Disclaimer: Same as always. I don't own FF7 or any of the characters. Just this story.

Yuffie was humming to herself some melody that she couldn't remember the name too. But she really didn't care. She poured herself a glass of juice before bouncing happily to the living room. She was still completely excited about the night before with her and Cloud on the balcony. She honestly didn't know how it would turn out. But she was ecstatic to know that Cloud had feelings for her. She didn't tell him that she loved him, and he didn't say it to her. Actually she didn't know if he loved her or not, but knowing that he had feelings for her was enough. She wanted to tell him last night but she didn't want to ruin the moment and scare him away if he didn't feel that strongly towards her yet.
He had already left to Shinra Inc. but this morning it was different. He woke up before she did like always and got ready. When she woke up she met him in the kitchen grinning from ear to ear. He returned her smile as she walked over to him, her hair still a mess as always. He would always usually make a joke about her hair first thing in the morning, but today it was different. When she made her way over too him he looked at her hair in a sympathetic look that caused her to burst out laughing.
"I'm not saying anything," he said as he went to the fridge.
"You want to talk about my hair? I have a few up jokes about you up my sleeve too!" The ninja said with a laugh as she poked him in the side.
Cloud turned around to face her, "You've got nothing," he said with a skeptical look.
The shinobi cleared her throat, "Yeah okay," she said sarcastically as she strode by him.
He smiled and grabbed her by the waist causing her to shriek.
"Careful Lady Kisiragi," he said as he began to tickle her sides. She was laughing hysterically yelling for him to stop.
"What? What was that I couldn't quite understand you," he said as he continued to tickle her.
"Please stop I'm sorry," she said in between laughs.
"Your what?" The blonde asked teasingly.
"I'm sorry! I can't breathe...stop...please!" She shrieked in between laughs. Cloud finally stopped as he smiled triumphantly.
"Okay I guess that'll do," he said ruffling her hair. Yuffie smiled trying to still catch her breath.
"I'll get you when I'm not so tired," she said threateningly.
"Oh no I guess I should be worried," Cloud joked. He grabbed his keys from off the table.
"Leaving?" Yuffie asked a little disappointed.
Cloud smiled, "I won't be gone long," he said as he kissed her on the cheek. Yuffie embraced him tightly.
"Okay," she said still holding onto him, "I'll see you later."
The ex soldier blinked, "Uh you going to let me go anytime soon?" he asked as he wrapped his arms around the girl.
"Do I have too?" she whined.
"Well yeah I think it would be a little hard for me to get around with you attached to me," he explained.
She sighed as she let go. "Yeah I guess so," She said.
Cloud smiled, "Bye," he said as he kissed her again before making his way over to the door.
Yuffie smiled. It really couldn't get any better than this.

'Wow this place sure has changed since the last time I saw it. I wonder if Seventh Heaven is still there?' The brunette thought to herself. She walked down the streets of the busy city while she tightened her scarf around her neck as the cold wind bit at her.
'I hope I don't get lost,' she thought as she continued walking. A few moments later she arrived in front of a tall building. She looked up to see the huge Shinra logo.
'Bingo!' she said to herself as she entered the building. She loosened her scarf and dusted some snowflakes out of her hair as a woman approached her.
"Hi can I help you?" She asked.
"Uh yeah I'm looking for President Reeve is he here?" the crimson- eyed girl asked.
The lady furrowed her eyebrows, "And you are?"
"My name's Tifa Lockheart, I'm a friend of his. If you let him know that I was here I would really appreciate it," she explained.
"Just a moment," the woman said as she walked over to her desk and picked up the phone. Tifa looked around the building. So much had changed here. She scanned the area trying to see if she could catch a glimpse of any familiar faces.... especially one in particular.
"Ms. Lockheart?" The woman asked walking back over to her.
"Yes?" Tifa replied. The woman smiled.
"President Reeve is excited that you're here, he wants to see you right away. I'll show you to his office," she said as she began to walk with the brunette right on her heels.
