"A Piece in my heart"

She knew who she had written this beloved song to. Her first and only love. Tifa Lockheart wrote her last word and put her pencil down. She read over the song she wrote and sighed. How will she ever show what she feels? 'I wish I can, but he's gone...' She thought desperately. She heard a small knock and felt someone come in. It was Yuffie.

It has been two years since the meteor was destroyed Midgar. It's still being remodeled, ever since Reeve took matter into his own hands and became new president of ShinRa. It has also been two years since Cloud Strife had left his friends. No note. Nothing. The thought destroyed Tifa's heart and she was never the same again with her friends. Tifa had been living in a big house Barret had constructed back at Corel. The town had built a small bar for her convenience. It was the only thing that she found homey and better. There was still a piece missing in her heart.

"Tif? Come out, dinner is ready! Everyone is waiting to eat after you come out!" she said sticking her hear through the door. Tifa had her back to Yuffie and gave her a simple, "I'm not hungry."

"Aww come on! The food smells great! Cid is already starting to get angry!!" Tifa noticed Yuffie wasn't lying. She could hear Cid yelling loud curses at the table. Yuffie sighed and came in, and closed the door behind her. Yuffie sat next to her and noticed the small notebook with written words on it and picked it up from the bedside table.

"What's this?" She asked. Tifa looked over to her.

"It's...something I wrote. Nothing special." Yuffie was reading over the notebook and looked back to Tifa.

"Wow this is nice! Is this a song?" she asked amazed. Tifa gave her a small nod, "Hey! You can sing?!"

"A little."

"Cool! Can you sing it for me?!!? Pretty pretty please?!?!" Tifa now regretted she said she did sing. She shook her head no and Yuffie gave her a big sigh.

"Is this still about Cloud Tif? You know that if he left you like that, he's just being a big jerk who doesn't care about anyone!" Yuffie felt Tifa's weird twitch when she said that about cloud and hesitated, "Well. You never know...he might come back before you know it!"

"I've been waiting for him for about two years Yuffie. He's not coming back."

Cloud Strife stared up at the sky, with a strong stab of guilt. Knowing he had betrayed Aeris, he had also betrayed his friends by leaving. He decided to never forgive himself. He love Aeris, but something else was missing in his heart. There he was, at the temple of the ancients, where it once was, all destroyed. He was on his knees, hoping for a sign.

"Who...am I? What am I?" he asked himself over and over. He doesn't know who he is. Is he really Cloud Strife? Or is he just a replica of Sephiroth? He couldn't tell what he was. His conscience was killing him.

He was grieving for Aeris, trying to find her. He closed his eyes and thoughts began to run his mind.

"Where are you Aeris, I need you more than ever." he sighed and bowed his head down just relaxing his thoughts. Thinking about how much of a bad person he is, for a person who can't even tell if he's real or not.

"I betrayed you, our friends...and...Tifa..." right when he mentioned his childhood friend's name, there was something he realized. She was there all along. She helped him from that coma. She helped him out when he was trying to get over Aeris. She convinced him that when you lose something precious, there's always something out there that will become even more precious. That she was Tifa.

He realized that even when Aeris was alive, there was still that Tifa that helped him go through all his pain. Her bright and beautiful mind always made him think positive. It was something he always loved, and always wanted to thank her for that.

'I never even thanked her, I just...left her.' he thought.

'She was that shining light...whenever it was dark for me. She cured my conscience when I needed it. After Aeris died, he noticed...Tifa was that piece missing in his heart all along, and he left her.

"Tifa..."

"I'm really not a great singer Barret." said Tifa, and Marlene scowled and gave her a big 'Hrrmph!!'

"Please, you sing beautifully!" Marlene said crossing her arms. Barret put his huge hand on his daughter's shoulder.

"I agree with what she said!" Tifa shook her head and sighed. She knew this song was for Cloud. She wasn't going to use this song as a form of entertainment for 'Friday night Idol' night at her bar. She knew about her hidden talent, but she couldn't sing that song to everyone, it was for her one love, no one else.

"Sorry guys...I cant." she said in a mere whisper.