"I can't believed it!" Cid exclaimed with the top of his voice.
"Yes it's true." The person sitting next to him replied with a cool tone.
"No way! You actually proposed to Tifa?!" Cid asked again.
"Yes I did. And she agreed." The person replied with an even cooler tone.
Cid was sitting in a small bar in Kalm talking to a person next to him. Yup, and this person was the same person that saved the planet from Sephiroth. He was the hero, known as Cloud Strife.
Since the battle with Sephiroth, Cloud and the party stayed in Kalm. They opened an inn called 7th Heaven that was once Tifa's bar that was previously destroyed in the slum of Midgar.
"So when is the big day?" Cid asked.
"I don't know. But Tifa's really anxious so I guess we will get married real soon." Cloud answered.
Cid couldn’t believe his ears. But come to think about it makes perfect sense. Cloud and Tifa had strong feelings for each other since they were still kids. Although it was just a month ago that Cloud told Tifa that he love her, they had been waiting for this moment for a long time already.
"So how are you and Shera? You haven't seen her in a long time already." Cloud asked Cid.
"Don't mention about her. I finally thought that I could get over with how I treated before, but she screwed up again!!!" It took me such a long time to repair the Little Bronco and when I finally though I could get it to fly again, she took a look at the damn engine and she said that something was wrong! And because of that she won’t let me fly the tiny bronco! Man! Am I really pissed off!" Cid complained.
"But it wasn't her fault. Who knows you might be flying and the plane suddenly blew up!" Cloud said.
"But--"
"Get out of the kitchen!"
They were interrupted by a shout from the kitchen. They saw a young, childish girl running out of the kitchen. She glanced at Cid and Cloud. She had an evil grin on her face. Then she took off in full speed. Cloud and Cid looked at each other for a while.
"Came back here you thief!"
The chef of the bar burst out of the kitchen door with a rolling pin in his hand.
"Um, Cid. Is it materia or gil this time?" Cloud asked.
The rest of the party was in the 7th Heaven. The inn they opened after the meteor incident. Although their income wasn’t a lot, they earned enough money to support their living.
In the inn, there was a girl sitting at the counter. A girl filled with grace and style with long black hair flowing freely down her back. The way she occasionally stroke her hair backwards made her extremely attractive. If there was perfect beauty in this world, she will be the one that will come first.
This beauty was one of the ones that defeated Sephiroth and saved the world. Tifa Lockheart-that’s her name.
Now, this beautiful heroin was sitting at the reception table, smiling all day long. For some reasons, she didn’t stop smiling since that morning.
"Uh, Whassap with Tifa?" Barret asked the others curiously.
"It must be something really big to make her that happy." Red XIII answered without a clue.
"Didn't you all notice the ring on her finger? It wasn't there yesterday.” Vincent interrupted.
Cait Sith immediately jump on his mog shouting happily. "Tifa is getting married!"
The others were shocked to hear this. Tifa’s getting married? They all knew this day would come, but they didn’t know it would come this early.
"What? Tiff! Why don't ya tell us sucha big thing?" Barret questioned Tifa.
"I thought that it would be best to wait till everyone's here."
Tifa replied and blushed. She played with the ring on her play and admired it. Someone she loved for a long, long time gave her this ring.
"Yea! And all of us thought that ya gone nuts or somethin'!"Barret looked at Tifa fiercely.
Red XIII shook his head and looked out of the window.
"Isn’t that Yuffie outside being chased by the chef of the bar?" Red XIII asked.
Yuffie suddenly stormed into the room.
"Help me!!! That guy had gone berserk!!!"
Yuffie shouted pleading for help. She quickly hid behind the crowd and then a bang was heard. The man chasing Yuffie stormed into the 7th Heaven with steam on his head.
Tifa stood up and questioned the furious chef that couldn’t control his temper.
"What happened?!"
"Th....That thief! She stole my mastered fire materia!" The furious man replied while pointing at Yuffie with his rolling pin. Yuffie made a face at the chef and made him angrier.
"Yuffie, did you?" Tifa interrogated Yuffie.
"Aw, it was just a materia." Yuffie answered while looking at everyone with sad puppy dog eyes.
"Serve yer right!" Barret scolded.
"But what are you doing with a mastered fire materia while you only cook in the kitchen?" Cait Sith asked the chef curiously.
"Of course I use it to cook!" the chef blurted out.
"What? You cook your food with a fire materia? No wonder it sucks!" Yuffie snapped out.
"How dare you insult my cooking techniques! Argggggggg!!!!" The chef became furious again and charged at Yuffie with his rolling pin. Yuffie ran round and round the room, making fun of him while trying to get away from him. Obviously, she was enjoying this.
"What the hell is going on here?!"
Everyone turned their heads towards the entrance and saw Cloud and Cid standing in front of the door.
"Cloud, help me!" Yuffie cried out and shelthered behind Cloud.
"Yuffie, what did you stealing from this man?" Cloud asked Yuffie while pointing at the furious man.
"Aw, it's only a materia." Yuffie answered innocently.
"It is a mastered fire materia you little witch!!!" The chef interrupted.
"Hand it out Yuffie." Cloud commanded.
"Must I hand it out now?" Yuffie looked more innocently.
"Now!!!!!" Cloud shouted at Yuffie furiously.
"Aw, OK." Yuffie said uneasily and returned the chef his materia.
The chef examined the mastered fire materia to ensure there are no tricks or whatsoever. His started to control his temper and walked towards the exit.
"If I ever catch you in my kitchen I swear I will whack you with my rolling pin!"
The chef warned Yuffie before he walked out. The others stared at Yuffie.
"Must you always get us into trouble?" Cloud asked Yuffie.
"I just wanted to help Wutai and...." Yuffie Replied but was cut off by Cloud.
"Nevermind. Everybody! I have an announcement to make! I am getting....."
"Married with Tifa!" Everyone replied except Cloud, Tifa and Yuffie.
"What? Tifa! You told them already?" Cloud asked Tifa with a surprised look in his face.
"I couldn't stop them from noticing my ring!" Tifa defended herself.
"Why am I the last one to know about this?" Yuffie asked everyone.
"Probably cuz if ya know earlier ya might even steal Tifa's wedding ring!" Barret replied with a touch of humor.
"If you all think me as such a person, I guess I rather go to look for more materia outside." Yuffie said and exited the 7th Heaven.
"Looks like today’s a happy after all." Cid just finished a cigarette and wanted to pull out another one from his pocket. Suddenly his face turned white.
"Did anybody saw my mastered fire materia?"
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