Popularity Feud

Disclaimer: I do not own any character in any shape or form. They belong to Square Enix

A/N: I'm terribly sorry for not updating in a VERY long time. Not only did I have writer's block I was also busy to club activities at school especially Gaming Club. I have eyes for this certain advisor of mine and I literally spent a ton of hours at the club playing video games and socializing. I finally graduated! I ended a chapter of my life on June 24 and now I'm off to make a new one! College is going to be great! I would have updated sooner after I graduated but the computer broke so we had to get it fixed, and my mum only got it fixed recently.

Narrator's P.O.V

Let's go back to what happened on the last chapter, shall we? As we all know, Tifa spent a couple of days with the Hojo* family thus deepening her bond with the family. Kadaj warmed up to her, although he would only reason with his usual statement, "She seems tolerable enough to talk to." We all know that it's not true. Loz has taken a liking to the woman which makes it hard for her to say farewell to the boy.

Tifa bent forward and ruffled his hair, causing his perfectly gelled hair to become unruly. She offered him a small smile, "I'm sorry Loz, but now that the storm has gone and passed it's best for me to go back home."

"But you can stay here Tifa! We have plenty of room!" The boy exclaimed. He tugged on her shirt and whined. "Big brother! Ask her to stay!" Loz turned his head to look at his eldest brother with tears forming in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Loz, but Tifa has to go home..." Sephiroth reasoned to his youngest brother, but it only resulted in another fit of tears. He sighed and looked at his girlfriend, his eyes asking her to stay another day to soothe the kid. She shook her head no and looked sadly at the boy holding tightly to her shirt.

"Ha, you're so STUPID Loz. She can't stay here because she's not married to Sephiroth!" Kadaj laughed. "She is already causing a ton of rumours in the household by staying here for a week."

Kadaj's head was met with a thwack of Yazoo's newly opened book.

Yazoo knelt down to look at Loz, he grabbed his shoulder and soothed him in hopes to make him feel better. Loz loosened his grip on Tifa's –now wrinkled—shirt. Tifa bowed in thanks and walked towards Sephiroth and his parents. Loz hugged his brother and cried; Yazoo comforted the big crying bundle in his arms and looked at the people in front of him. He gave a nod; Sephiroth nodded in response and walked out with his parents and lover.

When they left, Loz raised his head to look up at his brother's seemingly apathetic eyes. He tugged his hair and Yazoo looked down. A part of his scalp ached from his brother's strong tug.

"Will….big brother marry Tifa?" He asked innocently.

A chuckle came from behind them, and that chuckle erupted into a laughing fit.

"Are you crazy? Brother would never marry a woman like her," Kadaj said in complete confidence. He earned a cold glare from his brother Yazoo.

"Kadaj, we've talked about this. Who brother chooses to love isn't in your hands… it's a decision he made himself," He said coldy. Kadaj gritted his teeth in annoyance.

"There you go again Yazoo! Always defending her and brother! If I didn't know any better one would think you liked her!" Kadaj exclaimed. His words echoed throughout the house.

"You don't know what you're talking about. I suggest you take a rest before you break the house down to pieces," Yazoo replied flatly. He would have none of his brother's silly tantrums. He knows why he defends them and it's a secret that only he and Genesis knew.

"Fine, you think you can go on with this whole I don't give a shit facade thing you've got going on but both you and I know that you care for both of them as much as you'd like," Kadaj spat and turned to go retreat to the comfort of his room.

Loz tugged at his hair again and look at him with wide eyes. Yazoo sighed, ruffled his hair and chuckled.

"Your big brother Kadaj sure doesn't know when to keep language in control, doesn't he?" Loz smiled in reply and looked to where his brother was before.

"Let's put you to bed Loz…" Yazoo said as he got up with Loz's hand in his and walked towards his brother's room. Loz was only a few years younger than them but he tends to be childish all the time and he is the biggest crybaby in their family. Loz is currently in 8th grade and he tends to sneak into his brother's club knowing that he wants to follow Sephiroth's step to become a national champion in Kendo.

Tifa's P.O.V

"U-Um thank you for driving me home, P-Professor." I bowed in thanks and I heard Sephiroth chuckle next to me.

