The Vacation

Finally, summer break has started. Clara already informed her kids that they were going to Costa Del Sol for 2 weeks. Unfortunately for Cloud, he could only spend a couple of days there because he has summer school with Zack. But as for Tifa, she was excited because she had never been there before nor has she ever been to a beach. Due to her pale, porcelain skin, everyone else could tell that she stayed away from the sun. As she was packing her things for the trip, she realized that she did not have any beach wear. She smacked her head; she was probably the only teenager who did not own a swimsuit outside of school.

"Oh-myy…" She mumbled to herself.

"What's wrong?" Cloud appeared at her door.

"I don't have any swimwear." She huffed. Her luggage was open wide with a bunch of clothes hanging in and around it, unfolded.

"Seriously? Like none?" He walked in and sat on her bed. Ever since their agreement back in the gym, the two have been getting along. He pretended he did not care about her and she pretended to not like him. Everything was going well.

"Yeah like none." She mocked.

"Isn't Yuffie going to visit you there?" He lay down on her bed and sighed.

"No, she's in Wutai visiting her family for the summer. I won't see her until September." She paused. "Why are you lingering around in my room anyways? You jealous right?"

"Whatever. I've been there every summer. Nothing new really happens it's just nice to get away." He got up from her bed and shrugged. He nonchalantly walked out of her room.

"By the way," he peeked back into her room, "I found this." He tossed her a one piece bathing suit. It landed on her head.

"Who's is this?"

"One of my ex's." He yelled from the hallway.

"Yuck. Ewww. Cloud! Seriously? I'LL NEVER WEAR IT. SOMEONE ELSE'S VA-JAY-JAY WAS IN THIS! YUCK!" She threw it outside into the hallway and slammed her door. Cloud just stood right next to her door, arms crossed and smirked.

Clara, John, and Tifa rode the cruise ship to Costa Del Sol. It was the first time for Tifa to be on a trip. She loved the ocean breeze. Then she wondered about Cloud, he was stuck in Midgar - polluted air and crowded with people. The thought soon left her when her eyes met the sparkling sand. Costa Del Sol was really the perfect destination for a get-a-way trip. After everything that had happened in the last few months, it was nice to have something new and good happen.

"Tifa, we have a villa in Costa Del Sol. It's just a street away from the beach. You'll enjoy it." Clara told her. Tifa knew that her guardians were doing their best to make her feel comfortable.

Tifa stood against the railings watching the ship pull closer to the sandy beach. The sky was perfect too, the sun was shining and the clouds were light and fluffy. She was admiring it from below and thought of her parents.

"You have each other. I'm happy for that. It's beautiful here. I just wish we can spend it here together." She was talking to herself but she meant it for her parents. Then she heard Clara calling her over. She ran over to them.

"The ship is going to dock soon Teef. We have some of our friends vacationing here too. You'll meet them at dinner." John said and he winked at her. She just smiled back hiding the fact that she wanted to spend her day alone not because she was feeling anti-social but because she wanted to look around Costa Del Sol for the first day.

Finally, they have reached Costa Del Sol, Tifa was bare foot since the dock. They entered the villa and it was beautiful and was kept well for the past year since John and Clara have been there.

"It's beautiful here." Tifa was taken back, she thought a villa was more like a cottage or something not as luxurious. She wondered what kind of cave she has been living in to not know of this kind of life.

Clara just chuckled. "You're room is down the hall to the right. Clouds is across from yours."

Tifa ran down the hallway and into her room. She started to unpack her belongings. In the suitcase, she found her sun dress and changed into it. Once she was done, she wanted to go exploring. So she dashed out of her room and was on her way out before Clara stopped her.

"Be back around 5 okay?" She reminded her. She just nodded and found a way around Clara and headed for the door.

Back in Midgar, Cloud was sitting at his desk, moping. He wanted to be on vacation but he had to catch up in his courses. A heavy and gloomy atmosphere surrounded Cloud and his desk.

"Cheer up bro. We still have August to go crazy." Zack was always cheerful. No one saw the bad side of Zack, well Cloud has but it's only Cloud.

"Whatever." Nothing could get Cloud of his mood. He was missing Costa Del Sol, fresh air, villa, beach, sand, ocean… and most importantly Tifa.

"You just wanna see Tifa in a two piece. Am-i-right or am I right?" Zack teased. Cloud just stabbed his desk with a pencil. It was stuck into the desk. Cloud went back to being gloomy and sad.

"Touchy…" Zack commented. He tried to remove the pencil from the desk but it was lodged in there pretty good.

Being the tourist that she is, Tifa decided to take pictures of everything. A rock, a bridge, a wall, a window, a store sign, a bird, a fence, anything that was in Costa Del Sol, Tifa has it in her digital camera. As she was walking and taking pictures, she tripped on a body under sand. First she screamed as if she found a dead body but then it spoke.

"Ouch." He spoke.

"Ohmy… You're alive. Good." She was relieved.

"Watch it next time woman. Stay quiet too." The man went back to sleep.

She carefully walked around the remaining parts of his body. Then she bumped into someone else and dropped her camera.

"Sorry." She said as she went for the camera first before looking at the person she walked into.

"To me or the camera?" The guy said jokingly.

"Oh," she looked up "I'm sorry to you too." She smiled.

"My name is Rufus." He shook her hand.

"I'm Tifa." Her face flushed unintentionally but this guy was really good looking.

"You look new here, I can show you around in a non-stalker like way."

"Alright, I'm just letting you know, I know how to defend myself pretty well. You'll be sorry if you try anything because I won't be."

"Noted." He agreed and they both walked off into the sunset.

Yay cheer for line breaks lol ;p. Intro to Rufus. I forgot I cut the part for Aerith's intro in the previous chapters... guess I should re-edit... anyways please r&r thanks alot (: