Marlene woke up and went out into the hallway, about to head to the kitchen when she heard noises coming from Aunt Tifa's room. Walking to her door, she knocked on it when she found it was locked.

"Aunt Tifa, are you okay?" Marlene called out, and the noises suddenly stopped.

"I'm fine, Marlene. Your breakfast is in the fridge, please go eat it, your Uncle Cloud will be by soon to take you on a picnic." Tifa's voice sounded funny to Marlene, like she was having trouble talking.

"You aren't sick, are you, Aunt Tifa?"

"I'm fine." Tifa repeated. "Please go eat your breakfast."

After Marlene left, Tifa let out a relieved sigh. "That was close." Then she moaned as Reno started up again.

Marlene was eating her breakfast when Cloud walked in.

"Where's Tifa?" he asked.

"In her room. I don't think she's feeling good. She sounded funny when she told me to eat my breakfast." Marlene replied.

"Oh. Well then I'll go check on her, you stay here and finish eating." Cloud headed to Tifa's bedroom where he heard noises as well. Knocking only resulted in Tifa yelling at him to go away.

Worried, he unsheathed his Buster Sword and chopped the doorknob off, opening the door to see Reno on top of Tifa in her bed as they were both enjoying an intense mutual climax. Becoming aware of an audience, Tifa was shocked to see Cloud there and pulled her sheet around her as a covering, while Reno just shrugged and got off her onto his side of the bed. When Tifa heard Marlene coming down the hall she pushed Reno down onto the floor to hide him while apologizing for it. His clothes were on the floor next to him, so he just started to get dressed.

"Aunt Tifa, are you okay now?" Marlene asked, running over to her.

"I'm more than fine now, or at least I was." Tifa replied, glaring at Cloud, who was still standing there in shock.

Reno's head popped up from the other side of the bed as he stood up fully dressed.

"Uncle Reno!" Marlene exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"I um…I was giving your Aunt Tifa her medicine to make her better. And I gotta go to work now." Reno hurried out the door as Tifa now glared after him.


Not sure what else to do, Cloud left and took Marlene for the promised picnic.

"Why did you call that man Uncle Reno?" he asked Marlene as they ate their picnic food.

"That's what Aunt Tifa said to call him." Marlene said as she ate a piece of fried chicken.

"How long have you known him?"

"Ever since I started living with you two. Aunt Tifa sometimes invites him over for breakfast. I think she does it cause she misses you always being gone on your long trips. He's funny."

"I bet he is." Cloud sulked.


When Cloud dropped Marlene off back at 7th Heaven, he didn't find Tifa anywhere to talk to her about Reno, so he just waited in her office. He wasn't sure how long he had been there when suddenly the door burst open.

"Where is that little tramp?!" a furious Elena demanded of Cloud.