Chapter 4: Girl's Night Out

At 8:30pm, there came a knock at Tifa's door.

Cloud got up, and answered it, and was not surprised to find Yuffie standing there, looking very excited.

"Let's go Tifa! I want to take that Girl's Night tonight! The band 'Children of the Zolem' are on stage at Shadegg's Pub, and I want to go see them!" Yuffie said, bouncing in a very animated manner.

Cloud gave a nod and smiled, still trying to get used to the feeling.

Yuffie grabbed Cloud's hand, and dragged him to her room, and presented him with an open closet.

"Help me pick out a cool outfit! I want to look good for the lead singer... He's a hottie that one." She said, dancing on the spot, watching as Cloud stared at the box of materia that had its lid off.

"Hey... Isn't that my Lifter summon?" Cloud cried, pointing to the small red sphere in the box, eyes wide and mouth hanging open in shock.

"Uh... Heh... No... That's Cloud's..." Yuffie said, quickly jumping up and putting the lid on the box, and hiding it behind her back.

"GIVE IT BACK! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT FOR AGES NOW!" Cloud bellowed, nearly flinging himself onto Yuffie, in hopes of grabbing the box.

"It's Cloud's!" Yuffie cried, jumping back to avoid Cloud's snatching hands.

Cloud stopped, and looked at Yuffie. He was having a lot of trouble not throttling her, as he had now found the summon that she told him he lost when he fell into the Life Stream a while ago.

"Sorry..." Cloud said, turning back to the closet to help her pick out an outfit.

Yuffie looked puzzled, but came back over, not taking the box from behind her back, and sat on her bed.

"So... Help me with my clothes!" Yuffie asked, watching as Cloud scanned the wardrobe.

After ten minutes, Cloud grabbed Yuffie's favorite shirt (a black and green shirt, with a logo of an angel and a devil on it, with the words "I'm a Bipolar" written in smoky letters), and tossed it to her. He pulled out a pair of black denim shorts, and added that to the pile too.

"Hey, that's not a bad idea! I like the way you think!" Yuffie said, as she began to strip off her shirt, tossing it aside, while Cloud made a desperate attempt to turn away so that he didn't see her.

"I need a better bra though." She said, taking off the one that she was wearing, and then began to rummage through her clothes to find a better one. Then she noticed Cloud, and gave him a puzzled look.

"What's up Tif? Why're you looking away? You've seen me topless before... You always help me with my clothes when we go out." Yuffie said walking to stand in front of Cloud, completely shameless of the fact that she had no top on.

Cloud looked up, and felt his face turn red as he saw Yuffie in her semi-naked state.

Yuffie raised an eyebrow, and then turned back to looking for a bra.

Cloud continued to try to look away, not wanting to add to Yuffie's suspicion.

She found one, and pulled it on, while Cloud thanked the stars that it was over, but then he saw her taking off her pants, and he shook his head, and looked away again.

Yuffie hadn't noticed Cloud's behavior, for she was admiring her underpants, then she turned to Cloud and said.

"I forgot I had these on! Aren't they cute Tifa?" She said, trying to show Cloud the chocobo printed underwear, but Cloud was studiously looking in the other direction.

"Seriously Tifa, am I too ugly to look at or something? You could tell me that..." Yuffie said as tears began to from in her eyes.

"No..." Cloud said, and he turned to look at the underwear.

His eyes fell on her hips, and he couldn't pull them away... It was the first time he'd seen a woman this undressed in his life, and he was shocked.

"You like them don't you?" Yuffie said, giving her hips a little shake, and then nodded, and slid into the shorts.

Cloud shook his head, and said, "Yeah... Really cute."

"Good, now let's go look at your stuff... I want to help you now!" Yuffie said, grabbing Cloud's hand again, and dragging him back to Tifa's room.

They where back in Tifa's room in no time, and Yuffie was tossing out a bunch of tank tops and low cut tees, looking for the right one.

"You've got this really cute black shirt that I love, where is it?" Yuffie asked, looking at him for some guidance.

"Uh... I don't remember where I put it." Cloud said, thinking desperately about where it might be.

"But... It's your favorite shirt? How could you not know where it is?"

