Title: Voicemails

Prompt: Drunk Tifa

For: Lord Divestre Croft

Summary: When Cloud's away, the girls will play (much to their regret).

"I want to tell you something."

Cloud sat on his motorcycle, overlooking Cosmo Canyon. Vincent had been hiding out with Nanaki for a while, and Yuffie had wanted him to drop something off for her. He stared down at the package. He had seen a lot of packages in his time.

And now he could hear Zack's voice in his head, 'Packages, really? You pervert.'

He smirked. Yuffie's was different. Most of the deliveries he had made over the years were either just straight taped boxes, or boxes wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine. Yuffie's was wrapped in baby blue wrapping paper that was decorated with little ducks with little speech bubbles that said 'You're Quackers'. There was a big, intricate, yellow ribbon on top and Yuffie had made sure to emphasize the importance of this bow making it through the trip.

"I am so tired."

He cradled the package carefully to his chest, steering Fenrir down the Cliffside one handed. She would kill him if she saw him doing that. He made sure to face the bow away from his body, so it wouldn't get smashed against his chest.

"I am so full of words. I am so sick of all the words I am full of. I feel like my chest is going to explode from all of the words in them."

Cloud coasted down the shallow slope at the base of the cliff, rolling up towards Nanaki's home. Vincent was already seated outside in the shadows, as if he had anticipated his presence. The man had ears like a bat; he probably heard him ten miles out.

"I keep trying not to say anything, because I don't want to upset you, and I don't want to make you uncomfortable, and let's face it Cloud, we both know that words and speaking make you very uncomfortable."

Vincent nodded his head at him, acknowledging his presence.

"Delivery."

Vincent gestured towards the door. "Nanaki."

"No, for you."

Vincent looked up at that; his eyes looked so weary. "Yuffie?"

Cloud couldn't help but smirk. "How did you know?"

"It's June first."

Cloud slipping off of Fenrir. "And that means…?"

"Sit." Vincent gestured to the space beside of him. "And I'll explain."

"I want to depend on you, Cloud. I keep thinking that I can, because you keep saying that you care and that I can depend on you. Well, 'keep saying' is a bit of an overstatement. SAID would be more like it"

Cloud sat down beside of Vincent, handing him the package. He watched with some fascination as Vincent sliced the paper open with his golden hand.

"What is it?"

"I'll tell you when I open it."

"I meant why June first? What does that matter?"

Vincent's shoulders dropped slightly, his version of a sigh. "Yuffie…has issues."

"I think we all have issues."

"Yuffie pestered me for months for the day of my birthday. I would never tell her. Yuffie is incredibly stubborn, in case you haven't noticed."

"Oh I've noticed," Cloud said, appreciating Vincent's uncharacteristic humor.

"She wouldn't give in. So, one day I was on the phone with her; she had blocked her number."

"I just…I just want so much more than I can have…and I don't think I deserve these things. But there it is. What I want. It might not be what you want, but it's what I want. Have I told you what I want yet? Other than conversations? WORDS? Sure I'm sick of my words, but I would totally appreciate some of YOUR words."

"She asked me again, 'When is your birthday?'. This was probably the hundredth time she had asked me this question. So I asked, 'What is today?' She said, 'June first.' And I replied 'Today. Today is my birthday.' Naturally I just said this to shut her up."

"Naturally."

Vincent nodded his head; Cloud was one of the few people who seemed to understand him. "But, for the past three years she has always sent me a birthday present on June first. Undoubtedly she knows that this is not my true birthday, yet still she sends me a gift."

"It doesn't bother you?"

"Do you think it would stop her if it didn't? Regardless, it is nice, to have something to depend on each year." Vincent sliced the tape open, pulling the box open.

"Cloud…don't you realize how much you mean to me? How much I care about you? I feel like I don't even know you anymore. I am so tired of not knowing you. I just want to know you again. I miss you."

Inside lay a gun polishing and cleaning kit. "She sent me holsters last year."

"The year before that?"

"Gold polish, for my arm and shoes. I've been using it on my guns."

"I love you Cloud. There. I said it. It's out there." CLICK

"I should go. You're my last delivery."

Vincent nodded his hand. "Good to see you, Cloud. How did you manage to obtain this package?"

"Yuffie is staying with Tifa for the weekend."

