Disclaimer: See here, this plot here, it's MY creation, yet, the characters, sadly, are not mine..

Preperations: Finished

Vincent was abruptly awoken by a small scream followed by panting. He shot up, looking in Yuffie's direction. He got up and walked over to her, seeing as she was sitting up shaking while gasping for breath.

"Are you alright?" Vincent asked, mildly concerned.

"Y-yes." Yuffie answered, her face looking a little pale.

"Do not lie to me, if you were, than you would not be shaking, nor would you be panting," Vincent stated.

"You're right.. I'm not okay.." Yuffie mumbled. She continued after a minute or so, "What time is it?" she asked, finally noticing the darkness. She had just stopped shaking.

"I do not know.." he said, looking up at the wall, "2:36 AM."

"Whoa! I'm tired still, so I'm going back to sleep now.." After lying back down on her right side, she fell asleep, lightly snoring.

How the girl does that, I do not understand. She falls asleep so easily.. I wish I was as care-free as her, he told himself.

Sighing, he returned to his bed and lied down. He had been doing that a lot lately, sighing, that is, and did not know why. Plus, his fowl language he had used hours ago. Cid and Barret were definitely starting to rub off on him, though, he saw some changes of them rubbing off on her as well. He just hoped that she wasn't going to turn in to another Barret Wallace, or even worse, another Cid Highwind.

Not surprisingly, he fell back asleep quite easily. After three decades of it, he was now a professional at it, as well as keeping awake when he wanted to. But then again, who couldn't?

Yuffie woke up half an hour later and sat up. She got up and walked over to the window. Darkness reigned supreme at this hour. Looking over at Vincents bed sleeping form with groggy, she had the temptation to walk over to him took over to him, she did so. After staring at him for a couple seconds, tiredness kicked in again causing her to lay down close to Vincent. Even though he was still sleeping, his arms automatically locked around Yuffie as she fell back asleep. There she slept, in his arm embrace, until she would wake up again.(..This just popped up in my head, I just couldn't resist not putting it to use.)
Tifa walked into Vincent and Yuffies room, just about to call them to breakfast, she saw them cuddled up together. Their arms wrapped around eachother with Yuffies head on Vincents chest. She smiled to herself. Aw, cute, she thought, turning right back around and closing the door without a sound. Sometimes, when she wanted to be, she could be just as quiet, if not quieter than a ninja who was sneaking around.

She walked into the kitchen to prepare breakfast, which she decided it would be pancakes for those who want them, and french toast.

AVALANCHE, minus Vincent and Yuffie, sat at the table in silence. It had been a while, meaning two minutes, since anyone had spoken. Tifa and Cloud's breif chat didn't last very long, aftearll, how long could a talk about helping out around the house go for? By Clouds waitch, it wasn't very long at all.

Barret suddently spoke up, "Yo, Tifs, ya know where da brat and da vamp are?"

"Yeah! I haven't seen either of those fuckers this morning. I wonder what the hell they're doing, probably Vincents getting annoyed the hell out of him by da brat," Cid commented.

Tifa glared at both Barret and Cid. She couldn't stand the disrespecting of Vincent and Yuffie by being called by those fowl names. Why couldn't they just call them by their actual names?

Tifa sighed, "No, I have no clue where they could be," she lied.

Silence continued for the rest of the meal while others were getting up and leaving the table, of course, leaving Tifa to clean all by herself. She didn't mind though, she was used to it by now. To her, it would be a major shock if anyone even put their dish in the sink, except fot Vincent, of course. He was the only one who partly did something around here--well, just what is expected of a man.

After finishing cleaning, she started the cooking for the party that was postponed untill that very night. She would have to get going if she wanted everything to be perfect, not to mention she still had to make two more meals when the time came.

Yuffie and Vincent woke up at the same time. Yuffie looked at the clock, Gawd! she thought, 10 AM already? I've been sleeping for so long! Why didn't anyone wake me up?

Vincent right away noticed his arms wrapped around Yuffie's slender form and unwrapped them. Yuffie noted the closeness and automatically jumped up, almost losing her balance and falling down. Luckily, she her ninja's balance kicked in and helped her land swiftly on her feet.

"Yuffie, may I ask you what you were doing in bed with me?" Vincent asked, looking at her with confusion.

"Well..I..er..that is..er.. IwokeupandsawyousleepingsoIwalkedovertoyouandsleepynesstookoverandIfellbesideyou, youwrappedyourarmsaroundmeandIfellasleepinyourgrip," she said all in one breath, not trying to sound any more nervous then she already felt.

"Would you mind repeating that? A little slower this time.." Vincent asked her.

"Okay, I.. woke.. up.. and.. saw.. you.. sleeping.. so.. I.. walked.. over.. to.. you.. and.. sleepyness.. took.. over.. and.. I.. fell.. beside.. you, you.. wrapped.. your.. arms.. around.. me.. and.. I.. fell.. asleep.. in.. your.. grip.." Yuffie said, each word long and taking a breath in between them.

"..I didn't mean that slow, but okay.. Atleast I understood it that time," Vincent said, sounding as awake as a mere human after a 100 mile run.

"Amazing! And here I thought you understood absolutely nothing," Yuffie said with a little giggle, and her stomache growled, "Now I'm going downstairs, I'm kinda hungry.. So, bye!"

Yuffie ran right in to the door in attempt to get out of the room before Vincent could say anything else.

Vincent just stared at her leaving the room, this time actually opening the door, walking out, and closing it. His attention snapped away from the door as he heard someone's door slam, or atleast it sounded like that. Getting up, he walked over to the door. Exiting the room, he noticed a door lieing in the midddle of the hallway. Blinking, he continued his way down to the kitchen.

