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Speeding along through the countryside on his motorbike Cloud felt the distant vibrate of his mobile phone in his pocket, he knew it was her.

Tifa must have started calling him from the second that Yuffie had probably mumbled the message. More than anything he wanted to stop the bike and answer her call but something held Cloud back, it was the same thing that had been holding him back for weeks holding him back from her. He'd broken their wedding vows, Cloud had promised that day never to hold anything back from the woman that he loved but there he was breaking his promise.

They were drifting apart day by day he was losing her a little more losing himself as well. The pain in his sleeved arm shot through him making Cloud suddenly realize that it was for the best. It was better that Tifa spent her life hating him and eventually moved on than if she mourned him for the rest of her life. She devoted too much of herself to chasing him around as it was. In his heart Cloud knew things would never work out like that Tifa had more love inside her than, than almost anyone else he had ever met excluding Aeris, he knew she'd never stop loving him.

Aeris, Cloud could have really used her help now. She would have told him to shake himself out of it and make the most of what he had, he would have listened to her because she was his friend in a weird way his best friend. Cloud shook his head as he sped on, he'd mistaken what he felt for Aeris as love and when she'd…when he'd let her die his feelings had twisted with guilt and time until he'd forgotten what had made her so special to him in the first place.

Reducing his speed as he entered rocket town Cloud frowned as a gust of wind ran through his spiky blonde hair, suddenly he was transported painfully back to all those times when Tifa had been on the back of his bike with her arms wrapped tightly around his waist and her head resting against the flat of his muscular back. In the beginning when they'd first started seeing each other they would just ride off to where-ever they'd ride all night and all day and nothing mattered because the two most important people in the world that mattered to them both were sitting on his bike.

Cloud cut his engine outside the entrance to the hospital he hated hospitals; selfishly he'd been glad that Tifa had had the twins at home.

The twins, Zack and Aeris Cloud had spent the whole of the night before watching them sleep in the nursery. He tried to lock them in his memory, keep them safe everyday that he woke up he wondered if he'd see them again.

'Yo, Cloud over here?' Barret's voice broke his concentration, frowning hard he glanced at the man who was waiting outside of the hospital entrance for him.

'So what's going on?' Cloud ask cutting to the chase as they walked through the doors, he'd never been a fan of small talk and now he had even less time to waste on being polite.

'I'll let Cid explain it to ya.'

'So he's awake then, from you're call you made it sound like he,'

'…would die, yeah that stubborn old pig headed pilot pulled through.' Cloud managed something that resembled a smile, it sounded like Cid.

'Cloud,' Barret paused stopping suddenly halfway down a sterile hospital corridor.

'…I ain't coming in with you I need to get home…somethings…' He paused running out of words his throat constricting as he spoke.

'It's Marlene isn't it she's sick.'

'It's not just Marlene Cloud its Diesel he's so small…' It hadn't taken anyone that long to move on with there lives after the Meteor. After Cid and Shera Barret and Elymra had been the next couple to settle down. They'd moved back to New Creole and while Barret seached for oil Elymra had set up an orphanage after that he hadn't been long until their son Diesel had been born.

'Just go you've done enough.' Cloud informed empathizing there would have been no where else he'd have wanted to have been if the twins were sick.

Saying nothing else he left Barret standing in the corridor as he stepped inside Cid's hospital room.

'How long do we have to wait here?' Reno complained, flashing a toothy grin at a group of nurses who passed him by.

'See it's not all bad at least you've got something nice to look at.' Rude commented adjusting his sun glasses.

'Yeah and you don't?' The red head sneered back trying to get a rise out of his best friend, ever since Rude had started going out with Elena it had been like one non stop party for Reno whenever he wanted he could just bring her into the conversation and watch his friend squirm.

'Shut your face!' Rude whispered as Elena and Tseng approached gritting his teeth as he spoke. Holding his hands innocently up in the air, Reno shrugged. The red head grinned as he watched the look, which passed between Rude and the pretty blonde haired Turk it was almost too good.

'Elena and I are heading for the creator you two are to stay here until Cloud comes out. Do you understand, Reno do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth don't move.' Tseng ordered, Reno shot him a quick 'as if I would' look. Tseng headed in the direction of the helicopter, leaving Rude and Elena to stare at each other for a few moments longer.

'You still want me to come round tonight, Lena?' Casting the mouthy red head an angry stare Elena nodded quickly, glancing behind her checking that her superior hadn't seen.

'Chinese food okay?'

'Great.' Rude answered back a little too enthusiastically.

'Elena now!' Tseng barked, grimacing the blonde flashed Rude a quick smile before heading in the direction of the helicopter.

'Rude.' Reno spoke up as they watched the helicopter rise up into the air.

'What now?'

'You don't like Chinese food.' The red head teased gleefully acting as if all his Christmas had come at once.

'I do now.' Grinning away Reno hadn't finished with his friend just yet leaning in close he paused before he asked.

'So is Chinese food code name for…'

'…Yuffie.' Rude exclaimed coolly, knowing a few of Reno's buttons as well, it worked and the red head finally shut up.

'Here comes Cloud.'