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Tifa glanced at her watch before knocking lightly on the door. She heard a mans laugh on the other side of the door followed by a string of curses. The brunette smiled 'Cid, he'll never change' she thought to herself. Rapid footsteps approached the door "I got it!" a tiny voice called. The door was opened and there stood Marlene. The little girl whom she had taken care of for many years. She used to see her every day, and now she rarely saw her anymore at all.
"Auntie Tifa!" The young girl exclaimed as she jumped up and embraced her aunt. "Marlene, look at you, you're so big now!" Tifa said sweetly while squeezing her niece tightly. "Hey look whose here!" said a deep voice. Tifa let go of Marlene and looked up to see Barett smiling at her. "Barett!" she cried as she ran over and gave him a hug. She was overwhelmed with joy to see them again. She didn't realize how much she had missed them untill she actually saw them again. Cid and Shera later followed carrying their daughter Imara. They all exchanged hugs and hellos, and laughter and talk filled the room. Nanaki arrived shortly after and so did Vincent. Tifa wasn't sure if he would actually come, but there he was. She smiled at him and gave him a hug "Vincent! I'm glad you came." She said as she broke the embrace. He nodded "I am too, it's nice to see everyone again after all this time." He said flatly. Tifa smiled, she knew he meant it. He cared about all his friends. While sometimes he appeared cold she knew that was just Vincent being Vincent. She could see it in his eyes that he was glad to be around everyone again. Wait... everyone? Where was their Wutainese princess? The girl who had been responsible for this whole thing. What was keeping her so long?
The blonde stepped out of the jet and grabbed their bags. "Thanks!" Yuffie said to the pilot while stepping out "but try not to be so late in the future." The pilot nodded nevously "Yes Miss Kisiragi." She smiled at him and waved letting him know it was okay to leave.
"Think the others are aleady there?" Cloud asked as they walked. Yuffie nodded "Oh yeah im pretty sure they are, were the ones making the late entrance." The blonde was quiet. It had been such a long time since he had all his friends, and now he was only minutes away from them. So much had changed in all their lives. Yuffie had filled him in on everything on the ride there. Like how Cid and Shera were married and had a daughter. She explained to him how they really wanted him at the wedding but didn't know the first place to look to find him. She also told him how Tifa had remained in Kalm and opened up a bar there. Tifa. She was what was on his mind when he was away. He remembered back to the night two years ago when he had said he was leaving. He remembered when they talked on the balcony and how he felt when he held her in his arms. Maybe he didn't realize how strongly he felt for her then but it definitely hit him when he was away. She was always there for him and she was the nicecst person he had ever known besides Aerith, but it was different with Tifa. He missed the way she looked at him with concern when something was bothering him and how she always tried to cheer him up. He missed looking into her crimson eyes and seeing her smile. He missed everything about her. And now he was here about to see her for the first time in two years. 'Will everything be the same between us?' He thought to himself. He had always considered Tifa as his best friend and was sure she thought the same about him. But then again maybe not. The blonde sighed heavily. He wasn't too sure what to think. Sure she thought of him as her best friend before, but what about now? She was always there for him, but was he there for her? Maybe she needed him two years ago when he decided to leave. Would she resent him for leaving her and not being there for her? "Were here!" Yuffie excaimed breaking into his thoughts. He looked up to see the familiar house was only a few steps in front of them. The girl ran up to the door and rang the doorbell three times in a row. "Hold on!" Cid's voice shouted from inside. Yuffie giggled at the mans anger. She glanced back at Cloud who was about five feet behind her. "Come on," she said and waved him over. He stepped up cautiously carrying their bags in each hand. The door swung open and the pilot stood in front of them. He was smoking a cigarette and blew out a bit of smoke causing Yuffie to cough. "Hey quit that!" she whined.
The man looked serious for a moment and then broke into laughter as he embraced the girl. "Hey kid, its good to see ya!" He didn't notice the figure that stood behind Yuffie untill he broke the hug. "Holy Shit," he said as he opened the door wider and stepped out "It's really you! It's really fucking you!" he exclaimed as he walked up to the ex-soldier and gave him a hug clapping him on the back a few times. "Where the hell have you been!?" The pilot asked.
