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Chapter Six: Speeding towards a heartbreak

"Hey Tifa, can you teach me Japanese?"

Tifa stopped writing her essay then turn sharply, her face screwed in bewilderment. "I beg your pardon?"

They were in the library that afternoon and Zack interrupted Tifa when she writes her English essay.

'I can't believe I'm doing this… damn that drastic freak' Zack cursed in his mind. "Come on Tifa," Zack whined "I gotta get through that class."

"Why me?"

"Is that a question?" Zack asked, raising one of his eyebrows and chuckled slightly.

Tifa sighed. "Alright… but promise me that you will do your best to concentrate."

"Say what?"

Tifa sighed again; she knew teaching Zack Fair to get an 'A' would be a miracle. Somewhere amongst the stack of books, two sharp eyes watched intently.

XOXO

'-TEET- Tifa, I've got a mission. Sorry but I can't take you back today.. -TEET- you've got no new message-'

Tifa hung up her phone then sighed. She took out a pair of rollerblades and put them on. She stumbles a little; it has been so long since she put on her rollerblades. Once she found her balance, she strolls into the rather dark day. She rode on, ignoring the rough wind that blow that day. Then, just an instinct, she swerved into an alley, just rode dangerously high speed, screeching from one obstacle to the other.

She was in the need for speed now, for being confident in herself, giggled as she spun and swerved in grace, with a grin spread wide on her face. Then the time comes when people got overexcited over something; Tifa was in that sort of emotion right there, when she was in full speed, reaching towards a skyward plank that placed on the high brick wall. She went airborne, in confidence spread out her arms as if she was going to hug the sky.

However, something caught her eyes and it felt like her heart fell down like the gravity that was pulling her towards the harsh reality. She fell hard on the sideway below, but did not stand up. There, in the garden that fills with bright flowers, stood two figures, in a deep embrace.

Tifa's eyes were wide as her ruby eyes reflected Cloud with Aerith, hugging closely together. They look so beautiful, like two angels shining. With their recessively genetic hair color, it made it clear to Tifa now that she was no more than a mare child falling into the fathomless darkness, watching passionately towards two angelic couples in the light. She smiled.

It was not a happy smile but a force smile that she used to do to reduce the pain. Unfortunately, that type of mask was made of glass, so the glass had shattered, leaving marks in red color remained.

The rain poured down, and the couples depart to a safe place to avoid getting wet. Tifa's smile faded along with the cold shower. Hearing her loud ringtone in her bag made her heart break; Cloud lied to her.

Since she met the little spiky blond boy below a maple tree, he never lied to her. Now, she wondered that the man who was holding the girl was the voice that she hears from the phone before or that boy who was too good to be do such thing to her as a lie.

She sat there, with the beads of tears mixed with rain that day as well as sorrow in her heart. Her hair fell beside her as her head hung low, her shoulder shaking. She watched as her blood ran from her ankles to the puddles below, reflecting her broken features drenched in bloody red. The pain was nowhere near her broken heart.

She did not bother pull up her hood or too out the add-on sleeves in her leather bag. She just willingly sat there, in the cold harsh gale.

Arrgh, curse this mind. Sorry, overly dramatic there… I can't help myself (hello! Presenting Syn, the abnormal gal XD)

Alright, now, the song for this chapter is Stranger by the Day from Shades Apart. It suited the best for this chapter… err… maybe only the lyrics XD.

Review please! Oh yeah, I still not going to tell you the couples!

P.S: Tifa's character turns out to be humanly impossible because of her overflowing talents. You'll see why I do that to her in the future. (I guess I made her a versatile girl!)

Jaa ne!