To the Gold Saucer they go! you know I've always wished they had a place like that in real life. hehe
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII or any of the characters.
Tifa sat quietly in her room. She would be leaving for the Gold Saucer soon. Maybe Cloud would be there! It would be so cool to meet a celebrity. Tifa had had a whirl wind last couple of days. She had run away, been reunited with her sister and best friend, got beaten up by her sister, got married, and she was now going on a honey moon. Tifa's head spun a little from thinking about it.
Tifa sat down at her piano. Playing would calm her down. She dug through her old books and found a Evanescence one. She flipped through it. She decided to play a song called 'Hello'. Tifa started the dreamy intro and started to sing along. There wasn't much to sing but the words were drawn out making the song seem longer then it really was. Tifa liked that about it.
"Playground school bell rings again, Rain clouds come to play again, Has no one told you she's not breathing?! Hello, I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to: Hello" Tifa sang and continued to play. The melody over took her and she felt very relaxed.
Rufus was standing outside her door. He had heard her start playing and wanted to hear. He knew she would flip out if he went in so he waited outside. He always loved it when she played. She always brought this
peace to him, but he'd rather die then tell anyone that. Rufus had changed a lot. When he was around her he was nice, he smiled, and laughed. Back at ShinRa all he ever did was look mad and snap at people but the minute he was near her all that changed. He would never show this side to anyone but Tifa, that he promised himself.
"If i smile and don't believe, soon I know i'll wake from this dream, Don't try to fix me I'm not broken! Hello! I'm the lie living for you so you can hide, don't cry" Tifa continued to sing and play totally unaware of her audience. Yuffie and Aerith had come to stand with Rufus and listen.
"She always made me happy when she played, when ever I was sad. She never gave me a speech about how I should feel happy, she just let me cry as she played" Aerith smiled fondly at the memory. "Tifa's that greatest friend."
"Her playing always use to annoy me when I was young. See she wasn't good then so I always got mad at her" Yuffie grinned and Aerith rolled her eyes.
"Suddenly I know i'm not sleeping, Hello, I'm still here All that's left of yesterday" Tifa finished the song and stopped playing. She took a deep breath. She was clam now. Tifa walked over to her door and opened it. The 3 people leaning on it all fell on top of her.
"Hey!" Tifa snapped and they all acted innocent. Tifa gave Aerith and Yuffie and sharp look and hit Rufus in the chest. "Meanies!" Tifa walked out. They all knew she wasn't mad but she was just acting like it. Tifa liked it when people heard her play but she would never admit that. Tifa bounced downstairs and grabbed something to eat. It was almost time to leave and all their stuff was by the door. They were waiting for Cid to pick them up. Rufus had told Cid not to tell his parents where he was going and Cid agreed. Rufus was nervous about telling his parents what had happened. He was surprised that no one had come after them. Rufus figured Elena had something to do with that. She was Tifa's friend now and she wasn't stupid. She knew what was going on between the 2 and she was happy for them.
Tifa answered the door when there was a knock.
"All really to go Mrs. Shinra" Cid said and bowed his head, he was very polite to her now that she was "Mrs. Shinra." Not that he had been that rude before but she could tell he respected her more. Tifa felt weird being called that but figured she should get use to it.
"Aerith, Yuffie, Rufus, Cid's here" Tifa called and the 3 came down stairs. They all grabbed their stuff. They headed out to the helicopter and threw their stuff in. Yuffie ran back to the house and Tifa followed. Yuffie locked the doors, she then hugged the house.
"Do you and the house need a moment?" Tifa asked giggling.
"Yes" Yuffie pretended to be crying "I'll miss you, be good!!" She called as she and Tifa ran back to the helicopter. They jumped in and Tifa slid in beside Rufus. Yuffie bumped hips with Aerith and the 2 girls laughed.
"Maybe we'll met some hot guys!" Aerith giggled.
"Who needs 'em unless you can fight 'em. That's what I always say" Yuffie grinned and Aerith rolled her eyes.
"That's why your single" Tifa pointed out, and Yuffie proudly nodded.
"That's not a compliment" Aerith laughed and Yuffie stuck her tongue out at them. Rufus just leaned back and watched the girls poke fun at each other. It was nice to see this, Rufus was almost jealous of her. He didn't have friends like this, it was something that he wanted though.
Tifa grew tired half way through, she wasn't sure why though. She had been so energetic just moments go. Tifa leaned on Rufus and he put his arm around her. Tifa settled into him and closed her eyes. She could still hear Aerith and Yuffie chatting in the background.
"Tifa wake up" Rufus shook her gently. Tifa opened her eyes, "We're here, Yuffie and Aerith already ran out to get our hotel room and play some games."
