A/N: Please, send requests!! I think from now on, this is going to be only of requests because 'Nibelheim' is taking all my ideas! So if you want more of this... LEAVE A REQUEST, PLEASE!

LTS: "Another for fantasydreamer94. Thanks for the prompts!"

Tifa: "I have talked to him before."

Cloud: "Where?"

Tifa: "He's in the VIP zone of the reviewers room."

LTS: "Yeah, he must be pretty lonely there, so sometimes I tell Teef to go there and keep him company. That's what you got for reviewing every chap, a whole couch, his own fridge and the company of Tifa or whoever he wants!"

Cloud: "I don't like the way he looks at you, Teef."

Tifa: "He's a nice guy. A little too forward, but nothing compared to Reno."

Cloud: "I still don't like it."

LTS: "Teef, go with him while I'll stay with Cloud, please." *Tifa goes to the VIP room* "Cloud, she loves you and you love her. End of the story."

Cloud: *sigh* "Disclaimer: LadyTeefStrife don't own anything."

LTS: *murmur* "That's what you get for not stopping Aerith in the game... Suffer!"

To: fantasydreamer94

Prompt: Girl next door

Title: Beginnings and Happy Endings

Total Words: 1171

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She was beautiful. Her long black hair swaying around her, her porcelain white skin, her beautiful burgundy coloured eyes, and that smile. Oh, that smile. That smile had the power to make him do anything she wanted, and she was only a three-year-old.

Tifa Lockhart, the girl next door.

Cloud Strife -in his four-year-old self- was already hopelessly, totally, irremediablely and absolutely in love with the pretty little girl of the blue dress.

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It started with a simple glance trough her window. From outside of the Lockhart's house, Cloud looked at the only open window and he saw her. She was sitting in her bed, her hands over her eyes and she was crying. However, she wasn't crying aloud like any other kid would. She was hiding her tears and sobs.

And he couldn't tell why, but he felted the luckiest boy in the world for being the only one who could see what she really felt.

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Then two years had past, she was five and her mother was teaching her to play the piano. He continued to watch her trough the same window. The notes weren't accurate or melodic, but every time she did it right, he could see her smiling at her mother.

And he wished she would learn soon so he could see her smile during the whole song.

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Three years more and he saw her cry once again, but this time he wasn't the only one and he made a vow to himself; Tifa wouldn't cry anymore, not if he has a saying into it. He would protect her so she wouldn't be sad anymore.

Her mother had died and she was about to. Cloud didn't think twice to go after Tifa when he saw her fall of the bridge.

A whole week. A whole week without her smile and It was his fault. Tifa nearly died and it was his fault. Cloud wanted to scream. That was his way of protecting her?

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Five years and he made his decision. If he wanted to protect her he needed to be strong. SOLDIER was the thing.

Promise to her? He had already promised to himself. Why Tifa wanted him to protect her anyway? Did she... Cared?

And when he promised, she smiled again at him.

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The two years without seeing her were a torture, but when he returned and saw her in her brown outfit, he couldn't help but smile. She hadn't changed at all. Even if her body was more of a woman than a girl now and even if her eyes were a little sad, when Zack talked to her and she smiled he saw the real her again.

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No.

It was the only thing he could think when he found her covered in her own blood. Cloud ran to her and lifted her.

She smiled.

She opened her eyes and smiled her smile to him. He couldn't help his hand from brushing her face.

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She found him this time.

He was confused. Voices in his head, his limbs were numb and his eyes weren't focusing. Nevertheless, he could hear. Her voice. Just in front of him. He forced his eyes to look at her, he needed to make sure it was her, and then he saw it. Her smile. And his eyes lost focus again, but he was smiling too.

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Cloud looked at the gold band on his finger. It started seeing her cry and smile, with him being the only one who could see the real her and it still was the same. Her smile still had the power to make him do everything and anything she ever wanted, her hair was still the prettiest he has ever seen, her scarred skin, her bright burgundy eyes. Her.

Even if she didn't wear blue dresses or cry anymore, one thing was sure. Her smile was the same. His.

He lifted his eyes from the ring and fixated on the beauty in front of him. She was smiling at him his smile, the one that was only for him.

"You may kiss the bride"

Cloud touched her cheek, closed the gap between them, and kissed her as he never has kissed her before, as her husband. And he knew.

Cloud Strife -in his twenty-four-year-old self- was still hopelessly, totally, irremediablely and absolubtly in love with the beautiful girl of the blue dress and the gorgeous smile.

And he realized.

Tifa Lockhart -in her twenty-three-year-old self- always has been hopelessly, totally, irremediablely and absolubtly in love with the shy little boy of the rare smiles and gorgeous blue eyes.

A/N: End! Hope you like this one!!

Cloud: "You really like my eyes that much?"

LTS: "I think there's not a thing I don't like about you, but you are Tifa's. And I love Cloti even more than I could ever love you."

Cloud: "... That was... Honest."

LTS: "Say always the truth! That's my motto. Well, besides CIH!!"

Cloud: "CIH!! ?"

LTS: "Cloti Is Happiness!! See? I, LadyTeefStrife -in my eighteen-year-old self- I've always been hopelessly, totally, irremediablely and absolubtly in love with the lovely Cloti canon pairing."

Cloud: "Thanks. Disclaimer: LadyTeefStrife don't own anything. Not even me, and she don't want to either."

LTS: "You are Tifa's and Teef is yours, no matter what."

Tifa: "I'm back!"

LTS: "How did it go?"

Tifa: "Fine." *shrug*

Cloud: "I love you Tifa. R&R."

Tifa: "Thanks for reading. I know, Cloud. I love you too." *his smile*

25-Love: He was in love. He has always been, first with a little girl wearing blue dresses, a cute girl with brown outfits, a fighter woman with black mini-skirts and then a motherly woman in black and white. But with what he was in love, was her smile, the one that was only for him, and then, he knew she was in love too.

CIH!! 9/2/2010