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The Sparrow Sings

Chapter Three

Yuffie sat, curled up on Squall's bed, listening to their voices yell at as they played their card game. The smells of frozen pizza baking in the oven, evidently being made by Sora because he had been forced into it by Cloud and Riku, filled her nose. She sighed and sat up a little.

"Bullshit," Riku yelled out, slapping his hands on the deck of cards to look to see if he was right.

Cloud burst into laughter. "Ha! Got you! I was telling the truth."

"You guys, why can't I play?" Sora whined.

Yuffie sighed and sat back. Their voices were slightly muffled from her position in the bedroom. Why was it that she was always the one that was yelled at and left out? It happened at her parent's home, at her old home, and now at this home. She hated to feel sorry for herself but she just couldn't help it.

Wasn't anyone going to follow her into the bedroom to talk some sense into her? Didn't anyone care that she was just sitting here after throwing a fit? Maybe she was just itching for attention.

Shut up and stop feeling sorry for yourself, she thought crossly. Either go in there and play with them, or stay in here until you fall asleep.

Yuffie stared at the door out into the hallway and could just see a sliver of what was going on in the kitchen. She stood up and crept out into the hall and inched along the wall to the living room, stopping to sigh as she smelled the wonderful baking pizza smell. She looked down at her stomach and bit her lip. It was growling.

Making sure no one was watching, she walked into the living room, keeping her head down while discreetly watching Squall, Riku, and Cloud play cards.

"Hey, Yuffie! How do you work this oven?" Sora called from the kitchen, turning around to see her.

She ducked lower and made a hissing sound, but it was too late.

Trying to ignore the stares she got from the three men, she walked over to Sora and leaned down by his ear.

"Sora, you idiot, you blew my cover!" she growled in a not-so-angry-way.

He rolled his eyes. "Why were you hiding?"

Yuffie put a hand on her hip, then shook her head. "Never mind. When is that pizza gonna be done? Geez, I'm starving!"

"Uhh...that's what I called you over here for. I don't know how to turn this thing off," he said angrily and hit the oven with his fist.

"You turned it on, can't you turn it off?" she asked incredulously, pulling open the oven and wrinkling her nose. "Oh, gross, it smells totally burnt!"

She squinted into the oven and examined it further. The whole thing was a charred mess, the pepperoni was curled into a black crisp, and worst of all, smoke was starting to pour out into the room, filling it with black smog.

"Oh great," Sora muttered. "Why does this always happen to me?"

Yuffie backed up, starting to cough and put an arm over her mouth. "Leon!" she called out, muffled.

"Damn," he muttered, looking up and seeing the mess. Before, when Yuffie and Sora had been conversing, he had tried to ignore her, but ignoring her had made him not see the smoke, either.

"Good going, Sora," Riku snickered.

Cloud nudged Riku in the side and went back to looking at his cards. Riku crossed his arms and watched Sora glance around in confusion with a barely concealed smirk on his face while shaking his head.

"Pathetic," he laughed.

All the while, Yuffie stood back behind Leon, watching as he fanned at the pizza with his hands, his eyes watering from smoke. Whirling around to grab a towel, he turned back around and grabbed the pizza out of the oven and tossed it into the trashcan and closed the lid.

Yuffie put a hand over her nose and coughed again. The smell was horrible, and Riku's laughter ringing in her ears didn't help. All of her embarrassment and anger from before vanished as she stared at Leon, a lopsided smile on her face. His hands were covered with black ash and his face was dusted with gray.

"What?" he asked angrily, grabbing a wash cloth and wiping his hands with them.

"Nothing," she said with a shrug, then patted his cheek. "Might want to check your make-up, hun, because it's looking dreadful," she said sarcastically.

He raised an eyebrow and wet the wash cloth to wipe his face. He assumed that's what Yuffie had been joking about. He shrugged it off and set the towel down and walked over to the table where everyone, including Sora, was now seated. Yuffie put her hands on her hips.

