A/N: Chap 9! Checked by 6jrz422

LTS: *sings* "... Happy birthday to Tifa..."

Tifa: "It's not my birthday yet."

Cloud: *hides the present* "..."

Denzel: *sings* "... Happy birthday to my mom..."

Tifa: *hugs Denzel* "If you call me that, then It's my birthday, sweetie."

Cloud: *clears his throat* *attempts to sing* "... Happy birthday to my love..." *blush*

Tifa: *laughs* "Cloud, you don't need to sing to me." *hugs Cloud*

LTS: "Hey! I sang for you! I don't get a hug!"

Vincent: *hugs LTS* "There." *goes away*

LTS: "..."

Kou: "... Disclaimer: LadyTeefStrife doesn't own anything. Are you okay?"

LTS: "... This has been the weirdest moment of my life."


Title: Tifa's Birthday.

..

Tifa woke up at five thirty in the morning. Normally she got up at six, but today something had awakened her. She always prepared breakfast for Angeal and later for the boys before they woke up, and after the meal they went to school. Since today she had arisen earlier, she decided to make a big meal. So, like every other morning this week, she got up, showered, dressed and went to the kitchen to prepare Angeal's breakfast before he left to prepare for classes.

However, when she entered the kitchen Zack and Cloud were already there and covered in flour, the floor near the laundry room looked like a swimming pool, and the 'thing' in the frying pan on the stove was black. Cloud was doing something with some eggs and flour -probably more of the burned stuff in the pan- while Zack was trying to dry the floor, only succeeding in getting himself, Cloud and everything else even more wet.

When they heard Tifa's gasp, they turned their heads and started to talk at the same time.

"I'm sorry! Zack told me we had to-"

"It's Cloud's fault! He said we could-"

"-Do something for your birthday." They looked at each other and then at Tifa, who was still trying to understand why the kitchen looked like a hurricane had decided to visit them.

Zack sighed. "Tifa, I'm sorry. Cloud and I wanted to give you a surprise."

Tifa, still in a state of shock, responded. "Congratulations."

He shook his head. "No-No! Look, we were going to make you breakfast in bed, but the pancakes kind of... rebelled against us. So I was trying to fight them, and then-"

"We tried to do the laundry." Cloud bowed his head. "But I guess I did something wrong, because while we were trying to make breakfast, the washing machine started to make some awful noises."

Zack nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it was kind of scary. I thought it was either going to explode or transform into something. But then it started to flood the laundry room and-" Zack stopped when Tifa started to laugh. The boys stared at each other; they were expecting angry shouts, not laughing fits.

When Tifa regained her breath, she hugged them. "You two are so sweet..." She was between the two of them, one arm around Zack and the other around Cloud. She raised her head to look at them. "But next time you want to do something like this, buy the breakfast, okay?"

..

After cleaning the kitchen -Zack and Cloud followed Tifa's orders while Angeal watched from the door- they had a quick breakfast and went to school.

Since they had discovered the emergency stairs, they always sat there during break. Cloud's fans and the Tifa-haters didn't know of the place, so it was quite peaceful. Sometimes Vincent was there too, and the four of them talked and enjoyed their spare time in the stairs.

After classes, Zack and Cloud took Tifa on a date to the cinema to watch some movies. While they were watching the first one -a chick film- Cloud couldn't help but think that she deserved more moments like this, were she could do the things she wanted and be selfish. She was always taking care of her brother and him, even if they didn't ask her to do it. And even when they caused her even more trouble -the scene of the destroyed kitchen was still fresh in his mind- she just smiled.

When the second movie started, he couldn't help but think that she must be the most selfless person in the world, -even on her own birthday, a day that was supposed to mean she would be spoiled without end- she had picked a movie about races and bikes.

Zack looked at Cloud from Tifa's left. She was in the middle, but she wasn't paying attention to their exchanges of looks. They nodded.

No way was this day going to end without a good memory for her.


A/N: End chap 9. Next chap: Will Tifa have the happy memory?

Kou: "... Disclaimer: LadyTeefStrife doesn't own anything."

Cloud: "A bike movie?"

LTS: "Well, the first one was a romantic one, and I'm sure that Teef always picks a movie for the rest too, and since you two like motorbikes..."

Zack: "I enjoyed the first one too!"

LTS: "Good for you."

Vincent: "More hugs?"

LTS: "WTF!"

Vincent: "R&R."

Cloud: "...Thanks for reading."

CIH!