A Second Chance: Chapter 4
But I Thought.
~*~
'Then you promise me, that you'll come save me when I'm in trouble.'
'Tifa.' ~*~
Cloud stirred around in bed then finally woke up. 'That was a new one.' Cloud took Naomi's arm off his chest and sat up with his face covered in his hands. Each
day since he met Tifa he'd have dreams seeming to call out to him. But something inside his heart would always tell him to restrain from going to the third degree
with those dreams, thoughts, whatever they were.
He got up from bed, and left the tent. There was this missing part about him that he couldn't understand. And he didn't really want to.
He was thinking Tifa thought the same. For some reason, he knew Tifa was thinking the same thing.
~*~
Tifa tossed around in bed. She could fell her stomach splitting. Tifa looked around through hazy eyes. 'Father didn't die that way. That's not how it happened!"
Her thoughts kept lingering to Cloud. 'He promised', 'Uh,' she coughed blood out as new hot tears fell down her cheeks. She woke up like that, from the
devastatingly realistic dream. She was clutching her stomach, even though the pain was gone, she had this fear that her arms wrapped around it were the only thing
from keeping her stomach together.
But the tears wouldn't stop. 'It's the wrong time, it's too late!' She kept screaming that in her head. She sat up and left the tent. At first she shielded her eyes in
an attempt to cover up her tears. When she got out she realized it was drizzling. She let her hands drop to her side and let a cool breeze rub past her. She let the
rain cover her tears. She heard hesitant footsteps come near her. She suddenly felt two strong arms encircle her from behind. This time it didn't feel like he was
trying to get her to sleep with him, if anything it felt gentle. Like he understood and was trying to comfort her. But how could he understand. She let the words drift
back to her head. 'He loved you as a girl, and you love him as a man.'
~*~
Cloud saw Tifa leave her tent. And he wanted to know what she was thinking. He had to know if she felt or even thought of him that way. For a second he thought
he saw tears coming out of her eyes. Then rain came over them and covered them up trying to act like nothing but a hallucination. He walked over to her and
carefully wrapped his arms around her waist. When he felt her finally loosen up, he sighed. He rested his head on her hair and just relaxed against the feeling of how
soft her hair felt against his skin. Almost all the girls he dated dyed their hairs a million times leaving it coarse to touch. This was the only time he felt such soft hair.
Besides, Naomi's. Cloud suddenly felt like his eyes were burning. He wanted Tifa to be the answer to his emptiness. If she turned him down one more time. 'No
Cloud she never turned you down. That was your dream. It has nothing to do with what's happening now.'
~*~
He wanted to kiss her. And he wanted to know if she'd kiss him back. He let his lips brush lightly against Tifa's. Tifa felt her heart skip a beat. She kept looking
around, anything to distract her from looking into his green eyes. "But I-I don't know h-how to." Cloud smiled against her lips. She hesitantly looked into his eyes,
and noticed that he'd been crying. He looked into her eyes and noticed the concern. He smiled at her. Tifa felt like an idiot. She just stood there like a stone. 'Do I
make the first move, or is he, or.' His tongue outlined her lips, trying to get her to open them. She felt his hot tongue on her lips and shivered. Her mouth parted
slightly as a reflex. That was all Cloud needed. She felt him explore her mouth; she felt his tongue against hers. She felt tears slid. 'He can't love me.'
~*~
Cloud himself was having problems. Cloud was starting to heat up. He normally was so ego driven that he didn't care about the other girls, so he'd be able to take
them on anywhere, anytime. But he just savored every second with Tifa, trying to make one second last forever. 'But what the hell does Rufus want with her?'
Cloud broke the kiss and carefully looked back to his tent. He could see Naomi moving around in there. 'I guess she decided to finally get up.' Tifa looked up at
Cloud and followed his line of vision. She backed away from Cloud with hurt written all over her. 'He loved you as a girl, and you love him as a man. History
repeats itself, Tifa.' The rain stopped and it was now apparent that Tifa had been crying, and Cloud wanted to hit himself for not realizing. Tifa felt her eyes
burning. She turned and walked away back to her tent, leaving Cloud regretting that he yet again managed to involve Naomi. 'Cloud, you're a fucking idiot.'
