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for all the reviews! It keeps me motivated to keep writing. ^_^
The brunette wiped down the counter of her small bar in Kalm. She had closed up for the evening and was cleaning up the place. She picked the empty glasses off the table and dumped then in the sink. She moved slowly and tiredly. Mainly because it was late and she was sleepy, but also because that's just how she usually was. She wasn't the same like she used to be, everyone noticed it, even she did. Her eyes looked dull and lifeless instead of bright and lively, as they had been. Her once waist length shiny raven hair was now a little past her shoulders, layered and unmanaged. Even her smiles that use to be sweet, bright and sincere, was now forced and fake. She spoke in monotones and hardly ever laughed. Life had definitely taken a toll the young woman.
She walked out of the bar locking the door behind her and walked home. She lazily walked into her house kicking off her shoes as she walked into the kitchen. She opened the fridge and frowned, she really needed to go grocery shopping. She trudged out of the kitchen and was walking to her room when the phone rang. 'Whose calling so late.' She thought to herself as she made her way over to the phone. "Hello?" She asked "Hey Tifa!" the girls voice boomed on the other end of the phone line. Tifa smiled, Yuffie was the only one who could still bring a real smile to her face and make her laugh. "Hey What's up?" The brunette asked. "Uh you know, a little this, a little that!" Yuffie chided. Tifa raised an eyebrow "I sense there's something you want to tell me." Yuffie giggled, "Don't rush me!" I actually had a question, can you make it to Rocket Town?" Tifa thought for a minute, she hadn't seen Cid for a while. She saw him at he and Shera's wedding and later when their daughter was born. It would be nice to see them again.
She smiled into the phone "This isn't going to be one of your surprise visits is it? You know how Cid is." "Don't worry, I've already talked to Shera. I was going to ask if you guys could come to Wutai, but since they have the baby I thought it would be easier if we went to them." The teenager explained. "Well I don't know" Tifa began "I mean I have the bar to look after and- "Yuffie quickly cut her off "Then close it up for a while!" Tifa come on, you deserve a vacation. To see some of your friends, come on it'll be fun." Tifa let out a sigh of defeat "alright ill come, your right maybe getting away from here would be good." Yuffie squealed happily "Great!" And oh yeah, its tomorrow night." Tifa's eyes widened "You want me to be ready by tomorrow night? Well..okay sure, I can do that." "Yes perfect!" Yuffie exclaimed "So ill see you there." "Yeah Okay" Tifa responded. "Hey are you going to tell me the reason for this trip?" Yuffie giggled "No, not yet. It's a surprise! Goodnight!" Tifa laughed "Alright goodnight." She hung up the phone and wondered what her sneaky friend was up too. She smiled, she was glad to be getting away and seeing her friends. Maybe it was just what she needed.
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"Cid if your not going to help at least don't get in my way." Shera said as she moved Cid's feet off the table. "Shit this is my house too aint it?" The pilot asked sarcastically as he lighted up a cigarette. "Cid!" Shera yelled as she pulled the cancer stick out of his mouth. He glared at her and picked up the newspaper. "It's going to be so nice to see Yuffie and the others." Shera went on cheerfully while picking up some baby toys. Cid mumbled something under his breath "Just because she's Wutai princess or whatever the hell you call it, doesn't mean we have to change our whole house upside down to make her feel comfortable." Shera laughed "Cid were having company, I'm just cleaning our house so it's presentable." She leaned across Cid to pick up a stuffed animal that was lying on the couch. The pilot looked up "I'm trying to read here," he said flatly. His wife ruffled his hair "Oh well excuse me." She said in a mocking tone. The blue eyed man smiled as he put his arms around her waist and pulled her down to him. "Cid!" She shrieked. "What?" He asked innocently. Shera laughed, "I have to finish up here." Cid rolled his eyes "No, you're done." Shera sighed and relaxed in his arms. "Okay maybe just for now" she said as she placed her hand on this side of his face. He leaned down and kissed her softly. He loved her so much, how she managed to put up with him he sometimes wondered, but he was grateful that she did. He ran his hand through her hair as she wrapped her arms around his neck. But this sweet moment was broke by a babies cry. Cid cursed as he pulled back, while Shera laughed. She got up from her husbands hold and kissed the top of his head. "Don't worry im on it." She quickly fled to her daughter's room and picked up the crying child while slightly bouncing her up and down. "Oh honey what's wrong?" She asked sweetly in baby talk. She returned back into the living room where her husband was sitting on the couch. "Here go to daddy while mommy finishes cleaning." Cid took his daughter gently into his arms and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "Hey kid what's the matter?" He said with concern. "Here lets watch some TV." he said as he grabbed the remote and flipped it onto a football game "this will make you feel better," he said with a laugh as he kicked his feet back onto the small table. "Cid!" Shera's voice carried from the kitchen "Alright Alright!" Cid shouted back as he took his feet down in defeat. *********************************************************************
'What else?' The ninja thought. 'I've called everyone up, I got my things packed... "Lady Kisiragi?" A woman's voice asked. Yuffie turned around to be greeted by Liana.
