Chapter 4: Awkward Situations

"Hey Sora...I just went to your house to see you." I said feeling really weird about this whole situation.

"That's what Tifa was just telling me." He smiled as he took my hand and pulled me into hug me. My cheeks burned and my stomach twisted with guilt. I don't deserve someone like this. I thought to myself.

"Oh, Tifa, Cloud's on his way here." I told her quickly.

"How do you know that?" she asked surprised, obviously she wasn't expecting Cloud today.

"I bumped into him on the street." I shrugged as I pulled away from Sora. More like I was giving him lip service! I yelled at myself.

"Oh, that's thoughtful of him to stop by." she smiled as she mixed together a margarita. By the look in her eye, I could tell her and Cloud had something really special, could you say that the guilt was definitely eating away at me.

"C'mon Sora lets uhh... go somewhere else so we're not in the way." I said quickly grabbing him by the arm and dragging him.

"It was nice seeing you again Tifa!" Sora called out. "Your in a hurry tonight." Sora pointed out when we got to my room and I slammed the door behind me.

"Oh really? I haven't noticed." I laughed nervously. "It's probably because I haven't seen you all day."

"Yeah, sorry about that, Zack had me running around everywhere today. You know how he gets when he doesn't want to do anything." he rolled his eyes, "He spent the whole day texting Aerith for crying out loud!" he threw his hands up in exasperation.

I started laughing, "Yeah, Zack's a lady's man." I giggled. Sora started laughing to.

"Ain't that the truth." Sora smiled.

Just then there was a knock at the door. We both turned to see Cloud walking in, carrying a tray of snacks. My heart started to race and I felt my face get hot, I hope I wasn't blushing.

"Tifa said you guys would like these." Cloud said as he placed the tray on my dresser, no emotion on his face.

"Thanks Cloud, Could you tell Tifa that we thank her as well." I said as I took the tray and brought it over to Sora.

"Sure." he said as he left the room.

"What was that about?" Sora asked me when he left.

"What are you talking about?" I asked confused.

"I don't know, you just looked uncomfortable talking to him." he pointed out.

"Oh, he's just very intimidating to me." I smiled shyly. "He's all dark and quiet all the time, its kind of scary." I lied. Another wave of guilt knotted up my stomach, how much longer could I lie to him.

"Yeah, I guess I understand." he smiled as he pulled out a T.V. Tray and put the snack tray on it. "You just need to relax."

"Right, Relax." I said as I stiffened up.

Sora laughed as he pulled me on the bed and put a movie in. "Your really weird today."

"Umm....thank you?" I said as I grabbed a cracker and some cheese of the tray.

He laughed some more, "Just relax." he told me again as he sat next to me.

The whole night I acted like nothing was wrong and he bought the whole act. Okay, so I was able to keep the truth from him for one night, but what guarantee do I have that I can hide this from him forever?