Loveless/Midgar
1:25 a.m.
It was dark and the sky began to drizzle rain, I heard the train run through the broken down railroad leading to a circular track. I threw my cigarette on the floor and stepped on it crushing the light burn and went back inside. I sat near the bartender and told him to get me some vodka. He filled it up I drank up, "RENO! Hey man what's up?" "OH, shit Rude how you been?" "Good man you?" "So so, you know how it is ever since I quit The Turks I been boring myself. I need excitement ya know?" "I feel you." He sat down next to me asking the bartender for vodka he drank what I drank he was my bar buddy back in the day.
1:51 a.m.
"So, Reno, what have you been up to lately?" "Not, much I've been living in Midgar for a month now, I got me a nice place in the slums nothing shabby but a house is a house." "I won't argue on that one." "Rude, how are The Turks?" "I quit The Turks 3 weeks ago." "Why?" "Didn't you hear? Tseng and Elena passed away man" "WHAT? How, when?" "Last month while we are on a mission to look at the ruins in the meteor one of the meteors blew. I was outside waiting for them when I heard the big explosion," Meteor is gone now it blew up." I sat their thinking about their deaths. It made no difference to me, am I a monster? I felt nothing no pain no sympathy. "God, things change huh?" "Tell me about it."
2:06 a.m.
"Want to go for a smoke?" "Sure, let's go." We walked outside the rain began to beat harder as I handed Rude a cigarette. "Damn, man this place is fucked up huh?" "It's been 5 years since the meteor incident, Sephiroth, is dead; Cloud and the gang are their somewhere." "Ahhhh, fuck them all I took 2 bullets cause of them." I threw my cigarette on the floor and stepped on it moving my foot violently on the burn. "Rude, how old are you?" "Turned 35 this summer, how about you?" I'm 32 man and what have I done with myself? I ain't done anything that's what." "Let's go back inside Reno."
2:26 a.m.
As we walked inside the bar became empty it was me and Reno and some drunkard who was asleep. We sat back down and asked the Bartender for another round of vodka. "Coming right up." "It's getting late huh?" Yea, well I haven't been able to sleep lately." "Me, neither." We drank up, Rude stood up and said, "Reno, man it's been nice talking with you but I have a job interview after tomorrow and I need to rest up." I stood and up shook hands with Rude. "It's good to see you man I hope we will see each other again someday, cya man" "Goodnight." I watched him open the doors and saw the rain enter the bar I heard the train beam through the tunnels again seeing the bright light shining on the rain. I put on my jacket and checked my pockets for my lighter; I put a cigarette in my mouth and said, "Bye the Bartender.
2:47 a.m.
The rain had begun to beat even harder as I walked over the ledge to watch the train tracks. I stood their daydreaming at the tracks as I heard the train noise getting closer and closer I saw the train go by and felt a cold touch in my stomach as the train began to muffle my hearing time froze for that amount of time. Once the train passed me I collapsed on the floor I put my hand over my side and saw blood. My cigarette dropped from my mouth as I coughed. I looked behind me and saw a bald man walking away. My eyes began to get water in them and then they became blurry.
I closed my eyes and went to sleep……..
Forever
Funny isn't it? How the people we trust the most end up hurting us the most.