Title: "Good Morning"

Written by Strifegirl

Pairing: Cloud/Tifa

Type: One-shot

Status Complete

Summary: Cloud wakes up and realizes that he spent the night with Tifa in his arms.

Timeline: Right after his first mission as an AVALANCHE member.

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII. Square Enix owns Final Fantasy and its characters. There is no copyright infringement intended.

"Good Morning"

It was morning in Seventh Heaven and Cloud Strife was still sleeping like a baby.

Tifa Lockhart, a member from AVALANCHE was staring at him while he sleeps. "He looks so adorable," she thought. There was something in his way of breathing that soothed her. Although his breathing was strong and deep, Cloud did not make a sound; unlike Barret who wakes everyone with his loud snoring.

She never thought that fate would let her meet again with her dearly beloved friend. Having him lying down next to her, was like a dream come true; but like all dreams, she had to wake up.

After a few minutes, the alarm started ringing. Tifa quickly extended her arm to reach for the clock and turned the alarm off.

Cloud wakes up grunting and turned his head slightly towards Tifa. She looked at him with a smile on her face as he begins to stretch himself and then opens his eyes to meet hers. He gets lost for a moment in her brown eyes and Tifa gives him a warm smile.

"Good morning." she said softly.

Cloud narrows his eyes with a slight smirk on his face. "Good morning... Tifa." he replied.

"Did you sleep well?" she stroked his spikey hair with her fingers.

Cloud closed his eyes as he gets carried away by her tender touch. "Next to you ...who wouldn't?" he mumbles.

Tifa chuckled after hearing his respond and then leans forward to press a soft kiss in his forehead.

"You want me to fix you something for breakfast? " she asked him tenderly.

"No." He said as he cupped her cheeks with his hands. "Just you…" Cloud shortens the distance between them as he pulled her close to press a warm kiss on her lips. Tifa whimpered after feeling the contact with his lips and gets carried away by the moment. The kiss didn't last long but its passion and tenderness made her shudder.

Cloud then separated from her lips to look at her. Tifa opened her eyes and immediately, her cheeks turned red upon seeing his face. Cloud was fighting a chuckle after seeing her blush and once again he pulled her into his chest to embrace her.

"I missed you." He whispered softly in her ear. Tifa smiled after hearing his words and buried her face in his chest.

"I missed you too." she mumbled in his chest.

The End.

A/N: This is exactly how I pictured that moment when Cloud said that in the game :3