Love-hearts
Part 2-Reunion
"Tifa!" Yuffie yelled, hugging Tifa.
"Hiya Yuffie" Said Tifa, smiling warmly at her.
'Yuffie hasn't changed very much' thought Tifa. 'Except that she seems a bit more loving.'
Tifa looked around.
Cid appeared to be telling Red some story or other; Barret was vaguely shaking his head, most likely it was aimed at Cid's bigheaded attitude.
.........Cloud wasn't there.............
"Erm...Yuffie where's Vincent?" Tifa asked casually
Yuffie blushed slightly
"I don't know if he's coming, he left Wutai a few months ago."
"Why did he leave Yuffie?"
"He said he needed to find himself," She said in a voice that implied admiration
Tifa paused, should she ask?
"Do you know were Cloud is?" She blurted out suddenly
Yuffie looked slightly saddened, she knew how Tifa felt about Cloud.
"No I don't know, sorry Tifa..."
"That's okay." She said heavily
Yuffie paused for a second, then said "I'm sure he'll turn up"
Tifa stared at Yuffie for a second
"Yeh, I hope so," she said with a smile.
Just then, Vincent appeared on the scene
"Vincent!" yelled Yuffie, dashing up to him and hugging him.
Vincent went slightly red, "Erm, hi Yuffie"
Yuffie pulled away from Vincent, smiling widely
"It's great to see you again, why did you take so long to get back?"
"It doesn't matter Yuffie, I'm ready to come home now."
"YYYYEEEEEYYYY!!!!!!" She cheered hugging him again
Red looked around at everyone's bemused faces
"Did I miss something?" He asked in confusion
"QQQQQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Screeched a chocobo
Tifa smiled, whatever had possessed Cloud to want them to meet here?
"Geez stupid bloody Chocobo" Said Cid, sounding annoyed.
"Calm down Cid" Cloud said, arriving at the opposite end of the Chocobo field, vaguely petting the Chocobo nuzzling him.
"Cloud!" yelled Tifa, dashing over to him
"Your so late! I thought you weren't coming!" she scolded
"Calm down Tif' " He said calmly.
"Oh Cloud!" She said, tears forming in her eyes, "I was afraid you wouldn't come!"
Tifa suddenly hugged Cloud, tears running down her face.
Cloud looked very awkward, "Tifa, of course I was gonna come...."
"Yeh but I was worried...." She started, but she was cut off my Yuffie bounding over to say hello.
Tifa then smiled, and simply walked away, leaving Cloud to be drowned it greetings, questions, and stories.
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Sitting on a bench, watching the sun go down, and listening to the almost melodic sounds of the chocobo's, which had become less of Squawk's, and more of high pitched hums, was Tifa.
She was tired by the day's events, and was ready to check in at the nearest inn. It was far too late to head home.
"Hey" came Clouds voice
Tifa jumped, and turned to see Cloud sitting at her side.
"Oh! Cloud, I, I didn't see you there..." She said softly
"Clearly"
Tifa paused,
"Hey Cloud, erm how've you been, have you, have you...." She stopped
Cloud stared at her, trying to read her expression. All's he saw was her questioning face.
"Haveyoumetanyone?" Said Tifa in one breath
Tifa went a vivid shade of scarlet.
Cloud looked puzzled for a second, whilst he ran over what she had said in his head, trying to decipher her words. Eventually he understood.
"No." He said flatly
"Oh"
They both sat there, in silence for a few more minutes.
"How's Nibelheim?" He questioned
She changed her eye line from the ground to his face, and then back again.
"Nibelheim's fine. I had some problem's getting the house back. But I met some people who helped me."
She paused
"Cloud where have you been?"
"Nowhere much."
'Don't pursue it. Don't pursue it.' Tifa thought desperately. But she wanted to know. But he didn't want to tell. But eventually she managed to defeat her impulse to ask Cloud for further details of how he'd been spending his time, an instead asked him:
"Where are you going now?"
"Huh?"
"It's far too late to start going back now..." She paused. Go back where? Where was Cloud staying??? So she added,
"Isn't it?"
Cloud thought for a second
"Yeh I guess so."
"So where are you going now?"
"..... I guess I need to find a place to stay..."
"Damn right!" Said Yuffie, yet again, seemingly appearing out of no-where.
"Erm, hi Yuffie?" Said Tifa in a voice that implied confusion.
Cloud just sat there and blinked stupidly.
"Erm...do you have somewhere in mind Yuffie?"
"Nope" She said smiling "I just wanted to make sure ya know that me and Vincent have dibs on the beds here!"
Tifa and Cloud looked at each other in a bemused way.
"Well." Yuffie began "There simply isn't enough space for us all to stay here at the chocobo ranch"
That was true. When they had visited the ranch before, they had all had to share.
Desperate times had called for desperate measures.
But there was no need for that anymore.
"Well Yuffie then where's everyone else staying?" Said Cloud in a slightly agitated voice.
Staying at the ranch was what he had planned to do.
