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title; A Delivery Story ( 1/?? )
fandom; Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
character(s); Chocobo Billy, Chocobo Bill, Chole, Cloud, and Tifa
pairing; Cloud x Tifa
rating; G
note; post-AC
other; This is a follow up to After the End Comes a Beginning because I got a couple of people wanting a follow up xD;
author’s note; I will be as honest as pie right here and say that I wasn’t planning on making this a continuation story or anything. But three people hoped for a second chapter and, well, here we go. I catered to the demands because I got to thinking that writing about Cloud going to pick up the chocobos and having to deliver them would be funny. Hopefully…
disclaimer; I don't own Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. I don't own the characters. Square has all the legal copyrights to them...
Kweeeh!
or…
Are you Coocoo for Chocobos?
Leading the beloved motorcycle out from the garage Cloud climbed onto it and looked towards the window of Seventh Heaven, seeing two children staring out at him with smiles and waving and a dark haired woman giving a small wave of her hand. Raising his hand in recognition of the farewell he pulled down on his goggle and started up Fenrir, leaving a trail of dust as the man sped off from the bar he called home and on to the delivery for the day.
~ … ~
There was a trailer already set up when he arrived at the Chocobo Farm, hearing the familiar ‘kweh’ and ‘wark’ coming from the barn not too far away. The pen was filled with a few chocobos and Cloud walked over to the built in fence, fetching for a little pack he always brought with him when he visited the farm and pulled out a Gyshal Green. The smell caught the attention of a small Gold chocobo and the creature turned, trotting over and greeted the blond with a soft coo of gratitude, the beak brushing over the leather gloved hand and nibbling up the treat.
“Been awhile since Tifa or I came to see you, huh girl?”
His free hand was raising and set to rest against the side of the bird’s neck, patting the skin through the feathers. There was a soft kweh and the man chuckled a little, offering the creature that he and Tifa had raised since it was just a baby two years prior a smile. “I promise that we’ll come and see you more often, but until then just keep up your sweet manners with the others.”
And the chocobo seemed to smile a bit at the words, stretching out its neck and nuzzled the side of its face to Cloud’s hair, cooing and kweeing happily before trotting off to where a group of yellow and green giant birds were dancing.
“Looks like your sweet little doll of a bird still adores you as ever, Cloud.” Turning to the voice Cloud offered a small nod to Chocobo Bill. “But it’s great that you were able to come on out here today. That wife of yours kept trying to tell me that the weekend was usually your days off but…well, this just couldn’t wait.”
“She’s not my wife,” he replied, scratching his cheek with a gloved finger. “She’s special, yes, but we’re not married.”
For a minute Chocobo Bill looked like he was torn between asking a question or laughing. HE went for the latter of the two and Cloud only shrugged a little; he had said the truth: Tifa was special. She was his friend but she was more than a friend. He just could not bring it in himself to face her and tell her how he felt about her, saying how he wanted to try and take the relationship they had now a step further…
But thoughts like that could wait until later. Right now he was going to have to listen to the briefing the farm owner was going to give him and try his damndest to hook up the trailer to Fenrir. His poor, poor motorcycle. It wasn’t going to forgive him for something this, Cloud knew it, so he sent it silent apologies before following the slightly chubby and round man towards the trailer.
Giving the metal trailer a pat on the side a chorus of annoyed noises came from inside and Chocobo Billy emerged, his little sister following after with messed hair filled with chocobos feathers. The girl flashed Cloud a bright smile and she ran over to him, giggling. “Hiya there Cloud! We got all the chocobos loaded for you, so you don’t have to worry about doin’ anything but delivering them safely to the Golden Saucer!”
Kneeling the blond man reached out and started to fix the girl’s hair, a small chuckle slipping from the back of his throat. “Well, thank you for doing all the easy work for me.”
“You’re weeelcome!” She said with another little giggle and turned to her brother, who only shook his head and rolled his eyes in amusement. “If you’re done flirtin’ with the chocobo guy then head on inside Chole, alright? You gotta wash up before dinner.”
“Okay Billy~!”
Watching the little girl give a tiny bow she turned and skipped off towards the house Cloud stood slowly and eyed the trailer. “The one red, two black, and one yellow are in there, right?”
