Tifa brushed her hair out of her eyes as she scrubbed the counters, deep in thought.

Yuffie was on a date with Reno.

Yuffie, who was/is madly in love with Vincent Valentine, is on a date with Reno.

What had she missed?

She had to admit, she had tried to get Yuffie to see that Vince wasn't her type.

But that was before she had seen the looks that the little ninja had been getting from the gloom master . There was no denying that something had changed in the gunslinger.

For one, he actually talked every once in a while.

And she had seen him smile.

A REAL smile.

However, Vince seemed to have retreated into his shell lately.

And Yuffie had been hanging out with everyone's least favorite turk.

She sighed and scrubbed harder. It was therapeutic to her. Tifa had spent many hours scrubbing these counters when Cloud was gone. Which reminded her.

How long had Yuffie been gone?

At least a couple of hours.

She buried her face in her palm, imagining what they could do in a few hours.

It would be a miracle if either of them came home without having sex.

This was, after all, Yuffie and Reno she was talking about.

And if they some how managed to stay out of each others pants, it wouldn't be a surprise at all if the world just stopped turning.

And Vincent turned into a sparkling conversationist.

Of course, Cid would quit cussing.

Barrett would stop fighting everything imaginable.

She smiled, but it quickly faded when she saw who walked in the door.

"Hey Vince."

"...Tifa. Is Yuffie here?"

"No, sorry. She's...out."

She had contemplated telling him that Yuffie had a date with Reno for about a second, then shot the idea down.

He looked more miserable than Tifa had ever seen him.

And considering this was Vincent Freaking Valentine, that was pretty scary.

Her serene face was over taken with concern as she watched him pace back and forth before settling in a strait back chair in the corner closest to the stairs.

"Vince...is there something wrong?"

Tifa dropped the rag she had been using on the counter and walked over to him slowly, pulling another chair so that it faced him.

"No."

"...Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Vince, come on. Just tell me."

"There is NOTHING wrong god damn it."

"And im not buying that why?"

His temper had flared, and hers had in return. It seemed that all she got lately for trying to help everyone was bitched at.

Tifa opened her mouth, ready to start interrogating him again when the door to the bar opened.

"Tifa?"

Reno called, slightly frantic.

"Yeah?"

"Help."

She saw Vince's jaw set, his hand instinctively heading for his gun. Tifa whirled around, and the sight that she was greeted with was not exactly a pretty one.

"Ya know, your pretttyyyy Reno. Almost like a girrlll!"

Yuffie was clinging to Reno's side, giggling. Her shirt was slightly askew upon her thin frame, and her bra strap slid down her arm. Writing was visible on her toned abdomen. Tifa squinted, trying to decipher the message written in red lip stick. An eyebrow rose as she realized that it said "I Love Reno".

"Ohholyshit." Tifa muttered, moving quickly to take the intoxicated ninja from the now blushing turk.

But not before she could nibble on Reno's ear, giggled, and whisper inaudible words to his tie as she slowly sank to the ground. Tifa grabbed one slender arm, and Reno grabbed the opposite, but lost his grip when Vincent brush past him.

Oh shit.

Tifa had forgotten that he was here.

There was going to be hell in the morning, but all that mattered for right now was getting Yuffie into bed without kissing/flashing/any physical contact with anyone.

Yuffie happened to be a very affectionate drunk.

She shook her head as she watched Vincent walk out the door, into the cold, dark night.

Tifa sighed and hauled the now half concious Yuffie up the stairs, letting Reno make his escape.

Which probably wasn't the best idea, seeing as that left only Tifa for the intoxicated girl to let out her affection on. So, by the time that Tifa managed to put the younger girl to sleep, she had been made out with twice. She shook her head, turned off the lights and closed the door. Cloud met her on the stairs, greeting her with a series of kisses.

She laughed.

He tilted his head.

But Tifa wasn't about to tell him that Yuffie was a better kisser than he was.

Authors note:

Yeah, random. Sorry for those of you that don't like the fact that Yuffie kissed Tifa, but she's wasted out of her mind, so...

And im sorry for Vincents...random/weird/out of characterness. I don't think I'll ever get the hang of him.

I FINALLY played Dirge of Celebrus( so spelt wrong) today. Go me.