Author's Note: OK...I know some of you may want to kill me after this chapter, but please don't! It is necessary and I promise that things will be ok! This is a chapter with a lot of thinking, less action. In the next chapter I plan to reveal a huge plot surprise. The idea even surprises me. I hope you all still like this chapter, you can see a little Tifa humour in it! R&R!
I'm also gunna start replying to your great reveiws, starting now with the ones from chapter 5.
DemonSurfer: Yeah, a depressed Sephiroth isn't always good. He is a little depressing in this chapter, so I hope you like it!
Numinous-Alqua: Yeah, sorry this update took so long! I just wanted to make it real.
Dr.Animenlover: Well, it wasn't meant to be much of a kiss because they are still working on the relationship. The idea thing is funny though, I will give that some thought!
Chapter 6:
Smile
There was only one thing I could do. Smile. Can you believe it?
I bet I looked like some stupid love-struck dummy.
Sephiroth's smirk faded away as he saw me smiling at him. He probably thought I was stupid or childish. I didn't care at the moment. The only thing I could think about was the kiss that he had just given me.
I leant in to give him another kiss, wanting more. Our lips brushed against each others. Finally, maybe now I could get over Cloud. Finally, I could be happy...with Sephiroth.
That sounds really weird, huh? I guess that's why the feeling couldn't last.
"Come on, we need to get going. No time to play around."
The words repeated themselves clearly in my head as Sephiroth pulled away from me and quickly paced over to Cloud's chocobo. He was silent, though his message rang in my head like thunder.
Now my mind wasn't on the kiss. Now, I felt like I had just screwed up again.
At this rate Tif, you won't have a decent relationship until you are 50.
"Yeah, I was...yeah, let's go.", I replied aloud, hoping that I didn't sound too upset.
Sephiroth jumped onto the chocobo, his long, silver hair glinting wildly in the sun. This time, he didn't offer me his gloved hand. I struggled slightly to lift myself up, but eventually hoisted myself up behind Sephiroth.
Oh, and I didn't put my arms around him. He was being a total jerk anyway. He was the one that kissed me! How dare he act so coldly when it was he that brought this awkwardness upon us!
I guess I had forgotten for a brief second that I was dealing with Sephiroth, not some romantic lover boy. The only things he truely loves are his sword and himself.
The truely horrible thing was that I wasn't tired anymore. I couldn't avoid him by sleeping. I just had to sit there, in the silence as we rode along. Of course there was the occasional, "Wark, wark!", from the chocobo.
Of course there was the sound of my heart practically beating out of my chest due to being briefly disturbed by Sephiroth.
Silence. I had always hated it.
"Sephiroth, about back there..."
"An accident...nothing more."
I won't lie. His words stung slightly. How could something that made me feel so much require no feeling at all?
"No, I was going to ask if you remembered everything."
"Yes."
Silence again. At this point things weren't just annoying. They were much, much more. I had to do something.
"I know that only Hojo and I can see you, but that doesn't explain something. I mean, maybe we wanted you to come back to Earth, but isn't everyone wished back by someone? I know I wanted Aeris..."
The thought of Aeris brought tears to my eyes, but surprisingly I fought them back. I wasn't going to cry. At least not now. The question was too good, and I'm sure the answer would be more so.
"The lifestream rejected me. I have another chance at a normal life. Sadly, something happened and I can't live normal anyway. Being invisible to everyone isn't normal. I fear that even though Hojo is planning something horrible, he may be the only person that can help."
I nodded. It was all very confusing, but for some reason I felt an urge to know more.
"Firstly, you aren't invisible to me, Sephiroth...", I told him through the silent contact that kept us constantly connected.
"A completely normal life isn't all that great you know. Sometimes I feel like I wish I were invisible. You could do whatever you wanted."
"Tifa, don't talk about it as if it were some game. Don't act like it's something fun. You... don't feel like your really there, because to everyone else, you're not."
Sephiroth could be very angsty and depressing when he wanted to be. In a way I felt sorry for the guy. In a way I was still angry over the kiss.
Yes, I'm still thinking about that kiss.
"Sephiroth", I sighed, placing my hand upon his shoulder, "your really here to me. Once we get this all sorted out I'm sure everything will turn out fine."
I hadn't even noticed the change of scenery during the whole ride. Though the ride had seemed so short, we had come upon our destination in a small amount of time. We were approaching a small house-turned-inn. It looked comfortable and it remined me of home. It actually reminded me of the type of house I had once planned on owning with Cloud.
That's ok Tif, you have Sephiroth now.
Oh wait, scratch that. I don't.
Sephiroth tied up the chocobo outside as I jumped off. After this task he handed me a bag of gil, waiting for me to go inside.
Immediatly I fell in love with the quaint little in. I felt very safe and welcome in the place. I eyed the inn as I walked up to an oak desk, feeling very ready to get a room and some much needed privacy.
There was an old, yet upbeat, man behind the counter, smiling as I walked up to him. Light reflected off his hairless head and my lips slighly curved upwards at this. I had needed something to make me feel better.
"Two rooms please."
The old man's smile turned into a small oval as he looked at me in confusion.
Did I have something in my teeth?
"He can't see me. That's why he thinks your crazy."
Right.
I was going to have to share a room with Sephiroth. My-kiss-was-a-fluke-Sephiroth. Don't-play-with-me,-I'm -too-mad-Sephiroth. Lousy-jerk-with-no-feelings-Sephiroth.
At least things couldn't get any worse.
"One...room."
The old man accepted my gil, the smile now plastered back on his face as he handed me a single key. I nodded towards him and took off up the steps, hoping to beat Sephiroth to the room to claim the bed.
I had to be careful you know. The jerks like him wouldn't care if the lady slept on the floor or not.
At this thought, the smile dissapeared once again from my face.
Yes, things couldn't get any worse.
PLEASEEEE Read and Reveiw! I'll update soon. Next chapter will reveal a lot.
