A/N: I know I said I was going to take my time, but I wanted to get this one up! My best friend and boyfriend have taken it upon themselves to nurse me back to health, and with those lovely boys support, I can actually breathe. (And, therefore, update!) Enjoy. This is also a follow-up piece to Entry #19 - Blush.
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Entry # 25: Fence - Supplies
Tifa leans back quietly onto the glass wall that surrounds Midgar, pressing her back against the cool surface to beat the heat. They have stopped in city for supplies, and while she waits at the rally point just beyond the gate, everyone has gone inside to tend to unfinished business. The red glow of Meteor, which hangs low in the cobalt sky, casts on ominous shadow on the rolling plains before her and she sighs softly into her hands.
Aerith is visiting her mother, no doubt. Cloud will be hunting for supplies, Cid for cigarettes. Barret will be hanging around Shinra HQ with a pensive Vincent, swearing at the building as if the structure itself was responsible for all the hardships that the burly man had faced. Nobody knows where the hell Cait Sith heads off to on excursions like these, and everybody trusts Red XIII enough not to ask.
Yuffie always says that she has a cousin to visit, but both Tifa and Aerith know better. They covered for her the night of the Gold Saucer because she had seemed so happy and Aerith had been so insistent, but even now Tifa fears the reactions of the men, should they find out that Yuffie was "flirting with enemy".
It isn't until she sees them walk towards the gate hand-in-hand, unaware of her presence, that she decides that she will cover for Yuffie again. Tifa cannot help but envy that they are happy in such a dire situation, and when Yuffie's giggle rings out and Reno's smirk surfaces, the chocolate haired woman smiles to herself.
Sure he's a Turk; she finds herself muttering as he presses a chaste kiss to Yuffie's pale cheek, but at least she's happy. And she can't help but like him just a little bit when he commands the younger girl to not die before she becomes legal.
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