Author: Kirie Hiiwatari

Title:Midgar

Rating:

Warning: Yaio content and mild language

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy VII characters. Any and all unknown characters are mine and only mine.

Summary: See Chapter 1

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The gate that lead to Midgar opened as Vincent waited to enter. The town was quiet, just how he liked it. The streets were calm; Vincent could hear his own thoughts. He turned around to look out into the desert. He heard no bike. Vincent looked around, he saw strangers, no one he could trust, no one seemed familiar. He started to walk towards the statue that stood in the centre of town. Vincent looked up and started to think to himself.

'Where is he? Hope he is alright…wait' Vincent shook his head, 'Why am I thinking that? Hmm…I wonder where Tifa is…huh?'

"Vincent!" Vincent's thoughts were interrupted by a feminine voice. He turned to look in the direction of a young woman walking towards him. He nodded his head. "Where have you been? Um…" She looked around. "Where is Cloud? You said you would bring him home." She looked into Vincent's eyes.

"You promised." A softer voice spoke to him. He looked down and saw Marlene. He bent down to talk to her.

"I never said I would bring him straight away, he will come home. Trust me."

"We did trust you…" The dark haired girl snapped. He stood up straight again.

"Tifa, I need to talk to you." He looked down at the upset little girl, and sighed. "Privately." She nodded and walked towards the church. Vincent stayed quiet as the three walked towards Aires' church, he felt himself being watched. Marlene was watching him as they walked. Vincent looked at the young girl, she smiled at him, he looked away from her. Marlene looked down, her smile disappeared, she ran to walk beside Tifa. Vincent sighed.

'Come on Cloud, tell her before I do.'

Vincent was deep in thought when they reached their destination.

"Ok, so?" Tifa stood in front of Vincent with her arms folder across her chest. He looked at her. "Well?" He looked around.

"Hmm…Huh?" Vincent heard a motorbike. "Could we talk in a bit I would like to gather my thoughts." Tifa looked annoyed. "It won't be long, don't worry." Tifa sighed and walked back to Marlene. Vincent could hear the bike get closer. He looked at Tifa, she hasn't heard it. "Tifa…" she didn't look at him. The bike was closer. "TIFA!"

"What?" She stood up and looked at him. "What now?"

"Listen." He placed a finger on his lips as he spoke to silence her. She looked around and shook her head when her eyes met his again. "No?...Marlene, can you hear anything? Listen carefully."

She closed her eyes and listened carefully. The bike was closer. Here eyes opened, she heard it.

"Cloud!" Marlene smiled. Tifa looked at her in disbelief. "Cloud's coming home." Marlene looked at Vincent who had his back to her. Tifa walked towards him.

The room was silent, nothing moved. "Tifa." He turned his head slightly to look at her. "Listen." She closed her eyes and concentrated on hearing Cloud's bike. Vincent watched her. His dark eyes focused on her. She opened her eyes and shook her head.

"I can't hear it. He's not here." Her eyes started to show she was upset.

"Tifa, concentrate." He closed his eyes, he couldn't hear it anymore. "You would hear it if you wanted him home." Vincent knew why the bike couldn't be heard.

"Of course I want him home, he said he would come back for me…and he hasn't. I'm tired of waiting." Tifa looked at the ground. "He hasn't come back and to be honest," her dark eyes met Vincent's. "I don't think he ever will." Tifa looked at the flowers in the room. She was silent, Marlene stared at Vincent who kept his eyes on Tifa, he showed no emotion in his eyes. Tifa felt his eyes on her, a tear ran down her pale cheek. Cloud stood in the shadows, only Vincent noticed him. His green eyes stayed on his best friend. Tifa took a deep breath to cover up her sadness. "It's all her fault. She ruined everything." Tifa was making herself more upset. More tears ran down her soft face. Cloud moved slightly but was stopped by Vincent's glare.

'Vincent…what are you up to?'

Vincent slowly walked towards her. "What do you mean 'ruined everything'?" She was silent, she knew he wasn't finished talking. Tifa looked at him. "Cloud is your best friend isn't he? If you felt this bad about it why didn't you do anything?" She stayed silent, her eyes stared straight into his. Cloud listened to Vincent, curious on Tifa's answers. "You knew she was talking advantage of Cloud's identity crisis, yet you left her to it…why? I could see that deep down you wanted rid of her and hope that…" he was cut off by Tifa's soft voice.

"You're right," Vincent looked at her silently. She looked back at the flowers again. "I…I did want to get rid of her, but" She went quiet again, her dark eyes stared at the colourful flowers. "I could never have done that to him, but I'm glad Sephiroth did instead." Cloud looked at her in horror, but stayed silent. Marlene had tears in her eyes as she listened to her friend speak. Vincent showed no emotion, and let her continue. "Yes, I wanted rid of her, yes I hated the fact that she took advantage of Cloud, and I hated her for being so pretty and friendly, she got Cloud's attention and he forgot I existed…" Tifa began to cry, she ran for the exit but was stopped by Vincent's torso. She wrapped her arms around him, she didn't care who it was, Vincent knew he had to say something. Cloud lowered his head, he was disappointed in himself.

"Tifa, I don't think it was his fault that he put all of his attention on her, he forgot who he was which made him forget you." She pushed him away. "Tifa, try being in his shoes, he fell in love with 'someone' who didn't love him for who he really was," she looked down. "Try feeling how he felt when he saw that 'someone' die right in front of him, try thinking of what may have gone through his head when he found out he has been living a lie." She closed her eyes, pushed him away and ran out of the door, Marlene followed. Cloud came out of the shadows heading for the door. Vincent looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "Where do you think you're going?" Cloud gave him a quick glare. "Leave her for a while, she'll think about it." Cloud stopped in front of Vincent.

"You're a bastard." Vincent stared at him. Cloud sighed. "I know she will, but you have just made things worse for her. She has never admitted she is jealous before." Vincent sighed. "Let me past, she needs me." Vincent shook his head. "Have you no heart?" Cloud growled.

"No, I'm dead." Vincent looked at Cloud blankly, thinking he should already know that.

"Not funny, Vincent." Cloud ran past, pushing the door open.

"Wasn't meant to be." Vincent looked at the flowers in front of him, he was alone again. The church was quiet, all he heard was the wind around him. The flowers blew in the wind. He closed his eyes and knelt down.

He fell deep into thought, remembering when he 'ha a heart'. She appeared in front of him. She stood there smiling at him, his hand reached out to touch her. His hand went straight through hers. She lowered her head as her smile faded, his hand reached out in desperation for her touch. She faded from his mind, he could no longer see her. Vincent opened his eyes, he stared at the flowers. His dark eyes looked at each flower individually, something caught his eye, he turned his head. Two flowers stood beside each other away from the garden., he stood up and walked towards them. He knelt down and closed his eyes , an image of Tifa and Aires appeared. Vincent looked at the red and the pink flowers, his hand reached out and gently took hold of the red one and picked it out of the ground. Vincent got to his feet not taking his eyes off the lone pink flower. Vincent turned to walk out. "Now your alone." Vincent calmly walked out of the church with the red flower in his hand.