A.N.- Sorry, I'm updating late these days, but with school at its fullest is a bit hard.Anyways, on with the chapter.The story starts from the next day.
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Tifa stared absent-mindedly at the neon coloured drink. She didn't talk to Cloud. Not after what he had done in the shop. It had totally shaken her, a fierce kiss by your brother was not funny. Infact, even thinking of something like that was a sin. What was Cloud thinking?! They were siblings and it didn't really matter if they were not blood related. Even if she had actually felt for him in a non-sisterly manner, it was still out of their league. I mean, the words 'brother' and 'sister' themselves were enough.
Tifa rubbed her temple, her mind was in a turmoil. She obviously noticed the way he had checked her out in the morning, even a child would have known what it meant. But, she had just shook it off, not really giving much thought in it. Come on, its not casual that your brother wants you in a way that is not really brotherly.
"Tifa,"
Tifa looked up and found Aeris with her duffle bag, all packed.
"Aeris, you're already leaving?", Tifa asked, not enjoying the idea of staying alone with Cloud.(Their grandfather was always in tours and meetings, remember?) The incident in the shop had kind of made Tifa fear Cloud. Not that she didn't trust him, but only not in this case.
Aeris smiled and nodded, "Yes, Riyo is back in Africa, so, the house becomes kind of insecure. You know, burglaries and stuff..."
Tifa got up from where she was seating and walked over to Aeris, "I understand. Now, do come again. I had lotsa fun with you yesterday!", she said, giving her a tight hug which Aeris returned.
When they separated, Aeris smiled up again, "Yes, me too. Well, I'll leave now, kay'?"
"Alright!", Tifa replied as she walked Aeris out the door.
After Aeris left, Tifa closed the door behind her, careful not to leave it half open. Well, it didn't really make any difference because Cloud barged in the door, taking Tifa by surprise, "Eeeeep...!!"
Cloud raised an eyebrow at her, "Do you really need to stick to the door?"
Tifa regained her composure and silently walked to the couch and plopped on it.
Cloud also just ignored her silence and went upstairs to change. He knew the reason for her silence. Yeah, yeah, he had gone back on his word of stopping this behaviour with her, but he just couldn't. He had gone out to figure out himself, having forbidden feelings for your sister is not right. But he found that he couldn't control himself anymore, his mind was out of control. Whenever he'd see her, he'd get this flip-flaps in his stomach and the next thing he knew, he was out to get her.
First, he thought that teen hormones were responsible for this, but no, he didn't only want her body, he also wanted her mind and soul. Don't ask how he knew this, he just knew, he felt it. To justify this to himself, he couldn't deny the fact that he actually craved for her captivating smiles, even a slight curve of her lips.All of this put together, he could conclude only one thing. He was in love with his sister. You might ask that how can a person be so sure of his feelings overnight, but that didn't matter because he felt it. People might call him sick, but he didn't care.
Cloud put on a loose, black PJ and a dark purple t' , and went downstairs.
He found the couch empty and went to the kitchen. Tifa was there, she had just drained a drink. Cloud opened the freezer and took out the ice-cream tub. He always had atleast five tubs of chocolate ice-cream in the freezer. It almost served as his relaxing-machine, only that it wasn't a machine. Well, whatever.
He reached over Tifa's head to get a spoon. Tifa instantly turned around, surprised. She hadn't noticed him coming. Her dazzling wine eyes looked at him wide, "Oh its you.", she said releasing a breath that she didn't know that she had been holding.
Cloud nodded and sat on a chair, placing the tubinfront of him and started feasting on it silently.
Tifa took a seat opposite to him. They had things that needed some talking. The only problem was, how was she supposed to put it? Maybe she should take it a bit slow. She took a deep breath and started, "Aeris left."
Cloud stabbed a spoonful of ice cream in his mouth, "Ah...gods must be happy.", he replied absent-mindedly.
"You know she isn't so bad. She's quite fun to be with.", Tifa said, getting up and grabbing a spoon.
Cloud looked up at her and replied, "She's not a lo."
Tifa's eyebrows creased as she grabbed some ice cream from him and said, "She's really good and fun and mayb—"
"What does that have to do with me?", Cloud cut in in a monotone, not really interested in talking about the annoying red-head.
"..."
What has got that to do with him? Tifa didn't know or even why she had started about Aeris. This indirect thing is not even near to what she had been wanting to talk about. She sucked at this kind of things. Maybe just getting to the point was better.
"Cloud, I was actually...why are you doing this?"
Cloud's head snapped up, "Trying to satisfy my hunger."
That blew up Tifa's temper. He had done all this staring and kissing just because he was hungry?!
Tifa glared at him with blazing, angry eyes, "Satisfying your hunger? You didn't even think how I'd feel?! And I'm your sister, Cloud! You're not supposed to do this!", she shouted angrily.
