AFTER YOU

Hello! Ok… this fic just popped into my head when I was taking an exam… yeah… so I spent the whole time thinking about it… mentally kicks myself but I passed! So… ok… a partial high school fic and there's a bunch of gangs and stuff that will appear later on… aw damn my back hurts…. Haha! Oh…yeah... the fic… I was just about to tell everyone my life story! Just kidding! Oh just for everyone's info… Yuffie, Leon (Squall! ), Cloud, Sora, Kairi, Nami, Selphie, Tifa( I think Namine sounds stupid so I call her Nami), Riku and Tidus are juniors (16 years old) while Sephiroth, Axel, Larxene, Vexen and Wakka are seniors (17 years old)…… ok NOW I will start the fic.

dares

my POV

It was once again Monday… meaning… school. A thousand students walked through the large doors of Destiny High. Like always, different people walked with their own cliques. The populars walked with each other, the Goths smoking pot on the street, the nerds were busy reading their books without blinking, the skaters were… duh… skating, the art freaks were in deep conversation about something I don't understand, then there were those girls who eat their feelings, the little rich kids who could only talk about their money, airheads, and of course, there was Yuffie.

Yuffie was the total outcast, she was always wearing the same overalls, dirty sneakers that were clearly at least a zillion years old, the hideous purple sweater and her huge circle glasses. Her hair was long, dark and always in pigtails. I know… screams FREAKKKKKK! ( A/n and this is where the story really begins… no I'm serious)

(Leon's POV)

I got out of my black Porsche convertible and as usual, there were a buncha girls giggling and whispering, clearly about me.

"Hi Leon!" a cheery voice called for me… and it belonged to her.

I just grunted in return. Nami smiled widely.

"I just wanted to let you know that….." she stopped. "What! You like me? when will that day come… Leon just keep on dreaming." Leon thought, despite his thoughts, his face remained emotionless.

"……….. Cloud is waiting for us!" Nami said still smiling. "Well, a guy can dream right?" Leon followed Nami through the school doors, and there was Cloud, my spiky haired best friend was leaning against his locker, waving. "How could you wave like that?" Leon nodded.

"Hey… um… Nami, you've heard about the prom right?" Cloud got up and was looking straight into Nami's big blue eyes. "DAMN!" Leon thought as he banged his locker door as Cloud smirked at him.

"Yeah… and you know…" Nami batted her eyes at Cloud. " No one has asked me out yet you know." Then she turned to me and gave me a flirtatious smile. "She's really hot…" Leon was staring at Her big blue eyes. She placed her hand on Cloud's chest. My hands closed into a fist. Nami saw this and gave Cloud a peck on the cheek. She gave me an innocent smile. "Bye guys." She waved and walked away.

"You realize that the bitch is just trying to make you jealous right?" I turned around and punched the guy who said that in the gut. I was breathing deep, showing my anger. "Don't you DARE call her that again!" I shouted at the guy.

"Whoa! Shit! Leon! I was just freakin kidding." It was Sora, another one of my friends.

"You shouldn't have called her that then." The anger slipped away and I once had the emotionless face on again.

"I think I really should ask her to the prom." Cloud was looking all dreamy and it sickened me.

"Whatever…" I rolled my eyes and glared at him. "Not if I ask her first." Leon thought.

"I… can't … breathe!" Sora faked pretending to die from my punch. When he saw that no one was laughing he got up. "Oh… come on! You guys aren't any fun! And Cloud I thought that you weren't so… you know… Squallish!" Sora pouted and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"It's Leon." I glared at him. Sora faked a girly scream. This made Cloud laugh. "Pathetic…" I said under my breath.

The bell rang and I headed to my first class leaving Sora and Cloud to follow me.

"OH HOLY FREAKIN CRAP!" I turned off the engine of my beat-up red truck. "I'M GONNA BE LATEEE!" I grabbed my back- pack and ran towards the school. I started to run but I tripped on my shoelaces and a couple of people started laughing and pointing at me.

