"I can't still quite understand why Cloud still chose divorce." Yuffie remarked as she sat on a chair in the closed empty bar. Tifa was doing the dishes and paused after hearing those words. "I mean it doesn't make sense. You even said that it was going well. Is he in the right mind to decide on that kind of thing?!" Yuffie continued.

Tifa sighed as the water on her hands run cold. She looked near the door and continued washing the dishes. Two months have passed after Cloud decided to pursue their divorce. Up to this moment, Tifa still don't know the reasons of her ex-husband.

"I don't know. Don't you think it's funny? I have known him for years yet I still don't know him quite well. I fail as a wife." She said in a laughing matter. "Tifa if there is someone who knows Cloud more than himself, it's you. Didn't you hold the key of his past?" Yuffie tapped her shoulders and went towards the door. "I'm going to drop by again if I have time, this time with Red."

As Yuffie closed the door, Tifa caught a glanced of Cloud hiding from the bushes. She sighed and stood behind the door. She heard faint footsteps coming from outside. Cloud stood for a second and placed an envelope near the doorsteps.

"I can see you Cloud." Tifa spoke in a calm matter. She smirked and leaned on the door. "If you don't want to be seen you shouldn't deliver the money in broad daylight." Cloud gulped and touched the door as if he was holding Tifa. "I'm sorry. I just need to get things straight."

Cloud took a step back and went to his motorbike, Fenrir. He mounted on the bike and looked at the house one more time. He put his goggles on and started his bike and drove his way out of there. Tifa on the other hand collapsed on the floor, crying.

Why do you sound like you will come back? Don't give me hope you idiot.

Cloud took a long drive away from Midgar. It took two days to get to his destination and he even rode the ferry to get to the other continent. He was going to Rocket Town, an old town where a huge rocket is suspended and almost all of the residents are the people who used to work on the rocket.

He took off on his bike and saw familiar faces shouting profanity words at each other near a tool shed. Cid noticed Cloud approaching them and welcomed him with a hug with his face an inch close to Cloud's -smelling like a beer. Cloud looked away and sighed from discomfort. This reminded him not to drink on daily basis. He looked up and saw a clear blue sky with several clouds floating by. It was a middle of the day and two old guys are here drinking their asses out. They really don't have anything to do in this fine day? Cloud asked himself as Cid sat on his seat and pulled one for Cloud to sit into.

"What brings you here Cloud?" Barret raised his beer and looked at him with half opened drowsy eyes. He hiccupped and screamed something that Cloud didn't bother to understand. "Are you on a quest to find a girl to replace Tifa?"

Cloud didn't respond and sat there, silently. Shera came out of the shed and hit the two. "Come on guys. Stop acting! Cloud must have something important to say to travel from Midgar to here."

"Shera you asshole traitor!" Cid said to his wife and drank his beer. "So what business do you want with us?

"Acting?"

"We saw you a couple miles from here so we decided to act like drunkards to make fun of you." Barret smiled to Cloud while patting his back. "You all looked like your normal selves to me." Cloud said and sat on the chair, taking one of the beers on the table.

"You look surprisingly fine for someone who got divorced. I thought he was your first love." "Yea fool! Don't tell me you are cheating on Tifa the entire time." Cid and Barret said while taking turns on drinking their beer.

Cloud joined the fun and drank his beer as well. He wiped the excess from his face and looked at them. "I'm not cheating." He immediately brushed of the idea and took another drink. "Then tell us your reason Spikey!"

"It should be something logical or else you will not be able to set foot on Rocket Town ever again."

"Actually I have a perfect logical reason for it but you might find it childish and completely foolish." Cloud shyly said to the two. Barret and Cid looked at each other and grinned. Barret changed his arm into his gun and threatened Cloud to fire it to Fenrir if he will not talk. Cloud immediately gave up the minute Barret started to point his gun to Fenrir.

After a few minutes of lending their ears from Cloud's plan, the two looked at each other and laughed their asses off. Cloud looked away from them, blushing as hell. He finished his bottle and let them laugh at his insane plan.

"Sephiroth's plan of summoning the black material made your plan looked like the insane one." "I gotta love your imaginative mind Cloud. You never really cease to amaze me. It felt like you cut your plan out of a fairy tale or something." Barret added to Cid's earlier response and continued to laugh. The two laughed so hard that they even broke the table they were using from hitting it so hard.

"So will you help me out?" Cloud swallowed his pride and asked them. His face was as red as any other. He even started to think if his plan was really worth it. He even confessed to himself that this plan was kinda insane.

"I can help you." Shera came out of the shed smiling. She took both of Cloud's hand and shook them. "I'm willing to help you. Just tell me what to do."

Barret and Cid pulled their selves together and nodded as well. "We're friends right? No need to ask. We will always help you out Cloud." Cid said and gave him a thumbs up. Cloud smiled and nodded.

Next up was Red XIII and Yuffie. Cloud at first didn't want to let them know especially Yuffie since she was the closest one to Tifa. But in order to make this plan to progress faster, he needs all the help he need. Cloud found the two near the outskirts of Gongaga thanks to Barret and Cid's information. Yuffie was busy saddling on the back of Red XIII. He called them out and tried to catch up to them. Yuffie gave him a wide smile while Red XIII immediately started the conversation on why Cloud was finding them.

"So that's it. I need your help." Cloud said after explaining his plan to them. "I can see nothing wrong with that. If that's what you believe is right then do it. I will be glad to help you out." Red XIII said as he bowed his head, showing his cooperation on this.

