3 Months Later

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Vincent

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I watched Yuffie sit with our little baby in her arms. Akane had grown a good amount since her birth only three months prior to the date. I was shocked as time ticked by without any major problems appearing. The only thing everyone was willing to comment to was her amazing strength. Everyone knew Akane never intentionally harmed another person. At least, we all refused to believe it was intentional. She was too sweet any other time for it to be meant.

"She is just as healthy as when I saw her at our last meeting," Dr. Barnes said with a smile expressed for the both of us. "I won't lie, I was half expecting things to get a little chaotic after a little while. But it seems as if your little girl is much stronger than I was expecting."

Yuffie giggled and shook her head. "She pulled out a chunk of my hair the other day."

"What?" I asked her along with the doctor.

"It wasn't a big deal," Yuffie said and kissed the little girl's forehead. "I think she was having a nightmare. Was dead asleep and the next thing I know she ripped out some of my hair and started crying."

"Poor girl," Dr. Barnes said shaking his head with a smile to both girls. I wasn't sure which girl he was considering for his words. "It's obviously unknown what babies dream about because they are too little to explain, but I'm sure nightmares are not rare. She is living in a very complicated world. It will only get more complicated as she grows and learns how different she is."

"Unique," Yuffie said with a hard look. "I refused to call her different. In fact, she is just a lot like her father. Nothing wrong with that, right?"

"Of course," Dr. Barnes said with a chuckle. He gave our child a small pat on the dark, black hair beginning to appear around her head. "Why don't you three head on home and call this visit a good one. I'll call you next month for your next appointment. Have a great day."

"Thank you, doctor," Yuffie said. Before she struggled to stand I took hold of Akane. I rocked our little girl in my arms while she fiddled with the front of my shirt. Our tiny family left the hospital to get in our SUV and head home.

Shortly after Akane's birth I sold my apartment and asked Yuffie to move in with me to a new house. It was a tiny home worthy of a small family. It was located on a pleasant street only a short distance away from the rest of our friends. I made an effort to make sure we weren't too far away from everyone else in case we needed their help for something or other. The biggest project to the date was moving all of our stuff to the location.

I pulled into our driveway and fought off a smile when I saw all of our friends' cars scattered around the large area. It was almost a requirement to have a large driveway for our group because large group appearances were pretty often.

"What's everyone doing here?" Yuffie asked as she climbed out of the passenger seat. Akane gave off a happy yell when she saw Cloud's motorcycle parked amongst the vehicles. She loved her god parents very much. As if on cue, Tifa ran out of our house with her arms opened wide to take Akane out of Yuffie's arms.

"How was the checkup?" she asked and rocked the laughing girl.

"Everything is going well," Yuffie said smiling. "The doctor can sense her magic growing just as it had been last month, but he insists it's nothing to worry about. What's everyone doing here?"

"We just wanted to get together," Tifa said with a wink in my direction. We were lucky Yuffie was about as clueless as a baby herself.

"I'm hungry. So let's get some food going for everyone," Yuffie said smiling up to me.

"Sure, let's get inside before you start making plans," I said. We walked inside to see everyone standing in a half circle looking our way. Tifa skipped over with Akane to stand by Cloud. He smiled down at our little girl and turned his smile in our direction. Next to them stood Denzel, Cid, Shera, Barret, Marlene, Red XIII, and even Reeve and Shelke were there. Before anything could be said Yuffie spoke.

"What's everyone standing around for? I'm hungry!" she said while folding her arms in a pout.

"Yuffie." I brought her attention to me as I stepped in front of her while taking her hands into my own. "I asked everyone to be here today. These past couple months have taught me a lot about you and I'm falling more in love as time ticks by. It's impossible to describe the amount of love I feel for our baby. Right now, being with you is all I could ever want."

"Aw, Vinnie. That's so sweet!" she said and wrapped me into a tight hug. When she stepped back I took her hands again and I could read the confusion there. I wasn't walking away nor was I letting her hands go. "Vinnie?"

"Yuffie, please, don't ever stop loving me. In fact, let's make it official," I said and got down on one knee. I held up a black box. I opened it to show off a silver ring decorated by a green emerald circled with tiny, white pearls. "Yuffie, will you marry me?"

"Vinnie!" she gasped and looked around to see smiles on all of our friends' faces and I knew she knew what was going on. I wanted everyone she loved to be present at the moment I popped the question.

"I put this off much too long, and I'm sorry about that. I wanted to ask you much sooner, but it never felt like the right time. I just didn't know what to do," I said in a slight ramble.

"Vinnie, just put the ring on my finger and shut up," she said calling me out on my train of words. I did as she asked without losing my own smile. As soon as the ring was in place she collided with my body. Her force sent me falling to my back with her in my arms. We hit the ground with many kisses and I heard the laughter from our friends.

"Told you she would be dramatic," Cid grumbled.

"Oh, be quiet you lug," Shera said giggling. "They're so cute."

"I'm going to put Akane in the crib we have and start cooking up some dinner," Tifa said and smiled down at us. "Once you're done down there, you can help me out, Yuffie."

"Oh!" Yuffie gasped and jumped to the side off my body. It was as if she had forgotten other people were around. "I'll, um, I'll be right there!"

I laughed as I sat up from where I was on the floor. The looks I got from the other guys told me enough. They couldn't believe what they had seen. It was a good thing they didn't spend their nights at our house very often. Yuffie had the sex drive of a monster and I couldn't get enough of it. If we weren't careful, baby number two wouldn't be far behind.

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The end! What did you think? I hope it made you smile as often as it made me smile through the whole thing! I wasn't sure how long or short it would be, but this worked out best for the story I think. I didn't want it to go on forever. If I wasn't careful it easily could have. A simple, little tale and enjoyable in the end. Moments of OOC, but that's no big deal because that's expected when it's 5 years late. All in all, I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading and reviewing! ;)