“’Course!”
With a small nod Cloud turned and headed to where Fenrir waited, the motorcycle almost giving off a vibe of annoyance as he started to guide it back and towards the trailer, the wheels squeaking as they managed to tie it to the bike, and it groaned angrily when he started it up. The angry growl got the chocobos in the trailer to wark in anger at the man and he sighed softly to himself.
“Good luck Cloud, have fun on your delivery! The owner will pay you as soon as you get there!”
With another small sigh Cloud just took the luck and left. He sure as hell was going to need all the luck he could be getting by that time, for it was going to be a long, long day.
~ … ~
It hadn’t taken long to arrive in Junon and situate everything and board the boat, taking his stay down below with Fenrir and the chocobos.
The occasional crew member would walk past and stare oddly at the trailer, hearing soft kweh-ing coming from the inside before eyeing the blond sitting on a cargo box before tiptoeing away. Apparently, they had never seen a man with a motorcycle and a trailer full of chocobos. Then again, they were probably wondering how the trailer had been attached to the motorcycle.
It even surprised Cloud to see that Billy and Bill had been able to attach said trailer to his beloved motorcycle, which he leaned over to pat a bit. The bike was his pride and joy, one inanimate object that he could actually fuss over and adore without Tifa giving him a look of confusion, one of those slender brown brows rose in a manner that read ‘what the hell?’ and the blond would only just stare right back at her, mirroring her expression with one of his own.
Inevitably the two would go about a face-making sort of competition until one or the other cracked.
Tifa always cracked first.
Cloud chuckled a little, reaching into his pocket to get out his phone and stare down at it. Flipping it over the man stared at the background image, blinking in surprise at it. Denzel or Marlene must have put it on when he was asleep, which was something they tended to do quite a lot. The week before he found out he had a new ring tone thanks to Marlene, and his phone settings were a little different thanks to Denzel. But this was something he couldn’t get upset at the kids about.
The little background image was of a shot of the four of them from the party. All of them were sitting on the front steps of Seventh Heaven under the setting sky, Tifa leaning heavy up against Cloud with her head on her shoulder and the children on their laps: Denzel to Tifa’s and Marlene to Cloud’s. They looked like a happy little family and it made him wonder how the picture had been taken…
Probably Yuffie and her ‘master ninja skills’, as she liked to call them. Cloud saw them as an annoyance, especially when Denzel and Marlene got involved on learning them. It usually ended up with one of the children messing up and breaking something, and then Tifa or he would have to flinch at the sound and punish Yuffie. No, not the children but Yuffie herself. The children’s punishment came after the young ninja pouted and said how lame they were being before leaving and heading to the inn.
But he pressed in a few numbers and lifted the black object up, holding it against the side of his face with a calm expression over his features as he just sat there on the box and listened to the ringing until the other end was picked up a soft ‘Hello?’ filled his ear.
“Hey, Tifa.” A pause as he waited for her response, which got a small smile to twitch to his lips. “Yeah, it’s me. I’m on the boat to Costa right now, and then I’ll be heading over to the Golden Saucer…” He blinked, listening to her sleep tone and wondered just what time it was over in Edge, probably an hour or two differences, but it was still only mid-afternoon.
Maybe he had woken her up or she had been planning on laying down for awhile? Those little facts made him feel bad.
“Did I wake you up or catch you had a bad time?” And he chuckled when she tried to convince him that she had been wide awake the entire time. It was apparent she wanted him to believe it, too. “Yeah, I’m sure you had been awake. Anyway, how did the appointment for Denzel and Marlene go?” A few moments of silence, the only sound that of the boat being lapped at by water and the occasional mumble and conversation coming from the crew members.
“Uh huh. Well, good. I’m glad that they’re in good shape. But just keep Marlene away from the sweets, okay? I know how she can get when you get candy within a fifteen foot radius of her.” And Tifa’s little laugh made him smile a bit more. It amazed him how at ease just listening to her voice could make him feel.
God, did he love her.
