Rend: Thanks for the info. I was told by my friend that the big one was the bahamut dragon and the smaller ones were just bahamuts. Haha. Sorry about that everyone. But for convience's sake i'll just keep calling them bahamuts.

Disclaimer: I do not own FF7 or any of the characters.


After finishing their breakfast, Denzel and Marlene rushed out of the bar to play with the other kids in the neighborhood, leaving Cloud and Tifa alone in the bar. Tifa was busy cleaning up after them as Cloud sat at the bar counter, lost in his thoughts.

'Is it normal for best friends to kiss?' A tinge of pink stained his cheeks as he reminisced Tifa's hot breath on his lips. He kept his head ducked away to make sure Tifa didn't notice.

'I was more than content to be able to hug her… I don't know what to do anymore… Maybe I should just go out for a drive to clear my thoughts. I have many other things to attend to than worry over this.' Cloud heaved a sigh.

"Cloud, a penny for your thoughts?" Tifa enquired as she noticed his sigh and turned to face him.

"Hmm…?" Cloud replied listlessly, still plagued with the morning's sleepyness.

"Hey, I'm sorry about yesterday," Cloid began, "When I scolded you in the park. It really wasn't your fault." Cloud stared at Tifa with a look of uncertainty written all over his face. He had no idea if Tifa would forgive him for being so thick.

Tifa placed the last remaining glass she was cleaning back on the rack. Cloud's eyes never left her as she strolled over the counter to sit beside him. Turning to him she said "It's alright Cloud, no harm done." And she flashed that sweet smile of hers and Cloud was, as usual, captivated by her.

"But what I really wanna know…" She continued.

"is what really happened to me?" She turned to Cloud for an answer only to find him turning with his back facing her and fanning himself.

"Cloud? Come on Cloud, this isn't the time to be fooling around! I really wanna know what happened to me yesterday!" She placed her hands on his shoulders and tried to turn him around.

Cloud took her soft hands off his shoulders as he turned around and held her hands. "Tifa, promise me you won't worry me like that ever again alright?" Cloud pleaded as worry creased his brow.

'He was… worried? For my safety?' Tifa was over the moon when she heard those words but tried her best to hide it to spare both of them the embarrassment.

"Yeah, I promise but I won't get into any trouble if you keep your promise right?"

"Umm… I guess." Cloud squeezed her hands lightly.

"You were infected with the bahamut's poison and they were trying to attack you and consume you." Cloud started abruptly.

"I… How… Why…" Tifa clearly lost in his words.

"They were hungry and you probably looked vulnerable… And maybe somewhat tasty." Cloud finished with a gin on his boyish face.

"Cloud!" Tifa protested as she smacked his chest playfully.

In between the laughter Cloud managed to voice out to Tifa that he had errands to run today.

"Errands?" Tifa stopped all of a sudden. "You mean you've started work again?" Tifa said with a hint of unhappiness in her voice.

"No no… I just need to see Reeve. About the bahamuts." Cloud replied solemnly. "But I'll have to get back to work sooner or later. My funds are running quite low." Cloud finished, standing up and motioning towards the stairs.

"You wanna come along?" Cloud stopped halfway along the stairs making full use of the chance to stare at Tifa's beauty.

"Into your room to see you change? ARE YOU INSANE?" Tifa screamed back.

Cloud was soon clutching his stomach, laughing hysterically. "No no" he managed to blurt out between fits of laughter.

Tifa stared at him with a pair of piercing eyes awaiting an answer. "Not to my room! Too see Reeve!" Cloud explained, laughter died away after looking in Tifa's eyes.

"oh." Tifa muttered softly under her breath. Her cheeks blushing a deep red. "Alright I'll come." She managed to say without making a fool out of herself again.

"Then go get changed already!" Cloud disciplined her jokingly as he pointed in the direction of her room.

"Hmph!" Tifa sounded out as she stomped past Cloud, who was standing at the top of the stairs, and into her room.

Cloud got a whiff of her sweet strawberry smelling hair as she stormed by him and he was feeling rather lightheaded as he walked into his room without opening the door first.

Cloud was on fenrir with Tifa on his back, arms wrapped tightly around his waist. Tifa leaned her head on Cloud's muscular yet soft back. She was rather upset that they arrived at the W.R.O. headquarters so quickly, but in fact, Cloud took his own sweet time driving there as he enjoyed the closeness with Tifa on the bike. He almost couldn't stop himself from going another round around edge for fear that Tifa might notice what he was doing.

After what seemed like only a few minutes to Cloud and Tifa, Cloud finally stopped at the entrance of the W.R.O headquarters.


Author's Note: The next updates wont be coming so soon cuz im gonna be really busy these holidays. Oh and W.R.O is the world restoration organization opened by Reeve. Another info from my friend. dunno if its reliable or not. hahaha. And thanks for all the reviews!