He took his step in to the bar to see the smiles of his friends looking
back at him, smiles on there faces.
"Welcome back!" most of them shouted towards him, attracting the attention of most of the bar, and slightly embarrassing him. "Good to see you again, pal" Barret said, giving him a pat on the back with his new robotic hand, which he returned. "You to, buddy" he said. Then Cid wandered over, sat on the nearest table and grinned widely at him. Cloud took a seat at the table they were at and Cid said," So... where'd you park the High wind? Well? We didn't see it coming in, did she handle like a beauty, I bet she did?" Cloud could feel the guilt rise again, and droplets of sweat form on his head. "Leave that till later, he's jus returned and I'm sure he'd rather tell us what's been going on in his life than talk about a stupid ship, ain't that right Cloudy?" Yuffie said as she set a drink in front of him and sat down resting her elbows on the table and her face on her hands, saving him from replying. "Um... yeah, right." "So then where'd ya go, huh? Tell me everything, I miss our little adventures, did ya bring me something back, huh?" Yuffie burst out, staggering him for words. "Well it would take hours to tell you everywhere and everything I did, and I did get you something, but I'll give it to ya later, k" Cloud said as he smiled at her, 17 and as energetic as ever. He felt something brush up against him, "Yo, RedXII how's the family" He said, stroking his main, "They're fine, cubs are well." He said, purring. "How ya been", "fine, fine".
"Hey," he felt a hand on his neck as she spun round the table to her seat in front of him, her chocolate hair tossed over her shoulder. Her smile threw him speechless, her face was exactly the way he remembered it (although he really never stopped thinking about her), her eyes a deep brown, so deep he got lost in them for a moment and her figure perfect in everyway. She was his childhood friend and memories; his past was quite plain, he could barely remember anything but her, his life only got better when he met her again, in Tifa's seventh heaven, in the slums under Midgar. She was happy then, and she's happy now. Cloud pushed a smile to his face, "Hi, how's business", "Oh. Fine, fine." She said looking down to her hands as they settled around her cup of coffee. "You look healthy, been training recently?" she asked, looking him up. "Ah... yea, don't want to be out of shape, do I?" he replied, looking down at his own mug. "We all missed you" she said, with sincerity in her voice. "I missed you all too." He replied, scanning the faces, they hadn't changed much since last time he seen them. They were all there, Barret, Cid, Yuffie, RedXIII, Tifa, and then his cerulean eyes caught Vincent's face, who noticed and remembered he hadn't said anything.
"Welcome back." He said, uncomfortably, he wasn't used to spreading emotions. "Vince! Nice to meet you again" he said as he looked at the dark figure standing stern and upright, and he reaching out to take his hand. Now he felt at home, everyone was there and they were all happy. He was happy; he wasn't looking for a reason to stay. He found it and it was is friends, it has been well too long since last time he seen them and he didn't like that, sure he liked the journeys he had but it would make it better, magical, if his friends had accompanied him through them. But they had no reason to, they had went with him to the crater, but only because the life of the planet and everything that lived on it. They wouldn't scan the world with him for any reason. "Uncie Cloud!" He felt a tug at his arm and turned to see Marlene, "hey, how ya been, little lady" he said as he lifted her to sit on his lap.
After he finished talking to them, and when the bar closed, he left with the others, but Tifa as she lives above the bar, to get a room at the nearest hotel. He ended up with a room with Barret, not that he minded sharing a room with a Mad, ill-tempered and on the edge of insanity man, but he snores. Cloud always found it hard to sleep, except when with Tifa. She always looked peaceful; she slept silently and never seemed to be worried about anything. When he slept around her he felt her tranquility radiating of her. He liked to be around Tifa when she was like that. He always stayed up late, so when he glanced over at her, he smiled, not like he watched her as she slept, but it was hard for him not to. Her beauty was too astounding to ignore. He wasn't the only one who believed it, when they were young she was always surrounded by the boys of the town. He knew she liked being around him, but she would rather be with a group of people than just Cloud. His mind started wandering and soon he was in a complete trance, he wasn't tired that night but he drifted off real easy, despite the distracting snores of the giant in the other bed.
