Ah! It's been an extremely long time since I've been here. I am truly sorry. I just never realized high school could be so hard. With the classes, and sports, and well people (don't really want to go there) it's been chaotic. I'm sorry.

"Yuffie! Yuffie!"

"Yuffie! You have to wake up!"

Urgh, why do people keep calling my name? Can't they tell that I'm asleep?! I need my beauty rest! Wait a minute, am I even sleeping?! The last thing I remember is being on a rock, talking to Vincent. Then what? Oh yeeaahh, I fell. And it hurt. But if I fell, where am I now?

"Yuffie, can you hear me?"

Hey! I know that voice! That's Vinnie! Yeah Vince, I can hear you!

"Yuffie, please, if you can hear me please say something, do something. Anything. I don't care what it is, as long as we know you're alright," Vincent said, acting much calmer than the rest of the group.

I tried to groan, but my throat was hurting. I tried to move, but I felt like a rock, a big fat, heavy rock. It wasn't a good feeling. The only thing I could do was flutter my eyelashes, which let me tell you, I am VERY good at, if you know what I mean.

"Yuffie! You're okay!" I heard Tifa yell then I got a very icky pain in my neck, and back.

"Tifa! Be careful! You don't want to make her injuries even worse! She already had a pretty bad fall," Vincent said, pulling Tifa away from me.

"HEY NOW!" I bolted right up, only to get light headed. "Ouchies. Anyways, ninja's don't fall! It was the uh, uh rock that made me fall! Not me! The rock!" Everyone just shook their heads at me. "Stop giving me that look. It really wasn't my fault!"

Everyone just stared at me. That same stare that they gave me and Vincent when we were holding hands. Right before I ran away into the woods. Can you say embarrassing?
"Yuffie, you need to lie down. We don't need you to black out again," Vincent said, very calm, like usual.

"Uh, fine." So I did. And everyone still stared at me. Like they were waiting for something. It was kind of creepy. "Um, excuse me. Can everyone stop staring? It's getting creepy and annoying."

Tifa blushed and turned to start talking to Cloud. Everyone else looked away and started to shuffle their feet, everyone but Vincent. He still peered down at me, like I was a science experiment. Whoa! That sounds like he's going to rape me! Not that I would mind…
"Yuffie," Vincent said like he was talking to a retarded child. "Are you okay?"
"Well, if that includes people still staring at you, and a massive headache." And a guy that's peering down at you like he's going to rape you.

"YUFFIE!!!" Tifa turned around and gave me a really dirty look. "Say you're sorry to Vincent, RIGHT NOW!!"

What the hell did I say!?! I looked up at Vince and he was bright red, and wasn't hovering over me like he just was.

Oh shit. I did not say that out loud.

"I'm sorry Vincent," I said, my face going as red as his cape, which strangely wasn't on him. "What I had just said about you was not supposed to come out of my head. I'm sorry if it had offended you." Yeah, that's right Yuffie, play it cool.

"Its okay, I know you didn't mean what you said. But if I'm bothering you like that, just say so next time."

Oh boy, someone is gonna have to teach Vince how to play it off cool, because he's not doing a very good job.

"We have to get going," Cloud said from the back of the group, not even caring that I might be seriously hurt! "We don't want Shinra SOLDIER coming, even though they probably won't."

"Then what are we going to do Cloud?" Tifa asked. "Midgar is ruined, and the closest town isn't for miles. And Yuffie is hurt; we can't have her walk too long on it." Ah, good old Teef, always thinking about me.

"Lets just get more into the woods, so we'll blend in more. Then we can spend the rest of the night there and adventure out in the morning. Sound like a plan?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Alright then, let's go."

We all headed out into the woods. There was an awkward silence between all of us. I mean, could you blame us with what just happened?!

Cloud and Tifa were leading the group, and they seemed pretty close to each other, closer than normal if you know what I mean. (wink wink) Cid was smoking and Reeve was with us (where he came from, I have no idea.) Nanaki was next to Cid, just going along with the rest of the gang. And then there was me and Vince, trailing up behind, like usual. Still a little awkward.

"This is good," Cloud said, coming to a screeching stop.

All around us were trees.

Well der Yuffie, we're in the woods, there's going to be trees.

"All right everyone, we're going to split up into pairs. I want you to find some wood and something that we might be able to use as a tent," Cloud said. "And don't stray to far off. We don't need anyone lost at a time like this."

Everyone split up: Tifa with Cloud, Cid, Reeve and Nanaki. Which leaves only me and Vince, of course.

Awkward silence.

"Well Vince, guess it's just me and you." He nodded his head.

"Let's go this way," he said.

We went into the woods, picking up small pieces of wood along the way. Neither of us was talking. I don't like the silence.

"So…" No reply. "What are you going to do now? After we get out of all of this I mean."

Vincent looked up at me, his burgundy eyes more sad than normal. "I don't know," he replied. "The Shinra Mansion is my home, but the memories there haunt me. I don't know if I should go back."

We carried the wood we had back to our site, and then set out looking for more.

"You know what the problem is?" No response, again. "The mansion is so gloomy, dark and dusty and filled with monsters! No wonder why you're getting such bad memories! We can fix it up and you'll be better!"

"I don't know Yuffie."

"Please don't tell me you like it the way it is! That's disgusting!" No reply. "Even if we just dust the place, it would look so much better! Come on Vince! I'll help you!"

"Maybe."

