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Love is Never Silent	By : OneWingedAngel Category: Final Fantasy VII > Het - Male/Female Views: 1947 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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OneWingedAngel's Note: Cait Sith and Reeve are one of my favorite characters to write! Please leave a review if you like!
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Tifa and Rude talked for awhile afterwards, enjoying each others company, Rude's ungloved hand holding Tifa's. Neither wanted the night to end, but it was Rude who decided that it was time for him to leave.
Tifa smiled sadly as he stood up, she took his wet jacket, tie and gloves from the bar. "Sorry about getting your stuff wet. I can pay to have it dry cleaned for you."
Rude gave her a smile, laughing a little. "Honestly, a littler beer isn't the worst that's gotten on my suit. Reno's ruined at least three of them. He claims they were all accidents." He said with a roll of his eyes.
Tifa giggled behind her hand. "Well tomorrow is my grand reopening of the bar. You can come by and pick your suits up then and also stop by for a drink or two."
Rude gave her a nod. "Sounds good. Maybe we could do something after you close?"
Tifa nodded eagerly as she followed him to the door. "Sounds like a date!"
Rude leaned over to her and gave her a quick kiss on her cheek and then straightened up, blushing a bit.
Tifa blushed a little as she looked up at him nervously. "Say Rude? I have one last question for you."
"Hmm?"
Tifa nervously began to run her fingers through her hair. "Well I was umm wondering why you decided to ask me out. It doesn't involve the fact that AVALANCHE has an oil field does it? If you want any of its secrets, I don't have any."
Rude gulped nervously, but then looked down at her, placing his hand on her cheek. "I honestly didn't know about the oil field until recently. I do like you Tifa."
Tifa smiled brightly, feeling very relieved. "That's good. Really good! In fact, it's a huge relief!"
Rude gave her a small smile. "Glad to have helped. See you tomorrow night Tifa."
Tifa nodded. "Yup. See you tomorrow." She looked up at him shyly, "Sleep well Rude. Have sweet dreams."
Rude was taken aback for a moment. "Sleep well Tifa." He said as the two looked at each other for a moment. He wasn't sure what she was expected him to do, so he just took her hand and gave it a light kiss and then headed quickly out of the bar.
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Rude walked back to his apartment with a small smile on his face. He couldn't believe his luck! He was in a relationship with Tifa, the girl he had admired from afar for a very long time. The sensible part of him was thinking that it was just a dream and that any minute he'd wake up.
He entered his apartment and was glad that Reno wasn't waiting up for him like he usually was. He looked at the couch and realized why Reno wasn't waiting for him –Great Reno's……entertaining again.- He thought as he picked up a dress, undergarments and a pair of shoes and neatly folded them up (as he usually did when Reno had females over). His smile returned as he began to get ready for bed. He had just put his sleep pants on and was headed to wash his shirt when he was stopped by a voice.
"Rude are you……smiling? Is that an actual smile?"
Rude sighed, ignoring Reno as he headed to the laundry room and placed his shirt in to wash.
"C'mon man! Did your date go well? Did you have sex with her, yo?" Reno asked eagerly.
Rude sighed annoyed. "We didn't have sex. Unlike you, I don't sleep with people when I first meet them. So what's this one named?"
Reno thought for a few moments then gave a lazy shrug of his shoulders. "Didn't catch her name. She's been saying mine enough though!"
Rude shook his head, sighing again.
"I see what you're trying to do! You think you're so smart, man! You can't get me off topic like that so easily! Tell me how it went!" He said as he crossed his arms and stood in Rude's way.
Rude began to rub his forehead annoyed. "We had dinner and then we sat and talked for awhile. That's it."
Reno moaned loudly, throwing his hands up in the air. "Seriously, man? You really need me to give you some pointers on what to do with women, yo! You obviously don't know what you're doing!"
Rude walked past Reno and to his room. "Good night Reno." He said trying to end the conversation.
Reno ran in front of his door, blocking Rude from going in. In his most pathetic voice he looked up at Rude and said, "I thought we were friends. We're supposed to be bros, yo! Bros tell each other everything! Now c'mon Rude! Please tell me!"
Rude sighed again, knowing Reno wouldn't leave him alone until he told him. "Fine. We had a few drinks, talked and danced for a bit. Then I asked Tifa to go out with me. She said yes. We're going out after she closes the bar tomorrow. There."
Reno grinned at him. "See Rude? Was that really so hard? So what time tomorrow are you going out?"
Rude shook his head, he was about to answer when he heard a female's voice coming from Reno's room.
"Reno??? Where'd you go?"
