Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ I Know What Lies Beneath the Snowfields ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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"I Know What's Beneath the Snow Fields"
Chapter 2

"I'm home," said Tifa, absent-mindedly as she entered and shut the door
behind her.

"Hey, Tifa!" greeted Cloud, kissing her cheek quickly then returning to
mopping the floor, "Whew! Glad you're back! washing these floors just isn't
my thing. My Back's killing me!"

Tifa sat at one of the of the tables, and stared downwards at her boots.
why did the man seem so bent on finding Vincent? In fact, how'd he know
Vincent was a member of Avalanche? or for that matter, how did he even know
Vincent never aged?

"Yo! Tifa!!" interrupted Cloud, placing his hand on her shoulder firmly.

"Ah! W...what??" stammered tifa, surprised.

"You okay? I asked you if anyone showed up for that message?" Cloud bent
over her, examining her face in concern," Are you alright? You looked as if
you were logged on to another dimention."

"Oh, I'm fine, Cloud!" answered tifa, cheerfully.

"Well, who sent it?"

"Sent what?"

"Sent the message, silly!"

It just then occured to Tifa that she didn't even know the man's name.

"Hey..Cloud?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you know where Vincent went after we killed Sephiroth?"

Cloud looked at her oddly, "Vincent?? Um..no, he never mentioned where he
was going."

Tifa got up, and as she made herself a drink at the bar, asked curiously,
"Well, can you guess?"

"Tifa, asked cloud as he walked up to her, "why are you asking me about
Vincent?"

"No..i was just wondering," replied tifa, in an attempt to dispel Cloud's
suspicions.

"Well, I dunno!" answered Cloud, scratching his head, "It's not like
Vincent was the most talkative guy I met! All I know is his name and that
he used to be a Turk in ShinRa."

"yeah, but...where do you he went?"

"How should I know?" smiled Cloud, uncomfortable with Tifa's persistance,
" He could have gone back to his coffin in Nebilheim...or maybe he went to
Junon City. Who knows?" continued Cloud as he turned away from tifa and
shrugged his shoulders, "he could be living here in Midgar, for all I
know."

Tifa was silent as she gulped down her drink. Yes, she reflected, Vincent
could be anywhere in the world. no wonder that man was so annoyed.

"So, Tifa," began Cloud, resuming his mopping of the floor, "did anyone
show up for that message?"

"Hm? oh no," muttered Tifa, " no, it was just some idiot's idea of a
practical joke." She saw no reason in telling him what happened, so she
kept silent.

"Well, we'd better start opening up. Our coffee break's almost over,
y'know."

"Okay," agreed tifa. cloud was such a help to her in running this
restaurant. After the meteor incident, they decided to live together and
run a new restaurant together as a business. Cloud sometimes got uneasy
with this settled life, but tifa thought it only natural. after all,
everyone in Avalanche had got used to life on the road.

tifa tossed the message in the thrash basket as she set the chairs neatly
on the floor. Whoever that weird man was, he seemed almost obsessed with
finding Vincent.

Well, good luck to him, she mused. Vincent could be anywhere...even here
in busy Midgar. And with that, Tifa forgot the matter, and thought no more
of it.