Fourty four
Tifa Lockhart-Strife was all smiles as she posed on the red carpet of Zack's movie premiere. She was at her sixth month of pregnancy and she had been glowing more than ever with her small baby bump and elegant green maternity gown. Her hair was up in an elegant bun while she held her silver purse on her right hand. Cloud, who looked handsome while wearing a dark grey suit, joined her not long after with his arm possessively around her waist.
"Tifa! When's your due date?!"
"Give me a smile!"
"You're beautiful even when pregnant!"
The paparazzi was as crazy as ever, but, they were just being themselves. Zack was busy having an interview with Aerith on his side while Vincent and Yuffie were posing on the other end of the red carpet. It was a few moments later that the couple reached the blonde and the brunette and as soon as they did, Yuffie started complaining.
"These heels are freaking killing me!" She said through gritted teeth with a forced smile. "Ginger toes will be greeting the night as soon as I take these damn things off!"
"Just pretend that you're having fun." Tifa responded with the same grit of teeth and false smiles and from the paparazzi's perspective, it looked like the bestfriends were having a blast at their mini red carpet reunion.
"Tifa, smile with your pretty friend!"
"You look like you're having fun!"
"Are they mocking me or something?" Yuffie hissed to Tifa's ear.
"No, stop being sensitive! You're not the hormonal one around here! Now laugh or I will tell everyone about you and your gingery feet." Tifa commanded before both off them started laughing in a loud but fake manner but turned real when both of them pictured the dreaded ginger feet at the same time. Cloud and Vincent gave their ladies the side-eye look, then they looked at each other with a shrug.
They were all inside the theater where the premiere was being held and Cloud had been looking rather blank while he watched the tragic love story in which Zack was the main character who had a terminal and rare disease and his partner on screen was the award winning actress, Claire Farron. Cloud held back a yawn at the scene were Claire was being hysterical while hugging as pale looking Zack with both of them crying their hearts out, it was not the blonde model's thing, dramas, wether movies or series. The supermodel leaned sideways to whisper a comment to Tifa but he stopped with his mouth open when he saw his wife doing her ugly crying face, it was clear that if he didn't want to start a scene by saying that drama movies suck big time to his pregnant and hormonal wife who could kick his ass even if she's carrying their growing baby in her belly, he wouldn't do what he had intended to do so he leaned back to his seat and kept his mouth shut for the rest of the night.
"That was so sad, why do you have to die in the most dramatic way possible?" Tifa said while sniffing when the movie was over, Zack meanwhile was grinning from ear to ear.
"Yeah it was a great movie but what's even greater was seeing your ugly crying face Dorkoid!" Yuffie commented with a cackle. Both Tifa and Cloud gasped in horror.
"You just didn't!" The brunette responded with a disapproving finger.
"Aaaanyway..." Cloud interjected, hoping to calm his dragoness of a pregnant wife. "Let's get to the after party, shall we?"
"I could use a drink, yes. After all that crying." Aerith said with a bored voice.
"Well, well, well, even someone made of stone in both heart and soul had managed to crack that little wall, I think you just won best actor award Zack, you just tamed the devil herself!" Yuffie said with a cackle but Aerith merely raised an eyebrow.
"Oh ho! Keeping my fingers crossed on that one!" Zack said while crossing his fingers. "And don't call her the devil!" Zack exclaimed with a pout before he hugged Aerith possessively.
"Come on now! After party! We still have to eat! I'm starving!" Tifa said with a pout and Cloud couldn't help but kiss her pouted lips lovingly.
"You are so cute, you know that?" He said before Tifa giggled. He was already used to her mood swings.
"Thank you, I just hope you still feel that way when I'm more bloated and my stomach looks like a veiny dinosaur egg that's about to crack." Tifa said with her head down and Cloud began imagining the 'dino egg' bulge in her stomach but he just laughed it off. He didn't care wether she turned ugly or not, he was inlove with this person and nothing could ever change that, but his silence due to not wanting their friends to hear his sentiments on the subject simply because they wouldn't let him get away with it by teasing him of how dramatic he was being and it didn't suit him was taken the wrong way by Tifa and her lips started quivering.
Oh shit!
"You would hate me when I'm ugly? Is that it?"
"What? No!"
"You would-! Mmmph! Mmph!"
"I got it." Yuffie said coolly with a nod of her head while covering Tifa's mouth from behind.
Cloud kept coming back from the buffet to the table he shared with his wife, Yuffie, Vincent, Zack and Aerith while carrying plates of food to give to Tifa who was eating like she hasn't eaten in weeks.
"Geez Dorkoid, it's so embarassing to be in the same table as you." Yuffie commented but Tifa ignored her, who was moaning while eating a huge portion of chocolate cake. Zack threw his head back while laughing out loud.
"Hey, cut her some slack! She's eating for two! And look at her!" Zack gestured towards the brunette, who's lips were smothered in chocolate frosting which Cloud would quickly wipe off. Vincent smirked while Aerith grimaced, Zack and Yuffie on the other hand started laughing while pounding their hand on the table. "She's adorable." Zack commented.
"Of course she's adorable! She's my wife!" Cloud said before he started forking some salad and feeding Tifa with it while talking in a cute baby voice.
"Gross-ness." Yuffie said with a grimace.
"I think its cute, you love that when I talk to you like that." Vincent said nonchalantly which had Yuffie blushing furiously.
"Stop making me fat, you'll hate me when I get fatter." Tifa said while Cloud was continously feeding her with the salad.
"You're complaining but kept eating anyway." The blonde said.
"Because baby's starving! I am too!"
"After all that plates? You're still starving?!" Yuffie asked, completely appalled.
"Stop making fun of my beautiful wife! Why don't you make a baby so you can experience it yourself then we'll make fun of you!" Cloud said angrily that had both Vincent and Yuffie blushing.
"I wouldn't breed with that woman if I were you." Aerith said boredly at Vincent, who gave her the perplexed look.
"What do you mean 'I wouldn't breed if I were you'?!" Yuffie asked while twirling her hand in the air.
"Exactly what I said." Aerith retorted.
"Why you...!"
"Would you two be quiet? Show some class." Tifa said before she ran her finger on the cake with the yellow frosting then she sucked the same finger loudly before smacked her lips rapidly together, then she smiled in appreciation. "Mmm! Lemon."
"Show some what now?" Yuffie asked sarcastically.
"Oh, I'm so full, I don't think I can stand up." Tifa whined while holding her baby bump.
"Don't worry, I'll carry you home if I need to." Cloud said with a loving smile, Tifa giggled which made Yuffie roll her eyes.
"You two are so adorable, marraige goals people!" Zack commented while bobbing his head approvingly. Tifa smiled at Zack, he was right, Tifa thought, everything between her and Cloud was perfect, minus the arguing, the random mood swings, the yelling and screaming...
...Maybe I should start re-evaluating our marraige. Tifa suddenly thought while tapping her chin with her finger.
"What are you thinking about my Trollie?" Cloud asked before he started wiping the corner of her mouth, while she was ashamed of herself for thinking of such things. Everything was indeed perfect.
And it will be even more in a few more months.
Tifa smiled before she leaned forward to take her husband's lips to hers.
A/N: Can't wait to see that bundle of joy! Being born to supermodel parents woo!