Cloud smiled "Long story."
"I can't believe this, come in come in!" Cid said as he motioned them in while helping Cloud with the bags.
"Yuffie!" Shera yelled as the girl entered the room. They ran over to each other and exchanged hugs while laughing. "Hey Yuffie's here everyone!" Shera announced before her focus went over to the door where her husband and Cloud stood talking. "Oh my gawd...Cloud?" The lady asked. Cloud smiled and nodded, "Yeah Shera it's me." She walked over in disbelief and jumped up excitedly when she finally realized it was him. She hugged him tightly. "It's so good to see you!" She cried. Tifa left the kitchen where she had been baking cookies with Marlene to the living room. "Our pincess is here?" Tifa asked jokingly as she entered the living room. Yuffie turned to her with a smile.
"Tifa!" She cried as she ran over and hugged her friend.
Tifa laughed, "I was wondering if you were still going to make it." She looked to the front where all her friends had now gathered in a crowd. 'Why are they all over there?' she thought to herself. "Yuffie what's going on?" the brunette asked innocently. Before the ninja could reply Cloud stepped into view. Tifa gasped. 'Is this a dream?' she thought to herself. 'Is he really here?' The blonde spotted her from across the room and smiled. 'There she is,' he thought to himself. He had waited for this moment for too long. He examined her down to every detail, although she had changed her look a bit, she was still as beautiful as before if not even more gorgeous. He saw the shocked expression on her face, and the others must have too because the room had suddenly become very silent. "Hey Tifa." He spoke softly. The girl stared and walked over slowly. When she was finally a few inches from him she stopped and looked into his eyes. Into the eyes that she use to get lost in, the eyes that would light up when he was happy, the eyes that would make her feel like she was safe whenever she gazed into them.
Her eyes filled with tears when reality hit her. He was really here, the love of her life was just before her. "Oh Cloud," she cried as she threw her arms around his neck and embraced him tightly. He did the same and buried his face into her hair while she cried softly. The others dispersed knowing that the two of them needed to be alone for a while. Yuffie went into the kitchen with Marlene and Shera but kept walking to the door to look out into the living room at Cloud and Tifa. She felt like she was going to burst. 'What's with me?' she thought to herself as she sat down at the kitchen table while Shera and the little girl stood in the kitchen mixing and preparing things. 'Didn't I want to reunite them so Tifa could finally fess up her true feelings to him and they could be together.' She traced the lines of the table with her finger, 'I mean that's what a true friend would do. What kind of a friend would I be to fall for a guy that my best friend is in love with.' She sighed heavily, ' but if I like him that's not so bad. I mean that doesn't mean im evil because I like Cloud Strife.' She put her head down on the table. 'No its not bad to like him, but it is when he's practially taken.' She couldn't deny it. Everyone knew Cloud and Tifa would end up together. They were a perfect match, they were made for each other. "Yuffie?" Shera asked quietly. "Are you alright?" The girl lifted her head off the table and blinked a few times. "Yeah im just tired." The ninja lied.
"Oh well get some sleep honey," Shera said sweetly "I know your tired, ive got the guest room set up there, go ahead and go." Yuffie nodded and thanked her as she miserably walked out of the kitchen. Cloud and Tifa were talking in the living room. They sat on the couch both at each end. Yuffie's stomache turned when she heard Tifa giggle. She tried to walk through quickly without being noticed but it didn't work.
"Hey Yuffie where you going?" Tifa asked. Yuffie, not turning around answered "To bed."
Cloud frowned, "You okay?" he asked with concern. Yuffie's heart jumped. "Yeah I'm fine, goodnight." She said still not turning around before she dissapeared down the hall. She went into the room and changed into her pajamas as lazily fell onto the bed. This wasn't going to be how she planned it she soon realized.
