Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII

Pairing: Cloud x Yuffie

A/N: My first fanfic evah! Read and enjoy!

She's so Lovely

Chp.1: Catching Up

One year after defeating Sephiroth…

"Wow! It's already been a year since I last saw you Cloud?"

He looked deep into the young ninja's twinkling eyes and saw happiness in them. She was filled with joy because she gets to see one of her good friends that she doesn't see much at long last.

Cloud had just arrived in Wutai to see if any major damage was done by the meteor incident. Seeing how everything was OK, he wandered off to the highest part of town to watch the sunset. That's when she saw him sitting on a grassy hill. Yuffie couldn't tell right away if it was he or not because he looked different. His new black clothes threw her off, but when she saw his hair, the golden-blonde spikes, she knew it was him then.

"So why don't you keep in touch with me at all you spiky headed jerk?" The young girl questioned. "Are you too cool to talk to your bestest ninja pal now that you saved the world?" She giggles.

"No reason." He responded. "I just… (Sigh)."

"So I see you're still as soft spoken as usual, eh Cloudy?" She says with a smile. He couldn't help but smile back at her. "It's OK then. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

She takes a seat close to him. "Look at that sunset. Isn't it beautiful?"

(No response)

Cloud found himself looking at the young kunoichi. She wasn't the same skinny, sixteen-year-old girl he once knew a year ago. She looked a bit taller and seemed to act more mature. One year can do a lot for one person. She now had long, beautiful legs matched with a nice, round little booty. Her chest area had grown a bit as well. She looks beautiful. She's… so lovely.

'Damn! Yuffie's fine as Hell now.' Cloud thought to himself while looking at her from head to toe stopping at her belly button. He always liked the way her stomach was always showing because of her short, green tank top. It kind of turned him on.

"Cloud?"

Yuffie looks towards him wondering why he's so quiet and catches him staring at her mid-section. His view moves up towards her head and their eyes get perfectly aligned in awkward silence. His intense blue eyes like a mirror image to hers.

'Why is he staring at me like that? Is- is Cloud checking me out? … No, why would he and why does he have to be so damn cute? Uh-oh, my stupid teenage hormones are acting up.' Yuffie thought while also trying to get Cloud's attention.

She had a big crush on him since the first time they met, but she never thought that such a handsome guy like that would ever feel the same way about her so she kept it to herself.

"… What is it Cloud?" She asks trying to break the silence.

"Huh? Oh! Sorry Yuffs." Cloud says. His face turns slightly red. "I'm just amazed at how much you've grown. Are you seventeen now?"

The girl replies, "Yeah, I'm seventeen. God, I'm almost as old as you Cloudy. Pretty soon I'll have wrinkles and grey hair." She says while sticking her tongue out at him.

"Aw come on Yuff. I'm not that old!" He says playing along with her joke.

"Our friends threw me a party a few weeks ago. It was lots of fun! But, it didn't seem complete without you there."

"Sorry Yuffie…" He says in a rather soft voice looking down.

"It's alright." She tells him.

He asks, "Well, how 'bout I get you something for your birthday that I missed? It's the least I can do for you."

"It's a deal! That means I have one wish that you have to grant me!" Yuffie says excitedly.

"So do you know what you want?"

"Hmm… I got it! I want all of your—"

He cuts her off saying, "Wait, it can't have anything to do with materia."

With a disappointed tone she asks, "Aw why not?"

"Come on Yuffie, you know I need them."

"Not even one? Pretty please?" She asks with an innocent and adorable puppy dog face.

He shakes his head slowly left and right and the ninja girl frowns.

"Anything else I can do for you. So you know what you want?"

"Since materia is out of the question, then no. Not yet." She says. "Maybe later I'll think of something."

The two friends continue to talk hoping to get caught up with each other. Seconds turn into minutes. Minutes turn into hours, and suddenly, Yuffie realizes that it's getting dark. She lies down on her back and starts to glance at the abundance of stars that looked beautiful in the blue night sky. Cloud joins her, so he lies down as well not noticing that his gloved hand accidentally got on top her thigh. They both notice it and they quickly move their body parts away from each other. They lay still and silent.

'Well that was embarrassing. Her skin was quite soft. God, when she's around me I can't breathe. Am I possibly getting attracted to this girl? Would she even feel the same? Keep it together Cloud!' He thought.

'Yuffie you idiot! Why did you move? His hand felt good there. God, when he's around me my heart skips a beat. Why don't you just tell him you like him? Oh yea, 'cuz I don't want him to think I'm a weirdo and reject me. I want him so bad…'

After a few minutes, Yuffie finally decides to break the silence and says, "Well it's getting late. As much as I love talking to you Cloudy, I have to go. My dad is going to kill me if he finds out I'm out here this late. And me being around you would just probably piss him off even more since you're a guy."

"OK come on, I'll walk you home."

It takes them around 5 minutes to walk to her house. The lights downstairs were on, so everybody's probably still awake.

"Where are you going to stay tonight Cloudy? Yuffie asks.

"I'll probably just set up a tent somewhere not too far from Wutai."

"I would ask you to stay with me, but we have no guest room, and I don't think my dad would be very happy if you slept in my room." She explains. "Sorry."

"It's alright Yuffie. A night in a tent shouldn't be too bad. Well you better get to bed now kiddo." He brushes her cheek gently with his fingers. "Goodnight." Cloud turns around and takes a step, until he feels two hands gently wrap around his waist.

'Oh my God, what am I doing? I can't believe I'm doing this!' She thinks.

A little bit shocked from her gesture, he finds the courage to turn around and hug her back. The right side of her face was resting on his chest. She smiled and said, "Sweet dreams Cloudy." They release each other. She walks to the door, opens it, looks back at Cloud with a tender smile and soft eyes that glow under the moon then finally closes the door.

A smiling Cloud makes his way to his camp site.

Chapter 1 is done! Kinda short though.This is my first ever fanfic ever written so if you want to, review it and tell me some suggestions please! I might just leave it one chapter long if nobody wants me to continue or if I'm not motivated enough.

K well thanks and until next time!