travel shallow coasts… deep water would threaten to over turn the plane and hence it'd be useless. It was then that Cid had joined our group claiming that 'Shin-Ra had Fucked with him too many times to let them do it anymore.'
Now, it had been two weeks since the rocket town incident, and things were beginning to go good. The weather was still a shitty as ever, which pissed me off quite a bit. The rain had let up, but the clouds stayed, covering the sky.
Aeris had said she'd spend a night with me under the stars…she had finally gotten over cloud within the two week period…slowly but surely each day she was more confident. She now was able to look at Cloud and Tifa and smile instead of cry.
As sweet as this sounds it turns out a bit worse… Cloud had begun to find the lack of attention from Aeris, a new way of actually trying to get it… 'playing hard to get'. Whatever he thought, he began to take a liking towards Aeris and had been putting Tifa, Aeris and himself in a group for the past week. How was I supposed to get time alone with Aeris so we could at least talk while the weather was horrible?… Stupid, greedy, Son-of-a-bitch, Cloud. I guess he thought that two women would be better than one… he should talk when he can handle one woman… for Tifa had grown a bit depressed since Cloud had begun to include Aeris. In any case, that's what has happened over the last little while, but I bet you're ready to continue on.
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We arrived at the shores of the Wutain continent as the edge of the sun began to creep over the horizon, peeking through the small spaces the clouds had left open… as if to say… oh look here comes the sun!! Too bad you won't see it today! Hahahahaha . The air was cool and crisp, which gave you the sense that it was extremely clean, unlike the thick, polluted air in Midgar or the old, dusty air in the mansion. Dew glistened on the grass and the flowers that grew. It truly was one of the most beautiful sights I had ever seen, next to the beauty that shone from Aeris. I had been locked up in the mansion for far too long. As I stepped onto the shore, I felt my foot sort of slide. I looked down to find almost pure white sand, turned a little darker from the moisture it had received from the morning dew and perhaps a small bit of rain it more or less received earlier this morning. At that moment I wanted to take off my boots and let my bare feet touch the sand. Would it feel as soft and grainy as it looked? The temptation was almost too much to resist. I bent down and with my normal hand I picked some up and held it in my palm and watched as it began slipping through my fingers. My whole life had slipped through my fingers before I had met the group and without even thinking I held it tighter, seemingly trying to hold onto what life I had left. Would the life I had regained slip through my fingers so easily like the sand had? Where would it go after I found Hojo? After we beat Sephiroth… would I go back to being in my coffin, all alone in the desolate, cold place that had been my home? I couldn't bare to think of it… my life was good now. I had friends, and a possibility with Aeris, if Cloud ever stopped trying to get her to like him when clearly she didn't. As I stood and let the rest of the sand in my hand fall back to the beach it came from I heard a bunch of yelling in the distance. I could distinctly hear Cid cursing at whatever had angered the group further up ahead.
"Fucking kid get your ass back here before I fucking kill you!!!"
Tifa, too was screaming at the top of here lungs.
"YUFFIE!!!! GET BACK HERE!! GIVE IT BACK!!!!!!!!"
A bit confused I ran up over the hill to where the rest of the group was. As I reached the top, I saw a small figured running off in the distance and the rest of the group standing at the bottom of the hill. I slide down the side and stood beside Aeris.
"What happened?" Aeris gave a half laugh as she continued to look in the distance, completely dumbfounded, to where Yuffie had run off to.
"Vincent, Yuffie just up and stole all our Materia and ran off, we don't have anymore at all, how are we gonna travel through the fields with so many monsters out there and no Materia?" I just stood there not saying anything. All I could think to myself was why would Yuffie of all people do something like that? I mean sure she was annoying sometimes and childish, but what can you expect for a 16 year-old adolescent. Why would she take the materia? Why would she just run off? And why hadn't Red chased after her…after all he was a lot faster than all of us? This didn't make much sense to me… maybe I had missed something when the group was telling me about themselves 4 weeks ago.
In a short amount of time, Cloud had assembled the group together, we would break up into our groups again and head forwards to Wutai… after all that's where Yuffie lived and hence would more or less be there. Of course Cloud did as he always did nowadays and put Tifa, Aeris, and himself to a group. Barret and Cait were put to another and I was left to go with Cid and Red. I was slightly disappointed. Cid was a decent guy behind all those curses, and Red was a great friend…but I still wished that it had been Aeris and myself.