She had her eyes closed for a while but opened them when she heard the door open. She squinted her eyes to try to see the person as they shut the door behind them. "Whose here?" Yuffie asked sleepily into the dark. "Yuffie? Sorry did I wake you?" A voice asked. She grunted as she turned over on her side. "No Cloud. Why are you in here anyways?" the ninja said with a yawn. "There's nowhere else to sleep," he said plainly. "So I'm taking the floor in here." Yuffie sat up a little "Oh okay." She watched him move through the dark as he laid some blankets on the ground. "Here," she said as she tossed an extra pillow to him. "Thanks," he said quietly. He took the watch that he wore off and leaned across Yuffie to place it on the dresser next to the bed. She could smell the cologne he was wearing and it drove her absolutely crazy. "So are you okay now?" He asked while still leaning over her.
"What are you talking about, I said I was fine." She said Cloud looked at her strangely "Really? It seemed like you were jealous that I was talking with Tifa or something." Yuffie froze. 'How the hell could he know!' she thought to herself. If it was a lucky guess he got it right on. She tried hard to think of something to say to get her out of this but she came up with nothing. Cloud smiled "Yuffie are you jealous?" He asked. 'What is this?' Yuffie thought. He leaned in closer to her so that their faces were only inches apart. "Because you don't have to be," he said softly. Yuffie's heart was racing. Every inch of her screamed out to just kiss him. But she couldn't. No, not when she wasn't sure of what this meant. Not when Tifa was...across the hall. "Wh-what?" the ninja stammered. The blonde looked at her "Yuffie" he began "Why do you think I came to Wutai?" She laid there in silence, she didn't know what to say or do. "Don't know? Let me give you a hint." He leaned down and kissed her softly as he brought his hand to rest on her thigh. Yuffie's head was spinning, she was shocked at first, but this is what she wanted, and it felt so damn good. However she was still unsure about it. "Cloud?" she whispered with uncertainty. "Shh" he whispered back as he kissed her neck, "It's alright."
She ran her hands through his hair as he kissed her again, this time with more passion. She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him down closer. His hands traveled up her shirt as he went back to kissing her neck."Yuffie," he whispered her name, sending chills down her spine. "Yuffie."
"Yuffie, Yuffie wake up!" the blonde called shaking her slightly. Her eyes fluttered open, as she looked around, finally her gaze landed on the man before her.
"Cloud?" She asked. He smiled at her "yeah wake up Shera made breakfast and she said she doesn't want it to get cold so get up," he extended his hand to pull her up. Yuffie looked at him dumbfounded and reached for his hand. He pulled her up to a sitting position, "don't keep us waiting lady kisiragi," he teased as he turned to leave the room. 'O gawd, it was a dream.' Yuffie thought sadly. It felt so real, she still remembered the smell of the cologne he was wearing in her dream. 'A dream!' She thought angrily as she got up out of bed. She sighed thinking that a dream was as close as she would ever get to actually being with him. She exited the room lazily and put on a fake smile so her friends wouldn't become suspicious. She looked at Cloud who was walking out of the kitchen, she smiled at him when he looked her way. He returned the smile as he walked over to her. "So I'm guessing your still not a morning person?" he asked while looking at her unruly hair. She laughed, she really wasn't a morning person, back in Wutai she always had to depend on Gigio or someone to wake her up in time, and usually whoever woke her suffered the consequences.
She ran a hand through her hair "What are you talking about? I happen to think that this style makes me look beautiful," she joked as she shook her hair back and forth. The blonde laughed, "well your beautiful, but the hair isn't helping." 'He thinks I'm beautiful?' Yuffie thought to herself
"Good morning." Tifa chimed while walking up to the two "Isn't it time to eat?"
Cloud nodded "yeah and I'm hungry."
Tifa smiled "yeah what else is new," she teased as she began walking to the kitchen.
"Hey!" Cloud said as he caught up to her and tickled her sides. Her laughter filled the house and broke Yuffie's heart. 'Yeah' the ninja thought 'No more than a dream.'
Authors Notes: So how did you like the dream scene? Hehe. Well this is where the real drama starts coming in with the Cloud xYuffie vs.Cloud x Tifa. Review please! Will update soon!