"You're very welcome Tifa and please call me Hojo, we're not in school so it would only be fitting," He replied with a smile. I don't know if it's just me but when he smiles it's quite creepy. Maybe he has that effect after working with experiments his whole life. It's a wonder what Jenova saw in him but I guess one shouldn't judge on appearances as my father always says.

"A-Alright.. umm… do you want to go inside?" I asked and I saw Jenova smile.

"Why I thought you'd never ask," she walked in with a large bag in hand. I wonder what that is for… I shook my head and focused on the people that are currently walking inside my apartment. Sephiroth stood outside of the apartment, I walked towards him and took his hand in mine.

"Come on, let's go inside." I said with a small smile. He looked at me and eyes held something that I couldn't quite decipher. Even after living with him for a short time I still find the man in front of me very mysterious.

"Tifa…" He dragged me outside and closed the door shut behind me. Pinning me against the wall he kissed my cheek and trailed down to my neck. His hand roamed underneath my shirt and I gasped.

"S-Sephiroth..! This isn't the time and place to—" I feel his lips upon mine, and the more that he kissed me the more I couldn't help melting into a pile of goo. That's normal… right?

"You talk too much," he said as he licked my lip begging for entrance, I opened my mouth in response and I felt his tongue slide in to play with mine. I don't know how long it lasted but I know that is was quite short as he returned to kissing my neck. He dared to go lower as he sucked on my collarbone, leaving a red mark after it. I can feel my face heat up when I realized what I was doing…what he was doing to me.

"Se-Sephiroth, stop…" I begged as I grabbed hold of his shoulders. He stopped and looked at me with wide eyes. He lowered his head and muttered a soft sorry. He caressed my face and landed a kiss on my forehead. I nodded in response and opened the door and walked inside with him following behind me.

"Ah I see that you both have yourselves busy outside," Hojo chuckled. I panicked and I ran to the nearest mirror and found my hair disheveled, my lips red from the intense kiss we shared and the mark he left was visibly seen.

"My, young love now a days," Jenova remarked with a smirk. "Ah, I hope you don't mind Tifa but we helped ourselves to a glass of water."

"N-No not at all, sorry for not being here to offer any." I replied sheepishly. Great, they probably think that every time Sephiroth comes here we're off snogging and shagging. How humiliating! I blushed profusely and I felt a hand on mine. I looked up to see his eyes reassuring me and I smiled. He squeezed my hand in response.

"Well, we're off to go home. Let's go Jenova," Hojo said nonchalantly. I bowed again in thanks for helping me during the storm and they walked out of the apartment. As I was about to walk to my room, a hand tugged me back in place. I tilted my head in confusion and looked at my hand to find Sephiroth's still hooked to mine.

"W-Wait…" My eyes widened and searched for an item that seemed suspicious to me before. Lo and behold, there it was, the bag that Jenova carried in comfortably seated on the floor next to the entrance door.

"WHAT. THE. HECK"

Sephiroth's P.O.V

"Calm down Tifa," I said comfortably sitting on her sofa. She was pacing back and forth in front of me saying hysterics. I rolled my eyes and grabbed her hand, pulled her towards me and settled her on my lap. I held her in place with my hand on her waist.

"B-but Sephiroth, you can't possibly stay here," she argued again with beet red face. How adorable.

"You stayed at my estate, what would be wrong to stay here for a night?" I asked; I leaned closer to her ear. "Besides, it's not like it's the first time I stayed here overnight."

"T-that's true… but I don't have any food and it's been a week since the storm so I have restock the supplies…" She said stammering in a few words. I chuckled as I lowered my hand to her bottom and squeezed it. As usual her reflexes are sharp as always and I felt a stinging sensation on my cheek.

"P-Pervert!" She exclaimed and pouted but never leaving her position on my lap. A little teasing wouldn't hurt.

"I'll show you how perverted I am," I said lowly and I pinned her to the sofa. My legs supporting my weight in order not to crush her, but before she could do anything, I grabbed her hand and held it above her head. I kissed her passionately and at the same time roughly. My free hand roamed around her body and she shivered underneath my touch. I broke the heated kiss and trailed kisses down to her neck. Licking it, biting it, sucking it, I did everything to make her melt underneath me. My free hand roamed underneath her shirt, making her gasp.

