Heya again! :D

This was actually the story that made me think that I should be brave and just start/post a collection of oneshots.

I hope you enjoy. I'd be happy if you do. ^_^

Rating: T

Disclaimer: Again, FFVII and these lovely characters don't belong to me. *sniff*

"I brought you coffee, Vincent." the long haired woman who was clad in a white robe, smiled at him and handed him the beverage.

"O-Oh!" he stuttered in surprise, "Thank you, Lucretia.."

His hands reached out for the cup she offered and he could not help but smile.

She thought of me, he smiled down at the drink. It didn't matter that she added milk in it when he always drank it black. Lucretia Crescent thought of him.

That was enough.

It happened after that, that she often brought him a coffee along.

He started to grow accustomed to the taste and it reminded him of her, so he didn't mind at all; even if he sometimes missed the lovely aroma of his simple, bitter, black coffee.

-x-

"Vinnie!" her voice called out to him cheerily. He looked up to see the bouncy ninja approach him - along with two.. mugs?

Vincent raised an eyebrow.

"Yuffie. Hello." he nodded at her as a greeting.

"Yeah, hi to you too, Mister Grumpy!" she grinned and held out one of the mugs to him, "Here ya go! A nice hot cup of coffee for you!"

Vincent accepted the coffee involuntary and blinked at the strange feeling it evoked inside his breast.

Familiar, yet.. different, he mused.

"Thank you, Yuffie."

The ninja beamed at him. "Yeah, I'm great, I know. Caring about my partner on the way of our mission - take that Cid! You won't get to call me a brat no more!" she took a sip of her coffee and threw her fist into the air in triumph.

Vincent couldn't help but chuckle at that.

Double negative, Yuffie.

He watched the ninja as she blabbered about the most strangest things when he put the hot mug to his lips. He half-froze when the lovely bitter smell reached his nose and he tasted black, rich coffee filling his mouth a second later.

He lowered his hand and stared at the liquid he had almost forgotten the true taste of. "This is black."

Yuffie blinked in surprise.

"Yeah. You prefer it without milk or sugar, don't you?"

"I-" he started but she cut him off: "Or did I misunderstand? Should I get you milk and sugar?"

She was already halfway on her way back to the kitchen of the WRO when he stopped her.

"No, Yuffie." he shook his head and almost smiled at her, "You are correct. I do prefer my coffee black."

Her heart skipped a beat at the ghost of a smile on his lips. It was so genuine and she thought it made him even more attractive. Not that she'd ever tell anyone.

"But, tell me; how did you know? I don't remember drinking it black over the past few years." his voice didn't betray his slight astonishment.

The woman standing across from him swayed her cup with the remains of her drink and shrugged.

"It was just a feeling, ya know? You always had that emo frown on your face when you mixed it with milk."

Vincent hummed while thinking.

He figured that he could have done it subconsciously, as he always remembered his wrongdoings when he made himself the coffee he grew accustomed to because of 'her'.

Maybe it was time to let go of this habit - maybe it was finally okay.

He stuck his chin out from his cape and showed her an unhidden smile. "Thank you, Yuffie."

"O-Oh.." She put her lips on her cup again and pretended that there was still some of the overly sweet coffee in it. She only tasted the remains of sugar. "You're welcome…"

It was sweet.

I may be one of the few who don't hate Lucretia. I think that she cared about him in her own way too (maybe not all that romantic-like like Vincent was feeling, but still), and I enjoy the idea that Yuffie has a fine nose for when something is troubling someone. Like she's shown at the beginning of DoC where she just feels that something is wrong and is worrying about Vincent.

Also: I am surprised with myself. I let my friend look over it again, but as English is not her first language too, I am a little unsure about grammatical errors, lol.

But I wanna be brave and I love Yuffentine too much not to share anything about them at all.

The next chapter is already finished, so I'll be posting it the next days. :) Cid is in it too, so.. it will be rated M. XD Didn't want to write any curses and foul language as I am not really a fan of it, but it looked stupid with the censorship, so bear with me.