Chapter 2: "The first touch"

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And so, I continue…

"Tifa! Hey Tifa! Wake up!"

Tifa opened her eyes. She saw a blonde, spiky-haired man bending over her.

"Cloud! What are you doing here!"

"I came to save you…Follow me"

Cloud took Tifa by the hand and led her out of the dungeon. They walked carefully, with their backs to the wall, through the dark corridors. All the guards they met on their way lay unconscious on the floor.

"I knocked them all out when I was coming to get you" Cloud explained.

He helped her on his motorbike and they rode into the night, not realizing that another motorbike was following them.

Cloud took Tifa to his secret hideout, a small underground apartment in the heart of the woods.

"I have some work to do, so I have to go. You stay here." Cloud said, and left.

Tifa looked around. The room had a small kitchen in one corner, a table, two chairs and a bed. Piles of dishes lay in the sink and clothes were scattered on the floor.

"Oh, God, why can't he clean up a little?" thought Tifa, and, since she had nothing else to do, she started washing the dishes.

Suddenly, she heard the door open.

"Cloud? Are you back already?"

No answer came. Tifa turned around and realized that the man who had just come in was not Cloud. It was Kadaj.

"Hello Tifa! How are things going?" he sounded really drunk.

"What are you doing here? And surely you are drunk!" Tifa's heart filled with horror, but with pity as well for his state.

"No I am not! I just had a glass of whisky, that's all. I need to talk to you."

Kadaj walked, not so steadily, towards Tifa. When he got next to the bed he started losing his balance. Tifa ran to hold him. He fell on her but he was so heavy for her, that she fell on the bed, with him on top of her.

"Get off me!" she said, and shoved Kadaj, trying to stand up. He grabbed her hand and pulled her down, next to him. His face was now inches away from hers. His eyes were sad and watery, and they revealed great pain and suffering. Tifa felt her heart beating faster. Their faces came even closer. Slowly and hesitantly, their lips engaged in a passionate kiss. His hands started moving all over her body, under her clothes. She lost herself in his caresses. Burning with desire, they quickly undressed and made love to each other until the break of dawn.

The next morning, Kadaj woke up with an awful headache. For the first few seconds, he didn't know where he was. Then, he looked down and saw Tifa sleeping in his arms. He remembered everything. He got terrified. The voice in his head was yelling:

"Why the hell did you have to do this? What were you thinking? I yelled at you all night to stop, but you didn't listen! I thought we said that you will listen to everything I say until we get to the source! Now kill her and get out of there!"

Panicking even more, Kadaj stood up carefully, so as not to wake up Tifa, got dressed and left as quickly as he could.

Tifa woke up a few minutes later. She looked around. Kadaj was not there.

"Was it all a dream?" she thought. But, no, it wasn't a dream. The bed and her body smelled of his perfume. She hugged a pillow, and took a deep breath. Then, she stood up, got dressed and sat on the bed, thinking of the previous night. She knew that what had happened was totally wrong, but deep inside she felt happy, like never before. But then she realized that it would never happen again. It was a moment of insanity. She got really afraid. She had seen how cruel Kadaj could be. However, last night he had also showed her how tender and loving he could be. Trying to get these confused thoughts and feelings out of her head, Tifa stood up and started cleaning the room, in order to give Cloud no chance for suspicion.