A/N: don't own this stuff X or the song.
The party had gone on for the whole afternoon and late into the evening. Cid and Shera had room for Marlene and Barret in the room they were decorating in preparation for the baby's birth, Denzel too had insisted on staying, he was fascinated by all off the engine parts lying around. Red didn't mind sleeping out back under the canopy.
Yuffie, Tifa, Cloud and Vincent made there way towards the inn, Reeve was being lopsidedly supported by Yuffie and Vincent. He had, for some insane reason, tried some of Cid's home brewed beer.
"We should sing, lets sing!" he suddenly announced.
Tifa giggled.
"Hey yeah that's a great idea, Vince has a great voice! Don't ya?!" Yuffie teased.
"Zip it Yuffie."
Cloud gave him a quizzical look. "Well Tifa can play piano, maybe we should start a band."
"Yes Cloud, that's a brilliant idea, I bet Rufus would pay, oop's I mean 'mystery money man'."
"I'm not sure that it would be a great investment." Tifa said softly.
Unfortunately not softly enough and Reeve begun to cry, very loudly.
"Oh for leviathan's sake what was in that beer!" Yuffie exclaimed exchanging exasperated glances with her friends.
Reeve continued to weep uncontrollably, "Sinnnggggg! if you don't i'll think that you think i suck."
Vincent rolled his eyes and turned rather scarlet as he begun to sing to Reeve.
"Oh yeah, I'll tell you something, I think you'll understand." he begun
The usually sensible head of the WRO sniffed and began to look a little more cheerful. Vincent looked as if he was in actual physical pain as he carried on serenading his respected friend.
"When I'll say that something, I want to hold your hand, I want to hold your hand, I want to hold your hand." dueted Yuffie supportively, she was smiling widely.
Cloud stifled a laugh. Tifa elbowed him hard in the ribs, "Don't be a jerk."
"Hey! I'm not the one that made him cry in the first place."
"Oh please, say to me ,You'll let me be your man ,And please, say to me, You'll let me hold your hand. Now let me hold your hand, I want to hold your hand" The 5 of them sung together.
"Strife, this never happened, understand."
"Got it, it will just be our shameful little Secret, nice choice of song anyway Vincent." Cloud burst out laughing again. "What the hell made you think of that!"
Vincent shrugged "S'nice." he said under his breath.
"Ah shut up Vincent is my best friend ever!" interrupted Reeve, who patted Vincent on the shoulder and slumped down.
Yuffie tried to steady him again. "I need to grow or you need to shrink."
"Or Reeve here could just avoid drinking suspicious liquids." They carried on dragging him along.
They eventually made it to the Inn.
The man at the reception desk eyed them suspiciously.
"What's wrong with him?"
"Confused by fiends in battle." lied Tifa with a flash of her sweetest smile.
"Hey you do you want me to tell your fortune?" Asked Reeve trying to break free from Yuffie and Vincent, luckily they restrained him.
"I think he should lie down." the inn keeper handed them a two sets of keys and directed them up the stairs.
Tifa and Cloud said good night and went into their room.
"You'll be okay putting Reeve to bed won't you?" asked Tifa poking her head around the door.
Yuffie nodded and moved his hand off of her chest.
"Looks like we are all in together, just like old times eh? Except Cait Sith wasn't as much trouble." Mused Yuffie.
Vincent fumbled with the key and got the door open.
They put Reeve down on the bed and took off a shoe each.
"Uhhh, I feel so tired."
"Yeah, you get some rest okay." Yuffie placed a blanket over him.
"Hey guys can I get a goodnight kiss?"
"Absolutely not!" Exclaimed Vincent.
Yuffie took pity, rolled her eyes and kissed Reeve's forehead.
"Goodnight, now go to sleep."
"Ha, are you jealous Valentine? We've all seen you making eyes." Reeve ranted as he fell asleep.
"Scary thought Vince, he's sort of our boss right?"
"I've been trying not to think about it, lets just never mention this again."
"Hmm agreed, I think he's going to have one hell of a hang over tomorrow though."
Yuffie stretched and sat on one of the other beds.
"I bet it's a girl."
"Cid and Shera's baby?"
"No Reeve, secretly."
"Ahahahahah." Vincent laughed sarcastically as he took of his shoes.
"Of course the baby, Numbnuts."
"I think so too, I can imagine Cid with a daughter." Vincent gave a smile.
Yuffie smiled too and fell backwards on to the comfortable bed.
"Do you want to have children, Yuffie?"
She propped herself up on her elbows, "What right now? I don't know we might wake up Reeve."
"Could always go in the bathroom." he said quietly, he raised an eyebrow to show he was joking, "Heh, you know that's not what I meant."
"Oh I dunno, maybe, but I guess its something that I'd be okay with giving up if…"
"if…?"
"Oh forget it, nothing really. Goodnight, I know how cranky you get if you don't get enough sleep."