Reno gave Rude a smug grin. "Well, time to go back to work. Don't think our little conversation is over though! We'll continue it in the morning!" He called over his shoulder sauntering back to his room.
Rude sighed again, heading into his room. As he got himself ready for bed he prayed to the lifestream that Reno's female guest would keep him occupied until he forgot about their conversation.
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Reno walked into his room and closed the door, giving the female in the bed a smile.
"What took you so long Reno?" She said annoyed.
"Sorry babe. Had a few problems to take care of. You've got my complete attention now."
She grinned at him as he made his way over to the bed. "Good."
"By the way, can you do a favor for me?" He asked as he climbed into the bed with her.
"Anything for you Reno."
"Great. I'll tell you about it later." He said as he returned his attention to her.
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The next evening Tifa reopened her bar and aside for her usual customers, there was only one, (well technically two) new people.  An hour and a half went by and she refilled drinks twice and made some small snacks.
-Dear lifestream it's so quiet in here! You'd think after being closed for over two months more people would show up!- She sighed resting her head on the bar as her customers laughed and drank.
At the other end of the bar, Reeve held up his glass and signaled to Tifa that he wanted a refill on his drink.
She stood up and grabbed a bottle of gin and walked down to him, glancing as the clock as she did so. "Here you go Reeve." She said as she poured him another. "Enjoy it!"
Reeve took it with a smile. "You know it's good to see you smiling again Tifa. I was getting a bit worried when I saw your bar wasn't open. I almost considered sending Caith Sith over to give you a good cheering up." He said as he reached up and scratched the robot's head.
"Well I got tired waking up with a hangover every morning. I also got some unexpected news recently." She said as she smiled a bit more, walking over to her small sink and washed the few dishes waiting for her. She looked up as the door opened and her smile got a bit bigger, but it also became a shyer smile.
Reeve looked over at the door. "Ah. I see."
Rude had walked in and made his way up to the bar where he silently sat down.
Tifa walked over to him and placed a glass in front of him. "What would you like?"
"I would like a beer please." He said, sound a bit nervous and also formal.
Tifa smiled as she grabbed him a beer and poured it. She got waved down by the men in the corner as she gave Rude a quick wink and said, "It's on the house handsome."
Rude flushed lightly as he took a quick drink of his beer.
"I didn't know you liked coming to this bar Rude." Reeve stated as he took a sip of his gin.
"Well sir, the beer is nice and cold, the food is tasty and the atmosphere is very appealing." He said, giving a quick glance to Tifa.
Reeve followed his glance and saw Tifa in the middle of a group of men, urging her to do more shots. "Yes, very appealing. So I heard about your dinner date last night."
Rude shook his head, taking a long drink. "Reno?" He asked raising his eyebrow.
Reeve nodded once. "Reno."  Cait Sith had jumped off Reeve's shoulder and over to Tifa, where he sat on her shoulder. Reeve watched as Tifa smiled and laughed. "Well its good to see a smile on her face again. From what I've heard, she's had it pretty rough since he left. I've gotten to know her pretty well through Cait Sith. She's a sweet girl Rude, you'd better be good to her." Reeve said looking sternly at him.
Rude nodded once, as he looked down at his drink. "I will be very good to her sir. Don't worry about that."
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Another hour and a half went by with only a small handful of patrons showing up to replace the few that would stumble out of the bar drunk.
Reeve had started to drink straight scotch and was drinking more of them. Tifa couldn't tell if he was drunk or not, so she decided to decrease the number of drinks she gave him. He started to entertain the other guests by talking more as Cait Sith than as himself.
Cait was on Tifa's shoulders as she walked around the bar, refreshing drinks and serving food. She was in the middle of a debate with Sith, shaking her head. "No Cait, a megaphone isn't the best weapon out there! There are plenty of other weapons out there. I prefer to use my fists."
Cait shook his head, smacking Tifa on the head. "Lassie! You don' know what you're talkin' aboot!"
Tifa laughed as she poured Rude another beer. "I do know what I'm taking about! My fists are deadly!"
"Lassie, shut your gurgle!"
Tifa shook her head, "What about you Rude? What's your weapon of choice? You can't say your fists! I already called it!"
Rude pondered about it for a few minutes as he drank some more of his beer. "Up close you can't beat a long sword or a katana, they are elegant and deadly. If you're looking for ranged weapons, I'll take a pair of handguns, quick and efficient. Of course this is my personal opinion."
Cait sighed, shaking his fist. "You're both wrong! Megaphones are without a dout th' bes' weapon!"
Tifa looked over at Reeve with a raised eyebrow. "Really Reeve? Megaphones? Why a megaphone?"