"Leave it to them to ditch me" Tifa sat up, "How long have we been landed?"
"Only 5 minutes, but it took me a while to wake you up," Rufus chuckled and Tifa gave him a 'what ever' look. Tifa jumped out of the helicopter and Rufus followed after her. They thanked Cid and he flew off again.
"I can't believe this is our honey moon" Tifa sighed dreamily.
"I know, I kinda imagined I would be a lot older" Rufus admitted.
"Ya me too, but this isn't' bad" Tifa smiled and Rufus looked down at her. He took her hand and they walked together into the Gold Saucer. Rufus knew his way around pretty well but Tifa had no clue where they were going. This place was huge!!!! There were so many people and so many things to do. Tifa couldn't wait to get started but she had to be patient as Rufus checked them into their room.
"Where's Yuff. and Aerith?" Tifa asked.
"I guess they went off to play some games" Rufus said, they had offered to take all their stuff to the hotel. Rufus figure they had run off quickly after. Yuffie in search of a fight and Aerith in search of a boy friend.
"Can we go too!?" Tifa was acting like a little girl but she didn't care.
"Sure" Rufus said and put his arm around her waist. They walked together to the games area. Rufus Tifa in basketball and Tifa creamed him. Rufus got his revenge by winning in a snowboarding race.
"I'll verse you in the motor bike game" Tifa said and Rufus nodded.
"Your on, but don't think you'll win" Rufus smirked.
"Eat my electronic dust" Tifa giggled and the race started. Tifa was in the lead but she found it hard to swat the people away from her while still trying to stay ahead to Rufus. Rufus was catching up. When they were side by side Rufus hit Tifa and she hit him back. It did nothing but it was still fun to see who could hit who more. Rufus ended up winning and Tifa just giggled. She had ended up hitting him most so she won in that sense.
"Where to next?" Tifa asked, she wasn't sure what else there was.
"How about the battle area?" Rufus said.
"Yah!" Tifa smiled and they walked to the area.
"Tell 'yur fortune?" A large white machine with a cat on it asked. Tifa raised an eyebrow.
"Sure" Tifa agreed and stood back waiting to be impressed.
"You aren't going to believe him are you?" Rufus rolled his eyes, he was never one to go for that type of thing.
"Why not?" Tifa said. The white bear lookin thing started dancing. Tifa watched and Rufus just rolled his eyes. He stood by with his arms folded across his chest and waited. Tifa just giggled at the dance and once they stopped she watched as a fortune popped out.
"What does it say?" Tifa asked.
"You will be kissed by a monster!" The cat said.
"That's true" Tifa said giggling and looking back at Rufus.
"No, no that doesn't sound right, let me try again" The cat shook his head and began to dance again. He soon stopped and read another fortune.
"No one can predict the future. There are no guarantees." The cat told her.
"Well I could've told you that" Rufus chuckled at her and Tifa rolled her eyes.
"One more, this time it's for you" The cat said looking at Rufus and Rufus shook his head. This time he danced quickly and soon a fortune came out.
"Reflect on your childhood... Your sensation... Your words... Your emotions... Time...
It will not wait... No matter how hard you hold on. It escapes you. And only IT will be there" The cat told him wisely. Rufus frowned at the mention of his childhood. He had been thinking about it ever since he was around Tifa, Yuffie, and Aerith.
"Oooooo spooky" Tifa giggled, "Thank you" She said and pulled Rufus away. They headed over to the battle arena. Tifa was surprised to see Aerith there. Tifa figured she was waiting for Yuffie to fight a few people. Tifa was wrong, Yuffie was outside the battle arena. They were both talking to a fighter. Tifa instantly recognized the one that Yuffie was talking to, it was Vincent. Aerith must be talking to "the new guy" as he was known. Tifa and Rufus exchanged at glance and walked over to the 2 of them.
"Hey Tiff, this is Sephiroth" Aerith smiled and Tifa smiled at the tall, white haired man.
"Nice to meet you" Tifa said and shook his hand.
"Likewise" Sephiroth grinned down at her. Rufus narrowed his eyes jealously at him. He put his arm around Tifa's waist and pulled her close. Tifa knew that he was jealous and she was kinda happy knowing that.
"I'll beat you in a fight any day" Yuffie exclaimed and everyone turned to look at her. She was jumping
up and down in front of Vincent. Vincent looked amused by the small girl.
"How much are you willing to bet?" Vincent calmly asked.
"A date with her!" Aerith called and Yuffie blushed.
"I accept" Vincent smirked and Yuffie turned redder. Tifa watched Vincent calmly walk into the arena with a jumping Yuffie following him.
