Chapter 5: To The Place Where Her Heart Was Broken
The night and half of the day had
past; Tifa tried avoiding Vincent all day ever since what he said
after the battle. She had done very well at avoiding him and was very
proud of herself. Leaving Yuffie's room she headed towards her own
room. Opening the door she saw Vincent in there changing
he already had his pants on but still his shirt was un-done he didn't
have his cape on and his hair was down and not held up by his
bandana.
"Oh My God!" Tifa turned away her face red, "I am
so sorry I thought everyone was up stairs!"
Vincent chuckled a
bit, fixing his shirt, "It's ok Tifa, and it wasn't like I was
nude."
She walked in the room and glared at him, "You're so
mean."
"So, you've been avoiding me," he stared at her.
"Was what I said last night really something strange to you?"
"It
was a little fight it would have been ok just to give me a scratch,"
She looked at him and started heading towards the dresser.
He
grabbed her right arm with his claw and left a slight scratch on her
arm, "There's your scratch."
She pushed him away from her,
"What was that for?"
"Hey you asked for a scratch," he
fell backwards.
"I meant during the fight! But we can always
finished that fight!" she punched at him.
Vincent grabbed her
wrist and pulled him close to her and kissed her softly. Tifa's
brown-red eyes shrank in shock. He put his claw around her and pulled
her even closer to him. She felt the cold metal of his arm touch the
soft skin of her back that sent shivers up her spine. She soon
realized what happened and broke his kiss. She tried to pull away but
he still kept her close so she looked down at their feet.
"Erm…
I need to pack…" was all that Tifa manage to say.
Vincent
nodded and let go of her. He grabbed his cape and head band, and then
left the room closing the door behind him. Tifa sighed realizing what
she just did. Didn't she have a crush on him? Why did she push him
away? Why was she so stupid? What about Cloud… she was
set on waiting for him. Tifa finally stood up flustered and packed up
all the stuff she needed to bring to the golden
saucer.
Everyone got on the High Wind to go to North Corel to take the rope way to the golden saucer. They couldn't stay in North Corel long, due to Barrett's past there. Tifa stayed over by Marlene and Nanaki. Vincent stayed away too, but it looked as if nothing had happen. That annoyed Tifa. He kissed her and he didn't even act like he did! But then she couldn't really blame him she did try pushing him away. The time went by a long with the walking and the traveling.
When they got to the
golden saucer they had to buy Marlene and life time pass. While
Barrett stayed behind taking care of the pass, everyone started
heading to the hotel. Sadly, that Hotel gave Tifa the creeps and it
reminded her of that night not so long ago that Aeris and Cloud went
on that date. She was going to ask him, but she saw Aeris leave the
room with him. She spaced off during that time. Then she
felt Vincent's cold metal hand touch her arm.
"Spacey much
Tifa?" Vincent looked at her.
"Just some old memories here,"
She sighed. Vincent pulled Tifa close to him and placed his other
hand on the side of her face. "What about the others?"
"They
already left to go to the hotel rooms. I told them I'd take care of
you," He spoke placing his lip close to hers. Then he pulled
away. "I don't want to put you into shock again. Why don't we
head up to the rooms?"
"Mhmm," her face blushed red as
Vincent grabbed her hand.
She finally got settled in to her
room and was relieved to see that she wouldn't be sharing the room.
Lying down on her bed she stretched out.
"Mmm… finally
vacation time," She closed her eyes.
She remembered everything
that happened here while Aeris was alive. Sighing she
rolled over on to her side opening her eyes. Then she blinked her
eyes a couple of times and soon felt tears form. 'Crying again... '
she thought to herself.
"You always were such a little wimp,"
she wept out loud.
"You've never been such a little wimp to
me," Vincent looked down at her while he leaned over her.
Tifa
jumped, "HOLY SHIT! How the hell did you get in here!"
"He-he,
you left your extra key down stairs," he smirked holding it up.
She
snatched the key from his hand, "Thanks."
He quickly grabbed
her wrist before she pulled it away, "What is up with you? Yuffie
told me you were excited about us coming to see you guys
again."
"It's just being here! And then you, your emotions
came out of nowhere… I didn't even know you had feelings," She
looked down.