I got up and dusted off the dirt on my denim over alls. But then I saw… oh… gawd… my glasses! They're cracked! These were like my 5th pair this year! This is so not gonna be a good day. I managed to get to my first class without any other big embarrassments. I opened the door. I couldn't see my watch because of the… duh! Cracked glasses!

"Hey the freak's eyes shattered!" some guy shouted out loud… it was Sora, one of the popular guys, and the whole class started to laugh.

"SHUT UP!" the teacher shouted. "Yuffie! Get to your seat!" and he started to talk about some crap.

I tried to walk to my seat but I ended op tripping over someone's shoe. The class burst out laughing. "Klutz!" a guy's voice beside me said. It was Riku, another one of the popular guys. And he bumped fists with Sora. I got up and walked to my seat without a word. I know everyone was looking at me. I couldn't see at all. I refused to take my glasses off because I know people would start laughing at me. (a/n: Yuffie, they are laughing at you now so take it off! But sadly Yuffie didn't want to listen to me)

Soon it was lunch, I went into the lunchroom and accidentally stepped on something sticky. "Hey, Yuffie! You're stepping on my lunch!" a guy's voice said. It was Riku, why do popular people like to tease me so much?

I managed to walk away and put my tray on a table. I thought I was all by myself as usual but "Why are YOU here?" a girl's voice shot at me. Nami, the most popular girl in school, the goddess of the fashion world and the biggest hear throb of the school.

"Oh… um… mind if I stay here for today?" I asked but then the girls on the table burst into fits of laughter. I could feel my cheeks get red.

"UH…HECK YEAH! GET OUT!" Kairi, a red head who was Nami's best friend pushed me off the table and dumped my food all over me. The whole lunchroom burst out laughing. I felt hot tears roll down my eyes and I ran out the door but once again tripped which just made them laugh even louder. "Why do these things happen to me?" I thought as I ran out the lunchroom door and opened a door. Not knowing who or what was inside, I sank down and started to cry.

"Yuffie? Are you alright?" a kind voice said to me. It was Miss. Aerith, our guidance counselor. She was the nicest woman I knew and sadly, the only one in this school who would actually talk to me.

She got up from her chair and walked straight to me. "Yuffie! What happened to your glasses?" I wiped my tears away. "I tripped." But I couldn't hold back the tears.

"Why are they so mean to me?" I continued to sob. I sat down on one of her comfy chairs. This day isn't going well at all…

---flashback—

"Yuff… Annabella's moving in…and um… she thinks that there won't be any room… so we decided that you could move into a school dorm." My dad said this to me during breakfast and that made me spit out my milk to his face.

"DAMMIT Yuffie! You didn't have to punish me! You're gonna be well taken care of there." He smiled. "I'll be sending some nice furniture there for you."

"A lot of help dad…" I played with the soggy serial in my bowl. "I cant believe you'll trade me in for a girl that you just met a couple of weeks ago…" the thought of this sent hot tears to pierce in my eyes.

"I'm not trading you in for her… I'm just trying to get to know her and if she wants you to be away for a little while… well then I have to obey." He was drinking a bottle of beer.

"NO YOU DON'T! JUST BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONLY GIRL WHO ACTUALLY BOTHERED TO LOOK AT YOU DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD OBEY HER EVERY COMMAND!" I was standing up and shaking in furry.

Dad just sat there and stared at the table. After a few minutes, he stood up and hugged me. I sobbed in his chest… he was the only one that actually understood me… and he was just throwing me off into the streets… er… dorm.

"Shh… it's gonna be alright…" he pat my head and handed me a sheet of paper. "This is all the info you'll need… don't worry I'll visit you."

"How often?" he thought for a while. "How does once a week sound?" I know it wasn't as much as I'd like but… what can I do? Dad's a manager of a bank and is always dead busy… he always comes home at around nine at night but at least he doesn't have to work on Saturdays and Sundays.