Surprisingly, the clouds in the sky slowly began dispersing as Cid, Red and I walked forward. The warm rays of the sun began peeking through the clouds as if signalling that something good would happen today. Red was overly jumpy and bounced around Cid and I. Cid was taking swigs from his whiskey flask and smoking yet another cigarette. Besides the bouncy antics of Red, and the mumbles from Cid, the birds were singing, the weather was warming up... and I had a good feeling that tonight would be the night were the stars would shine upon us, and Aeris and I would welcome their return. I felt myself get giddy at the thought of having Aeris by my side. Even if it was for 5 minutes… those 5 minutes would be our 5 minutes.
Cid had soon become a little tipsy from the whiskey he had been swigging all morning… who wouldn't after drinking a whole flask of almost pure whiskey? He figured it had been to boring to just walk around without something to keep him occupied so he began to hum a few tunes as we walked… At first there were a bunch of broken up tunes… songs I guess Cid had no idea how to sing… by the fifth tune I could distinctly make out the melody of 'What shall we do with a drunken sailor' I wondered if Cid had ever been in the Navy before since this was the only tune he hummed with confidence. I hardly noticed that Red too had begun to ttry and sing along, though he obviously didn't know the words. Before long both Cid and Red were bellowing out the tune. To any other traveller we would have seemed like a very odd group.
"What shall we do with a drunken sailor? What shall we do with a drunken sailor? What shall we do with a drunken sailor EARLY IN THE MORNING!!! Sling 'im in the long boat till he's sober, Sling 'im in the long boat till he's sober, Sling 'im in the long boat till he's sober, EARLY IN THE MORNING!!!!…" I gave a soft laugh when Cid could no longer remember the verses… I believe there were about 20 of them… in my days as a turk I had to cross the ocean quite a bit, and a member of the crew would eventually begin to start up followed by another and another, until the whole ship bellowed out the melody.
"Shit Red…what's the next fucking verse?? I can't remember for the life of me."
"Don't ask me Cid… I was trying to mimic you."
I frowned as I thought about my past… it wasn't a pretty one except for the amusing times like the ship incident. I had to stop thinking about the past… it was the present I was in, and my life had a chance to start anew… why should I fuck with this chance by bringing in the past? The old me was dead… it was time for the new one to be born. For once I spoke in an audible voice to the two with me.
"It's Give him a dose of salt and water." Cid had practically jumped 5 feet into the air. I think I might have startled him just a bit since this was the first time I had spoken in front of Cid. Normally I only spoke to mainly Aeris, Red and Barret. But like I had said, Cid was a decent guy, however I didn't like the fact he was just looking at me, mouth agape. I could hear red snorting back laughter… Cid looked funny standing there dumbfounded. I blushed a bit as he continued to stare at me.
"What?" Red worked harder at fighting back laughter, snorting even louder."Damn boy!!! You fucking spoke!"
Red finally howled out the laughter he had been holding back. He lid down and rolled on his back. I had to admit this was the funniest thing I had ever seen. Cid too began laughing a bit.
"Fuck Red… next time keep your nose away from the fucking catnip bushes!!!" Red… and… cat Nip?? I never thought I would have seen the day. Wise old Red turned into a kitten by a little sniff from a cat nip bush. I laughed out loud for a brief second and for the second time… Cid looked at me funny.
"Ya laugh too huh? I guess your fucking full of Surprises huh Vince? Ya sing too????" Red, who had stopped laughing and was now only snickering, once again fell to the ground in a fit of laughter.
"Hehehaha…Vincent… hahaha… SINGING…. WAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!"
"I guess I'll take that as a no…" Well so far this had been one eventful morning, Yuffie taking off, music, Red high of Catnip… I wondered what else could happen. Red was still rolling around on the ground. I looked up at Cid.
"Perhaps we should take a break so that Red can regain his composure before he laughs himself to death." Cid's mouth formed into a wide grin and he laughed.
"I don't know Vince… it might morning before Red calms down… he was sitting in that bush for a long time" Well that explains why Red never went after Yuffie. I sighed and shook my head…
"Well… we aren't gonna get very far with giggles… he'll probably keel over if we don't do something… So lets just take a break for a minute… for Red's sake." Cid raised an eyebrow and mumbled something under his breath.
