Misery

Ch. 16

Reno stood behind me the whole way there. "Reno, I said I'm fine." "I don't know if you're gonna fall again." He got quiet and then suddenly

jumped on my back. "Or I could glomp you." "Reno!" I had to force myself to keep my balance. Tifa looked back at me and smiled. I smiled back at

her.

Inside the 7th Heaven, Tifa started to prepare food for us. Reno jumped off my back. "Oh finally. I thought my back was gonna break." "Hey! I'm not that heavy!" I sat down and started to laugh. "I'm just teasing Reno." "He sat down next to me. "I know." We stayed quiet, looking around at the bar, hearing the sound of running water, pots clanging together and knives cutting through things. "I wonder what's up with Cloud." Tifa turned around. "He gets like that sometimes." "Maybe. But the way he jumped when I ask if everything was alright...that wasn't an ordinary jump. " "Well maybe you caught him off guard. "I scoffed. "Catch Cloud off guard? Not likely. Something's bothering him-" I stood up. "-and I'm gonna find out what." Tifa and Reno look at each other then watched me walk out of the bar with worried eyes.