~*~
Tifa threw open the tent door. She looked around. 'Thank god Aeris isn't here.' She plopped down on the bed. She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe.
'Did you honestly think he fallen for you? That he's having these psychotic dreams like you? Maybe if I dyed my hair blonde and called
myself Naomi.' She dried her eyes. The last thing she needed was for Aeris to drain her for answers.
~*~
When Cloud walked in, Naomi was already completely dressed. He sat on the bed and watched her. "Where you going?" Naomi turned and looked at him with
mischievous eyes. "Doing a favor for Rufus." With that she left. Cloud rolled his eyes and decided to get some shuteye before Rufus came and harassed him to
death.
~*~
She found Tifa and Aeris on a log eating. She noticed Tifa's melancholy expression and smirked. 'Ah, poor Cloud hurt her feelings.' She faked a pout and laughed.
She remembered when she woke up in the morning and saw Cloud get out of bed and left the tent. She looked out and saw Tifa outside with him. It didn't take a
genius to guess what happened next. So she sat back in bed and pretended she was sleeping the whole time. At first she felt jealous, but she'd show Tifa her place
some enough. She came up and sat next to Tifa. "Hey. Aeris, can you be a doll and get my some of that," Naomi said pointing to a food. Aeris gave her a dirty
look, then remembered she was Cloud's girlfriend, and Cloud was the head of the Shinra military. She forced a cheery face to Naomi, and then gladly left. Tifa was
already side glancing Naomi. "So.you probably already know who's coming to see you this afternoon. You must be so excited that such a high class man is
actually showing interest in a slums girl like you." Tifa looked up from her food, and stared blankly ahead. "Interest as in what." Naomi laughed. She handed Tifa a
packet. "Have Aeris help you in that." She then whispered in Tifa's ears, "He's quite taken with you. He's been watching your family for quite some time now.
Don't worry, when he comes and pops the question, just lie down, spread your legs, and act like you're having fun." Tifa looked at her. "You're a slut you know
that." Naomi glared at her. She held up a hand and showed Tifa an impressive rock on her finger. "I was Cloud's first, and I'll be his last. You see, there are
promises already made." With that she left.
~*~
Aeris lay sitting on the rug back in the tent, while Tifa was getting dressed with the contents in the packet. 'I knew Cloud must've slept with her but.' The instant Naomi said that to her, it felt like a direct slap to her face.
"You can turn around now." Aeris looked back at her friend and gaped. Tifa was wearing a tight dress that blended in with her skin color, so it looked like she was
wearing nothing. Her neckline was low, and showed quite a lot of cleavage. The back of the dress stopped right above her arse. She had the perfect shoes to match
he outfit. Her hair was let out of the ponytail, and she wore some makeup from her already natural beauty. Aeris stared at her friend in pure envy. "Rufus, you so
outdone yourself." Aeris got up and walked over to Tifa and handed her, her emerald tear drop earrings. "Thanks."
~*~
Cloud stood outside with Naomi wrapped on his arm, and about 1,000 SOLDIERS trailing behind him, awaiting his brother's visit. Tifa followed behind Aeris, and
took her spot next to Cloud. Tifa looked ahead. There was a black limo coming there way, with the Shinra logo all over it. Tifa spit on the ground. "Damn
bastards." Cloud smiled and wondered if she knew she was talking aloud. Cloud tried not looking down Tifa's shirt, but hey you only live one life. He heard
snickering and looked behind. Some of the SOLDIERS were thinking the same thing. The limo came to a stop. Scarlet was first to get out. She opened the limo
door for Rufus. Tifa stood on tiptoes to get a better look of Rufus. He was about 6'0'' and was wearing his usual white jacket uniform. He must've had about 10
bodyguards surrounding him. Rufus smiled and waved to Naomi. Naomi smiled and waved back giggling. He walked forward to them. "You never lost it, have you?
Naomi." He said and winked at her. She responded with playful eyes. "Cloud." He simply stated to him. He then turned and looked at Tifa. 'So, the rumors are
true about her.'
