Title/Prompt: Beach
Rated: T for… partial nudity
Author: desiringpirates
A/N: Oh, Cloud. You try so hard.
BEACH VACATION
"CLOUD!" Tifa screamed in panic.
The mercenary bolted up from his lounge chair and rushed into the water. He began looking around frantically for the source of his friend's terror. An underwater fiend? A surfer who wished to kidnap her?
"What is it? Where?" Cloud asked, eyes now scanning the sky.
"I lost my top!"
"The top of what? A boat? A submarine!" Cloud dove under the water and looked for the intruder. There was nothing. He came back up and finally looked at Tifa.
"Cloud, I lost my bikini top!" Her face was reddened with fear and embarrassment.
Cloud's face drained of color and he looked down, seeing Tifa's arms wrapped around her torso. He swallowed, feeling the lump travel down his throat painfully. He tore his eyes away.
"Oh… one moment." He went back to their beach site, grabbed a towel, and waded back into the water. Cloud opened the towel and wrapped it around his friend. "Here."
Tifa smiled. "My hero."
Cloud blushed.