Author's Note: Woo! My first Vincent - Tifa fic! Man do I feel weird, xx It's always been CloTi for me. But for some reason I started to like VinTif lately. I mean... I still love CloTi, but I don't mind Tifa and Vincent fics anymore. I'm just giving this VinTif of mine a shot. I have no idea how it's going to be so puh-leaase!... Give me some feedback and let me know what you think of it. All you gotta do is put the small review button and type some letters in a box! Hehe. Enjoy the fic.

Disclaimer: If I owned Final Fantasy VII, there would be a big ass CloTi make out scene in it. Which isn't the case, so guess what. I don't own it. Except the game I payed for. o.O

Final Fantasy VII

A Love Remains Unspoken ..:
VinTif
By: T.Lockheart

Maybe I just need to let this go. So many times I've tried, failed, broken my heart, over one and the same guy. I love him. More than I could ever love anyone or anything. But this love of mine, remaining unspoken, won't ever be returned by the man I love. I can't tell you if his heart belongs to another woman, or if he saw her just as a friend. A friend. Like how he sees me. I'm not sure at all. We have been through so much together, sure, that gives your friendship a special bond. And maybe I'm closer to him than anyone else, but I'm not the one he wants. At least I don't think I am. I wish I wasn't so shy with these things. I'm never shy... But around him, I'm just... Scared. I don't even know ho to explain it. It's not that I'm scared of rejection. I'm scared of losing a friend. Love isn't worth risking to lose a friend. My best friend, at that. He's everything I have left from my childhood. Saved my life many times, was always there for me. I am no one without him. The man of my dreams... Cloud Strife. He's the only reason that keeps my heart beating.
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The sun was shining bright outside the new bar of Tifa Lockheart. There were no clouds up in the sky, and the once so dark town, Nibelheim, had completely changed when Avalanche put some effort in it. They had made the town brand new. Restored houses, gave it some color, and actually got people to move into Nibelheim again. Tifa ran a whole new bar, called Sixth Fate.

She decided that if everyone was going to make a new start, it was time for her to leave the old bar behind as well. Even though it felt weird, and she often made the mistake to write down 'Tifa's 7th Heaven' on papers, this new bar was a beauty. She put alot of effort in getting it the way it was now. It wasn't too different from how the 7th Heaven looked. The actual bar was still at the back, but instead of having a few tables and stairs in the left corner as you entered, there were tables and wall couches, and chairs all around the bar Tifa stood behind. The counter, where Tifa was, led a door upstairs now. Where Tifa had placed her furniture and all her stuff, that was where she lived. The elevator, the 7th Heaven had downstairs didn't show at the Sixth Fate. She had a real house above her bar now. And was quite pleased with it. It even had some chairs and tables to sit outside on warm days like these.

Vincent also moved back into Nibelheim. After, Barret, Tifa, Cloud, Red, Cid, him, and Cait Sith had cleaned up Nibelheim, him and Tifa got to work on the Nibelheim mansion. Vincent just wanted a place he felt comfortable in. And knowing Vincent, he wasn't exactly the colorfull type. So Tifa gave him a hand getting the place to look nice on Vincent's way. It surprised everyone how Tifa had style. After all, they had only really seen her as the steel fist martial artist. Vincent's house, was now nicely decorated with black and red-ish furniture. Dark wooden closets, table, chairs, and black carpet in every room, with suiting black/ red curtains. Tifa had told him, if he wanted it to be dark colors instead of bright, he had to at least made it feel comfy. Instead of how some people got this cold aura in their house. And she succeeded. Vincent got what he want. Dark colors, yet a comfortable feeling when you walked in.

Barret and Marlene moved to the pilot's town. Also the town where Cid still lived. Rocket Town. The reason why Barret did it wasn't sure. He didn't know either, but like everyone else he said it was good to start over. And Marlene was always cheering when she saw the HighWind arrive. The little girl always stared at it in amazement. The old pilot liked the girl's reaction. He was telling her stories about how he traveled into outer space with Tifa and Cloud. Marlene always asked him to take her there once to. Cid wasn't complaining, Tifa wasn't worried. She knew Marlene grew up with Barret's rough way of speaking. Knowing Cid was the same the little girl was used to it. Tifa tried to talk some sense into Barret and Cid, for watching their words while Marlene was there. But sooner or later the girl would start picking it up anyways.

Cid finally, after being so stubborn, and in denial, admitted his feelings for Shera. They had alot more going on since Shera was pregnant already. Still living in the same house, Barret and Cid made the house bigger, building some new rooms with it, and a shed. Also, Cid was still busy making new planes, he said the HighWind gave them some good transport, but that it deserved a long life time break now.

