Twenty six

Cloud slowly opened his eyes, he groaned at the annoying buzzing sound of his alarm before he slammed it shut. He rubbed his eyes while he yawned, then smiled at his girlfriend's beautiful sleeping face. He gently carressed her cheek then kissed her lips before she started to stir. She slowly opened her ruby eyes to meet cerulean ones and smiled sweetly.

"Good morning beautiful..." Cloud whispered which made her blush and bury her face on his chest.

"You won't be saying that when I'm big and fat and heavy months from now..." She said with a slight giggle. He chuckled.

"Even if you grow ten times your size I will still call you beautiful." He said with a smirk then she playfully smacked his arms.

"Come on, mom's not home so I will have to cook breakfast today." Tifa said as she bolted up she was stopped gently by Cloud.

"Can dessert come first?" He asked in a low, husky voice which made her giggle then yelp when he pushed her down and he hovered above her.

"Baby's making me eat too much..." Tifa said which made Cloud smile. Her severe nausea went away sooner than expected and they were all happy about that, she was already on her second and a half month of pregnancy but no one at school knows about it yet. School year ends in a month so it was okay. Mrs. Strife will talk to the school board if it'll be okay for her to attend school for next year even she was pregnant. If ever she gives birth, as soon as it's normal delivery, one week is enough for her to go back to school while the older woman will help her with the baby by day. Mrs. Strife insisted that she continue her high school and finish it along with Cloud.

Right now, both of them are working in Seventh heaven after school, Tifa is in the kitchen as a baker since she's good at it, but she had two weeks of training before that. Cloud on the other hand is the manager of the cafe, he works hard for his baby and Tifa. He wanted to show his mom and Shalua that he was responsible enough to support his girlfriend and their unborn baby.

They went to the doctor the day before, Tifa had an ultrasound to check the anatomy of the fetus, to detect of there are any visible defects but thankfully, there were none. Cloud couldn't help his tear when he saw his baby's arms moving, the ultrasound technician laughed heartily and playfully told them that the baby is waving at them. They both spent a lot of time staring at the ultrasound picture that she printed for them.

Back in school, they've heard about Zack dumping Aeris, everyone at school was talking about it and they were spreading that it's because of how Aeris was 'whoring around'. The couple just wished that what happened between Cloud and Aeris would remain a secret. Tifa was scared that Zack might run around telling everyone that it was Cloud that caused their break up. Tifa silently hoped that Zack wouldn't do that.

Tifa, Cloud, Yuffie and Vincent were on their way to the rooftop for lunch when they heard people talking from outside, Yuffie furrowed her brows then listened closely, the rest following behind.

"What do you want me to say to you huh? I told you Aeris, it's over!" It was Zack's voice.

"Just please give me another cha-"

"I've already given you so much! Why are you doing this to me?! I've given you everything!" Zack yelled while Aeris cried.

"I know Zac... But-"

"If it's sex you want why would you go to another gu-"

"Really Zack?! Really?! So now you want me to ask you for sex or affection or whatnot when you never paid attention to me!"

"That's not true..."

"It is! All you care about is basketball or your friends and everything else except for me!" Aeris screamed while Zack was speechless. The four friends outside looked at each other with a frown.

"...Sorry if I made you feel that wa-"

"You knew how hard it is for me at home don't you? And the thing I want from you, which is comfort and security and for you to make me feel that I'm not alone in this, you can't even give it to me!" She sobbed. "What do I have to do for you to notice that I'm desperate for your attention and love!"

"I love you Aeris... You know that-"

"Really?" She scoffed. "Because I can't see it."

Yuffie couldn't take it anymore, she violently opened the door to go to the arguing couple who were both surprised by her sudden appearance.

"Yuffie!" Cloud called after her while Vincent was already stopping her.

"So because you crave his love and attention that it means you can ruin someone else's relationship?!" The brunette said as she made her towards the couple, Vincent holding into her arm but she yanked away from him. "Do you even know what these two had to go through because of you?!" She yelled as she pointed towards Cloud and Tifa who was at the back. Tifa approached her to hold her arm.

"Yuffie... Stop... You don't need to-"

"Shut the fuck up Kisaragi! You don't know anything!" Aeris yelled back.

"Aeris!" Zack tried to stop her but she was already on her way to Yuffie and started to grab her hair, Yuffie did the same to her.

"Stop!" Tifa yelled while she held unto their arms, while all the boys went over to them to pull them apart.

"Yuffie!" Vincent yelled at his girlfriend who didn't listen. Tifa let go of them to move away when they started to hit each other but she was too late, Aeris, who was blinded by rage hit Tifa by her face then pushed her hard making her fall, her buttocks made impact on the ground hard.

"TIFA!" Cloud yelled on top of his lungs which made them all stop and look. He was already kneeling by Tifa's side, his eyes wild.

"Tifa!" Yuffie and Vincent hurriedly went over to her to check on her, who was writhing on the ground. Then Tifa screamed, a blood curling scream that made Yuffie grabbed her phone to call for help then she clutched her forehead while she sobbed, for Vincent to get some towels in a panic, for Aeris and Zack's eyes to widen in horror and for Cloud to cry hysterically.

Tifa clutched her abdomen for dear life hoping that it will stop the blood running down between her legs.

A/N: Many thanks to these people who kept on supporting me and my works: hapiflower, Arielity, darkcloud777, Kyou, LoiSY, LostIdiot, guitar23234, GameLord The Hitman, tabark, LovelyPrecedent, cloti lover's, Senhorita Caroline, Weringale, CupofTeaForAliceandHatter, cloudxerrosstrife, sunflowerspot. Sorry I couldn't include all yet, special thanks part two will be on the next chapter!