Hey it's Sega with my first try at a Cloud and Tifa One-Shots. This chapter actually came to me today and I just had to type it and post it before I forgot. So please enjoy this one-shot. Many more will come over time. Please Review. It makes me super happy when you review! =)

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Chapter 1: A Delicacy
Prompt: He was being teased....by a fruit and a flavor....
Characters: Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart

He needed to tell her to stop buying that particular fruit. Ever since she started to purchase the sweet delicacy, he would sit down by the bar's counter and watch her eat it ever-so-slowly. At first, it did nothing to him. He would just sit there on the stool, her ruby eyes watching him as she gather the fruit into her hands and took a bite. At some point there, he wonder, she must have conjured up a plan to tease him and it was working.

The second time he sat by the bar to watch her eat the fruit, she took her time, sinking her teeth to the fruit almost grazing-like. He watched curiously, his bright and unusual eyes still on her mouth as she broke a piece of the fruit and popped it into her mouth. He gulped slightly as she turned away to put the fruit back into the fridge.

The third time, he almost lost control of himself. She was humming against the fruit. Gods, she was humming with the fruit in her mouth. Her lips enclosed around the fruit to where her hand held it, her eyes closed. He resisted the urge of popping that fruit out of her mouth and just carry her away. With her elbows propped up on the countertop, she twirled the fruit with the use of her fingers. This rattled his nerves. He wondered whether she knew what she was doing to him.

She insisted that the fruit was brought for their adopted daughter, Marlene, who equally enjoyed the fruit just as much as her. He shook his head at her excuse and pointed an accusing finger at her, but opted in saying nothing to her.

The fourth time she teased him with the fruit, he couldn't sit there anymore and let her have her way with him. He came home late one night to find her in the kitchen, her back facing him. He tilted his head curiously as he closed the entrance door, causing her to jump slightly and gazed at his exhausted form. She gave him her smile; the smile reserved for him, and returned her focus to what she was doing.

With a weak smile, he walked into the kitchen to join her and ask her about her day. But instead, his eyes widened at the sight of the fruit neatly placed by stove. He watched her, as she poured a dark substance into a bowl from a small pot. Without looking at him, she asked if he wanted anything to drink and eat. He looked back and forth between her figure and the bowl/fruit combo. He grunted. She smiled. It was his way of saying yes. She placed the fruit and bowl onto the counter and went to fetch his meal. He slowly sat down, his eyes stayed focused on the items in front of him. He toyed with his mind, wondering why this woman enjoyed teasing him so much.

She returned, with a heated plate of the evening's dinner and a glass of iced tea. He watched her plop down on the stool next to him and reached over to retrieve her delicacies. From the corner of his eye, he noticed how she innocently dipped the fruit into the bowl, covering the fruit with the substance he recognized as chocolate. His mind began to torture his soul; different ideas and thoughts sprung from the depths of his mind about what else she can do with that chocolate. He frowned and dismissed his thoughts immediately and returned to his meal.

Once again, his gaze landed on her. She held the dipped fruit in front of her. That's when he opened his mouth in sheer surprise. She was licking the chocolate off the fruit almost like she was enjoying it. Again, his mind sprang to life and sends him perverted thoughts of the use of her tongue on him. He felt all of his blood rush to his face. Quickly and without hesitation, he grabbed his glass and took a large gulp of the sweetened tea.

She watched him curiously as he placed the glass back down with a sigh. Her quirked eyebrow raised and he gave her reassurance that he was fine. Shrugging it off and not really wanting to bother him, she returned to the cursed delicacy. Yes, he said it. The fruit was cursed. And she was the one who placed the curse of the fruit. Amazingly, he finished his meal and went to wash the plate himself, so that she wouldn't. Truthfully, he didn't want her to. He wanted to see what else she would do with the fruit. She probably read his thoughts when he finished, quickly gesturing him to sit back down next to her.

Nodding, he took his rightful place next to her. She asked him about his day. Calmly and without trying to gaze at her relaxed form munching on the fruit (which failed), he stammered to tell her his day, fighting some monsters that crossed his path and the old woman that he delivered a package for her son. He noticed her ruby eyes sparkled as he talked admirably about the old woman's sweet personality. Her eyes then soften when he mentioned that the old woman reminded him of his now-gone mother almost.

He sighed in relief as she finished her fruit but held back a gasp when she reached for another and dipped it into the bowl. Gods, she couldn't eat that all day could she?

"Say Cloud?" He gazed up at her. Tifa twirled the dipped fruit in front of him, some of the chocolate dripped onto her delicate fingers. He raised a questioning eyebrow. She giggled. "Try one. It's delicious."

He stared at her hard. She was asking him to try the fruit after all this time. "Any reason why, Teef?" She giggled. He knew how much she enjoyed her nickname from him. She nodded and proceeded to inch the fruit closer to his lips. He couldn't help but just open his mouth and let her aligned the fruit on his tongue. Instantly, he tasted the sugary sweetness of chocolate and the tantalizing juice of the fruit.

"Oh no reason. It's just that," she let out a soft moan as he closed his mouth on her finger ever so gently. "Ever since I started to buy strawberries, you would never eat one. Instead, you would watch me eat one and might I add the look you gave me was quite sexy. It's like you just wanted to whisk me away."

Cloud chuckled deeply, his mouth still around Tifa's fingers. Opening his mouth slightly, he allowed her to remove her fingers and reach for another strawberry. "Oh? So you knew then?"

Tifa smiled as she dipped another strawberry in her chocolate bowl. "Cloud, I know when your gaze is on me. My body shivers in response." She said teasingly. She plopped the dipped part of her fruit into her mouth and gave him a cheeky smile. He glanced at the remnants of the dripped chocolate between her knuckles.

"Then why continue to tease me if you knew?" Cloud questioned as he grabbed her hand and sweetly, placed his mouth on her knuckles and savored the taste of chocolate and Tifa combined together.

Tifa laughed as she felt the tip of his tongue lightly licked up the chocolate as he held his shining blue eyes locked with her red wine eyes. She watched in content when he pulled away from her hand. She then dipped one finger into the chocolate and smothered the creamy sweetness over his lips. "I just love to tease you." She murmured into his ear. She placed her lips on his chocolate covered ones.

Cloud, even though he entered a state of pure bliss, eventually gave up on the idea of telling her to stop buying strawberries.

Who knew that a simple delicacy could tease him so much?


I hoped you guys enjoyed this first installment of the one-shots I will be writing. I really enjoy reading some one-shot collections here so I wanted to add my part. If you guys want, I gladly take any requests you have. Please Review!!