Bunkai Roku: Love gained, Love lost
Ok. The usual, don't own anything except the story.
It had been a month since Vincent's tragic disappearance and all the Avalanche members were able to accept a bit, except for Yuffie. She realized she loved him and before she could explore her newly found love he was swept away from her. She often moped around, only talking to Tifa normally. Any male within the Avalanche group was subjected to her silence except for monosyllable words. Some even thought she was starting to act as if Vincent used to.
"So how is she today?" Barrett asked Tifa quietly at breakfast.
"She's doing better, mainly because I talk to her at night about things but I think any male just reminds her of Vincent for some reason…" Tifa replied and then shoved some scrambled eggs in her mouth.
The breakfast table was full of activity with many discussing from all members except for a certain shinobi. She poked and prodded her food with her fork, listening silently to her friends chat. She occasionally stuck a piece of scrambled egg or French toast in her mouth and chewed slowly.
When breakfast was over, every one went to their normal business. Barrett needed to go sell some materia and get a weapon upgrade, Cloud needed to go have his sword fixed, Nanaki had left the day before to visit the Cosmo Canyon, Cait Sith took a vacation to the Golden Saucer a week earlier and Cid needed to work on the Highwind with Shera. It only left Tifa and Yuffie at the Avalanche's house. Yuffie had gone to her room to think over confusing thoughts and Tifa went to do the dishes from breakfast and headed to her own room.
Yuffie laid on her bed thinking intensely about something that had been troubling her mind for the past three weeks. Tifa and her had become closer mainly because she confided in Tifa only but something was happening Tifa, she was seeing an opportunity, the shinobi realized that Tifa wanted to be with her…but she couldn't. Her heart was still in pieces, all belonging to Vincent. Yuffie sighed and remembered the few occasions that left her blushing to her hairline. The times when Yuffie would be upset, and Tifa would kiss her gently on the lips and tell her it was okay, like she had at the hospital. Would Tifa think her insane because it had only been a month? Yuffie thought, She remember the many times Yuffie would sense Tifa's subtle advances on their mission and almost went along because she wanted her to be happy.
Yuffie shook her head once more and remembered the time Tifa and her decided to bathe in an oasis together. At that thought, she blushed remembering how Tifa acted and kissed her. Yuffie then thought of the time when Cid got them drunk, and dared them to kiss. She blushed even harder at that seeing they went through with it, luckily it was before she met Vincent. However afterwards, Yuffie and Tifa still felt comfortable around each other and even during these "moments". Yuffie sighed and sat up on her bed and stood. She was going to tell Tifa about her feelings for Vincent, now was the perfect time; she did not have anyone to bug her.
Yuffie walked toward Tifa's room, her mind made up. She approached the oak door and knocked on it, hearing nothing but a small moan. Yuffie knew she was in there and opened the door slowly, a little shocked at what she saw. Tifa was sitting at the edge of her bed, her back to Yuffie, crying softly. Yuffie cleared her throat a bit so Tifa could hear her.
"Yuffie? Why didn't you knock?" Tifa asked trying to catch her breath and wipe her tears
"I did…" Yuffie replied solemnly.
"Oh…um…sorry about that, I just feel down today, that's all." Tifa explained slowly, wiping her eyes more.
"I came to talk to you…" Yuffie said softly.
Tifa patted a spot next to her on the bed and blew her nose on a Kleenex.
"What do you want to talk about?" Tifa asked shifting her body to face her
"I came to tell you that I think it's best for you to not be infatuated with me…" Yuffie said wincing at her words.
"Oh…I'm guessing I can't compete with the dead…" Tifa stated looking away
"Yes…I wish I could be with you, it's just my heart doesn't. I think of you as a great loving, overprotective, older sister Tifa…" Yuffie replied.
"I can never compete with the dead…not with Aerith…not even Vincent…" Tifa said crying softly.
"Tifa…Cloud doesn't love Aerith…He loves you. The reason he is constantly thinking about her is because he is guilty, he feels like he could have prevented her death. He doesn't want to share it with you because he would feel bad for doing so." Yuffie explained, smiling slightly.
"But why doesn't Cloud ever show me these feelings he has?" Tifa sniffled.
"Have you ever thought of the possibility that maybe he doesn't know you feel the same way?" Yuffie asked.
Hearing that made Tifa's eyes widen a bit with momentary happiness. Was it too good to be true? Tifa thought. Tifa could picture her and her childhood friend together, happily, they would have children, run her bar, and even bigger bar then now, and she would have a happy marriage. It seemed so easy to her yet…what if what Yuffie says is wrong.
"But Yuffie…are you sure? I mean…" Tifa stuttered.
"Yes Tifa. I am sure. You and Cloud where destined to be together, you could ask everyone from Barret to Nanaki and they would say the same. Just go for it. Ok? I'll help you." Yuffie said reassuringly and then kissed her on the cheek.
"I need to go organize my materia. I've been slacking on it, unnatural eh?" Yuffie said happily.
"Yeah. That's the Yuffie I remember." Tifa replied chuckling.
Disclaimer: For the 100th time I do not own Yuffie, Tifa or any of those people! I only own Kenji and sadly, I don't want to . He is evil. Well, if Squaresoft ever decides to sell final fantasy let me know…. lol. Jk.
Also….SORRY for the short chapter. I have a new coming soon. ^^ Hope you like and continue to R/R k? yay. Also I've noticed lately that a lot of Tifa/Vincent stories are being made. Cool. Never realized how well they together but Y/V are still #1 in my book. Hehe.