Grinding
Final Fantasy VII, all rights to the Square-Enix.
Tifa woke up in exasperation. She had fallen asleep in his room.
"Ohhh…Dammit!"
She ran down the bed looking for her clothes spread all around the room.
Vincent couldn't help waking as well.
"What are you doing?"
"What does it look like? its 6 am…they'll get up soon."
Vincent reached out for her and pulled her back to bed.
"Forget it! I'm not being caught up in this situation with you. And by the way, have you any intention of paying me."
"Can you be so kind as to relax a little? Nobody will find out a thing."
He pulled her near and shoved his head on her shoulder.
"Vincent? So…?"
He had his eyes close and didn't want to wake up.
"Vincent? Hey, wake up!"
"What do you need the money for?"
"That's…none of your business."
"You need that much money? You're going to play the whore for long?"
"It's not like I can rob a bank so I guess the answer is yes."
Tifa lay back staring at Vincent. He kept talking with eyes closed. He almost looked harmful like that. He had a nice face, his lips, which she hadn't kissed yet.
She leaned to kiss him when Vincent opened his yes.
"What are you doing?"
"You…had something on your nose…" she looked away.
He closed his eyes again.
"What do you need the money for?" he asked again.
Tifa inspired deeply getting annoyed. However, she actually felt like telling someone.
"I want to get out of here."
Cloud grabbed his lunch and was leaving the house. Yuffie ran to him.
"Cloud!" she jumped on his back.
"Y-yuffie…please get down" he pleaded.
"Only if you bring Yuffie a present when you get back home."
"Yuffie get down. You're not five anymore."
"Umph! I was only joking around."
"You have to understand you're not a little girl anymore."
"You mean you see me as a woman?" she asked excited.
"Well of course, you are one aren't you?"
"Sure!" she hugged him.
"Ok ok. I'll bring you one of those taiyaki you like so much."
"Really? Thanks thanks!" she waved as Cloud left.
"Unfortunately Cloud, you do still look at me like a child."
Aside from the Bronco pretty much everyone had their own car. Other than Yuffie, Aeris and Red of course. Tifa had her old bike and Barret the old small van. Cid didn't have to worry because he had the airship even if nobody was willing to say it was his only 'cause he was the only one who could use it. Cloud had an old heap as well, but he barely used it because to reach the ex-Shinra company it was cheaper by train.
Vincent was cleaning his that morning, being his day off. Another old car. Pretty much no one could afford a new vehicle. Tifa reached him.
"Hi."
"What is it?" he was untangling the pump.
"Need help."
"No thanks."
She watched him watering his car.
"I'll pay you!" he added.
"Great…that's…great."
Tifa remained there.
"What?"
"No, nothing. I'm just bored."
"Well go inside and watch television, or for once read a book."
"I read books! Not as many as you, I' like to go out once in a while and see beyond television and books."
"A pity. If you just managed to assimilate something useful in your head for once."
Tifa kicked his car.
"Tifa…"
"Grunt!"
"What's with you?"
"I need to talk to you."
"Start."
"In private…"
Vincent turned the water off. And opened his car.
"In there?"
"You want to go back in the house across the hallway and bee seen undertaking a most unusual conversation with me?"
"Fine!" she followed him in.
Vincent put an arm around her.
"It's just for comfort. What is it?"
"About this morning..."
"I won't tell anyone."
She gave a faint smile.
"Thanks…but it's not that."
He didn't even want to ask her what but Tifa kept it silent.
"Tifa…"
"It's hard ok!"
"No…I mean. You wanting to move to an apartment."
"What about it?"
"I'll lend you the money."
Tifa took a hard look at him.
"Excuse me?"
"You understood perfectly."
"And why is that? You want me to have sex with you for the rest of my life?"
"…or until you pay me back."
"Vincent…I'm not even sure…"
"On my conditions of course."
"Which are? Sleeping with you, right?"
"And only me. I don't want to see you sleep with another man again. If you do the deal is over."
"Oh…"
"You'll only have to stick with me and you can have your apartment within the month."
"Vincent…"
"Do we have a deal?"
She grabbed his neck and kissed him. Vincent shoved her off.
"Again Tifa, what are you doing?"
"I can't kiss you?"
"Why should you. You don't have to get so personal with me."
"WHY NOT?" she yelled.
"It's not part of the deal .You don't have to make scene to convince me."
He opened the door.
"I'll go ahead, Barret saw me and it'd be weird if we got off together. Wait five minutes."
Tifa stayed in, and for some stupid reason started crying.
Taiyaki some weird fish shaped cookies with red beans in them. They seem delicious in mangas.