I'm back again! I just want to give a heads up that Cloud may be a bit ooc in this chapter, but I think I managed to justify why./em/p
As usual thank you to FarewellfromFaith for beta reading my texts :)

To Reibunriinta, thank you so much for all your reviews (and favoriting and following) it made me very happy to read all of them! I agree with you that there is a lack of fluff and CloTi in this genre. I'm curious to know why you think a vacation wouldn't go well ?

To Shade The Hero, You just blew my mind! Thank you for the constructive criticism! I've always had a slight issue with grammar mainly because english isn't my native langugage. The spelling is just me writing to fast, slippin on the keys and then not noticing before I publish...I cringe everytime I see a spelling mistake. I'm also happy you think it's cute and who dosen't love Cloud's pout :) Before I forget thank you for following and favoriting it means a lot :)

Happy Reading!

Tifa opened the hotel door and the kids rushed inside to claim their beds. Cloud waited patiently for his partner to walk into the room before he came inside and placed the suitcases on a low table near the bathroom. He stretched as he had been the one driving the majority of the way to Costa del Sol. The swordsman fell down on the bed and heard a round of giggles from Tifa. He heard the kids move around the room. Tifa was unpacking their suitcase and the kids were diving into theirs, searching for their swimsuits.

"Cloud, come on! Move, we're going to the beach" Marlene exclaimed and got a muffled grunt as a response from the older.

The brown haired girl frowned and stomped up to the bed and poked her guardian. The blonde moved away from her small fingers. Marlene sighed and climbed up on the bed before sitting down on his back, bouncing carefully.

"Cloud!" she whined.

Cloud grunted and heard the stifled laughs from the others. He moved an arm to grab Marlene's waist before turning over, keeping her against his chest. Marlene squeaked and tried to worm her way out of his grip. Tifa rolled her eyes before crawling up on the bed and kissed Cloud's cheek.

"Come on, chocobo," she said.

Cloud glanced at her from the corner of his eye before giving out a loud exhale and sat up, still with Marlene trapped to his chest. He stood up before putting her down with a small, triumphant smile. Marlene just shook her head; she was the one who had won in the end. The girl shrugged and grabbed her swimsuit before racing towards the bathroom with Tifa. Cloud and Denzel changed in the room. Cloud put the towel over his shoulders and grabbed a bag to put all the necessities for their day in. Denzel helped him pack as the girls emerged. Marlene looking very cute in a dark pink swimsuit with an open back and a piece of flowy pink fabric around her hips, her hair was for once out of the usual braid and it was slightly curly. What caught Cloud's attention was the woman standing behind the little girl. She was stunning. Cloud already knew she had a beautiful body, curves and muscles in a perfect combo. She wore a simple black bikini with a white scarf hanging low around her hips. She smiled at Cloud as she noticed were his attention was.

"Close your mouth Strife, you're gonna start drooling," she snarked at Cloud as she placed sunhats on the kids' heads.

Cloud managed to turn his attention back to the bag, which he grabbed and started walking out of the room. The kids sniggering at his retreating back.

They made it to the beach and found a spot near the ocean so they could have a clear view of the kids as they played in the water. Tifa was reading a book in the shadow of the colorful parasol while Cloud was sprawled out beside her, and she was absentmindedly drawing patterns on his back.

"Tifa! Look!" Marlene came running over to her guardians holding a big shell in her hands.

Tifa smiled widely and inspected the shell. It was pearly white with a bluish tint to it.

"It's very pretty, Marl," the older said and put it down beside her.

Marlene smiled widely before joining Denzel. Cloud had sat up and was studying the shell. Tifa smiled and leaned against him.

"Does it pass?" she giggled.

Cloud glanced at her with the smallest of smiles. He put down the shell before stroking some strands of hair away from her face.

"It does," he said with a small, warm smile.

Tifa was going to pull back and go back to her book when Cloud grabbed her wrist gently. She looked up at him in question but Cloud's face didn't give away anything. He got up and helped her to her feet in the process.

"Cloud what are you.."

Cloud lifted her bridal style before she had managed to ask the whole question. She squealed shrilly as he took off running towards the water. Surely he wouldn't...The warrior reached the water and continued till he was knee deep in.

"Cloud Strife if you even think of..."

The sentence was cut in half when her childhood friend dropped her. Tifa came out sputtering water, she was just about to scold him when she heard something she hadn't heard in a long time. He was laughing, or more of a sniggering. Tifa couldn't help the smile breaking out on her face as she heard the wonderful sound. He walked close and leaned in.

"You needed to cool down," he whispered.

Tifa's eyes widened comically, she was not ready for that. She knew he had a lot of emotions inside and because she have known him since childhood she knew he in younger years expressed them more, but war and loss change people. It was just nice to see some glimpses of the old Cloud from time to time. Cloud was on his way back when a splash of water hit his back. He turned around and found Tifa giggling.

"You needed to cool down as well, you're starting to burn!" she said.

Cloud narrowed his eyes and Tifa knew it was time to run. The kids joined them in the water war. Tifa hid behind a rock to catch her breath when she got drenched. The black haired woman looked up to see Denzel with a bucket in hand and a wide smile on his face.

After hours of playing together they decided to go back to their room, and as they packed their things Tifa could point out a lot of girls looking their way. She followed their eyes to land on Cloud. She smiled to herself, it was true Cloud was hot and all the years of sword wielding sure had worked in his favor. Denzel and Marlene had went ahead so when the ex- SOLIDER stood up Tifa stepped close. Cloud looked down at her with a raised eyebrow. Tifa just grabbed his hand and started walking but Cloud didn't move.

"Cloud come on," she said with a hand on her hip.

"Teef, what...did I do something?" he asked and pulled her back.

Tifa shook her head and stroked his cheek. He was still so worried that he might do something wrong.

"I just...I hate how they're looking at you like you're some sort of prey," she said and looked down at her feet.

Cloud looked over at the girls who were whispering between themselves. He breathed out before tilting Tifa's head back so she would look at him before he kissed her sweetly.

"Let's just leave," he mumbled, still close to her.

Tifa nodded, and so they did leave with the girls glaring after them. Tifa turned towards them and smiled, winking at their cries of outrage.

So I hope you enjoyed it!

It might take awhile until next update, like the weekend or something just so you know. Anyways, I would love to hear from you all!

See you in the next chapter!