"S-Sephiroth!" She exclaimed in surprise, her voice tainted with annoyance. I chose to ignore her and continued, besides, it would never lead to where she thought it would but a little fun wouldn't hurt. I kissed her stomach and undid her pants with one hand but before I knew it, she kneed my chest. Turns out it did hurt. I rolled on the floor coughing and clutching the spot where she kneed. She sat up with her hands covering her body. She isn't nude, I never undressed her except for the pants part but that never went far.

She looked at me with anger in her eyes and tears started to dwell up in the corners of them. I felt pain and guilt when she ran to her room and closing it with a big thud. I groaned in frustration. What happened to me, when was I ever sexually frustrated? I was sure that I wasn't one of those boyfriends that wanted to do it before marriage so why did I? I feel like shit, I went against what I said the last time we almost did it, and now to make it up to her.

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"Tifa?" I knocked on her door and heard no response. Sighing I turned the knob and found it open. Pushing the door open I peeked inside the room to find her crying on her bed. I could feel a thousand arrows shooting my body at the sight. She turned her head to look at me and quickly turned away. Sitting at the edge of her bed not too far from her, I heard her say.

"What? Are you here to continue what you did earlier?" She replied angrily. I shook my head and sighed.

"No, I'm not… I'm here to say I'm sorry—" I heard her scoff, "I know I went against my words with what I did earlier and I feel terrible. I don't know if you'll forgive me because I know what I did was unforgiving."

She turned to look at me, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"But if you are going to, then it would ease the pain I'm feeling right now. If you won't forgive me then that's okay because I won't force you to do so, all I want is for you to cease your anger…"

Looking into her eyes, I felt the pain increase tenfold, and I looked down.

"and talk to me again because even though you talk too much, the sound of your voice is very soothing. So if you'll have me please let me know so that I can have you in my embrace again."

"S-Sephiroth…" she managed to speak my name through sobs and pulls me close to her as she hugged me tightly. "I-It's okay, I'm sorry for putting too much pressure on you… we are teenagers after all and our hormone levels are way too high. So I'm sorry for not leaving your lap quite sooner."

"Does this mean you forgive me?" I asked as I returned her hug. Stroking her hair with one hand and rubbing circles on her back with the other.

"Yes it does," she said in a soft and serene tone. "What did you cook?"

"Chicken Parmesan with pasta… how did you know I was cooking?"

"I can smell it on your clothes and your face is somewhat covered in flour," she giggled and pulled back to take a good look at me. She touched my cheek with her finger, "right there."

"I guess I need to be more neat the next time." I said and chuckled lowly. She nodded her head in agreement.

"Let's go see if it's delicious," she said standing up and taking my hand.

"My dear, I feel hurt," she laughed and dragged me to the kitchen. It is suffice to say that I have succeeded in getting in her good graces again. Don't worry, I have already made a mental note to not cross the borders when making out. Although, I do like the hickey that I left, I hope it would send as a message to those after her that she is taken.

Seeing her eat my food happily with so much love definitely puts warmth to my heart. When did I ever get so sappy? Oh well, I guess people do change when they're in love huh? But don't tell her that. That will our little secret.

"Delicious! Definitely husband material!"

Smirking to myself, I ate the food in front of me in silence and listened to her talking about our future.

Husband material indeed.

To be continued

A/N: I hope you all liked it! Tomorrow I will be uploading another chapter! This time a chapter where Tifa will be talking more to her friends and the same goes for Sephiroth. I wonder what will happen.. hmmm. Tune in! And thank you for the support for this fanfic! I love you lot! Forgive the typo errors I couldnt wait to share this with you guys!

If there's any confusion here's how the Crescent family is in order of brothers and their ages.

Sephiroth (Junior) 18 yrs old - Repeated a year due to engaging in fights and bad conduct in 8th grade

Yazoo (Junior) 17 yrs old

Kadaj (Sophomore) 16 yrs old

Loz (8th grade, Middle schooler) - 14 years old

*Hojo- I changed their last name to Hojo since it would only fitting. I mean Hojo is the father and all that so yeah! I will be looking for the chapters where their last names said Crescent and change it to Hojo :)