Chapter 3
Tifa's POV
I was woken up several hours later by a nurse.
"Excuse me miss, visiting hours are over, you can come back in the morning" she whispers gently shaking my arm.
"Oh Mrs Strife I'm so sorry, I'll let this one slide, you can stay, I'll not say I've seen you." She nods and leaves after finishing up adjusting Clouds monitors.
I smile and curl back up, next to Cloud, pressing my lips against his warm chest. Oh how I've missed this. It was only two weeks but those two weeks were the hardest of my life. Without him and with River only being a month old things weren't easy. I was overwhelmed to have him back.
I lay back down and quickly sleep consumed me again. In his arms it was hard not to find comfort.
The next thing I know is I'm being woken up by Cloud this time. His lips pressing against my forehead and his fingers tickling my sides. I really did miss this.
It's not long until the doctor is back, and wheeling Cloud away for the tests he requires. It's hard watching him go but at least he would be coming back. Hopefully these tests would allow him to come sooner rather than later.
I wanted and needed normal back.
One week later (still Tifa's POV)
I was currently at home, preparing for Cloud coming home. He was being released today. Shera was with me, babysitting River and Sunny while I worked on the house. She would also be taking care of the kids for a couple of nights, to help Cloud settle in back home.
Cloud's POV
Today's the day that I'm going home, I was making good progress and it was mostly thanks to the Mako enhancement. I both hated it and was also partly grateful to it, it helped speed up my healing.
I was anxious yet excited to be going home.
Home something that never had a meaning before something that was only ever there as a place to rest my head. Now it was more than just that.
Returning home to a new life was scary, a life I knew nothing about was daunting to say the least. But Tifa was with me and she had been telling me plenty about our daily life.
And this was my life now. It of course mattered that I had lost 4 years of memories but that was my secret and my secret alone. I didn't want anyone knowing at least not yet.
A few hours later and I was dressed and in the car with Barret taking me back home.
Arriving at an unfamiliar address I got out the car as Barret pulled up.
"Aren't you going in?" Barret grumbled slapping me on the back before walking into the house in front of us.
The house was nice, large and as I stepped through the threshold it was certainly more homely than our old place. Various pictures hung from the wall. Pictures of us on our wedding day, the two of us smiling like idiots. Then there was Tifa holding a baby in a pink blanket, the one from the day that geostimga was cured was also there.
"Welcome home Cloud" a chorus of voices echoed as I stepped into the living room. Tifa's bright smile was the first thing I could see and she quickly crossed the floor to embrace me in a hug. I stiffened briefly before relaxing and wrapping my arms around her.