I awoke the next morning smelling like the handsome man I had been making out with last night at the bar. If only I could rewind time and replay moments in my life, I would spend eternity kissing him, I know that sounds mushy but it's true. I could feel the man pulling my hair and breathing heavily onto my neck. Awakening me from this daydream a small knock sounded at my door.
"Aunty Yuffie are you awake?"
It was Marlene it'd become a ritual that if she was here when I woke she would chose my outfit for the day.
"Yeah baby doll I'm awake, come in." She scurried into my small room and began rummaging through my wardrobe, the little girl was amazing at arranging clothes she really was smarter than she lead on. She looked through my clothes deciding on a pair of white short shorts and a red floral baby doll singlet. Choosing appropriate undergarments that would become invisible under the clothes and all. She was really the brightest ten year old I knew.
"Shoes and a bag?" I questioned.
"Hmmm..." She began rummaging again. "These?" She'd picked out a brown shoulder handbag and a pair of brown leather sandals. I nodded my approval.
I grabbed her hand as we left my room. "Aunty Yuffie, won't I get into trouble for leaving all your clothes on the floor?"
I laughed, "No, Tifa stays clear of my room she thinks she'll get eaten if she goes in there." This gained a small laugh from the girl.
As we made it to the kitchen the other two ladies were patiently waiting our arrival,
"Okay I went and woke her up can we go now?" Marlene seemed rather eager today, there must have been something she needed.
"No" Tifa responded, "remember its Sunday nothing will be open until ten o'clock, how about you help Aunt Aeris make pancakes while I talk with Aunty Yuffie?" She nodded and followed Aeris into the kitchen.
I dreaded and braced myself for the topic that I knew that was going to be brought up. Tifa knew about Vincent and my first kiss and she was going to interrogate me about it. I hated that I knew she wouldn't just accept our love and just be happy for us.
"So when were you going to tell me?"
"We'll umm... Honestly?"
"Never right?"
"We'll kind of."
"And you thought we wouldn't find out? Yuffie how could you, why did Zack and Cloud get to know first?"
"To be honest I didn't want anyone to know, it's between me and him not anyone else. Cloud and Zack only know because they spotted the signs and made a guess. "
"Are you sure he's right for you, don't you think that he might be a little... Well old for you?"
"No, Tifa I don't. I think he's perfect and to be honest I'm quite over talking about this, there are many things that I don't talk with you about simply because I know this is how you react. Condescending and controlling, I ... I have many things locked away in my brain that I would like to stay hidden for the safety of me and the person I love, the one I love even more than Vincent. So next time no I won't be telling you anything, because I won't be telling anyone anything. Okay?"
I'd begun to cry by this point tears flowed freely from my eyes streaking and staining my face as it cascaded to the floor. "There are many kings you are yet to know about me and Vincent was only one of them."
She seemed to be contemplating me with serious concern for what seemed like forever before she pulled me to her shoulder and let me sob.
"I know I can mother you sometimes but I don't mean to be condescending, I hope that you can trust us with your life soon Yuffie. We trust ours with you."
I just continued to cry into her shoulder, there were too many things bottled in my mind at the moment and I could seriously burst from the pressure it put me under.
"I'm sorry Yuf, okay? Are you alright now?" I nodded just in time for Marlene to race out of the kitchen
"The pancakes are ready... Why are you crying?"
"I'm not crying" I said whipping obvious tears from my face. "Let's eat."
The two had made a variety of flavours including chocolate, strawberry, banana and honey flavoured pancakes.
"These are delicious chef."
"Thanks Aunty Yuffie." Marlene rejoiced.
Unsubtly Aeris questioned Tifa about me.
"What did you say to the poor girl, it is obvious she's been crying?"
Great now I looked and feel crap.
"Nothing that we didn't discuss."
Great now I'm topic of conversation and discussion. Just what I needed.
"You two need to stop talking like Aunty Yuffie isn't here."
"And this is why you are my favourite niece."
"Even though I'm not really your niece?"
"You call me aunty I call you baby doll that's close enough isn't it?"
She giggled and hugged me.
I love that kid.
At the market we wondered around, Marlene seemed to be doing most of the shopping gathering things for me to buy for her, but it was okay because she only chose cheap things that she needed and Barret wouldn't buy her, things like swimmers and short shorts and undergarments. That's when she nudged me.
"Aunty Yuffie, that man is staring at you funny." She nodded subtly with her head toward a large man who I instantly recognised.
"Damn it, can we leave." I asked Tifa.
"Why? This is fun isn't it?"
"No it's not when he's here can we leave?"
The urgent tone in my voice made it evident I was scared, so she led us back to the car where we drove back to seventh heaven. In silence.
When we arrive at the bar Tifa told Marlene to call one of her little girlfriends and have a play date.
Aeris was the first to talk. "Okay Yuf what happened between that man and you?"
"He's my fiancé."
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