"To be, or not to be, that is the question."

Tifa and Zack aren't the only ones that can be interpreted as love interests for Cloud and Aeris. The following characters (as hinted by the game) could all be potential partners with one these two.


Cloud

jessieJessie - AVALANCHE's bomb technician might have developed a crush on Cloud after he helps her when her leg's stuck during their first mission. On the ride home she wipes his blackened face and is especially eager to show him a map of the Midgar Rail System. She gets excited when Cloud tells her that her Shinra uniform makes her look just like a man and takes the time to make Cloud's ID cards special. Sadly, Jessie only gets to talk to Cloud one last time before the Sector 5 plate collapses and even tells him that she liked the "cold as usual ex-SOLDIER" in him.


mukkiMukki - He's twice Cloud's age and offers him free admission to join his "young bubby's club". In the Group Room of the Honeybee Inn, they'll spend some time in a hot tub washing off the dirt and sweat with each other and several other men! He'll give Cloud a pair of bikini briefs as a memento of their time together and slap him back to reality after he falls unconscious in the &$#% Room. Cloud will meet Mukki again, now as a sun-bathing enthusiast in a bar at Costa del Sol.


don corneoDon Corneo - FFVII's version of the "Crying Game", Don Corneo chooses what he thinks is a healthy looking girl, but who is really Cloud in drag. Cloud makes such a convincing girl that the Don is none the wiser. Cloud can be either extremely non-responsive to his advances or welcoming enough to almost kiss the Don. Unfortunately for Corneo, Tifa and Aeris bust in just in time to give him a rude awakening. And as Cloud says, it's not like he was going to use the Don's mouth for anything other than leaking information.


yuffieYuffie - Everyone knows Yuffie joined Cloud because she was interested in his materia, but who would have ever thought she'd be interested in him! Like the other girls, Yuffies is also a available for a date at the Golden Saucer, but unlike the other girls, she actually makes her move on Cloud by kissing him. She doesn't quite steal his heart, but she does manage to steal his materia while visiting in her hometown of Wutai. Cloud's not pleased and has to save her during this escapade. He also eventually forgives the teenage ninja and even gives her advice on handling their shared motion sickness.


barretBarret - Whether or not Cloud meant it when he told Don Corneo that Barret was the other man, Barrett doesn't like Cloud like that at all! Then again, he doesn't like Cloud much to begin with and is constantly giving him a hard time. If Barret is picked for the date (which can only be obtained by being mean to all three girls) he suspiciously asks Cloud why he didn't chose one of them instead and that he doesn't even want his daughter Marlene to be around him. Of course they are friends, but if it's up to Barret that's all they'll ever be.


priscillaPriscilla - She may be just a kid by Cloud's standards and after he saves her from a watery grave he might even hesitate to give her CPR because it's awkward, but Priscilla is still his self-appointed fiancée. She'll be the one that helps Cloud jump over the electrical tower in Junon with the help of her friend Mr. Dolphin.



Aeris:

don corneoDon Corneo - The Wall Market's local pervert, Don Corneo has great taste to pick the "little slender" Aeris as his bride for the evening. He's even considerate enough as her loving husband to take her through it slowly, step by step. Their unholy matrimony is cut short after Cloud and Tifa bust in and Aeris threatens him to rip "them" off.


kotchKotch - In what could be described as one of Aeris's funnier moments, if Tifa is chosen by the Don, Aeris is sent down into the torture chamber to entertain Corneo's henchman, Kotch. While there, she is comically chased around a table by him. He's not exactly looking for a committed relationship, but gets more than what he bargained for when she kicks him in the crotch making him tumble down the stairs. And like the kind person that she is, Aeris says she's sorry.


tsengTseng - He's the only one Aeris has known since childhood, and the only one determined return her to captivity as well. He may have been the one to slap Aeris back into the helicopter and he might be the one responsible for kidnapping her and taking her back to Shinra headquarters, but it's not that he doesn't care. He does indeed tell Aeris to take care and stay out of Shinra's way when it's uncertain when they will meet again. In the Temple of the Ancients as he lies dying, he even blames the start of his bad luck after letting her go. Aeris doesn't cry, but is still mourns his departure.


red xiiiRed XIII - Hojo's answer to lending a helping hand to endangered species, Red is placed with Aeris in a laboratory tube with the high hopes of mating. Alas, bestiality even in the FFVII world is frowned upon. In Red's defense, it's not as though he likes two-legged things anyway. However, towards the end before facing Sephiroth, he admits he actually liked the attention Aeris gave him and that he wanted to apologize for when they first met.


cait sithCait Sith - He might be a toy cat on a robotic mog controlled by Reeve, the head of Shinra's Urban Development, but he's not without his charms nor would he mind having Tifa as his nurse. After Aeris asks Cait to predict her compatibility to Cloud, he tells her that it'll cost exactly one date. Also, before he leaves to solve the Ancients' puzzle, he is so happy when she tells him to be strong.


Get thee to a nunnery.