(A/N) So I think I've been doing pretty well on getting the chapters up on time, wouldn't you agree? the sad part is that theres only two chapters left :( so one will be posted on Sunday and the last one will be on Christmas Eve :D Anyway, I suddenly got an image of Tifa finding something under the bed that would get Cloud in trouble...
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Zack the Puppy- 5) Surprises Under the Bed.
As Tifa was downstairs making dinner she heard a crash. She already knew what the cause was, but what made her freeze was the noise wasn't in a familiar location. It sounded… further away. But that couldn't be, hers and Clouds bedroom was down there. And they always kept it barricaded. Then Tifa remembered something that occurred earlier.
"Hey, Tifa?" Marlene asked as Denzel stomped up the stairs.
"Yes, Marlene?" Tifa smiled down at the seven year old.
"Can I borrow one of your necklaces? I'm going out with some friends tonight." Marlene gave Tifa the big doe eyed look that she could never resist.
"I guess that's okay," Tifa sighed. "Where are you going?"
"We're just going to go to the movies." she said, retreating.
"Is Denzel going with you?" Usually when the ten year old boy goes with Marlene Tifa feels a lot better.
"He doesn't have to go everywhere with me and my friends." Marlene mumbled as she ran up the stairs.
That comment made Tifa frown. What was up with them two? She made a note to ask Denzel at dinner.
Marlene might have left her bedroom door open! Tifa ran upstairs in a few seconds flat. She heard more crashing, and saw that her bedroom door was, in fact, open. Tifa entered a disaster area. Stuff was knocked over, the pillows were torn open, even the lamp was broken.
Tifa looked around in fury, trying to find the culprit. When she heard a small grunting noise under the bed she dropped on her knees. When she grabbed the puppy's tail he let out a surprised yelp. As she dragged him out she could tell that he was trying to put up a fight. The moment she looked at him she knew he had something in his mouth.
Tifa grabbed at it but it wasn't that easy for Zack to hand over. About a minute of playing tug of war with him she finally won and Zack scattered out of the room, bumping against the wall as he did so. She had to release her grip at a few points so they wouldn't rip it. She looked at the cover and her eyes went impossibly large.
It was p…p-porn.
Was it Clouds? Did he read it and uh… release his loaded gun? The thought that Cloud needed this to do it made Tifa sick. She didn't want to sound conceited to say that he didn't really need it with her around. He had the real thing, so why did he need it?
Tifa felt angrier as she looked at the topless woman on the cover, she was posing a provocative manor. She felt angrier at Cloud. How could he feel pleasure from such a sickening source? She also wanted to beat some sense in his thick skull, literally.
"Hey, Tifa, why are you-," she heard from the door. She looked up and saw that he was taking in the room, his eyes flashed with understanding. "Who let the damn dog in here?!"
"It doesn't matter." Tifa said harshly, looking down.
"Tifa? What's wrong?" He asked.
Tifa could feel her anger boiling up. She stood up abruptly and threw the magazine hard into his chest. "Care to explain what the hell that is?"
The magazine fell into his hand and he flipped it over and stared at it blankly for a second before realization hit.
"You disgust me." Tifa said as she walked past him to leave. But before she could leave the room Cloud grabbed her hand, forcing her to stop.
"Wait, Tifa. It's not mine!" Cloud said desperately
"Then why was it under our bed?" she dared him to come up with an answer that wouldn't end up with her giving him a broken nose.
"It's Cid's" Cloud answered.
Tifa's eyebrows rose. "Cid reads porn under our bed?"
"No, not like that." He released her and scratched the back of his head, which Tifa learned was a nervous habit of his. "He gave it to me the Christmas we got together. But I was afraid if I threw it out you or the kids would see it. And I didn't just want to give it back to him."
Tifa folded her arms across her chest. "Why didn't you tell me when you moved in my room?"
Cloud looked down. "I was afraid if I did you would still think it was mine, I didn't want you to think I was some sort of sick pervert." He looked so cute that Tifa's expression had to unfreeze, and she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You should have told me sooner." Clouds arms wrapped around her waist.
"I didn't want you to be mad at me." He muffled against her neck. From where Cloud was standing he threw the magazine in the trash. The he started to kiss her neck, suddenly in the mood.
Then they heard another crash. This time it came from the bar. Tifa separated from him quickly and bolted out of the room. Cloud sighed. He couldn't wait until his honeymoon when he and Tifa would finally be alone.
I feel like this one is sort of rushed and choppy. *shrugs* Oh well.
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