30 Kisses

A/N: So this started out as a game on another board, but i loved the way it was developing so I thought I would share it. A friend gave us these tables of thirty words/phrases and we had to pick a pairing. Then write a short fic for each of words/phrases using that pairing. The catch was you couldn't change the pairing, it had to be under 1,000 words and each story had to contain at least one kiss. She did this with two different tables and two different boards. So I actually have two pairings with two different tables. This is the first one I ever wrote for this game and my first pairing, well I'll let you figure it out and I'll state it at the bottom. The chapter names will be the inspiration words if you are curious.

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy or its characters. i don't even own the concept for this game of 30 kisses.

Chapter 1

Green Eyes

She handed the doorman her invitation and he marked her off the list as she entered. The ballroom was quite grand and Tifa Lockheart felt as if she didn't fit in at all. Sure, she looked the part in her glittering gold ball gown and her dark brown, almost black, locks piled on her head in an intricate fashion and accented with a small tiara. She could even stay anonymous thanks to the stick mask she held in front of her face. But even under the yards of fabric, Tifa felt small as her wine colored eyes took in everything that was going on in the room.

Tifa had almost turned down Rufus Shinra's invitation to the masked ball he was holding in honor of the five-year anniversary of the defeat of Sephiroth and the saving of the Planet from Meteor. And as one of the Planet's saviors, Tifa had received an invite. That's what worried Tifa as she made her way through the redone ballroom of the Shinra Mansion in Nibelhiem. If Tifa had been invited, then who else had? So not wanting a certain spiky haired blond to no notice her, Tifa kept her mask very close to her face.

Suddenly a man was in front of her blocking her path. He was dressed in all black and wore a black cloth mask tied around his head that covered everything above his nose, including his hair. He threw her a dashing smile, but Tifa didn't notice. She was caught in his startling green eyes. Even when he bowed and asked her to dance, all Tifa could do was nod.

The masked man seemed familiar but Tifa couldn't seem to place him. She knew she had heard his voice before, but she couldn't remember when. But all thoughts about the mysterious man was disappeared as he waltzed her around the dance floor holding her captive with those green eyes.

They danced all night and as the evening came to a close, the masked man bowed and kissed Tifa's hand as she curtsied. Before she left him, Tifa slipped him a piece of paper. Once she was gone, a shorthaired blond woman and a man with no hair came up to the masked man.

"And what are you grinning about, Reno?" the blond asked. Reno held up the piece of paper with a rather triumphant look on his face.

"I just got Tifa Lockheart's number." He said his green eyes sparkling.

A/N: So my pairing Is TifaxReno. Hope everyone liked this first installment. 29 more to go. Please review and keep reading. Thanks for reading and i'd like to thank Luna for her insprirational words.