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Yuffie let out a deep sigh. She was glad to be going back home now. Everything at the Gold Saucer had just gotten too weird. She was ready to be going back to her normal environment. She stretched in her chair and looked out the window of the Gondola. The view from there was beautiful and it kind of helped her forget all of the things that were going on around her.
She heard Shera and Cid talking in the seats behind her while Imara let out an occasional cry. Across from her sat Cloud. He was sitting with his arms crossed and he seemed to be deep in thought. Yuffie frowned, she never liked when he would do that. Whenever he would think hard about something he would always get this distant, upset look on his face...and it sort of scared her. She wanted to ask him if he was okay but Tifa was sitting right next to her with Marlene. After the whole breakfast incident Yuffie definitely knew something was up. She noticed Tifa wasn't really talking and she kept catching the bad looks she was giving her. 'Damn' the Shinobi thought 'what am I suppose too do?'
She didn't have time to actually think it over because the Gondola was coming to a stop in Corel.
"Well we should be going," Cloud said as he looked at Yuffie. She nodded in understanding.
"Oh no," Shera said, "Well were going to all have to get together again. I know for Imara's birthday party! I want everyone there!"
Yuffie laughed, "Of course Shera we wouldn't miss it for anything!" Shera smiled.
"Well I guess this is goodbye until next time, "the pilot said.
"Yeah, but it won't be long" Cloud said with a smile.
"Well I'm just going to take Marlene back home and then I'm off too," Tifa began, "Um Cloud can I talk to you for a minute please?"
Cloud nodded, "Yeah sure Teef," he said as they both began to walk out of the Gondola.. Yuffie narrowed her eyes. 'What the hell?' she thought to herself. 'What does she want to talk to him about?' Marlene was tugging on her sleeve but Yuffie was hardly paying attention, she wanted to know what was going on.
The two walked on for some time before Tifa finally stopped. Cloud raised an eyebrow. "Is everything alright?" he asked with concern.
Tifa smiled and nodded, "Yeah everything's fine it's just...well the last time we were together we got to talk a lot and spend a lot of time together. And now it's been about two months and...well I just want to make sure were still...good."
Cloud smiled, "Of course were still good Teef. I'm sorry I know with me being back I thought we would be able to spend a lot more time together, but..." he trailed off.
The brunette nodded, "I know it's okay you don't have to explain." She walked away a little with her back turned to him. "I don't want you to forget about me though," she continued as she turned back to face him. "I may not be there with you in Wutai physically but" she stopped and began walking up to him until they were only inches apart, "I'll always be with you in here," she said quietly as she placed her hand on his chest. She could feel his heart beat in time with hers and it sent chills down her spine.
"I know" Cloud replied in a soft voice. Tifa's eyes began to fill with tears. She loved him so much, the thought of losing him was tearing her apart inside. What hurt even more though was that it was her best friend who may try to take him away. She tried to tell herself over and over again that it was nothing, but she knew for sure now. The way Yuffie looked at him earlier was enough to tell just exactly how she felt about him. But how did he feel about her? Tifa didn't bother to try to hold the tears back as they began to fall freely from her eyes.
The blonde's heart ached to see her like this. 'What am I doing?' he thought. 'I love her. Don't I? How can I hurt her like this, how can I just tear myself away from her. She means everything to me. Am I giving all of that up because of the way I feel about Yuffie? Do I love her? No. I can't. I love Tifa.' His mind and his heart were fighting each other, he didn't know what to do anymore. He knew that this girl before him cared deeply about him, and he definitely cared about her. But he did feel something for Yuffie, but did she feel anything for him? Was he misinterpreting their relationship? Did she only see him as a friend?
He wiped away her tears before she jumped up and threw her arms around his neck. "We didn't get to say goodbye really in our last visit, so I wanted to make sure I did this right this time," she explained while holding onto him tightly.
Cloud kissed her on the cheek and returned the embrace. A part of him didn't want to let go. A part of him knew that she was right for him. So why was he hesitating? Why couldn't he just tell her that he loved her, that he didn't want to leave her? She was all he thought about for those two years and now that he was back...he still was unsure.
"Auntie Tifa?" A small voice asked. Tifa sighed as she slowly let go of Cloud and turned around to face her niece and her young friend who seemed to look a little upset.
"The jet's here," Yuffie said with no emotion in her voice. Cloud nodded and looked back at Tifa.