But as that thought fluttered through his mind Cloud froze, surprised that it had even crossed through and Tifa’s voice drowned out, muffled by his shock. Why had he… Well, of course he cared about her, he always had been, even when Aerith had been a part of their group and had thrown out her flirting towards him. But the only person he ever really cared about was Tifa, her opinion seemed to matter the most out of all the others and…he just felt at ease with her, even after knowing she had been keeping things from him because of her fear.
Aerith had been like a sister to him, someone who carried a spiritual and guiding sort of light. He just felt like he had the duty to protect her, keep her safe, because he had told her he would. She acted like a spiritual mother to him while he had Geostigma and helped him, those couple of months ago.
For that he was thankful.
And Tifa’s soft but worried voice carried him from his thoughts and to reality, blue eyes widening in surprise that he had been ignoring her to go into his own land of un-reality for a moment.
“I’m…I’m here, Tifa, sorry. I guess I must have gotten lost in my own head for a bit.” Her sigh and laugh made him chuckle. “I’ll be home in a couple of hours, all right?” He smiled, and it was evident in his voice “Yeah, yeah, I know… Don’t keep them up if I get back after dinner.” His head nodded slowly. “I promise to be careful, Tifa. You don’t have anything to worry about.”
But he knew how she could be; she worried a lot, even over such trivial things, but it seemed to him that he worried her the most and that…the fact made him frown. The last thing he ever wanted was her to worry over his stupid spiky headed ass.
…he blinked.
Yeah, Barret was seriously starting to rub off on him if he was starting to think of himself as that.
“The boat whistle just went off, which means we’ll be docking soon. I have to get Fenrir ready and the chocobos too. So don’t worry yourself, okay Teef?” There was a relunctant reply and he grinned. “Tell the kids I miss them.” He waited, his voice fading and he slid off the box, moving to Fenrir. “…I miss you too, and I’ll be back soon. I promise. Bye, Teef, I’ll talk to you later.”
And just as she said goodbye he stopped her with a small ‘uh’ and swallowed, the next set of words coming out with the most natural flow. “I love you, Tifa.” And then he hung up, feeling his cheeks burning a bright red as a few crew members made swooning and kissing sounds at the more than embarrassed man.
fandom; Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
character(s); Chocobo Billy, Chocobo Bill, Chole, Cloud, and Tifa
pairing; Cloud x Tifa
rating; G
note; post-AC
other; This is a follow up to After the End Comes a Beginning because I got a couple of people wanting a follow up xD;
author’s note; I will be as honest as pie right here and say that I wasn’t planning on making this a continuation story or anything. But three people hoped for a second chapter and, well, here we go. I catered to the demands because I got to thinking that writing about Cloud going to pick up the chocobos and having to deliver them would be funny. Hopefully…
disclaimer; I don't own Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. I don't own the characters. Square has all the legal copyrights to them...
Kweeeh!
or…
Are you Coocoo for Chocobos?
Leading the beloved motorcycle out from the garage Cloud climbed onto it and looked towards the window of Seventh Heaven, seeing two children staring out at him with smiles and waving and a dark haired woman giving a small wave of her hand. Raising his hand in recognition of the farewell he pulled down on his goggle and started up Fenrir, leaving a trail of dust as the man sped off from the bar he called home and on to the delivery for the day.
~ … ~
There was a trailer already set up when he arrived at the Chocobo Farm, hearing the familiar ‘kweh’ and ‘wark’ coming from the barn not too far away. The pen was filled with a few chocobos and Cloud walked over to the built in fence, fetching for a little pack he always brought with him when he visited the farm and pulled out a Gyshal Green. The smell caught the attention of a small Gold chocobo and the creature turned, trotting over and greeted the blond with a soft coo of gratitude, the beak brushing over the leather gloved hand and nibbling up the treat.
“Been awhile since Tifa or I came to see you, huh girl?”
His free hand was raising and set to rest against the side of the bird’s neck, patting the skin through the feathers. There was a soft kweh and the man chuckled a little, offering the creature that he and Tifa had raised since it was just a baby two years prior a smile. “I promise that we’ll come and see you more often, but until then just keep up your sweet manners with the others.”
