Disclaimer: All characters featured are property of Square-Enix, yet the plot of this fic belongs to me.
Small-Talk and Interruptions
Yuffie's head shot up as there was a loud knock at the door. Getting up out of the way, she called to whoever was at the other side of the door, "Who is it?"
"Tifa," came the reply.
Gawd! She was in the kitchen when it happened! What...does she think? Does everyone else know already? Yuffie questioned herself in her mind. "It's open!" Yuffie called.
The door opened, revealing a grinning Tifa.
"Ah, shit.." she mumbled and asked the older woman, "What do you want?"
"Oh, nothing," Tifa replied, still grinning, "Except.. Oh, you must have loved doing that, didn't you? You should have seen your face! And when you left.. Do you know what--" Tifa couldn't finish what she was saying by being interrupted by Cloud dashing into the room.
"You and Vincent?! I never would have guessed!" Cloud exclaimed, getting hit by Tifa.
"It wasn't what you think, I swear it wasn't!" Yuffie told him, blushing furiously for what seemed like the tenth time that day.
"Oh! I get it, you like him, but he doesn't like you back?" Cloud asked, amusement in his tone.
"I do NOT like Vinnie, gawd!" Yuffie smacked him as Tifa did a minute ago.
"If you didn't, why are you flushed?" Cloud said, in more of a statement then a question. Yuffie kept silent, so he continued, "Yeah, I always had a feeling you liked him.."
"I repeat, I do NOT like Vinnie! I blush at a lot of things..?" Yuffie said, trying to sound convincing. She took a moment for her face to go back to its normal color before Tifa spoke up once again.
"Oh my god! You like Cloud!" Tifa exclaimed, in a more serious tone.
Yuffie just looked like she was going to be sick at what she screamed, "Eww! Total grossness!"
"Oh, I see. You do like Vincent. You never blushed at Clouds mention, yet you blushed at Vincents! That's proof enough for me." Tifa told the young ninja.
"Yeah, well at least I don't like cloud like someone!" saying this, Tifa blushed as furiously as Yuffie did at Vincents mentioned and continued what she was saying, "..Okay, I admit it, I do like him..so just keep it between us, 'kay?" Yuffie pleaded.
"Fine!" Tifa agreed, "as long as you keep the Cloud thing between us, aswell.." she stated, her voice trailing off.
"Deal," Yuffie said as the two girls shook hands on it.
Vincent sat in the living room reading a book as Cloud sneaked into the room. Vincents super-human hearing and senses told him that someone had just come in, so he marked his page and shut the book. Vincents head shot up immediately after that and glared at the swordsman.
"What?" Vincent asked, his voice cold and low.
"So, I heard what happened in the kitchen earlier with Yuffie. Getting kind of 'friendly' there, huh?" Cloud said, amusement clearly in his tone.
"Nothing happened.. We are merely friends, do not get the idea in that empty head of yours that there is anything going on between the two of us." Vincent stated.
"Why, Vincent, was that an insult?" Cloud asked, amusement not leaving his tone.
"You tell me," Vincent said, tearing his glare away from Cloud and stared blankly ahead of him before speaking up again.
"Someone sure is touchy," Cloud muttered.
"I heard that, Cloud," Vincent informed him, giving him a death glare, which seemed to only have made Cloud laugh harder.
Cloud was laughing so hard by that point that he was rolling on the floor, laughing his head off. With a sigh, Vincent got up and quickly took the opportunity to exit the room, leaving behind the laughing man to his floor.
Before he was able to make his getaway, Cid appeared in the opening between rooms, awaiting Vincents arrival there.
Once reaching his destination, he glared at Cid.
"Now, what do you want?" Vincent asked the man, still glaring.
"Holy fuck! I heard about the brat from Cloud," Cid stated, afterward muttering, "Who'd have thought, the vamp and the brat."
"There is nothing going on between me an Yuffie, so don't think otherwise. Plus, shut up about the "vamp" thing, I am not a vampire," Vincent told Cid, who was amazed at Vincent for even saying "shut up', because he had not thought it was even in his vocabulary of words that he used at all. Hell, before if Vincent ever said 'hell', he would be in utter shock.
"Vincent! You actually said 'shut up', I'm so proud of you!" Cloud exclaimed grinning, the amusement returning once again to his voice. By now he had stopped his laughing attack and regained control of what he was doing.
"Cloud, you fucker, that's my line!" Cid snapped, "As I was going to say, I'm proud of you, you sai--" but Cid was cut off.
"Damnit! I said shut up, so shut the hell up already, and don't make me say it again!" Vincent yelled at Cid.
There was a minute silence before Vincent spoke again, his voice noting that he already calmed down, "I apologize for the outburst, it has just been a confusing day." After saying this, he walked past Cid, and to the stairs. Cursing his luck, Barret just 'happened' to stop him.
"Yo!" Barret said, greeting Vincent.
"..Do not say you are going to question me, too," Vincent said, sighing.
"Question ya? Why would I do dat?" Barret asked, "Oh, yeah, yer wit da brat now? I neva would'a guessed ya would be."
"..No, I am not with Yuffie..and what is with everyone calling Yuffie 'brat'? Vincent asked, giving Barret a questioning look.
"Well, she acts like a bratty child, so dats why, I think." Barret halfly muttered.
"Okay.. I shall be on my way now, so I bid you farewell," Vincent told him, and started to walk toward the stairs and up them.
"See ya 'round," Barret called after him but he had already disappeared up the stairs, "..or not.."
This time Vincent got spotted by Nanaki and stopped.
"Hello, Vincent," Nanaki greeted.
"Hello, Nanaki," Vincent replied, "Are you about to question me as well? The only person that has not is Tifa, which, I am glad she is not here at the moment."
Yawning, Nanaki said to him, "Nope. I just talked to Yuffie in your guys' room, she was leaning against me and suddenly fell asleep so I had to be careful that she did not wake up when I left," he told Vincent, then continued, "Maybe you should put her in her bed? Oh, yes, and I got word from Tifa the party is not until tomorrow night considering that she did not finish preparing the food which was supposed to be for tonight."
Vincent nodded to this, "Yes, I shall, it's the least I could do, and thank you for telling me that. Good-bye for now, Nanaki."
"Good-bye," Nanaki said before turning to the stairs and somehow getting down them in two seconds flat. How he could do it, Vincent did not know, nor did anyone else. Not even Yuffie would be able to pull a thing like that off.
Vincent walked into the room Yuffie and him shared. Looking over toward his bed, he saw her lying peacefully there, sound asleep like Nanaki had said. Picking her up, he placed her in her bed and pulled the covers up to the top of her shoulders.
He walked over to his bed and lied down to think of what would happen tomorrow night, how the party would turn out. Getting lost in his thoughts, he drifted to sleep quite quickly.
AN: Enjoyed the chapter? I hope so.. I find writing this fic fun, I just hope the readers like to read it..