Happy
Valentine's day! Yes, I know I'm late. I had to wait for inspiration!
Sorry. Anyway, I don't own FF7 or any of its characters or whatever.
Okay? I'm not in any way affiliated with Squaresoft/enix.
This is
all fictional, made up by me, and not owned by
me.
"Aw,
come on! It's Valentine's day!"
"A custom for ignorant
Midgarians. We Wutains have business to do, and you need to take my
place."
"Paaaaaaaa, I wanna go visit someone!" Her
eyes went wide and watery, and Godo had a sudden (and rather
disturbing urge) to cancel the plans for the day.
"Valentine?
Please don't say Valentine." Leviathan, how he hated that man.
They were practically the same age, and yet that excuse for a human
looked twenty-something...
"No, Tifa. Anyways, you totally
shouldn't have a problem with me visiting a former Turk, seeing as
you're sending me into a building FULL of Turks!" Sulk.
"It's
not the Turk thing that annoys me... and we're getting off track.
Yuffie, I am not feeling well and I would appreciate it very much if
you went to speak to Rufus for me." Godo sighed, coughing a few
times just to play up the sick-geezer thing. "It won't take
long. You may visit whomever you wish afterwards."
"Oh,
fine. You owe me some materia, though." Yuffie grinned, leaning
over and giving the old man a swift kiss on the cheek.
Godo
smiled, kissing her on the forehead. "Be safe, my daughter. Be
safe."
As she skipped out of the room, humming a Wutain
lullaby rather out of tune, he shook his head softly, a small smile
still present.
She had no idea what was in store for
her.
When
Yuffie got to the ShinRa building, it was already noon. She was
slightly annoyed- she'd have, by estimate, three hours with Tifa
before she had to return to the hotel. Siiiiiiiiigh.
Worst of all,
she would spend about three hours in the place where he
worked.
"He" being the sexiest man alive/ major crush. The meeting
with Rufus would probably take about two hours, but he'd probably
insist that she had lunch, and that would mean another hour of
meaningless small talk.
Actually, Godo hadn't breifed her on what
this meeting was about, exactly. He'd just handed her an envelope,
grinning in a way that made her a little suspicious, and sent her on
her way. She didn't even know where she was supposed to
go.
"Dad?"
The man and girl were sitting at the edge of a lake, staring out at
the fireflies that lit up the night. It was Valentine's day, not that
Godo cared. It was a day when he had nothing planned, so he could
steal a few precious moments with his lively little daughter. His
little ray of sunshine.
"Yes, Yuffie?"
"If I
wanted to marry a person who wasn't Wutain or royal, would you let
me?"
The question startled him slightly- the girl was, after
all, only six- and he had to think about it. Godo himself was known
for being somewhat untraditional (Yuffie's mother hadn't exactly been
born a princess, and if you looked in his closet, you'd find a few
dozen cheesy romance novels).
He pondered, then decided.
After
all, if his daughter was lucky enough to find true love- and she
would- who was he to take away any chance of happiness?
He
wouldn't be responsible for broken hearts.
"Yes, I would."
His tone turned teasing, and he smiled. "Who's the young suitor,
then, Yuffie?"
She giggled, shaking her head. "Oh, Dad.
It was just a question!"
"Are you sure?"
"Well...there
is a boy I play soccer with. He's got black hair, and bluey green
eyes, but he comes from Midgar and he's twelve."
They chatted
some more, and after a few months, Yuffie forgot all about the young
Midgarian boy, who went on to dye his hair a vivid red- but he didn't
dye his eyebrows.
She did, however, continue to dream about him,
and Godo was reminded of the night at the lake several years later- a
few days before, incredibly, Valentine's
day.
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Yuffie
walked over to the reception, holding the envelope and looking a
little annoyed.
"I have a meeting with Rufus ShinRa. Could
you tell me where to go?"
The receptionist looked down at her
agenda, then frowned. "Wait...Rufus? But he...Oh, are you Yuffie
Kisaragi? I'm sorry, I was confused for a second." She smiled,
with the same slightly mischevious look that Yuffie's dad had worn
only hours before.
"That's fine. So where do I go?"
"Two
floors up, room 269. The elevator is broken, but the stairs are right
over there-"
"'Kay, thanks! Have a nice day."
Yuffie cut her off, bounding up the
stairs.
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"Is
everything ready?"
"Yeah. Stop worrying, Teef."
"I
just want this to be special for her. He went through so much trouble
for this!"
"He's lucky he got funding from Godo and
Rufus."
"I hope she likes it. Wait, the door- Hide,
everyone!"
"SURPRISE, YUFFIE! WE LOVE YOU!"
Yuffie's eyes went wide, taking in
the sight of all of her friends -and her devilishly tricky father-
springing out from behind chairs and curtains. Cait Sith, who'd
jumped a bit too high from under a table, was rubbing his head rather
vigorously.
"...Guys?"
"Well, Yuffster, you were
always talkin' about how you never felt like anyone appreciated ya,
right? So I got your friends to take an hour or two to show the love
on V-day." The speaker's voice made Yuffie's eyes go wider.
Reno
had
planned all this?
"Whoa, I... that's..." She seemed a
little stunned, and Reno raised an eyebrow, smirking slightly.
"Yeah?"
"Renooooo! That's so SWEET! THANK YOU!"
He was caught almost
off
guard by the wild tackle-hug the little ninja gave him, and then
caught completely off guard by the kiss she gave him.
"Oy,
brat! We love ya, but none of us wanna see ya swappin' spit with the
Turkey!" Cid called, to much laughter.
"I don't mind,"
Reno said, forgetting that no one would hear because he was making
out with Yuffie.
Tifa was teary.
"Young love," She
sniffled, eyes shining with happy tears.
"You're young,"
Vincent reminded her.
"She's younger."
"Not by
much." At this point, she noticed the small smile on his
normally stoic face, and understood that he was just arguing for the
sake of it.
"Oh, shush." She giggled, and his smile
grew.
"Make me."
She, well,
did.
After
the party [Which went on for a surprisingly long five hours,
considering the others had plans of their own, including Tifa and
Vincent for once, much to Cloud's dismay (he had to join Reeve and
Red for a single's night out)], Reno and Yuffie were alone outside,
talking.
"You know, when I was a kid I visited
Wutai."
"Really? I never knew."
"You mean,
you never knew it was me." He winked. "I remember playing
soccer with you."
"What? And you never told
me!"
"Nope."
"Oh,
you."
Godo
watched from a window, smiling down at the couple.
Mei,
she's happy. I did promise you.
The
two women he'd cared for- Mei and Yuffie- were happy that night. Both
halves of his heart.
It was the best Valentine's Day he'd ever
had.
AN: Reno dyes his hair. Check in AC- he had black eyebrows.
Anyways, hope this wasn't too hopelessly random. Happy v-day. My shift buttons aren't working, so forgive the lack of an exclamtion point, wouldja. And a question mark there.
