Author's Note: All right this chapter has a lot going on. A lot of thoughts form both Serge & Kid. Serge encounters Kid & Cloud. Kid gets a dance, from who, I won't tell. This dance is very crucial to this story, so it's kind of long and that part is mostly seen through Kid's thoughts, despite the fact this whole fic is in third person! Not to much romance, um... Serge & Kid talk a lot near the end, also THERE is more foreshadowing. No Orlha and Glenn yet, they will come soon. Oh there is also some reference to the game. The chapter name I chose as a stupid joke, when really it has not much to do with the plat of this chapter. You'll see. It's named after that old song.

Disclaimer: I do not own Chrono Cross or Cloud from FF7.

Chapter 10 Red, Red, Wine

"Serge and I... No, not really. No, were just friends. Yes, that is all." Kid said after a pause, sounding like she was trying to convince her self of that too.

"Kid!" called a voice, Kid looked over and saw Serge running up towards her and Cloud. He stopped when he arrived and leaned down with his hands on his knees to catch his breath. "Kid you are really hard to catch, you-" Serge looked up and saw Cloud standing in front of him. Then Serge's eyes went to Kid. She immediately noticed and looked down sadly almost as if she was ashamed of herself.

"Well, well Serge, you have grown a bit yourself. How are you?" Cloud asked unaware of how Kid was acting as he held out a hand for a handshake. Serge hesitated to take his eyes off Kid. Her face showed that she thought that he was disgusted with her, but he wasn't. Although he did not want to shake Cloud's hand as if they were friends. He felt like they were no longer enemies, but still certainly not friends either. After a moment he shifted his eyes on Cloud, pasted on a fake smile and took Cloud's hand.

"I'm good, and yourself?" Serge questioned with his eyes back on Kid. She looked up from the ground, a bit in shock. It was not the response she had expected to hear and she turned to look at Serge, still with wide eyes.

"I'm so, so at this time." Cloud responded. Serge ignored Cloud as he focused on Kid. Serge's smile went straight and he gazed at her with a very straight face, no hint of anger, just understanding. He gave her a very slight nod and then he let go of Cloud's hand. She gave him a small side smirk, and he knew she was telling him, 'thank you.'

"That's good." Serge replied to Cloud still focused on Kid. Cloud looked at Serge puzzled and shook his head and scratched it.

"Uh... yeah... Well anyway, Kid would you like to dance with me, just for a little while?" Cloud asked. Kid turned to face Cloud and she was about to take his gesturing hand, when she suddenly looked at Serge. He just gave her a sincere sweet look, that her eye's could not help, but love. She didn't understand it though, was he going to let her dance with Cloud?

Cloud took Kid's hand and began to cautiously guide her away from Serge, her mind and eyes still with him though. Kid's thoughts drove her to raise a hand out towards Serge, as she was about to be pulled out of his reach. Serge's eyes clicked from sincere to surprise from Kid's action, but he only watched her for a moment then he turned around and sat down at a table and once again he glanced at her. Kid now looked confused at Serge as Cloud continued to pull her into the crowd, she appeared almost disappointed. Kid's mind echoed, he would go after me... still, wouldn't he? He wouldn't let me be stolen away, would he?

The thought was soon forgotten as Serge was removed from her vision. Cloud suddenly pulled her close to him and wrapped his strong arm around her waist. He joined one of his hand's with hers. Cloud's actions had been so sudden that he caught Kid off guard. She looked up at him surprised and unready as he pulled her ever so close. Then suddenly he began to guide Kid's figure around the floor, he worked his fancy footing around quickly. Kid had a hard time keeping up with him. He spun her around, took her hand's up and down creating bridges. He tipped her so very close to the ground so that her hair nearly touched the gold marble tile. As Cloud did this, he smiled and soon Kid was smiling back with laughter.

She was enjoying this, Cloud was not the most social man around, but he could dance better then anybody she knew. He knew how to make a girl have fun with him. He was a charmer, but in a much different way then Glenn, who had also been known to be a charmer. Cloud charmed in a more sexy mysterious way that made him attractive.

The way he danced made people seem to crowd around and watch. That was what Cloud seem to enjoy. The attention of viewers, ones he did not have to speak to.

As the small crowd around Cloud and Kid paused to watch the two of them Cloud seem to kick it up a notch. They were going so much faster now and Cloud kept in adding more things to the routine of the dance Kid was tiring.

Finally the song that had been playing for there dance, came to a halt. Cloud cleverly ended the dance with a fast paste tip as he caught her from falling to the ground.

Kid looked right into Cloud's face laughing as he smiled at her. The small crowd around them began to clap. Cloud took his eyes off of Kid to glance around at the people clapping. He brought Kid back on to her feet and grabbed her hand. Then with fingers together he shot it in the air,

"Bow with me." He whispered to Kid, who's chest was beating up and down from being out of breath. She nodded with a smile and then the two of them bowed to the crowd hand in hand in the air. The lights began to dim, the clapping died and the people turned away from Cloud and Kid.

