Another of my Favorite couples is Cloud and Tifa

Another of my Favorite couples is Cloud and Tifa. So this is a little story about them. So have fun reading.

Its set after Dirge of Cerberus, Tifa and Cloud have finally become a couple, But when cloud is away on a delivery Tifa falls ill, what will unfold for the two lovers.

Tifa had been feeling drained for the last month, she figured it was stress from the bar, the kids, and of course Cloud being gone again, on another delivery but this one would take him two days to travel the distance there.

Picking up the phone in her room, sitting down on her bed, she called Cloud's cell. It rang once and went to the voicemail. "Oh- Its Tifa…um…I was just wondering if you would be home tonight, but I guess your busy so I'll call later, and um Cloud… I miss you, we miss you, so hurry home please." She hung up the phone quietly.

She wished she could of spoken to him, to tell him she loved him but telling it to a phone just didn't feel the same. Walking down to the bar to open Tifa felt dizzy, she quickly grabbing the wall for support. Tifa let herself rest for a moment before she started walking again. Someone began to knock at the front door.

"I'm coming." Called Tifa as she slowly and carefully walked to the door. Looking out the window to see Barret, she pulled the door open and gave him a soft smile, "Morning Barret, come on in, Marlene and Denzel are upstairs I'll get them for you."

Stepping inside Barret asked "You feelin alright?" She gave him another smile "Yes why do you ask?" Barret shrugged, "Ya look kinda pale… he'll come back ya know, Always does."

Tifa looked off to the side. "I know, just gets hard sometimes when I worry if he's alright or not." Barret put a reassuring hand on Tifa's shoulder, "Spiky can handle himself!" "Thank you, I need that, Well better go get the kids."

After Barret and the kids left Tifa started to stock for the night. She felt like some one had beaten her. Her head ached, her body felt so heavy she just wanted to sleep. But she knew she couldn't, costumers would be coming in any minute and she had to keep the bar open.

It wasn't long until some of the regulars started to show up. Tifa greeted them with a forced smile, and quickly made their drinks. As the night wore on, it seemed to go unusually slow. Which took a heavy toll on Tifa, she had messed up 6 drinks, and gave people the wrong drinks.

One man, who was 3 sheets to the wind, shouted to her, "Tifa why won't ya marry me, ya need somebody to love ya?" I have somebody to love me Tifa though. Cloud, he loved her. She blushed thinking of how intimate they had been that night, when cloud made love to her. Sadly she pushed away the sweet memories and said, "Sorry Charlie, I'm already spoken for."

Just then in the back corner, a dark haired man stood up and knocked another guy out of his chair. The dark haired man picked the one on the ground up by his shirt, and pulled back his fist, ready to strike him. When he went to swing, he found that his arm wouldn't move. Looking back he found Tifa with a firm grip on his arm.

"If you would kindly take you little fight outside." He jerked his arm away and turn to face her. Tifa could tell that this man would be more trouble then she could handle tonight. He took a swing at her, she ducked it easy enough, but she could not move fast enough to evade his second attack. She was knocked back, only to be caught by one of the few sober customers.

The moment Tifa was hit a hush fell over the bar. Quickly righting herself she said, "I will not fight you, if that is what your looking for! So get out of my bar NOW!" On the outside Tifa looked murderous but on the inside she was praying this guy would get the hell out, she knew she was too weak to fight him in this condition and she didn't need everyone to see her get her ass kicked by this punk.

When he turned toward the door relief filled her, but she was careful not to let it show. After the guy had left the bar was once again loud with chatter. Stepping back behind the bar, someone said, "I don't think I have ever seen you take a hit Tifa." "Well that's what I get when I underestimate someone." She covered quickly, she let the conversation drop there she didn't want to go further with it because the humiliation of actually being hit was too much to take.

As the night drew to a close and Tifa was locking up, she was hit with another dizzy spell. She felt so bad she left the downstairs a mess and barely was able to get to bed at all. The moment her head hit the pillow she was out cold.