Once they reached his office Tifa thanked the lady and went inside. She looked around the enormous room in awe. She looked up at the ceiling to see a skylight. It was beautiful, she could see all the snowflakes slowly landing onto the glass surface. "Tifa!" Reeve exclaimed gaining the brunettes attention. "Reeve!" She replied as they embraced. "Gawd it's been such a long time!" "Yes I know. I'm sorry I didn't get to see you at our last visit," he said apologetically.
"Oh don't worry about it," she replied with a smile.
Reeve glanced at his watch, "You just missed Cloud actually," he said. "Really?" She said disappointed, "I really needed to see him," she said as she looked away.
"Well," Reeve began, "he doesn't live far from here. I could give you his address if you wanted to stop by," he explained while getting a pen and paper.
"Oh thank you so much!" Tifa exclaimed as he handed the address over to her.
"Of course," Reeve said with a smile.
"I don't want to be rude and cut this short, but I really need to get over there before it gets any later," she said.
"Oh yes I understand, don't worry about it," he replied.
They quickly exchanged goodbyes before Tifa left out the door. She was walking through the building when her cell phone rang.
"Hello?" She answered. "Yeah where are you? Well I'll meet you where we split up at. Okay bye," she said into the phone before hanging up.

There was a knock at the door and Yuffie practically flew out of her seat to get it. She ran over not bothering to look out the peephole. She just assumed it was Cloud or MeiLin. If it was MeiLin she had "a lot" to tell her. She flung the door open and nearly toppled over.
"T- Tifa?" She asked in shock.
"Yuffie?" Tifa asked as in as much shock as the ninja.
"What are you doing here?" Yuffie asked her.
"Well I was here to see Cloud.... but since you're here...." She said and looked over to her right and waved her hand motioning someone over.
Yuffie raised an eyebrow wondering what she was doing. But a second later her eyes widened in shock as she saw the person standing next to Tifa in the doorway,
"G- Gigio!?" She said in disbelief. The young man smiled and nodded.
"I'm glad to see you Yuffie," he said as he embraced the young girl. Yuffie stood in shock as she pulled away and dragged the two inside.
"Shit how the hell did you find me!?" She asked frantically.
"Well I went to Kalm originally after I found out about the attack. It wasn't until later that I was told that you were in Midgar. Reeve and Cloud wouldn't tell me where you were exactly. And you wouldn't answer any of my calls to your cell. So I started to get worried," he began, "I met Tifa in Kalm and she told me that they had taken you to Midgar from Kalm but she didn't know where too. But she was planning to come here so I decided to come with her. I tried to get in contact with you to let you know but it didn't work. I even tried calling here but still I couldn't get a hold of you."
Yuffie stood in shock and shook her head, "No you shouldn't be here! Gigio-" She began but stopped when she heard the door open.
"Cloud," she said in surprise.
"Hey," Tifa said as he slowly shut the door behind him.
"Tifa?" He asked. He looked over and saw Gigio. "What the hell...." He began and trailed off.
"Strife how nice it is to see you," Gigio said sarcastically while adjusting his glasses.
"What are you doing here?" Cloud asked, his voice becoming more serious.
"Getting Yuffie, she's coming back with me," he stated simply. Yuffie's eyes widened as she looked at Gigio. Cloud crossed the room over to Yuffie standing in front of her.
"Like hell she is!" He said a little more angrily this time.
"Cloud," The ninja began softly placing a hand on his arm, "don't worry." She looked over to Gigio and shook her head. "I'm not going back to Wutai Gigio."
Gigio's eyes widened as he stared at Yuffie. "Yuffie don't, don't listen to them. This is Wutai were talking about. Your home! It's time you let us do it our way and leave Shinra out of it, we gave them a chance and look what happened!"
Cloud narrowed his eyes at Gigio, "She said she's not going," he said sternly. Gigio glared at Cloud before he looked back at Yuffie.