Tifa glanced at her watch before knocking lightly on the door. She heard a mans laugh on the other side of the door followed by a string of curses. The brunette smiled 'Cid, he'll never change' she thought to herself. Rapid footsteps approached the door "I got it!" a tiny voice called. The door was opened and there stood Marlene. The little girl whom she had taken care of for many years. She used to see her every day, and now she rarely saw her anymore at all.
"Auntie Tifa!" The young girl exclaimed as she jumped up and embraced her aunt. "Marlene, look at you, you're so big now!" Tifa said sweetly while squeezing her niece tightly. "Hey look whose here!" said a deep voice. Tifa let go of Marlene and looked up to see Barett smiling at her. "Barett!" she cried as she ran over and gave him a hug. She was overwhelmed with joy to see them again. She didn't realize how much she had missed them untill she actually saw them again. Cid and Shera later followed carrying their daughter Imara. They all exchanged hugs and hellos, and laughter and talk filled the room. Nanaki arrived shortly after and so did Vincent. Tifa wasn't sure if he would actually come, but there he was. She smiled at him and gave him a hug "Vincent! I'm glad you came." She said as she broke the embrace. He nodded "I am too, it's nice to see everyone again after all this time." He said flatly. Tifa smiled, she knew he meant it. He cared about all his friends. While sometimes he appeared cold she knew that was just Vincent being Vincent. She could see it in his eyes that he was glad to be around everyone again. Wait... everyone? Where was their Wutainese princess? The girl who had been responsible for this whole thing. What was keeping her so long?
The blonde stepped out of the jet and grabbed their bags. "Thanks!" Yuffie said to the pilot while stepping out "but try not to be so late in the future." The pilot nodded nevously "Yes Miss Kisiragi." She smiled at him and waved letting him know it was okay to leave.
"Think the others are aleady there?" Cloud asked as they walked. Yuffie nodded "Oh yeah im pretty sure they are, were the ones making the late entrance." The blonde was quiet. It had been such a long time since he had all his friends, and now he was only minutes away from them. So much had changed in all their lives. Yuffie had filled him in on everything on the ride there. Like how Cid and Shera were married and had a daughter. She explained to him how they really wanted him at the wedding but didn't know the first place to look to find him. She also told him how Tifa had remained in Kalm and opened up a bar there. Tifa. She was what was on his mind when he was away. He remembered back to the night two years ago when he had said he was leaving. He remembered when they talked on the balcony and how he felt when he held her in his arms. Maybe he didn't realize how strongly he felt for her then but it definitely hit him when he was away. She was always there for him and she was the nicecst person he had ever known besides Aerith, but it was different with Tifa. He missed the way she looked at him with concern when something was bothering him and how she always tried to cheer him up. He missed looking into her crimson eyes and seeing her smile. He missed everything about her. And now he was here about to see her for the first time in two years. 'Will everything be the same between us?' He thought to himself. He had always considered Tifa as his best friend and was sure she thought the same about him. But then again maybe not. The blonde sighed heavily. He wasn't too sure what to think. Sure she thought of him as her best friend before, but what about now? She was always there for him, but was he there for her? Maybe she needed him two years ago when he decided to leave. Would she resent him for leaving her and not being there for her? "Were here!" Yuffie excaimed breaking into his thoughts. He looked up to see the familiar house was only a few steps in front of them. The girl ran up to the door and rang the doorbell three times in a row. "Hold on!" Cid's voice shouted from inside. Yuffie giggled at the mans anger. She glanced back at Cloud who was about five feet behind her. "Come on," she said and waved him over. He stepped up cautiously carrying their bags in each hand. The door swung open and the pilot stood in front of them. He was smoking a cigarette and blew out a bit of smoke causing Yuffie to cough. "Hey quit that!" she whined.
The man looked serious for a moment and then broke into laughter as he embraced the girl. "Hey kid, its good to see ya!" He didn't notice the figure that stood behind Yuffie untill he broke the hug. "Holy Shit," he said as he opened the door wider and stepped out "It's really you! It's really fucking you!" he exclaimed as he walked up to the ex-soldier and gave him a hug clapping him on the back a few times. "Where the hell have you been!?" The pilot asked.
