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I don't own Final Fantasy VII or any of the video games mentioned in this fanfic. Just the awkward situation I'm forcing them into. :P

Chapter 2

Tifa went outside to meet her friends, and she wasn't surprised by the sight she was met with . Zack and Vincent were both tormenting Aerith and Yuffie by tipping them off of their floating loungers as they tried to stay on them. Tifa began to strip out of her regular clothes to reveal her plain red bikini she was wearing underneath them.

"Hurry Tifa! You've gotta help us!" yelled Yuffie as she tried desperatly to dunk Vincent underwater but to no avail, Aerith then squealed as Zack grabbed ahold of her and dunked her. "I'm not sure if I want to be a part of this," chuckled Tifa as she stood at the edge of the pool and watched her friends lose their tug of war with the loungers.

"Too late," said a voice direcly behind her as she felt strong arms grab a hold of her waist and lift her up. She immediatly blushed, she knew who it was alright. She was very glad she wasn't facing him because she knew she was blushing. She could feel his muscles against her, 'When did they get so big? Heck when did he even GET muscles?' She only had moments to form the thought as Cloud jumped off the edge and plunged them both in the water.

He held her tightly against him as they went under but let go as soon as their feet touched the bottom. Tifa quickly kicked the floor of the pool to get away from his as fast as she could swim. She gasped for air when she reached the surface and swam towards the edge to grab onto for support. She heard both Zack and Yuffie laughing very loudly behind her, "Nice one Cloud!" Zack called as he grabbed his friend by the shoulders.

'Oh I'm going to get him for that one' thought Tifa with a grin. "You okay?" asked Aerith who was still laughing at her friend's demise. "Yeah, because I plan to get him back." said Tifa as she grinned and looked across to meet Cloud's eyes.

"Oh! Did you hear that Cloud? That sounds like a challenge to me!" said Zack who still had a wide grin spread across his face. Cloud shrugged in response with a smirk on his face, "I'm not too worried."

"It wouldn't be smart to underestimate her Cloud. Remember what happened last time?" commented Vincent. Tifa grinned because she knew what Vincent was referring to. It was the time Cloud decided to play Dead or Alive against her after he heard how good she was at it. Her grin then faded as she recalled where that challenge took place at. Kadaj's bonfire. 'Dammit. He's not supposed to be in my thoughts at all today.' She thought to herself.

"Boy that was a fun night! It's not every day Cloud admits defeat after all." Zack said as he climbed on top of one of the loungers to claim for himself. Tifa dove underwater and came up underneath it to successfully throw him off it and into Cloud. Yuffie immediatly burst out laughing, "Yeah! Two in one blow! War is now declared!" she yelled pumping her fists into the air.

Tifa felt something, or rather someone, grab onto her ankles underwater. She looked down to see them yanked from underneath her and then she too was underwater. Tifa squirmed and tried her best to stay afloat. She wasn't surprised to see that it was Cloud who held her legs hostage and he looked very satisfied with himself. She then felt Vincent grab ahold of her underarms and then they were both holding her just above the water. They then procedid to swing her back and forth a couple times and tossed her back in.

They continued playing this little game of dunking, or attempting to dunk, one another for a while longer. At one point Tifa jumped on Cloud's back to try and dunk him but he then quickly grabbed onto her and turned around to dunk her instead. For the briefest of moments during that encounter though, Tifa swore that her boobs came in direct contact with his face, she immediately blushed and thought she saw the same reaction on his face before she was thrust underwater.

"This is getting boring! Let's play chicken!" Yuffie panted as she clung onto the sides. "Tired of losing already?" commented Zack with a grin.

"We didn't lose! It was a tie!" she retorted pointing a finger at him.

"Of course it was Yuffie," said Vincent as he rubbed his girlfriend's back comfortingly.

"Count me out, I need time to rest" Aerith said. She was now perched on the side of the pool leaning with her hands behind her.

"Alright, me and Cloud on a team then!" Zack called giving a thumbs up in his friend's direction.

