Promise by Aridea Moons

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In the outskirts of the snowy mountain there was heard a man groaning as something came out of the snow as a female was sliding back on the icy ground. She opened her eyes as she shook her head from the hard impact, as she slowly stood up with blood on her lip grabbing her side from pain. The brunette groans closing her eyes tightly then shakes it off as she just looks up to see a blade being drawn making an eerie sound as a silver haired woman with heels stood behind her, Tifa widened her eyes at her sudden speed noticing she was behind her. A blade was drawn to her side as it splatted blood on the snow as it cleaned itself.
"You shouldn't have come"
The brunette hears her voice as she stood her ground with narrowed eyebrows.
T: "I'll always be by his side"
"Heh..your a fool", she says looking at her eyes in the reflection of her daggers.
T: "..How long have you been working for him?"
"A while now..but..He'll kill me soon after this"
T: "..Do you plan to flee?""
"No.."
T: "why?"
"He doesn't have to kill me with his hands..Im only a puppet"
Tifa lifts her gaze realizing what she just said
T: "..puppet?"
The woman with her daggers thrusts her daggers down impaling the brunette by the waist as she silently makes a sound.
"Don't worry..you haven't lost the war yet", she takes out her daggers as the brunette behind her falls to the ground in a snowy storm. Her green cat eyes shimmer as she disappears leaving the brunette laying in the snow unconscious.
A few hours earlier
In the library the brunette walks out the secret room and speed walks her way out towards the hall not realizing where she was walking from sneaking away. Something hits her way as she looks back to be in the arms of Cid, she looks up quickly leaning back.
Cid: "Tifa? What were you doing at the library?", he asks her scratching the back his head with a raised eyebrow.
T: "uh..nothing just.....learning", she says looking down at her feet as Cid wasn't gonna take that but he knew she had her reasons and it was best if he didn't butt in.
Cid: "Well..the gang is in the lounge..playing some video games or something"
T: "Huh? Video games?", she suddenly folds her arms tilting her head
Cid: "uh well mostly Marlene and Denzel racing while the others watch is what I mean", he says as a drop of sweat rolls behind his head.
T: "I see..well ill meet you there then", she says walking away as Cid turns around.
Cid: "uh! Cloud is in his room sleeping-", he says loud enough for her to hear but then gives up, "ugh..no one listens to the old guy..man Im really putting in my years". The blonde wasn't actually sleeping, how could he sleep when it was day? Cid was just a really bad and Tifa knew about it so she went straight to his room because she knew that he really meant that he wanted her to see him which made Tifa nervous. The brunette reaches for the door handle but stops to see her hand shaking, she narrows her eyebrows and forces her way in to see the blonde sitting on his bed looking down at the floor.
T: "Cloud-"
C: "Its okay..you don't have to say anything", he says in a low tone which made Tifa feel guilty.
T: "Cloud..I just..I wanted to know the rumors..", she sits beside him grabbing his thigh which made Cloud look at her except he didn't blush he just looked at her with lower eyelids giving off a vibe.
C: "You don't have to pretend..just tell me what you want"
T: "uh? Cloud?!", she says offended by his tone of his voice then he stands up sitting on a chair this time and she sighs at this.
T: "I know..I just-"
C: "You're just concerned with me..thats fine..It doesn't matter what matters is-"
T: "Sephiroth..ya I get it", she says upset keeping her hands to herself on her thighs playing with her fingers.
C: "..He's a pain..cuz Im a pain"
Tifa looks at him and turns to face him on his bed
T: "Thats not true..and you know that-"
C: "I make everyone worry Tifa..Im not surprised at this point.", he stands up and tucks in his hands in his front sweater pocket, "All I wanted was to have a normal life..maybe its possible..I don't know but..my priorities right now are full and I can't keep everyone safe at the moment. So I.."
T: "No one asked you to protect us..", she says as she stands up walking to him then she touches his cheek as they both look at each other again.
C: "I promised..", he whispered to her
T: "I did too"
C: "..I did..so you didn't have to"
T: "You can't carry all the weight on your own someone needs to help bare that weight with you and I can..because I have before and I can do it again. So don't go alone this time..please?"
The blonde looks the other way
C: "..Right..we're stronger together in numbers. How could I forget?"
Tifa smiles but the blonde walks away from her touch exiting the room as she was upset by his choice of actions.
~
The brunette walks in the room to see no sign of the blonde but she sees the two teens playing games tapping their controllers impatiently as the gang cheered on while they ate snacks.
T: "So..what the plan?"
B: "Nothing"
T: "What?"
Cid: "The plan..its nothing"
T: "huh?"
Y: "The plan is to do nothing while you take care of it", she says stuffing popcorn in her mouth.
T: "Where did you get all this stuff?"
D: "Rufus gave it to us", he says keeping his eyes on the screen while Marlene taps on her control.
T: "uhh okay?- what about Sephiroth?"
Y: "Tifa..we're tired of fighting him every time we do it goes wrong so we are staying out of this one since we know Cloud is the only key to do it besides he never asked for our help we just butt in cuz we care"
B: "Exactly.."
T: "Sephiroth is not a man! Hes not even human! And all you guys are gonna do is wait around-"
Y: "Nuh we are waiting for Cloud to get his ass up so he can fight for real"
T: "What do you mean?", she walks in front of the tv as everyone kept moving their heads to see then she folds her arms.
Y: "uughhh can you just-"
T: "No tell me right now."
Cid: "The last time we fought he was weak due to something and we had to fight without him. We lost that fight the minute he went down.."
T: "So?"
B: "Tifa..we just want normal lives..give us a break its been a few months dealing with a problem thats not gonna be solved by us"
Cid: "Yeee exactly, besides Cloud beat him once on his own he can do it again. Have a little faith in the guy, he pulls through every time"
T: "Thats right..he does pull through. They all believe in him to fight his own battles that they don't stress over it. Meanwhile I..do nothing but doubt him and hold him back..should I..let him go then?"
Tifa looks down perplexed bothered by her own thoughts once more and made up her mind, she exits the room to see the blonde in front her. She blinks blushing to herself keeping her eyes on his blue ones.
T: "uh-"
C: "Im gonna head out soon..Just came by to say-uh!"
Suddenly the brunette hugs him really tight with her head on his shoulder.
T: "Cloud..I think we should go without telling them"
C: "hu?"
T: "Its just that they look so happy right now", she smiles at him
C: "but-"
T: "I'll be alright, we'll be back anyways", she sounded cheerful and reassuring that he started to see her back the way she was before this all happened. He smiles at her and nods.
C: "Right"
T: "Great, lets go together then", she says walking him to the exit hugging his arm.
C: "but-"
T: "Ill always go anywhere with you..", she says smiling to herself with soft eyes as he notices her gentle tone of voice.
C: "..anywhere huh?"
T: "ahuh", she smiles up at him
C: "Even to the bathroom?"
She blushes widening her eyes as he made her blush
T: "well-"
C: "heh..it's okay we can shower together again when we get back"
Tifa looks away blushing as he sees her doing so he gives her a real smile.
T: "Maybe..when its finally over we can live together as a real family.."
Cloud widens his eyes
C: "..thats right..she always considered us to not be a real family..which means", he looks at her blushing as red ever then Tifa looks at him.
T: "huh why are you red?"
C: "uh-nothing! No reason at all!", he says nervously as his hair covered his eyes.
C: "Does she..want kids of her own?—Does she want my kids?!", he gulps