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Chapter 3: Childhood friend
"Hey," he said simply to Tifa.
"Hey Cloud, you're up early." She replied. "And Aerith too."
Aerith smiled and waved at her happily, her angelic face beamed. She has Jed green eyes and chestnut hair that have high bangs and curly locks that framed her face. She pull up her long double braid high, tied with a pink ribbon. She wears a spaghetti strapped buttons up dress that went just below her ankle. The dress made her look taller, despite her height.
"Well, Claudette called last night and she won't shut up." He said grimly, yawned afterwards. "As usual, Aerith was waiting by her doorstep." He said.
Cloud put his hand in his pockets and leaned onto the car. His eyes went skywards but his mind drifted elsewhere. Presenting Cloud Strife, a person with abnormally blond spiky hair and light blue eyes. The spikes were longer on the right side of his head while the left was just a long bang. Two locks of hair framed his face while the base cut short.
Cloud wore a high collar light blue jacket with no sleeve that that shows his lightly muscular arms and went pass his torso with a tank top underneath to reveal a silver wolf pendant that matches his earring. The metal wolves have a ring clenched on his jaw and dangling loosely. It has always been his trademark, just as Tifa's with her locked heart pendant with silver key. He wears loose jeans and blue sneakers.
Tifa stared at him long. He had always been like this, silent and daydreaming. He can sometimes be blurring about certain social discussions with anyone and had not been a good talker. She remembered their sudden reunion three months ago.
Selphie, Yuffie and Rikku dragged Tifa from the library where she was reading a very interesting book about temperaments (or so she says). They deliberately drag her, as if a cat been force to take a bath towards the café, wanting to 'chat' with her.
She refuse it, wanting to read some more. Nevertheless, when they drag her a few meters from the café was, she sighed and followed weakly behind. Her head was dangling so she slumped with her head starring at the shoes. When suddenly, "Uff!" she exclaimed, bouncing off when she hit something hard.
She bowed her head, clasped her hands together, and said sorry a couple of times. The man before her rubbed the base of his head while his expression winked in pain. "Man," he exclaimed, not looking at her and stood up, "Is it Bumping on People's day? First Vincent now-"he stopped half way, starring at the begging Tifa in disbelief. "…Tifa? Is that you?"
Tifa shot her head skywards to meet a pair of very bright blue eyes that stared at her. She stood up, brushed some of the dust on her shoulder while glancing angrily at the man before her but stopped abruptly as she bounced her gaze back to the blond teenager. She leans forwards then her eyes went wide at a sudden realization.
She squint her eyes to make sure then, "Cloud?" she exclaimed, unable to believe she bumped (literally) into her childhood friend.
An abruption of a loud music made her jumped wildly. She scrambled to her bag to get her hand phone but found it blank. Her gaze fell upon Cloud's pocket and Cloud rammed in it. She slapped her forehead 'now I DEFINITELY need to get a new ringtone."
"Urgh," Cloud exclaimed as he flip open his wolf pendant phone then pressed it to his ear, "What now?" he groaned. A loud voice spoke in thick French heard through the speaker. It talked and talked. "Look, you know, your story is suitable for a French word I know." He said. There was a short 'what's that' can be heard, "Claudette!" he forced then flips off his phone.
Tifa and Aerith stiffed chuckles; Claudette means lame in French.
"Hey guys…" said a weary voice behind them.
The trios turned and look at a slouching figure, move slowly towards them. It turned out to be Zack Fair, eyes puffed from lack of sleep. His dark blue eyes were half-open and his jet-black hair hung loosely, the bangs parted in the middle. The base was same as Cloud though in black, making them looks like siblings. He wore simple short-sleeved dark violet shirt with loose black pants and sneakers
"Zack," Aerith began, rising one of her eyebrows, "You up early,"
"He's been doing his last minute revision for the test today…" sighed Tifa.
"…again," said the three of them uneven.
"Hey, I was… busy," he defended.
"With what; Chicks and roses? Puh-lease!" exclaimed Aerith.
"Em, can we go now," said Tifa grabbing both of them by the shoulder before Zack could counter, "The least that we want expect today is starting the world war three."
"Come on," Cloud said after being quiet all that time, "We're in a battle station already; today's math and chemistry." Cloud sighed.
There goes chapter three…
Still no common song for this chapter… sighs in exasperation ah well, until next chapter!