Summary: it's not an actual story, it's just a bunch of drabble-ish things, collected in one story thing, just like the title suggests. It includes anything from Humor/Parody, Tragedy/Sorrow, Romance/Humor, to Action/Adventure. Pairings, whether real or implied include: Cloti, Zaerith, Sid, and Yuffentine. There will be others, but I will not list them because I do not know what they are…
Chapter Genre: Humor/Romance
Pairings: (Real or Implied) Cloti.
A/N: And here I go, I've started another story. I had an idea, and those dang rabid plot bunnies wouldn't leave me alone about it. XD Hope it's good! Kikyo-Hime, hope I fixed it! LOL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Beauty and the Beast
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Cloud walked into the bar, having had a particularly bad day. He sat down at his corner in the bar, the one nobody dared to sit in. The last customer who did, encountered Cloud on a horrible day. It had been raining, and the customers were grumpy that their packages were late. Because of the rain, there were mild floods, and hotels were closed in Gongaga. So, Cloud made his way to the bar, only to find a customer sitting in his spot.
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Cloud stormed into the bar, soaked, to find a customer sitting in his spot. HIS SPOT.
"Move." he said, not in the mood to coax a drunk, and he did not find it an option to sit anywhere else.
"No man, I was here first." the man slurred.
"Now." Cloud said, his already short patience and anger wearing dangerously thin.
"No." the man said, gripping the seat.
Tifa looked at the man and opened her mouth to warn the man of his impending doom, but before a sound came out, Cloud picked up the man, stool and all, and threw him out the door.
Cloud grumbled something inaudible, pulled up another stool, and sat. Tifa's mouth hung open. She promptly decided to serve him his drink.
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So, today wasn't quite so bad, it wasn't raining, at least. As he sat down, Tifa looked at him, and she could tell he wanted a shot of whiskey. She served it up, and decided to talk to him after the bar closed down. He probably would say nothing is wrong, but, sometimes it was just good to know someone cared.
Cloud was still sitting at the bar, while Tifa finished closing up. "Hey." She said. "What happened"
"Well, there was a land slide, and it stopped traffic, so I was late delivering a lot of packages to a lot of people. They got pissed and most didn't want to 'pay for a late package.'." he said.
"Hey, sorry you had a tough day, is there anything I can do"
He grumbled something.
"Need another drink?" she asked.
He smiled a little, seeming more tired now than pissed off.
"Nah, I'll survive"
"Hey, I'm going to usher Denzel and Marlene to bed, don't mind helping, do you"
"No, I don't mind." he said getting up. Upstairs, they heard Denzel and Marlene giggling.
Tifa walked into the room, the door was wide open. "Alright you two, time for bed"
"Ohhhhhh, can we please stay up for another hour?" Marlene begged.
"Yeah, we were just getting to the good part…" Denzel pleaded.
"No, there's"
"What were you doing?" Cloud asked, Tifa looked at him, and he raised his eyebrows as if to say 'What'd I do'
"We were playing Beauty and the Beast!" Marlene said with excitement.
Cloud smiled. Some things never change.
Tifa was smiling, she looked at Cloud, and he looked at her and smiled back.
"You can stay up later under one condition," Cloud said.
"OKAY! ANYTHING!" they said in unison.
"You have to show me and Teef your production." Cloud stated.
"OKAY! We have to get ready!" they said with glee.
Cloud and Tifa left the room while the two children set up.
"Are you sure that's such a good idea"
"Yeah, I mean, I don't see them often, and I'm leaving early tomorrow, and I thought it'd be good to see them before I go…" Cloud's voice faded out.
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"Okay, we're ready!" they said.
Cloud and Tifa walked into the room, and they had a small, almost stage-like set up with chairs and stuff. They both read out of the book "Beauty and the Beast", and played their parts. Life was good for a moment, and as the children finished, they couldn't help but notice that Cloud and Tifa were holding hands. They grinned at each other sleepily as Cloud and Tifa tucked them in, each receiving a kiss on the forehead from Tifa, and Cloud ruffled their hair, much to Marlene's dismay.
Cloud and Tifa walked down the hall to their own rooms, they smiled at each other, and said their good-nights. Needless to say, the play was a hit.
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Marlene and Denzel wearily made their way downstairs the next morning. As they were getting ready for school, they could hear Tifa downstairs preparing breakfast. They could hear her voice talking to someone. Wait, someone was here? They rushed down the stairs to see who would be here so early in the morning, and was shocked to find Cloud still here.
"Morning." Cloud said.
"Morning. Cloud, I thought you had to leave extra, extra early today?" Marlene said, rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah well, I couldn't get Fenrir to work, so I had to call and cancel all my deliveries today." Cloud said with a smile.
"Really?" Denzel said, his face brightening. "So you'll be here today"
"Yep, and from the sound of things, for the weekend because I can't pinpoint the problem." Cloud said.
When they finished their breakfast, Denzel and Marlene chattered non-stop about what the things they all would do over the weekend.
"Hurry up you two, or you'll miss the bus!" Tifa said, holding out their lunch bags as they both rushed out the door.
Denzel turned, "Wait! So we'll see you after school, won't we Cloud?" "For sure." Cloud said.
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Done. I hope everyone enjoyed it! I'll try to get the next one done, as soon as I figure out exactly what the next one will be about LOL. I'll do requests, because those'll serve as inspiration, so any pairings your dieing to read about? Or perhaps something else? Post it or PM me, and I'll get it down! THANKS FOR READING, NOW REVIEW, PLEASE.