Chapter 1: Caress Of Your Breath

Disclaimer: Square Enix owns Final Fantasy VII

Dedicated to Beeria

The room was quiet, the sheets soft and white as fresh cream. The lights were dim, almost flickering like the flame of a candle… The curtains drawn. Behind, the street lights glittered below… A petite, short haired girl in school uniform was sitting on the lap of a long haired man dressed in a simple formal pristine white long sleeved shirt and black pants on the edge of the large bed. His long fingered hands one around her waist and the other supporting her slender wrist. Slowly, he raised her hand to his face and kissed the sensitive skin of her wrist gently.

"Your name is Yuffie… Right?" He whispered finally breaking the silence, gently massaging her cold fingers in his palm in an attempt to warm them.

"Are you sure this is alright? Considering that you're wearing your uniform, it's hard to believe that you would leave together with a complete stranger…" Gently, he tugged at the scarf around her neck, unraveling it to yield the smooth tanned skin beneath.

"Are you sure?"

"Your voice…" Yuffie whispered nervously not quite answering his question, raising melted bittersweet chocolate eyes to meet his. "Because… I like the sound of your voice…"

The man smiled softly. Wine red eyes trailing the contours of her pretty heart shaped face, studying it for confirmation. But she closed her eyes and sealed off any eye contact. Closing his eyes in kind, he lowered his lips to her neck, his fingers unbuttoning and pulling her shirt over her left shoulder, the skin left bare and goosebumped from the cold. Smiling against her skin he moved his lips down to her shoulder, one hand held her chin and tilted it upwards exposing her neck whilst the other tugged away at her loosening top, a lacy pink bra trailing along with it… The fevered touch causing her to shudder.

"Ah…" Yuffie gasped softly, her heart pounding faster, beads of sweat trailing down between her breasts and to his searing fingertips.

"… Yuffie." Gently, he lowered her onto the comforting chill of the sheets.

Listening to his voice…

I slept with a man…

For the first time… Shedding away… Peeling away the innocence like the first petals of a pink tipped white lotus… My first time… Was taken from me…

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"Yuffie Ki-Sa-Ra-Gi!"

"No… No and for the thousandth time no…" Yuffie sighed exasperatedly. "Scarlet… I've told you before, I'm not interested… I really don't see the point in going out on dates with a guy I've never even met before after school." Rolling her eyes with an invisible stamp on her forehead that screamed "SAVE ME!" her two best friends giggled in synchronized harmony.

"Oh Yuffie… You're so old-fashioned!" Her blonde haired blue eyed friend half whined half chided, pursing cherry red lip sticked lips. "It's a no wonder you don't have a boyfriend! Jessie! Say something!" She exclaimed turning to her partner in crime for backup. Yuffie sighed and smoothed her soft, short strands back as her fingers found their way to her neck and kneaded the tense muscles there gently, inciting a blissful sigh from her lips.

"Hmm… Scarlet has a point you know… It's a real shame… Since you're like… The walking high school fantasy of every living breathing red blooded guy out there." Jessie laughed wiggling her eyebrows suggestively reminding Yuffie of an old man with a not quite waning libido as she tied back her soft brown sugar colored hair, pulling the fine strands back purposefully to flaunt pretty freckled skin.

Scarlet burst out laughing. "Ain't that the truth… Short… Sorry… I meant PETITE." She quickly changed seeing the murderous glare the 'height sensitive' Yuffie gave her. "Cute to boot." Jessie continued to tick off the list. "And guys that keep trying to pick her up and others that are continuously confessing to her practically every week." Scarlet sang playfully before mouthing 'You know it's true!' "Yet you turn them all down…" Jessie held her wrist to her face in a dramatic gesture worthy of an Oscar nomination. "Sure have some attitude problem there cutey..."

"Never you mind!" Yuffie exclaimed, the veins in her neck nearly popping from embarrassment as she swung her bag playfully at her friends heads.

Both her friends burst out laughing as they weaved out of the way from the swinging bag. "Well…" Scarlet added, calming down a little after the good laugh. "If you do change your mind… Just give us a call k?" "We'll be heading off now! See ya!" Jessie waved apologetically as she and Scarlet walked off to town together. Yuffie smiled a little and waved back. A soft breeze blew from behind, catching her hair, tumbling the dark strands over her blank face.

But…

I already like someone…

Of course… I would never go up to him and tell him "I like you". Still, the person I want to see all the time… Is him. He's the only one… Who calls my name with such warmth in his voice… He…

"Yuffie!" The breeze stopped, indicating a presence just behind her.

That voice! It's him!