She smiled, "I guess I'll see you sometime soon." He returned the smile just as she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek. "Take care," she said as her crimson eyes shimmered with unshed tears. She turned around and walked over to Marlene taking her by the hand. Yuffie kept her gaze straight ahead as Tifa approached her.
"See ya," was all the brunette said as she walked by, not stopping at all.
"Bye," Yuffie replied just as calmly and quietly as Tifa had. Both of them knew how each other felt now, and there was no getting around that. Tifa loved Cloud with all her heart and Yuffie knew that, and Tifa made it perfectly clear that she wasn't going to give him up. She stood there for a few minutes before she finally turned around to leave with Cloud trailing behind her.
'You're such an idiot! You already knew that Cloud and Tifa were meant to be. Did you honestly think he would forget all about her and fall in love with you?' she scolded herself inwardly. Tears stung her eyes but she didn't dare let them fall, she didn't want Cloud to see her cry over him. She promised herself she would never cry over another guy again.
She let out a long sigh as she thought back to two years ago when she first returned to Wutai. Everything was so new to her and yet so familiar upon her arrival. Many of the people were glad she was back, however some thought her intentions were selfish. But they didn't know. They didn't know that her father and her had worked out their differences before she left....before he passed away.
But it didn't matter to her what other people thought. She was back in Wutai to carry out her families honor. To take her rightful place, she owed it to Wutai, to her father and to herself. However even though she was strong and faced this task head on, she still felt a little lonely sometimes. She didn't really have a lot of people her age to hang around with, and she was constantly on the move with business affairs. But she didn't let that stop her too much from going out and having a little fun.
On one night in particular she went to the bar. Of course Gigio and the other Wutai Officials didn't think it was good for "Lady Kisiragi" to go to such places. But she really didn't give a damn. That was one thing they soon learned, just because she was leader of Wutai, she was still stubborn Yuffie Kisiragi first. She was sitting at the counter having a drink when some guys from behind her started whistling and saying some very perverted things. She rolled her eyes. They obviously were visitors and didn't know who they were talking too. She turned around in her seat ready to give them a piece of her mind and maybe a few bruises when a familiar face caught her eye.
"Now that is no way to talk to a lady," a green eyed man said as Yuffie kept her eyes fixed on him. "I think it would be best if you guys just apologized and got the hell up out of here."
The men laughed, "and what are you going to do about it if we don't?" One guy said as he stood up out of his chair.
"Well," the green eyed man began "I guess I would just have to make you," he finished while pulling out a staff that let out a spark of electricity.
"No, no we'll go. Sorry we didn't mean to cause any problems," the man said nervously while he and his friends backed up towards the door before they quickly exited.
Yuffie sat there in shock still staring at the man before her. He turned to meet her gaze and gave a wink as he walked up to her and took a seat.
"Your welcome," he said with a small smirk.
The shinobi rolled her eyes at the ex Turk. "I could've handled that."
Reno shook his head causing a few strands of fiery red hair to sway back and forth. "I didn't say you couldn't."
Yuffie smiled and allowed him to go on. They talked that night for hours. He told her what had been going on in his life after meteor and Sephrioth and she told him what had been going on in hers. It was strange because even though they had been enemies once it didn't seem to really matter anymore.
They hit it off great and after that night they began to spend a lot of time together. At first as friends but later it changed.
He would always joke around about when they were going to out, or when was she going to let him kiss her. But she always just dismissed it as "Reno being Reno." But after some time she found that she had actually had feelings for the crimson haired man.
It wasn't much longer after she discovered her feelings that they began to date "seriously." And she was actually happy during that time. He was perfect...or so she thought. He would always make her laugh and he had a spark about him that made her fall quickly for him. He was spontaneous and seemed to know exactly what she liked. He would take her out to dinner and surprise her with roses just because. He was the perfect boyfriend.
But later that all changed, soon he stopped calling her as much, and he would always make an excuse for why he couldn't see her. He would usually say he had to work late or he wasn't feeling too well. However Yuffie believed him, she didn't think he would lie to her, it never even crossed her mind.
She called him one night to see if he wanted to do something but he said he was sick. And he played it off pretty well too because she actually believed him. So after hanging up with him she thought she would surprise him and go over to his place after making him some soup.
But what she thought would be a nice surprise turned out to be the exact opposite. She remembered the whole event like it was a bad dream.