"Very well… we'll take a break for giggles… geesh… something interesting finally happens and I have to sit and fucking babysit a cat whose high to make sure he doesn't kill himself… who would've fucking thought."
Cid and I sat down on some boulders and watched as Red ran around chasing leaves that blew in the wind. Eventually he tuckered himself out, which was within 10 mins since we sat, and went to sleep.An hour had passed and Red continued to sleep. Cid cursed allowed abut Red taking so long and the fact that he only had one cigarette left.
I stared upwards to the sky as slowly the clouds dispersed to reveal a beautiful baby blue sky. For me, the sight was breath taking… if I ever went outside it would've been at night… and usually to hunt monsters or something to eat. So I never really payed attention to petty things like the sky. But ever since I had met Aeris, all that changed. Aeris… I thought to myself. My eyes snapped open and my heart leapt as I recalled what she had said two weeks ago.
"I'll take up that offer. The next time the sky's clear at night, you and I can look at the stars." Perhaps tonight will be the night I get to be with Aeris. Just me and her; the two of us, sitting under the stars! I got so excited that I sprang off the boulder. My heart beat against my rib cage and I felt like a little kid whose mother just said you can buy any toy you choose. Not that Aeris was a toy of course.
Cid looked at me as if I was mad and I blushed a bit when our gaze met. I had nothing to say to cover for why I had done what I had done. To my luck the PHS rang at that moment and Cid broke the gaze to answer the phone.
"Yalo… hey Aeris…" My heart leapt and I practically jumped again. Cid glanced at me for a quick second and then went back to talking with Aeris.
"Yah sorry, we stopped to give Red a break…Why? Cause he was fucking sniffing catnip bushes. Ya think that's bloody funny do yah? Well I don't fucking think so! Vince and I have been sitting here for over 2 fucking hours now…hmm? Giggles is asleep over there… oh stop fucking laughing its not funny… You found Yuffie eh… Who??? Don who??? Never mind, did you get the materia back? That's good. Alright, we'll wake up Red and be on our way. Bye." I was practically balancing on the balls of my feet when Cid turned to face me again.
"She said they found Yuffie up in some ruins place being molested or what not by this Don fella. They saved her and got materia back and that we're staying in Wutai for the night. They're waiting for us there. Jesus Christ the first action to happen since Rocket and I'm sitting on my fucking ass… out of cigarettes not to mention. Wake up Red will ya Vince."
Calming down I walked over to Red and gave him a shake. He rolled over onto his back and began to talk in his sleep.
" ….2 more days Grandpa…" I laughed a slight bit and shook Red again his eyes opened and he looked at me.
"Oh Vincent…" He yawned and rolled over onto his stomach. He looked around blankly for a bit before standing up.
"We in Wutai?" Cid waked over and knelt down beside Red.
"Hell no… we're like a little ways away from there. Had to give ya a break… couldn't get nowhere with you fucking laughing and giggling and chasing leaves." It was funny but I could swear Reds fur got a little darker around his cheeks… he was blushing. Red gave a small laugh and looked at Cid.
"Ha, yah sorry Cid… I never knew that bush was catnip until a little too late…" Cid smiled and patted Red's head.
"I guess its forgiveable… just as long as it doesn't fucking happen twice. That was the most boring time I've had since I joined you guys…. Well, the call from Shera coulda tied but yah."
Before long we were on our way to Wutai for the second time. Cid and I walked behind Red… at least this time he had calmed down. Cid slowed his pace a bit till we were walking side by side. I wondered for minute what he might want to say but he soon spoke up, directing my thoughts to him.
"Hey Vince… I seen the way you acted when I said Aeris was on the phone." I blushed… damnit…he hadn't forgotten. My voice seemed to have caught in my throat and wouldn't allow me to even try to use an excuse. Cid took my silence as an answer he was looking for and continued on.
"Well… you like her?" I stopped in my tracks. Red had now walked over to me and Cid and smiled.
"Come on Vincent don't think you can hide it." My eyes went from Red to Cid who were both staring at me with huge smiles.
"I…uhh…" Cid laughed and threw his arm over my shoulders.