"No." Cloud's response was immediate and caused the rest of them, besides Zack of course, to laugh.

"Whaaaaat? But we'd be unstoppable Cloud! I'll even let you be on top!"

"No. Oh god no."

"Fine! You can be bottom, whichever you prefer!" The rest of them couldn't stop laughing at their exchange.

"No! Tifa's my partner so please stop!" said Cloud who was now trying to hold back laughter as well.

Tifa's sides were hurting from laughing so much but those words brought her back to reality, 'Wait. What did he just say?'

"Yeah! Let's kick their butts Vinnie!" shouted Yuffie who was already perched atop Vincent's shoulders.

"You ready Tifa?" asked Cloud looking towards her. "Um, oh, yeah! I guess. What do I do?" she asked not knowing how she was going to get on top of him.

"Just stay where you are," he replied before he dove underwater. Tifa soon felt him swim underneath her and felt the back of his neck press against her. She froze in place and let out a little squeal as she was lifted out of the water and sat perched on his broad shoulders. She then felt his hands grab a hold of her legs to help stead her and hold her in place.

She couldn't remember Cloud ever being this close to her. 'Okay I just need to calm down. This is no big deal. I'm just still flustered from seeing him shirtless is all. How did I not notice how big his arms and shoulders were before? I swear this happened to him over night or something!'

She prepared herself as Yuffie and vincent came towards them, she grabbed Yuffie's hands in her own and easily prevented her from pushing her off. She grinned at all of Yuffie's attempts and then finally used her own strength to push her friend off of Vincent's shoulders.

They played chicken for another hour or so, switching partners every once in a while. Tifa took note that being on Vincent or Zack's shoulders did not make her nervous either, and this was her first time seeing them shirtless too! 'God how are they all so ripped?' She thought to herself, taking note how finely toned they all turned out to be. Being so close to those two shirtless didn't make her nervous like it did with Cloud though either and this bothered Tifa to no end.

They spent the rest of the day eating junk food and playing video games (DDR mostly, though Zack was really the onlly guy that would actively participate). It was towards evening when the guys began to leave.

"Does anyone need a ride home?" asked Vincent.

"No, they're spending the night with me tonight," replied Yuffie with a large grin.

"Well what're you ladies planning on doing tomorrow?" asked Zack, "Cloud, Vincent, and I were talking about seeing that movie that's coming out tomorrow. You ladies wanna come too?"

"Is it that new horror film? The one with all the zombies?" asked Aerith.

"That's the one alright," replied Cloud.

"Sure! That sounds like fun! Right girls?" said Yuffie as she jumped up and down.

"Yeah, it's been a while since I saw a horror film," said Aerith with a smile.

"Are you up for it Tifa?" Cloud asked as he turned to look at her.

"Yes! Are you kidding me? That's the one that's based off of a video game so of course I'm in!" Tifa was super excited for it now. 'Hopefully this will make me feel normal around him again' she thought. They had seen movies together before so this should definitely get things back to normal between them.

She didn't miss the small grin that Cloud had on his face though. The boys said goodbye (Vincent and Yuffie's goodbye lasted much longer though) and left the girls in the house alone.

"Well Tifa you better wear something sexy tomorrow. Wouldn't wanna dissapoint Cloud!" Yuffie winked at her as she said it.

"What? Is there something going on between you two?" asked Aerith.

"In Yuffie's mind there is," replied Tifa.

"Oh c'mon! Cloud was checking her out and hanging all over her all day!"

Tifa blushed at Yuffie's statement because it was kind of true. Cloud had hardly left her side all day. Her phone began buzzing and interrupted her thoughts, she pulled it out of her pocked and looked at her screen. Her heart froze as she read Kadaj's name across it.

I hope you guys like it! Feel free to make suggestions and/or put your ideas on what you want to happen in your reviews. If you guys want to see some more Vincent X Yuffie or Aerith X Zack, I could also write a chapter exclusively focusing on them as well.