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My Cloud
The painful Truth
The full moon was shining up in the starless sky. It was a quiet night. Tonight no birds were chirping; tonight the bar from across the block was temporarily closed, tonight the children from the house across the street weren't making laughing noises that resounded. It was so silent that night. Silent and sad
Tifa got up from where she was settled. She walked to her bed sloppily, while wiping the tears from her cheeks. She lay down the soft bed; the silver rays of the moon illuminated her face and made her tears glisten even more. Tears, they were warm but the farther it goes down, it became cooler, Tifa couldn't explain this, yes she had cried a million times before but this was different it seemed as if the tears were pricking her skin, it was painful. She laid there and thought of all that she had heard, tears were still rolling down the side of her cheek, normally she could stop herself from crying, but again this was different. In her room, you couldn't her anything but her sobs but finally those sobs stopped and Tifa fell in a deep slumber.
The next morning, the teenager felt the heat of the sun's rays touch her skin as she slowly got up and readied her for school. Once she was done, she looked outside to see Cloud already waiting by their gate. He saw her peeking through the window and smiled, Tifa just smiled back and she made her way down stairs and got a piece of bread from the fridge (A/N: bread in a fridge! O.o) then proceeded outside.
"Hey Teef, looking good are we?" Cloud said as she got near him, he was still unconscious to the fact that Tifa knew
"Thanks" Tifa said in a dull manner. Cloud put his hand on Tifa's shoulder, but she just gave a sort of shrug, so that would put his hand away "Uh, Cloud I don't feel well now, why don't we just go" Tifa forced her smile as she looked up at his companion and continued walking
What's wrong with Tifa today? She seems so sad Cloud thought
Cloud just gave a shrug then went after his friend.
At school…
The corridors were filled with noisy students getting ready for class, Cloud followed Tifa as she sat down their classroom, Cloud sat beside her but she didn't talk at all, she just sat there pretending she was reviewing for their test, but her childhood friend knew something was wrong
"Is there something wrong Teef?" Cloud asked her thoughtfully
WRONG! WHAT'S WRONG?... For goodness sake, Cloud, I just heard that you were hiding something from me. Hiding your own reputation, hiding who you really are… Hiding that you had a girlfriend… You lied to me, damn it! And you ask if I'm okay? Tifa was getting mad all these things that were happening was really starting break her
"Nothing" she forced another smiled, she didn't want to cause trouble now, no, she didn't want her reputation to get even worse. She was lying, and Cloud could tell it, he knew her well enough.
After their first class it was PE. Now since boys and girls had separate PE classes, Tifa was all alone, Cloud wasn't there. She couldn't help but feel vulnerable, without her companion. She walked to the gym, her legs were shaking, she was nervous. People had been talking about her, talking about them, she can't believe how dense she was that she didn't even notice this.
I concentrated too much on Cloud, and I was caught in my little fantasy that I never took the time too look around and see what's going on. Bad move Tifa Lockheart shescolded herself
She opened the door to the gym to see other girls there chatting. It made her feel so uncomfortable, now that she heard those things from Yuffie, she's more sensitive, unlike before, paid attention to where the others were looking and her ears became sharper. As she walked passed every girl she couldn't help but feel that she was the one they were talking about, those looks.
This feels so awkward…Aaah! Tifa whispered, feeling annoyed and helpless at the moment
She proceeded to the locker room trying her best not to catch anyone's attention. She hid behind the one the lockers and listened to what the other girls were saying
"Oh my gosh, I can't believe Cloud even liked that new girl?"
"Yea, I mean his girlfriend was much prettier"
"uhu! Oh and guys have you heard?"
"What? Cloud hasn't been in a fight yet since they met"
"Oh and from what I heard she doesn't even know how Cloud is" than the other girls started laughing
"You know" another girl started "All of you might hate Tifa, but I think it's Cloud fault for lying"
The other girls agreed
And even though some she heard some nice things, once again Tifa Lockheart couldn't take it anymore and hastily ran out of the room, causing the door to slam when she went out; the girls finally noticed her and just froze, shocked
She wasn't meant to hear that the girls all thought in their head
Tifa ran as fast as she could, she didn't care if she was breaking school rules. She just wanted to run. Warm tears were ran down her rosy cheeks.
"Damn you Cloud. Damn you! Damn you!" she murmured to herself…
Tifa spent most of the period in the girls' bathroom, she didn't want to go out, she didn't want to face anyone right now. She just sat there, she wasn't crying, no tears, she was strong..
I'm going to talk to him she decided as the bell rang. She stood up and put herself together and went out the CR as if nothing happened
For the rest of the day Tifa had been avoiding her childhood friend, Cloud really didn't know why. He was troubled by Tifa's actions, normally they would spend time together, normally Tifa would be cheerful, it was just so strange
Later that day, Cloud sat down on the bench of the park looking at the sky; he'd been sitting there from quite sometime now. The park was starting to become empty, the children who were playing had already gone home, and the sweet couples ,which he envied, started to go too, the old people taking a stroll, the teenagers playing sports, the people walking their dogs, they all went home. All that was left in the park was him and the birds that were flying around fleetingly going down to take a sip from the pond. He sat there thinking of Tifa. Tifa. Tifa. Tifa.