"Cloud!" She exclaimed happily, whipping her head round and colliding into the soft t-shirted firm muscled chest of a long, dark haired man in a black leather jacket and dark colored pants. "Careful…" He said, that same voice rolling richly off his lips. Yuffie blinked in surprise at her unexpected blunder and was about to apologize until she took a good look at his face. She paled instantly, recognizing that unmistakable raven haired face. "…! You!" She gasped. A smile tugged on his lips showing his relief that she remembered him. "Hello…"

Yuffie could only stare as he adjusted his black leather jacket sheepishly. "I only recognised your uniform so I had to wait for quite a while before I finally saw you… I wanted to see you." Shocked and a little frightened, Yuffie quickly turned and tried to stride away. Not to be undone, he followed her. "So your full name is Yuffie Kisaragi… It suits you." He added conversationally.

"Stop following me!

"My name is Vincent by the way, Vincent Valentine. A pleasure to meet your acquaintance once again.""

"I didn't ask!"

"Will you do me the honor of being my lady?"

Yuffie stopped and turned round slowly, her face drained to the extent she almost looked sickly. Vincent gave her a slight smile, his sensual lips upturned playfully. "You… Weren't you just foolin' around the last time!" She exploded, clearly enraged by the audacity of the man and practically popping another blood vessel causing a near stroke.

"Sadly… That's how it started. But… You were a virgin…" He stated simply, as if it made all the difference in the world. Yuffie blushed furiously and she quickly lowered her head. "How was it? I hope I was gentle enough that night…" Vincent spoke gently, and then his voice turned serious. "Truth be told, I'm actually very glad. That I was your first man. A virgin these days is like a needle in a haystack."

"Enough! Don't say anything anymore!" Yuffie cried, raising her hands to cover her ears. Her trembling knees betraying the belying shame and confusion in her voice. "I already told you that I only liked your voice didn't I? Besides… I already have someone I like…"

Vincent didn't seem all that surprised. "Cloud… Right?"

Yuffie froze at the name and realized that she had called him that earlier by accident. "You…"

Vincent chuckled, flicking a loose stray strand back away from his eyes. " To think you could mistake my voice for the person you like…" He mumbled. "Are our voices really that similar?" He asked gently.

Yes…

From the first time I met you…

Even now…

If I just close my eyes, I will definitely mistake you for Cloud…

"That night… From start to end… You closed those beautiful eyes of yours and never opened them again… All through the night… You were imagining me to be 'Cloud' am I right?" He prodded gently so as not to step on a mine. "I'm sorry… I went too far… Please don't be angry." He whispered seeing anger bloom on her face like a cursed rose.

"Have you said enough?" Yuffie cried, quickening her strides. Vincent easily caught up and grabbed her by the elbow, pulling her to a halt.

"What do you think you're doing!"

"I don't mean you any harm." He said simply with complete seriousness and sincerity. "I'm just tired of being around women with loose morals." He pinned her between him and the red brick, ivy covered wall. "Please… Give me a chance… Let me replace him. Let me look after you." He stated simply almost pleadingly, staring straight into her eyes.

Why… He's handsome… Why didn't I notice this before?

Yuffie felt like a songbird being charmed out of a tree. For the first time, she actually realized that Vincent was a gorgeous and tall specimen of a man. Red eyes that brightened to the color of rubies and darkened to the color of wine framed by sweeping long lashes that shadowed his eyes mysteriously, long hair, sleek and smooth and dark as a raven's wing and even darker then her own deep brown strands. His skin was pale though… And had an almost translucent quality about it that made his skin glow. His lips supple and full, his nose aquiline… He looked like a handsome, wealthy aristocrat…

"Let me go… Please." Yuffie pleaded weakly as the grip around her wrist tightened, her fingers flailing uselessly. She could feel her initial strength draining as he closed the distance between them, until she could smell the distinct musky spiciness of his cologne… The sharp scent of cinnamon and pine… Her heart was pounding helplessly in her chest, threatening to burst out of it's cage… With his other hand supporting the back of her neck, he drew himself closer, unless his lips were almost touching her earlobe. "Don't you…" He whispered deliberately, his breath caressing the soft skin of her ear lobe causing her to shiver. "… Like the sound of my voice?"

"Do you… Want to push me away?" Vincent pronounced each syllable carefully, slowly… Purposefully… "Did you… Do the same the last time…?" Yuffie moaned softly, unconsciously from the sensations that shook her, her knuckles clenched tight until they were almost transformed into ivory. Vincent chuckled lightly to himself and sensuously licked the contours of her shell shaped ear. Yuffie shivered and opened desire filling eyes that were instantly swallowed by the blood red twin moons of his… She was lost.

Complicated feelings… My heart is beating s fast… I just can't pull away…

… Again…

I have sinned yet again…

"I will… Love you…"

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And there we have it! Chapter 1 of "Voice of Submission"! This was something that I actually came up with from a suggestion from Beeria that I initially planned to put in one of my other fics "Please Smile At Me". So Beeria if you're out there, this is the version I wrote especially for you! I hope you like it!

Who's the 'bad guy' in this picture? Hard to tell at this stage yeah? Ha ha… Will this have any links to "Please Smile At Me" since the initial storyline was developed from there? Ha ha… You'll just have to see for yourself ne:p

This is my very first Yuffietine fic so have mercy on me k? Ha ha! Cheerios for now!