When Yuffie woke up, it was to find an empty place behind her on the bed. Frowning, she noted that the bottom of her turtleneck had been tugged down to its normal position.…

…but she could still feel a faint warmth where Vincent's hand had been.

Grinning, she hopped out of bed. He couldn't have woken up too long ago!

When she pattered down the stairs, it was to find quite a few tables filled with people socializing and chatting over what looked like it was brunch.

Glancing at the clock, Yuffie realized she had slept in until ten. Whoopsie.

Tifa was fluidly moving from table to table, checking on smiling customers and charming them all with her helpful manner.

Yuffie sat her butt on a bar stool and waited for Tifa to come around. When she did, the first words out of her mouth were, "Where's Vinnie?"

Tifa smiled. "Good morning, Yuffie. Vinnie and Cloud went to do some work for Rufus; they'll be back when I close the bar up for lunch break."

Sitting down next to Yuffie, Tifa put her chin in one hand and leaned forward. "So. Nice dress you wore yesterday."

Yuffie groaned. "Vinnie was supposed to see it and think omg, what a sexy girl! Let's tear her clothes off and have my way with her and then confess my undying love! Or maybe it should be the otherway around… err… either way, I sure didn't achieve much."

"On the contrary…..I think you got Vincent to notice you're a little more grown up than he had thought."

"Do you really think so?" Yuffie squirmed under Tifa's gaze.

"Trust me on this one. He noticed. It's just not Vincent to act on it. Which is why I think we need to step up another notch if you want to start getting a real reaction out of him."

The look on Tifa's face clearly said she was scheming something, but Yuffie was right up there with her.

"I think I have an idea. Like, a super awesome genius idea. Think you can help me out with it? Hehehehee….." Yuffie rubbed her hands together, scanning the breakfast crowd for the perfect candidate.

"If you're thinking what I'm thinking, then step two is to get Vincent to realize that if he wants you for himself, he'd better get to you before someone else does."

Both women grinned maliciously. "Exactly."

"Think it'll work? I mean, maybe he won't even care. Or maybe he'll get discouraged. I don't even know if Vinnie is capable of feeling jealousy. Especially not over me!" Yuffie wailed in distress.

"Oh, he'll feel it. Vincent lost one woman to another man. Do you think he'll do it again?"

"Let's hope this plan doesn't backfire. Do we have a plan B? I think we need a plan B. What's our plan B, Tifa? We have one, right? Or we will, right?"

"It won't backfire."

And so the two women put their heads together, conspiratorial grins on their faces, scheming like any good female is capable of.

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Cherry Blossoms River: Oh don't worry, I won't abandon the fic! I hate it when people do that, it drives me insane! Haha, I have to agree with you.. .as hunky as the dark angsty ones are, the playful adoring ones just take the cake. For me, too, at least. Yuffie will start coming around... even if it takes the help of some minor characters. P Thanks for reviewing!!