"Yeah what is it?" Yuffie asked irritated. "Well I understand your leaving, but before you go I wanted to run a few things by you." Liana explained while bringing out a stack of papers. The girls eyes widened. "Liana." Gigio called out "Here give them to me, ill look over them." He said as he took the papers. "But, but" Liana stammered. "Come on let's go" Gigio said as he grabbed Liana by the arm. Yuffie clasped her hands and mouthed a thank you to him. 'Better move quickly before anything else happens' Yuffie thought to herself as she walked into her room and grabbed the last of her stuff. She walked outside and saw Cloud leaning against the post by the front steps, she couldn't help but smile. He heard her come out and returned the smile "are you ready Lady Kisiragi?" he asked with a mock bow. The girl rolled her eyes and waved him off as she walked down the steps.
"Ready when you are."
"Well then lets go." The blonde replied as he reached down to pick up Yuffie's bag at the same time she did, causing his hand to rest on top of hers. "I got it Yuff." He said "No it's alright." Yuffie said as she continued to try to pick up the bag.
"No really let me." Cloud said. Yuffie gave him a strange look and then smiled and took her hand of the bag.
"Okay go ahead." She continued, "Just to let you know, you don't have to give me any special treatment because of my...title." Cloud picked up her bag and his.
"Of course not, I'm not that shallow." He said with a smile, but she could tell he meant it. She nodded "Right. Well let's go the jet should be here any minute." She said as she walked ahead. Cloud followed until they reached the point where the jet was supposedly arriving at. Yuffie checked her watch "So like them, never on time." Cloud scratched the back of his head "It's fine, I don't mind waiting." Yuffie grinned. "What?" the blonde asked. "Still the same, and yet so different." The ninja said. It was true though. Since Cloud had come back she had noticed the changes in him. All which were good in her eyes, he seemed more laid back, he joked around a lot more and he seemed to smile a whole lot more than she remembered. But he still had his same gestures, like scratching the back of his head when he was nervous or just at a loss for words. Cloud eyed her suspiciously "Okay." He said unsure. The girl shook her head causing a few strands of hair to fall in front of her face from her loose ponytail. "Never mind that." She said with a smile "You know you still haven't told me what you've been up to these last few years." The ex-soldier let out a sigh "Well I've been just about everywhere, the first year I traveled a lot, I guess I just needed to be in a different atmosphere...to really understand things, I had a lot of things I was trying to sort out back then." Yuffie nodded and looked at him, urging him to go on. "But then I found myself in Midgar. And I saw Reeve, he was doing a lot of good things with Shinra and he wanted me to come aboard. I didn't want to at first, I don't know maybe the name Shinra just haunted me, but since Reeve is in charge now and is doing a good job, I thought what the hell this may be good for me." Yuffie's eyes widened. "Wait so you're with Shinra?"