"For fuck sakes Vince, don't be afraid to say it. We're friends here." I blushed a bit and it was some time before I was able to get the answer out and even then it was as audible as a whisper.
"….Yes"
"What? I can't fucking here ya… don't go back to being shy gu-"
"Yes I do like her." Cid was taken aback for a moment but brushed it off.
"That's better. Now my second question is… if you like her why aren't ya doing anything? You're gonna leave her to Cloud all the time?" I shook my head.
"No…"
"Then speak up more. Spend some more time with her other than just the small conversation here and there."
"I already invited her to do something." Cid raised his eyebrows.
"Oh really? And what was that?" I stumbled to get the words out.
"I asked her if she would like to spend a night under the stars."
"What the fuck? A night under the stars? Is that all? Vince the last time the fucking stars shone was almost a month ago! You're fucking waiting for that to make a move?" I hung my head.
"I…" Cid eyed me curiously.
"You're not used to this sort of thing are you?" I only shook my head and Cid sighed.
"Listen Vince… Take it from a professional. You can't leave a woman waiting for so long. They get all bitchy…especially when they're horny. I remember this one time with Shera in the bedroom; she and I were-"
"That's good enough Cid I get the point."Cid looked at me and nodded in agreement
"Yah you're right, but anyway, There'll be many nights you could spend under the stars, you should ask about doing other things in the meantime… women like it when you spend time with them for some reason. They also like to talk… I remember this one time with Shera and she was just going on and on and on about sexual pos-"
"Once again Cid, that's good enough." Cid laughed and nodded in agreement for the second time.
"The point is… when you see her in Wutai…ask her if she'll do something with ya." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Dating tips coming from Cid. He wasn't the type I had expected to be giving tips. Red nodded in agreement with Cid.
"That's right Vincent… you can't just sit back and do nothing. Afterall… Aeris does show a liking towards you, you should take Cid's advice… she won't say no." My heart leaped, Aeris wouldn't say no. I nodded to the others assuring them that, that's what I would do when we got into Wutai. With that, we began our walk towards Wutai and all the while, with my spirits high, I thought about what I would ask Aeris to do. Perhaps since the clouds were dispersing I would spend the rest of the day with her and get to know her for her.
I was so caught up in my thoughts that I never even realised we had walked into Wutai. It was Red who spoke up and allowed me to come to the realisation that we were in Wutai.
"So where are we supposed to meet the others Cid?" Cid gave a wry smile.
"In the bar where else? The perfect meeting place. Alcohol, cigarettes, and good times." Red rolled his eyes and smiled.
We walked around for a bit till we found the bar. When we walked inside the entire group was there. My eyes fell onto Aeris who returned my gaze with a smile and a wave. Cid nudged me in the back and when I didn't move he practically pushed me in the direction of Aeris. Red walked along side me as if giving me support. I don't know why I was so nervous but I was.
It was funny though, Cloud usually gave some sort of speech but today he never said much. Tifa was looking awfully mad too. I choose to turn my attention elsewhere though. For one, I found Aeris to be more interesting, and second, whatever was wrong with the two of them, it was their own business and they should fix it themselves. Besides, the fact that two of the members were in a bad mood, the rest were having a blast. Barret and Cid were having a drinking contest. Yuffie was flirting with some boy over on the other side of the bar, Cait Sith was relaxing in the corner just listening to the small band playing. Red had gone outside for some fresh air and I sat next to Aeris. The time passed by quickly, seconds became minutes, minutes turned to an hour. Aeris just sat there with her left hand rested on her cheek and her index finger of her right was tapping the counter top in time to the music. I could tell that she was bored and was wondering if she was thinking what I was thinking. Which was Just say something. Ask if she wants to do something Vincent!
My lips began to move but no sound came out. I swear I looked like a fish out of water. Aeris looked at me with a smile on her face and she began to laugh. I closed my mouth and blushed a bit as Aeris began to laugh a bit harder. Soon I began to laugh too, until the two of us were howling. Cid, who was now quite drunk, found the sight to be hilarious and laughed so hard that he fell out of his chair… but that could've been do to the huge amounts of alcohol consumption. When Aeris and I stopped laughing we had forgotten the reason why we began in the first place. I think I really needed that though… it was sort of an ice breaker I guess. But whatever it was… the laughing had done the job and I found it easier to talk to her.
