Muse Notes: blah, im non-existant.

Rating: M

Warnings: Yaoi, eventual lemon.

Author: JaDeDwithScArS

Disclaimer: not mine, as usual

Beta'd by: SF the great, lol. Thnx for sticking with me. Lol.

Authors Notes: short, sorry. i feel bad for not updating. :)

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Chapter Five: Matchmakers

"I knew it!" Yuffie exclaimed delightedly, squirming in her seat. "My plan worked!"

Nanaki sighed. "Great," he muttered.

The ninja almost leapt to her feet. "It is, isn't it? So romantic! I knew they were perfect!" She sung, twirling on the spot.

"What about Tifa?"

The raven haired fighter froze. "Oops." She lowered back into her seat slowly, happy expression fading. "I didn't think about that." She looked thoughtful. "...Now what? If Cloud tells her all about Vincent, then I'll be forced to eat chocolates, and whine about boys until I explode!"

"How would that differ from any other day?" The crimson beast inquired seriously, tail twitching and shifting the shadows.

"Ha ha, you're so funny," Yuffie muttered sarcastically. "I was so lost in Cloud's interests, I forgot how in love Tifa was," she confessed. She rubbed her face in agitation. "This is really, really bad."

"Rather, she gets the point that Cloud's gay now, or she gets it later." He shrugged. "She needs to get it eventually."

Yuffie fiddled with her hands. "Do you think so?" She asked almost desperately. "I can't bear to think of her heartbroken forever, she really has such a kind heart."

"All the more a reason for her to move on," Nanaki agreed. "She deserves somebody to love her back."

Finally the ninja's smile returned, and she leapt back onto her feet. "But who?"

Nanaki rolled his eyes. "Who said you have to find them?"

"I'm the matchmaker, fire-tail. It's up to me to make things work right," she informed him, still looking thoughtful. She began to pace before the beast. Back and forth, and back and forth.

"What about Barret?"

"Too loud."

"...Rufus?"

"Too rich."

"...Not... Rude?"

"Too conceited."

"...Please, not Reno."

"...Hmmm..."

Nanaki hid his face in his oversized paws. "Oh no."

Yuffie rubbed her hands together, a predatory grin on her face. "Oh yes."

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"That was easier than I though it would be," Cloud confessed.

Barret laughed, throwing his head back and his emotions into it. "I got tha contract Spiky, that's all that matters."

The blond inclined his head in a silent gesture of agreement. "I still don't get why they wanted me here..." he mumbled. "Its not like Tseng or Elena have that big a problem with you."

The dark skinned man shrugged, slapping his hand against his once-leader's back, making the shorter man wince. "All in the numbers Spikey, all in the numbers." He shoved his hands into his pockets with a grin. "Well, I'm off. Thanks for the support bud."

"Yeah." Was the only response as the swordsman watched Barret leave. He slowly padded back to his bike, shaking his head clear of unwanted paranoid thoughts about Rufus Shinra and his motives.

He kicked the ebony 'beast' into life. Listening to its roar he wondered whether he was right to hope Vincent was still at his house. It wouldn't surprise him if the beautiful gunman had left the confining house he'd been left in... Not that Cloud wanted to leave him, not after that kiss had been interrupted. Cloud practically scowled at the memory of Reno walking in on them.

It was a good thing Reno wasn't one of Rufus' bodyguards at the present moment, or no matter how the contract reading went, it was likely Cloud would have killed the cherry haired fighter just over that one kiss. That probably wouldn't have gone over too well with Rufus. The thought almost made him chuckle... Almost.

He decided to head home anyway, in the hope the gunman didn't have the time to leave... Or maybe that he had, and gave Cloud time to wonder what the hell he was getting into. He knew he was heading to heartbreak, but he hadn't really had time to worry about it...

Wait, heartbreak? What the hell?

The gunman was beautiful, no doubting that, or the fact he was the most amazing kisser he'd ever let dance with his tongue, but ancients, heartbreak? Cloud was starting to sound like he was in love.

Shaking his head to clear it, he sped up, determined to forget the annoying 'heart break' thoughts in his head.

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Authors Note: Short - yes, sorry?- yea, that too. review? - apreciated. more?- on its way sweethearts!