Chapter 4: Chocobo head
Disclaimer: I don't own final fantasy
Warning: Language.
"That fucking idiot!" Tifa exclaimed angrily as soon as they entered her apartment.
"Whoa! Calm the fuck down Miss Lockhart!" Yuffie asked while laughing.
"I'm sorry, I'm just so mad right now, Cloud's a prick! A PRICK!" Tifa screamed as she threw her bag on her couch. Vincent sighed. Yuffie flopped herself down the same couch, Tifa did the same.
"Isn't he the reason why you even bother with this show business thing?" Yuffie asked .
"Yeah, after not talking to me for five fucking years, I decided to follow him here and find out what was going on. He suddenly acts all high and mighty just because he got where he wanted to be? And why would he think that I treated him like shit?!" Tifa sighed.
"Hate to break it to you, but you're sounding really pathetic right now." Yuffie said nonchalantly. Tifa's jaw dropped.
"PATHETIC?!" She asked standing up.
"Yes, pathetic! You are pursuing this kind of dream because of him! You followed him here and entered the business because of him! Doesn't that sound pathetic to you?!" Yuffie answered back, she was standing up now as well. Tifa glared at her friend before sitting back on the couch. She covered her face with her hands and groaned.
"You're right, I am pathetic." Tifa said in a muffled voice. Yuffie sat back down. Vincent settled himself on the smaller couch and just listened.
"You like this, right? You love doing this? Acting on TV and movies and shit?" Yuffie asked again making the brunette look at her.
"Yes, I love it Yuffie." She responded.
"Then do it for yourself, find a new reason. If you're so mad right now at that jerk of a chocobo head, surpass him and bring him down. Make a name for yourself, show everyone what you're capable of. Today was the first time for you to audition and yet you landed on that role, a lot of hopefuls have been doing that for years but no success, doesn't that say anything to you?" Yuffie told her and it made Tifa sigh.
"You're right." Tifa nodded her head. "You're right. Thanks Yuffie." She smiled. "Thanks for calling me out on all my crap." Yuffie smiled at that.
"Friends are suppose to do that, you know me, I never sugar coat things." Yuffie said while rubbing the brunette's back. TIfa smiled.
"Are you going to spend the night?" Tifa asked the two.
"Well, duh." Yuffie stood up to go upstairs.
"I'll take the couch." Vincent said as he unbuckle his boots.
"Alright then, goodnight Vince." Tifa told him. He nodded. She proceeded to go upstairs but was stopped when Vincent spoke.
"I hope you listen to Yuffie Tifa. We believe in you and..." He shifted awkwardly then cleared his throat. "We're proud of you." He sported a small smile earning a radiant one from Tifa.
"Thank you Vince. I could never ask for better friends." She went over to him then hugged him, he hugged her back. "Goodnight."
Yuffie and Tifa spent the next morning going over the script of the commercial. The shoot will be on the next day so she has to focus.
"You know, every single lead in this commercial had become an a-list celebrity over the years, Lucrecia Crescent was the first one to ever do this and look at where she is now. Not to mention her equally successful hottie of a son, Sephiroth." Yuffie said as she drank her hot chocolate. "Speaking of Sephiroth, he's so hot in person! And I thought that he was mean, you know, he always looked like a badass on screen but he was incredibly approachable last night." Yuffie said that made Tifa and Vincent look at her. Tifa raised her eyebrows.
"You were talking to him?" She asked, amused.
"Yeah I just told him that I'm a big fan and he was all smiles and stuff. He even got me a drink. But I jokingly told him that I'd rather bottle up all his deliciousness and drink it instead. I think I creeped him out and ended up looking like a fucking psycho stalker." The Wutain said. TIfa stared at her in horror.
"I would be creeped out." The brunette said with her face perflexed. Vincent pursed his lips. Tifa smirked, she knows that Vincent has a thing for Yuffie for a long time now. So she decided to talk.
"And Vincent, Elena was all over you last night." Tifa said then Yuffie dropped her fork. Tifa smirked inwardly. "I could see how she was staring at you, imagine that." She casually sipped on her coffee. Vincent cleared his throat.
"She was... Quite friendly, yes." He said while he blushed. Yuffie's brows furrowed.
"Isn't she together with that Reno? The star of that new action movie called Deliverance? I saw him last night glaring at Vincent I thought it looked like that his hair was going to be caught on fire, if it wasn't fucking red enough." Yuffie said with a scowl. It made Tifa grin.
These two are complete idiots. They are clearly being jealous. She thought as she rested her chin in her palm on the table, grinning at the two.
"What about you? Genesis Rhapsodos was staring at you the whole night like you some kind of prey to be eaten and he was the predator. It was kind of creepy but he's so hot you'll want him to be creepy with you for the rest of your life." Yuffie smirked at the brunette who rolled her eyes.
"If someone would know a lot about being creepy, it's you. Maybe you should hook up with him, you'll be perfect for each other." Tifa said grinning. Vincent choked on his coffee and the brunette laughed.
