Blind Date

It's O k a y Now

Bring! Bring!

He groaned and pulled a pillow over his head.

Bring! Bring!

"Go away…" he muttered, still half asleep.

Bring! Bring!

Another groan and a hand groping for the phone.

Bring! Br–

"The hell do you want?"

"Aw, why're you always so rude, Squally?" a much too cheerful voice answered.

"It's 6:30 am and my name is Leon!" he growled into the phone.

"Pssh, whatever… guess what!"

"Rozetto, if you –"

"Okay, you know how we set up 'Nami with that guy that was always beating you in tournaments?"

"…"

"Weeeell, she didn't come home last night."

"And…?"

"It must have gone well!"

"So… you called me, at 6:30 am, just to tell me Nanami's date went well?"

"Uh… yeah."

"Go to hell," he said and hung up the phone.

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Rozetto looked at the phone after the line went dead. She brushed a strand of dark auburn hair out of her face and rolled her eyes. "Jerk."

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She was running, the park rushing past her. As she stopped to catch her breath at the bridge, she realized it was the worst idea.

"Right where he was too, Nanami," her silver-haired pursuer murmured as he walked closer.

"W-why?"

The man didn't reply, but soon after she found herself falling into the river below.

"No," she whispered as she fell over the guardrail. The cold, swift current dragged her under, drowning her…

"No!" she screamed, sitting up in an unfamiliar bed.

Cloud ran into the room upon hearing her screams. "What happened?" he asked worriedly.

By the time he had reached her she was shaking uncontrollably. Tears streaming down her face she didn't care that her saw her weak side; she couldn't help it.

"Nanami?" he asked.

Nothing in response.

Cloud climbed onto the bed and wrapped his arms around her. She sobbed into his chest, but the shaking had subsided.

"It's alright now… it was just a nightmare."

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After the tears had dissipated, there was a brief moment of silence, then:

"Where the hell am I?"

Cloud instantly let go of her and jumped off the bed. "Uh… guest room in my house?"

Nanami glared at him. "Explain."

"You-were-drunk-and-you-said-you-wouldn't-yell-if-I-brought-you-here-and-then-you-passed-out-so-I-had-to-bring-you-here-'cause-you-place-was-too-far-and-please-don't-hurt-me!" he said all in one breath.

Nanami's glare softened. "Oh… thanks… I think."

Silence.

"Uh… do you want me to walk you home?"

"Sure."

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After walking in silence for quite some time, Cloud asked, "So… what was your nightmare about?"

Nanami stopped in mid-step and turned to look him in the eye. "That is not any of you business."

"You were shaking."

"It's no concern of your's," she replied, then turned to keep walking.

"Oh… sorry."

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Rozetto heard the door open and rushed down to greet her roommate. Upon seeing her, she stopped dead in her tracks.

"What the hell happened to you?"

Nanami glared at her and walked inside. Rozetto remembered from the blond man from the night before when he had come to pick Nanami up.

"Hello again," he said cheerfully.

"Hi!"

Nanami ignored both of them, walked past Rozetto and headed up to her room.

"Um… sorry about her… she's not a morning person."

"That's alright… not many people are when they drink as much as she did last night."

Rozetto giggled. "You got her drunk?"

Cloud put his hands up in his defence. "Not my fault… I didn't know she liked champagne that much nor did I know she can't hold her liquor."

Rozetto bounced down the stairs. "Do want something to drink, since 'Nami was rude enough not to offer?"

"Just some water… and I'd like to talk to you." The second part of his sentence had a definite serious tone to it.

Rozetto nodded and started to walk to the kitchen. "Follow me."

AN: Well, I think I'll leave this here. In the next chapter you'll find out about Nanami's dark past. So… yeah… I know I should have posted for Curiosity but I'm lazy… actually, I just can't find the notebook that I wrote the next chapter in… sorry! Don't worry though, I'll have it up soon enough.