"This should be fun" Tifa smiled and her and Aerith walked over to see. Rufus and Sephiroth followed behind them. They leaned up against the railing and watched. Tifa and Aerith cheered Yuffie on as the fight started.
"Knock him dead Yuff!" Aerith giggled.
"Take a dive, you'll get a date" Tifa called and Aerith whacked her in the arm, the 2 girls giggled. Yuffie charged at Vincent, he slowly dodged her. All his movements were small and precise. It didn't take long for Vincent to knock her down. Yuffie was down for the count and she lost.
"You jerk! One more time, let's go one more time!" Yuffie jumped up once she had pulled herself together.
"Not interested" Vincent told her and Yuffie frowned. Yuffie then got a confident look on her face.
"You're pretty scared of me, huh!?" She teased.
"Petrified" Vincent rolled his eyes but smirked at her. Yuffie turned her back.
"I'm really gunna leave! REALLY!" She warned, she knew she owed him a date.
"Wait a second" Vincent sighed. Yuffie turned to him in surprise, she was sure he was just going to let her walk off, since he was a famous fighter and probably had better things to do.
"You want me to go with you?" Yuffie asked. Tifa giggled at her sisters cuteness.
"That's right" Vincent folded his arms across his chest and grinned. Yuffie blushed.
"All right! I'll go out with you" Yuffie became her excited self again. Aerith smiled at the 2, it was all just plain cute.
"Alright lets go" Vincent said, Yuffie took his arm and the 2 walked out of the ring.
"See ya around Aerith and Tifa" Yuffie called and the 2 disappeared.
"Your sister's got a lot of spunk" Sephiroth commented and Tifa laughed.
"Ya, I kinda feel sorry for Vincent" Tifa said thoughtfully which made Aerith giggle again. They both knew how Yuffie could be. They could see it now, Yuffie would try to make everything into a competition and Vincent who be dragged around the Gold Saucer.
"I don't have to fight you for a date do I?" Sephiroth gave Aerith a confident smile which made the girl blush.
"No, I'm more of a lover then a fighter" She told him.
"Good to know" Sephiroth grinned and she turned redder. Tifa was happy her friends had found someone. She just hoped it would last. It was nice to see them happy. Especially Aerith, when Tifa left and then their father died Yuffie got over it with humor and light hearted fun but Aerith. Aerith was always a thinker, Tifa felt bad for not being there every time Aerith wanted to talk. Tifa thought about something, she would have to talk to Rufus about it later.
"Alone again" Rufus smirked at her and Tifa just smiled.
"Where to next?" Tifa asked, there was a lot more to do.
"How about we just take a walk," Rufus said, Tifa nodded. She loved how romantic he could be.
"Sure" She said and they walked hand in hand through the Gold Saucer. Tifa and Rufus walked to a giant ride. It was a nice slow ride that took them around the whole Gold Saucer.
"Let's go on" Rufus suggested.
"Yah!" Tifa smiled brightly and Rufus chuckled softly at her enthusiasm. They stepped in the small cart and sat across from each other. Tifa looked over at Rufus. He was quietly looking out the window. He looked so happy and carefree. She was happy knowing that she had something to do with that. Rufus took a deep breath and continued to stare.
"I'm sorry" He said and Tifa's eyes widened.
"For what?" Tifa asked, he hadn't done anything wrong.
"For draggin you into this, making you marry me and then bringing you here" Rufus said looking into her eyes. His ice blue eyes were cold and emotionless like always.
"Don't be, I'm..... happy" Tifa smiled warmly at him.
"You are?" Rufus said, he was almost surprised.
"Of course, I wouldn't have agreed if I knew this would've made me miserable" Tifa told him.
"Your sure, we don't have to act like we're married, just say so and we can get a divorce" Rufus said, Tifa was almost giggling now. It was so like him to over analyze things, he couldn't see that she was happy and that she wanted to be with him. He was too busy thinking, thinking about why she would be unhappy and what he could do to change that.
"I'm not saying anything then" Tifa grinned and Rufus finally smiled.
"Good then" He said and continued looking out the window. There was a long silence.
"Your not saying anything" Rufus commented.
"You might take it as a divorce message," Tifa pointed out and he chuckled.
"No I wont" He just shook his head.
"Okay" Tifa said and leaned back in her seat. Rufus just raised an eye brow at her. There was another silence as the 2 watched all the things in Gold Saucer pass them by.
"I...... I.........Nothing, never mind" Tifa stopped herself from saying what she wanted to.
"What?" Rufus asked and moved over to sit beside her. He put his arm around her and pulled her close.
"It's nothing really" Tifa gave him a fake smile, he could tell that she was thinking about something but decided not to push the matter.
"Alright, if your sure it's nothing" He said and squeezed her, Tifa put her head on his shoulder and sighed.