And the chocobo seemed to smile a bit at the words, stretching out its neck and nuzzled the side of its face to Cloud’s hair, cooing and kweeing happily before trotting off to where a group of yellow and green giant birds were dancing.
“Looks like your sweet little doll of a bird still adores you as ever, Cloud.” Turning to the voice Cloud offered a small nod to Chocobo Bill. “But it’s great that you were able to come on out here today. That wife of yours kept trying to tell me that the weekend was usually your days off but…well, this just couldn’t wait.”
“She’s not my wife,” he replied, scratching his cheek with a gloved finger. “She’s special, yes, but we’re not married.”
For a minute Chocobo Bill looked like he was torn between asking a question or laughing. HE went for the latter of the two and Cloud only shrugged a little; he had said the truth: Tifa was special. She was his friend but she was more than a friend. He just could not bring it in himself to face her and tell her how he felt about her, saying how he wanted to try and take the relationship they had now a step further…
But thoughts like that could wait until later. Right now he was going to have to listen to the briefing the farm owner was going to give him and try his damndest to hook up the trailer to Fenrir. His poor, poor motorcycle. It wasn’t going to forgive him for something this, Cloud knew it, so he sent it silent apologies before following the slightly chubby and round man towards the trailer.
Giving the metal trailer a pat on the side a chorus of annoyed noises came from inside and Chocobo Billy emerged, his little sister following after with messed hair filled with chocobos feathers. The girl flashed Cloud a bright smile and she ran over to him, giggling. “Hiya there Cloud! We got all the chocobos loaded for you, so you don’t have to worry about doin’ anything but delivering them safely to the Golden Saucer!”
Kneeling the blond man reached out and started to fix the girl’s hair, a small chuckle slipping from the back of his throat. “Well, thank you for doing all the easy work for me.”
“You’re weeelcome!” She said with another little giggle and turned to her brother, who only shook his head and rolled his eyes in amusement. “If you’re done flirtin’ with the chocobo guy then head on inside Chole, alright? You gotta wash up before dinner.”
“Okay Billy~!”
Watching the little girl give a tiny bow she turned and skipped off towards the house Cloud stood slowly and eyed the trailer. “The one red, two black, and one yellow are in there, right?”
“’Course!”
With a small nod Cloud turned and headed to where Fenrir waited, the motorcycle almost giving off a vibe of annoyance as he started to guide it back and towards the trailer, the wheels squeaking as they managed to tie it to the bike, and it groaned angrily when he started it up. The angry growl got the chocobos in the trailer to wark in anger at the man and he sighed softly to himself.
“Good luck Cloud, have fun on your delivery! The owner will pay you as soon as you get there!”
With another small sigh Cloud just took the luck and left. He sure as hell was going to need all the luck he could be getting by that time, for it was going to be a long, long day.
~ … ~
It hadn’t taken long to arrive in Junon and situate everything and board the boat, taking his stay down below with Fenrir and the chocobos.
The occasional crew member would walk past and stare oddly at the trailer, hearing soft kweh-ing coming from the inside before eyeing the blond sitting on a cargo box before tiptoeing away. Apparently, they had never seen a man with a motorcycle and a trailer full of chocobos. Then again, they were probably wondering how the trailer had been attached to the motorcycle.
It even surprised Cloud to see that Billy and Bill had been able to attach said trailer to his beloved motorcycle, which he leaned over to pat a bit. The bike was his pride and joy, one inanimate object that he could actually fuss over and adore without Tifa giving him a look of confusion, one of those slender brown brows rose in a manner that read ‘what the hell?’ and the blond would only just stare right back at her, mirroring her expression with one of his own.
Inevitably the two would go about a face-making sort of competition until one or the other cracked.
Tifa always cracked first.
Cloud chuckled a little, reaching into his pocket to get out his phone and stare down at it. Flipping it over the man stared at the background image, blinking in surprise at it. Denzel or Marlene must have put it on when he was asleep, which was something they tended to do quite a lot. The week before he found out he had a new ring tone thanks to Marlene, and his phone settings were a little different thanks to Denzel. But this was something he couldn’t get upset at the kids about.
