Summer Days *25*

edited by Lolagirl29

COMMENT & VOTE

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It was Friday night, and everyone was at Seventh Heaven. Four days had passed since the little freezer-incident, and nobody had seen Kairi or Namine since that day.

Demyx came over and saw you. "[Name]? You're still here?" He sat next to you.

You nodded. "Yeah, of course. Why?"

He answered, "Well, I thought you left with Cloud and Tifa, or Roxas and Ven. You're still living with them, right?"

Had they already left? "Uh yeah, did they leave already?" you asked.

He nodded, "Yeah, Cloud and Tifa left first, then Ven got a call, he grabbed Roxas and left." They left without you!

"Who's gonna close the shop then?" you asked, standing up. Demyx stood as well, "I think they gave the keys to Leon or Cid."

You nodded and hugged him. "Thanks Demy, I’m gonna go home now then."

He smiled and returned your hug. "No problem, bye [Name]!"

You walked towards the front and exited into the empty mall. You were halfway home and was passing the park when a weird feeling washed over you. You glanced around; it was dark, and the only light was coming from the street lamps.

You gulped and kept walking, upping your pace a little. You heard a rustle of the leaves, but there was no wind out. A shiver went up your spine; it felt like someone was staring at you. You looked behind you, nothing. You gulped,

Your thoughts died off when you heard another noise. You took off running towards your house as fast as your legs could carry you, ran onto the front porch, and threw the door open, slamming it behind you. You leaned on the door and sighed, you were in a safe environment now. Or so you thought.

“Why don't you just shut up for once in your life!?" A suitcase was thrown over the staircase railing. Tifa stormed down the stairs and into the bathroom with a smaller suitcase.

"Tifa!" Roxas raced down the stairs after her.

"Just leave me alone, Roxas," she said sternly, throwing stuff into her suitcase.

"Please just listen, Tifa!" Roxas pleaded.

"It’s so like him to send his little brother to talk to me! SO LIKE HIM!" Tifa yelled.

Cloud stormed down the stairs with Ven besides him. "Cloud! Cloud! Hey, idiot!" Ven hissed at him, trying to get his attention. Cloud shoved him away with a scowl on his face. He stopped halfway to the door to turn and glare at Tifa.

"So where are you going now, huh honey?" Tifa said harshly.

Cloud rolled his eyes, "Anywhere I want to, why do you want to know!?"

Tifa stormed out and threw her suitcase down. "Well, I'd say see you later, but I really, REALLY, hope I don't!!"

Cloud scoffed and turned towards the door, where you were still leaning on in shock. "Move, [Name]," Cloud said sternly.

"But-But you-her-what-" you tried to stutter out, but he cut you off. "I said move." He raised his voice some.

"Don’t yell at her, Cloud!" Tifa yelled. Cloud ignored her and pushed you out of the way and stormed out. Tifa rolled her eyes and muttered something. She went to the kitchen and grabbed the cordless hand phone and went back upstairs, slamming the door behind her.

"Wha-What just happened!?" you asked. Roxas buried his head in his hands and sat on the couch. Ven muttered something and sat next to you.

"They broke up," Roxas sighed.

"They – why!?" you asked.

"I’m not really sure," Roxas answered. At the same Ven yelled, "’Cause Cloud's a freaking bonehead!"

Roxas and you both looked at Ven, who stood up. "Cloud's nothing without Tifa! That idiot needs Tifa, without her he's gonna fall apart!" Ven yelled.

"Well now what?" you asked, shaking your head. Ven was still storming around the room muttering under his breath, so Roxas answered, "Tifa's calling Yuffie, I bet, so the news will spread fast. She'll probably stay with Aerith or Yuffie, but I don't know what will happen to Seventh Heaven. It's a joint ownership; they both own it so..." Roxas just shrugged.

Ven sat back down and the room was silent for what seemed like hours. Ven punched his hand lightly, "I got a plan."

Roxas rolled his eyes. "Oh, great."

Ven shook his head. "No, this one's good, because now we have something both Tifa and Cloud would do anything for."

At that moment they both looked at you. You pointed at yourself, "Me?!"

They nodded. “You're like a little sis to them, [Name]!" Roxas said.

Ven smirked, "And I know just what would set them off." He stood and stretched, "I gotta make a call. When Tifa leaves, tell her I'll see her later."

He walked upstairs to his room.

The next morning, Roxas and Ven both shook you awake. "[Name]! [Name]!" They cried urgently.

You sat up quickly and rubbed your eyes. "What? What? Where's the fire?"

Ven sighed, "It’s gonna be downstairs if you don't hurry."

You jumped out of bed, "What’s wrong!?"

Roxas answered, "Will you make breakfast?"

You fell back onto bed, throwing your pillow at them and telling them to go away. "You don't understand! Cloud's trying to make breakfast!" they said desperately.

You grumpily stood up and stormed out of your room, Ven and Roxas following you carefully. The minute you hit the stairs, a smoky aroma hit your nose. Your face scrunched up from it and you started to cough. "Cloud?" You walked into the mess of a kitchen: cracked eggshells on the floor, spilled milk, burnt toast.

"Oh, morning [Name]," he said, continuing to 'try' and make breakfast. "I’m making food. Sit down."

You sat nervously, when a thought hit you. You glanced at the kitchen clock, 7:46. "Hey Cloud, I thought you were gonna go to the Summer Fair early to help Auron and Angeal?"

He immediately froze and tensed up. He turned off the stove and threw the pan into the sink and poured water on it sending up a puff of steam. "Ah sh- Ven, Roxas, clean this up! I gotta go! Just grab an early lunch at the Fair!" He ran out, slamming the door behind him.

"He never seemed like the forgetful type to me," you noted while picking up eggshells.

"Trust me, it's just the first phase of his downward spiral without Tifa,” Ven said, throwing a rag at Roxas. Roxas caught it and began to mop up the milk. Ven smirked, "Get ready after this, [Name], we’ve got work to do."

After cleaning up and getting ready, you and Roxas met up with Riku and Sora at the fair. Ven had run off to look for the missing pieces of his so-called ‘plan’.