"Shut the fuck up big tits." Yuffie said while pointing her fork at the brunette who sneered at her. Tifa's phone suddenly went off. She stood up and grabbed it, flipped it open and answered it.
"Hello?" No answer. "Hello?" Still no answer. "What the hell..." But before she could removed it from her ear someone spoke.
"Hello Lockhart." The caller chuckled. Her eyes widened, she knows that voice anywhere and her blood boiled instantly.
"What the hell do you want so early in the morning chocobo head?" She said suddenly making her two friends stop eating and look up at her.
"Just checking up on you if you already chickened out on our little project." Cloud chuckled again. Tifa started counting in her mind to calm herself down.
"Sorry, but you'll have to wait another lifetime for you to see me quit Strife." She pursed her lips. "And why do you have my number?! Who told you that you have the right call me?!" She was losing her cool and she knows that she was giving him the satisfaction. She mentally slapped herself.
"Just quit Lockhart. You'll never make it in this industry. I'll make sure of that." He laughed in taunting manner that made Tifa bite her lips. Then she smiled a fake smile even if he couldn't see it.
"Then you'll just die trying then." She laughed back then rolled her eyes.
"We'll see about that Tifa."
"Whatever loser." Then she flipped her phone shut.
"That was him?! What did he say?" Yuffie asked.
"He was just being a jerk. I'll show that bastard not to mess with me!" She stood up and glared straight ahead.
"If it gets out of hand though, just grab the back of his neck the shove his face between your gigantic tits and he'll shut up in no time." Yuffie said nonchalantly causing Tifa's jaw to drop and Vincent to face palm.
"All right B.T., this is it." Yuffie said as she smack Tifa's back making the the brunette wince.
"Just... stay and watch okay? Don't leave me alone with that jerk." Tifa begged her friends with puppy dog eyes.
"Yeah, come on!" Yuffie pushed Tifa inside the studio where the shoot will be held. They all looked around when they made it inside. Someone noticed them and instantly approached.
"Are you Tifa?" He suddeny asked.
"Yes sir."
"Come on we gotta do your make up and fitting." He dragged the brunette away from her friends who mouthed an "Just wait". They both nodded and decided to find a spot to watch.
The staff and Tifa reached the dressing room and opened the door. A girl was waiting for them. "This is Tifa Lockhart Mary, the lead, please do her make up now, Mr. Highwind will be here in an hour and a half and you know how he gets when everything is not on time." The person said then the girl named Mary nodded and pulled Tifa to a chair.
"Wow, you're so pretty." She said as she admired Tifa in her reflection in the mirror.
"Thanks..." Tifa responded with a smile.
"Let's get started then, we still have to do your hair then fitting of the choice of clothes for this shoot." Mary said with a smile, Tifa nodded, then proceeded to open her make up box to start application.
"I hope she comes out soon, I can't wait to see how she looks like." Yuffie said as she munch on her popcorn. Vincent looked at her with a confused look.
"I didn't know you brought popcorn." He said as he grabbed a handful and started eating as well.
"Of course I'll bring some, the moment Tifa and Cloud see each other it'll be a good show, a popcorn is just we need." She said while popping some more in her mouth.
"Well, we'll be out soon before it even started." Vincent said pointing at the bag which was now half full.
"You're right, we'll save this for later then." Yuffie closed the pack then put it back to her bag. Vincent shook his head slightly and smirked.
After an hour, Cloud emerged from his dressing room, wearing a dark grey fitted suit which was opened in the front with a black dress shirt inside, a matching dark gray slacks and some black formal shoes. He wore his trademark wolf earring and his hair was still gravity defying. But Yuffie couldn't deny that he was the most handsome being she had seen all day. He was talking to someone with shoulder length hair and a goatie who was carrying a weird looking black cat with a crown on its head, it looked like he was his manager. After a few minutes it was Tifa's turn to appear, everyone stopped at what they were doing just to look at her, Yuffie and Vincent's jaw dropped.
She was wearing a peach colored flowing floor length dress with a sweetheart neckline, it totally hugged her figure and looked like she floating while she walked. Her make up was simple but she looked unbelievably beautiful, her hair was down and more silkier than ever, it was shampoo commercial after all. Everyone was in awe at how this newcomer glowed as she stride towards the set. Yuffie covered her mouth and suppressed her laugh when she saw that the great Cloud Strife was staring at her in complete shock. If he wasn't going to move at all she knew that he was going to drool any moment. When the blonde overcame his initial shock, he started his first of his marathon of death glares for the radiant brunette. Tifa noticed him glaring at him and she smirked at him in a taunting manner and wiggled her eyebrows once at him. They stared at each other for a while that Yuffie was already imagining lasers coming out of their eyes, so she decided to pull out her popcorn once again.
"Let's just sit back and enjoy the show Vinnie." She guffawed while her mouth was full of popcorn. Vincent looked around.
"But there are no seats to sit back and enjoy." He said casually making the wutain look at him. "And stop calling me Vinnie." Then he grabbed the popcorn bag from her and making her cackle.