The little background image was of a shot of the four of them from the party. All of them were sitting on the front steps of Seventh Heaven under the setting sky, Tifa leaning heavy up against Cloud with her head on her shoulder and the children on their laps: Denzel to Tifa’s and Marlene to Cloud’s. They looked like a happy little family and it made him wonder how the picture had been taken…
Probably Yuffie and her ‘master ninja skills’, as she liked to call them. Cloud saw them as an annoyance, especially when Denzel and Marlene got involved on learning them. It usually ended up with one of the children messing up and breaking something, and then Tifa or he would have to flinch at the sound and punish Yuffie. No, not the children but Yuffie herself. The children’s punishment came after the young ninja pouted and said how lame they were being before leaving and heading to the inn.
But he pressed in a few numbers and lifted the black object up, holding it against the side of his face with a calm expression over his features as he just sat there on the box and listened to the ringing until the other end was picked up a soft ‘Hello?’ filled his ear.
“Hey, Tifa.” A pause as he waited for her response, which got a small smile to twitch to his lips. “Yeah, it’s me. I’m on the boat to Costa right now, and then I’ll be heading over to the Golden Saucer…” He blinked, listening to her sleep tone and wondered just what time it was over in Edge, probably an hour or two differences, but it was still only mid-afternoon.
Maybe he had woken her up or she had been planning on laying down for awhile? Those little facts made him feel bad.
“Did I wake you up or catch you had a bad time?” And he chuckled when she tried to convince him that she had been wide awake the entire time. It was apparent she wanted him to believe it, too. “Yeah, I’m sure you had been awake. Anyway, how did the appointment for Denzel and Marlene go?” A few moments of silence, the only sound that of the boat being lapped at by water and the occasional mumble and conversation coming from the crew members.
“Uh huh. Well, good. I’m glad that they’re in good shape. But just keep Marlene away from the sweets, okay? I know how she can get when you get candy within a fifteen foot radius of her.” And Tifa’s little laugh made him smile a bit more. It amazed him how at ease just listening to her voice could make him feel.
God, did he love her.
But as that thought fluttered through his mind Cloud froze, surprised that it had even crossed through and Tifa’s voice drowned out, muffled by his shock. Why had he… Well, of course he cared about her, he always had been, even when Aerith had been a part of their group and had thrown out her flirting towards him. But the only person he ever really cared about was Tifa, her opinion seemed to matter the most out of all the others and…he just felt at ease with her, even after knowing she had been keeping things from him because of her fear.
Aerith had been like a sister to him, someone who carried a spiritual and guiding sort of light. He just felt like he had the duty to protect her, keep her safe, because he had told her he would. She acted like a spiritual mother to him while he had Geostigma and helped him, those couple of months ago.
For that he was thankful.
And Tifa’s soft but worried voice carried him from his thoughts and to reality, blue eyes widening in surprise that he had been ignoring her to go into his own land of un-reality for a moment.
“I’m…I’m here, Tifa, sorry. I guess I must have gotten lost in my own head for a bit.” Her sigh and laugh made him chuckle. “I’ll be home in a couple of hours, all right?” He smiled, and it was evident in his voice “Yeah, yeah, I know… Don’t keep them up if I get back after dinner.” His head nodded slowly. “I promise to be careful, Tifa. You don’t have anything to worry about.”
But he knew how she could be; she worried a lot, even over such trivial things, but it seemed to him that he worried her the most and that…the fact made him frown. The last thing he ever wanted was her to worry over his stupid spiky headed ass.
…he blinked.
Yeah, Barret was seriously starting to rub off on him if he was starting to think of himself as that.
“The boat whistle just went off, which means we’ll be docking soon. I have to get Fenrir ready and the chocobos too. So don’t worry yourself, okay Teef?” There was a relunctant reply and he grinned. “Tell the kids I miss them.” He waited, his voice fading and he slid off the box, moving to Fenrir. “…I miss you too, and I’ll be back soon. I promise. Bye, Teef, I’ll talk to you later.”
And just as she said goodbye he stopped her with a small ‘uh’ and swallowed, the next set of words coming out with the most natural flow. “I love you, Tifa.” And then he hung up, feeling his cheeks burning a bright red as a few crew members made swooning and kissing sounds at the more than embarrassed man.