Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 7 any of it's characters or References and I in no way make any money off this story.

Before you read this chapter I'm sorry to say I didn't include the lemon in it, I knew some of you were looking forward to it so please forgive me it will come in the next chapter i promise, you have my word, but please don't let that stop you from reading this chapter seeing as this leads up to it I reccomend you read it.

Chapter 2: Prelude to Passion

There was an echoing silence within the bedroom of Tifa Lockheart. She stood upright in front of the man she loved, her arms falling to her sides. Their bodies were so close to each other they were literally touching, Tifa looked up at him, she stood in front of her queen-sized bed, there was a bedside table at the head of the bed on her right along with a dressing table though she hardly used it. Cloud stood in front her, slowly his lips descended to hers, Tifa felt as if she was in heaven as she felt her lover's lips on hers. It was share bliss but unfortunately she didn't know how to react, the next thing she knew was that Cloud's tongue had slipped past her lips and was now within hers. Now Tifa definitely didn't know what to do, she pushed hers' towards his and then a new form of pleasure overtook her as she felt him sucking on her lips and his tongue playing with hers, she could only moan in reply to his actions.

Cloud on the other hand knew exactly what to do, though this wasn't his first time he had hoped it was at least be hers' but he knew it was wrong even after he had slept with one of her closest friends before she died. Cloud arms wrapped tightly around her deepening the kiss, he began to suck harder on her lips and became more aggressive with his tongue. After a few minutes they had to break the kiss for oxygen, though he hated what he was about to ask he need to know.

"Tifa?" He asked.

The young maiden looked up to him with her innocent eyes.

"I was just wondering if you ever…I mean did you ever make love to anyone else before?" He asked straightforward.

Tifa just smiled at him, she then rested her head on his chest, she took in a deep breath and finally spoke, "Would it matter if I did?" She asked.

Cloud had never released Tifa from his grip, but her last statement made him uneasy he was being selfish and he knew it, "No it won't but I hate the thought of someone else having you, I want to be your only one." He stated.

"Well I've never even had a real boyfriend before," Tifa replied, "Cloud you're the only one I wanted, the only boy that I ever loved, and the only one I would ever want to make love to." She put clearly, "What about you, am I your first?" She asked.

Cloud didn't know how to respond, his body was giving him two different answers, his brain was telling him to lie to tell her that she was his first so that she won't be hurt, while his heart was telling him to tell her the truth, she was being honest with him, he should return her honesty with his. Taking in a deep breath, Cloud held her by her shoulders and lifted her away from his chest, she still had her arms wrapped around him, and looked down into her eyes, he was smiling at her, she knew from his reaction that her dream of they being the first and only for each other was not true.

"Cloud you don't have to say anything," Tifa said before he could speak, she lowered her head not looking into his eyes anymore, "Did you ever sleep with Aerith?" She asked.

Cloud was solemn he closed his eyes, "Yeah," he replied.

"Were there any others?" She asked again.

"Yeah," He replied in the same solemn tone.

Quickly before she could react he hugged her tightly, "I'm so sorry Tifa, I sorry I wasn't faithful but know now what I feel is true and I'll never be with anyone else except you." The blue-eyed warrior stated.

"Cloud, you have nothing to apologize for, it's not like we were together or anything," Tifa replied, trying to hide the sadness in her voice.

"But still, you kept yourself for me even though you didn't even know if we would end up together," Cloud said, "I wish I had your faith, i wish I could take back all those mistakes I made."

Tifa smiled back at him, "As long as you never go with anyone else," She stated.

"Tifa, all that I ever wanted was you, I have a confession to make," He paused for a minute, "Even when I slept with all those women before, each one I pictured was you, even when I slept with Aerith I only saw you looking back up at me, Tifa I've always wanted you, but I could never tell you that, I never grew into the Cloud you wanted me to be, and the Cloud you wanted me to be was the same Cloud I wanted to be also, so that I can have your affection," He paused again, "So that I can finally have you," He finished with a sigh.

Tifa smiled against his chest, "Cloud I only wanted you to be you, I wanted you to achieve your ambition to become the Cloud you wanted, I would have loved you regardless what path you chose."

Cloud took in a deep breath he couldn't believe what he was about to ask, but he needed to know, "Tifa what if I walked down another path."

"Cloud what are you talking about?" She asked not understanding his question.

"What if I was the one instead of Sephiroth, the one who would bring this planet to it's knees…" He started.

Tifa looked up at him with her eyes pleading and interrupted him, "Cloud don't speak like that you're not Sephiroth!"

"Tifa if our roles were reversed, if I found out I had been born in a horrifying experiment, if I had gone crazy, what would you do, would you try to stop me to save the planet or help me to realize my ambition?" Cloud asked.

Tifa froze she didn't know how to respond, and why was he even asking her this question, thoughts filled her mind finally she spoke, "Cloud I would always be there for you, always supporting you and if you ever lost track of the path between right and wrong I would be there to help you back on the right path."

Cloud smiled down at her, "Tifa somehow I knew you would say that but I needed to hear it, thank you Tifa for everything, for believing in me, never giving up on me even when I gave up on myself, for giving me a warm home and a family and most importantly for loving me," The spiky-haired warrior said, "From now on we'll always be together."

"You promise?" She asked looking up at him with desperate yet innocent, Cloud smiled back down at her.

"I swear it," He said, then her head moved upward to meet his, he lowered his and two were caught in their own heated kiss. This time Tifa had learnt from her two experiences and began kissing him back with the same fire he was kissing her with, both pairs of lips roamed over each other's, soon both their tongues entered into a duel but due to her inexperience it didn't take long for Tifa to submit.

After a few minutes of their intimate kissing they broke it off, Tifa was now panting trying to take in as much oxygen as possible but Cloud seemed to be having an easier time. As she was panting for air, she felt the zipper of her black leather top began to move. Cloud had unzipped her black leather top and slid it down her arms, removing the garment from her body, she now only had her white tank top she always wore on. When she looked up, her lips was captured by his, she fell back onto the bed partly because the male in front of her was pushing her.

As she sat up on the bed, both their lips were still touching, Cloud was partially atop her on both his hands and knees he hung over her, her lips latched onto his, slowly they began moving back up to the center of the bed.

To Be Continued…


Again I mus apologize for not including the lemon even though I said that I would, I'm very sorry but as you saw in the end of this chapter things are getting really steamy so the next chapter will definately start with the lemon, thanks to all who read and left a review, you make me want to continue this story. If you read this story you're welcome to leave a review and tell me what you think, even if you disliked it.

Till Next Time...