The Reunion

Chapter 4

For the next few weeks, Eloise couldn't think about anything but Sephiroth and his plan. She had a few theories but he didn't seem to act according to them. He didn't want to return necessarily for revenge or maybe he lied to her. Anyway, she was completely lost.

"Hey Eloise, did Shinra call you for your pay?"

Reno asked as soon as he stepped inside the bar.

"No," Eloise muttered busy doing her work.

That job for Rufus was very weird. He was happier than he deserved and everything in his life came back to normal but the man he killed was too spontaneous to be behind his tormenting. She realized that after a few days. The person who was after Shinra didn't want to kill him in the first place. He wanted to see him suffer and take out his anger on his subordinates.

"Well then, you should come over tomorrow. He's been very bright and will definitely give you another job. And don't forget about our date. You already said yes to it," He winked and left. He didn't even order something.

Eloise sighed and decided to bother herself with cleaning. It was a calm day, with very few customers.

"Eloise, can we talk for a moment?"

Cloud wasn't usually the type to get worried for her. After all, Eloise was his trainer for a while, he knew better than anyone how cruel she could be and how well she fought. But he couldn't understand what made her faint so often. She wasn't the type to tell him when she was in pain, she never told anyone, so it was hard to figure it out.

"Sure," she said quietly.

They looked at each other in silence With very different thoughts. Cloud wanted to ask her about a lot of things but on the other side, Eloise was thinking about Loveless. She knew she bought that book and put it somewhere, she just needed to find that spot.

"I-"

She wanted to ask him if he saw her pink book but she stopped when she felt her side sting again. She was sure that nothing was going to happen, it didn't feel like Sephiroth was trying to speak to her. Cloud frowned and helped her on the bed when he noticed the blood on her side and panicked. He could swear she was fine a minute ago.

"What's going on Eloise?" He asked growing worried.

She grabbed his hand and gripped it tightly. She was in great pain and Cloud didn't know how to help her.

"Just stay here," She said.

He nodded. Her eyes closed slowly and her expression softened. It looked like she fell asleep but the wound on her side was still bleeding. With one hand, Cloud raised her shirt to see better. She was bleeding but it didn't seem as if the blood was coming from somewhere in particular. It just appeared on her skin. What was worse was the electricity running through the blood.

Cloud didn't know who to call so he ended up calling the only person he knew was Eloise's friend.

"What's going on? What happened to her?!" Reno barged in and went straight to her side.

She was sleeping on the bed but didn't look peaceful at all. She was pale and she was sweating a lot. Tifa was changing the cold compress from time to time but Eloise still had a fever and it looked like it wasn't going to go down any time soon.

"She fainted. She had blood coming from her side but it stopped now,"

Reno frowned. His eyes moved towards Cloud's hand which Eloise was still gripping tightly.

"Did it happen before?" Reno asked.

Tifa glanced at Cloud worriedly.

"It did, yes. But she used to wake up after an hour or so. I don't know what's wrong with her." Tifa replied.