Cloud's eyes went wide, his hands coming infront of him as if to deny the accusation, "Wow, wait, wait, wait...no need to get all temperal," he shoved the ice-cream tub to her, "I'm willing to share."
Tifa was speechless, her mouth hanging open. Cloud thought she was talking about the ice-cream?"I'm not talking about the ice-cream, Cloud!"
"Then, what?", Cloud asked.
Tifa was getting really annoyed. He does things that is not really brotherly and when she asks why he was doing all that, he was clueless.
"Why did you kiss me?", she asked calmly, surprising herself.
Cloud realised what she was talking about and became silent, blankly looking down at the ice-cream tub.
"Why, Cloud?", Tifa asked again, unshed tears glistening in her eyes.
Cloud let out a long sigh, "I...I love you.", he finally replied in more than just a whisper.
Tifa was astounded. She didn't know what to say.
Cloud got up and went to her side, bringing her into an embrace.
"I really do, Tifa. You may think that I'm a sick psycho, but I've fallen for you and hard."
Tifa tried to push him away and when he didn't budge, she said, "I love you too, Cloud," Cloud's lips curved in to a smile, "Just in a sisterly way."
Cloud's face immediately fell and he broke the embrace, moving away a foot, "No, you don't!", he shouted, cold eyes blazing in anger.
Tifa stood up, surprised at his sudden outburst, "Cloud, please, I know its hard for you, but I feel nothing but sisterly love for you!', she said, tears streaming down her face.
"Oh you do, Tifa. You kissed me back! You feel the same!!", he shouted back, pointing an accusing finger at her.
Tifa went silent. He was right. She had kissed him back. She covered her face with her hands, sobbing and shaking her head, "No, no, it wasn't me..."
"You can't hide, Tifa.", Cloud said in a calming down a bit, breathing hardly.
"No, I was just...just caught in the moment, Cloud! Nothing more!", Tifa said, rubbing off the tears.
Each second was fueling his anger, each word coaxing him to loose himself. "Oh no, if I can remember correctly, we had broken the kiss once and you said that something was poking you. And you were wide awake! Don't deny it!", he shouted, shaking Tifa violently.
Tears started flowing down Tifa's cheeks again. He was right again, she had been aware of what was happening then. She wanted to drown herself in the pool of her own tears. What had she been thinking?! Was Cloud right? Did she really love him?
Her mind and heart were racing. She should have never brought this up. Now, she was a confused mess!
"Tifa?", Cloud asked gently, he hadn't meant to make her cry. Its just that she was being so difficult.
Tifa looked up at him with teary eyes, but determination still evident and said, "Okay, Cloud, I messed up. Why don't we now go and fuck our brains out?"
Tifa was immediately met with a tight slap on her cheek. Cloud glared at her, "What do you think Tifa?! I'm doing this just to get you under my covers?!", he grabbed her chin roughly and made her look directly at him, "Just get this straight, I want you, body and soul!" With that, he let go of her and stomped out of the kitchen.
Tifa slumped back on the chair, "What have I done..."
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Cloud punched the wall, cracking it. How can Tifa even think like that? Couldn't she see how much he needed her? Sure, he took her by surprise when he had kissed her, but come on, if he had just wanted her to warm up his bed, he'd have had her screaming his name under him in just a flick of a second.
Cloud lazily crashed on his bed. If only they were not siblings. Being not related by blood had no difference, it was all the same. If only, they were just classmates or something, they're would have had been so much less difficulty, even none. But there was no use hanging on with 'what ifs', he had to get to her heart and that was all that mattered.
He sat up on the bed, when he heard a knock on the door, "Its open.", he answered.
To his utter surprise, it was Tifa. He had not expected her to show up after the episode in the kitchen.
Tifa slowly and wearily went up to Cloud's bed and sat beside him, facing him.
"Cloud, I'm sorry...I," Cloud looked at her expectantly, "I'm confused, I don't know what I feel for you...sorry."
Cloud brought her closer and hugged her, "Want to get sorted?", he asked. Tifa nodded.
Cloud leaned in and captured her lips with his gently. Tifa didn't back away, she wanted to be sure of herself.
Soon, she found herself responding to the kiss. She couldn't help it, it felt so natural, so right.
Cloud smiled into the kiss, Tifa was kissing him back. She did feel something for him.
After sometime, they separated due to lack of air. Both were panting heavily, but Cloud still held her close to him.
Tifa looked up at him, still breathing heavily and said, "If nothing, it does fell right."
Cloud smiled at her and breathed into her hair, "It feels perfect, just the way it should.", he said and brought her to another chate kiss.
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a.n.- Finally, they're together. I know it wasn't that good and to tell the truth, I had rushed it. I was asked to put away Aeris, so I did. I'm sorry if any of you didn't like that.
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