She was walking up to his door as she saw some girl already standing there. She became a little curious and decided to hide out of sight to see what was actually going on.
"Hey," Reno said with a smile as he kissed the blonde girl in front of him. Yuffie's eyes grew wide. She heard them exchange some comments before the girl began to giggle as she walked into his apartment.
The shinobi's heart was beating crazily as tears welled up in her eyes. She didn't know what to do. 'How could he do this to me!' she thought angrily before marching up towards the door. She swore all she saw was red and heard a ringing sound in her ears. She flung open the door which made the blonde girl scream.
But at that moment she wasn't focusing on the girl, all she saw was Reno. His eyes went wide. All he could do was listen to whatever it was that she had to say.
"YOU BASTARD!!" she screamed as she threw the container of soup at him, which he dodged. "How could you do this to me! After everything I've done for you, after everything I've been for you! This is how you repay me by fucking this ugly bitch!"
She did go pretty crazy. The blonde girl tried to slip out unnoticed as Reno and Yuffie went back in forth in their arguing. But Yuffie saw and went straight towards her grabbing a chunk of blonde hair. She wouldn't have done this if she didn't think the girl knew that he had a girlfriend. But this girl she remembered. She had seen her a few times before when her and Reno went out places, so she knew this girl was aware Reno and her were together.
The girl was screaming madly while Reno tried to pry the ninja off of her. When she finally let go the blonde girl ran out yelling some curses before she left.
Tears were streaming down Yuffie's face and Reno was trying to apologize to her, but she didn't want to hear it.
And so that was pretty much that with Reno. She was completely heart broke for sometime after that and she cried herself to sleep every night. Until she had enough and that was when she promised she would never get wound up in another guy like that ever again, she was never going to shed another tear.
She shook her head trying to rid herself of these memories, she wanted to forget all about Reno after that.
As they approached the jet she sighed. 'Maybe I should just forget about Cloud too' she thought sadly. ' Why go through more heartache,' was her last thought as she climbed into the Jet.
Authors Notes: Hey did you like? I don't know I had to write Reno into it because...well he's cool. And besides I wanted to give Yuffie some history with relationships so it doesn't make her seem all...rookieish and like some love struck teenager. haha well read & review! Will update soon!
Yuffie let out a deep sigh. She was glad to be going back home now. Everything at the Gold Saucer had just gotten too weird. She was ready to be going back to her normal environment. She stretched in her chair and looked out the window of the Gondola. The view from there was beautiful and it kind of helped her forget all of the things that were going on around her.
She heard Shera and Cid talking in the seats behind her while Imara let out an occasional cry. Across from her sat Cloud. He was sitting with his arms crossed and he seemed to be deep in thought. Yuffie frowned, she never liked when he would do that. Whenever he would think hard about something he would always get this distant, upset look on his face...and it sort of scared her. She wanted to ask him if he was okay but Tifa was sitting right next to her with Marlene. After the whole breakfast incident Yuffie definitely knew something was up. She noticed Tifa wasn't really talking and she kept catching the bad looks she was giving her. 'Damn' the Shinobi thought 'what am I suppose too do?'
She didn't have time to actually think it over because the Gondola was coming to a stop in Corel.
"Well we should be going," Cloud said as he looked at Yuffie. She nodded in understanding.
"Oh no," Shera said, "Well were going to all have to get together again. I know for Imara's birthday party! I want everyone there!"
Yuffie laughed, "Of course Shera we wouldn't miss it for anything!" Shera smiled.
"Well I guess this is goodbye until next time, "the pilot said.
"Yeah, but it won't be long" Cloud said with a smile.
"Well I'm just going to take Marlene back home and then I'm off too," Tifa began, "Um Cloud can I talk to you for a minute please?"
Cloud nodded, "Yeah sure Teef," he said as they both began to walk out of the Gondola.. Yuffie narrowed her eyes. 'What the hell?' she thought to herself. 'What does she want to talk to him about?' Marlene was tugging on her sleeve but Yuffie was hardly paying attention, she wanted to know what was going on.
The two walked on for some time before Tifa finally stopped. Cloud raised an eyebrow. "Is everything alright?" he asked with concern.
Tifa smiled and nodded, "Yeah everything's fine it's just...well the last time we were together we got to talk a lot and spend a lot of time together. And now it's been about two months and...well I just want to make sure were still...good."