"Goodnight Yuffie." She could make out his outline in the dark he lay down and went to sleep.
Yuffie could not sleep, what she had almost said was that she wouldn't mind not having children if she had Vincent.
She felt a deep pain in her chest. Yuffie had never wanted to think so far ahead about her life but after Vincent had disappeared for those long hard two weeks she had realised how afraid she was that she wouldn't get to see him again, and when he returned, not different but the way she always knew he was under all his hurt, she hadn't wanted to take her eyes off of him. But she went away, back to her home to try and forget and to try and move on with her life. Clearly that had not worked out.
A few hours passed, Vincent was asleep and Reeve, excluding his occasional outbursts about how much he missed Shalua, remained lost to the world.
Yuffie decided to overlook his sleep-talking out of respect, she missed Shalua too but she knew that Reeve was closer to her.
Yuffie opened the window and leapt out down into the garden, she felt like getting some air.
She wandered around down the grassy path to a small stream, she sat down on the grass and looked up at the sky.
"What are you doing out here? You'll get cold."
Cloud sat down beside her.
"Oh just getting some air." she replied.
"Have you been crying?"
"No, what! Its just late, my eyes are just tired thats all."
"How's Reeve?"
"He's fine, he wanted Vincent to kiss him." She chuckled.
"Don't we all." he joked
"Ah does Tifa know about your disgusting Vincent lust."
"I think she'd be flattered, they do look a bit alike."
"Yeah Vincent has a great rack." she added sarcastically.
"You know what I mean, they're both pale, similar eyes and hair, except Tifa actually brushes hers."
"Vincent brushes his hair, he clogged up my brush this morning."
Cloud gave her a curious look, "We all met in the afternoon, what were you doing with Vincent this morning?"
"Uh," Yuffie stuttered, "Just hanging out, you know, just like normal friends."
"Is that why you still have that then?" Cloud questioned, as he slid his hand under the Cerberus pendant she was wearing as a necklace.
"Uh hands off my chest if you don't mind! Anyway he said I could keep it last night for your information, so its not stolen anymore," she stated in a matter of fact manner.
"Last night, this morning?" Cloud looked rather suprised.
"Not like that, umm so you finally took the plunge hey?" she asked, hiding her blush and hurriedly changing the subject.
"Yeah, and you know what you were right."
"I don't know why people are always so surprised by that, I mean I usually am right."
"I did love Aeris and I always will, but this is different. I want to have a proper life with Tifa. She's amazing, its like I have finally opened my eyes and now I can see what I've been missing. I just can't imagine a day without her smile."
"Ha, loved up loser."
Cloud pouted.
"No really I'm happy for you, but I'm more happy for Tifa. You have to take real good care of her ok?"
"Oh I'm going to, she's always looked out for me and now its my turn to look out for her. We're going to have kids one day as well, a little brother or sister for Denzel, a proper family whose there for each other."
Yuffie smiled, what was it with people and kids at the moment?
"Cool, I suppose I'm going to have to get you a wedding present, what do you want, anything you'd like, oh except the materia, that's mine."
"Oh I wanted some new tyres for Fenrir."
"No, it has to be something for both of you, something practical, like a selection of plates or jugs or something I don't know."
Cloud looked thoroughly disappointed.
"Well Think about it, I better head back to my room and check that Reeve hasn't tried it on with Vince again."
"Yuff, lets never let him drink again okay. Goodnight."
Cloud was rather surprised by the fact that the ninja climbed up back through the window rather than using the door, but that was Yuffie for you, always showing off.
Cloud made his way back to his and Tifa's room. She was asleep in the bed. Cloud lay down beside her and watched her sleeping. He brushed her cheek with his fingers. She took his hand and hers and moved closer to her.
He kissed her head and stroked her hair under his hand.
She opened her eyes slightly and gave him a smile.
"I was wrong you know, You are a million times more beautiful than Vincent."
"What..?" she asked sleepily.
"Hehe, nothing, don't worry."
"Well you are more handsome than Cid." she said, her words interrupted by a yawn.
" What…! I should hope so!" he replied, rather surprised by her words. He put it down to her half conscious state and joined her in sleep.
Yuffie silently crossed the room, she heard Vincent cry out in his sleep.
He had done that last night too, she feared that he would never be free of his nightmares even if he no longer burdened his conscious self with them. She looked over at him and considered her actions.
He sighed and breathed sharply. Yuffie went to his side and placed her head against his chest. Last night she had managed to help soothe him, she would do the same tonight and every night in which she had the chance to.
"And when I touch you I feel happy inside. It's such a feeling that my love , I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide." she sung tenderly.
She had found that she had to fight to conceal her joy when she realized that it had gotten through to him, he had sung the same song she had to him the night before. He didn't even seem to understand why he had sung but she had been deeply touched when he did.
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