"I think it's in the wash." Cloud replied, saying the first place that came to his mind when he didn't know where an article of his clothing was.

"Oh! Don't tell me that! I want us to be twins!" Yuffie cried, as she threw more of Tifa's clothes everywhere.

After what felt like hours, Yuffie, having thrown half the wardrobe's worth of clothes on the ground, came up with a smile.

"Found it!" She said, bouncing over to him, and showing him the shirt.

It was a black tank top as well, with the words "Devil's Little Angel" on it in red pointed letters. It was to Cloud's shock, a very revealing shirt, and he could feel a blush rushing up to his cheeks.

"And you can wear a pair of black shorts too, sense you seem to really like them."

Cloud nodded, and stared at the top with a sort of morbid fascination.

"Uh... Tif? You going to get dressed?" Yuffie asked, waving a hand in front of Cloud's eyes, causing him to snap to attention.

"Yeah... Okay." He said absently, as he started to strip off his shirt, putting on the black one, and then looking at himself in the mirror.

What Cloud saw was something many guys would kill to see, and Cloud sat there, looking slightly frightened at the sight, unsure if he was about to cry or have to use the bathroom.

He snapped out of his stupor, and looked around to see Yuffie smiling.

"You'll knock 'em out! There's nothing like hooters that can box for you hey? Wish mine where a little bigger." She said, pushing her chest up with her hands, as to demonstrate her desires.

"You don't want them any bigger... Trust me..." Cloud said, with a little too much loathing escaping than he had intended.

Yuffie laughed, and motioned for him to put on the shorts.

Cloud complied, but felt a little embarrassed at the attention he was getting from Yuffie.

"That's another thing you've got to tell me! How the hell do you get abs like that?" She said, showing him her flat stomach, and grimacing.

"Working out." Cloud said, as he buckled the black leather belt around the pants.

"Hmm... I should try that sometime... Instead of eating chocolate and sitting around... They say hyper active metabolisms don't always stay hyper." She said sadly, patting her belly, and then pulling down her shirt.

"We should get going though." She continued, and grabbed Cloud's hand again.

She dragged him down the stairs and out to the three wheeled truck.

"We've got like a half hour before show starts!" She cried, jumping into the front next to Cloud, and watched him fumble with the keys.

Finally Cloud got the truck started, and pushed down the gas petal a little to hard, and the truck gave a loud growl, and shot forward like a cork, nearly throwing them into the dashboard.

"Gaia Tifa! What the hell was that?" Cried Yuffie, as she rubbed her head where it had hit the window.

"Sorry." Cloud said, and pushed down on the gas with less force.

"I haven't driven a fricken car in over four years!" Cloud thought, as he eased on the gas.

They started off again, but this time at the slow and stately pace of 20mph.

"If we go this slow Tifa, we'll be late!" Yuffie complained, pointing at the dashboard light.

"Fine! You want to drive?!" Cloud replied, pulling up the emergency break by mistake, which made the truck go into a doughnut in the middle of the road.

"Are you trying to kill us?" Yuffie yelled, as she was flung into Cloud's lap.

"No!" Cloud said, as the truck stopped, smoke rising from the tires, giving off the pungent smell of burnt rubber.

"Well you made a good attempt!"

"Sorry, I'm a little... Nervous..." Cloud said, feeling relieved that the street that they where on was empty and dark.

Yuffie laughed.

"Worried about what? The guys?" She said, giggling madly.

"Uh..."

"Tifa! You know as well as me, that once you've had a few drinks, you're the life of the bar!" Yuffie continued.

"But..."

"Don't worry!" She said again, patting Cloud on the shoulder.

Cloud gave up, and looked at the dashboard.

"So... Can I drive?" Yuffie asked hopefully.

Cloud turned to her, about to say 'go ahead, be my guest' when he remembered who he was speaking to.

"On second thought, how about I just keep going?" He said, silently preying to Gaia that they got there alive.

They continued after a few more moments, and arrived at the bar with a few minor problems, but they where alive, that's what counted.

"So? You ready for the greatest night of your life?" Yuffie said, pulling Cloud toward the door to the bar.

Cloud merely whimpered in response, but Yuffie took it as a 'yeah, let's go party till we drop.'