Disclaimer: I don't own FFVII

A/N: Different style of writing than my previous Yuffentine. I hope you all enjoy it!!!

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She sat in the stool, nervously drumming her fingers. Her friend looked at her in an irritative manner. The young ninja woman had been drumming her fingers on her bar for the past half hour.

"Yuffie, will you please stop that?" The bar maiden questioned exasperated.

The Ninja jumped out her daydreaming and snapped her attention to the frowning brunette.

"Huh?"

"You've been tapping your hands on my counter for 30 minutes."

"Oh, sorry Teef. I just-" She paused and muttered a 'never mind'. Tifa watched as her best friend started a different hobby of blowing her bangs out of her face.

Tifa walked around the bar and sat next to the smaller woman. "Are you alright Yuff?"

Yuffie stopped blowing her bangs at turned toward Tifa.

"He's supposed to be here already!! What if something happened to them on the way back!? What if-" Yuffie was cut off from her flip out.

"Yuffie!" Tifa laughed. "Is this what this is about? Vincent is going to be fine. You heard Shelke. He's up in the mountains and Cid and her are on their way to him right now. You don't need to worry."

Yuffie frowned and crossed her arms. "I don't even see why she got to go! What, she knows him for like two seconds then, 'Oh Vincent Valentine, let me help you send your demons away! Let me help you save the planet. By the way, your ex-lover is practically living inside my brain'!" She scoffed and rolled her eyes.

Tifa inwardly smiled. She knew of the Ninja's feelings for Vincent and knew just how devastated Yuffie really was when he disappeared. Of course, when Shelke had been around, Yuffie hid behind her facade of the annoying girl. Tifa knew better, however. Yuffie had done a lot of maturing since the whole Meteor thing. The young woman insisted on acting childish though.

'It's way more fun than acting all old and dull.' Tifa remembered her saying.

"You're not... jealous, are you?" Tifa asked.

Yuffie gaped at her. Her mouth opening and closing like a fish. Her cheeks turned a light pink and she narrowed her eyes.

"I am not jealous Lockhart!" She hissed, seemingly caught guilty.

Tifa laughed inwardly. Sometimes being the sneaky pestering one was fun.

"Just tell him tonight how you feel." She exclaimed.

"What!?" Yuffie yelled. "No way Tifa! Last time I had feelings for someone, it got blown back in my face!" Tifa raised a brow.

"Who was this 'Someone?'"

"Er.. Billy..No, Bobby. Yup, Bobby." Tifa grinned.

"And how old were the two of you?"

Yuffie scratched the back of her head sheepishly.

"Uh... four." Yuffie then stomped her foot diligently. "Hey, don't give me that look! I totally had a thing for him! I mean, that's like you and Cloud!"

Tifa shut her mouth and blushed, getting the Ninja to grin in victory. "Yeah, well, what was his last name if you were sooo in love with him? Hmmmm?"

Yuffie stomped her foot again after trying to remember Billy or Bobby or whatever's last name. "Aha!" Tifa exclaimed. "You didn't have any feelings for him!"

"Yeah huh!"

The whir of Fenrirdisrupted the girls argument. How long had they been talking? Cloud walked in and ruffled the dirt out of his hair. He had a small grin directed at Tifa.

"Hey Yuff." He greeted. Yuffie smiled widely.

"What's up Chocobo head?"

Tifa apparently had to get up and scrub the counter and Yuffie saw the blush that had deepened on her friends face and bit her tongue from embarrassing her.

"Hey Tifa." Cloud said quietly. Tifa looked up from her wiping and lifted her eyes to Cloud's. They made eye contact and she felt her face get hotter, if that was even possible.

"H- Hey Cloud." Tifa mentally kicked herself from sounding so damn flustered. She cleared her throat and glanced to see Yuffie shaking with suppressed laughter. She jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand touch her shoulder.

"Tifa," Cloud questioned, looking rather worried. "Are you alright?" He pressed a hand to her forehead. "I think you have a fever. You shouldn't be working right now."

Yuffie rolled her eyes. How dense was this guy?! She was happy that he had finally grew some nuggets and forgave himself. Yes, she said nuggets. Apparently Tifa didn't want the children to hear bad words. They shouldn't be at the party tonight then, Yuffie thought. Cid and Barret had very bad potty mouths.

After an hour of helping the Brady bunch decorate the bar, Yuffie finally heard the Sierra. She jumped from her seat carrying a giggling Marlene with her, since Marlene had been licking the end of the spoon with peanut butter on her lap.

Denzel, Tifa, Cloud, and Nanaki, who had shown up in the past hour, followed her outside. Yuffie could hardly contain her excitement! She hadn't seen Vincent in two months!

She let out a few squeals and grabbed Marlene's arm in anticipation. "Isn't this exciting?" She questioned.

"We get to see Uncle Vincent again!" The young girl said excitedly, clapping her hands together.

As the Sierra touched the ground Yuffie ran off to the entrance as it was being lowered. She caught sight of Vincent walking down the ramp and lunged into a hug with him, knocking them to the floor.

Honestly, Yuffie thought Vincent would ask her to get off or even push her away. So, you can say she was beyond surprised when he hesitantly hugged her back. It was then that Yuffie couldn't control her emotions anymore.

"You jerk!" She yelled punching him in the chest. Apparently the "moment" was over. "You know how gawd damned worried I was!!!?" She was know crying and hugging his chest.

Vincent didn't really know how to handle a weeping woman. He lifted his claw and gingerly rubbed the back of her head. "Yuffie..." he said quietly.

She sniffed loudly and rubbed her nose. "Vince, I thought you died." She responded pathetically. He lifted her chin in a shy manner.

"I'm here now."

And she went weak in the knees. Thank gawd they were still on the floor or she would have fell right down.

"Fuck, you guys wanna get inside any time soon!?"

Ah, the sweet voice of Cid, Yuffie thought. She then realized the position her and Vincent were in. Yuffie bolted up, blushing, before her clumsiness overcame her and she tripped. Taking a deep breath before hitting the ground. The impact never came.

She opened one eye when she felt herself being put upright. She blushed again when she saw Vincent staring at her looking...worried!?

"Vincent Valentine. We should get inside."

Ugh. Both turned their views to the monotonous girl. How innocent she looked in that pink outfit, Yuffie thought. Shelke's gaze held hers and with every passing second, Yuffie felt a bit more jealous. What for, it wasn't like she owned Vincent. He wasn't her boyfriend. She had no right to sa-

"Of course." He replied. Vincent let go of her arm and greeted everyone else. Yuffie still stood in the same place thinking of all sorts of things. Most of them concerning a certain gunman.

"Yuffie?" Tifa called from the doorway. Yuffie snapped out of her thoughts and ran inside. A thought struck her as she entered the bar.

"Keiko!" She screamed, pointing at Tifa. "His last name was Keiko!"

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