Seventeen

A week had past after Tifa was fired, but she was surprised that the 'engagement' between the handsome supermodel and the fugly witch was not in the news yet, not that she's complaining, but she just find it odd, she actually expected Cloud to appear in an interview and bad mouth her like she was dirty slut who broke his heart into a million pieces but it was not the case.

Not yet anyway... She thought. She had another photoshoot for the day and it was for a fitness magazine, her undeniably sexy body caught the attention of the editors during her runway show and it got even better when she revealed that she had been learning martial arts for years, thus, her perfect figure. Her article will cover basic self defense for women with her pictures doing basic poses on a certain move with a partner, but the greatest part about it was, she was going to be on the cover as well, she was wearing a black sports bra that greatly exposed her great abs and some black work out shorts, emphasizing her amazing buttocks. There were also some fingerless gloves on both her hands. Her hair was done in a high ponytail with some of her bangs framing her face.

I feel so exposed! She thought as she covered herself while waiting for the shoot to start. Then looking at the studio, she thought of Cloud, she missed him, they hadn't talked for a week and she felt like she was going to die from the loneliness.

Maybe Yuffie's right... Am I really inlove with him? How would I know? I've never felt anything like love bef-

"Kali, please get ready." A staff told her while she was lost in thought.

"Y-Yes."

"Alright, where is my model? Oh, there you are, oh look at you, you are perfect, come on let's get her to her place, come on what are you guys waiting for?!" Lazard Deusericus, another popular photographer clapped his hands loudly while everyone started panicking. He positioned himself behind his camera while Tifa's make up was being retouched in the middle of her white background. It was the cover shoot first and she was so nervous.

Hope this goes well, that photographer looks scary as hell. She inwardly shuddered.

"Alright Kali, I want you to do hot, sexy, fierce fighting stance for me, be natural just the way you do it but sexy with that tight looking body, and I want martial arts face, no smiles! Just serious but sexy face alright everyone we'll begin in five! Four! Three! Two! One! Make me sweat baby! WOO! Let's do it!" Tifa inwardly shuddered again before she did her fighting stance and that's when Lazard started clicking rapidly on his camera like a maniac. "That's right baby keep it that way, so hot, you're so hot! Give me sexy face, alright, that's what I'm talking about! WOO! WOO! WOO!" Tifa wanted to physically wince but did it mentally, Lazard was so much worse than Reeve.

After grueling hours of aching muscles and Lazard's loud mouth, the shoot was done, including the self defense poses. Tifa was on her dressing room to change when her phone rang, she grabbed it from her bag then she flipped it open to see that it was Yuffie.

"Yo." She said.

"Hey Dorkoid, what time are you going home?"

"What? I'm almost done, I'm just changing my clothes then I'll be home." Then there was a click, Tifa stared at her phone in disbelief. She shook her head before she started doing her business.

Tifa fished out her keys as she got near her apartment door, she sneezed loudly, twice, before she rubbed her nose sideways in a very unladylike manner, when she finally reached her door, she shoved her key on her keyhole to open it, and when she switched on the lights, she started screaming.

"HAPPY CHEER UP DAY TO YOU!" Zack, Vincent and Yuffie yelled while they waved their hands in the air, except for Vincent, who's arms were crossed in front of him and Tifa was sure he didn't yell that weird greeting along with them. There was even a banner with the same exact words and some party poppers, creating mess all over her floor.

"What... In the world...?" Was all Tifa could say.

"Yuffie told us what happened so we're here to cheer you up." Zack said with a scratch of his nape, he saw how Tifa's eyes widened but he quickly went over to her to whisper on her ear. "Don't worry, Vincent doens't know about Kali." Tifa sighed in relief.

"Aren't I such a great friend?" Yuffie asked while she approached Tifa with her arms outstretched, Tifa was torn from running away or punching her in the face. But when Yuffie hugged her, she merely returned it.

"Thanks." She said.

