-Traitorous Tifa Says Yes-
Tifa said yes.
Traitor.
She and Zack were holding hands and jumping up and down chanting "We're taking Cloud on a date," over and over.
And Tifa just had to dress Cloud up. Just had to.
They ended up going somewhere fancy. In fact, it was the same restaurant Reno, Yazoo, Kadaj, Rude, Rufus, Tseng, Elena, and Loz had almost gotten kicked out of had it not been for Rufus owing the damn place. Just a poor, quaint little four star place on Loveless Avenue subjected to the ridiculous behavior of the denizens of Midgar and Edge.
Zack insisted on feeding Cloud his braised duck and wouldn't take no for an answer. Thank god no one saw.
"Cloud." Tifa giggle, "you should lighten up. Have a little fun."
Cloud scowled and slid down in his seat.
"Was there a stick?" Tifa asked.
"Nope. Shocker huh?" Zack said casually, taking a bite of steak.
Tifa giggled and Cloud's jaw dropped.
Cloud stood up and braced his hands on the table. "I'm ready to go. Now."
Zack, with his fork still in his mouth, smiled dirtily.
"Very well, Chocobo."
Cloud straightened up warily. "Zack…"
Zack smiled wider.
"No." Cloud gasped. "No Zack, I did not agree to that."
"It constitutes as part of date night Chocobo. You said I could take you out tonight."
Cloud was flustered, "Yeah… but―no―I mean we almost got caught―no― I can't."
"You agreed, Chocobo."
"I SAID NO PET NAMES IN PUBLIC!" Cloud yelled.
The indifferent and uninterested Cloud Strife rarely ever raised his voice, and when he did it was not something you wanted to be on the receiving end of.
However, Zack Fair just couldn't seem to get that through his head.
By this point the whole restaurant was staring at them. Cloud blushed three shades of red as it dawned on him that he was giving away their relationship more than Zack had.
"Very well…" he mumbled, not meeting Zack's eyes. "Let's go."
Zack raised his hand. "Check please."