I adore my lovely reviewers! Here goes chapter 4!

Tifa was woken too soon from her wonderful dream. She dreamt that she could stay like this forever, wrapped up in Cloud's embrace. The man in question was shaking her, trying to wake her up.

"Teef," he said softly, his lips not far from her ear. "Wake up. Something's not right."

Her head shot up at this statement. Was everyone okay? Was anyone hurt?

She opened her eyes and saw Cloud's blinding smile. All the thoughts racing through her mind slowed as she saw how beautiful it was when he smiled at her. It wasn't his usual smirk or half-smile. This was a toothy, gorgeous grin.

"The door's open," he sighed. "I don't know what to think of it. I think we should both go out to check."

Tifa nodded quickly and jumped out of the bed. Cloud followed suit and they exited the jail cell.

"Teef, you're gonna want to see this." He said as Tifa looked around. Cloud was kneeling by a soldier who was laying on his back on the floor. She rushed up behind him and gasped.

"Dead?" she asked quietly.

Cloud nodded at her. He stood up and took her hand. "Don't be scared." He hugged her tightly. Tifa sighed and frowned.

"Who killed him?"

Cloud released her and turned his attention back to the body. "I don't know. He's been stabbed… but it couldn't be…"

"Sephiroth?" she whispered. Tifa's eyes flooded with red. If he was here she wanted to kill him. That man had destroyed everything she held dear.

"Relax, okay? How about you go wake up Aerith, and I'll get Barret and Red XIII."

-x-

They had made it up to President Shinra's office. Tifa ran in behind Cloud and almost dropped to the floor at what she saw. President Shinra was dead. And sticking out of the dead man's back was Sephiroth's sword.

Tifa felt as though her world was spinning. The others were talking. Discussing things. But Tifa couldn't comprehend their words. She was, however, forced to focus when she felt a strong hand grip her arm.

"Are you okay? You don't look so good." Cloud's eyes were flooded with concern as he stared at her. She nodded.

"Yeah. What's that outside?" movement outside had caught her eye. Cloud twirled around to see what she was seeing. He rushed outside as he saw the helicopter about to land. The others followed.

"Rufus Shinra." Barret spat. Tifa stared at the new president. He was on a rant about how he would rule. She was disgusted. Did people and life matter to no one? He never even shed a tear for his father's death.

"You all leave. I'll meet you downstairs once I'm done with this creep." Cloud commanded. The others rushed back into the headquarters.

"Wait, Cloud… will he be okay?" Aerith asked, about to turn back. "I'll wait for him here."

Tifa shook her head furiously. "No. I'll wait for him. It's important that you get out." She said, unable to cope with the fact that another girl was waiting for Cloud. To Tifa's surprise, Barret agreed.

"You're right, Tifa. Aerith, you're coming with me and Red XIII."

As they left, Tifa saw Barret turn around and wink at her. Tifa turned bright red.

-x-

Tifa was waiting impatiently for Cloud. She didn't dare to go up where he was fighting. He would be very mad at her for that. But what was she supposed to do? Sit down here and fear for his safety? Yeah, right.

She had finally mustered up the courage to go up the stairs to the fight when he came rushing down.

"Teef," he said, partially out of breath. "I thought I told you to go downstairs with the others?"

Tifa blushed beet red. She hadn't thought of an excuse for waiting. So she decided to be honest.

"Well… Aerith wanted to wait for you. She was worried I guess. But I didn't want her to wait for you so I decided to. That sounds really stupid now that I say it." She sighed, angry at herself for being such a hopeless romantic. And she was angry because he knew she was such a hopeless romantic. He knew she would do anything in her power for him if it meant there was a possibility she would get another kiss. He knew she would fight anyone in the world if it meant he would touch her again. What she hoped he didn't know, however, was that she would give anything up if it meant he would love her.

Knowing dawned on the blonde's face as he smiled at the black-haired barmaid. "Tifa, were you jealous?"

Tifa shook her head nervously. "No, I don't know what you're talking about."

Cloud grinned at her and walked forward to tug on her hand. "It's cute that you get jealous."

This caused Tifa to get a little annoyed. She punched his arm with the hand he wasn't clutching on to.

"What about you? Do you ever get jealous because of me?" she pouted. He turned back to her and flashed another glorious smile.

"Every single day."

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