Reeve just laughed a bit and shrugged.
"Would ya rather see me holdin' a Buster Sword like Cloud? I don' think so! Mayb' you should ask your boyfriend why he likes those sunglasses."
Tifa looked back over at Rude. "Yeah, that is a good question Rude. Why do you like those sunglasses? Is it for looks? Is it to get the girls?"
"What girls? Looks, maybe. Really, the sunglasses are just for intimidation." He admitted.
Tifa held up her hands and said, pretending to be scared. "I'll say, you are just so scary with those sunglasses on!"
Rude rolled his eyes at Tifa. "You have a pair too."
Tifa just gave him a grin, "My sunglasses are purely for looks."
"I never woulda thought tha' Rude would give a girl his sunglasses! Lassie, you must be extra special to him."
Tifa scratched his ears. "Well Rude is special to me Cait. So I'm honored that he gave me a pair of his sunglasses." Tifa gave Rude a small smile.
Rude returned Tifa's smile with one of his one. "I'm glad you think so."
"Maybe I should just close the bar now. You said you'd take me somewhere tonight."
Rude nodded, "That I did. So where would you like to go?"
"I'd like to go to Costa del Sol again. Course that's not really close is it?"
"I enjoyed Costa when I was there. It's very relaxing."
"Mmhm. Laying on the beach in the sun. No worry or care in the world." Tifa sighed happily as she closed her eyes and imagined herself back on the beach.
"I'll take you there someday Tifa."
Tifa gave him smile. "Well what about you Rude? Do you have any place you like?"
"I like Wutai. They have really good beer there."
Tifa blinked for a second and then laughed a bit. "Really? You like Wutai because of its beer? Not because it's a beautiful location? Or because the locals are interesting or entertaining? You like it because it has good beer?"
"Of course. They have some of the best beer I've ever tasted."
"I'll have to let Yuffie know that you like their beer. So did you really mean it? We'll go to Costa?"
Rude nodded. "Of course. It's a beautiful place; I'd like to go there with you."
Tifa flushed a bit, smiling at him again. "That's awful sweet of you Rude." Tifa leaned over the bar and gave him a kiss on his cheek.
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The door flew open with a bang and in walked Reno with a large group of people behind him. "Hey Tifa! Heard this place was reopened! So I brought a few of my friends with me to celebrate!"
Tifa straightened up as she looked at all the people coming in. "Reno just how many people are with you?"
Reno shrugged as the people continued to walk in. "Maybe 300 or so? I didn't really do a head count."
Reeve calmly stood up and walked over to a chair sitting at a lone table. "This…is….not….SPARTA!" He shouted as he kicked the chair over, making the entire bar go quiet and stare at him. Reeve then calmly walked back over to the bar, sat down and continued his drinking.
Tifa sighed as she began pulling out glasses and resigned herself to her fate. –Me and my big mouth. I just had to say that it was quiet in here. That I was thinking about closing early. I could be getting dinner with Rude, but noooo!- She thought as she began to pour two drinks at a time.
Rude watched her, hesitating as to whether or not he should help Tifa. He saw that she was struggling to keep up and stood up to offer help, but his shoulder was then grabbed.
Reno quickly grabbed him to stop him. "Hey Rude! You do really nice work. I can hardly recognize the place! Course that might be that there's less trash on the floor too, but whatever man! Let's get drunk and celebrate another successful mission today!" He said as he grabbed two beers from the counter.
Rude took the beer, shaking his head. "We didn't go on a mission today. You spent most of your time on the 50th floor today."
Reno took a large gulp of his beer and grinned. "I sure did, yo! It was a very successful mission!"
"You know one day the boss is going to find out about your little arrangement that you've got going on."
Reno just shrugged. "He hasn't found out yet! Besides, I'm sure the boss wouldn't mind! Oh! I wanted you to meet a friend of mine, yo!" He said as tried to drag Rude away.
Rude looked over at Tifa and raised his eyebrow, trying to see if she needed help.
Tifa just shook her head and waved him away, urging him to have fun.
Rude sighed, shaking his head, knowing this date wasn't going to end as well as he had hoped. He allowed himself to be dragged away by Reno, but still kept his eye on Tifa, ready to assist her if needed.
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Tifa made her way around the bar, refilling drinks and getting food as needed. She kept hoping that everyone in the bar would leave, so she could chat some more with Rude. She found herself glancing over at him every once in awhile, whenever he would catch her looking at him, she would blush and smile a bit.
"Hey you, barmaid!"
Tifa turned to the sound of the voice and saw a young man walking up to her, she could tell that he was slightly intoxicated. She put on a smile and looked at him. "Yes sir? What can I do for you?"
