The light rumbling of thunder was heard, and it seemed to be getting closer. The storm was approaching faster than the moogles had thought possible. Yet the sun was still shining over Tifa as she laid herself out on the rock. Her thoughts wandered, mostly on to what she and Cloud were going to do when the storm came. The moogles had said something about being forced to confine in the resort as a safety precaution.

'That wouldn't be fun...' thought Tifa with a sigh. 'What would we do in such a situation? Play cards?' The mere thought made her laugh.

Rolling onto her stomach, and adjusting her body so she could be comfortable, the young woman slowly kicked her legs in a rhythm. This was not how she would have made her vacation.

'This is my chance for me and cloud to bond. I don't want to waste it,' she sat up on her knees, the length of her hair sticking to the exposed skin of her back.

While she had thought of herself and Cloud her mind wandered back to an issue she had been having all morning: the top she was wearing.

Adjusting herself yet again Tifa felt the fabric slide down. She wasn't exposed by any means but one bad slip and she was certain a major malfunction would happen. "I don't want to insult the moogles by asking for something else to wear but...damn this is snug." She massaged her breasts, hoping to get some feeling back into them.

Paying too much attention to herself Tifa failed to notice someone approaching her from behind, and it wasn't Cloud.

She finally took notice after she heard a whistle, a distinct one known as a cat call. She knew them enough from the vagrants that frequented the bar back home. That meant that she was no longer alone. She turned her upper body to look back over her shoulder. Standing a few feet behind her on a lower rock was a young man with short spikey grey hair and wearing black and silver swim shorts. He was eyeing her with lustful eyes.

Tifa's heart began to race. Taken off guard she had a slight amount of panic build up inside her chest. 'The moogles said we were alone on the island!' "Who are you?"

The man smirked, "Lorne."

Tifa got to her feet, "Okay then, Lorne, what do you want?"

Her body turned towards him the man didn't respond. Least not with words. Instead his eyes looked Tifa up and down, taking in every inch of her athletic and yet voluptuous figure contained in her swimsuit. "Not a question of what I want but need."

Feeling creeped out and rightfully so, Tifa crossed her arms over her chest, hiding her discomfort behind a steel expression. "Is that so?"

"And what I need is a towel, because you're smokin' hot," he said before getting up on the same rock Tifa stood on. He stood a few inches higher than she, and had a sturdy physique. One that showed a constant workout. Still his cheesy pick up line showed he wasn't good with words.

Tifa wasn't fazed, she had heard worse from men at the bar. "Then go take a shower or something. I'm with someone."

"Yeah, that spikey blonde."

So he knows about Cloud, Tifa thought. "Right. So I am not interested in you."

Her rebuttal was meant to make him think twice about proceeding. Still, he remained where he stood. "Spicy attitude, and all I want to do is talk," said Lorne inching his way closer towards Tifa.

She wasn't worried. He was still enough distance away that Tifa could defend herself should the need arise.

"There's nothing to speak about, especially to someone like you," said Tifa.

Lorne didn't let her words harm him though. "You sure about that?"

He took one step forward and that was when Tifa retaliated. With quickness befitting her training by Zangan she sent her right fist towards Lorne's chest.

To her shock her fist didn't reach its target, as Lorne caught her fist mid jab in the palm of his hand. A defensive technique used in many forms of martial arts. Had she not underestimated this guy Tifa would have been faster at her attack.

Instead her eyes went wide and her fist was caught.

She didn't have time to retaliate though as he pulled her to him and spun her around. He held her arm behind her as her spun her to have her back against his front. To fully entrap her he had his left arm diagonally over her chest.

Tifa squirmed, "Let me go!"

His physical power was shown as he held her still as a rock against him, his mouth was close to her ear and he whispered, "Calm down would you? I just want to get to know you better."

To emphasize his words his left hand went about tracing her collarbone and Tifa held in her breath as his fingers went lower to the contours of her breasts. She felt him fiddle with the top she wore, pulling it down ever so slightly until it was halfway down her chest, revealing the swells of her breasts.

"You'll be sorry for this," Tifa threatened, thinking up ways to get out of this predicament.

He ignored her threat as he was preoccupied. He pulled the fabric of her top down the rest of the way and in one fell swoop Tifa's bountiful breasts fell free of their confines. A pleasurable sigh wanted to escape but she held it back for her sanity.