We found some more wood and brought it back to the site. Tifa and Cloud were already there, with a fire going.

"Vincent! Stop!" I stuck my hand out, hitting his chest. His very nice, buff chest. "Don't go in there yet!" I whispered yelled at him.

"Why not?" He whispered back.

"Because they're having a moment! A romantic moment! We can't walk in on this!"

"Then what do you want to do?" Vincent whispered. "Do you want to leave then come back to see if they're done?"

"Oh hell noo! We're going to listen to them so I can taunt both of them later." Vincent just shook his head. "Oh come on! You know there's something going on between these two!"

"What the hell are you two doing?" Cid said, right behind us.

"Shhh!! We're spying on Cloud and Tifa!"

"Oh. Sounds like fun. I'm in," Reeve said, Nanaki agreeing.

"Alright, good. But we have to get closer. We can't hear them from this far away," I whispered at them. "Follow me, and try to be a ninja as best as you can."

I went ahead of the group, dodging in and around trees. It was kind of fun, except for that my head hurt. (Puts frowny face on)

I stopped at a group of trees that could easily conceal us as we all listen in to Tifa and Cloud. Everyone was shortly there.

"Alright everyone, be quiet. We have to listen to this," Cid said, sounding very serious.

"… I don't know how to say this Tifa. But I really need to tell you. Aerith promised me to tell you, before she left."

"What is it Cloud?"

"It's just that, that. I don't know how to say this!" Cloud kicked some rocks and dirt around. "I've never been good at this."

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I don't want you to tell me anything that might put you in emotional distress," Tifa said.

"That's the problem. I DO want to tell you, I've always wanted to tell you."

There was this silence. Not a regular silence, but the silence of people thinking.

"Tifa, it's just that." More kicking of rocks and dirt. "Ahh! I can't do this!"

"Cloud, if you can't do it then I'm going to do it," Tifa said. Cloud had this huge surprised look on his face. All of us had to stifle our laughs.

"Is he really that stupid that he doesn't know that Tifa likes him?" Reeve asked, laughing along with the rest of us.

"Apparently so," Nanaki replied.

"Everyone quiet! Tifa is confessing!" I yelled at them.

"Cloud, I've liked you for awhile. Do you remember when you made that promise to me? That whenever I'm in trouble, you would come and save me? Well that's when I was first starting to like you. And it broke my heart to see you leave. And when I heard that you were coming back, I got so excited. But you never showed your face, and I thought that I was never going to see you again. When I moved to Midgar, I was hoping to see you, and I was lucky, wasn't I? Because I did, I found you. I helped you. And to be on this journey with you, I think I fell head over heels for you." Cloud was turning red in the face from embarrassment. "I was jealous of Aerith, even if I loved her to death. She could talk to you so easily, like it wasn't a problem. But I would always freak out whenever I talked to you, but I still liked to talk to you, no matter how hard it was for me.

When you went through that crazy stage, I staid with you, no matter what everyone else thought. I knew you were going to make it," Tifa took a deep breathe, like this had been trapped inside her for years.

"Cloud, I just want to tell you," another deep breath. "that I love you."

All of us had surprised faces on. We knew that Tifa liked Cloud, but love?! Eh, they make a great couple, in my opinion.

"I just wanted to tell you that, I don't care if you don't feel the same about me, but that's been trapped inside of me for way to long, I had to tell you," Tifa said.

As she started to walk away, towards the now almost dead fire, Cloud came up behind her. He grabbed her hand and twirled her around, giving her a kiss. She looked surprised and then she liked it. I could tell.

All of us, who were behind the tree, just cooed them. Well all of us except for Vincent that is, I'm not sure he even knows how to coo.

They both stopped making out and stared at the trees that all of us were hiding behind.

"Shit guys, I think we were caught," Cid said, still laughing.

Tifa ran over to where we were hiding and groaned. "How much have you guys heard?!"

I smiled evilly, "Yeah, we have. I'm sorry Teef."

Now it was Cloud's turn to sigh. "Really guys? Was that really called for?"

"Yes," everyone responded.

"URGH!" Tifa and Cloud replied.

"Alright guys, we should get some sleep, we need to get up in the morning. Night everyone." Cloud started to walk away, but Tifa ran up and grabbed his hand. They went across the site and laid down, his arm wrapped around her.

Cid, Reeve and Nanaki headed for the fire, lying around it. I wasn't sure where I was going to go. I didn't want to go by the lovebirds, but I didn't want to go near those freaks either.

"Yuffie, come here," Vincent said. He was lying out his cape. "You should sleep on this."

"Why?"

"Because you're still a little hurt, you shouldn't be sleeping on hard ground."

"Oh, okay." I went over to where Vincent was standing and laid down. "Thanks for appreciating me Vince!" He blushed and started to leave.

"You're not going to leave me, are you?!" I asked him with fear in my voice.

"Well I was going to talk to Reeve. Would you like me to stay until you fall asleep?"

"Please, I have a problem sleeping alone, as wrong as that sounds."

Vincent sat down next to me, watching me as I fell asleep.

Alright, so not much really happened in this chapter. Some CloudxTifa action. But that's going to affect the rest of the story. Um, ideas for the next chapter would be great!

Thanks to:

Xxfoxchichxx

SecretAgent99

KoKoDisco

Dark Rose Forever

P.S- have any of you heard the song 'Candle (sick and tired)' by The White Tie Affair? It's a good song, you should check it out. But the words are a good Vincent song for this story…