Here is the next chapter. Sorry for taking a few days to get this one out but I wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything when I edited it. Enjoy. There is a squeeze of a lime, but nothing really major. Disclaimer: I don't own FF7 or the characters. I'm just borrowing them.

Chapter 2 Just Stress

Rose made her way from her office to the cafeteria. She had been working on designing new buildings for Reeve for the city of Edge and she needed a break. She needed another bottle of water since the small fridge in her office had run out and the cafeteria always seemed to have them.

After that she needed to see Leanne about stocking up on blood again. She hated to hunt down animals and possibly chance her changing any of them into vampires, even though it was more difficult for her to do so. It was easier this way and she didn't have to kill animals in order to get her fill of blood.

When she entered the cafeteria there were a few WRO soldiers in there. A couple of them seemed to freeze up when she entered. She really couldn't blame them. She was a half vampire for peat's sake. The third seemed unaffected by her presence.

"Hey Rose, how are you?" he greeted as she approached them.

"Same old, same old." She smiled as she grabbed a couple bottles of water. "How are you Mike?"

"Not doing too bad. Reeve keeping you busy?"

"Yeah, the slave driver." She joked. "I'm almost done for the day, so I better get back to it."

"Alright, I'll see you around Rose." Mike said before she left.

One pit stop to Leanne later Rose was making her way back to her office. Before she could get there she ran into Yuffie.

"Please, don't get mad at me." Yuffie quickly pleaded, looking a little guilty.

Rose figured that something had happened in her office while she was gone and it usually involved Yuffie. She usually would sigh and ask what had been broken, but she didn't find the need to do this today.

"I promise, I won't be mad." Rose replied.

Yuffie visibly stiffened. "Where's the sigh?"

"I don't have one." Rose answered.

"You're making me nervous. Where is it?"

"I don't have one Yuffie, now tell me what the fuck you broke." Rose demanded.

Yuffie relaxed then. That was more like how Rose would have responded.

"Well, nothing broke exactly. Umm, I was waiting for you to get back and I bent your metal protractor."

"…How?" she asked.

"I was tossing it to myself as I waited for you and it went too far and it bounced and bent. I tried to bend it back and I made it worse." Yuffie confessed.

Rose stood there silent for a moment before she chuckled. "That'll teach Vincent to buy me only cheap plastic ones and not the expensive metal ones."

Yuffie's eyes widened in shock. That was not how Rose should have responded at all. She stood there shocked as Rose passed her to continue on her way to her office.

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Rose drove her motorcycle towards home. It was a little later than usual due to the fact she couldn't use her protractor and had to use a ruler instead. Yuffie really shouldn't be allowed in her office unsupervised.

She couldn't help the smile spread on her face as the wind whipped around her. Her thoughts went to earlier that year. Her smile grew bigger as she allowed the memory to replay in her head.

They were on the rooftop of the WRO, planning on taking down Minerva when he suddenly popped the question. There was no way she could say no. Her love for him ran deep. She would give nothing more than to spend the rest of eternity with the love of her life.

She couldn't help but chuckle when she remembered how they had snuck into the showers for some alone time after she had accepted his proposal. The chuckle turned into a groan as the vibration of the motorcycle beneath her got to her. She pulled on the throttle, urging the bike to go a little faster.

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Vincent was sitting at home going over a report that he had been given from Reeve to read. He heard the sound of a motorcycle and knew Rose was home. He looked at the time on his phone. She was a little later than usual.

He listened as she entered and locked the door behind her. He could hear the rustling slightly as she took off her coat in the hall. She passed through the living room and went to the kitchen to hang up her keys. She returned with a bottle of water and plopped down next to Vincent.

"You're a little late, aren't you?"

She nodded as she took a drink. "I ended up spending a little more time on the last design due to some difficulties."

"Why?"

"My protractor got broken and I couldn't find another to borrow so I used one of my rulers." She answered.

"How did your protractor get broken?" he asked. He had bought that himself for her and knew it was metal. How did it break?

"Yuffie bent it out of shape."

Vincent looked at her for a moment before letting his head drop back to the back of the couch with a sigh. It always seemed Yuffie always managed to break something in her office whenever she was in there.

"So how was your day?" Rose asked, to change the subject off of her.

Vincent simply held up a report.

"Ah. Where this time?" Rose asked.

"Gongaga." He answered.

"I'm sorry." She said as she leaned her head on his shoulder.

"It won't be a huge deal this time. It won't be for a couple of weeks and only for a few days." He said. "Did you want to go out tonight or have leftovers?"

"There's Italian beef in there that we can have and finish off tonight." Rose answered as she placed her water bottle on the coffee table.

Vincent nodded as he turned his attention back to the report.

Rose leaned her head against Vincent's shoulder again as he continued to read. She knew he needed to read it, but her body felt like it was on fire. She adjusted herself a little next to him before reaching over and started stroking the zipper of his pants.

Vincent let out a small grunt of surprise and looked down at her ministrations.

When he did she suddenly switched and started to caress him, using her palm and fingers to gently squeeze him. He grunted again and his hips bucked up uncontrollably.

She rose up to her knees and kissed up his neck, coming at a stop at his ear.

"Lets go upstairs." she whispered, her breath tickling his skin.

Vincent complied and followed Rose up the stairs to their bedroom. It seemed they had been having sex a lot lately, Rose usually initiating it.

Maybe it was the stress she had been feeling recently from work. He just hoped that whatever was bothering her would soon pass.

A/N: Again, I apologize for another short chapter. I'm sure you've figured out what is going on right now and if not you'll have to wait until the next chapter. I will try to make these chapters a little longer so they'll be a bit more enjoyable.