That was when Cloud stuck his arm back around Kid's waist. Forcing her so close, their bodies nearly touched. Kid looked at him with an eyebrow raised. What had gotten into Cloud, he was not usually so haste. Tonight he just could not seem to keep his hands off of her. Grabbing her hand several times, putting his arms around her waist. That, and how he had looked at her earlier. It was disturbing to Kid, it was not like Cloud at all.

"Sorry, care to dance with me again?" Kid nodded. She decided her pointed look had made him see she was growing tiered of his bigot behavior.

With that thought she rested her arms over his shoulders a bit stiffly as the slow song rolled in. They circled each other slowly as the song played. Cloud kept his blue eyes on Kid's face the whole time and he just smiled. Kid thought it was also so unlike him to smile so much.

About half way through the song Kid became more comfortable with Cloud again. Enough to rest her head on Cloud's shoulder and allow her arms to wrap around him as his arms brought her waist closer to him. Although after that Kid found it very difficult to relax with Cloud anymore during the song. Her eyes always kept wide open and she still stayed in fluent motion. Finally the song slowly ended. Kid raised herself off Cloud and leaned he leaned his head by her ear.

"Meet me in the middle of the dance floor later tonight, at twelve." He whispered. Kid nodded and then Cloud walked away with not one glance back at her. Kid waited until Cloud disappeared within the crowds and for the lights to brighten before she went to find Serge.

Kid found Serge sitting in a fancy silver chair with white fabric at an empty table for four. He was leaning so far back on the chair it balanced on it's back legs only. His feet were lifted up on top of the back of another chair to steady his balance as he leaned on the chair. As he did this he carefully sipped a glass of red wine.

"Serge!" Kid called. Serge looked up so surprised that his legs suddenly stiffened and he pushed himself away from the chair accidentally. The chair he sat on lost it's balance. Serge tried to get up but the chair flipped over leaving Serge on his back with red wine all over his face and in his hair. Kid died in laughter, she walked up to him.
"You will always be a klutz Serge." She said he looked up at her face and sighed.

"Yeah I guess so, help me up will ya?" Serge asked. Kid extended a hand and Serge took it and wiped his face and hair with a fancy napkin. "Well at least it's not on my uniform."

"Yeah, but now your hair smells like alcohol instead of your breath." Kid laughed Serge first gave her an annoyed look but then he changed it to a smirk.

"Ha, ha, HA! Just for that, I'm cutting you off for the rest of the night, my fare lady." Serge replied with a bow.

"What!" Kid exclaimed.
"You heard me no wine for you tonight, besides your still to young." Serge told her.

"What do ya mean! I'm of age!" Kid whined.
"Well, we don't know for sure... besides your acting like a child right now, begging for a glass of wine. Surely you can make it through one night?" Serge questioned mockingly.

"Wull Yeah! I can! But why would I want to!"
"You mean yes, and if you do I'll be sure to reward you for it later." Serge answered.

"All right, FINE! I won't drink tonight, but right now I want to eat. It better be a good reward too, like chocolate or something." Kid mumbled.

"Okay then, your chair miss." Serge replied as he offered a chair to Kid. Kid sat down with a change to amusement.

"Why thank you sir, now if ya please wouldn't mind joining me ta this fine meal." Kid answered trying to loose he accent. Serge sat down across from Kid and they both started laughing.

"We sound like some of those old rich couples. There is a ton of them here." Serge laughed.

"Why thank you sir, nice to meet you miss..." Kid mocked as she fluttered her eyelashes and bowed her head. Serge laughed at her some more. "Yeah no kidding, it drives me crazy. I would never be able ta live that kinda of life." Kid added. "Oh.. wait," Kid paused with a puzzled face Serge looked up. "I mean..." Kid began

"Yes..." They both spoke up at the same time and laughed again.
"Well just be sure to talk the talk around the higher class people." Serge said as he began to eat his food.

"Oh Serge... their not any classier then you and me. Just because they have money and they talk different that does not make them more descent people then us." Kid explained.

"You think so?" Serge asked.
"Well, yeah... I mean yes, or whatever! I hate how people assume that people with less money and no fancy ware are sloppy, rude, inconsiderate and not likable. I have always been careful not to judge people that way." Kid told Serge. He nodded. "Like this one time, when I was in..." Kid began to chatter on.

Serge did not hear much else he began to tune in to only his mind and sight. He watched Kid explain the story. She seem to not want to stop talking so all he did was look at her and nod. His mind was really on what she had just said. It was weird hearing Kid say stuff like that. He never really knew Kid thought deeply about those type of things. Especially when he considered how she hated demi-humans. It was a good thing though, if that was true then it really did not matter that Cloud had a lot of money and better clothing then him. It did not matter to Kid that Cloud was a high ranking soldier who knew how to be real formal. That was not what Kid enjoyed about Cloud, and Serge now believed he stood a chance.

Soon Kid's story was drawing to an end as she was just finishing the last of her meal. Serge had already finished his and he was just tuning into hear what Kid was saying to him.

Not the best place to end, but I didn't want to make it toooo long. It's like three to four pages (without spacing it out a whole lot). I hope u liked it, sorry if it's confusing.

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