"Don't give me that high and mighty attitude." He said as he glared at her.
Tifa blinked a bit. "Excuse me?"
"Me and my friends asked you for your good whiskey. Not this cheap crap." He said showing her his drink.
Tifa sighed, running one hand through her hair. "Sir, I gave you some of the best whiskey I have. If you want, I can give you something different, with no charge."
He looked her over. "Hmm, I know what you can give me. How about you close this stupid place and come home with me. I'll show you a real party."
Tifa glared at him.  "Sorry sir, but you can't have me, I'm not for sale. Now I'm going to have to politely ask that you leave my bar. Or I will have you thrown out." She said calmly.
He glared at her. "You think that you're so much better than me, but you're not! Every woman can be bought for a certain price."
Tifa growled under her breath as she pushed him towards the door. "Leave now! Get out of my bar right now trash!"
The man slowly stood back up and turned back to Tifa and glared at her. "You'll pay for that one." He said as he held his hand up to slap her.
Rude tightly grabbed the man's wrist and glared at him behind his sunglasses. "No."
He looked up at Rude and glared at him. "Oh, so you think you're going to stop me? I'd like to see you try."
"Fine with me." Rude grabbed the man and put him in a sleeper hold and waited until the man stopped struggling and finally passed out. Rude then grabbed him by his collar and held him in the air.
Tifa gave Rude a small smile. "Thank you Rude."
"Where do you want the trash?" He asked, holding the man up.
Tifa looked over at the man's friends, who were clearly embarrassed by his actions. "Put him out with the other garbage. They can pick him up later."
Rude nodded as he dragged them man to the door and then threw him by the garbage.
~~--~~
After the incident, the rest of the evening went almost without a hitch. Unless you count a drunk Reno jumping up onto the bar and trying to serenade a group of women with a song about him knowing how attractive he was.
One by one the others left the bar, the drunken mans friends apologized many times to Tifa and leaving her a bit of extra money and promising that he wouldn't come back to the bar with them again.
Reeve drank the last of his beverage and then looked over at Tifa, giving her a smile as Cait Sith climbed back onto his shoulder. "Tifa, it was good seeing you again kid. Take care of yourself." He looked up at Rude, standing by her. "Both of you take care of each other." He placed his money on the table and walked out, whistling a bit to himself as he did so.
Reno watched him walk out, eyes wide. "Man. I wish I could drink like him! I lost count after his 5th shot."
"Maybe when you grow up, Reno." Rude said as he helped Tifa to collect the remaining glasses.
"He had 2 gins, 4 glasses of scotch, 8 beers, 5 shots and his last drink was a shot of AllShear."
Reno looked at her, completely shocked. "He did a straight shot of AllShear? There's no way that he could've done that! How is he still upright?"
"Not everyone is a lightweight like you Reno. Most people don't get drunk off of half a beer."
Reno rolled his eyes. "Well I'm outta here, yo. Maybe there are a few ladies out and about that need a bit of loving!"
Rude rolled his eyes under his sunglasses. "Have fun."
Tifa shook her head and laughed as she watched him stumble out of the door. "Is he always like this?" She laughed.
"Sadly yes. Sometimes he's much worse."
Tifa just laughed again as she continued to clean up.
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Reno walked down the street, whistling to himself. So far, he hadn't found a woman, but the night wasn't over yet. He just had to keep looking, one would find him eventually.
"Hey you!" A voice called.
-Ha! Found a women who will be lucky enough to share my bed tonight!- He thought as he turned around and looked for the girl. He looked down and then frowned. "Oh, it's just you."
Marlene stood in front of him, in her pjs, arms crossed and glaring at him. "Shut up! I gotta to talk to you."
"Go away shrimp. You'll scare all the babes away, yo."
"Augh! We gotta do something! "
Reno sighed, shaking his head. "Yeah, how about you go to bed and leave me alone." He put his hands behind his head and began to walk away.
Marlene shook her head. "No way! I gotta talk to you about Rude and Tifa!"
Reno stopped and looked at her, eye brow raised. "What about Rude and Tifa?"
"Stupid! You know they are dating! That stupid Turk is ruining my perfect family!"
"Hey! That "stupid Turk" is my best friend, yo! Do you think I want to share him with a barmaid?"
Marlene just smiled at him. "We agree on something. What do we do?"
"Well the only explanation is that we should break them up somehow."
Marlene smiled again. "We can do it. We gotta work together, for now."
"You're right. Y'know you're a smart shrimp aren't you? So how do we get started?"
Marlene just looked up at him, smiling.
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