"Yuffie please.... think about it. "You" think about it. Don't listen to him or to anything else that Shinra has told you. You've lived in Wutai your whole life and have been ruler there for two! You know the people. And if there is someone who is after you we'll get them! You know we will. This is me were talking about.... haven't I always taken care of you? And what about Chekhov and Staniv and the rest? You know you can trust them, you've known them all your life. They were friends of your fathers. You have "one" person after you. But you have a whole army on your side willing to protect you in Wutai! Please.... we need you there, you have to trust us, not everyone is your enemy now," he said quietly.
Yuffie was silent as she absorbed what he had just said to her. Cloud took her hand and shook his head.
"Nice Speech but she's still not leaving," Cloud said.
Yuffie looked at Gigio with apologetic eyes, "I'm sorry but he's right. I'm not leaving," she said calmly.
Gigio turned his gaze to the two before him who were holding hands. He looked back up at Yuffie and shook his head. "No, you and him? Is that why you listen to everything he says? Is that the reason why you want to stay?"
Cloud eyes were filled with rage. He had about enough of this. He dropped Yuffie's hand and stepped up to Gigio. "That's really not none of your damn business!" He shot.
"I don't think its good for your health for you to walk up to me like that Strife," Gigio said calmly.
Cloud smiled mockingly, "I don't really give a damn," he replied casually. Yuffie pulled Cloud back and stood in between both he and Gigio.
"Please guys don't fight!" She yelled with tears in her eyes. She cared about both of them, she didn't want them to end up fighting because of the decision she made. "I'm sorry this whole situation is just.... aggravating I know! I'm sorry but I can't please everyone! Gigio you have to understand why I can't go back to Wutai, and if you can't then I'm sorry...but I still won't go. I'm sorry," she said while a few tears escaped from her eyes.
Gigio looked at his friend. He didn't want to see her like this. Actually he never really had seen her this way. He sighed. Maybe she was right. Maybe staying here would be best for her. She certainly had her mind made up about it.
Cloud glanced at Gigio before taking Yuffie in his arms. "It's alright," he whispered. Yuffie wiped away her tears as she continued to hold onto Cloud.
"I'm sorry," Gigio began before letting out a deep sigh. "But I....I have to make sure that you're okay. I'm not going to just go back to Wutai and not know what the hell is going on. So just drop all the titles and things for a minute. There's no Shinra or Wutai. Just me, Cloud and Reeve."
Cloud looked at Gigio with a raised eyebrow. Yuffie stared at him, " Really?" she asked hesitantly.
Gigio nodded, "Yuffie...I'm with you regardless. As your advisor or just as your friend, but I'm not leaving you. And I.... well I got to say.... Cloud isn't a bad guy," he said. Cloud stared at him. Gigio sighed, "Cloud if I thought you were a bad guy I wouldn't have been okay with it when Yuffie said she wanted Shinra's help. I don't have anything against you.... I apologize for my actions. I'm just.... frustrated."
The blonde nodded, "Understandable," he said quietly. Yuffie walked away from Cloud over to Gigio as he embraced her.
"I've missed you kid," he said as he held her for a moment, "You really had me worried there for a while." Yuffie laughed as they began to talk back and forth.
Cloud smiled. He really felt he could trust Gigio. They never had any problems when they were back in Wutai. But he was the only person he could trust from there. He could tell he genuinely cared about Yuffie. Almost as an older brother does for his little sister. He looked over to see Tifa standing there looking completely distant. She had been silent throughout the whole thing.
His heart hit against his chest as he realized what must be going through her head. The two of them had left off sort of abruptly and now here he was with Yuffie. She must have been confused.

Authors Notes: Sorry it took so long to post these chappies. But yay I'm almost done! Thanks to all you readers! I hope you got the couple that you wanted! Cloud x Yuffie! If it was hard to tell. I know I might lose some readers, those who were Cloti! Im sorry! I like clotis too but I just had a yearning to write a Clouffie! But the next chap will be better. I didn't want to throw Cloud X Yuffie into a relationship suddenly, so I started it out slow and innocent. In the next chaps ill make it more "visible", I think all you Clouffie fans deserve it! Thanks again! Review!