"So Aeris, its been a while since we sat down and talked like this. How have you been? I know that's a bit of a st-" Aeris smiled and interrupted me during my sentence.
"I've been doing good, and yourself?" I smiled back and she blushed a bit.
"Alright I guess. How's it been traveling with Cloud?"
"Oh my God, its so boring. Cloud pretends to know things he doesn't, and the two fight a lot because he brings me along. I told Tifa that I have no intentions of taking Cloud away from her and that I've gotten over him… thanks to you Vincent." I blushed a bit as she continued on. "And Tifa wholeheartedly believes me, but she told me the problem was Cloud. He's the one that's been acting like a jerk lately. She even asked me if I could pretend that I liked him again… then maybe he'd ignore me because I wouldn't be that big of a challenge. But yah… the two of them got into a really big fight right after I called Cid on the PHS. Now they're not even talking to each other. The good thing is at least Cloud seemed to have been offended by what Tifa said and hasn't bothered to come to me at all anymore." I thought to myself Yes Cloud's not interested in Aeris anymore! But I was curious as to what Tifa had said to Cloud that would destroy his ego.
"What she say?"
"Tifa called him so many horrible names I can't even remember half of them, but some were coward and son-of- a- bitch and a whole bunch of others… even some names that you called him when you were describing him to me. Anyway, Cloud was clearly offended and walked off. We came to the bar but he wasn't here so we just waited and sure enough not too long before Cid, Red and you walked in, Cloud came. Tifa ran up to him and tried to apologise but Cloud shoved her out of the way… which made her really angry again."
"Really? Man I hope that they are able to sort out their differences and soon."
"Me too… they do make a good couple. I don't understand why Cloud would try and ruin that."
"Perhaps he's just going through a phase… Mid life crisis?" Aeris laughed…
"NO! He's only 21" I laughed too.
"Hey you never know…" I pondered for a moment… what should I say next. I remembered the conversation between Cid and I ealier.
"The point is… when you see her in Wutai…ask her if she'll do something with ya." I swallowed hard and thought of how to ask something like that. Finally it came to mind.
"Ummm, would you like to take a walk with me outside? It'd be better than sitting inside here and the scenery is much more beautiful." Aeris' jaw dropped just a slight bit and this time, she was the one who looked like the fish with her mouth moving but no words coming out. I think she was dumbfounded for a moment but soon smiled and replied.
"Sure, why not." With that, the two of us walked out of the bar. I was a bit surprised to see that it was now dusk. The sky was a lit with many different shades of red, orange and blues. The scene was beautiful, the way the light hit the flowers of Wutai and the Wutain homes. To put it in simple words, Breathtaking. I lead the way a bit further out into the field where there weren't so many people and sat down on the ground. Aeris followed my movement and sat down next to me. It was sometime before either of us spoke, we were both lost in our surroundings. The sun had set and the sky turned midnight blue before I decided to break the silence.
"Well looks like we're going to see the stars after all Aeris." Aeris smiled that gorgeous smile and turned to face me.
"Yup, I was hoping that the clouds would have dispersed earlier but yah, it'll be worth the wait. There are no lights so you'll be able to see them perfectly." She turned her head to the sky and I did the same. Once again silence overtook the two of us as we just stared up at the sky, waiting for the stars to appear. Slowly, as if one by one they began to come out. It was slowly at first but as the remainder of the light from the sun dispersed, 100's came out. It had been so long since I had seen them shine and I was taken. They seemed to grow brighter as the two of us just stared, as if to thank Aeris and I for coming out to see them. I turned my head over to Aeris, who was also taken in by the sight. Her eyes glittered and a childish smile came to her face. For the first time in awhile, my lower member began to rise again. I crossed my legs in an attempt to cover my arousal.
Aeris turned her gaze to me now and I shuffled uncomfortably under it. I didn't want her to see me like this in case she might find out why I was acting this was and get disgusted. Instead she tilted her head to the side and smiled. She seemed to disregard the fact that I was trying to hide an almost very blatant arousal and turned back up to the stars. I sighed out relief and tried to regain composure. Eventually I was able to regain my composure by turning my thoughts elsewhere, from the grass to flowers, to buildings back in Wutai… it all helped. Before long Aeris sighed.
