(I'm going to lay of Cloud and Sephiroth for this Chapter and concentrate on VinTif this time around)
The queer sultry summer night had Vincent Valentine suffocating. Maybe it was the silk black tie around his neck, or the weight of the thick suit on his thin frame, or perhaps it was the fact that his stomach was doing flips that seemed to defied gravity. It could have been because he was sweating, and his heart was going a mile a minute. Things seemed so odd today, even the vague, hazy outline of the moon seemed to radiate like the sun.
Vincent Valentine told himself that he was being ludicrous as the looked through the corner of his eye at Tifa and Marlene, giggling and unpacking piles and piles of scattered boxes.
But it was time to move on. Even Vincent Valentine could admit that.
In a world where if you look back and look into the past trying to live something that would have never been, you fall victim to your own humanity. In a world, where there is nothing to do but look forward,
You have no choice but to move onward.
And they were finally beginning to do that. Or at least, they were trying to do so.
But it was hard, harder because all he did for the last 30 or so years was look back and trying to create what never could have been, but like sand through his fingers, the illusion would slip away time and time again. You could only delusion yourself for so long.
But, and there's always a but...
The low dim disarray of vibrant fluorescent lights sifted throughout his window, he could hear the roaring of drunken men drowning themselves in liquor, almost feel the stench of smoldering cigarettes come to settle on his skin. Junon was such a mind-numbing place at night. He had to admit, it was a nice change of scenery over the pale tranquil nights of Niblehem, the desolation of the Shinra Mansion
But then why did it feel like everything he was missing had gone missing? The crinkling of newspaper, more giggling, more of a pair of dark slender brows furrowing at thoughts being led astray, more of Vincent Valentine shuddering in his suit, that damn tie felt more like a noose than anything.
"Vincent." Tifa's hushed voice radiated towards him like a subtle breeze. He heard the shuffling of Styrofoam, the muffled sound of movement, and felt Marlene move away, sensing nothing. He turned to face her, her features exuding a mask of disquieting concern, as his eyes were shocked by the harsh bright lights hanging from the ceiling. Pupils radiating, Vincent Valentine has realized his gaze had been transfixed on the darker recesses of the room.
"Vincent." She said again, "Is anything wrong?" She looked at Marlene through the corner of her eye, school had been over, it was summer, and she had tagged along to spend her vacation with the new couple. Vincent noticed the slight tension in Tifa's shoulders, and her feverishly twisting the wedding band twined around her slender finger, he could almost hear saying 'This was all to brash and foolish wasn't it?'
But those were not the words coming out of her mouth. "You just seem distant lately…more distant than usual. She had sighed, and as he did so, he noted how her shoulders had slumped, how her fidgeting had ceased, and her hands lay limp on her lap.
There was that desolating feeling again.
"I'm fine." He replied in a tenor of mock assurance that she would be too tired to see through. "It's just, it's been a long day."
She nodded lightly, chocolate brown eyes closed for a moment longer than it should have. She looked away, and the familiar sound of shuffling and crinkling reached Vincent Valentine once again, and after crimson eyes darted away towards the window, and pale sweaty hands loosened the black silk around his neck, Vincent Valentine blindly assured himself that by the break of dawn tomorrow, this anxiety and tension would soon be water under the bridge.
A/N: I feel terrible for the lack of updates. And I apologize to my fans for that, I'm terribly sorry. It's been so long since I've posted but that's because school and life in general caught me off guard. Thank you to all the people that e-mailed me about my story, I'm so happy that you still care. I love the e-mails I get from you guys. :huggles: And I know it was short, but I felt like I had to deliver something!
Now I know this chapter was short, but two hours ago, I just got back my motivation, and the speed of life has considerably slowed down, but I'm working on the next chapter, and I promise you that I won't delay this as long, now go and review and leave me some inspiration if you can?
PS: Yaoiness will hit you next time around, I promise! And Review!
-FadedJustice