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Fourteen

Tifa was in her bedroom to get ready for their departure, they were going back to Edge after an hour and she was in a hurry because she knows her boss too well that he was going to lose his patience any minute, but she still couldn't get over the almost kiss and she was still uneasy about that.

"Hey Trollie! Hurry up!" Cloud yelled from the other side of the door making her groan.

"Just a minute!" She yelled back as she shoved the last of her clothing, she was zipping her bag shut when her phone suddenly rang, she grabbed it from her study table, flipped it open then answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hi, is this Kali Marc?" A woman with a sexy voice said on the onther line, Tifa's eyes widened when she heard her stage name.

"Uhhh... Y-Yeah, this is her, who is this?" She asked nervously.

"Hi, I'm Loretta from Queen magazine, we would like to invite you for a photoshoot, it's for a fashion spread for a spring collection." Tifa stared ahead blankly on the wall, not really processing what the one talking on the phone just said, until a minute later. "Hello?"

WHAT?!

"Uhmmm... I uhhh..."

"Would you be available this thursday?" Loretta asked, Tifa thought for a moment.

I could use the job though, and the extra money would be nice.

"Yes, please give me the details."

Tifa wore a goofy grin as she slid inside Cloud's car earning her a raised eyebrow from the supermodel.

"What's with you? You look ridiculous you know that?" He said as he started to drive away but Tifa didn't seem to hear him. What the hell?

Oh my Gods, I have a photoshoot! FOR A MAGAZINE! Oh why am I being excited! Being model is not really my dream but I'm very happy right no-

"-Ifa."

-Oh I can't wait to tell Yuffie, Oh but Cloud shouldn't know, maybe I shouldn't tell Yuffie, well, she'll find out anywa-

"-ifa!"

-Oh, should I tell Zack? He was the one who got to this po-

"TIFA!" Cloud yelled on top of his lungs which made her shriek, he winced at how ear splitting it sounded and he felt like his ears were going to bleed.

"Why did you do that?!"

"You're asking me?! You're the one who's wearing a creepy smile, staring out of nowhere probably thinking about my naked body and I called you three times!"

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YO-" Tifa stopped before she narrowed her eyes. "Wait... You called my name." Tifa said with a smile.

"What?"

"You called me by my name, you never called me by my name." She said again with another smile. "That's sweet Cloud." She said with a small laugh which made the blond look away with a blush.

"Whatever." He said flatly. "Are you going to tell what's been taking over your weird world?" He said that instantly melted Tifa's happy face.

How could I be so stupid! My big smile was a dead give awa-

"Well?" Cloud said, looking at her this time, Tifa visibly gulped before she spoke.

"I-I-I-I-I-I'm just excited to go back to Edge you know, I-I-I-I-I miss being ordered around and being bullied... By you." What the hell am I saying?! Cloud raised both eyebrows at her statement.

"Really..." He said in a deadpan tone. "You... Are the weirdest person ever." He said. Then he smiled. "That's what I like about my Trollie." He said with a small grin while Tifa was casting him a questioning look.

"What do you like about me? That I'm submissive and stupid to obey to your every over the top demands?"

"You were never submissive, you are always aggressive towards me and always fighting me." Cloud said as he watched the road, Tifa gave him a look of disbelief.

"I wouldn't be that way if you're treating me like a human being!" Tifa said before she angrily leaned back on her backrest, her arms crossed in front her, Cloud glanced at her and he saw how her mouth was pouted, he smirked but it grew to a big grin because he couldn't help it.

"You sure you're okay now?" He asked, knowing that she was not, her father just died after all.

"Yeah, I said goodbye to him properly. I'm ging to miss him, but i need to do something to distract myself with." Tifa said without looking at the blond.

"Yeah. By distraction, that means me, you will obey my orders like a good troll." He said while he rubbed his nose. Tifa just rolled her eyes without looking at him.

