"Square One"
Disclaimer: You know...all that good stuff.
Author's Note: Rude's in love. I'm in love too. With a UPS man that looks exactly like Rude. Just though I'd let you all know that.Yum yum.Wait a tic. I had things to say to reviewers...Give me time.
Oh right. Trueborn. Yes. Rude with a guitar. Pure...hotness. To me. –Coughs- 'Sides. He has to have some hidden talent.
And Nando.Thank you for reviewing my other story. And yes. The whole Mercury thing I have planned out. I had to do a...project and if I wanted to I could destroy Mercury.Mwahahahaha. Anyways. Enjoy.Hm.Hm...Hm.I just love Rude and Tifa.
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Kidnappings and Butterflies
I feel tired, but here goes another entry.
Well, for the next week or so, us Turks still did not do a god damned thing.Tseng, I suppose, felt he didn't need us and let us have more vacation time. Reno thought that we should go to Wutai to go drink at the Turtle..Paradise Inn or something like that. So we go, and drink.Oh yes...We drink like there's no..tomorrow.I'm sure if there was no tomorrow, you'd drink too, so you'd start forgetting things and you wouldn't have to experience...the no tomorrow-ness.
Anyways.We're drinking, and I'm surprised at the number of drinks Elena has in front of her, then in front of me. Usually, she'll have about 15-20 bottles in front of her. This time, I do. And she has...one martini in one of those stupid little glasses with the little paper umbrellas.
While I'm trying to block Elena and Reno out.But..I couldn't. I was drunk. Just...really drunk already. Then, of all people, the spiky-haired ignorant asshole son of a bitch, the Ancient, and Lockheart come into the bar. I remember Elena getting up and telling them something about getting ready to die, then Reno telling her something about talking too much. Now that really..hurts her. I can hear it in her voice. I felt bad later, when I became sober because at one point the booze started tasting bad. And I pointed it out.
I also remember toasting to Reno for some reason too. I shouldn't have. He should be toasting to me having to go on without a TV for weeks, and for enduring a shitty play, and for letting my secret crush be revealed to basically everyone.
But that didn't pass my thoughts at the time.
Eventually, though, after 4 bottles were added to my collection on the table, some Shin-Ra soldiers came in asking for back-up.But..we were on vacation. Elena ended up going after the soldiers anyway think she asked me something before she left, but I couldn't...catch what it was..
While sobering up, just because I myself didn't have any more money, Reno and I came to the realization that she was taken by that asshole Corneo.I felt bad. I should have gone with her when she left the bar, if..I wasn't so out of it...
It turns out that Corneo kidnapped that Kisaragi girl too, who had Avalanche's materia.So..we were kinda forced to make a truce for the time-being. Reno and I searched all over the Da-Chao mountains. The mountains are pretty interesting. With the faces and everything. I found this cave that had a fire going. Why? I have no idea.
Reno and I met back up by the hand of one of the dudes. We saw Yuffie hanging from one eye, and Elena hanging from the other. We were gonna go with Avalanche when Corneo brings out this flying weird looking..thing.So, instead we decided to let them handle that. I slipped over to the other side of the mountain, so Reno and I would end up..at both sides.
The flying thing was killed asked them a lame question about why he would swallow his pride and plead for his life with three choices. Either way, the two girls were turned upside down. I heard Reno come out and tell him how we were going to take care of him. Before he could drop the girls. I threw a rock at him just in time. In the head too. That retard almost falls off the cliff too.Ah.Good time I have to put down.
"Good timing, Rude."
"...Let's get to work."
"All right, Corneo.This'll be over quick, so listen up. Why do you think we went to all the trouble of teaming up with those guys to get you...?
1. Because we were ready to die
2. Because we were sure of victory
3. Because we were clueless ."
"Two...Number two?"
"All wrong."
"No...!Wait, sto...!"
Corneo...becomes a nice pancake.
"The correct answer was.."
"..because it's our job."
Good times.Heh.Later that night, when we were back at the bar, Avalanche decided to stay in Wutai for awhile. Reno was stupid enough to challenge Cid and Barret to a drinking contest.Barret passed out first, then Reno, then Cid.I took my winnings and left outside because I'd seen too much of that place for the day, but I got some money. I sat out on the bridge watching the stream for awhile, wondering how long this vacation was gonna last now.
God.
And of all the worst things that can happen to you when you're drunk, includes your biggest crush talking to you when you're intoxicated.
Which...just happened to me that night.Well..I wasn't that drunk.Just..drunk enough to remember.
I remembered hearing some shuffling of boots on the ground and by an instinct, I looked over to see the source of it. And there I see her.
"Hey."
..Hey?Hi?Hello?...Yo?
"..."
She came over and sat next to me.
"Why aren't you in there?"
I'm starting to hate the booze.
"..I dunno.Why aren't you in there?"
For a moment, she glances at a window of the bar. I looked over too. I saw that Ancient and Mr...Asshole talking. When I looked back, there was almost a depressed, sad, disappointed look in her eyes for a split second before she throws out a sarcastic.."I dunno.."
There was some awkward silence for some time.
"Hey..I remember you used to come into my bar."
Of course I did. I love it there..
Not really. But I just loved..
"Yeah.."
"So..are you trying to kill me now?"
So, she remembers our first real encounter.
"No."
"Why not?"
"...Because I'm on vacation."
"Smart ass."
"I don't even try."
That was a moment where the comebacks came so quick. She just stared real deep into my sunglasses before looking back to the stream.
"Why the glasses, Rude?"
"..I like them."
"You're lying."
"How do you know that?"
"C'mon. Tell me why you always wear them."
"Because.."
Then..I really just went on about the glasses. Without thinking. Stupid, stupid Rude.
"You can see things in people's eyes."
"..things?"
"You know..Feelings.Emotions.Whatever.Once they know that, they can..break you..or...something. Like if you're scared, the other would know that, and try something...Just.."
She wouldn't understand.
"..forget it."
"..That was the most I've heard from you."
"Well, I'm not mute."
"You can pass as one, though..."
...She's great.
"So what are you feeling right now?"
"..."
From the entrance of the bar I just heard, "Hey Tifa, get in here!Kaaaaaaaaaraoke!" It was Kisaragi and the Ancient squealing about the dreaded entertainment for people. She stood up and looked down at me.
"Another time, 'kay?"
She left to go back to the bar. And now, I'm just...here.Tired.I have all those little butterflies in my stomach.
Ugh.
I'm so fucking lame.
Where's that guitar..
Rude.