Cloud nodded "Yeah for about nine months." Yuffie shook her head "Well Reeve comes her sometimes, I mean we see each other on occasion for work related stuff, I've never seen you, even when I've been to Midgar." Cloud looked at the ground "Yeah I figured you might say that. Truth is I told Reeve I wanted to be on assignment. So that way I could travel, I didn't want to stay in one spot. I still needed to clear my thoughts and go places. If I stayed in Midgar permanently I might have gone crazy." Yuffie smiled and laughed a little "Yeah I know what you mean. Sometimes being in Wutai for so long can be a bit much. That's why I jump at an opportunity to leave. Don't get me wrong I love it here, but when people see me here im not just Yuffie im "Lady Kisiragi" and that can be a bit stressful at times, it makes any normal person want to just get away." Cloud tore his gaze from off the ground and looked at Yuffie. 'Why am I telling him this?' I don't want to seem like im complaining. I don't want him to think im weak or still some young kid whose whining. Yuffie kicked herself inwardly. "Of course, I know I would." Cloud said breaking into Yuffie thoughts. " I got to say Yuffie, I don't think I could do what you do. I mean you have a whole country to direct, and a whole bunch of people to listen to. I think your doing a great job here from what I can see."
Yuffie smiled "Thanks!" She said proudly. The blonde smiled at her and then directed his focus on some kids playing across the street. The silver eyed girl watched him carefully. He was content in just being outside and enjoying the surroundings. It was cute to see him satisfied off of the smallest things. Wait cute? Yuffie turned her head quickly as she felt herself go red. 'What's with me?' She thought to herself. Cloud had only been back for a day, but within that time she had to admit she was going weird. Whenever he smiled, her heart seemed to skip a beat. And she caught herself staring into his eyes not once but twice. And she would smile or laugh at the simplest things he did. And she had to admit he was being really sweet. He seemed to really listen to her now, not like before when he would listen just to indulge her but forget what she said ten minutes later. No. Now when she talked she saw that he would look directly at her and truly would want to understand her. When he had come back the other day, she tried to get answers out of him about what he had been up too, but he seemed to be more interested in her and what she was doing. He definitely had changed over the years, whatever he had been through over that time seemed to make him appreciate life and the things and people in it.
Her thoughts were interrupted once again by the blonde. "Hey your not falling asleep on me now are you?" he asked while gently tapping her shoulder. Yuffie turned her head in his direction to be met by two sapphire orbs with a questioning look in them. Yuffie let out a nervous cough. "No, no just thinking. Uh im going to call, see what's taking them so long." She spoke quickly. Cloud nodded as she rummaged through her purse for her cell phone. She began to dial when a gust of wind came sending chills up her spine. She shivered a little seeing as how she only wore a pair of jeans and a sleeveless t-shirt. Cloud laughed "I hope you brought warmer clothes just in case." She nodded as she rubbed her arm vigorously. "Come stand over here, you'll be out of the wind." Cloud said and motioned her over with his hand. She walked closer by him and leaned up against the wall next too him. She finished making her phone call "Our ride is five minutes away. They got delayed somehow." She announced. Cloud gave a slight nod. He didn't seem to really be listening. Yuffie frowned. ' So much for the listening.' She thought to herself. "Are you okay?" Cloud asked noticing that Yuffie was still shaking. "Yeah I will be, just as soon as our jet gets here." She explained. She was surprised to feel arms encircle her waist. Cloud pulled her in closer to him "How's that?" he asked innocently. "Better...thanks." She replied. It felt so nice to be in his arms. She rested her head against his chest as she put her arms around him. "You know." Cloud began "I haven't been a jet before." Yuffie laughed "Are you serious?" "Yeah Yuffie, some of us aren't as privileged as you to have our own private jet!" he teased. Yuffie grinned "Yeah I know!" she said as they both burst into laughter. She then saw the jet coming from overhead and couldn't be more upset. She wished it would come later. She wanted to stay with Cloud like this for a minute longer. Just a minute.
Authors Notes: So there you have it, Yuffie is falling for Cloud! But is he falling for her? Lol, Review please! Will update soon! ^_^ Thanks!