"Weeeeeeell" she began, sounding younger than she did two years ago.
"Red set off home hours ago, so that he could get there before dark"
"Really?" Said Tifa, feeling hurt. "I never got to say goodbye..."
"Oh yeh.... he said sorry...but he was REALLY rushing...."
"Okay" Said Tifa, still feeling a little bit saddened at the fact that she might not see Red for another 2 years, and she hadn't had the chance to say goodbye.
"And Cid's giving Barret a lift on the highwind before he heads back to Rocket Town, but you know, if you hurry, he'll probably give you both a lift home too."
Wait! Tifa's froze. Going.....home.
Away from Cloud
For who-knows how long?
"Nah" Said Cloud, standing up.
"Hmmmm? What do YOU have in mind?" Said Yuffie leaning over and eyeing Cloud, a wide grin on her face for an unaparent reason.
"Me and Tifa will go to the NEXT town to rest tonight!"
Tifa stared up at Cloud. Did he really mean that? He wanted to go all the way to another town, alone, with her???
"Really Cloud?" She asked, standing up next to him.
He turned to her,
"Erm, yeh sure"
Cloud turned fully around to look at her; the two were facing each other, and barely inches apart.
Yuffie looked from one to the other.
"Ooooh! Really!" She said, winking at Cloud
"Go for it Cloud!"
Tifa went bright red.
"Yuffie, this isn't the time......" Tifa mumbled
"Your right! I'll leave you two alone!" She said, sunshine practically beaming out of her at them.
Then Yuffie bounded off, over to Vincent.
Cloud and Tifa stared after her.
Tifa sighed.
"It's almost like having a bratty little sister..."
"Oh come on..." He said smiling after Yuffie. "She's not THAT bad!"
Tifa gave Cloud a sceptical look.
After a pause: "Well...maybe" He said with a light laugh.
Tifa felt it was the time to change the subject to something more important
"So Cloud, which town are we going to?"
Cloud thought for a while.
"Well, I don't want to go to Midgar, somewhere quieter..."
Quiet? As in....more...Private????
"But we don't want to go too far, so I guess it's Calm"
"Oh that sounds lovely!"
Cloud nodded.
"And, how do we get there?"
Cloud then smiled
"I think this place still rents out chocobo's, and I've got some gill, if we set off soon we can get to Calm before it gets too dark."
"Great! Then to Calm we go!"
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Part 2-Reunion
"Tifa!" Yuffie yelled, hugging Tifa.
"Hiya Yuffie" Said Tifa, smiling warmly at her.
'Yuffie hasn't changed very much' thought Tifa. 'Except that she seems a bit more loving.'
Tifa looked around.
Cid appeared to be telling Red some story or other; Barret was vaguely shaking his head, most likely it was aimed at Cid's bigheaded attitude.
.........Cloud wasn't there.............
"Erm...Yuffie where's Vincent?" Tifa asked casually
Yuffie blushed slightly
"I don't know if he's coming, he left Wutai a few months ago."
"Why did he leave Yuffie?"
"He said he needed to find himself," She said in a voice that implied admiration
Tifa paused, should she ask?
"Do you know were Cloud is?" She blurted out suddenly
Yuffie looked slightly saddened, she knew how Tifa felt about Cloud.
"No I don't know, sorry Tifa..."
"That's okay." She said heavily
Yuffie paused for a second, then said "I'm sure he'll turn up"
Tifa stared at Yuffie for a second
"Yeh, I hope so," she said with a smile.
Just then, Vincent appeared on the scene
"Vincent!" yelled Yuffie, dashing up to him and hugging him.
Vincent went slightly red, "Erm, hi Yuffie"
Yuffie pulled away from Vincent, smiling widely
"It's great to see you again, why did you take so long to get back?"
"It doesn't matter Yuffie, I'm ready to come home now."
"YYYYEEEEEYYYY!!!!!!" She cheered hugging him again
Red looked around at everyone's bemused faces
"Did I miss something?" He asked in confusion
"QQQQQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Screeched a chocobo
Tifa smiled, whatever had possessed Cloud to want them to meet here?
"Geez stupid bloody Chocobo" Said Cid, sounding annoyed.
"Calm down Cid" Cloud said, arriving at the opposite end of the Chocobo field, vaguely petting the Chocobo nuzzling him.
"Cloud!" yelled Tifa, dashing over to him
"Your so late! I thought you weren't coming!" she scolded
"Calm down Tif' " He said calmly.
"Oh Cloud!" She said, tears forming in her eyes, "I was afraid you wouldn't come!"
Tifa suddenly hugged Cloud, tears running down her face.
Cloud looked very awkward, "Tifa, of course I was gonna come...."
"Yeh but I was worried...." She started, but she was cut off my Yuffie bounding over to say hello.
Tifa then smiled, and simply walked away, leaving Cloud to be drowned it greetings, questions, and stories.