"I guess it's ok…" I was cut off by the stupid doorbell. Dad went out of the kitchen to get it. A few seconds later, a lady in a business suit and a wide rimmed hat stormed in.

"Yuffie… I best think you've got the news right? She smiled. I glared at her and she just laughed…that arrogant little bitch…

"Don't worry honey… I'll take care of your father… oh yes… your room will be kept empty since I'll be staying in your father's room." I just got my things and ran out the door.

--end of flashback—

"Maybe it's because they feel that you are different… special!" No matter what she said… nothing I tell you NOTHING could cheer me up today.

Back at the lunchroom -------

The laughter finally died down. "That was HILARIOUS!" Tidus wiped away tears of laughter from his eyes.

The whole table went all serious all of the sudden.

"Hey, Squall," Cloud broke off the silence. "Leon" Leon corrected obviously annoyed.

"Whatever… ok we both want to ask Nami to the prom… so I devised a plan…" he was looking serious. "A plan?" this caught my attention. "Yeah… ok… sort of a dare." "Sounds interesting… what?"

"ok… you know Yuffie right?" Cloud took a bite of his sandwitch.

"Who's Yuffie?" Sora asked but got bonked in the head by Riku.

"The little freak you idiot." They were both normally like that…

"oh… Why do ya wanna know?" Sora asked with his trademark innocent look that made a bunck of girls scream.

"Leon, if you can make her popular in let's say by the prom night, Nami will be all yours."

"And what if I don't?" I crossed my arms and lifted an eyebrow a bunch of girls squealed.

"Nami will be all mine, you will accept it without a fight. But if you do, she'll be all yours and I wont even try to get her back." He crossed his arms and smiled more girls screamed.

"What the hell's wrong with the girls in this school? Do they watch our every move or something?" Tidus pretended to look scared and hide. Sora and Riku burst out laughing.

"I don't have to do this you know…" I said with a monotone voioce.

"Yeah… but if you do get her… I'll just steal her back… oh… yeah… you should make her win prom queen." Cloud smirked

"But doesn't Nami win like… everything?" Riku was leaning in and not minding Sora and Tidus scream "rude" comments to each other. "Her being number two would break her ice-cold fragile heart." I was getting ready to beat the shit out of him… but I knew what he said was true… she was ice cold and she was letting me and Cloud fight over her. But she's the only person that actually makes me feel intimidated and excited at the same time… odd mix but… that's just how I react to her.

"That's the whole point." He smirked.

"Whoa… that's smart… so that means Leon here will have to sacrifice Nami's popularity to have her… a choice of to hurt her and to have her or not to hurt her but not to have her." Sora said and the whole table gawked at him.

"You… understood?" Tidus finally spoke.

"Yeah… what did you think I was… stupid?" Sora laughed but we all nodded our heads… "Hey! That's mean!"

"Do you accept this or not Leon?" Cloud really was serious…. But I have to think about this one. Cloud was more of a flirt and a lady's man than I was… as much as I wouldn't want to admit it… Cloud has a bigger chance in getting Nami than I do… and the making Yuffie popular isn't exactly hard… but what would Nami feel? I can just knock the Yuffie girl down later….

"I'll do it." I put my hand out.

"Nice doing business with you." he slapped it.

Hello! Ok… so what do you think? The truth is… I like Cloud better than Leon… dunno why but I do… about Sora… I used to like him among all the characters but now that I think about it… what kind of 15 year old talks about light and darkness? If one talked to me about that… I'd think he's retarded (no offense! ) I know Yuffie is so… unyuffie like but…HELLO! Majorly embarrassed in a day and she broke her glasses and she got kicked out of her own house… who wouldn't be depressed. And I know it is stupid of her not to take her glasses off but… I just wanted to make her seem more like a loser. ok… so PLEASE review! The little GO button down there is calling for you to press it!

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