The brunette wiped down the counter of her small bar in Kalm. She had closed up for the evening and was cleaning up the place. She picked the empty glasses off the table and dumped then in the sink. She moved slowly and tiredly. Mainly because it was late and she was sleepy, but also because that's just how she usually was. She wasn't the same like she used to be, everyone noticed it, even she did. Her eyes looked dull and lifeless instead of bright and lively, as they had been. Her once waist length shiny raven hair was now a little past her shoulders, layered and unmanaged. Even her smiles that use to be sweet, bright and sincere, was now forced and fake. She spoke in monotones and hardly ever laughed. Life had definitely taken a toll the young woman.
She walked out of the bar locking the door behind her and walked home. She lazily walked into her house kicking off her shoes as she walked into the kitchen. She opened the fridge and frowned, she really needed to go grocery shopping. She trudged out of the kitchen and was walking to her room when the phone rang. 'Whose calling so late.' She thought to herself as she made her way over to the phone. "Hello?" She asked "Hey Tifa!" the girls voice boomed on the other end of the phone line. Tifa smiled, Yuffie was the only one who could still bring a real smile to her face and make her laugh. "Hey What's up?" The brunette asked. "Uh you know, a little this, a little that!" Yuffie chided. Tifa raised an eyebrow "I sense there's something you want to tell me." Yuffie giggled, "Don't rush me!" I actually had a question, can you make it to Rocket Town?" Tifa thought for a minute, she hadn't seen Cid for a while. She saw him at he and Shera's wedding and later when their daughter was born. It would be nice to see them again.
She smiled into the phone "This isn't going to be one of your surprise visits is it? You know how Cid is." "Don't worry, I've already talked to Shera. I was going to ask if you guys could come to Wutai, but since they have the baby I thought it would be easier if we went to them." The teenager explained. "Well I don't know" Tifa began "I mean I have the bar to look after and- "Yuffie quickly cut her off "Then close it up for a while!" Tifa come on, you deserve a vacation. To see some of your friends, come on it'll be fun." Tifa let out a sigh of defeat "alright ill come, your right maybe getting away from here would be good." Yuffie squealed happily "Great!" And oh yeah, its tomorrow night." Tifa's eyes widened "You want me to be ready by tomorrow night? Well..okay sure, I can do that." "Yes perfect!" Yuffie exclaimed "So ill see you there." "Yeah Okay" Tifa responded. "Hey are you going to tell me the reason for this trip?" Yuffie giggled "No, not yet. It's a surprise! Goodnight!" Tifa laughed "Alright goodnight." She hung up the phone and wondered what her sneaky friend was up too. She smiled, she was glad to be getting away and seeing her friends. Maybe it was just what she needed.
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"Cid if your not going to help at least don't get in my way." Shera said as she moved Cid's feet off the table. "Shit this is my house too aint it?" The pilot asked sarcastically as he lighted up a cigarette. "Cid!" Shera yelled as she pulled the cancer stick out of his mouth. He glared at her and picked up the newspaper. "It's going to be so nice to see Yuffie and the others." Shera went on cheerfully while picking up some baby toys. Cid mumbled something under his breath "Just because she's Wutai princess or whatever the hell you call it, doesn't mean we have to change our whole house upside down to make her feel comfortable." Shera laughed "Cid were having company, I'm just cleaning our house so it's presentable." She leaned across Cid to pick up a stuffed animal that was lying on the couch. The pilot looked up "I'm trying to read here," he said flatly. His wife ruffled his hair "Oh well excuse me." She said in a mocking tone. The blue eyed man smiled as he put his arms around her waist and pulled her down to him. "Cid!" She shrieked. "What?" He asked innocently. Shera laughed, "I have to finish up here." Cid rolled his eyes "No, you're done." Shera sighed and relaxed in his arms. "Okay maybe just for now" she said as she placed her hand on this side of his face. He leaned down and kissed her softly. He loved her so much, how she managed to put up with him he sometimes wondered, but he was grateful that she did. He ran his hand through her hair as she wrapped her arms around his neck. But this sweet moment was broke by a babies cry. Cid cursed as he pulled back, while Shera laughed. She got up from her husbands hold and kissed the top of his head. "Don't worry im on it." She quickly fled to her daughter's room and picked up the crying child while slightly bouncing her up and down. "Oh honey what's wrong?" She asked sweetly in baby talk. She returned back into the living room where her husband was sitting on the couch. "Here go to daddy while mommy finishes cleaning." Cid took his daughter gently into his arms and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "Hey kid what's the matter?" He said with concern. "Here lets watch some TV." he said as he grabbed the remote and flipped it onto a football game "this will make you feel better," he said with a laugh as he kicked his feet back onto the small table. "Cid!" Shera's voice carried from the kitchen "Alright Alright!" Cid shouted back as he took his feet down in defeat. *********************************************************************
'What else?' The ninja thought. 'I've called everyone up, I got my things packed... "Lady Kisiragi?" A woman's voice asked. Yuffie turned around to be greeted by Liana.