"Welcome back!" most of them shouted towards him, attracting the attention of most of the bar, and slightly embarrassing him. "Good to see you again, pal" Barret said, giving him a pat on the back with his new robotic hand, which he returned. "You to, buddy" he said. Then Cid wandered over, sat on the nearest table and grinned widely at him. Cloud took a seat at the table they were at and Cid said," So... where'd you park the High wind? Well? We didn't see it coming in, did she handle like a beauty, I bet she did?" Cloud could feel the guilt rise again, and droplets of sweat form on his head. "Leave that till later, he's jus returned and I'm sure he'd rather tell us what's been going on in his life than talk about a stupid ship, ain't that right Cloudy?" Yuffie said as she set a drink in front of him and sat down resting her elbows on the table and her face on her hands, saving him from replying. "Um... yeah, right." "So then where'd ya go, huh? Tell me everything, I miss our little adventures, did ya bring me something back, huh?" Yuffie burst out, staggering him for words. "Well it would take hours to tell you everywhere and everything I did, and I did get you something, but I'll give it to ya later, k" Cloud said as he smiled at her, 17 and as energetic as ever. He felt something brush up against him, "Yo, RedXII how's the family" He said, stroking his main, "They're fine, cubs are well." He said, purring. "How ya been", "fine, fine".
"Hey," he felt a hand on his neck as she spun round the table to her seat in front of him, her chocolate hair tossed over her shoulder. Her smile threw him speechless, her face was exactly the way he remembered it (although he really never stopped thinking about her), her eyes a deep brown, so deep he got lost in them for a moment and her figure perfect in everyway. She was his childhood friend and memories; his past was quite plain, he could barely remember anything but her, his life only got better when he met her again, in Tifa's seventh heaven, in the slums under Midgar. She was happy then, and she's happy now. Cloud pushed a smile to his face, "Hi, how's business", "Oh. Fine, fine." She said looking down to her hands as they settled around her cup of coffee. "You look healthy, been training recently?" she asked, looking him up. "Ah... yea, don't want to be out of shape, do I?" he replied, looking down at his own mug. "We all missed you" she said, with sincerity in her voice. "I missed you all too." He replied, scanning the faces, they hadn't changed much since last time he seen them. They were all there, Barret, Cid, Yuffie, RedXIII, Tifa, and then his cerulean eyes caught Vincent's face, who noticed and remembered he hadn't said anything.
"Welcome back." He said, uncomfortably, he wasn't used to spreading emotions. "Vince! Nice to meet you again" he said as he looked at the dark figure standing stern and upright, and he reaching out to take his hand. Now he felt at home, everyone was there and they were all happy. He was happy; he wasn't looking for a reason to stay. He found it and it was is friends, it has been well too long since last time he seen them and he didn't like that, sure he liked the journeys he had but it would make it better, magical, if his friends had accompanied him through them. But they had no reason to, they had went with him to the crater, but only because the life of the planet and everything that lived on it. They wouldn't scan the world with him for any reason. "Uncie Cloud!" He felt a tug at his arm and turned to see Marlene, "hey, how ya been, little lady" he said as he lifted her to sit on his lap.
After he finished talking to them, and when the bar closed, he left with the others, but Tifa as she lives above the bar, to get a room at the nearest hotel. He ended up with a room with Barret, not that he minded sharing a room with a Mad, ill-tempered and on the edge of insanity man, but he snores. Cloud always found it hard to sleep, except when with Tifa. She always looked peaceful; she slept silently and never seemed to be worried about anything. When he slept around her he felt her tranquility radiating of her. He liked to be around Tifa when she was like that. He always stayed up late, so when he glanced over at her, he smiled, not like he watched her as she slept, but it was hard for him not to. Her beauty was too astounding to ignore. He wasn't the only one who believed it, when they were young she was always surrounded by the boys of the town. He knew she liked being around him, but she would rather be with a group of people than just Cloud. His mind started wandering and soon he was in a complete trance, he wasn't tired that night but he drifted off real easy, despite the distracting snores of the giant in the other bed.