Cloud smiled "Long story."
"I can't believe this, come in come in!" Cid said as he motioned them in while helping Cloud with the bags.
"Yuffie!" Shera yelled as the girl entered the room. They ran over to each other and exchanged hugs while laughing. "Hey Yuffie's here everyone!" Shera announced before her focus went over to the door where her husband and Cloud stood talking. "Oh my gawd...Cloud?" The lady asked. Cloud smiled and nodded, "Yeah Shera it's me." She walked over in disbelief and jumped up excitedly when she finally realized it was him. She hugged him tightly. "It's so good to see you!" She cried. Tifa left the kitchen where she had been baking cookies with Marlene to the living room. "Our pincess is here?" Tifa asked jokingly as she entered the living room. Yuffie turned to her with a smile.
"Tifa!" She cried as she ran over and hugged her friend.
Tifa laughed, "I was wondering if you were still going to make it." She looked to the front where all her friends had now gathered in a crowd. 'Why are they all over there?' she thought to herself. "Yuffie what's going on?" the brunette asked innocently. Before the ninja could reply Cloud stepped into view. Tifa gasped. 'Is this a dream?' she thought to herself. 'Is he really here?' The blonde spotted her from across the room and smiled. 'There she is,' he thought to himself. He had waited for this moment for too long. He examined her down to every detail, although she had changed her look a bit, she was still as beautiful as before if not even more gorgeous. He saw the shocked expression on her face, and the others must have too because the room had suddenly become very silent. "Hey Tifa." He spoke softly. The girl stared and walked over slowly. When she was finally a few inches from him she stopped and looked into his eyes. Into the eyes that she use to get lost in, the eyes that would light up when he was happy, the eyes that would make her feel like she was safe whenever she gazed into them.
Her eyes filled with tears when reality hit her. He was really here, the love of her life was just before her. "Oh Cloud," she cried as she threw her arms around his neck and embraced him tightly. He did the same and buried his face into her hair while she cried softly. The others dispersed knowing that the two of them needed to be alone for a while. Yuffie went into the kitchen with Marlene and Shera but kept walking to the door to look out into the living room at Cloud and Tifa. She felt like she was going to burst. 'What's with me?' she thought to herself as she sat down at the kitchen table while Shera and the little girl stood in the kitchen mixing and preparing things. 'Didn't I want to reunite them so Tifa could finally fess up her true feelings to him and they could be together.' She traced the lines of the table with her finger, 'I mean that's what a true friend would do. What kind of a friend would I be to fall for a guy that my best friend is in love with.' She sighed heavily, ' but if I like him that's not so bad. I mean that doesn't mean im evil because I like Cloud Strife.' She put her head down on the table. 'No its not bad to like him, but it is when he's practially taken.' She couldn't deny it. Everyone knew Cloud and Tifa would end up together. They were a perfect match, they were made for each other. "Yuffie?" Shera asked quietly. "Are you alright?" The girl lifted her head off the table and blinked a few times. "Yeah im just tired." The ninja lied.
"Oh well get some sleep honey," Shera said sweetly "I know your tired, ive got the guest room set up there, go ahead and go." Yuffie nodded and thanked her as she miserably walked out of the kitchen. Cloud and Tifa were talking in the living room. They sat on the couch both at each end. Yuffie's stomache turned when she heard Tifa giggle. She tried to walk through quickly without being noticed but it didn't work.
"Hey Yuffie where you going?" Tifa asked. Yuffie, not turning around answered "To bed."
Cloud frowned, "You okay?" he asked with concern. Yuffie's heart jumped. "Yeah I'm fine, goodnight." She said still not turning around before she dissapeared down the hall. She went into the room and changed into her pajamas as lazily fell onto the bed. This wasn't going to be how she planned it she soon realized.