"Yeah what is it?" Yuffie asked irritated. "Well I understand your leaving, but before you go I wanted to run a few things by you." Liana explained while bringing out a stack of papers. The girls eyes widened. "Liana." Gigio called out "Here give them to me, ill look over them." He said as he took the papers. "But, but" Liana stammered. "Come on let's go" Gigio said as he grabbed Liana by the arm. Yuffie clasped her hands and mouthed a thank you to him. 'Better move quickly before anything else happens' Yuffie thought to herself as she walked into her room and grabbed the last of her stuff. She walked outside and saw Cloud leaning against the post by the front steps, she couldn't help but smile. He heard her come out and returned the smile "are you ready Lady Kisiragi?" he asked with a mock bow. The girl rolled her eyes and waved him off as she walked down the steps.
"Ready when you are."
"Well then lets go." The blonde replied as he reached down to pick up Yuffie's bag at the same time she did, causing his hand to rest on top of hers. "I got it Yuff." He said "No it's alright." Yuffie said as she continued to try to pick up the bag.
"No really let me." Cloud said. Yuffie gave him a strange look and then smiled and took her hand of the bag.
"Okay go ahead." She continued, "Just to let you know, you don't have to give me any special treatment because of my...title." Cloud picked up her bag and his.
"Of course not, I'm not that shallow." He said with a smile, but she could tell he meant it. She nodded "Right. Well let's go the jet should be here any minute." She said as she walked ahead. Cloud followed until they reached the point where the jet was supposedly arriving at. Yuffie checked her watch "So like them, never on time." Cloud scratched the back of his head "It's fine, I don't mind waiting." Yuffie grinned. "What?" the blonde asked. "Still the same, and yet so different." The ninja said. It was true though. Since Cloud had come back she had noticed the changes in him. All which were good in her eyes, he seemed more laid back, he joked around a lot more and he seemed to smile a whole lot more than she remembered. But he still had his same gestures, like scratching the back of his head when he was nervous or just at a loss for words. Cloud eyed her suspiciously "Okay." He said unsure. The girl shook her head causing a few strands of hair to fall in front of her face from her loose ponytail. "Never mind that." She said with a smile "You know you still haven't told me what you've been up to these last few years." The ex-soldier let out a sigh "Well I've been just about everywhere, the first year I traveled a lot, I guess I just needed to be in a different atmosphere...to really understand things, I had a lot of things I was trying to sort out back then." Yuffie nodded and looked at him, urging him to go on. "But then I found myself in Midgar. And I saw Reeve, he was doing a lot of good things with Shinra and he wanted me to come aboard. I didn't want to at first, I don't know maybe the name Shinra just haunted me, but since Reeve is in charge now and is doing a good job, I thought what the hell this may be good for me." Yuffie's eyes widened. "Wait so you're with Shinra?"
