A/N: Ahh! I'm so very sorry for the SUPER long update! I'm almost finished with Drivers Ed and that's my top first priority right now :/ so yeah, anyways thank you for all your patience and super kind and supporting reviews and I hope you enjoy!

BY THE WAY ALL THESE ONE-SHOTS ARE NOT IN ORDER NOR BASED AROUND THE SAME TIME PERIOD!

ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU, EVERYONE! INCLUDING YOU, VIEWERS! :D

Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII and all characters belong to Square Enix.

Characters: Cloud&Tifa Marlene&Denzel

Setting: Sometime after Advent Children

Rated: K+

We Give Thanks

Cloud was starving, he reminded Denzel of a Behemoth the way his bright blue eyes stalked the bowls of food Tifa carried to the table. The green rim of mako in his eyes shone brightly and were twice there normal size.

Alright, we're just about ready to eat!" Tifa announced as she set a bowl filled with mashed potatoes right in front of Cloud, Denzel would of swore that he saw him drooling.

He didn't blame him, Tifa's cooking was amazing. Even when you weren't very hungry, just a simple whiff of a cooking meal lingering from the kitchen was enough for the three of them to face down stairs and see what kind of delicious meal Tifa was making.

"But first, we must give thanks!" Marlene added giving Cloud a slight glare when she caught him reaching for the bowl filled with green beans.

Cloud sighed, she was like a little Tifa. He was thankful, but he just hoped that this would be a short thanks, he wasn't sure if he could last another two minutes!

"It's for Zack and Aerith!" Marlene explained folding her hands together and resting her chin on them before closing her eyes shut.

"Awe, that's a great idea, Marlene." Tifa replied, "would you like to say grace?"

Marlene nodded eagerly before clearing her throat and straightening her back.

"Dear Zack, Aerith, and all the lifestream. We give thanks for our planet that's finally happy again. We thank for the food we have, eating three meals a day! We give thanks to our home, it may not be as good or as fancy as others but it's still a home! A very nice one! I love it! We give thanks for our clothes and our beds, if we didn't have our beds, we'd all be very grumpy especially Cloud and Tifa since they work so much to make Gil for us to eat and sleep and live! We give thanks for our showers, without them we'd be stinky! And nobody likes stinky! We thank you for the Geostigma being cured...um for Cloud and Tifa's jobs, out school we go to...all our friends-"

"Alright Marlene, that's good for tonight." Tifa interrupted her with a giggle. "Zack and Aerith are glad to see you happy and thankful, and I'm sure they are too. Would you like to add anything, Denzel?"

"Uh..." Denzel looked over at Cloud who slowly shook his head at him. "Nah, I'm all set!"

Cloud mouthed a thank you to him, hoping neither, Marlene or Tifa saw it.

Cloud felt his stomach growl loudly, causing everyone to laugh.

"Wow, Cloud! I think there's a monster in your belly!" Marlene said watching Cloud fill his plate with mashed potatoes, butternut squash, green beans, and roast beef.

Tifa and Denzel laughed as they started to help themselves as well.

There was the slightest of a smirk on Cloud's face, he wasn't sure if it was at them or because of the food on his plate that he was about to devour.

Tifa could only smile at her lover. She was thankful to see he had his appetite back, remembering the tragedy of the stigma, she was also thankful to have him back and happy with his family where he belonged.

Cloud may not ever speak of it, but he was thankful. For his family and friends never giving up on him, Cured from the stigma, and always loved even when he didn't always see it, maybe it was because he wasn't looking hard enough.