Cloud smiled, "Of course were still good Teef. I'm sorry I know with me being back I thought we would be able to spend a lot more time together, but..." he trailed off.
The brunette nodded, "I know it's okay you don't have to explain." She walked away a little with her back turned to him. "I don't want you to forget about me though," she continued as she turned back to face him. "I may not be there with you in Wutai physically but" she stopped and began walking up to him until they were only inches apart, "I'll always be with you in here," she said quietly as she placed her hand on his chest. She could feel his heart beat in time with hers and it sent chills down her spine.
"I know" Cloud replied in a soft voice. Tifa's eyes began to fill with tears. She loved him so much, the thought of losing him was tearing her apart inside. What hurt even more though was that it was her best friend who may try to take him away. She tried to tell herself over and over again that it was nothing, but she knew for sure now. The way Yuffie looked at him earlier was enough to tell just exactly how she felt about him. But how did he feel about her? Tifa didn't bother to try to hold the tears back as they began to fall freely from her eyes.
The blonde's heart ached to see her like this. 'What am I doing?' he thought. 'I love her. Don't I? How can I hurt her like this, how can I just tear myself away from her. She means everything to me. Am I giving all of that up because of the way I feel about Yuffie? Do I love her? No. I can't. I love Tifa.' His mind and his heart were fighting each other, he didn't know what to do anymore. He knew that this girl before him cared deeply about him, and he definitely cared about her. But he did feel something for Yuffie, but did she feel anything for him? Was he misinterpreting their relationship? Did she only see him as a friend?
He wiped away her tears before she jumped up and threw her arms around his neck. "We didn't get to say goodbye really in our last visit, so I wanted to make sure I did this right this time," she explained while holding onto him tightly.
Cloud kissed her on the cheek and returned the embrace. A part of him didn't want to let go. A part of him knew that she was right for him. So why was he hesitating? Why couldn't he just tell her that he loved her, that he didn't want to leave her? She was all he thought about for those two years and now that he was back...he still was unsure.
"Auntie Tifa?" A small voice asked. Tifa sighed as she slowly let go of Cloud and turned around to face her niece and her young friend who seemed to look a little upset.
"The jet's here," Yuffie said with no emotion in her voice. Cloud nodded and looked back at Tifa.
She smiled, "I guess I'll see you sometime soon." He returned the smile just as she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek. "Take care," she said as her crimson eyes shimmered with unshed tears. She turned around and walked over to Marlene taking her by the hand. Yuffie kept her gaze straight ahead as Tifa approached her.
"See ya," was all the brunette said as she walked by, not stopping at all.
"Bye," Yuffie replied just as calmly and quietly as Tifa had. Both of them knew how each other felt now, and there was no getting around that. Tifa loved Cloud with all her heart and Yuffie knew that, and Tifa made it perfectly clear that she wasn't going to give him up. She stood there for a few minutes before she finally turned around to leave with Cloud trailing behind her.
'You're such an idiot! You already knew that Cloud and Tifa were meant to be. Did you honestly think he would forget all about her and fall in love with you?' she scolded herself inwardly. Tears stung her eyes but she didn't dare let them fall, she didn't want Cloud to see her cry over him. She promised herself she would never cry over another guy again.
She let out a long sigh as she thought back to two years ago when she first returned to Wutai. Everything was so new to her and yet so familiar upon her arrival. Many of the people were glad she was back, however some thought her intentions were selfish. But they didn't know. They didn't know that her father and her had worked out their differences before she left....before he passed away.
But it didn't matter to her what other people thought. She was back in Wutai to carry out her families honor. To take her rightful place, she owed it to Wutai, to her father and to herself. However even though she was strong and faced this task head on, she still felt a little lonely sometimes. She didn't really have a lot of people her age to hang around with, and she was constantly on the move with business affairs. But she didn't let that stop her too much from going out and having a little fun.
On one night in particular she went to the bar. Of course Gigio and the other Wutai Officials didn't think it was good for "Lady Kisiragi" to go to such places. But she really didn't give a damn. That was one thing they soon learned, just because she was leader of Wutai, she was still stubborn Yuffie Kisiragi first. She was sitting at the counter having a drink when some guys from behind her started whistling and saying some very perverted things. She rolled her eyes. They obviously were visitors and didn't know who they were talking too. She turned around in her seat ready to give them a piece of her mind and maybe a few bruises when a familiar face caught her eye.