"Now what? I'm starved," she said, putting her hands on her hips and leaning slightly forward to stare at the cards over Squall's shoulder. He scooted his chair in and glanced at her, obviously annoyed.

"Stop breathing over my shoulder, for the last time. And if you're hungry, go order a pizza."

"Make that a pepperoni and double cheese pizza," Riku added, tossing a few cards into the middle.

"I want mushroom," Sora said, staring at his cards. Cloud gave a nod.

"Make that half mushroom, half black olive," he said.

Yuffie rolled her eyes. "And what do you want, Squall?"

"Leon. I'll have whatever."

"All right, but you're paying!" she said happily, then pranced over to the cupboard to grab the phonebook. She flipped it open and licked her finger, scanning the pizza businesses and finally finding the one that sounded interesting.

"I'll just call here," she murmured, picking up the phone and tucking it under her shoulder. She dialed the number carefully then waited for someone to pick it up.

"Pipi's Pizza Place, will this be delivery or pick up?"

Yuffie grinned at the name that had driven her to choose the pizza joint in the first place. Three P's. "This is for delivery. Can I have a half mushroom, half black olive pizza, large, and a double cheese and pepperoni, large, please?"

"Certainly. That'll be $22.43. Anything else?"

Yuffie glanced over at the table of men who were all heavily immersed in their game. She turned back and said carefully. "Uhh...no, that's not all. Can I have mozzarella sticks, and chicken fingers, and also a 2 liter of Pepsi? And...jalapeño poppers!" she said with a grin. This way, she could have what she wanted, junk food, and Squall could eat rabbit food!

"Okay, you want a large half mushroom half black olive, a large double cheese pepperoni, jalapeño poppers, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, and a 2 liter of Pepsi?"

"Yes."

"$35.58. Address?"

"6202 Chestnut Street."

"It'll be there in about thirty minutes."

"Thanks!" she said while hanging up. She glanced over at the men once more. None of them seemed to have heard her request. She smiled and waltzed over to the table to stare at the cards in their hands, knowing full well it would only annoy them.

Approximately thirty five minutes later, after Yuffie had been banned from the kitchen, the doorbell rang, two white headlights shining through the front window from the driveway.

"Leon, have you got the check?" Yuffie called, glancing into the kitchen. She needn't have asked, for he was already in the living room with a pen and a leather booklet. He opened the door and nodded at the pizza delivery man.

"$35.58," the man said, handing him the two pizza boxes and a bunch of brown bags. Leon shook his head.

"You must have made a mistake, we only order two pizzas," he said, expecting the man to apologize and take it back.

The man shook his head and glanced at the slip of paper he was holding. "No, you did order all of this. This is what I jotted down on the telephone."

"Uhh...we did order that. I did," Yuffie piped up, glancing from Squall to the man. He gave her an angry glance then wrote out the check.

"I'm sorry for the trouble, and I'm sorry for this girl..." he said, handing him the check. "Keep the change."

"Thank you sir," the man said, handing him the pop, pizza, and other junk food.

Squall closed the door and turned to Yuffie, still holding the purchases with both hands. "Yuffie, why did you order all of this food? No one is going to eat it, and it cost way too much!"

"Geez, I'm sorry if I get hungry," she said tentatively while grabbing the pop from his hands and carrying it into the kitchen. "Clear the table boys, here comes food."

"All right, pizza!" Riku said, leaning back in his chair. Yuffie set the pop on the table and grabbed some paper plates and dished them out while sitting down herself.

"All thanks to me and my excellent ordering skills," she said with a grin, grabbing a piece of pepperoni pizza and pulling it onto her plate, long strings of cheese stretching out from the bottom of the box. "Mmm...real food!"

"Excellent ordering skills my a—" Squall started to say.

Yuffie leaned over and smothered his mouth with her hand, cutting off his next words. "Leon!" she scolded.