But I Thought.
~*~
'Then you promise me, that you'll come save me when I'm in trouble.'
'Tifa.' ~*~
Cloud stirred around in bed then finally woke up. 'That was a new one.' Cloud took Naomi's arm off his chest and sat up with his face covered in his hands. Each
day since he met Tifa he'd have dreams seeming to call out to him. But something inside his heart would always tell him to restrain from going to the third degree
with those dreams, thoughts, whatever they were.
He got up from bed, and left the tent. There was this missing part about him that he couldn't understand. And he didn't really want to.
He was thinking Tifa thought the same. For some reason, he knew Tifa was thinking the same thing.
~*~
Tifa tossed around in bed. She could fell her stomach splitting. Tifa looked around through hazy eyes. 'Father didn't die that way. That's not how it happened!"
Her thoughts kept lingering to Cloud. 'He promised', 'Uh,' she coughed blood out as new hot tears fell down her cheeks. She woke up like that, from the
devastatingly realistic dream. She was clutching her stomach, even though the pain was gone, she had this fear that her arms wrapped around it were the only thing
from keeping her stomach together.
But the tears wouldn't stop. 'It's the wrong time, it's too late!' She kept screaming that in her head. She sat up and left the tent. At first she shielded her eyes in
an attempt to cover up her tears. When she got out she realized it was drizzling. She let her hands drop to her side and let a cool breeze rub past her. She let the
rain cover her tears. She heard hesitant footsteps come near her. She suddenly felt two strong arms encircle her from behind. This time it didn't feel like he was
trying to get her to sleep with him, if anything it felt gentle. Like he understood and was trying to comfort her. But how could he understand. She let the words drift
back to her head. 'He loved you as a girl, and you love him as a man.'
~*~
Cloud saw Tifa leave her tent. And he wanted to know what she was thinking. He had to know if she felt or even thought of him that way. For a second he thought
he saw tears coming out of her eyes. Then rain came over them and covered them up trying to act like nothing but a hallucination. He walked over to her and
carefully wrapped his arms around her waist. When he felt her finally loosen up, he sighed. He rested his head on her hair and just relaxed against the feeling of how
soft her hair felt against his skin. Almost all the girls he dated dyed their hairs a million times leaving it coarse to touch. This was the only time he felt such soft hair.
Besides, Naomi's. Cloud suddenly felt like his eyes were burning. He wanted Tifa to be the answer to his emptiness. If she turned him down one more time. 'No
Cloud she never turned you down. That was your dream. It has nothing to do with what's happening now.'
~*~
He wanted to kiss her. And he wanted to know if she'd kiss him back. He let his lips brush lightly against Tifa's. Tifa felt her heart skip a beat. She kept looking
around, anything to distract her from looking into his green eyes. "But I-I don't know h-how to." Cloud smiled against her lips. She hesitantly looked into his eyes,
and noticed that he'd been crying. He looked into her eyes and noticed the concern. He smiled at her. Tifa felt like an idiot. She just stood there like a stone. 'Do I
make the first move, or is he, or.' His tongue outlined her lips, trying to get her to open them. She felt his hot tongue on her lips and shivered. Her mouth parted
slightly as a reflex. That was all Cloud needed. She felt him explore her mouth; she felt his tongue against hers. She felt tears slid. 'He can't love me.'
~*~
Cloud himself was having problems. Cloud was starting to heat up. He normally was so ego driven that he didn't care about the other girls, so he'd be able to take
them on anywhere, anytime. But he just savored every second with Tifa, trying to make one second last forever. 'But what the hell does Rufus want with her?'
Cloud broke the kiss and carefully looked back to his tent. He could see Naomi moving around in there. 'I guess she decided to finally get up.' Tifa looked up at
Cloud and followed his line of vision. She backed away from Cloud with hurt written all over her. 'He loved you as a girl, and you love him as a man. History
repeats itself, Tifa.' The rain stopped and it was now apparent that Tifa had been crying, and Cloud wanted to hit himself for not realizing. Tifa felt her eyes
burning. She turned and walked away back to her tent, leaving Cloud regretting that he yet again managed to involve Naomi. 'Cloud, you're a fucking idiot.'
~*~
Tifa threw open the tent door. She looked around. 'Thank god Aeris isn't here.' She plopped down on the bed. She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe.
'Did you honestly think he fallen for you? That he's having these psychotic dreams like you? Maybe if I dyed my hair blonde and called
myself Naomi.' She dried her eyes. The last thing she needed was for Aeris to drain her for answers.
~*~
When Cloud walked in, Naomi was already completely dressed. He sat on the bed and watched her. "Where you going?" Naomi turned and looked at him with
mischievous eyes. "Doing a favor for Rufus." With that she left. Cloud rolled his eyes and decided to get some shuteye before Rufus came and harassed him to
death.
~*~
She found Tifa and Aeris on a log eating. She noticed Tifa's melancholy expression and smirked. 'Ah, poor Cloud hurt her feelings.' She faked a pout and laughed.
She remembered when she woke up in the morning and saw Cloud get out of bed and left the tent. She looked out and saw Tifa outside with him. It didn't take a
genius to guess what happened next. So she sat back in bed and pretended she was sleeping the whole time. At first she felt jealous, but she'd show Tifa her place
some enough. She came up and sat next to Tifa. "Hey. Aeris, can you be a doll and get my some of that," Naomi said pointing to a food. Aeris gave her a dirty
look, then remembered she was Cloud's girlfriend, and Cloud was the head of the Shinra military. She forced a cheery face to Naomi, and then gladly left. Tifa was
already side glancing Naomi. "So.you probably already know who's coming to see you this afternoon. You must be so excited that such a high class man is
actually showing interest in a slums girl like you." Tifa looked up from her food, and stared blankly ahead. "Interest as in what." Naomi laughed. She handed Tifa a
packet. "Have Aeris help you in that." She then whispered in Tifa's ears, "He's quite taken with you. He's been watching your family for quite some time now.
Don't worry, when he comes and pops the question, just lie down, spread your legs, and act like you're having fun." Tifa looked at her. "You're a slut you know
that." Naomi glared at her. She held up a hand and showed Tifa an impressive rock on her finger. "I was Cloud's first, and I'll be his last. You see, there are
promises already made." With that she left.
~*~
Aeris lay sitting on the rug back in the tent, while Tifa was getting dressed with the contents in the packet. 'I knew Cloud must've slept with her but.' The instant Naomi said that to her, it felt like a direct slap to her face.
"You can turn around now." Aeris looked back at her friend and gaped. Tifa was wearing a tight dress that blended in with her skin color, so it looked like she was
wearing nothing. Her neckline was low, and showed quite a lot of cleavage. The back of the dress stopped right above her arse. She had the perfect shoes to match
he outfit. Her hair was let out of the ponytail, and she wore some makeup from her already natural beauty. Aeris stared at her friend in pure envy. "Rufus, you so
outdone yourself." Aeris got up and walked over to Tifa and handed her, her emerald tear drop earrings. "Thanks."
~*~
Cloud stood outside with Naomi wrapped on his arm, and about 1,000 SOLDIERS trailing behind him, awaiting his brother's visit. Tifa followed behind Aeris, and
took her spot next to Cloud. Tifa looked ahead. There was a black limo coming there way, with the Shinra logo all over it. Tifa spit on the ground. "Damn
bastards." Cloud smiled and wondered if she knew she was talking aloud. Cloud tried not looking down Tifa's shirt, but hey you only live one life. He heard
snickering and looked behind. Some of the SOLDIERS were thinking the same thing. The limo came to a stop. Scarlet was first to get out. She opened the limo
door for Rufus. Tifa stood on tiptoes to get a better look of Rufus. He was about 6'0'' and was wearing his usual white jacket uniform. He must've had about 10
bodyguards surrounding him. Rufus smiled and waved to Naomi. Naomi smiled and waved back giggling. He walked forward to them. "You never lost it, have you?
Naomi." He said and winked at her. She responded with playful eyes. "Cloud." He simply stated to him. He then turned and looked at Tifa. 'So, the rumors are
true about her.'