"Cloud. I need you to ignore that last message. I am not in a right state of mind to cominutita—communicate with anyone, let alone you, because you tend to bring out the worst in me when I am drunk, so I should stop talking and I am going to do that now. Please erase your messages." CLICK

"Cloud, wait, in order to get the message to erase the messages, you would have to listen to the first message, and then that would mean that you would already know, so you should just know that I'm drunk, and I don't mean anything I'm saying. Except for that last part. I do mean that I don't mean anything that I am saying. Referring to the part about depending on you, and not knowing you, and oh, yea, the loving you part.—

"Tifa HANG UP THE PHONE. ITS DONE"

"SHUT UP YUFFIE!"

"When you see Vincent tell him—

"DON'T DO IT YUFFIE! We'll only get in deeper!"

CLICK

When Cloud pulled up to the bar it was five in the morning. Yuffie was sprawled across two bar stools, even though the guest room had already been set up for her. Cloud imagined, from the voicemails he had, that this was the third night in a row Yuffie had slept there.

Cloud moved quietly past her and upstairs. He hadn't heard from Tifa for two days, since those drunken voicemails. He had taken his time getting home; she was right, he didn't particularily enjoy conversations, or confrontations, so he had preferred them happen over the phone where she couldn't see him blushing.

But he had heard nothing since then, and he had been worried until he saw Yuffie in a comatose state on the barstools.

He edged his way through the hallway, and slowly entered Tifa's room. She was laying in her bed, the curtains open, allowing the moon to light up her face. She looked peaceful, and Cloud didn't want to disturb her but he couldn't stop himself from moving across the floor.

He sat gently down on the bed, and she didn't stir. He slipped his boots off, and unstrapped his sword, propping it up against the wall beside of the bed. Still, she didn't stir. He laid down, pillowing his head on his arm, and draped his other across her stomach.

When he woke she was staring at him.

"Good morning."

She grimaced, "Don't talk so loud."

He smiled, and she smiled in return. "You got my messages?"

He nodded his head once, quickly.

He saw the blood rush up to her cheeks, "Cloud, I am so sorry. I just…it's Yuffie. You know how it is. She's force of nature—

"It's okay," He interrupted, leaving her baffled. He never interrupted. He rarely spoke. "I'm sorry I climbed in your bed."

"Don't be."

"I just wanted to be here when you woke up, to tell you that you can depend on me."

"I know Cloud, you just run on a different schedule. You're always a little late. I'm sorry I left you all those messages."

He touched the side of her face, cradling it in his hand. "Don't be."

A/N: Forgive me for my lack of presence. I hope to make up for it. I STILL LOVE YOU ALL! I lost my updated list, so I'll have to go back and see who the last four spots belong to. One day. Ugh.

On a personal note CELL PHONES AND TEXTING SHOULD BE BANNED WHILST INTOXICATED. CHILDRENS TURN OFF THE PHONES WHEN YOU'RE DRINKING. TRUST ME. I AM THE QUEEN OF DRUNK TEXTING. LEAVE IT BE.

:)