She had her eyes closed for a while but opened them when she heard the door open. She squinted her eyes to try to see the person as they shut the door behind them. "Whose here?" Yuffie asked sleepily into the dark. "Yuffie? Sorry did I wake you?" A voice asked. She grunted as she turned over on her side. "No Cloud. Why are you in here anyways?" the ninja said with a yawn. "There's nowhere else to sleep," he said plainly. "So I'm taking the floor in here." Yuffie sat up a little "Oh okay." She watched him move through the dark as he laid some blankets on the ground. "Here," she said as she tossed an extra pillow to him. "Thanks," he said quietly. He took the watch that he wore off and leaned across Yuffie to place it on the dresser next to the bed. She could smell the cologne he was wearing and it drove her absolutely crazy. "So are you okay now?" He asked while still leaning over her.
"What are you talking about, I said I was fine." She said Cloud looked at her strangely "Really? It seemed like you were jealous that I was talking with Tifa or something." Yuffie froze. 'How the hell could he know!' she thought to herself. If it was a lucky guess he got it right on. She tried hard to think of something to say to get her out of this but she came up with nothing. Cloud smiled "Yuffie are you jealous?" He asked. 'What is this?' Yuffie thought. He leaned in closer to her so that their faces were only inches apart. "Because you don't have to be," he said softly. Yuffie's heart was racing. Every inch of her screamed out to just kiss him. But she couldn't. No, not when she wasn't sure of what this meant. Not when Tifa was...across the hall. "Wh-what?" the ninja stammered. The blonde looked at her "Yuffie" he began "Why do you think I came to Wutai?" She laid there in silence, she didn't know what to say or do. "Don't know? Let me give you a hint." He leaned down and kissed her softly as he brought his hand to rest on her thigh. Yuffie's head was spinning, she was shocked at first, but this is what she wanted, and it felt so damn good. However she was still unsure about it. "Cloud?" she whispered with uncertainty. "Shh" he whispered back as he kissed her neck, "It's alright."
She ran her hands through his hair as he kissed her again, this time with more passion. She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him down closer. His hands traveled up her shirt as he went back to kissing her neck."Yuffie," he whispered her name, sending chills down her spine. "Yuffie."
"Yuffie, Yuffie wake up!" the blonde called shaking her slightly. Her eyes fluttered open, as she looked around, finally her gaze landed on the man before her.
"Cloud?" She asked. He smiled at her "yeah wake up Shera made breakfast and she said she doesn't want it to get cold so get up," he extended his hand to pull her up. Yuffie looked at him dumbfounded and reached for his hand. He pulled her up to a sitting position, "don't keep us waiting lady kisiragi," he teased as he turned to leave the room. 'O gawd, it was a dream.' Yuffie thought sadly. It felt so real, she still remembered the smell of the cologne he was wearing in her dream. 'A dream!' She thought angrily as she got up out of bed. She sighed thinking that a dream was as close as she would ever get to actually being with him. She exited the room lazily and put on a fake smile so her friends wouldn't become suspicious. She looked at Cloud who was walking out of the kitchen, she smiled at him when he looked her way. He returned the smile as he walked over to her. "So I'm guessing your still not a morning person?" he asked while looking at her unruly hair. She laughed, she really wasn't a morning person, back in Wutai she always had to depend on Gigio or someone to wake her up in time, and usually whoever woke her suffered the consequences.
She ran a hand through her hair "What are you talking about? I happen to think that this style makes me look beautiful," she joked as she shook her hair back and forth. The blonde laughed, "well your beautiful, but the hair isn't helping." 'He thinks I'm beautiful?' Yuffie thought to herself
"Good morning." Tifa chimed while walking up to the two "Isn't it time to eat?"
Cloud nodded "yeah and I'm hungry."
Tifa smiled "yeah what else is new," she teased as she began walking to the kitchen.
"Hey!" Cloud said as he caught up to her and tickled her sides. Her laughter filled the house and broke Yuffie's heart. 'Yeah' the ninja thought 'No more than a dream.'
Authors Notes: So how did you like the dream scene? Hehe. Well this is where the real drama starts coming in with the Cloud xYuffie vs.Cloud x Tifa. Review please! Will update soon!