Cloud nodded "Yeah for about nine months." Yuffie shook her head "Well Reeve comes her sometimes, I mean we see each other on occasion for work related stuff, I've never seen you, even when I've been to Midgar." Cloud looked at the ground "Yeah I figured you might say that. Truth is I told Reeve I wanted to be on assignment. So that way I could travel, I didn't want to stay in one spot. I still needed to clear my thoughts and go places. If I stayed in Midgar permanently I might have gone crazy." Yuffie smiled and laughed a little "Yeah I know what you mean. Sometimes being in Wutai for so long can be a bit much. That's why I jump at an opportunity to leave. Don't get me wrong I love it here, but when people see me here im not just Yuffie im "Lady Kisiragi" and that can be a bit stressful at times, it makes any normal person want to just get away." Cloud tore his gaze from off the ground and looked at Yuffie. 'Why am I telling him this?' I don't want to seem like im complaining. I don't want him to think im weak or still some young kid whose whining. Yuffie kicked herself inwardly. "Of course, I know I would." Cloud said breaking into Yuffie thoughts. " I got to say Yuffie, I don't think I could do what you do. I mean you have a whole country to direct, and a whole bunch of people to listen to. I think your doing a great job here from what I can see."
Yuffie smiled "Thanks!" She said proudly. The blonde smiled at her and then directed his focus on some kids playing across the street. The silver eyed girl watched him carefully. He was content in just being outside and enjoying the surroundings. It was cute to see him satisfied off of the smallest things. Wait cute? Yuffie turned her head quickly as she felt herself go red. 'What's with me?' She thought to herself. Cloud had only been back for a day, but within that time she had to admit she was going weird. Whenever he smiled, her heart seemed to skip a beat. And she caught herself staring into his eyes not once but twice. And she would smile or laugh at the simplest things he did. And she had to admit he was being really sweet. He seemed to really listen to her now, not like before when he would listen just to indulge her but forget what she said ten minutes later. No. Now when she talked she saw that he would look directly at her and truly would want to understand her. When he had come back the other day, she tried to get answers out of him about what he had been up too, but he seemed to be more interested in her and what she was doing. He definitely had changed over the years, whatever he had been through over that time seemed to make him appreciate life and the things and people in it.
Her thoughts were interrupted once again by the blonde. "Hey your not falling asleep on me now are you?" he asked while gently tapping her shoulder. Yuffie turned her head in his direction to be met by two sapphire orbs with a questioning look in them. Yuffie let out a nervous cough. "No, no just thinking. Uh im going to call, see what's taking them so long." She spoke quickly. Cloud nodded as she rummaged through her purse for her cell phone. She began to dial when a gust of wind came sending chills up her spine. She shivered a little seeing as how she only wore a pair of jeans and a sleeveless t-shirt. Cloud laughed "I hope you brought warmer clothes just in case." She nodded as she rubbed her arm vigorously. "Come stand over here, you'll be out of the wind." Cloud said and motioned her over with his hand. She walked closer by him and leaned up against the wall next too him. She finished making her phone call "Our ride is five minutes away. They got delayed somehow." She announced. Cloud gave a slight nod. He didn't seem to really be listening. Yuffie frowned. ' So much for the listening.' She thought to herself. "Are you okay?" Cloud asked noticing that Yuffie was still shaking. "Yeah I will be, just as soon as our jet gets here." She explained. She was surprised to feel arms encircle her waist. Cloud pulled her in closer to him "How's that?" he asked innocently. "Better...thanks." She replied. It felt so nice to be in his arms. She rested her head against his chest as she put her arms around him. "You know." Cloud began "I haven't been a jet before." Yuffie laughed "Are you serious?" "Yeah Yuffie, some of us aren't as privileged as you to have our own private jet!" he teased. Yuffie grinned "Yeah I know!" she said as they both burst into laughter. She then saw the jet coming from overhead and couldn't be more upset. She wished it would come later. She wanted to stay with Cloud like this for a minute longer. Just a minute.
Authors Notes: So there you have it, Yuffie is falling for Cloud! But is he falling for her? Lol, Review please! Will update soon! ^_^ Thanks!