"Way to treat your fiance, bet you're going to treat me like a slave when we get married." Tifa said, still not looking at him and her statement made Cloud step on the breaks, Tifa yelped from the sudden impact of herself with the seatbelt. "Are you nuts?!"

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, just go, drive, hurry up!" Tifa yelled and Cloud reluctantly obliged after a while. She smirked smugly to herself when she managed to turn the situation around.

You're the one who's going to obey me like a good troll.

"So..." Tseng began as he stared at both Cloud and Tifa, they were all huddled together at Cloud's bachelor pad. "I heard the news..." He said again. Both Tifa and Cloud furrowed their brows before realization hit them both, it was when they noticed that Tseng was looking at Tifa's 'engagement' ring.

"Uhhh..." Tifa tried to speak but she couldn't.

"I understand if you're both crazy about each other." Both Tifa and Cloud's eyes widened at the same time. "But this is a bit fast don't you think? You just broke it off with Aerith and that news spread like wildfire everywhere, and now, everyone is hating on Tifa because everyone thinks that she stole you away from Aerith."

"What?! Everyone hates ME?!" Tifa yelled while she shook Tseng by his arm, who's eyes widened at an alarming rate while his head was being thrown back and forth.

"Yes..." He said slowly, trying to recover from his spinning vision. " Apparently, you've earned quite lovely nicknames." He said while he blinked away, Tifa's mouth slackened. She was torn, she wanted to hear the nicknames but at the same time she didn'-

"Ugly tramp, fugly witch, nutty the slutty, love potion brewer-"

"NO! Stop it!" Tifa yelled while she covered her ears with her hands before she started running away while yelling, Cloud followed her not long after, but not before glaring at Tseng, who merely shrugged.

"Just told her what I know."

The day of the photoshoot had arrived and Tifa was distressed about her new found status, the attention was overwhelming, but not a a good way. Someone even asked her to her face the kind of spell did she used on Cloud, maybe she can use it too, and she even asked for lots of extra drops of lust, resulting for Tifa to run for her life away from the creepy fan and the impending humiliation. It turned out that when the news broke out in the entertainment world, the pictures they were showing of her were the times she was still disastrous looking, not her present semi-cute looks, much to her dismay, thus, the undesirable nicknames, Cloud tried to talk to her about it and they agreed to keep the engagement, just for show. Cloud had actually black mailed Aerith that if she didn't say that their relationship was over a long time ago, he would reveal how much of a cheating scum she was and it was not good for her angelic image, the opposite of what she was in real life, Aerith didn't had second thoughts and she let herself be interviewed about her relationship with Cloud, it cleared Tifa's name, but not really.

Obsessive fangirls never let her go and Nutty the slutty was always around the corner.

When Tifa was asking Cloud for another day off so she can go to the shoot, he narrowed his eyes on her and didn't speak for five minutes straight.

Whatever. Was all he said after. What made him decide to let her go was beyond her but she was thankful. She was already getting her hair and make up done for the shoot and she couldn't help but admire herself. The make up was light and glowing, perfect for spring, and her hair was in loose curls with a beautiful, white colored, floral hippie headband. Then she put on her first outfit for the shoot. It was a mint green crop top with a sweet heart neckline and it was paired by a white maxi skirt, on her feet were a pair of wedges. She couldn't help but whistle while she looked at herself.

"Ready Miss Kali?" A female staff with long blond hair peeked her head on the brunette's dressing room, Tifa answered her with a nod before she followed the said staff out towards the studio.

I'm so nervous... She thought while she fan herself. She was turning heads as she walked by until she reached the studio and she couldn't help but gasp at the way it looked, it was makeshift garden with lots of flowers, it has a fountain and there was also an elegant bench. Tifa smiled her brightest as she stared at the beauty of it, she was so lost in her own thoughts, again, when the staff spoke.

"Miss Kali, your partner for the shoot is here now." Tifa snapped her head to the woman beside her.

"What? Nobody said anything about a pa-" She turned around just in time to be face to face with a scowling Cloud Strife.