"What, you can swear but I can't?" he asked, grabbing a piece of pizza after ripping her hand off.

"As your unofficial wife, my rule goes. Call me Queen Yuffie," she said after taking a bite of pizza and relishing the cheese. "Mmm..."

"Have you been starving her, Leon?" Cloud asked while raising an eyebrow and reaching for another piece of pizza.

"Starving her? Yeah right..."

"Yes you have, Squall!" Yuffie said, her eyes widening. "Look at your fridge! There's nothing to eat in there!"

"There's perfectly good food in there, you just don't want to eat it," Squall reminded her. "And call me Leon, how many times do I have to remind you?"

"I have short-term memory loss," she said sarcastically with a glare.

"I know you do."

Cloud shook his head and bit into the pizza. "We are so winning this bet..."

"You can say that again," Riku chimed in. "If I was smart I would double my offers."

"Go ahead, because you guys are going DOWN," Yuffie said with a laugh. She yawned slightly and pushed her chair back. "Well...work is tomorrow, so I had better get to bed."

She picked up her two bags of extra food and stuck it in the fridge, then yawned one more time before walking back over to the table and waving lazily.

"See ya, Yuf," Riku said, still fully immersed in downing his pizza.

"Bye, Yuffie," said Cloud and Sora together.

"Night-y night!" she said cheerfully before prancing off to hers and Squall's bedroom and plopping down onto the bed with a sigh. His bed was so comfortable and so big...she could just bury her head in the pillows and breath in his smell and feel totally safe and secure.

"C'mon Fluffy-kins," she cooed, leaning over the side of the bed and grabbing a ragged dog animal with big, floppy ears. She pulled him up and set him next to her on the bed, then kissed his forehead with a giggle.

"Time for...sleep..." she said through a yawn. She placed her head on the pillow slowly with a content sigh and listened wearily to the three men leave and Squall clean up the mess they had left. Fifteen minutes later, the T.V. was flicked on. The sound carried through to the bedroom which she could easily hear.

"Ugh..." she groaned. With a start she pulled her pillow over her ears and tried to block out the sound. "Can't a man see a girl is trying to get some shut eye, here?"

After five minutes of trying to fall asleep while still holding the pillow over her ears, she had had enough. Yuffie sat up and put the pillow down, yanking her legs over the side of the bed and setting them onto the cool floor.

She stumbled out into the hall, putting both hands against the walls for support and fumbled into the living room.

Laying on the couch, his head tilted back onto cushion and his feet spread out on the ground, was Squall, sleeping soundly, still holding the remote in his hand. Yuffie squinted at the light coming from the T.V. and quickly turned it off.

The room that was once flooded with light was in complete darkness. She carefully edged her way over to Squall, a shiver running along her arms. It was so cold out here. Her skin prickled with unwanted goosebumps.

Finally locating Squall, she pulled the remote out of his hand and dropped it onto the ground, her hand coming into contact for a few seconds with his very warm one. Involuntarily she let out a breath with the brief touch of warmth.

She sat on the edge of the couch and got as close to him as she could without being too close into his personal space and watched him sleep. His young face, smooth with a square jaw, seemed so relaxed. His scowling frown had virtually disappeared from his face, making him look like a whole new person.

Being this close to him made Yuffie have a little rush of adrenaline. Her heart sped up, making her draw a breath in and put a hand on her forehead. Was she feeling sick? Why was she thinking this way?

She looked back at him and couldn't help but stare into his face again. She had never been this close to a man before. She had hardly ever given a person of the opposite sex a hug for crying out loud! Maybe that was what made her cheeks flush the way they were.

He was so warm...she smiled a little and struggled to keep her eyes open to watch him a little longer. But the combined effects of the warmth that his body was emanating and her heavy eye-lids was driving her head to droop.

She yawned and leaned back against Squall's chest and rested her head on the couch. It couldn't hurt to lay like this a little longer. Just a few moments longer...

I hope nothing in this chapter is messed up.

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