"It's kinda romantic and I'm sure Tifa will flip out when she sees this. I'm helping you as well." Yuffie said that made Cloud jumped in joy—in his head. He shook his hands with Yuffie and petted Red XIII's head to show his gratitude. He mounted on his bike and was ready to part ways but Yuffie reminded him something, "Cloud, remember the risk you are taking. The longer you make her wait the longer she will lose her love for you. She's beautiful and I'm pretty sure she can catch another weirdo like you in a second."

Cloud nodded and started his motor. Yuffie waved goodbye while Red XIII looked at her with displeased. "You just have to ruin everything, haven't you Yuffie?" He said and started to walk off. "WHAAAAAAAT? I just told him the truth. I liked his idea and all but you can still do it without getting divorced right?"

"You really don't understand anything do you? Cloud intends to start anew, to have a clean slate." He said scolding her. "What difference does it make? In the end they will be husband and wife."

All his preparations were completed. Every person he needed to ask a favor to, agreed to him. It was night time when he got to Midgar after that tiring journey. There, Shelke was waiting for him. She emerged from the shadows of the church and greeted him.

"I watched the church and kept Tifa and the others away from here. I also fixed a couple of the seats when I had nothing to do." "Thank you." Cloud said and took money out of his pocket. Shelke declined and smiled. "Free of charge. I'm glad to help you out. I will drop by if I don't have anything to do."

Shelke bid her goodbye and disappeared from the shadows. He opened the doors of the church and saw the seats almost finished. The floors were also been swept. Now the only thing left were the foundation of the church broken from old age. He smiled and tried to imagine the church on its prime or what he wanted it to look like on "that" day.

"So we were right." Marlene said from behind with Denzel besides her. "I knew you were up to something." She added with a grin on her face. "What are you doing here? It's already late." Cloud protested and tried to close the door but it was already too late.

"That's what Denzel is here for." Marlene took Denzel's arm and hugged it. He blushed and diverted his gaze to Cloud. "Can you tell us what you're hiding? We will keep it from Tifa."

"I intend to tell it to you guys as well but I never knew that you will sneak here today. Come inside. It's better to talk here." He re-opened the door and motioned to the two to enter. Marlene was amazed. It looked like a normal church. It was a lot different from before.

"At first when I saw you coming back and forth here with pieces of wood, I thought that you are trying to renovate this church into your own home. But this is nothing on what I imagined. The roof was fixed and the seats are almost ready. Its amazing Cloud! I don't even mind to get wed here."

"I bet I don't need to say what my plan is right?" Cloud asked while the two nodded enthusiastically. "Can I ask something from you guys?"

"Anything."

"Is Tifa seeing someone these past few days?" Cloud said in a shy manner. Marlene and Denzel looked at each other and smiled. "Cloud you're the only one in her heart. You don't need to worry about getting rivals because I'm pretty sure she will not look at guys the same way she looks at you. She loves you very dearly."

"Thanks." Cloud said ruffled her hair affectionately. He looked at Denzel and smiled at him. Denzel smiled back and said, "Just to make sure we will not let her go on dates or even talk to guys. "

"That might be harsh but I need your assistance for that matter. I don't want to lose her more than anything."

Morning after that tiring day, Tifa was doing her daily routine and was on her way to check their mails and if Cloud already left money for them. She wasn't really looking forward for the money but the thought of him visiting the house was. She opened the door and saw a cake slicer with an envelope attached to it.

She took the slicer away and placed it on the kitchen counter. She opened the envelope and saw a paper with only 'PLEASE' written to it. She looked on the back of the paper and saw Yuffie's name written on it. She sighed and placed the paper away. She thought that it was one of her pranks.

Then after that day she began to get peculiar things every week. After Yuffie's, she received a basket full of rose petals with a note saying 'DON'T' from Shera. The week after that, she got a rope from Barret with also a note attached to it saying 'GIVE'. She started getting weird thoughts about it. She even did word guesses whenever she had nothing to do. And the worst thing she came up with was 'PLEASE DON'T GIVE ARISA TO CLOUD'.

She was in despair the following days. She thought her friends were now angry at Cloud and don't want them to be back together. Then the next gift came, it was two bells from Cid with a note 'UP'. Her mind started to feel at ease with the sentence 'PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP.' She thought that her friends were worried about her and sends this to boost her spirits up.

The following day she woke up with a happy mood. She went to the living room and saw a pillow with two rings on top of it. The last two notes say 'ON HIM' separately. She looked all over the house and found no one. Tifa started calling Denzel's and Marlene's name but there was no answer.

"Tifa, Tifa over here," a voice said from the kitchen. She hastily went to the kitchen and saw Shera sitting there having a cup of coffee. "Let's get fixed up. Everyone is waiting for you." Shera pushed her back to her room and started to put make up on her.

-A Few Weeks Ago-

"Isn't a bit risky?" Yuffie said on the phone. "He knows what he is doing. Don't do anything unnecessary kid," Cid said on the other line while blowing his cigarettes. "I don't know man. I mean Cloud's plan is not 100% perfect. I'm terrified on the thought of Tifa finding someone else while he is fixing Aerith's church." Barret seconded Yuffie's opinion about the matter.

"Then why don't we send her a note 'Please don't give up on him'." Shera said from Cid's line of the phone. "We will send it word by word to keep it as discreet as possible."

"Oh! Oh! Let's also give her a wedding item along with the note so she can have a clue that Cloud is planning to get her hand in marriage again." Yuffie enthusiastically said on her line. "I got dibs on the cake slicer!" She added that made Cid and Barret face palmed.

"Will she even get the point of what you want to convey?" Cid said and moaned from disagreement.

"I think I'll have the rope."

"The basket full of rose petals is mine!"

Cid sighed and massaged his chin. "Fine bells it is for me! Happy?"