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"Tifa, you there?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry Elena what did you say?"

"You're with Valentine aren't you?"

"Yes?"

"Ha! I knew it, okay I'll leave you two-

"Hello Elena…"

"Hello Vincent, how are you and Tifa doing?"

"Good. Now be a good girl scout and go back to work." click

Looking at the black handset with a smile, Elena placed it back in the cradle, "Ha, girl scout, my ass."

"What?" Jessie, Elena's partner for today, turned and gave her a questioning look.

"Oh, it's nothing." She then gave her partner a smile and turned back towards the security monitors.

Five more days till the Shinra Entertainment Gala Charity Dinner and both Elena and Aeris noticed how happy and full of energy Tifa was whenever Vincent, was in the room. Even Reno and Seph, noticed a change in Vincent, usually when Reno did something stupid, which was a lot to say the least, he would be the first person to sigh and walk away, but now he would smile slightly with a shake of his head and help the red head.

"Do want to get some lunch?" Glancing up from the mess on her desk, Tifa was about to refuse, when her stomach growled quite loudly to her embarrassment.

"I take that as a 'yes'." smirking Vincent opened her office door and held a hand out as if waiting for her to take it.

She then stubbornly looked at him with narrowed eyes, seeing that she wasn't going to move anytime soon, he walked over and sat in one of the chairs in front of her desk and so began the staring contest. Feeling like she did this before with a certain actor, she suppressed the urge to blink, until she burst out laughing at the funny face Vincent made.

"…Hey no fair."

"Life isn't fair, and it's time that you get something to eat." standing up Vincent again held out a hand.

"I don't need you to tell me what I should do." said Tifa with a pout as she collected her bag and coat.

"I wasn't tellingyou, I was ordering you to, Tifa." Smirked Vincent as he glanced at her as he closed her office door.

"That's Ms. Lockhart to you." Walking off towards the elevators without a glance back at him, she smiled and inwardly thought that he should act this way more often. But why was she thinking that? It's not like she was worried, but she did care for him as a…friend?

"Tifa are you alright?" concerned that she hadn't said a word since they both entered the restaurant, Vincent came up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, startling her out of her reverie.

"Huh?"

Stepping back from her, he crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow, "Tifa Lockhart, are you day dreaming?"

"I am not." She then lightly punched his upper right arm and gave him a glare.

With a wry smile, Vincent followed the hostess to their table. Once they were seated, he glanced at Tifa as she scanned the menu intently. Just looking at her, brought a smile to his face, maybe he was falling in love with her, he thought jokingly.

"Do I have something on my face?" She then brought a hand up to her nose.

"No." He then brushed a stray lock of her hair from her eyes.

"Aww, how sweet…" The two of them turned to their waitress with a trace of annoyance in their eyes, stepping back from the glare, the waitress cleared her throat and smiled sheepishly, "Sorry…um…I'm Layla, your server, today's special is grilled chicken fettuccini with a Caesar salad. What can I get you to drink?"

"A glass of your finest Red Bordeaux."

Tifa glanced at Vincent with a curious smile, "I think I'll have the same."

After Layla left with their drink orders, Tifa then brought her hands up and placed her elbows on the table, placing her head in her folded fingers, she leaned towards Vincent with a lazy smile.

Seeing her that relaxed, he then copied her stance and leaned forward so that their noses almost touched, "And why are you smirking at me like that?"

"I'm not smirking, I'm curious, why does Marlene always refer to you as 'Mr. Cupid'?"

With a chuckle, Vincent thought back to that night he was over at her place; he was sitting alone with the kids while Tifa got him a drink. Marlene and Denzel were both watching TV, when he decided to question Marlene on his nickname. At first he was surprised at her answer of, "You're pretending, but I know you are really Mr. Cupid.", when he noticed how serious she was, he then made then swear to not tell Tifa, or they will be the ones in trouble.

"Honestly, I have no idea."

"Liar, I can see it in your eyes, you know why…"

Clearing her throat again, Layla then gave another sheepish smile at the annoyed looks that she got from this 'couple', "Uh…your drinks." Placing two glasses of the wine down; she pulled out a note pad with a flourish and turned to the two, "What would you like to order?"

"I'll have the special." with a smile Tifa handed the menu to her.

"Thank you, and for you sir?"

"I'll have the Salmon with Avocado and Crème Fraiche sauce." He then handed the menu to her with a curt smile and turned to Tifa.

"Um…"

Turning back towards their server, Vincent suppressed the urge to snarl at the girl, "Yes?"

"Can I have your autograph?"

"Sorry?"

"You're…you're Vincent Valentine right?"

Vincent then forced a smile and glared at Tifa who covered her mouth to silence her giggles, "Sorry, but I'm not him."

"Oh…I'm…so sorry…" Layla then flushed a painful shade red and quickly retreated to the kitchens.

Tifa then burst out laughing at the exasperated frown on his face, "…I'm so bad…but it's just too funny…"

Hearing her laugh, even though it was at his expense, brought out a smile on his face as he thought how wonderful it was to hear the bell-like quality to her laugh. Seeing that she stopped laughing but still had a sparkle of laugher in her eyes, he gave her a small smile and took a sip from his glass.

The rest of the lunch was peaceful, even Layla managed to get over her embarrassment and handed their check with a grin on her face when Vincent decided to give her a hug and a kiss on her cheek.

Looking out at the rain from under the restaurant's awning, Vincent grimaced and turned to Tifa who was grinning at him, she then pulled on the sleeve of his jacket, "C'mon, Vincent let's go."

Feeling the resistance that he gave to her tug, she turned around and raised an eyebrow, "C'mon Vincent it's just a drizzle of rain, don't tell me, you're afraid of getting wet."

She then left his side and ran out in the rain giggling and spinning around with her head towards the sky and mouth open. Openly smiling at her, he then followed after her as she ran off towards HQ, every once in a while she would turn around and tease him about how slow he was and how he couldn't catch her.

As they laughingly approached the Shinra Entertainment building, little did they know that Lauren Woods was watching them from her Mercedes Benz.

"Hello?"

"Hi Tifa, how was your lunch?"

"Oh, it was great, how was yours, Aeris?"

"The same old, so…I heard from Kristina that you and Vincent came in all soaking wet."

"Of course, we were outside."

"Come on Tifa, there's no need to be shy, you like him don't you?"

"Okay, I admit it, I like him."

"Sorry can you repeat that?"

"Aeris, I know that you heard me, look I can't talk anymore, he's coming over here, bye."

"Hello, Vincent…" said a flustered Tifa as she fiddled with her phone.

Seeing that she was blushing, he raised an eyebrow and with a smirk he leaned toward her and whispered, "I like you too." He then turned around and sat back down at the work table that was placed in her office.

Staring at Vincent's back she then noticed the other phone's receiver was left on the table next to him. He then placed it back on the cradle and she swore to herself that she will always make sure that that phone was placed properly back in its cradle.

Yep...there you have it, confirmation that they like each other, but they're NOT a couple...yet (who knows I may be evil and split them apart, heh heh).

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