I thought it'd be good for me to release some of my pent up stress on my AP Language homework. As it turns out I can make really good short stories when I'm stressed. Anyway here's another drabble I just came up with.

Disclaimer: If I did own anything then I would already had Cloud and Tifa married.


Surprise, Surprise

"Boo!"

Yuffie popped out from behind the 7th Heaven bar with her hands curled to look like claws. Vincent sat in front of her with a blank and un-surprised expression. With a pout Yuffie lowered her arms and jumped over the bar to land on the stool next to the pseudo vampire.

"Oh come on Vinnie!" Yuffie whined as she crossed her arms, "Don't tell me you weren't the least bit surprised to see me appear from behind the counter!"

Vincent merely sighed so quietly that even the self proclaimed "Great Ninja Yuffie" couldn't hear it. For the past week the young ninja had been coming out of nowhere, trying to surprise him. What brought this on? No one knew. Even the owner of 7th Heaven, Tifa, who was the closest to Yuffie out of anyone else in their group didn't know why she was acting the way she was.

Vincent let out a miniscule frown when he reached for his drink again. Now that he thought about it, he specifically was the only one out of their entire group of friends that was receiving this strange treatment from the girl.

"Are you some kind of vampire that's immune to being surprised? It sounds funny but, I wouldn't be too surprised if you were Vince. Don't take that as an insult by the way, it was a compliment." Yuffie continued to ramble even though she knew her friend had long since tuned her out already.

Just as Yuffie was beginning to launch into another story about one of her "epically dangerous" missions from Reeve, Tifa walked out of the kitchen with trays of food in either one of her hands. Like one of those cartoons, Yuffie imagined a light bulb turning on.

"I'll be riiiight back Vince." Yuffie said, drawing out the "I" as she moved away from him and towards the bar maid\master fist fighter.

"Heya Tifa!" Yuffie called out with a grin stretched on her face.

Tifa turned around at the sound of her name and smiled when she spotted her most energetic friend coming towards her. She turned back to her customer to serve him his soup before turning back around to Yuffie.

"Hi Yuffie, what brings you here today? I thought you were in Costa del Sol." Tifa said.

Yuffie shrugged and followed the older woman as she served her patrons the food they ordered. After Tifa finished she and Yuffie headed back to the bar. When they got behind the counter Yuffie quickly pulled Tifa down.

"Yuffie!" Tifa cried in surprise.

"Sorry, I just didn't really want Vinnie over there to hear us or anything." Yuffie explained.

Tifa raised an eyebrow at the girl, "And what exactly can you not let Vincent hear?"

Yuffie grinned mischievously and cupped a hand around Tifa's ear, whispering, "I need advice on how to surprise someone."

When Yuffie pulled back Tifa had an amused expression on her face. Out of all the things Yuffie wanted advice on, it was how to surprise someone. Although, even though the Yuffie didn't want to admit it, Tifa saw that this was just a way to gain a certain red cloak wearing man's attention. From what she saw when the two were in the bar, Yuffie obviously had feelings. It was a pity that her object of affections didn't understand the ninja's motives.

Suddenly, Tifa grinned and thought of the perfect way to help convey her friend's feelings.

"Well, when I want to surprise Cloud, most of the time I just go and give him a kiss."

Yuffie's cheeks burned and her eyes widened. She stared at Tifa with a million questions running through her mind. Like, why would she suggest a kiss to surprise someone? Or, did she know about her secret for Vincent? And, is Cloud really that much of a sissy little boy that he got surprised when Tifa kissed him? The two of them have been dating for 7 months already! Even before everything with Sephiroth, Zack, Aerith, and Kadaj they loved each other (information she managed to coerce from the two when they were intoxicated with alcohol at several parties, plus a few other things that were blackmail worthy).

"A kiss? What makes you think I'll just kiss Vincent?" Yuffie asked, her cheeks still burning.

Tifa laughed, "Hey, don't knock it till you try it. Plus, I'm 99% sure that Vincent will show you his surprised face if you do this."

Tifa winked at her and then stood up, going back to the kitchen to get more of the orders for her customers.

Yuffie bit her bottom lip and thought over the pros and cons. On one hand, she'll finally be able to see something other than Vincent's impassive face and gain his attention for a short time. On the other, he'd be thoroughly disgusted at what she did and any hopes of him actually liking her would go down the drain like a flushed toilet.

"Oh what the heck," Yuffie grinned, "After all, they say curiosity killed the cat and satisfaction brought it back."

Regaining her confidence Yuffie stood up and headed down to the other end of the bar where Vincent was still sitting. When she reached him she silently stood next to him and watched him drink. Licking her lips she let out a grin as she felt her heart rate increase in speed.

"Hey Vinnie!" Yuffie said.

As Vincent began to turn to look at her she quickly went in and kissed his cheek. Or she meant to kiss his cheek. Instead, she caught a part of his lips as well. Oh boy.

Yuffie reigned in the heat that was starting to color her cheeks and stared at Vincent.

Oh. My. Goodness.

Vincent sat frozen to his seat with his mouth slightly parted and his red eyes widened by a fraction. His muscles were all tense and his shoulders that were usually so stiff were now slouching. Surprise and confusion mixed in with his red eyes as he stared at her.

Yuffie giggled, "Surprise."

With that said she skipped out the bar, a huge smile planted on her lips. Not only did she complete mission "Make-Vinnie-Change-His-Expression", but she also got to partially kiss the man of her dreams. Oh yes, life was doing her good.


Well? What'd you think? Please review and maybe leave me a few suggestions on who I should write about next.