The three friends walked out of the dorm and started walking down the halls with
girls surrounding them. Tifa stood by the room and entered it quietly, walking to
the window. She sat on the windowsill and saw the three boys walk out along with
the drooling stuck-up girls. Then she felt a tap on her shoulder and she jumped.
She turned around and saw a silver-haired man.
"Good god! Ever heard of the word 'knocking'? You practically scared the hell outta
me!"
"Well I'm sorry. Have you seen Aerith?"
"Aerith? I'm not familiar with that name."
"Well my name is Sephiroth and her name is Aerith Gainsborough. I haven't found her
and she's supposed to be going to this same school." Sephiroth said.
"Oh...well...no but if I find her I'll inform you. But what does she look like?"
"Brown hair, green eyes, wears a pink dress. That enough detail?" He asked
impatiently. "I really have a meeting to go to."
"Um...yeah...it is." she replied.
"Here," he said as he gave her a scrap of paper with a number on it. "Call me when
you find her, alright?"
"No prob."
With that he walked away.
"Gosh...there are some really freaky people in the academy." Tifa muttered.
That night, Tifa was on her bed looking blankly at the ceiling. Cloud came in soon
after with only a pair of blue jeans on and in his hands was a basketball. God was
he gorgeous!
"Hey Tifa."
She nodded in response.
"Man, you should go out there and have fun! Ugh...the whole girl thing bothers me
though."
"Oh...you mean those girls who followed you around?"
"Exactly."
Tifa smirked and sat up. "That's pretty much your problem isn't it?"
"Ah basically."
"Say, have you seen this brown haired girl clad in pink? This guy named Sephiroth
was looking for her." she said.
"Oh her? I've seen her. She was one of the girls but she only wanted to see the
game. I heard this Sephy dude was her boyfriend." replied Cloud.
"Wow...he's cute though yet he shows no expression which is really creepy."
"Some people are like that."
Finally, silence. From outside they could hear a thunder brewing. Tifa hugged
herself and hid under the blankets.
Cloud grinned. "Scared of thunder?"
Tifa shook her head from underneathe, nervously. "No...why would you say that...?"
"Reactions." he shrugged.
Then there was a knock on the door. Cloud opened it to find Sephiroth there.
"Hey Cloud."
"Heh. Hey Seph...this is Tifa. You met her already."
"Yeah I did." He said in response. "Um...Tifa? I already found her so you don't
need to call or anything."
"Alrighty." she said as the blankets muffled her voice.
Cloud leaned in towards Sephiroth a bit and whispered:
"Scared of thunder."
Sephiroth laughed. "I'm sure. Hah! Well you two have fun okay?" Then he left.
During the night Tifa's eyes were wide open. Thunder. Whenever she heard that word,
shivers would run through her spine. She didn't know why she was so afraid of it
but she was. She looked to her right to find Cloud sleeping peacefully. He took in
breaths and exhaled and did it all over again. Then she switched her gaze to the
gray-patched sky outside. The iridescent glow of the moon was there but the moon
wasn't seen. She was about to rest when suddenly lightening flashed and thunder
pierced her ears. Tifa lost all control and got out of bed and jumped under Cloud's
blankets.
Cloud tossed and turned. He woke up for a nanosecond, feeling something rub against
his leg, but ignored it and went back to sleep. The next morning, however, he woke
up to find a shivering bump under his blankets. He looked curious and lifted the
blanket off finding Tifa there, shivering, wearing nothing but an oversized shirt.
He blushed a little and picked her up, then set her in her own bed, pulling the
covers up to her chin. He stepped away from the bed and got dressed, leaving the
room and the soundless Tifa.
From there, he saw Aerith down the hall with the rest of her girl friends.
"Hey Aery!" Cloud called out.
"Grrr...Cloud!!! Sephy's the only one allowed to call me that!"
Cloud snickered. He loved irratating the heck out of Aerith. She'd always retort
back in the most amusing way. Aerith found her way through the crowd and went up to
Cloud.
"So...ask her out yet?"
"Of course not! Are you crazy? I just pulled that stunt earlier today as a
signature of my personality! I mean, she's sure hot but I can't just go up to her
after two days and say 'Hey how ya doin? Wanna go out with me?'! That's a bit crazy
if you ask me!"
"You know, you're a bit stupid. But okay. Your decision. But you guys would make a
cute couple!! And you, Zack, and Reno are like the only ones single and there are girls drooling over you and you don't do anything about it! How senseless!" Aerith said.
"For your information Aery, I happen to have eyes for one girl only so don't you go
and say that."
"That's Aerith to you!" She yelled and stormed off.
He smiled lightly and walked away.
Tifa woke up a couple of minutes later only to find out she overslept. She got out
of bed, made it up, changed, and ran out the room. She kept looking at her watch
and without looking up, bumped into another person.
"Ow! Why don't you watch where you're going!!" she yelled.
"Hehe. Hey Tifa."
"Eh?" Tifa looked up to find Reno standing there, smirking. "Oh..hi Reno. Where's
your gang?"
"Ah that's what I'm tryin to look for." he said as he offered her his hand. She
grabbed it gratefully and stood up, brushing herself off.
"I see."
"Heh. Well you could help me look for them."
"Sure. Why not."
Soon, Tifa and Reno walked out the building; Reno's hand brushing ever so lightly
against hers.
*
Author's Notes: My god! It's another one!! Boy am I on a roll!! Okay so here it
goes...I'm not sure who Tifa is being paired up with. There's a big chance it'll
be Cloud but the whole ideal with Reno (he's a babe! can't help it ^^;;) and
Tifa...it sounds cute. I'm quite sure Zack is only gonna be a friend for Tifa
but...tell me who you want Tifa to be paired up with. It'll all depend on the
outcome of votes...or not quite of votes..but close...and geez that didn't make
sense....