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Sitting on a bench, watching the sun go down, and listening to the almost melodic sounds of the chocobo's, which had become less of Squawk's, and more of high pitched hums, was Tifa.
She was tired by the day's events, and was ready to check in at the nearest inn. It was far too late to head home.
"Hey" came Clouds voice
Tifa jumped, and turned to see Cloud sitting at her side.
"Oh! Cloud, I, I didn't see you there..." She said softly
"Clearly"
Tifa paused,
"Hey Cloud, erm how've you been, have you, have you...." She stopped
Cloud stared at her, trying to read her expression. All's he saw was her questioning face.
"Haveyoumetanyone?" Said Tifa in one breath
Tifa went a vivid shade of scarlet.
Cloud looked puzzled for a second, whilst he ran over what she had said in his head, trying to decipher her words. Eventually he understood.
"No." He said flatly
"Oh"
They both sat there, in silence for a few more minutes.
"How's Nibelheim?" He questioned
She changed her eye line from the ground to his face, and then back again.
"Nibelheim's fine. I had some problem's getting the house back. But I met some people who helped me."
She paused
"Cloud where have you been?"
"Nowhere much."
'Don't pursue it. Don't pursue it.' Tifa thought desperately. But she wanted to know. But he didn't want to tell. But eventually she managed to defeat her impulse to ask Cloud for further details of how he'd been spending his time, an instead asked him:
"Where are you going now?"
"Huh?"
"It's far too late to start going back now..." She paused. Go back where? Where was Cloud staying??? So she added,
"Isn't it?"
Cloud thought for a second
"Yeh I guess so."
"So where are you going now?"
"..... I guess I need to find a place to stay..."
"Damn right!" Said Yuffie, yet again, seemingly appearing out of no-where.
"Erm, hi Yuffie?" Said Tifa in a voice that implied confusion.
Cloud just sat there and blinked stupidly.
"Erm...do you have somewhere in mind Yuffie?"
"Nope" She said smiling "I just wanted to make sure ya know that me and Vincent have dibs on the beds here!"
Tifa and Cloud looked at each other in a bemused way.
"Well." Yuffie began "There simply isn't enough space for us all to stay here at the chocobo ranch"
That was true. When they had visited the ranch before, they had all had to share.
Desperate times had called for desperate measures.
But there was no need for that anymore.
"Well Yuffie then where's everyone else staying?" Said Cloud in a slightly agitated voice.
Staying at the ranch was what he had planned to do.
"Weeeeeeell" she began, sounding younger than she did two years ago.
"Red set off home hours ago, so that he could get there before dark"
"Really?" Said Tifa, feeling hurt. "I never got to say goodbye..."
"Oh yeh.... he said sorry...but he was REALLY rushing...."
"Okay" Said Tifa, still feeling a little bit saddened at the fact that she might not see Red for another 2 years, and she hadn't had the chance to say goodbye.
"And Cid's giving Barret a lift on the highwind before he heads back to Rocket Town, but you know, if you hurry, he'll probably give you both a lift home too."
Wait! Tifa's froze. Going.....home.
Away from Cloud
For who-knows how long?
"Nah" Said Cloud, standing up.
"Hmmmm? What do YOU have in mind?" Said Yuffie leaning over and eyeing Cloud, a wide grin on her face for an unaparent reason.
"Me and Tifa will go to the NEXT town to rest tonight!"
Tifa stared up at Cloud. Did he really mean that? He wanted to go all the way to another town, alone, with her???
"Really Cloud?" She asked, standing up next to him.
He turned to her,
"Erm, yeh sure"
Cloud turned fully around to look at her; the two were facing each other, and barely inches apart.
Yuffie looked from one to the other.
"Ooooh! Really!" She said, winking at Cloud
"Go for it Cloud!"
Tifa went bright red.
"Yuffie, this isn't the time......" Tifa mumbled
"Your right! I'll leave you two alone!" She said, sunshine practically beaming out of her at them.
Then Yuffie bounded off, over to Vincent.
Cloud and Tifa stared after her.
Tifa sighed.
"It's almost like having a bratty little sister..."
"Oh come on..." He said smiling after Yuffie. "She's not THAT bad!"
Tifa gave Cloud a sceptical look.
After a pause: "Well...maybe" He said with a light laugh.
Tifa felt it was the time to change the subject to something more important
"So Cloud, which town are we going to?"
Cloud thought for a while.
"Well, I don't want to go to Midgar, somewhere quieter..."
Quiet? As in....more...Private????
"But we don't want to go too far, so I guess it's Calm"
"Oh that sounds lovely!"
Cloud nodded.
"And, how do we get there?"
Cloud then smiled
"I think this place still rents out chocobo's, and I've got some gill, if we set off soon we can get to Calm before it gets too dark."
"Great! Then to Calm we go!"
********************************************************************* Thanx for reading! So Erm plleeeeaaaaaaaaaasssssseeeeeeeeeeeee review.or I won't write a third chapter! ^___^ Or email me at ryouko_misaki@hotmail.com Thanx!
