Tifa was worn out by the time she got back to the apartment she shared with Yuffie and Aerith. She had skipped almost the entire way home. It was a beautiful day outside, and she was excited to have plans for the night with a certain someone.

She entered the apartment to find her roommates on the couch playing Apples to Apples with her brother. "Hey guys. Vincent, I wasn't aware you had the sense of humor to play this game?" she said as she threw her keys and purse on the counter.

"I don't," he replied with a scowl.

"Yeah, I don't think Vince has won a single round. We also have to pick serious answers when he's the judge," yawned Yuffie.

"This isn't as fun as I thought it would be…Tifa, you wanna join us?" Aerith pleaded with her.

"Though I would love to wet my pants laughing with you guys, I can't, I gotta get ready."

Vincent looked up, "For what?" His red eyes were curious as to what his sister was hiding.

"I'm going out this evening," Tifa was smirking as she said it and walked to her room.

Yuffie shot up from her seat, "With who?! That cute guy from the band that was talking to you last night? Cloud?!"

She laughed, "Yup! We ran into each other and had some coffee, and decided to have a third date!" Tifa opened her closet to look for something to wear. "Sexy? Cute? Conservative? Oh Gods, this shouldn't be this difficult…" She thought to herself.

Yuffie and Aerith barged into her room. "What? That's it? That's all you're going to say about it? And wouldn't this be your first date?" questioned Aerith as she closed the door behind her.

"Yeah, no kidding. Spill the beans Tifa Lockhart!" Exclaimed Yuffie.

Tifa pulled a pair of skinny jeans and a green halter top out of the closet and held them together up against herself. Both roommates shook their heads with disgusted looks on their faces. "What? What's wrong with this one?"

"Tifa…you look like you're just going to the mall. I mean, you look amazing in anything, but don't you want to make him drool?" Aerith got up and began sifting through the closet, throwing clothes that she wanted to borrow on the bed as she went.

"While she's finding a sexy little outfit for you, why don't you enlighten me about what you and the spikey-haired hunk are doing tonight? I'm surprised he spoke to you so freely last night. Cissnei said he's really shy!"

Tifa blushed and sat down on the bed crosslegged across from Yuffie. She took out her brush and began absentmindedly brushing through her long dark brown hair. "Well, we decided to do something fun…mini golfing, and also, we're gunna eat at that steak place over by the mini golf course."

"BORING! You said this was your third date! You know what happens on the third date, Teef!" Yuffie winked at her friend as Tifa shook her head.

"Well, it's technically our first real date, but we decided to say it's our third, since we had last night and this afternoon. And, maybe that kinda thing happens on your first dates, but I'd like to think that I can last a little longer than that…"

Aerith giggled , "Riiiight Teef…what about with Johnny?"

Tifa rolled her eyes, annoyed, "That was like, four years ago! I was stupid and young. Though, I will be honest, I wouldn't mind having Cloud naked in my bed…" She beamed as Aerith brought out the perfect outfit – Tight black jeans, a red top that would show off her cleavage, and black strapped shoes with 3-inch heels. "That'll work…it'll be a little difficult to mini golf in, but I can always bring a change of shoes."

"You'll be fine! I doubt the mini golf is really going to matter anyway. If I were in your shoes, I'd have just said skip the mini golfing and come back to 'watch a movie' after dinner." Yuffie made quotation motions with her fingers as she spoke.

"Yeah! Get dressed, girly! Do you think you could get him to talk me up to Zack? Since you're taking the one I originally set my eyes on, I wouldn't mind getting to know Mr. Fair," Aerith asked as Tifa made her way into her bathroom to shower.

"We'll see. Now, can I shower without 20 questions guys?"

Cloud was nearly hyperventilating as he approached 7th Heaven on his motorcycle. He hoped he wasn't sweating through his black button-up shirt, but he really couldn't help it. He was so nervous about this date. He hadn't been out with somebody since his freshman year of college, and that turned into the year-long relationship from hell. His ex, Scarlet, knew how to take advantage of a guy like him, and it had left both his heart, and his bank account, broke.

He was thankful for the breeze cooling him off. Pit stains were not how he wanted this date to start out. Especially not on a date with her. Ok, so, he wasn't going to lie, she seemed so familiar to him. As if he had known her his whole life. He didn't know why. She had lived here her entire life from what he knew. Of course, he didn't really ask her about her childhood.

His bike rounded the corner into the parking lot of 7th heaven and he pulled up to the door. There were a few cars there, but he assumed they were not patrons, since the bar was closed. He parked his bike, climbed off, and nervously walked to the door. It was locked, but there was a call box next to it. He pressed the button, and it buzzed.

"Hello?" A man's voice came from the box.

"Um, Hi, I'm uh, looking for, um, looking for Tifa?"

"What for?" The man sounded younger, probably in his twenties. He also sounded irritated.

"Uh..we were going to go mini-golfing tonight," Cloud said nervously. "Please don't tell me she has a boyfriend and I've walked into a trap…"

"Oh. She'll be down in a little bit."

"Okay then…should I just stand here then or….?"

About a minute passed, then the box buzzed at him and a feminine voice came through it "Cloud? Are you there? I'm sorry about that, come on up!"

He was stunned for a second, but then the door buzzed, signaling the unlock, and he opened it and walked into the bar. It was dark, and seemed musty, in a way. A huge change from when he was there the other night. He walked up the stairwell that was labeled "PRIVATE HOUSING—RESIDENTS ONLY". When he reached the top, he knocked on the door, which immediately opened to reveal the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

There she was, dark brown hair more than halfway down her back, black jeans that hugged her perfectly shaped legs, and her ruby red eyes sparkling as she smiled at him. All he was wearing was a black button up shirt and some jeans. He didn't deserve to even be seen with her!

"Hey!" She grinned. "Come on in, Cloud. Sorry about that downstairs. My brother isn't the most social of people. I don't know how Yuffie puts up with him."

"H-hey…" He breathed. "Your brother? I was wondering who that was!" He was quite relieved.

"Yes, that's me," came a voice from over on the couch, "and I'm not unsociable, I'm just protective of my sister."

Cloud recognized Yuffie next to him, and stifled a laugh as she jabbed the black-haired man with her elbow. "Vince, that's no excuse to be rude."

Tifa rolled her eyes and then smiled at Cloud. "So, shall we head out? I'm starving." She walked past him as he held the door for her, and he couldn't help but check her out another time. She looked back and caught him, and just smirked as his face turned red.

"Ah shit…" She turned back around and flipped her hair over her shoulder. As they got out of the building, she stopped dead in her tracks in front of Fenrir.

"You have a motorcycle?! Wow…it's beautiful!" She walked up to Fenrir and let the tips of her fingers drag against the side of it's body.

"Heh…yeah…I built him myself."

"Him? Does he have a name?" Tifa leaned against the bike and smirked.

"Fenrir," he admitted as he looked down and rubbed the back of his neck with his hand.

"Ahh, the wolf son of Loki?" She asked.

He looked up, stunned. She knew about Norse mythology? This girl just gets better by the minute. "Yeah! It's symbolism for power. My symbol is the wolf, so it was fitting to have a motorcycle with a name to match my personality. Not that I'm powerful, but this bike sure is!"

She beamed at him and stood up as he walked towards her. He got on the bike and stabilized it for her to climb on. Once she was on she wrapped her arms around him, and he started it up. He sat in the spot for just a little bit, enjoying the feeling of her arms around his torso. Once the bike was warmed up, they rolled out of the parking spot, and sped into the evening.