Twenty three

Cloud sat on the couch while he fingered the letter that was given to him by his father, everyone was quietly watching him for a while, Savanna, most of all. She couldn't seem to take her eyes off him and Tifa.

"Cloud, Emilia and her family needs to go." Claudia said. "Savanna and Damien have school tomorrow and they need to start traveling." Cloud looked up at his father's second family before he nodded without a word. When he stood up, all of them followed suit.

"Thank you for having us Claudia." Emilia said with a smile.

"Of course, you are very welcome here anytime." Claudia looked down at Damien then patted his head. "He looks just like him." She commented. Emilia nodded. Claudia looked at Cloud and she noticed that he had been staring at the boy.

"We'll be going now..." Emilia said once again."Cloud, Tifa... Thank you."

"Oh! Thank you too Emilia, for giving Cloud the letter." Tifa said. Then she approached Damien to kneel down to his height, the boy hid behind his mother's leg. Tifa smiled sweetly for him. "Take care of your mother okay?" She said, Damien nodded timidly. And when the three of them turned around to leave, CLoud stopped them on their tracks.

"Wait." He said quietly, he fished out his wallet to pull out a thick wad of cash, Emilia's eyes widened then looked up at him in shock, especially when he handed them to her. "Please take this."

"O-Oh, no, I can't possibly take-"

"Please take it Emilia, for..." He swallowed then looked down at Damien. "For my little brother, for everything he needs." He said. Emilia couldn't help but get teary eyed then she looked at Tifa, as if waiting for a confirmation, the brunette smiled then nodded her head. Emilia let out a ragged breath before she slowly took the money.

"Thank you... Cloud."

"It's the least I can do. And I'm sorry for... The way I acted."

"No, I understand, I can't blame you." Emilia said with a smile, then Cloud knelt down to Damien's height to pat his head.

"Visit me sometime so we can go somewhere fun, me, you and Tifa. How's that?" He asked his brother, who nodded timidly but didn't spoke. Cloud noticed that he was a handsome little boy.

"Sorry, he's really shy." Savanna interjected with a nervous smile while she stared into Cloud, who nodded his head before he stood up.

"We'll be going, thank you again, Cloud, Claudia... And you too, Tifa." Emilia said with a smile.

"Come on, I'll have the driver escort you to the station." Claudia said before she turned around, everyone followed behind her afterwards, except Cloud and Tifa.

"Bye!" Tifa waved enthusiastically at the retreating guests. Cloud sighed before he looked at his fiancee. Then he suddenly enveloped her into tight a hug.

"I love you..." He whispered, Tifa closed her eyes with a smile before she returned the hug.

"I love you more..." She whispered back, Cloud kissed her cheek but never let her go, not until Claudia came back to the living room.

"They already left. Cloud, I'm proud of you." She said before she hugged him. "Are you going to stay for dinner?" She asked, Cloud looked at his wrist watch.

"No, still have work but we'll be back during that time, is that alright?"

"Of course sweetheart."

"We'll be going now as well." Cloud said before he gave his mother a peck on her cheek. Then he brushed past her, Tifa started to approach the older woman.

"You okay, Claudia?" She asked.

"Of course Darling." Claudia linked her arm on Tifa's before they both started walking. "I'm so glad he ended up with you." She whispered.

"Are you sure about that?" Tifa joked which made the woman giggle.

"Of course, you know, he brought Aerith here once and I told never to do it again, she was rude and what do you kids call it... Bitchy." She said with a small laugh.

"She is." Tifa replied with a giggle.

"Trollie, hurry, we'll be late." Cloud called from his car.

"Got it." Tifa responded before she gave Mrs. Strife a hug.

"Goodbye Claudia, we'll see you at dinner." She said.

"Yes darling, I'll be waiting."

Cloud pulled in near the venue of Tifa's rehearsal while she started changing her top into a black sleeveless shirt, some long necklaces, and she changed her high cut sneakers into an ankle boots. She removed her glasses to put on her contacts then she let her hair lose. With just small move she instantly changed back into her alter ego.

"I need to do something about this." She said.

"About what?"

"Kali... I just want to be Tifa Lockhart now, even if I still do this modeling thing."

"Don't worry it's just a screen name, you can change it back to your real name."

"But people will say I'm a lying bitch." She said which made Cloud chuckle.

"I dont think so. Changing your name in this industry is not really an issue."

"Glad to know." Tifa said before he leaned forward to give her a sweet kiss.

"Thank you for coming to my life..." He whispered. "I don't know what I'll do without you..." He said before he kissed her again. "Read the letter with me tonight, if you don't mind? I don't think I can do it alone..."

"I would love to, CLoud. I'm glad to here with you... I'll always be... I'll never leave you..."

"Good, because you are mine and mine alone. No one else."

"I thought we had sealed that two night ago." She said with a smirk.

"Mmmm... Yes we did." Cloud said with a drugged smile. "And I'd like to do it again and again and again and agai-"

"Until I'm all deflated and saggy and disgusting that you'll finally stop touching me?" She asked with an eyebrow raised, Cloud gave her a perplexed look while mouthing the word 'deflated'.

"What the hell..." He said while he started chuckling at her choice of words then Tifa started laughing.

"I'm just teasing baby." Tifa said with another laugh, Cloud glanced at her then he raised one eyebrow in amusement.

"I don't care if you get all deflated, I will have sex with you everyday even then."

"That's..." Tifa said, not sure how to react.

"Let me check if you're getting all saggy." He lifted his hand to slowly reach towards her chest before she swatted his hand and it made a loud smacking sound. "OW?"

"Keep your hands to yourself, my little sex monkey." She winked before she tried to open the door but Cloud had locked her inside. "What the, Cloud open th-" She yelped when Cloud turned her around get gave her a scorching kiss on the lips that had her whimpering. Then he pulled away but not without biting on her lower lip and pulling it along with him, which made her whimper louder. Then when he let her go, he stared at her swollen lips with heavy lidded eyes then he started licking his own.

Why are you so freaking hot?! Tifa thought as she stared at the way he looked at her.

"I'll have you tonight. All night." He said as he stared at her up and and down with dark, lustful eyes. Tifa's breath hitched when he ran his thumb on her swollen lower lip. "I'll make sure to prepare the painkillers-" Tifa pushed his face using the palm of her hand, throwing his head back in the process.

A/N: Thanks everyone for your lovely reviews! I'm so happy from your words! Lina! You made me blush! *Blush*