Small Tokens of Love part IV

Pairing: Cloud and Tifa (Cloti)

Subjects: Love, Fluffyness all over again

Timeline: About nine months after FFAC

The next morning the sun shines brightly and illuminates their bedroom as Tifa slowly opens her eyes and wakes up before Cloud does. She looks to her right side and there she finds the blond warrior still sleeping and he looks rather peaceful. She turns to him and softly she touches his nose with her fingertips, careful not to wake him, though she is never sure if he isn't already wake. She smiles and puts a small kiss on lips. Just for a moment she draws back and admires his calm sleeping form. Then she hears a soft knock on their door, followed by Marlene's voice.

"Tifa? Cloud? Are you awake?" she asked and waits patiently on the other side of the door, Tifa gets up from the bed, puts on a dressing gown, and walks to the door to answer it. She opens the door a little and bends down to Marlene's eyelevel. "Hey honey, I woke up just a few moments ago but Cloud is still asleep, its best if we would let him wake up by himself. Do you want to have some breakfast?" Marlene tries to peek behind Tifa, but all she sees are a few blond spikes above the blankets. Even when he lies with his head on a pillow, his spikes remain in their form, like it can defy gravity.

"I'll get my clothes on and come downstairs, I will make some delicious breakfast for you and your brother." With that Tifa gestures Marlene to go downstairs and she closes the door softly before she begins to gather her clothes. She smiles and blushes while she picks up her clothes and puts them in a pile of clothes ready to be washed. She then walks to her closet to pick out some clothes to wear and she thinks about what happened last night causes her face to turn all crimson red again. They made love for the first time, passionately and making sure each moment counts. He was really tender and gentle with her and she enjoyed exploring every part of his well toned body. Knowing that he was all hers and she was all his made her smile even more.

Cloud on the other hand softly woke up, hearing Tifa roaming around their bedroom and getting dressed again. He watches her closely and then mumbles her name. She turns around and walks to him, giving him another kiss. "Hey there," she answers and strokes his head. Just when she wants to give him some more affection, a small black haired ninja girl by the name of Yuffie breaks the moment by storming into their bedroom. Yuffie looks at Cloud who is shirtless and has the blankets covering his body from his waist till his feet. "YUFFIE!" Tifa screams at her and orders her to get out, Yuffie on the other hand yelps and puts her hands on her face to hide the sudden blush that had appeared. "I am sorry Tifa but you need to come down right away, you too Cloud! There are some men downstairs and they want to have a word with you," Yuffie explains and turns around to leave the room. Tifa looks at Cloud and he looks back at her, wondering who could possibly want to talk with them, they saved the planet and really don't want to go back into a fight again.

"Alright, Tifa and I will be down in a few minutes, give these men some coffee Yuffie…" Cloud replies and the girl nods, silently praying that he didn't get mad for her to barge in like that. "Oh and next time, be sure to knock, we didn't place that door there for nothing." He adds and she nods once more before leaving them to get dressed. Cloud gets up from the bed and puts on his clothes as well.

Tifa turns to him when they are both fully dressed. "I wish we could stay here, I don't want to go downstairs and meet these men, it feels like they already stole a moment of our precious time." Cloud smiles and puts his hands on her shoulders, then he draws her close to him and strokes her hair. "Me too, but we will have more moments together, now that we know how we feel about each other." She sighs and nods, wondering what he thinks about last night and so she asks him. "It meant a lot to me, like… everything… thanks for such a great experience, Teef." He answers and then takes her hand to follow him downstairs.

When they reach the main room, Yuffie has already given the men coffee and is working on breakfast for the kids. The kids are still in their pyjama's and waiting patiently for their first meals. Tifa greets the men and goes to help Yuffie. "Goodmorning, we are very sorry to wake you at this hour but we have an urgent matter to discuss Mrs. and Mr. Strife!" Cloud nods and joins them at their table. "Well it better be good." He quickly thinks about how it would be if Tifa really was his wife, they are together now but they are not yet married.

While Yuffie is making futile efforts in creating breakfast, Tifa sends her out of her kitchen and quickly makes the kids some healthy sandwhiches and adds two cups of milk to their plates. She also makes some sandwhiches for Yuffie, Cloud and herself and then serves it to the kids and gives them both a kiss on their cheeks. "Goodmorning sweeties, here you go, enjoy your breakfast." Denzel and Marlene nods and they ask Tifa why these men are here and Tifa smiles, not sure what the reason could be, she doesn't want them to get into trouble. "Uhm… I don't know… yet… but we will find out soon," she answers and goes to get the rest of the breakfast in the room. Cloud gets another chair and gestures Tifa to take place next to him. "Sorry about this but we just woke up, and you must know how important breakfast is!" Tifa explains to the men. The men only nod and begin to explain the reason of their visit.

"We know how you saved the planet and we thank you for that, but we have had some disturbing news. Lately in the desert there have been big swarms of monsters attacking. We don't know where they come from yet and our men have defeated some of them but they keep coming back… they are multiplying very fast. We need your help." The right man looks at the warriors and waits for them to reply. Both men are wearing a black suit and look like special agents.

While Cloud, Yuffie and Tifa finish their breakfast the men seem to grow a bit impatient. Yuffie is the first one to break the silence. "Well I am sure we could lend you a hand and all but why didn't you double your men to finish off those monsters? I mean Cloud is a hero, not just to you guys but to all of us and we don't see a couple of monsters as a big threat." The left man sighs and takes a breath before answering to her. "Those monsters have already killed thousands of our man and their number grows every day. Soon we will have no soldiers left to fight back, we know we could use your help, we will reward you greatly, we really do!" Cloud decides he can better have a look first, and he answers to the men. "Alright, I'll come with you guys to see the damage that has been done, see how we can help you guys out." Tifa looks at her newly found lover and tells him that she should accompany him. "No, I want you to stay here with the kids, I'm sure I will be back before dinner this evening." He puts his hand on lap under the table and squeezes her leg softly. He doesn't want her to worry. He has faced the worst monsters of their planet and as long as the long silver haired warrior known as Sephiroth doesn't return, Cloud isn't getting scared.

Cloud gets up and he discusses some details about the exact location and then prepairs to leave. Just as Tifa has finished cleaning the breakfast plates she goes to him and stops him before he can leave. "Please call me to tell me how the situation is, and take Yuffie with you." He can hear her worrying tone and embraces her quickly. "I will, and if it makes you happy then yes I will take Yuffie with me." He then turns to his ninjafriend and beckons her to join him. The men leave the bar and lead the way to the exact location to where the monsters appear. Tifa is left behind with the kids and something inside her starts to worry, she wasn't looking for trouble but instead it may have found its way to them first.