Letting out a deep sigh, he put down the shopping bags and kissed Tifa back softly.

"Just promise me that you'll get some rest later, okay?" he tried "You know what the doctor told you…"

Again, Tifa just smiled, still gathering fruits in her arms.

"Okay okay, if that makes you feel better. No need to worry anyways."

Once more her disarming smile and, ensuing, a desperate sigh from Cloud.

Useless.

She would most likely never change.

However, that was one of the reasons why he loved her so much.

***

A deep sigh echoed in the stillness.

"I never knew it would be this hard…"

A soft giggling sound followed this realisation.

"Well, I never said it would be easy, right?"

Cloud let out another sigh, however smiling at the same time.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. I just never knew how many names there are on this planet."

With a slightly confused expression, he loosened his grip on a book he was holding and let it plop into his covered lap.

Disturbingly though, it there was welcomed by about another dozen books which were strewn chaotically on the covers, all of them most obviously serving only one purpose: choosing names for unborn children. In this particular case, Cloud's and Tifa's twins.

Yet just as obvious as the former none of the pieces of 'scientific literature' had really helped the expectant parents. Even worse than that: they had confused them beyond imagination.

Another sigh.

But this time, it was uttered by Tifa, who tried to comfortably half-sit up in bed, which was made a little difficult by her immensely swollen stomach.

"I think we should make a different approach to this, otherwise we'll most likely never agree on names. And I guess just calling them '#1' and '#2' wouldn't be very imaginative either…"

Cloud chuckled softly as he let his gaze wander over the various books, looking up to the ceiling as if it were a source of inspiration, helping those urgently in need.

"Ya… I guess…"

Another deep silence fell over the bedroom, an unanswered question hanging in the air. It slowly penetrated the minds, waiting in its corners for the right time to reappear and gain importance and value.

Why not…

"Why not…?" Cloud commenced, and even without ending, Tifa knew perfectly well what he needed to say.

And both of them already knew the answer as well.

"Why not Aeris, or Zack…" Tifa continued his sentence, trailing off, in deep thought.

Cloud's gaze fell to his hands, as if they bore an immense interest, consuming all of his mind.

"I… I don't think we should do that. I mean, Aeris… and Zack… they both were great individuals, great persons with a good character… and we should never forget about them. But giving our children their names… I don't know… it wouldn't be right… it wouldn't feel right…" he trailed off as well, voicing his feelings, however not knowing their reasons.

"No, it wouldn't… certainly not. They are, or will be, individuals themselves, different from the original Zack and Aeris. I don't want them to be influenced by their names. I want them to develop their own unique character, not to think that they have to live up to those people they got their names from, even if they were great people. It just wouldn't be right." She said softly, determined, giving the reasons for his feelings.

Cloud nodded in agreement, now directing his gaze to his fiancé, a smile forming on his lips to wipe away the frown. All of his worries, building up in the deep corners in his mind, only existing to bother him and destroy his self confidence somehow, each time he looked her in the eyes, grew smaller and smaller until they completely disappeared. With her, nothing in the world could actually be completely wrong, or bad.

As long as he had her by his side, Armageddon might come and destroy everything, he wouldn't mind.

And choosing names was – at least for Cloud – like a personal version of an Armageddon. But he would get over it.

One day, one not so far off day, he would hold his children in his arms, gazing in the eyes of his wonderful wife and all of his worries or concerns would be forgotten immediately in the blink of an eye.

"Well…" he started, with a smile playing around his lips, "I guess we'll just have to go on searching then…"

Tifa nodded, agreeing, and placed her hands on her stomach.

"I guess so…"

Carefully, he leant over to her and gently kissed her on the lips, comfortingly. Spending her consolation.

Content, with a hidden sigh within both of them, they slowly sunk back into the pillows, in each other's arms.

"But before, I think, we've earned a small pause, huh?" Cloud tried, a childish grin on his face, winking.

Tifa rolled her eyes at her fiancé. Even though his childish behaviour could sometimes easily upset her – definitely caused by her extreme sensitiveness in her pregnancy, it was one of the reasons why she loved him so much.

Not even bothering to give him a voiced reply, she just brought her lips up to his and softly kissed him, thus silently answering his question.

In a most pleasant way.

***

The sun had already set some hours ago, leaving the world dark and cold, without the warmth of its comforting rays.

Yet inside a rather big house in the quite town of Kalm, flames were sizzling in the fireplace, comforting those sitting around it.

And just as calm as outside, the inhabitants shared a peaceful late winter evening together.

Arm in arm, Cloud and Tifa sat on the couch, enjoying each other's company. While Cloud was more or less paying attention to the news running on TV, Tifa observed Cyra doing a concentration exercise. After Tifa been released from hospital, the young woman had behaved very carefully toward the expectant mother, partially because she still blamed herself for the accident that had nearly cost them not only Tifa but also the twins, and partially because she was very well aware of the strenuousness of the pregnancy she was going through and thus tried not to bother her too much.

Much to Tifa's dismay, everybody treated her like a little child, hardly ever letting her do what she herself wanted.

A/n: I'm sooo so sorry that it takes me this long to update my fanfics. It's just that I was quite busy with choosing a college lately, so I didn't have much time to go on writing. I hope I'll be faster now that most of the important stuff is done.

And also a big "sorry" for this being somewhat a middle part. I really wanted to update a full chapter, but, well, seen above, I sorta just couldn't. I promise it'll be some more next time. And if you got any questions or anything, just let me know and I'll try and answer them.

Thanx for reading, and review please^_^