Disclaimer: Still wishing. Don't hold your breath, it could be hazardous to your health.

Wheeee….. Every action has a consequence…. Yes indeedy.


There was a sudden crash as Yuffie's door was slammed open and she rubbed her eyes wearily to see a very concerned Vincent leaning over her on her bed. She pulled the blankets over herself self-consciously.

"…what's going on Vincent?" she asked, half asleep. He said nothing, but instead threw a newspaper onto her lap. She blinked a few times and read the headline.

'PARTY PRINCESS ENJOYS BEACH HOLIDAY' her jaw dropped as she saw a picture of herself being piggybacked with Reno, screaming and laughing like a child.

"…oh shit."

"Language." He said, without thinking, "your father put me in charge of media control for you, hoping you wouldn't get into any trouble. I've already made them withdraw the story, so the public will never see this, but I fear that you will be followed by the media relentlessly from now on, they already know all this."

Yuffie held out her hand in front of his mouth, indicating he stopped talking for a moment.

"Ok, ok… so you're telling me that Godo asked you to help me watch out for media while I was here?"

He nodded

"…and that now I'm going to be hounded for the ENTIRE MONTH I'm here?"

He nodded again.

Yuffie read the entire story. The entire house was awoken when they heard her resounding scream through the house… they'd implied that Reno was her boyfriend.

Within thirty seconds, every person in the house had run into Yuffie's room, Vincent quickly hid the newspaper under her covers, hoping they wouldn't see it. What they –did- see, however, was her sitting on her bed, Vincent hovering over her.

"God damn, Vince!" shouted Cid "What the fuck d'ya think yer doin'?"

This looked bad. Really bad. She didn't want to get him in trouble, so…

"It's not like that! I wanted him here." It was about then that she noticed that his hand was under the covers of her bed. It was also about then that Tifa and Barrett dragged Denzel and Marlene out of her room, muttering furiously and (luckily) incoherently. Cid merely winked at Vincent and the rest of them all left the room, one by one, closing the door behind them. Excellent.

Glad that the spectacle was finally over, Yuffie had a long shower, took her time getting dressed and finally walked downstairs for breakfast. The entire Avalanche crew were waiting for her at the table, like angry bears. Tifa slammed a bunch of newspapers on the table and said nothing. Tears brimmed in Yuffie's eyes as she saw the article. Tifa softened her tone, realising that she was making Yuffie cry.

"So what's all this about, huh?" she asked, crouching and holding Yuffie's hand like she was a little girl. "These got sent to us anonymously… one for each of us. I know the media has a way of twisting stories so tell me what's actually happening, ok?"

"We're not going out or anything, I saw him at the beach so we just got icecream… that was all, honest!" she choked through sobs.

The jaws on everyone else in the room literally dropped as Reno appeared through the front door.

"The door was open, so I let myself in…" he started, his cheeky grin fading as he saw everyone else in the room except Yuffie glaring at him. Cid chucked one of the newspapers at him angrily.

"…oh SHIT." He blurted, rather eloquently.

"Not going out, huh?" demanded Tifa.


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