Ok. Now for a chapter longer than a paragraph.

Disclaimer: I –still- don't own Final Fantasy. Damn,

When Yuffie joined with Avalanche, she was always treated like a nuisance and an outsider. So when she saw how they were treating her now, after all these years, she didn't know whether she should laugh or cry.

Her every motion was done with such grace (yes, grace. Yuffie Kisaragi was finally graceful) and feminity that the entire group couldn't help but stare at her the whole evening. They laughed and enjoyed Tifa's excellent cooking, but all of a sudden, Yuffie was suddenly being treated like a lady. Was it the long hair and the designer clothes or maybe the Wutaian accent that she'd picked up after years of being surrounded by people speaking nothing but Wutaian? Or was it perhaps the way she suddenly seemed so funny and intelligent? Every guy at the table was now very much aware of the fact that she was a girl and had a very hard time looking her in the eye… except Vincent, who managed to keep a straight face and treated her exactly the same as he always had done, like a real gentleman.

After the meal was over, she went upstairs for her much-needed rest, smiling at the idea that they were all going to be together again for an entire month, as well as the knowledge that she would finally be away from the watchful eyes of Godo and the media for this month. Ahh… life was great. She fell asleep before her head even hit the pillow, deciding that the sudden change in her comrade's attitude was because they decided she was an adult and had nothing at all to do with her appearance.

She awoke with a grin, the sunlight was streaming through her window and she was finally free to have fun without being scrutinised for her every action. She leapt out of bed and threw on her most casual clothing she could find, cursing the fact that she only had skirts and dresses. She settled with a flowing black knee-length skirt and a pale green top and opened her door to see Cloud waiting outside for her. She resisted the urge to jump and grinned at him.

"Morning, Spike." She winced as she automatically bowed at him, like she'd grown so accustomed to doing.

"uh… breakfast." He managed to blurt out. He kicked himself for not saying something more intelligent and a realisation his Yuffie, Cloud was being… shy?

She headed downstairs with him to see Tifa making pancakes and Vincent, Cid, Barrett and Reeve seated around a table.

"So when were you guys planning to wake me up, huh?" she asked jokingly, sitting herself down next to Reeve.

"So where's Cait Sith, anyway?" she asked after a while.

"Reeve really needed a real rest from his work" called Tifa from the kitchen, answering for him "…so we decided he should come here as 'Reeve' rather than 'Cait Sith'."

Yuffie's mouth formed a tiny 'o' and she leant over to him and hugged him affectionately.

"It's good to see you, Reeve." She grinned, eating a forkful of the pancake that seemed to appear on her plate out of nowhere. Reeve received glares from the rest of the table… minus Vincent, who appeared to be reading the newspaper. Finally Tifa sat down, done with the cooking.

"So Yuffie, I'm getting some shopping done today, would you like to join me?" asked Tifa slowly. Yuffie shook her head.

"I haven't changed that much since I saw you guys last!" she exclaimed.

'oh yes you did.' Tifa replied mentally. "Well in that case, I guess you're free to go exploring by yourself, unless…" before she could finish the sentence, Cid cleared his throat.

"I'd rather chew off my own arm than go shopping, I get 'nuff of that with Shera… I'll go with ya…"

Now it was Yuffie's turn to stare, along with the rest of the people seated at the table. He shifted in his seat uncomfortably.

"Actually, forget it. I'm gonna go to the air show they're havin' at the city square." He added, embarrassedly. Barret nudged him slightly and chuckled to himself quietly, as did Tifa. Another awkward silence. Great.

"Uh… I actually want to go to the beach, I haven't had the chance to in ages." Said Yuffie with a smile, completely unaware on what would unfold during the day.

Again, a relatively short chapter.

It's not the most fantastic plotline, I know, but in all honesty, this is more of a boredom killer for me. Anyway, reviews are love Feel free to send any advice, critique, random nonsense, or whatever. I'll definitely read it

-kittencupcake xxx