"Now that is no way to talk to a lady," a green eyed man said as Yuffie kept her eyes fixed on him. "I think it would be best if you guys just apologized and got the hell up out of here."
The men laughed, "and what are you going to do about it if we don't?" One guy said as he stood up out of his chair.
"Well," the green eyed man began "I guess I would just have to make you," he finished while pulling out a staff that let out a spark of electricity.
"No, no we'll go. Sorry we didn't mean to cause any problems," the man said nervously while he and his friends backed up towards the door before they quickly exited.
Yuffie sat there in shock still staring at the man before her. He turned to meet her gaze and gave a wink as he walked up to her and took a seat.
"Your welcome," he said with a small smirk.
The shinobi rolled her eyes at the ex Turk. "I could've handled that."
Reno shook his head causing a few strands of fiery red hair to sway back and forth. "I didn't say you couldn't."
Yuffie smiled and allowed him to go on. They talked that night for hours. He told her what had been going on in his life after meteor and Sephrioth and she told him what had been going on in hers. It was strange because even though they had been enemies once it didn't seem to really matter anymore.
They hit it off great and after that night they began to spend a lot of time together. At first as friends but later it changed.
He would always joke around about when they were going to out, or when was she going to let him kiss her. But she always just dismissed it as "Reno being Reno." But after some time she found that she had actually had feelings for the crimson haired man.
It wasn't much longer after she discovered her feelings that they began to date "seriously." And she was actually happy during that time. He was perfect...or so she thought. He would always make her laugh and he had a spark about him that made her fall quickly for him. He was spontaneous and seemed to know exactly what she liked. He would take her out to dinner and surprise her with roses just because. He was the perfect boyfriend.
But later that all changed, soon he stopped calling her as much, and he would always make an excuse for why he couldn't see her. He would usually say he had to work late or he wasn't feeling too well. However Yuffie believed him, she didn't think he would lie to her, it never even crossed her mind.
She called him one night to see if he wanted to do something but he said he was sick. And he played it off pretty well too because she actually believed him. So after hanging up with him she thought she would surprise him and go over to his place after making him some soup.
But what she thought would be a nice surprise turned out to be the exact opposite. She remembered the whole event like it was a bad dream.
She was walking up to his door as she saw some girl already standing there. She became a little curious and decided to hide out of sight to see what was actually going on.
"Hey," Reno said with a smile as he kissed the blonde girl in front of him. Yuffie's eyes grew wide. She heard them exchange some comments before the girl began to giggle as she walked into his apartment.
The shinobi's heart was beating crazily as tears welled up in her eyes. She didn't know what to do. 'How could he do this to me!' she thought angrily before marching up towards the door. She swore all she saw was red and heard a ringing sound in her ears. She flung open the door which made the blonde girl scream.
But at that moment she wasn't focusing on the girl, all she saw was Reno. His eyes went wide. All he could do was listen to whatever it was that she had to say.
"YOU BASTARD!!" she screamed as she threw the container of soup at him, which he dodged. "How could you do this to me! After everything I've done for you, after everything I've been for you! This is how you repay me by fucking this ugly bitch!"
She did go pretty crazy. The blonde girl tried to slip out unnoticed as Reno and Yuffie went back in forth in their arguing. But Yuffie saw and went straight towards her grabbing a chunk of blonde hair. She wouldn't have done this if she didn't think the girl knew that he had a girlfriend. But this girl she remembered. She had seen her a few times before when her and Reno went out places, so she knew this girl was aware Reno and her were together.
The girl was screaming madly while Reno tried to pry the ninja off of her. When she finally let go the blonde girl ran out yelling some curses before she left.
Tears were streaming down Yuffie's face and Reno was trying to apologize to her, but she didn't want to hear it.
And so that was pretty much that with Reno. She was completely heart broke for sometime after that and she cried herself to sleep every night. Until she had enough and that was when she promised she would never get wound up in another guy like that ever again, she was never going to shed another tear.
She shook her head trying to rid herself of these memories, she wanted to forget all about Reno after that.
As they approached the jet she sighed. 'Maybe I should just forget about Cloud too' she thought sadly. ' Why go through more heartache,' was her last thought as she climbed into the Jet.
Authors Notes: Hey did you like? I don't know I had to write Reno into it because...well he's cool. And besides I wanted to give Yuffie some history with relationships so it doesn't make her seem all...rookieish and like some love struck teenager. haha well read & review! Will update soon!