"Come on, let's eat first! I'm starving!" Zack said he pointed out at the feast on the table.

"Whoa! You got all these?" Tifa asked while Zack nodded his head. "Hey Vince." Tifa greeted the handsome raven haired model.

"H-Hey..." He said with a blush. Tifa internally winced then looked at Yuffie, and she was relieved that she was not looking at them. They all took seats and naturally, Yuffie sat beside Vincent, and both of them sat across Tifa and Zack.

"Hey, Teef, I just want to apologize about... You know..." Zack said with a sheepish smile. Tifa shook her head.

"Don't worry about it." Tifa said with a playful shove on his shoulder. Zack smiled brightly before he returned to his food.

"How was your shoot?" Yuffie asked and she suddenly covered her mouth with both hands, she slowly looked at Vincent who appeared to be scowling. Tifa and Zack's eyes were wide as saucers.

"Shoot? What shoot?" Vincent asked. Tifa sighed before she decided to tell Vincent, she was starting to think that there was no point in hiding the truth, she felt trapped because of it and she decided to accept every modeling jobs offered to her, she had no other means of earning money after all. When she was done speaking, Vincent was wide eyed while he stared at her.

"You mean, you were the last girl on the Coco Caspar collection with Zack?" He asked, Tifa nodded. "I was there, I saw you."

"Oh..." Tifa was starting to feel uncomfortable, Yuffie had been giving them suspicious looks and she didn't know how to handle Vincent's obvious crush on her. He kept staring at her then he smiled very handsomely that Yuffie blushed at the sight of him.

"I have a runway show this Saturday for the fashion week." Tifa said, Vincent's eyes widened.

"Me too." He said. Tifa wanted to scream. Yuffie leaned back on her chair with her lips pursed.

Oh no... Tifa looked down to play with her food while Zack observed them all, he could sense the love triangle vibe reeking out of the three. He couldn't help but smirk.

I wonder how Cloud will handle this Tifa-Vincent situation? He asked in his mind with a huge but handsome grin on his face.

"Why are you smiling like a creeper there Zack?" Yuffie asked with an amused look.

"Because you are too cute to look at that I couldn't help but smile." He said with a sexy wink before Yuffie leaned forward to smack his forehead, Zack evaded it with a cackle by leaning backwards but his chair couldn't handle his weight that he fell over with a yelp. Everyone in the room started laughing at the fallen actor's expense.

Before the fashion week starts, there were going to be rehearsals and Vincent insisted that both him and Tifa would go together, before they went to the venue of the rehearsals, they stopped by a coffee shop to get some breakfast, they were talking and laughing while did they did so and while walking in the sidewalk, paparazzis appeared everywhere and they started taking pictures of them both, Vincent was very popular like Cloud and Zack after all, and she was starting to make a name for herself.

"Wow! You look so great together!"

"Are you in a relationship?!"

"Kali! Smile for me!"

"Vincent, when are you two getting married?!"

Good thing that both of them were wearing sunglasses or their bemused faces would be completely seen in the pictures, Tifa's anyway, Vincent was merely blushing and he tried to hide it by covering the lower half of his face.

Cloud was flipping through his channels with a bored look on his face then he would sigh every now and then, he missed Tifa, they would spend free time together watching TV while she ate popcorn messily on his couch, he smirked as he remembered, but the smirk slowly melted when he saw the entertainment news.

Pictures of Vincent and 'Kali' were plastered on the screen with the quote, 'Are they dating?' below it, the news reporter was cheerfully relating the news of how they were found getting breakfast in a cafe while looking very happy together and how they looked perfect for each other.

Cloud started breathing heavily with his fists clenched on his lap, somehow, he felt like he wanted to go on a murder spree, and Vincent was the first one on his list, the entertainment news reporter was the next.

How dare he?! HOW DARE HE?! He stood up then he threw the remote forcefully on the screen causing it to crack.

A/N: He really is a spoiled brat, ain't he? He needed TIfa to smack him in the head.