Eight

Cloud furrowed his eyebrows as he thought about the very last model who walked on the runway, the moment she emerged from backstage, he couldn't help but notice that somehow, she was familiar but he couldn't put a finger on it. It was when her face was upclose in both the catwalk and the screen that he notice something about her.

Her eyes.

Those familiar ruby orbs were the same as the ones he had always been sneaking a glance with. The eyes of someone who had been putting up with him with her curses and yells. The eyes of someone named Tifa Lockhart.

No, that girl is a model and Tifa is... He couldn't help his snort when he thought of Tifa's disastrous outfits.

"Cloud! Come on let's go see Zack!" Aerith piped while she pulled him towards the backstage. He didn't respond with his all hollow for his mind still filled with those big ruby eyes. He let himself be pulled away until they reached their destination, and his eyes widened when he saw the woman again, and he saw how Zack wrapped his arms around her shoulder while she leaned on his chest. Aerith stopped on her tracks before she called the raven haired model and actor.

"Zack!" She exclaimed, the model looked up then he suddenly hid the woman behind him when he saw Cloud, earning him suspicious looks from the blond.

"Hey! Aerith!" Zack said, hiding a hyperventilating Tifa behind him. The green eyed beauty hugged him making Tifa back away. Cloud continued to eye the brunette model who was not looking everywhere but them.

"Zack, you were so great out there, like always!" Aerith said with a smile. Zack scratched the back of his head.

"Thanks Rith."

"Who's that?" Cloud asked flatly with a blank look as he stared at the model behind Zack, who let out a nervous laugh when Tifa pinched his coat.

"Well... This is..." He placed his arm around Tifa's shoulder to pull her towards him. "Kali Marc."

"Hey." Tifa said while she briefly lifted her eyes to look at both Aerith and Cloud, the blond scowled while Aerith briefly glanced at her from head to toe but didn't acknowledge her.

"I heard you're shooting a new movie?" Aerith said, ignoring Tifa. Zack cleared his throat.

"That's right." He said with a smile. "Hey Kali, I think Coco is calling you." He told the brunette while he widened his eyes slightly, Tifa knitted her eyebrows together then it shot up in realization.

"Oh, right, I'll see you later guys." Tifa said without looking then she hastily turned around, Cloud never leaving her retreating back until it disappeared.

"I'm going to make a call Aerith." Cloud said to his girlfriend who was still chatting up a storm with Zack, she only nodded in response, not really looking at him when he turned around to go out the backstage. He fished out his phone to start dialing a number then he put the ear piece on and he heard ringing after. It rang for a while before someone spoke. He opened his mouth to talk but stopped when he heard the message.

"Hi! This is Tifa but I'm not here right now so leave a message after the beep! BEEP BEEP BEEEEEPPPPPPPP!" He winced at the noise then there was a beep. Cloud flipped his phone shut and he stared at it for a while. It was odd for him because Tifa always answered the phone, but he figured that she didn't want to be bothered on her day off, she asked for it so she can have a break after all. But he still can't let go of everything that was going on, first Zack was suddenly close with Tifa, of all people, then Tifa asked for a day off for the day, and on the same day, he saw a model with the same eyes as his assistant who was also looking too close with Zack.

What the fuck is going on? He thought with a sigh while he rubbed his face.

"You were so good out there Dorkoid!" Yuffie piped as they rode the elevator in their apartment buiding, Tifa put her forefinger to her bestfriend's lips so hard that it was deformed.

"What the heck? Don't say that out loud! And stop calling me Dorkoid!" Tifa hissed making Yuffie guffaw.

"It's not like anyone knows what I'm talking about. And that name fits you, you and your fucking dork glasses." Yuffie said while she flicked Tifa's glasses.

"Stop it!" Tifa hissed while she fixed her glasses back to her nose.

"Alright, my lips are sealed."

"Did you get everything on video?" Tifa asked with a smile.

"Yup! I promise it won't disappoint." The elevator chimed and they both made their way out when the door opened. But both of them stopped on their tracks when they saw someone unwanted outside Tifa's door making the brunette to let out a tiny scream of horror.

WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE?!

"Holy shit..." Yuffie whispered with her eyes widening. The blond supermodel who was Cloud Strife looked at their direction as he leaned on Tifa's door, a scowl visible on his handsome face.

"What the... Why are you here?" Tifa asked as she approached him.

"So... I'm going to go now, see you later Teef!" Yuffie hurriedly opened her door and slammed it shut. Tifa slowly turned to look at Cloud, who was staring through her soul with his magnificent blue eyes, she did a fake smile then let out a forced laugh.

"How did you find out where I live?" She asked with the still fake but venomous smile. Cloud raised an eyebrow with a bored look.

"I have my ways." He said deadpanned. Then he noticed her hair, it was shiny and soft and not in a messy ponytail, but it was held up in a bun with some hair strands framing her face. Tifa opened her door and he followed her inside even if she didn't invite him in, he then closed the door behind him. "Where were you?" He asked and he saw how Tifa flinched at his question.

"I uhh... Why are you asking me such questions?! You're not my father or my boyfriend!" She yelled earning her another batch of raised eyebrow with the still bored look.

"I was just wondering because you weren't ANSWERING MY CALLS!" He yelled the last three words making Tifa jump.

"I was in my day off you jerk!" She yelled back, she saw how Cloud's nostrils flared up.

"Where were you? Why can't you answer my question?" He asked again. Tifa sighed.

"I was out having dinner with Yuffie!"

"Then why is your hair so shiny and shit?" He asked, Tifa inwardly gasped.

"I... We went to the salon, I decided to spend some of my hard earned money from baby sitting a spoiled supermodel by beautifying myself!" She said. Cloud snorted.

"Like that'll work on you." He said, Tifa rolled her eyes.

"Shut it blondie! Now get out if you're just going to-HEY!" She yelled when Cloud suddenly removed her glasses, she squinted her eyes while she tried to grab the item but she couldn't see where he was hiding it. "GIVE IT BACK!"

Cloud stared into her face while he hid the glasses behind him, Tifa had been reaching for it that she got too close to him, their faces only inches from each other. The blond model stared at her slightly parted lips with his heavy lidded eyes while she still reached for the item he hid behind.

"Cloud! I can't see!" She exclaimed. Cloud decided to place back her glasses on her face taking the brunette by surprise. She blinked before she stared angrily at the blond but her face changed instantly when she saw how he was looking at her.

"Cloud...?" She blushed when she realized how close they were and his intense gaze was making her heart beat uncontrollably, it went on for a while before Cloud suddenly looked ahead with his lips parted while releasing a ragged breath. Then he turned around to go out the door without another word, leaving a very confused Tifa behind.

What... Just happened...? She thought while she held her hand to her chest. The last time she felt like that was when she was about to walk out on that runway.

Cloud leaned on the door as he thought of the face he saw a while ago, there was no mistaking that it was the same girl he saw on the catwalk that night. He closed his eyes to think further then he yelped when the door suddenly opened making him fall on his butt hard on the floor.

"HOLY FUCK MY ASS!" He exclaimed while he grimaced from the pain, Tifa covered her mouth with her hands while she shook from her silent laughter.

"Oh my...! I'm sorry are you okay?!" She asked with a huge grin and when she was trying to help Cloud up, he swatted her hands angrily then he stood up, hissing while he rubbed his buttocks then he started storming away, leaving a silently laughing Tifa by her door.

"Bye... Make sure you get your ass checked." She said with a smile before she started her soundless laughter again while she clutched her stomach.

A/N: I'm so glad you guys liked the show! Thank you so much for your reviews! Poor Cloud and his sexy buttocks.