By
Tifa_lockheart_nibelheim, formerly known as Tifa17w
Disclaimer: The characters,
the locations and all that stuff belong to Squaresoft. I wrote this story for
my own amusement and do not intend to earn any money with it.
Tifa Lockheart stumbled down the stairs
of her new home. She, Cloud, Barret and the rest of the bunch had moved there
right after they had rescued the world. Flying around with the Highwind for a
couple of days, everybody had quickly realized they had to stay together, at least
for the first time, till things would get back to normal.
Tifa was very happy about
this development, cuz she had always been the one to cheer everybody up, to
care for everybody, and she was sure she couldn't live without her friends now.
Not after all she had done for them… and they had done for her.
She rubbed her eyes and
yawned before she entered the kitchen, where she was greeted by lots of broad
smiles. Cloud looked up from his newspaper and gave her his cutest smile. Tifa
smiled back. This was what she would have missed the most. Lately, their
relationship had improved a lot.
Smiling, Tifa remember the
day Cloud had told her about his true feelings…
…It was about a week after the group had
saved the world. They had finally settled down in Midgar – well, what was still
there of it – and though it had all still been new and unknown, things had been
getting back to normal.
It was wonderful evening, the party was
again celebrating their triumph over Sephiroth and Meteor. Cid, drunk like
always, lying around on the floor, the others either already sleeping or having
a loud conversation, Tifa went outside to get some fresh air before she would
start cleaning up. She was standing on
the front porch, staring at the stars which were shining as if they knew what
was going to happen. Softly, the door behind Tifa opened and Cloud stepped
beside her, his gaze directed up to the stars, just like Tifa's. "They are
incredibly beautiful", he said.
Tifa turned toward him, then, smiling,
turned back to the stars. "Yes, they really are".
"…just like you." Cloud added, after
hesitating a few moments.
Tifa blinked. Had Cloud really said
those words? Was she probably dreaming?
She closed her eyes and opened them
again, just to see Cloud was still there, now looking at her.
Was he waiting for her to reply? Tifa
was so struck with those words she didn't know what to say.
"You are always there for me, Tifa", he
continued "when I feel bad, you just smile at me and everything in the world is
right again. It's always been like that."
Tifa got more and more confused the more
she heard. Would he finally confess his love? Did he actually love her?
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