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2. Tri17 – Aeris' dress Filled
3. mistakenXsilence – piano Filled
4. sam – Tifa gets angry, cloud makes up Filled
5. Alice001 – CloTi fluff Filled
6. Aknskywalker – friendship Filled
7. Calistar Heir – argument Filled
8. . .x – decorating Filled
9. elebelly – irony Filled
10. Le Pecore Nere – sadness w/ flower, to happiness Filled
11. Meilinoa – Training Filled
12. Mandylion – Mistaken Identity
13. Paintball Willie – Tifa beats Cloud at Paintball
14. Lord Divestre Croft – accident (Hospital) Filled
15. Zaz9-zaa0 – Cloud babysits (who's this guy?)
16. Tifa Lockheart Strife – Songfic When You're Gone Filled
17. Iskra Revoir – Cloud the doctor loses patient Filled
18. G.M. Potter – Tifa gets sick/Cloud takes care of her Filled
19. Lachrymosity – Love subtle FINISHED
20. sam – songfic (kismet)
21. src83 – Cloud&Tifa detectives (Solve murder) Filled
22. purple parasol – Tying up lose ends filled
23. Cerberus angel – sweets Filled
24. DynastyWarriors - childhood at school and cloud alone and Tifa asks him to play with her
25. Julian K. Spire – Vincent appearance
26. Ur1Nonly - Tifa jealous, Zack Jealous
27. ArEAf-rules – Post AC Cloud/Tifa argument Filled
28. Flower Girl – ClotTi fluff during sparring
29. anime girlie10 – Cloud w/ reading glasses Filled
30. KaleidoscopeLight – biological parents of toddler w/ fluffy convo Filled
31. Lord Divestre Croft – Nightclub Filled
32. xx-lheanna lockheart-xx – Cloud-bedtime story Marlene/Denzel
33. xXNejiluverXx – Drunk Cloud Filled
34. Verona Sage – "Go ask your mother"
35. Verona Sage – proposal
36. space-halo – Cloud/ Tifa dinner w/ dad
37. ArEAf-rules – Teenage Cloud/Tifa at party
38. sparky – that day seven years ago (Nibelhiem incident) Filled
39. Biskitty – phone convo
40. Tifa Lockheart Strife – Cloud finds Tifa's diary/drawings Filled
41. Xxyuna4evaxX – Muse-unintended songfic
42. ChieriAn9el – Tifa is missing, Cloud freaks over nothing
43. Unpersonified - Tifa's death Finished
44. . .x - Cloud has an irrational phobia45. Lord Divestre Croft - Cloud-girl "Gender Bender" Filled
46. Iskra revoir - Beach Trip
47. Firefox99 - Cloud ticklish
48. xXNejiluverXx - jealous Cloud
49. Valentine's Ninja - Blind Date
50. laila - hangovers
51. Zenbon Zakura - snow boarding vacation
52. Sunset dreams- Cloud hyper off of sugar
53. Janneason - Cloud sick, Tifa nursing 'I love you' subcon.
54. KaryuuNoHaneKata - ripped pants
55. Sunset Dreams - Young Cloud meets Tifa's overprotective father
56. Ur1Nonly - Marlene/Denz spy on Cloud/Tifa
57. x Sarizar - Cloud attempts laundry - results in pure chaos
58. Free Hero - Tifa coerces Cloud to watch Chick Flick
59. Hipathya - Cloud lusts over Tifa Filled
60. Cho-kun - Highschool romance (Cloud pop, Tifa smarty)
61. Darth Pudding - Birds and the Bees
62. ChieriAn9el - Cloud, Tifa, that time of the month. O.O
63. Lord Divestre Croft - Cloud and Tifa go to a musical on Broadway
64. Lord Divestre Croft - Cloud and Tifa get lost in wilderness...alone...
65. Lord Divestre Croft - Tifa saves Cloud from drowning/gives CPR on beach
66. Lord Divestre Croft - Cloud gets on Tifa's nerves (LOL has only completed 1/12 for you)
67. Crimson Promise - Cloud tries cooking dinner
68. Crimson Promise - Tifa teaches Cloud piano
69. Lord Divestre Croft - Cloud/Tifa Key Party
70. Lord Divestre Croft - Valentine's Day
71. Lord Divestre Croft - Rose in Tifa's mailbox...mystery
72. Lord Divestre Croft - Tifa finds out Cloud likes tea
73. Lord Divestre Croft - Cloud and Tifa eat cheesecake
74. tifa07 - arranged marriage75. tifa07 - Cloud is hired to be Tifa's bodyguard
76. Midnightcatch - Cloud accidentally walking in on Tifa when getting out of shower
77. Midnightcatch - First anniversary of marriage
78. Midnightcatch - Cloud and Tifa watching a horror movie, Tifa scared
79. MissyInTheSky - prom
80. xXNejiluverXx - Cloud/Tifa switch bodies
81. elebelly - deception and naughty magazines (O.o OH MY)
82. Zaz9-zaa0 - Meant to assassinate each other
83. Zaz9-zaa0 - Cloud meant to assassinate Tifa
84. Zaz9-zaa0 - Cloud/Tifa overprotective parents
85. Crimson Promise- Spilled water / white shirt
86. Crimson Promise - Rubik's cube
87. Crimson Promise - Dust bunnies
88. Lord Divestre Croft - Twister
89. Lord Divestre Croft - Drunk Tifa FINISHED
90. Lord Divestre Croft - blind date
91. Fire Behind Your Eyes - Cloud has Nightmare
92. . - Tifa in labor
93. With A Smile - Cloud- remind me why I'm in a dress again?
94. Lord divestre Croft - Cloud/Tifa wedding reception
95. ClotiNotCleris - Princess Tifa/Prince Strife hate then love FINISHED
96. Godetan - Morning after ch. 19
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