"When I lived in Midgar all I could see was a giant metal plate above, and even when I did go outside Midgar, the lights from the city were to bright and I wasn't able to see the stars anyway. It was incredible when I saw them the first night outside with Cloud and the others. I found them to be so beautiful…. they still are.Then it soon lost its meaning after a couple months. But now, its somehow regained its meaning back… maybe because it was an offer… from a person I…" Aeris' face turned blood red. And she shuffled nervously a bit. I watched as she looked up at me and bit her lower lip. I swallowed hard, waiting for what she would say next. She said nothing, instead she leaned in and kissed me. I was so shocked that I didn't know what to do… my mind had lost its ability to think properly and instead, my mind below began to think for me. Aeris pulled away when I never made a move and quickly apologised.
"Oh God Vincent I'm so sorry… I just wanted to s-" I could no longer control the urge as I grabbed her and devoured her in a passionate kiss. This time she was taken aback by the sudden gesture but soon began to kiss back. We eventually began to roll around a bit on the ground, madly making out. It was nothing I had ever felt before her lips were soft and sweet and every time I pulled away to catch my breath I needed to taste her once more, even more passionately than the last time.
She brushed her fingers through my hair and over top of my face. Her hands were so soft and her touch was so gentle that it drove me wild. Eventually we broke the hold we had on each other and in doing so, soon began to calm down. We lay on the ground side by side catching our breaths. After a couple of minutes, Aeris sat up, looked down at me, and gave me that heavenly smile of hers.
"That was quite interesting… I've never acted like that before. You know… you're… a very good kisser Vincent. I hope… you never found that to be weird… or… didn't like it or…." I sat up and looked her straight in the eye and smiled.
"Aeris, I liked it. I just hope… you don't find it weird… or… that you will keep your distance from me now... or…" Aeris smiled again, and shook her head.
"Why would I keep distance? I, after all, began that whole make-out session, so obviously I wanted to do it… and was hoping you wouldn't be the one to run away after I did that. But with the way you responded…I believe otherwise." My face turned a deep shade of red as she looked at me with her smile. When I took a good look at her, she had leaves in her hair and a bit of dirt on her arms. I laughed and when Aeris gave me a questioning look, I began to pull the leaves out of her hair. She blushed a bit and began to wipe the dirt off of her skin. With one more look at the stars, the two of us stood and began to walk back towards Wutai.
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As we approached Wutai I looked over to Vincent and smiled. This night had turned out pretty good. All day as I watched the sky clear up, I thought about the night in Rocket town when Vincent asked me if I would join him. I knew that it was taking a long time, and often wondered why Vincent never asked if I would've liked to do something in the meantime, but I supposed that that was just his way of doing things… I mean, he'd been locked up in that mansion for so long by himself it was natural that he wouldn't have any clue what to do after asking a woman to do something. I was sure that in the past, he was a born ladies man, but years locked away could make anyone lose that touch… so I was patient in some senses. Even though the time we spent together since rocket wasn't much, the feeling that I had about him before I even met him had grown. I found myself dreaming about him lately, dreaming of this moment… and others that would come later. I blushed at the thought of him and me making love for the first time, and then blushed even more for thinking of a thought like that so soon. Looking up at him there, in that moment, everything seemed to fall into place. The whole world seemed to disappear.
Before I even knew it we were standing outside the bar in Wutai again. I laughed a bit to myself when I realised I had daydreamed all the way there. Vincent looked at me with those crimson eyes that started this whole thing. I returned the smile and shook my head.
"Just thinking about when I first met you a month ago." He raised an eyebrow curiously.
"Really? What exactly?"
"That day when I saw you in the window of your mansion." Vincent's face turned a dark shade of red when he recalled that even and smiled childishly.
"Yah… I remember that." I giggled a bit and tilted my head to the side, the way I normally did when I asked a question.
"I must've scared you huh? Cause you disappeared within two seconds. Who would've thought ,Vincent, scared of little old me." My smiled widned into a big grin and Vincent laughed.
