Twenty eight

Cloud felt like a bucket of cold water had been dumped on his head as he stared at puddle of blood beneath Tifa's legs, he lifted a shaky hand to hastily wake her up.

"Tifa. Tifa!" He shook her and when she stirred, he let out a sigh of relief but he noticed that she was pale, she crack open an eye.

"What...?"

"Wake up! Look!" He pointed on the bloody area of the bed then she sat up only for her face to change to complete horror.

"What's happening?!"

"I don't know! We have to go to the hospital now!" He stood up from the bed so he can carry Tifa bridal style towards his car.

Tifa whimpered in pain while she held her abdomen as she sat on the passenger seat of Cloud's car, he had been glancing at her with a look of extreme worry and panic.

"It's okay my Trollie, we're almost there..."

"Please help her, I found her bleeding on our bed I don't know what's going on!" Cloud exclaimed as the nurses attended to Tifa, who was in a stretcher, on the hospital's emergency area.

"Cloud..." Tifa said weakly while he caressed her head.

"It's okay... I'm here..."

"Sir, you're going to have to wait out here." A nurse stopped him from following while they take Tifa to the emergency room. Cloud nodded but he didn't take his eyes of her until they disappeared behind the door. He let out a ragged sigh before he slumped down the benches just outside while he held his head with both hands.

What the hell is going on?

After what Cloud felt like an eternity, a doctor emerged from the room and when he saw him approaching, he instantly stood up to ask about his fiancee.

"Doctor, what happened to Tifa?" He asked and he was scared of the answer, specially when the doctor sighed before he spoke.

"She's fine now, she's sleeping and she will be transferred to a private room. But... I'm so sorry Mr. Strife..." The man said with a worried look, Cloud started sweating at his words. "But she lost the baby..."

Cloud didn't process what the doctor said after sometime later. He looked up at the man in horror when it finally registered to him what just happened.

"Lo...Lost...?"

"I'm sorry..."

"She... She was... Pregnant...?" Now it was the doctor's turn to have his eyes widen.

"You didn't know?" Cloud shook his head weakly.

"No..." He said before he buried his face in his hands. Just then, emergency room door opened for him to see Tifa in a stretcher, sleeping and oblivious to what happened to her and their baby.

"Thank you Doctor..." Cloud said weakly with his still shocked face before he went to his fiancee's side to hold her hand.

Cloud watched her while he kept kissing her hand, he didn't know how he was going to tell her about it it he had no other choice, all he wanted was for her to wake up to make sure that she was alright. As if on cue, she moaned while she stirred gently, Cloud straightened up in antipicipation then she slowly opened her eyes before she looked at his direction.

"Hey..." Cloud said gently while he caressed her head lovingly.

"Cloud...?" She croaked. "What happened...?"

"You were bleeding, remember?" He said. Tifa knitted her eyebrows before her eyes widened in realization.

"Cloud, what happened to me?!" She exclaimed in panic.

"Shhh... It's oka-"

"Cloud please..." She pleaded with a worried look, Cloud looked down, sighed, then he looked up to tell her the news.

It's now or never...

"Tifa... My Trollie..." He said while he tightened his grip on her hand. "You..." He swallowed thickly. "Did you... Know that you were pregnant?" He asked, Tifa stared at him in complete shock at what she just heard.

"What...? No... I-"

"We lost our baby..." He said quietly while looking at her with a pained look on his face. Tifa felt a stab on her chest upon hearing those words.

"What?" She whispered weakly with sudden tears falling down from her eyes, which Cloud started wiping away with his thumb.

"I'm sorry Trollie..."

"Oh Cloud..." Her face scrunched up in pain before she started sobbing, "I'm so sorry... I didn't know..."

"Shhhh... It's not your fault..."

"I'm sorry I wasn't careful, I'm sorry..."

"Stop blaming yourself... Don't be sorry..."

"I feel so irresponsible... I'm sorry..."

"Trollie, listen to me." Cloud said firmly. "Don't blame yourself, It's probably from that one time when I didn't use proctection."

"But we pulled out, right? I couldn't possibly-"

"No, that method is not really reliable, I'm sorry, if there's one to blame here, it's me, not you..." Cloud with his head, Tifa's face softened before she cupped his face.

"I would never blame you..." She said in a shaky voice, Cloud leaned forward to kiss her on her lips while a tear escaped her eye from the grief of losing her child. She started crying while Cloud stood up from his seat to lay down beside her and hold her close.

"DORKOID!" Tifa and Cloud jumped when Yuffie opened the door with a bang with Vincent trailing behind her, who was carrying a bouquet of flowers, Cloud couldn't help but narrow his eyes at the gift, then him.

"Yuffie-" Tifa stopped talking when Yuffie suddenly started strangling Cloud on his chair.

"What the hell-" Cloud tried to speak.

"How the hell did you get my Dorkoid pregnant you foul beast?!"

"We had sex." He said while he held his breath. "If you don't know what that is, It's when you penetrate your special banana into her fuzzy wuzzy-ACK!"

"I don't need weird baby making lessons from you!"

"Yuffie! Stop that!" Tifa yelled then she let go of Cloud, who started rubbing his neck with a sneer.

"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?!" Yuffie exclaimed while she hugged her bestfriend. Tifa started patting her back with a small laugh.

"I'm fine Yuffie, but don't hurt my fiance like that, I'm the only one allowed to do that." She said with a smirk. Cloud winked while Vincent chuckled.

"Hi Tifa..." He said. Cloud narrowed his eyes dangerously at the man who seem oblivious to his death stares. "Hey Cloud."

"Hey." Cloud responded flatly, eyes still narrowed. Tifa rolled her eyes before she greeted the raven haired model.

"Hi Vince! Thank you for coming, though I'll be released later in the afternoon." She said.

"Here." Vincent handed the flowers. "I hope they help you feel better."

"Thank you Vince, they're beautiful." She said with a sweet smile, Cloud cleared his throat loudly, Tifa resisted the urge to roll her eyes again while she smirked. Cloud gave her a discreet pout and she couldn't help her big grin because of it. She gave him a small kiss in the air but he just looked away with a huff.

It was painful to have a miscarriage, physically and emotionally, it was probably harder if she knows about her baby, she was glad she didn't or the pain would be unbearable for her. She already talked to the Doctor about contraceptives, she knew she wasn't ready for another pregnancy anytime soon. A shocked Claudia came in after sometime later, along with a lot of food and gifts for Tifa to cheer her up.

Naturally, news about Tifa's miscarriage spread all throughout the entertainment world, many people sent her love and get well soon messages, in which she was thankful for. Though she also received hateful messages from Cloud's obsessive fangirls too, but she ignored them. She had to take a week off work because of her bleeding, as her doctor recommended.

Tifa watched Cloud as he tried his best to follow the recipe card he was holding, he insisted to cook for her and she thought it was really sweet of him, they were back in Cloud's home and she was starting to feel a little better. She started remembering the chaos inside the hospital room when Yuffie arrived, then she remembered something which made her suddenly snort. Cloud looked back at her over his shoulder with an eyebrow raised.

"What?" He asked.

"Fuzzy wuzzy." She said. Cloud started laughing out loud.

A/N: Glad that was over, phew. Thanks a lot guys!