A/N: Did everyone enjoy that last chapter? I almost made it longer, but oh well. Anyway, here is the next chapter! Please enjoy

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy OR Kingdom Hearts characters portrayed in this fan fiction.

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Chapter Four: A Painful Surprise Followed By A More Than Pleasant One.

I watched as Reno zipped his pants back up and him trying to tuck his hair behind his ear, but to no success.

When he was finished, I wrapped my arms around him and tried to see if his heart was beating as fast as mine was.

"What exactly are you doing?" he asked in an irritated tone.

"What does it look like I am doing?" I laughed and squeezed tighter, but he pried my arms off of him and finally I saw it in his eyes.

"Just because we had sex does not mean we are back together, Tifa." That was all he had to say and he went back downstairs as he pulled his hair back up.

I collapsed onto the ground and cried into my hands. I was thankful I was alone because I did not want anyone to ever see me like this, but I had spoke to soon.

"Tifa?" I looked up with my watery eyes and saw Axel on one knee looking down at me with a worried look on his face.

I could not help it I threw my arms around him and cried into his shirt.

". What happened?" he asked as he stroked the back of my disheveled hair. I just shook my head and scooted closer to his warmth.

"This isn't about what I did is it."

"No of course not."

"Then what is it? Should I go get Cloud or someone else?"

"NO!" I shouted. I just could not have anyone else see me like this. Axel had seen it once before so it was not as horrific as if Cloud had seen me.

Cloud… What would happen if he found out about what I had just done? What would happen if anyone ever found out? This was horrible I could not ever show myself again to any of my friends.

"Tell me what happened, Tifa!?" he finally pulled me away and looked into my eyes. I could not look at him; I was disgusting for what I had just done.

I shook my head again, but this time he held my chin and made me look him in the eyes.

"Tifa…" his facial expressions softened and I blurted out Reno's name before I could even stop myself.

The softness vanished and was replaced by rage. He stood up leaving me on the ground and started heading back downstairs.

Oh no did he hate me for what I had done? I stood up and started heading back downstairs too until I heard shouting and screaming.

I ran downstairs just in time to see Axel punch Reno in the face. Reno fell down, but quickly recovered and shot straight up and punching Axel in the gut.

No one was stopping them, they were just watching. How could they? I jumped off the last few steps and ran over to Axel and Reno standing in between them.

"STOP! STOP IT NOW!" but as I turned to face Reno I felt a heavy blow to my face and several gasps.

The rest was a blur. I heard everyone talking around me including Paine at one point that seemed to be shouting at Reno. I tried to get back up, but someone pushed me back down.

Finally, without the prospect of getting up, I finally fell asleep and when I came to, I was in a large dark green bed.

I looked around and saw Paine lying in bed next to me and Cloud sleeping in a chair next to my side of the bed. I was not entirely sure what had happened, but I was happy to see them both.

When I managed to get out of bed, I noticed I was no longer wearing my dress, but a long white shirt that just went a little above my mid-thigh.

I walked over to the nearest mirror in the room and saw my face for the first time. My eye was very puffy with black and blue circles all around it. I deserved it though it was proof of have idiotic I had been.

After a long moment of examining my punishment, I turned around to see that Cloud was awake and staring at me with sleepy eyes.

"Are you alright?" He asked as he stood back up so he could examine my eye better.

"I get asked that a lot." He half-heartedly smile and started lightly pressing on my eye to see where it hurt the most.

"Ow."

"Sorry." And his hand retreated all too soon.

"So what happened?" I asked as I sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Axel punched Reno, Reno punched Axel, Axel punched Reno, Reno accidently punched you, then Paine punched Reno, and Vincent kicked everyone, besides us, out."

"Do you know why they were fighting?" I asked in the hopes that he did not.

"No, do you?" I shook my head and looked down at the floor. I hated to lie to Cloud, but I could not let him know about what I had done.

We sat in silence for a while until Paine started to stir.

"Well I should go. I just wanted to make sure you were okay before I headed off again." My eyes shot back up to him. It was selfish of me, but I did not want him to leave again.

"Where are you going to stay?" he shrugged and started heading towards the door.

"WAIT! No one is at my place why don't you at least stay there for the night?" he nodded and left without a word.

He had just gotten back how could he leave like that? I just could not go another two years without seeing his face.

I opened the door and ran down the hallway calling for him to stop. He did and turned around. Without either of us saying a word, I ran into his arms and he pulled me into a deep passionate kiss. His hands that explored my body felt more like fire then someone's touch and as our tongues intertwined, they became one.

He lifted me up once and squeezed tighter than a man had ever done so before, but the next thing I knew he was leaving my arms and walking down the staircase, out the door, and gone forever.

When I finally managed to turn back around Paine was in the hallway she smiled for a second, but then it faded.

"Get back in here." Somehow, I knew she was more happy than upset about seeing us and so was I.

Paine was already becoming one of my favorite people.

We crawled back into bed and Paine wrapped her arms around me as we fell back asleep.

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A/N: Why oh why does Cloud have to go again? *cry cry* Tifa needs you Cloud… Oh, wait I am the author… it is my fault he is leaving… well I have good reasons… I think. Well stay tuned and please review.