Red still had Cosmo Canyon covered. Like he said, he'd take over Bugenhagen's work, and take care of his people. Strangely enough, not too long after the team settled down, Red told them about meeting a female of his race. Faye. The two had become close and not too long after the team heard about two young cubs. Of course, Marlene, Yuffie and Tifa couldn't stop aw-ing. Which made the guys laugh. The couldn't blame them. The two young cubs looked adorable. A male called Shadow, and a female called Payne.

Cait Sith got rid of the stuffed Mog. Now, it's just the simple cat running around on four legs. Going by the name Cait. He kind of is all over the place, but most of the time he's settled in Cosmo Canyon, with Red, Faye and the kids.

Now, as far as Cloud goes, he moved into his villa at Cost Del Sol. Everyone was surprised by this decision. Since they all were kinda suspicious on the fact Cloud and Tifa were a bit more than friends. Strangely enough it didn't bother Tifa too much. They called each other everyday. When they both got home from work. They were still the best of friends, but everyone still thought it was weird Cloud didn't just move back to Nibelheim with Tifa.

Cloud didn't know either. He wanted to go back there, so he could make sure Tifa was ok every day. But for some reason something stopped him from being too close to her. Maybe he realized he blew his chance with her. He noticed it in Tifa's eyes that day they defeated Sephiroth, and the Life-Stream fixed up the planet. She was going to start over. Without regret. She was over him... Cloud just knew he was too late now. She had accepted the fact they were friends. At least that's what he thought she did. And he didn't wanted to stop her from what she wanted to do with her life. Like he had been doing all this time.

"So, what may it be today?" the brunette asked, her hands resting on the counter.

"Same as usual."

"You got it." She moved away from the spike haired man to get him his drink. She pulled out a glass from under the counter and poured it half full with ice water, than moved over to another machine and finished of the glass with lemon juice and some ice cubes. "There you go." she said as she placed it in front of the man.

"Thanks."

She stared at him intently. Worried, yet not sure if she should be. "Cloud... How are you?" He gazed at her, as his hand moved over to the glass, and his fingers wrapped themselves around it and pulled it towards him.

"Huh?"

"Just a random question." she said, smiling warmly at him. "How are you?"

"I'm fine. You?" he said, taking a sip of his drink. Tifa moved herself over and got herself a drink, pulling the stool towards her and sat down on it.

"I'm doing good." She glanced around the bar. "The business are going great. My house is already looking pretty good. Vincent said he could take over some time if I'm ever sick or something. If not, he said Yuffie could cover it. But I'm not too sure about that." she said, laughing. "But yeah, I've got everything I need." she said with a satisfied look on her face.

'"I've got everything I need." she doesn't need me...'

"Cloud...?"

He met two chocolate brown eyes staring at him, slight concern showed in them. He shook his head with a puzzled look by finding the brunette staring at him. "Sorry." he said, rubbing his forehead. "I spaced off."

She narrowed her eyebrows, but let him off easy. "Alright." she said, nodding. "Well, since you're staying here the coming week. Why don't you just go upstairs and get some rest?"

"Yeah... I think I will." he said, standing up. Cloud made his way over, behind the bar, passed Tifa, to the door that led upstairs. His hand rested on the door knob as he turned it. "Tifa..." he said, looking over his shoulder slightly, before walking up.

"Hmm?"

"Thanks."

Tifa turned around, staring at him with a questioning look on her face. He returned her stare, as she nodded after a few seconds. Once again, Cloud returned the nod and made his way up, closing the door behind him.

He made the few steps up, and stopped in his tracks. 'Well damn... She sure put work in this place.' He glanced around. The walls had a white, vanilla looking tint. A hardwood floor lay all through the house, and the closets, were all made of solid oak wood. The living room had a black leather couch, two black leather chairs, and a matching TV table, table and other furniture that stood there. With some light, curtains that matched the walls nicely. Cloud opened the door to his room that Tifa showed him earlier. Different than the living room, this room had a aqua-green/ black look. Everything matching each other. The bathroom had the sand color look, with white and again aqua towels. Tifa's room looked warm. Comfortable. With black and brown tints. But it definitely didn't look boring. All the beds in the house had satin sheets and pillows, with colors that matched the room. As her bed was red and black.

Cloud closed his door behind him, kicked off his boots and let himself fall on his bed, hiding his face into the pillow and falling into a light sleep.


Author's Note: Alrighty! First chapter, it's short, and I can tell you the to come chapters aren't going to be much longer. Also, it's not gonna have too many chapters. Like I said, I'm still stuck with a writer's block. So I'm keeping it short, before I get stuck again. Hope ya like, please review.
-T. Lockheart.