Lorne was impressed with what he was now laying eyes on. "Very nice." His left hand went back up and grabbed her right breast, feeling her up in ways that drove Tifa mad. Though his words were inexperienced his hand more than made up for it and that scared her. His hand was big but the mound he was kneading was slightly bigger than it and as Tifa struggled to keep herself together she noticed how sensitive she was to his touch. Still, she would rather die than give him any sort of satisfaction in this.

Still Lorne whispered into her ear, "You got a beautiful pair, woman. Nice, big, and fluffy..." His fingers teased her nipple and Tifa gasped lightly, cursing her sensitivity. Still Lorne wasn't done speaking, and his next words mad her shudder. "Wonder how many kids you could feed with these..."

His words were filled with lust and provocativeness and Tifa squirmed. "You're a sick bastard."

He whispered lustfully into her ear, "Nah, just thirsty-" he brought both his hands to her chest, trapping her arms to her sides. This left her almost completely helpless to his hands. "Now, let us enjoy each other's company, huh?"

His hands fondled her breasts, rubbing and pulling and feeling every inch of her most sensitive area.

Soon the gears in his head turned and he got a better idea.

He held onto her but turned her body slightly, revealing her backside. Had she been a bit looser Tifa would have kicked him in the groin but her window to do so was small and she missed it. He grabbed the waistband if her bottoms and pulled them up, wedging the fabric between her cheeks.

She gasped and stiffened before Lorne held her like before.

"Now..." he whispered into her ear, his hands holding onto her breasts. Yet there was a new problem for Tifa as she felt his hips against hers. That wasn't the main problem as he felt his pelvis rubbing sensually against her butt. What got her was the feeling of his stiff member rubbing against her skin through his shorts.

This time pure panic went through her and in her desperate bid to escape she pulled her hips away from him. She was almost hopeless in this situation.

The key word there was 'almost', and it was only after he had started to make sucking noises in her ear with each tug of her nipple that he parted his legs enough. With all the force she had pent up in her body Tifa kicked the demented man in the groin.

The result was easily predicted as he let out a scream of pain and he was forced to let Tifa go while his hands now held onto his pained manhood. "You bitch!"

Tifa got a few feet away and delivered a spin kick right to Lorne's left cheek. This attack sent him flying off the rock and Tifa covered her chest with her hands.

Yet as Lorne landed in the knee deep water his trouble had only just begun. He got on his knees to quickly notice that Cloud had returned, and was looking down on him with narrowed eyes. He had seen Lorne doing something to Tifa before and had hurried, but by the time he had reached the lagoon Tifa had the situation in her favor.

His arms crossed over his chest Cloud didn't say anything but his look was one of murderous intent.

Lorne tried to get up to defend himself but Cloud socked him in the jaw with a right hook. He fell back into the water but with enough wherewithals to make a run for it towards the slope, blood running down the side of his head.

Cloud turned in time to see Tifa approaching him, her arms covering her chest. "You alright?"

He hadn't seen what Lorne had done to her but from Tifa's reddened cheeks and her state of dress she was not in the best place. "I will be." She wasn't a girl who went and cried after a situation like that. In fact Tifa was madder at herself for underestimating him than what had happened.

Still she was hoping he was hurt enough to never mess with her again.

"Want me to go after him?"

Cloud's question surprised Tifa a bit. He sounded like he wanted to hurt Lorne. Normally he was a bit more docile around her. She shook her head. Cloud coming just when things were getting too hot was a relief even if he was a bit late to stop Lorne from molesting her. The fact that he had come at all was good enough for her.

Thunder rumbled overhead and the sun started to disappear behind grey clouds. Tifa looked up and her spirits sank like the temperature. "I thought it wasn't supposed to come until later?"

"Must have gained strength overnight," said Cloud as he too peered up at the sky. Then as if things couldn't get any worse rain started to fall lightly. Thinking of his friend first and foremost Cloud handed her the towel he had gone to fetch earlier. "Here."

She accepted it with gratitude, "Thanks, but it seems our day has been cut really short huh."

Cloud's expression shared in her disappointment. He had lost his chance to share some special time with her, but though he kept his feelings inside, the ex-SOLDIER silently vowed to try again later.

'I'll make it up with her for this disaster tonight...'

Been playing the FF7Remake over and over recently and I fell in love with Tifa all over again after playing it. I've been stuck in my writing as of late but it is fun to come back to my previous stories after a long while. The rest of the Paradise stories will be receiving updates in the coming weeks so I hope y'all look forward to them! Please review!