"You never scared me… just startled… I never had a woman come up to my mansion before…mostly the town boys… so I didn't know what to do… and well… I consider myself somewhat of a gentleman and scaring off a lady doesn't go well with the gentleman figure." I nodded and wiped off some more dirt from his face. He nodded his thanks and opened up the door to the bar.
Over in the corner Barret and Cid were sitting at the corner table, laughing their heads off about something I had no clue of. Cloud and Tifa were finally talking together, more or less making up for the fight they had earlier on, and Yuffie was over at the bar, threatening the bar tender that if he never gave her her mixer, she'd be sending her fathers guards after him. And Red was having a talk with Cait Sith over by Cloud and Tifa.
As we walked further inside Cid turned around and spotted us. Glossy eyed, he stood up and staggered over to Vincent where he threw his arm around his shoulder.
"Hey… Vincssent!… hic… HEY EVERYONE!!! VINCSSENTSSS HERE!… hic.." Vincent desperately tried to pull away from drunken Cid's grip but was having difficulties… Vincent glanced at me looking for some help but I couldn't help but laugh.
"Vincent… hic… Did you do what I toldss ya to do?" I looked at Cid wondering what they were talking about earlier on today.
"What you tell Vincent to do Cid?" Cid let go of Vincent and turned to me.
"I told him, to st-st-STOP being such a dumb ASSS and take you out!! Ya know… hic… he'sss had the hotsss for you… hic… ssince day one! Kinda remindsss me about the first… hic… time Shhhera and I-" Vincent , who was blushing quite a bit, quickly interrupted Cid.
"That's enough Cid." I laughed as Cid nodded and turned back to Vincent and threw his arm around him again.
"Ssso… did you do it? …hic…" Vincent, nodded desperately trying to loosen Cid's hold.
"Yes!" It seemed to work when Cid Let go of Vincent.
"Ahh Vincssent, …hic… you're a good kid. I love ya man." Cid gave Vincent a quick hug and then turned back to the table where Barret was laughing uncontrollably and pointed to him.
"HEY! BIG GUY… hic… I'M NOT FINISHHHED WITH YOU YET!!! BAR TENDER!!…hic… TWO SH-SHOTSSSS OF WHISSKY PRONTO! WHERESSS THE FUCKING BAR TENDER?!!" As Cid stumbled his way back to the table Vincent and I both laughed. We could hear Barret, who was also very drunk talking to Cid.
"You're on…hic… little man. I ain't gonna looose to ya!! BAR TENDER!!!…" Vincent and I walked over to a free table a little ways away from the other and sat down. Vincent chose to go up to the counter and ask for two drinks which worked better than Barrret's and Cid's yelling. He returned, put the drinks down and sat down beside me. For a brief moment I think we both felt a little awkward but it soon disappeared. Vincent tapped the table top as if in deep thought. I wondered what could be troubling his mind.
"Whats the matter Vincent? Something wrong?" Vincent smiled at me and shook his head.
"No, I was just wondering… we're now.. offical.. as a couple. Or at least that's what you want? Causeiknowiwouldreallylikeitifyouandiwere-"
"Of course that's what I want. I didn't kiss you just for kicks. I'm not like that." Vincent nodded and laughed.
"Yah I know… its just I haven't… done anything with a woman for quite a long time. I didn't do anything with anybody or anything. No interaction whatsoever… so I'm just not fully used to this just yet." I smiled and dared to lay my head on his shoulder. When he never objected I kept it there.
"Well, I'm sure it'll all come back in due time."
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A/N:
1. I'm back!!!!! LOL yah…so much going on in the last month…Christmas shopping, that was hell over here (for those of you who don't know, I'm in Switzerland on an exchange year and well…the things my family and boyfriend like I couldn't get (electronics… having to deal with plugs and codes on DVD's and such)…so yah…took a couple of days to find something they would have liked and could use back home…)getting my other fic up and running, mailing off a bunch of stuff, and so on and so forth. Well I hope this chapter was good I don't know if I moved to fast with it but yah…the both felt something, both wanted it…so yah…just go for it was what I thought.
2. I figuered some comic relief was needed during the beginning of this chapter… so yah… I hope you found it amusing with Cid's entry… ya gotta love him.
3. hopefully chapter is good… cause I'm always paranoid that its horrible and yah…everyone will saythat myfic is bad and yah… hopefully that's just me…
4.Till next time!
AG9