Yuffie entered the kitchen spotting Tifa cooking up a storm. There were many plates of food at her side, each seeming to be different from the other. Noticing Yuffie, Tifa turned around to greet her, "Good morning, Yuffie," she said, she smiled at her.

The door to the kitchen opened once moor to reveal a seemingly hungry Vincent. Tifa grinned and told them, "The leftovers are on the left counter, help yourself to them. Everyone else has already eaten."

"Gawd, Tifa! Why didn't you wake me?" Yuffie whinned, dishing out her cold food.

"Well, you looked so warm and happy there in Vincents arms, what would be the use of waking you then?" Tifa replied.

"Oh gawd! You saw that?! It seriously wasn't what you thought.. Last night I woke up and saw Vincent sleeping and walked over to him, I happened to be really tired still so I fell down on the bed by him and I woke up like that.." Yuffie said, leaving out the minor detail of Vincents arms wrapping around her automatically.

"Sure, sure. Now go put your food in the microwave to heat it up and eat it," Tifa demanded.

Yuffie looked over to where Vincent was standing, right in front of the microwave. His food was already being warmed up in it. She hadn't noticed him get anything because of her talking. "Hey, Vinnie, that's not fair! I was supposed to go first!" she whinned for the second time that morning.

"Well, perhaps you should have hurried up instead of doddling around there, then," Vincent stated just as the microwave made a beeping sound. He grabbed his food out of it, leaving the contraptiion open for Yuffie to use.

Yuffie warmed her food up and ate. No conversation was made between her and Vincent. Tifa only made little questions every once in a while, that were answered with one word answers by Vincent, or twenty-five sentence answers by herself.

Tifa finished preparing the food at 3 PM, just as Yuffie busted into the kitchen.

"Tifa! You're done that now, right?" Yuffie asked, fairly calmly.

"Yes, I have just finished, why?" Tifa replied, adding a question for Yuffie to answer.

"Curious," Yuffie said.

"Oh! What are you wearing tonight?" Tifa asked, seeming as if questions popped into her mind every twenty seconds but she didn't let them out.

"..Uh.. I don't really have anything to wear..." Yuffie hestitated her reply, slightly afraid of what Tifa was going to say to that.

"Come on! I don't have anything either, we're going shopping!" Tifa exclaimed in a cheerful tone and started walking toward the door of the house, signaling Yuffie to follow her. She waited at the door.

"Great," Yuffie mumbled, running to catch up to Tifa while the older woman walked at a steady pace.

Yuffie and Tifa entered a clothing store which had the best womans clothes in town. Not really knowing what she would want in a dress, Yuffie walked around to find the perfect dress. She stopped in front of a pure white one with thin straps.

Grabbing the dress she walked into a change room. She looked at herself in the mirror, and for the first time in her life, she thought she looked pretty good. The dress was made of pure silk and would go down all the way to the top of her ankles. The front would show her legs off a bit because of the curving upwards to the middle of her leg.

Tifa stared in awe for a couple minutes before stuttering, "Y-you look beautiful!"

"Aw, of course I do," Yuffie replied, grinning to herself for her excellent find. She continued, "I think this is the one I'm gonna get. I like it, and it seems you do as well. I'll help you look for one once I get back into my regular clothes."

"Hold on!" Tifa called, spotting a pair of white high-heels, "Look, there, those shoes. Try them on as well.

Yuffie tried them on and looked at herself in the mirror. "Tifa, you're a genious, I never would have found these!" Yuffie complimented, deciding right then and there that this was what she was going to buy and wear later that night. "I'm going to go change back now, okay?" Yuffie asked. Not waiting for a reply, she turned and walked back into the change room she was currently in.

"Okay," Tifa said, spotting a dark blue strapless dress in just her size. Grabbing it, she knew it would be the perfect dress for her. She put it on, it wend down to her ankles, a bit longer than Yuffie's but it had a slit in the left side.

Yuffie walked out of the change room she was in, noticing Tifa was not here. "Tifa?" she called out.

"Just a second!" Tifa called back to her just as she got it on. "Come to the second stall from the end on the left side, you've got to see this!" Tifa exclaimed.

Yuffie walked to the door and knocked gently on it. Tifa automatically opened the door.

Grinning at the dress Tifa was wearing, she said, "Wow, that's nice! Hold on a second, I thought I spotted some shoes that would go great with that dress."

Sure enough, she had. She grabbed the shoes and headed back to Tifa. Plopping them down beside her, Tifa slipped them on. Tifa turned back to Yuffie and smiled more, while the younger lady(ah, I can't call her 'girl', or 'kid'.. Woman wouldn't be right so I just went with lady) smiled back.

Tifa and Yuffie paid for their stuff and walked outside the store. "Oh, we still have plenty of time, how about we go for some ice cream cones?" Tifa suggested.

"Sure," Yuffie said, whole-heartedly agreeing to the suggestion which was now the plan.

The pair walked into the ice cream shop and right to the counter. A woker appeared before them, asking the question, "How may I help you two ladies today?"

"I'll have a Vanilla cone," Yuffies reply to the question came first.

"I'll have.. Swirl!" Tifa replied, grinning like a five-year-old with chocolate.

They ate their ice cream in silence, trying to take as long as they possibly could. Finishing up, they walked back out on to the street.

"We should probably get back before the guys..even though they wouldn't be, get worried about us," Tifa said, adding, "plus, I can't think of anywhere else to go to waste time. We've still got to get ready, too."

"Okay, then," Yuffie said, grabbing Tifa lightly by the arm and practically dragging her back. She was anxious to see what Vincents expression would be when he saw her in her new dress, that is, if he even had one..

AN: Blah, longest chapter I have EVER written! Yes, pitiful, I know..
Bad title.. I'm horrible when it comes to naming chapters so don't mind me if there's more oddly named chapters.