Tifa sat down on her bed. She couldn't get over the fact that Cloud had more interest in this girl than he had in her. Vincent sat next to her. "Are you ok? She seems to be getting to you."

Tifa noticed that his hand was mere inches away and began to move closer to her own. She stopped. Maybe Vincent could be her way to get over Cloud. She sighed. Maybe not, but if there was one thing she learned from befriending people like Aeris (and Barret if he could fit in the category), it was never not worth a shot.

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Red stretched out on the carpet. "All those lovebirds. Growing up fast."

"Hah. You're telling me. At least they have emotion." Cait yawned and lay down on his bed.

Red laid his head on his paws. No, you mean at least they can find somebody. He looked up at Cait who had already fallen asleep and laid there for a few moments before letting Bugenhaden steal him into a dream.

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Where the hell is Red when you need him? Cid thought to himself quietly, he couldn't seem to find a match to light his cigarette.

"Looking for a match?" Barret looked over at Cid. He was old, alright but sure as hell he has spirit in him, and a lot of it.

"Yeah, and Red ain't here to help me out either." Cid and Barret smiled. They had reached an understanding being the oldest guys in the group, knowing what each other was going through.

Cid looked at Barret. "Aye Barret." Barret looked at him. "Yeah?"

"When would you say it's the right time to ask someone to marry you?" Cid thought about Shera for a moment.

"Well shit Cid, you've waited long enough. Right when you get the ring." Barret looked at Cid. So he's finally gonna ask Shera to marry him eh? This mission is bringing up a lot more than he had thought.

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"I'm gonna go change into my nightgown." Yuffie ran into the bathroom. She couldn't believe there was only one bed. And a chair she added, but she wasn't about to make Reno sleep on a chair.

"Great." she whispered suddenly her thought strayed to Kai. Hopefully that girl can handle Cloud she thought and smiled to herself. If she gets into any shit with Tifa I better be there to back her up, she nodded to herself in the mirror with her nightgown already on.

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Reno couldn't believe his luck, sure this girl was a pain in the ass, but she was kind of cute and really, he tried to find a word for it but the only word he came up with was Turk-ish. Hah good point, he laughed at himself in his head sourly.

"Aren't you going to change to go to sleep?" Yuffie slipped out of the bathroom and looked at Reno. He just shook his head.

The chair he was sitting in was on the right sit of the bed, was it just a coincidence that Yuffie picked that side to sleep on so what Reno could walk past her before crawling into his side of the bed? He shook his head, don't get your hopes up, this chick hates you to death, remember? Yeah. I remember he told himself.

She laid down there for a long time looking at Reno sitting on the chair and Reno sat there for a long time looking at Yuffie laying there. Suddenly she got up and looked at him in his eyes and sat on his lap. She leaned forward and just before she was about to touch his lips he whispered, "That's the word. Naughty."

The first time Yuffie kissed a guy, she was smiling.

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"Rude, don't you do anything but not talk? Like.. anything?" Elena looked at Rude, thank god we have extra beds she thought, he's such a loser.

"Yeah, this guy taught me a card trick once. Wanna see?" Rude looked up at her with a smile on his face.

She began to laugh. "Oh, you are such an asshole." She turned around to go to sleep but before she could lay down Rude interrupted.

"Who do you think Reno paired up with?" Rude knew he could have only picked Yuffie or Kai, but Reno said Kai was pretty hott and it seemed that Cloud had dibbs on her and they all knew Yuffie was a pain in the ass.

"Hmm." That was something Elena had to think about. "I have no idea.. wanna find out?" Elena and Rude smirked at each other.

"Ok, Ok. Ill sneak onto the roof and you lower me down with this rope attached to me onto that window right there that should be room number 34. You're sure that's the last key he was holding right?" Elena spoke to Rude in a hushed voice.

"Positive." Elena smiled. Reno, you are so busted.

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When Rude had lowered her down she didn't really expect to see Reno making out with Yuffie, almost at the moment she saw this she violently pulled on the rope twice and Rude lifted her up.

"What happened? Not the right window?" Rude looked disappointed but that smile on Elena's face told him something.

"Oh no, it's not that. Reno picked Yuffie. But I couldn't exactly ask him why because he was a bit tongue twisted." Elena smiled and Rude laughed. This was turning out to be one hell of a trip.

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Cloud lay down to sleep but in a few minutes he had already relived Aeris' death a million times.

"Cloud, I'm there with you. Don't let me go and I won't let you go.."

"Aeris!!"

"Cloud wake up, are you okay?" Cloud's scream had woken up Kai in the middle of the night. She felt his head, it was boiling hot. Holy Christ.. what does Aeris expect me to do in this situation? How am I supposed to stop this?! Aeris.. help me..

Cloud woke up to see Kai looking down at him. "Cloud! You're okay! Oh my god.. I was so worried!" He looked up at her, what was Aeris trying to say when she had said she was with him? Could there be able possible chance that Aeris was somehow.. part of Kai? Or.. maybe even be Kai?

He looked into her eyes. "Thank you." She began to tear, knowing that she was only a puppet for the person he loved but she loved him too.

"Cloud, I'm sorry I can't help you and I can't stop the dreams I'm just go sorry." Kai looked down.

This had to be the time that he had missed 'her' the most since Sephiroth had killed 'her'. He had never felt such an empty space. For a second he hesitated but held Kai in his arms to try and shield the tears from his ears, in fear that they would rip him into a never ending black hole.

Once she had stopped she listened to his heartbeat before looking up to him, letting his and her heart dance in a harmonious rhythm. When she had looked up she leaned closer and kissed his lips softly. After the calm waves there is always a hurricane, and so it began a storm of imprisoned love finally being unlocked and making its way to swim in the Lifestream once more.