Things weren't really that hard. When Yuffie started going out with Reeve everyone was surprised at first. Sure, they had seen both Yuffie and Reeve flirting with each other, but they thought they were only joking. Even Yuffie and Reeve thought they were joking. Therefore, their first kiss was a bet while they were drunk…
It had been a busy day at the WRO, so they both decided to relax by having a few drinks near the main building. They started talking of everything and nothing at the same time, as they were drinking one round after another. It ended with a 'preferences' game. In turns, they chose two ugly options and the other had to choose. Reeve told Yuffie to choose between eating chocobo feathers or kissing a drunk Reno. Yuffie chose the chocobo feathers…
' Now Reevie! What would you prefer? Having your doll's tail burnt or kissing me with a slice of lemon in my mouth?'
' Even if kissing you sounds tempting, if it's only the tail, I choose the first option' Reeve said after a moment.
' What!' Yuffie asked surprised ' Well, if that's what you want, I can burn it's tail now…'
Yuffie took a lighter from her pockets. Seeing it, Reeve knew it was Cid's lighter.
' Well, we'll see that!'
Yuffie turned to leave the place in search of one of the cat-bots in her boss' office when Reeve grabbed her hand and made her turn around to face him.
' Does it have to be with lemon?' he asked.
' Not really, but it's funnier' Yuffie smiled.
' Okay, then I regret my first option. I choose the second one' he said leaning to kiss her until finally their lips met, making Yuffie confused at first, but soon she kissed him back.
A month later they were going out seriously, starting from the day they told they're friends, former members of AVALANCHE. Cid and Barret where shocked and only were able to mumble a few 'But he could be your damn father!' between a large amount of curses who would make a sailor blush. Cloud and Tifa asked if they were really serious about that. Nanaki showed surprise, but was the first who congratulated them. Vincent just stayed in silence, and vanished a little bit later.
Seeing it from now, a few years later, while a nervous Reeve plays with something in his pocket while waiting for his lover to arrive, he sees a lot of hard moments. Beginning with that first kiss and until they decided to live together, it has been full of strange and hard situations, such as Yuffie changing his – now theirs – whole apartment without previous warning – just she with a big white T-shirt painted with green spoiling his immaculate white walls – or that one when she received a bouquet of flowers from Vincent as a birthday present… She even set on fire the tail of one of his Cait Sith as an anniversary gift. But now, as Reeve thinks in the question in his head – which will lead to another awkward moment – Yuffie appears next to him and gives him a peck on his cheek. Now, Reeve thinks that things aren't really that hard, and relaxes as he still caresses the little box in his pocket.
