Chapter 7 - A Stolen Moment

Somethin' deep down inside of me told me not to take my ass in there, but I did it anyway just to make Tifa happy.

"Vin. I know you're in here, man." No answer. I thought I was gonna be fuckin' murdered in that damn room!

"Ya scarin' the shit outta me, Vin! I just came to see what the fuck's up!"

Suddenly, I felt the cold steel of Vin's shotgun on the back of my head. I started sweatin' and my heart began skippin' beats! I knew for sure I was gonna die in that room that day. I started to turn around 'til I felt the gun push up against my skull.

"Don't...move." That cold voice of his sure as hell did a number on me. I did what the fuck he told me! I wasn't ready to fuckin' die! He started talkin' to me. It didn't make me feel any better that he was, though.

"Nothing...is as it seems, Cid." I didn't say nothing him. I thought, one fuckin' word an' Stable Mable will blow my fuckin' head clean off my shoulders!

"You see, my heart is like the rose I gave you. Its beauty can tantilize even the masculine mind. You can remove the thorns to keep yourself from getting hurt. However, you hurt the rose without realizing you have done so, and even though the thorns have been removed, the scars still remain the sole reminder of what used to be."

I swallowed. That shit didn't make any fuckin' sense to me. I thought Vin was mad 'cause I put that nasty ass flower in a vase instead of sleepin' with it by my side like asked me to do. I wanted to say something, but he started up again.

"You, Cid Highwind, are like the gun I hold to your head. You stand ready to fullfill your destiny and continue on a legacy, yet you are controlled by a soul as scared as it is strong. In the end..." I heard Vin prep for a shot. I thought, he's gonna do it. Vin's really gonna fuckin' kill me! Over what? Over a fuckin' flower? No, hell! This is somethin' else. He continued. "...it will be the worn rose with its gentle yet deadly petals and clipped thorns that will be your saving grace. The rose I told you to hold close and cherish dearly is the only thing that will save you from loneliness, Highwind."

I could hear my heart beatin' fast as hell! I could even hear the leather glove Vin was wearin' tighten as he got ready to pull the trigger. I bit my bottom lip so damn hard that I busted the bitch and blood ran down the side of my face. I smashed my eyes shut as I was getin' ready to die. In the back of my head I was sayin' goodbye to everybody. Cloud. Tifa. Red. Even Yuffie got a fuckin' farewell! I took the deepest fuckin' breath I could take 'cause I knew it would be my last one. I heard the trigger pull.

Nothing. I heard a shot that sounded like a silenced bullet. I then noticed I was still standing. I slowly opened my eyes. I was still in the room. I didn't die. I felt a liquid somethin' flow down the back of my neck. I thought it was blood. I reached back to find out if it was. It wasn't blood. My blood ain't clear. This was fuckin' water! Vin had shot me with a fuckin' water gun! I was still in shock when he said somethin' to me.

"I guess you are not as strong as you say you are, Cid." I heard him chuckle. "April fools."