Bonjour! I'm back with another chapter of this strange story, short, but I suppose I'll make up for that in other chapters. I apologize for the long wait, but somehow, I really have to be in the mood with ideas to write this. It's completely new for me to write Yuffie in a positive light. I'm also attempting it in my other fic, Requiem of the Depths, and there it's so far turned out well.

I think I'm going to organize this fic into five chapters, but I might change my mind, so bear with me.

Thank you for the supportive and encouraging reviews. I'm happy to have interested readers!

Cheers!

Kyyrin

Attempt #2

Regarding the Wutai Summer Carnival

Mmmmmm. Papaya's have got to be the yummiest thing on the face of the Planet. Papaya's and carrot potato soup. Heavenly. And no, I'm not pregnant. I just have a cultured and refined taste, thank you very much.

So I overslept this morning, and have now been reduced to eating soup and fruits in Vinnie's basement, in front of Vinnie's coffin. It's not one of the nicest place's I've eaten breakfast in, but it's a hell of a lot nicer than eating waffles in the North Crater and being surrounded by a bunch of Jenova spawn thingies.

Ew.

Anyways, I have decided to take on a calmer approach as of now, instead of yelling at Vinnie like he's gone and revived Sephiroth and Jenova all over again. I will be collected and rational during my speeches this time. Maybe he'll listen if I don't threaten to slice him up with my shuriken. I doubt it though.

So today's theme is……(drum roll please), the Wutai Summer Carnival that Vinnie failed to attend after he promised me he would. Now. I don't know for a fact that he wasn't there, I just didn't see him at all, which to me, qualifies as not being there. Cause he promised me he would play pin the tail on the Leviathan with me, and hang out with me…….ok well we wouldn't have had to play that stupid game……hitting the Ramuh piñata would have done it as well.

But in any case, he gave me his word but didn't show his face to me once.

Damn that blasted strange man…..vampire….dude.

Ok, ok. I myself know that I'm going completely overboard calling him that, when I know he's a normal human being now that Chaos left and dragged the other three beasties with him. And I know he's not a vampire, but he sure as hell looks like one. A good-looking vampire…..if good-looking vampires even exist……if vampires even exist.

Well in any case, I've seen Vincent drink things that aren't blood, so I'm not complaining.

But back to the point. And the point is that he wasn't there. And now, he was in the middle of receiving his long overdue lecture for it.

"Look, Vinnie. I'm not gonna shout at you and all……ok maybe I will later, but that carnival was important to me! You were, like, the only thing I was counting on to get me away from my loony, crackpot cousins and Godo! I mean, Vinnie, you know Godo! You know how much I dislike Godo, so why did you leave me at his mercy so that he could give me a Wutai history quiz in front of every single relative of ours! I like totally bombed it, which wasn't a surprise cause I never ever paid attention to that subject when that old fart of a lady….what's her name? Oh right, Yuka…..gave me lessons. I specialize in materia! Not in who drank his tea on the Wutai throne before my dad!"

I wait for an apology. An answer. Anything that would indicate that he's listening and understanding every word I'm saying. Because I hope he does. I will have his scrawny ass if he doesn't. I hope he knows that.

Nothing.

Not even a stir from that grimy old thing. Alright, so it's not grimy, but it's a very ugly brown color that reminds me vaguely of…….well, anyways……

Ok so if he ain't gonna talk, then maybe a prompt will do it. A bribe…..

"Hey Vinnie! Want some papaya? Or some soup? It's pretty cold down here…..so soup is good……ok, you're not hungry. Not like you're ever hungry anyways. Do you even eat? I mean, even for a vampire such as yourself, blood isn't a nutritious way to nourish yourself. Joking. Just joking….."

No answer. I assume he doesn't want food. Alrighty then. Next subject.

"So what does it feel like sleeping in that coffin all day, Vinnie? Huh? It must be pretty damn comfortable if you decide to stand me up like you did with that carnival. And the festival. And the grand opening of the WRO. And the…..wait. Not like I thought it was a date or anything. I mean, who would want to date yo-------Sorry. Never mind. Forget I said that, Vincent. I'm sorry".

I admit I felt pretty ashamed after saying that. I know I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but Vinnie's cover is so……dark, depressing…..and doom-inducing. What he wears, how he walks, the way he talks…….Sometimes it makes you depressed enough to want to die on the spot. Not that I don't think he could get a girlfriend though. It's not like he's bad looking or anything. I mean, there are probably thousands, no, millions of women who would want to date someone like Vincent. Aren't there? I really shouldn't have said that. Now he'll probably never give me an answer. Ever. Maybe it's time to go. I think I've been here for something over four hours, and have eaten three papayas and five bowls of soup. Cold soup. Yummy.

"So Vinnie. I am taking my leave. Just though you ought to know. I hope I disturbed you, and frustrated you, and I hope you're starting to regret breaking your promises. But that one thing I said……um, please. Don't take that seriously. I mean, I'm sure you'll get a girlfriend sometime……when you decide to pop out of that coffin for some fresh air….so….um, bye!"

Suddenly, I swear I heard something behind in the hall creak. And then a muffled sound. Shit. If there were any kind of monsters in here…….I mean, not that I can't protect myself, and not that Vinnie can't protect himself, but still. I think I'm gonna leave right about now cause this is creepy, creepy! It can't get any creepier than talking to a guy in a coffin in a dark basement.

Wow. The depth and meaning of that last thought just sank in.

I am talking to a guy in a coffin in a dark, otherwise deserted basement.

And I thought Vinnie was nuts…….

Well, that was that. Drop a note and tell me how I'm doing, if you like. I'm on vacation for about the next week and a half, as of now without internet access, so the next update will most likely have to wait that long unless I find an internet café. But don't get your hopes up. So look forward to another posted chapter when I'm back! Cheers!