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Hopes Despair

By: railsart
folder Final Fantasy VII › General
Rating: Adult ++
Chapters: 17
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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
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Hopes Despair

Chapter 1

I never knew that one person’s touch could make the world stand still. Could wipe away all the pain and suffering. And I can tell you I was in a world of pain. Tseng sat beside me, his hand gently resting on my shoulder. His gentle touch was the only thing keeping me from passing out from pain. The world rushed around me in a blur as I tried desperately to focus on the words coming from his mouth. The pain emanating from the open gun wound in my chest.
“ Stay with me Reno. Don’t you dare pass out or god help me I will leave you her…”
The world faded away into nothingness. I felt like I was floating away on the breeze. My entire body felt weightless, having shed all the fear and pain away.
I waited impatiently in the darkness for the white light that everyone keeps talks about. ‘Just my luck someone forgot to pay the electricity.’
Hey what’s with the disco lights. No one ever said anything about flashing red lights. ‘Ah shit. I’m going to hell’ I thought to myself.

Then all was dark again. As quickly as the light appear it was gone again, leaving me waiting in the dark again. Lucky I was never afraid of the dark. Well in my line of work, it would totally go against you. The amount of times I have found myself locked up in dark claustrophobic spaces, was far too many times to count on both hands. Most of which were in fact my own stupid fault. Not to mention the numerous times it had to do with alcohol and a spoon (don’t even get me started). So there I waited in the darkness. I have no other memory of what happened after that, if I did I’d probably put it down to a bad nights drinking.

I slowly became aware of a presence hovering over me. “Mummy is that you?” I whispered. ‘Fuck. Did I just whisper for my mum’. I felt a warm hand take hold of my hand. The contact was like a wisp of fresh air. So tender and light, almost angelic. Whoever it was, they were applying an almost undetectable amount of pressure to the hold.

I attempted to open my eyes, and doing a very poor job at it as well. I tried to focus on my surrounding. I could hear the murmurings of life around me. Fuck. What was with me, why couldn’t I focus on anything?
Wait. A shadow became visible. Focus Reno. Who is it?
Through my hazy mind, I could hear a familiar voice. “Reno…Your going to…” then I fell back into my dark slumber.
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