Drabble #96: Drive
Summary: He would drive for miles, just to catch a glimpse of her.
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Tifa never stopped him when he said he was going out for a drive. She couldn't have anyway. She always knew he never had a delivery at this time of day, in the early hours of the morning but what right did she have to stop him going to visit the flower girl? She wasn't stupid. She knew where he went. He would drive for miles down that road just to pass that flower field and hope to catch a glimpse of her.
Tifa wasn't jealous of Aerith one bit. How could she be? If going to see her made Cloud happy then how could she deny him? She loved him too but he wanted Aerith. Maybe one day, when the grief and pain slipped away, he might look her way. Until then, she had to let him do as he wished.
Besides, when he returned, if he had seen her at all, he seemed brighter and happier. That was all that mattered to Tifa. The way that Aerith could do that to him without having to do or say hardly anything. She would be forever grateful to her for that. And she would wait for Cloud to return from his drives, hoping he would have that tell-tale smile in his eyes.