Ch 3: Pokerface to my Love Game. (THE CLOTI CASE)
"Cloud?"
"Mhm?"
"I.. I want to ask you something."
"Sure, what is it?" Tifa closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Maybe we should get some booze out first." The barmaid suggested.
Cloud nodded. "Alright."
"Also, I want to play a game." She got the red wine out of the cabinet, along with two glasses.
"A.. game?"
"Yeah! Yuffie, Vincent, you and I are going to play a friendly game of poker."
"But where is Yuffie and Vincent?" asked Cloud, frowning at how Tifa was apparently missing the fact that it was just the two of them tonight. His lover looked thoughtful for a moment, still apparently a little tipsy from her wine earlier in the day.
"Good question," she hummed.
"How about we play something that isn't gambling?"
"What's wrong, Strife? Afraid to lose some gils?"
"No, it's just that poker isn't fun with just two people."
"Well, lets make it a challenge then."
"Hmm?"
"Strip. Poker." Cloud blinked. Was Tifa always like this? She slightly slurred her words... Hm... so maybe she's drunk.
"Uh..."
"Afraid of losing, Strife?"
Strange, he thought. But pleasant. Cloud thought that this was a nice change in pace. He smirked. "Nope. Let's go."
Two hours later...
By now the bottle was nearly empty, and Tifa was down to her black bra and shorts as Cloud was sporting just his pants. "Heeeey!" hiccuped Tifa. "You can't do that! That's.. cheatiiing!"
"Of course I-" hic- "can."
"And why'ss daat?"
"Because... I looveeee youuuu," he slurred. Red faced and partially nude, Tifa and Cloud stared at each other's uncharacteristic speech and laughed at the same time.
Seeing that they were both drunk, Cloud decided to make the first move. He leaned in closer to her face, he could smell the horrible stench of alcohol from her mouth. And within that split second...
"BLAGGHH!" Tifa had threw up on the blond soldier. "Oh my god, Cloud! I am so terribly sorry."
"It's okay Tifa..." he wiped the colorful vomit off his face, the brunette woman took a rag from the counter top and chimed in to help wash her mess off him. She carefully rubbed the rag against his face, hoping that the terrible odor would vanish, but doing so, the tables have turned and she had made the first move by kissing him.
"Give me a mo'," he smiled. "I'll meet you in the bed room."
He scurried into his office to remove his pants, and to put his phone away so that nothing would interrupt their special night. Just as he opened his door, he saw a shirtless Vincent and Yuffie on his (other) bed. Cloud blinked again and shrugged. Must be the alcohol talking to him... Oh, right! Tifa time.
The next morning...
"Hey Cloud..." Still groggy from last night, Cloud opened his eyes and saw that he was holding Tifa in his arms.
"Hey," he grunted. Embarrassed of this situation, he released her and turn to the other side of the bed, ashamed of the previous night.
"What... happened last night?" She turned on the opposite side of the bed, also ashamed.
"I don't remember..."
"Me neither. Did we.. you know...fondle?" Tifa laughed nervously. She looked underneath her sheets, and found herself to be naked.
"I think so..." Cloud scratched his head.
"I think so too..."
"Funny story, I think I saw Vincent and Yuffie have sex in my office when I was drunk." He tried to avoid the awkwardness of the situation.
"Shit!" Tifa screamed. "No! No! No! NO!"
"Hmm?" Cloud questioned as he turned and faced Tifa's backside. He noticed how smooth it was, and his hormones were kicking in again. "What's wrong?"
"I.. heh. Made a stupid bet with the girls. And It seems that I lost." she stated out bluntly.
"Haha, I can understand what you mean..." He didn't question her what the bet was, he exactly knew how she felt at this point. "Well, you know what? Whatever happened last night was great! I don't think it would ever happen if I was sober."
"I know right?" she chuckled. "Well at least we used protection right?"
"Shit..."
A/N: I say this was one of the hardest chapters we had to come up with. So many debates, should we make CloTi cute or disastrous? In the end, we agree: No, the title is called Bad Romance, therefore everything must be funny.
