Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII

Pairing: Cloud x Yuffie

A/N: Chapter 3 is finally here! It took me kind of long because of school and also because I'm replaying FFVII. I just got done doing the Wutai side quests again. Sorry about that.

Well, enjoy.

She's so Lovely

Chp.3: Holding Someone's Hair Back

Early next morning…

BUZZ!

"AHH!" Yuffie had almost jumped up immediately because of the loud buzzing of her alarm clock. "Stupid clock!" She exclaimed as she hit the snooze button. She looked at the clock and it read 8:30 am. Laying back down, Yuffie let out a big groan and said, "Stupid mornings."

She stood up off her bed, scratched her eyes, and stretched. 'I wonder what Cloud's up to right now. Could he still be sleeping?' She thought. "There's only one way to find out!"

Yuffie picks up her PHS from her desk and hovers her finger over the button which Cloud was assigned to. He of course, was button number one. 'Should I call him? He might get mad if he is still sleeping and I wake him up.' She decided to just go for it and call him.

Meanwhile in Cloud's tent…

RRRING! RRRING!

Cloud opens his eyes slowly and thinks to himself, 'Who could be calling me this early?' He was so tired because of the lack of sleep he had the previous night. Picking up the PHS, he answered groggily, "Ugh… he-hello?"

'Crap! I did wake him up. I hope he isn't mad.' Yuffie thought.

"Uh hey, hi Cloud! It's me Yuff. Sorry to wake you." She said over the phone.

"Oh don't worry about it. I'm just tired because I didn't get too much sleep last night." Cloud responded still sounding tired.

The ninja girl asked, "Why didn't you get enough sleep?"

"No reason. I was just thinking about a certain… someone."

"…" No response from Yuffie. She was deep in her thoughts.

'Oh my god. Is Cloud thinking about another girl he likes? Maybe he's thinking about me… no I don't think so. Could he possibly be in love with Aeris (Bless her heart) still? Oh god I think I'm going cry. Don't jump to conclusions girl! Just ask him who he was thinking about. No that will sound weird. Just relax.'

The distracted ninja almost forgot that she was on the line with Cloud still. The whole time she was thinking, Cloud was trying to get her attention.

"Hello, Yuffie? Yuff are you there? What's wrong?"

She finally snaps out of it and says quietly, "I'm still here. Nothing's wrong Cloud."

"OK, good. Well is there some particular reason why you called me?" He asked.

"No reason. I just wanted to call you." Yuffie replied.

Cloud asks, "That's it?"

"Well I never really get to talk to you anymore so I thought it would be appropriate if I called you. Is there something wrong with me wanting to talk to an old friend?" Yuffie sounded angry and sad at the same time as she said this.

Cloud felt like a total ass. "Sorry Yuff I didn't mean to say it like that. I'm just tired that's all. I'm actually glad you called me." He said trying to make her feel better.

"Okay then." Changing the subject, Yuffie asked, "Hey my dad left the house to go to the pagoda right now and he isn't coming home until dark. Do you want to have breakfast here?"

"Sure." He said. "I'll get ready right now and I'll be there in a while, k?"

"K, bye." She said. They both turn off their PHS.

Cloud put his new clothes on and picked up his buster sword on the floor which he later put in the side of Fenrir, his motorcycle. Everything was packed up.

20 minutes later in Yuffie's house…

Ding-dong!

"I'm coming!" Yuffie yelled as she ran to the door. It was Cloud, just as she expected.

"Hey Cloudy, come in." She told him. "My kitchen is this way."

Cloud followed her and asked, "You aren't going to trap me in your basement like last time are you?"

"Ha-ha." She replied jokingly. "OK, well you just sit down and eat. I'll be back."

"Where are you going?" He asked with a curious look on his face.

Yuffie answered, "To my room. I'm going to change out of these pajamas real quickly, and then I'll join you."

"Alright." Cloud looked at the dining table in front of him and couldn't help but drool. He hadn't had anything decent to eat in a while and all of the food he saw looked so delicious. His eyes were focused on the dumplings.

'I really should wait for Yuffie to come back first.' He thought. 'It'd be rude to start without her.'

"Kay, I'm back." The young girl said as she walked into the kitchen only moments after she left. She took a seat right next to her secret crush and said, "Well dig in! Eat as much as you want."

The two friends talked while they ate. They talked about everything from Cait Sith's weird choice of using a megaphone as a weapon, to Cid's smoking and cursing habits and even Red XIII's tail.

"How do you think that fire stays lit on his tail?" Yuffie asked.

Cloud replies, "I have no clue. I'll remember to ask him sometime." They both laugh at their stupid and totally random conversation. At this point, both Yuffie and Cloud are full.

"Thanks for breakfast Yuff." He tells her. "It was really good."

"Don't— (hiccup) mention it Cloudy!" Yuffie got the hiccups from eating too fast. Cloud thought it was kind of cute how she hiccupped during her sentence so he smiled inside.

"So what are you planning on doing today, huh Cloud? Yuffie asks.

"I don't know really. I'll probably ask Cid to give me a ride on the Highwind to Midgar. I want to see how Reeve is doing with the reconstruction." He says.

"Is anybody else going?" She asks.

Cloud names all the people who are going like a list. "Cid, Vincent, and Barret will be there. Tifa won't be able to make it because she's looking after Marlene at her house in Nibelheim and Red has to take care of his grandfather in Cosmo Canyon. I heard he was very ill."

Yuffie asks, "Oh, can I come?"

He complied. "You sure you can take riding the Highwind?"

"No sweat." She says. "Oh by the way, my dad wanted to thank you for looking after me. He also wanted to apologize for thinking you were with Shin-ra last time you came."

"Tell him its fine. He doesn't have to apologize." Cloud says while grabbing his PHS from his pocket. He calls Cid and asks him to pick them up.

"I'm on my way. Wait yer scrawny asses for thirty minutes ya hear?" The sailor mouthed pilot said.

An hour later on the Highwind…

"You're late old man." Cloud says.

"Who you callin' old chocobo head? Motherfucker I should cut you!" Cid yelled. Cloud just smiles and walks to the deck outside to go see how Yuffie is doing.

Yuffie's face had a slight shade of green on it. 'I don't feel too good.' She thought to herself. 'Why didn't I just stay home? Oh yea because Cloud is here.' She leaned over the rail and tried to breathe in some fresh air. That actually made her air sickness worse because she looked down and seeing how she was so high up made her even sicker. She hears the door behind her close. It was Cloud.

"So are you holdin' out OK?" He asks.

She replies by gagging a little bit with a hand over her mouth. She leans over the rail because she doesn't want Cloud to see her puke. He runs behind her and holds her hair back. This startled Yuffie and all of a sudden she didn't feel like throwing up anymore. She hugged him tight and said quietly, "Thanks Cloudy."

"I'm sorry Yuffie. I should've bought some tranquilizers for you before we left." He said while holding the young girl in his arms. She didn't say anything. Cloud looked over his shoulder and saw that she was fast asleep. He carried her into his room in the crew's lodge, laid her down on the bed, and put the blankets over her. Cloud took a seat next to the bed and watched as his secret crush dozed off.

He looked at the clock on the wall and said to himself, 'Another hour until we get to Midgar.'

That's the end of chapter 3. Sorry again for the long wait. I'll try to update faster. Anyway, stay tuned for chapter 4, yea?

-Circa