Did I do anything wrong? Why is she acting like this?
-Flashback-
"Okay class, today we'll group into pairs, I'm giving you the freedom to choose a partner" the class started to cheer
Cloud stood up his chair and went to Tifa planning to ask her to be her partner. But as soon as Cloud got there Tifa stood up and went to Reno
-End of Flashback-
Maybe she feels trapped, I mean we're always together; maybe she just needs space but…
-Flashback-
In the well, the first night Tifa spent in Nibelheim
"Cloud, thanks for welcoming me here again, I'm really lucky to have seen you again, I really appreciate that. I just love it when you're with me" the young lady said with a sweet smile, her whine colored eyes gazing into his blue tantalizing ones
"You might not get to breathe, if I'm always with you!" Cloud jokingly said
Tifa took his hand "Haha, seriously Cloud thanks for being there"
-End of Flashback-
No it can't be that..what if she-
Cloud's deep thoughts were stopped as he felt someone lay a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see who it was
Tifa
She sat down beside him. There was something in her eyes, she was hiding something, and something was bothering her.
"Cloud i- I want to talk to you about something" Tifa said in a very serious tone. Cloud suddenly felt distressed. After a short-lived second he finally knew what this was about, how could he have been so slow, so stupid
"Teef- .." Cloud was going to say something but Tifa cut him off she didn't want to be interrupted this time, she's heard too much, it was her time to talk
She knows, God help me she knows Cloud closed his eyes as he prayed that it wasn't what he was expecting
"Cloud, Yuffie told me that you were a trouble maker and that you-..And I also heard the other girls talking about it" Tifa said weakly, she didn't know how to tell him, she wished it wasn't true. It was so uncomfortable, it was really hard confronting someone like this, but Tifa wanted to know now, she wanted to be sure, she wanted to hear it from Cloud himself.
"Teef I know, I'm sorry" Cloud said looking down on his hands, evidently embarrassed "I get it. I should have told you"
"So..it's true" she said bowing down, gripping her pants
"Tifa" Cloud said and tried to take her hand, but she shook her head and stood up.
"It's okay Cloud, you don't need to say anything" then she walked away
Cloud decided not to follow her anymore since he thought it would just make it worse.
Cloud just stayed there. It was quiet; he stayed there for quite sometime. He couldn't take it, she was everything to him, losing her would be devastating. She was one of the very few right things in his life. But being Cloud Strife, he just had to screw it up
Why am I such a damn loser, I can't anything right anymore. AAh, Tifa Lockheart, how could I trash someone as precious as Tifa Lockheart
Cloud just stayed still, still in the same place, pondering over what happened, thinking of what happened between him and Tifa.
Since we were little all I've been causing her is trouble, she must hate me now. How stupid was I to think that I could set things straight between the two of us. Hell, what kind of fantasy was I living in? I knew it could never happen, at least not now. But I wasn't thinking, I – I – I guess I just love her too much…
Love her too much? Look at what I just did; if I loved her at all I would've kept myself away.Not causing her trouble like this, not making her suffer, not making things hard for her. Look at her now she's crying, she's hurt, it's all because of me, selfish me, damn it!
Frustrated with himself Cloud stood up from where he was and started walking home. He watched as the sky slowly became redder and redder as the sun went down. The rhythm of his steps were stopped as he heard someone from behind
"Cloud" he heard a man with a very low and scary tone
"Sephiroth" Cloud turned; his eyes were filled with annoyance. He saw a young man, with long silver hair, green scary eyes, about his age standing there his hands in his pocket.
Seeing that asshole is the very last thing I needed
"So, I've been waiting" he said once more approaching him
"I don't want to fight you anymore" he said in a sad tone, well it wasn't actually sad, his voice felt emotionless, hopeless. Cloud Strife didn't want to fight anymore; fighting is what caused him trouble in the first place. He wanted to prove to himself that he could do this; that he was capable of doing something right, he thought that not fighting right thing to do. He also wanted to prove to Tifa that she was wrong in thinking that he was a horrible person; he wanted to show that he really wants to change for her.
"Yea right" Sephiroth ran to him, Cloud anticipated the hit
This is for you Tifa
And in a blink of an eye, Sephiroth had punched him. It hurt; it hurt a lot not only physically. It was so difficult for Cloud to just reside there knowing that he could've done something, but no he doesn't want to fight anymore.
"AAAAAAH" Cloud yelped in pain. The birds from the tree near by flew off at the sound of his bawl
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Tifa was sitting under the tree thinking of Cloud, sitting with her legs to her chest, playing with the flowers on the ground.
I know I was upset, even mad when I first heard the news, but once I saw him, once I looked into those eyes , I can't, I just can't get angry at him, I just can't. I love him too much… aah! I should be angry, damn…but I really- a part of me wants to stay with him, a part of him wants to be with him, to touch him, to talk to him.
"AAAH" Tifa heard Cloud as she was in a place nearby
"Shit" knowing that this was Cloud, she became distressed and ran to where the voice came from
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Who is this Sephiroth? What role does he play in Cloud's twisted life? What's going to happen to Cloud now? What's Tifa going to do? How will our couple do with the twist of the events?
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