"It's all so pretty," Tifa commented, changing the subject.
"As long as I'm with you, everything will be" Rufus said, then he leaned down and kissed her softly.
Tifa woke up the next morning with lots of energy. Rufus had his arm around her and refused to let her go. She wanted to get out of bed and go but he wanted to sleep. Tifa squirmed and Rufus smirked, although his eyes were closed.
"Lay still woman" He mumbled half asleep, Tifa just rolled her eyes.
"No, I want to go!" Tifa whined and Rufus just rolled on top of her. Tifa giggled and sighed, she was stuck now. Tifa smirked and tickle Rufus' sides. He quickly moved away from her.
"Ha!" Tifa said jumping out of bed, she dressed quickly and pulled all the blankets off of Rufus. He groaned and covered his head with his pillow. He was not a morning person. Tifa took his pillow too and he was
left with nothing.
"I'll be waiting downstairs with Yuffie and Aerith," Tifa told him and Rufus just pretended to ignore her. Rufus sighed, she was getting annoying. Rufus just smiled to himself and got up. He got dress and fixed his hair.
He was ready for another day with Tifa, but he couldn't get this one thought out of the back of his mind. What would his parents say when he came home. He was surprised no ShinRa soldiers had arrived here looking for him and Tifa. Rufus headed downstairs and saw that everyone was eating breakfast.
He was happy that they had gotten a 2 story hotel room, it gave them a lot more room. Which was good cuz Tifa and Yuffie needed all the space they could get. Tifa and her sister were always fighting. Rufus found it amusing while Aerith found it annoying, in the nicest way.
"So how did your time with Vincent and Sephiroth go?" Tifa asked as Rufus sat down to join them.
"Great!" Yuffie giggled, "I'm going out with him again tonight"
"Me too! Seth, asked me out again too!" Aerith giggled. Tifa was happy her friends had finally found someone.
"That's good, it's funny how close you guys have grown in just a day" Tifa commented.
"Yah..... but he's really sweet!" Yuffie argued.
"And we have so much in common" Aerith said 'as a matter of factly'.
"Alright then" Tifa smiled.
"Why don't we make it a triple date!?" Yuffie clapped and Aerith nodded.
"That's a good idea," She agreed.
"Want to Tiff?" Yuffie gave her puppy dog eyes.
"Um... do you Rufus?" Tifa asked.
"Sure" He agreed.
"All right then, everybody's in!" Yuffie grinned and continued eating.
"Everybody meet here at seven" Aerith told them and they all nodded.
Yuffie and Aerith left to go to their room and get ready, leaving Tifa alone with Rufus.
"You know I was thinking...." Tifa started.
"About what?" Rufus asked.
"Do you think Yuffie and Aerith could live at ShinRa?" Tifa asked.
"That might be ok" Rufus agreed, "I would have to run it by my dad first but we have tons of room" "That would be great, ShinRa's so much nicer and bigger then our house, and I really want Yuffie and Aerith to experience what I have. It just doesn't feel fair that I get all the glammer" Tifa explained.
"I understand, do you think they'll want to leave their homes though" Rufus asked.
"Yah I think so, Aerith has always wanted to be independent but she's never had the money too" Tifa said, "If she lives at ShinRa she'll be able to work in Midgar and have her own life"
"What about Yuffie? She wont blow the place up will she?" Rufus joked.
"No" Tifa laughed, "She likes change, I bet she'll want to get away from a place she's been in all her life. Plus I think our house reminds her too much of Dad and the past. I'm afraid she might start living in it."
"Good point" Rufus said and finished his breakfast. Yuffie bounced down the stairs followed by Aerith.
"How'd you like to live at ShinRa with me?" Tifa asked the 2. Yuffie blinked.
"Really?!" She exclaimed, "That would be great, I was starting to wonder what we were going to do with the house since money was getting tight."
"Well now you can live with us, how about it Aerith?" Tifa asked.
"That would be great! I've been meaning to move out of my parents house" She smiled.
"All right then I'll get movers to move your stuff when we return" Rufus nodded.
"I'm gunna live in a mansion!!" Yuffie danced around and Tifa rolled her eyes.
"See you at 7 pm for our triple date!" Yuffie called and ran out the door. Aerith sighed.
"That girl's got way to much energy" She then headed up to her room.
"I wonder how our date will go?" Tifa thought out loud.
"It'll be fun" Rufus smirked.
"I can't wait" Tifa smiled.
Yah I put Aerith with Sephiroth just to do something different since she's always with Cloud. And somehow they kinda make a good couple plz don't be mad! hehe. I'll probably change that paring later on it's just for the time at the Gold saucer.