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A/N: Last chapter! Thank you to the wonderful people who left their reviews and kind words. I love you all. Anyway, on to the fluffyness! Enjoy!


Tifa closed her eyes and brought her hand up to her left shoulder, trying to get a kink out. The bar had just closed for the night and she was beyond tired,. A rough yet tender hand enclosed hers and brought it down by her hip. "Cloud," She sighed, smiling.

He hummed in response to her and replaced his hand where hers had been previously, rubbing expertly at the tense muscle there. She bit her lip from moaning, but a tiny noise of pleasure emitted despite her attempts. She could practically feel Cloud's smirk behind her. After a few minutes of melting into his magic hands, the muscle succumbed to the pressure of them and she was feeling lightheaded and sleepy.

"I put the kids to bed." He told her as her body leant heavily against his. His hands gripped her waist lightly, holding her upright.

Tifa smiled. The kids had been anxious the first couple days they'd returned home. Denzel, especially. Eventually, when she had reassured them she was going to be okay and she wasn't going to leave them again, they relaxed. Although, the young boy made it his job to be alert almost constantly. He was so much like Cloud.

"I think you should put me to bed, too." She felt him nod and they walked together up the stairs to their room.

When situated and ready to sleep, Cloud's PHS rang. He looked at the caller ID and frowned. She refrained from asking who it was as he answered.

"What have you got?" He spoke evenly.

Tifa grinned when she heard the person on the other line in perfect clarity. "Geez, nice to talk to you, too! No 'hey Yuffie, you're voice is sounding extra lovely toda- yeah, yeah I know, Vince, sheesh! Anyway, where was I?-"

"Yuffie." Cloud interrupted, fighting the urge to pinch the bridge of his nose in exasperation.

"You're such a Vincent." Her voice carried out, "Anyway, I'm calling to let you know; we got him."

Tifa's eyes focused on Cloud's reaction. His lips thinned and his eyes hardened. "Where is he now?"

"I took care of him." Yuffie spoke, her cheerfulness gone and replaced with a no foolin' around tone. "Reeve preferred he be brought back alive, but I think we both know I wasn't letting that happen."

Cloud grunted in agreement. "What else?"

"Well," She started, "We found files of all the missing girls in different countries. Vincent's letting Reeve know as we speak. You can tell Tifa not worry. We've rounded up most of the men and got them to spill so Providence is a pretty much done as of now."

"Good job, Yuffie." Cloud praised, making eye contact with Tifa. "I'll let her know."

"Thanks, Cloud. At least someone is acknowledging my awesomeness. Ugh, I gotta go. Tall, Dark, and Depressing is giving me the evil eye… which, by the way, did you know Vin- hey!"

"Cloud," Came a deep voice from the other end. Tifa and Cloud could still hear the ninja's protests in the background.

"Vincent." Cloud acknowledged, a smirk appearing on his face.

"We'll keep you updated. As for now, we're behind schedule… according to Reeve." Vincent told him, grunting when it sounded like the ninja had hit him.

Cloud nodded, amusement "Take care."

"Same for you." he replied, then hung up.

Tifa thought to the gunman's relationship with Yuffie. From what Yuffie had admitted the week earlier, they'd apparently been intimate. "Do you think they're together?" She asked, curling herself into Cloud's chest.

His response was lazy and noncommittal. "Nnn… who?"

"Yuffie and Vincent!" She almost laughed at his obliviousness.

She pulled back to see his confused expression. "What about them?"

She almost rolled her eyes, smiling all the same. "Do you think they're together?"

He gave her a look. She gave him one back. "Tifa," He started, speaking slowly, as if talking to a child, "This is Vincent and Yuffie we're talking about."

"I know that." She huffed, defensive. "I think they are. I mean, they've already had sex and he obviously cares for her."

Cloud's eyes bulged momentarily and he held back his shock, shaking his head at the mental image he certainly did not want there. "That's… wrong."

Tifa giggled, her lids fluttering with heaviness. "Oh hush! It is not!"

She felt him grunt, but was losing herself into unconsciousness of sleep. "Love you, Cloud."

She smiled drowsily as he replied, "I love you." With that, she fell into slumber, Cloud's arms wrapped around her protectively. No matter what, he'd always be there. She knew that.

He did promise, after all.


So, tis the end. Want to give giant thanks to toyin, Kohryu, Pookyilicious, cloudlover2989, sana-chan9, sasusakufan2357, and serenbach for being totally awesomely amazing! Heart you guys, for realz, yo. ^_^

The ending's abrupt, but my creativeness for this story thinned due to other writing projects taking over my brain and Word. Thanks again, all!