{I tried but everyone's watching and you're leaving soon and there isn't time and I'm sorry I'm causing all these problems but I know if you had to pick between me and Fen you'd spend the day with Fen every time because she's better and she doesn't ruin things.}
{I never got that many hugs. I've known you for longer. You've already chosen. I'm not a priority anymore, and Fen doesn't like me, so we need to say everything now.}
MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist...
You never want to talk anymore. I know I'm bad at it... and I know you want to spend more time with Fen than with me, because she makes you happy without any strings attatched. I'm not your friend anymore, I'm your responsibility. That's why you leave all day, as soon as you think I'm in a good enough mood so I won't hurt myself.
...Fen hates me too. She only likes me because of the bike now... I screwed everything up with her.
MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon AlchemistCloud, no, she doesn't hate you, and I'm still your friend!
....Look, this is what we talked about....I'm spending more time with someone else, yes. But that doesn't mean I've left you! That doesn't mean we're any less friends than we were back at Tartarus!
......But, yes, I'm not devoting all of my time to you anymore....and you need to learn to live with that! There are people here other than me, Cloud. And as much as you keep convincing yourself that they all hate you, I guarantee you that none of them do.
I'm not leaving you forever. That was never the case. But you need to start making new friends, too, because I'm not going to always be around, and you need to accept that.
So... we spent a couple months training and going on missions and stuff... easy ones, mostly with civilians... and we had testing for Soldier after that.
I trained in all kinds of stuff to try and make it in. I refined my magic, and I ran a lot, and I'd sneak into the training room to practise tumbling and parkour and stuff... I read a lot of books, too, about swords. But I didn't like them, so I started doing my own stuff.
...I didn't make it in, though. I could barely hold the standard swords they gave us, and when we got to the mako testing, I blacked out, and I woke up in the med wing and one of the nurses said I had a seziure when they stuck me.
...Couldn't go home after that. Everyone would hate me even more for failing, especially Tifa.
MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist...
...He's the one that pierced my ears. Usually, when you're twelve, your father's supposed to do it if you're a guy. Mom offered, but I didn't want to get made fun of for having her do it. I was stupid then, too.
...He just numbed them with an ice cube and stuck a needle through. I think it was more that "chicks like earrings" than a sign of adulthood, though.
He took me to see a movie, too. I'd never seen one before. It was boring, but we had fun making fun of it before we fell asleep.
MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist

-Shuts his eye and winces-
{....Cloud, stop, please, this is too much....}
edited 14th Feb '14 7:48:38 AM by MacDuffy