This chapter is dedicated to EUNICE LIM MING RONG. :D
Chapter Ten: Parasite

Yuffie had fallen asleep on the way to the car due to
the tedious random events which happened earlier
on that day. First she had tried to escape, disguising
herself as the daily janitor and had gotten caught.
Next, she asked for a shopping trip but was delayed
by a compulsory swordplay with The General. She
had succumbed to exhaustion as well as the soothing
rub on her back. Snoring ever lightly, she jerked her
legs, shifting her hips a little to relieve herself from
the awkward sleeping position. Grumbling slightly in
her sleep, she pushed herself away from Sephiroth's
back.

Sensing her compromised comfort, Sephiroth put the
paper bags down and left the chauffeur to pick them
up. Subsequently he took hold of Yuffie's waist and
carefully swung her into his arms so that she could
curl contentedly in her sleep. She stopped her
fidgeting immediately (this time she didn't have to
sleepwalk), sensing the warmth on the left side of her
body; she rubbed her face furiously into his chest,
embraced it with her arms like a bolster and gave a
satisfied sigh, "…Mmmmm, I need a fluffier pillow."

Sephiroth felt her body warmth, her firm grasp just
below his chest (two small bumps against his waist)
and her face on his breast, breathing softly. In that
split second, his face allowed a moment of weakness:
an expression of daze and he slowly felt flushed. The
gesture itself was harmless (the other party being
unconscious of her actions, snoring away) however it
was his first hug and he didn't know how to react.
Awkwardly, he held her tighter towards him (if it was
still even possible) and kept a straight face despite
being awfully embarrassed at his reactions to an
unconscious sleeping figure.

The trip back was quite a peaceful one, she did not try
to sleepwalk out of the car or change her sleeping
position too much but rambled random stuff such as
"Yes please, more bacon and eggs", "Nooo, I don't
want to go to school today" and "Breakfast in bed,
'kay?" Best of all her random ramblings was a really
exaggerated frown, rocking of knees and furious nods
of the head "Uh huh… I'm rweally rweally sick today"
and after a while came a really sneaky cheeky evil
chuckle.

Sephiroth stared at that obvious liar and almost exploded
from storing his laughter. She even managed to amuse him
in her sleep; she was just the impossible staring right back
at him.

The building was almost empty now they have had
finished their shopping. It was a successful way up to his
apartment with no obstacles (nosy pokers such as guards
and namely, a SOLDIER namedZACK) for there always
seemed to be a dangerous aura a kilometer radius around
him.

In his lounge, he attempted to pluck the parasite from him
however it deemed useless against this little monster's
craving for warmth. An arm supported her back while the
other aimed her waist and started tickling. Yuffie's arms
shot out of her embrace to fight against the invading hand.
Quickly using the chance, Sephiroth's tickling hand
grabbed the neckline of her shirt and lifted her, an arm's
length away from his main (and now safe) body. She
fidgeted, pawing the air, blinding groping for something
warmth to grab on and went limp a few seconds later,
mumbling "Awwww, Mr. Coddles, how could you?"
and gave a dramatic sigh.

The baggy shirt was wrenching on his grip and Yuffie
was dangerously slipping out of it. Her midriff was
already exposed and if he didn't act something fast,
she would slip out of it and end up lying half-naked
on the floor. (no singlets and whatsoever) However
he needed to get out of her grasp, knowing she
would insistently accuse him of molest
(just imagining the usual routine of "#$&#$&…YOU
PERVERT!" and etc would be enough) the next thing
in the morning (and things were only going to get more
troublesome but still it would be fun to watch her fume)
and the only solution was to keep her away from him.
Strange, half of him was reluctant to let go the concept
of another embrace while the other half having more
integrity, was weakly demanding for more responsibility.

Still contemplating what should he do with her, Yuffie
suddenly exclaimed, "AHHH! BRRRRR, it's cold in
here!" Tugged on her shirt and wrapped an arm around
her waist, pulled out some imaginary orb and grunted,
"Fire".

Sephiroth watched the series of actions unfold then
gently put her down on the floor in a heap of limbs.
She immediately stood up from the cold marble floor
and sleepwalked right into his wardrobe. He deduced
that she was in a semi-state of sleep, dreaming of
herself camping outdoors and in her usual (flimsy)
outfit which consisted of an extra small-sized green
turtleneck and khaki shorts (at this thought, he
frowned). He proceeded to wonder vaguely how she
countered attacks in her sleep at night in the wilderness.
(Perhaps the monster would have been burnt to death
by materia and she wouldn't even have noticed a
burnt corpse next to her the next morning.) Deciding
it would be a furtile attempt as well as inviting
headaches to ponder on such a wide range of both
possible and impossible from this girl, he headed for
sleep.

Notes:
A short chapter but I hope it's soooo sweet of Yuffie's
sleepwalking and sleeptalking, you'll forgive me, right?
AHHH! I am so happy that there are more people reviewing!

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gyhardin (I was thinking maybe around 15? Before she meets AVALAUNCHE in the game, cause I've thought of an ending
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