Friends or More Than Friends(Tifa, Everyone Else)

[Hirosame]

Alex walked up to the bar and sat down. He needed a little thinking time. He started mumbling to himself. "So if the converter is broken, then... No no no, that's not it! Man why can't I figure this out!?!" He hit himself in the head, then he looked up at Tifa, then looked back down at the counter. "Hey excuse me!" He yelled to Tifa. "Can I get something to drink? I need something to help me think."

[2cool]

*Cloud looked behind to see a large silver door that seemed to be the refrigerator. This door was as bright as day. Once again, Cloud had made a fool of himself. He couldn't believe that he missed this huge thing. This thing was as huge as Cid's ship, but Cloud thought that to be over the top. Nothing's bigger than Cid's ship, except for maybe Cid's ego. Cloud sighed once more and walked over to the refrigerator and opened it. He then looked for vegetables. As Cloud begun to think, Tifa didn't really say which ones to cut up. Cloud, with instinct, grabbed a carrot, then had begun to cut it atop of one of the tables set for the customers.*

[alastar]

The female slightly tilted her head as she made a mental chuckle at what she sees, although her face doesn't show anything but a wry smile at it. It would be wise if she would just mind her own business, but there are times in which a fragment of her emotions from her past would seep out and she is trying to prevent it in any way possible, just for her own sake. It would be best if she just stay low and be as indistinguishable as possible, but sad she have to talk sooner or later.

"Do you need any assistance, mr. Cloud?" Alastar offered in her stale yet polite tone of her voice.

[nerren]

"Oh." Nerren sighed. "That's okay." She tried hiding her disappointment. "Well, would you know where I could find a map or something? I'm pretty lost." Don't be sad. There are tons of customers. It's no wonder, really, you-- Nerren caught sight of Cloud's hair, and on instinct, pointed and shouted. "Chocobo!"

[Hirosame]

Alex frowned. "Never mind. I'll get it." He said as he leaped over the counter. He went over to the machine with all the beer in it, grabbed a glass, filled it up, then walked back to his seat. He took a sip, placed it on the counter, and was lost in thought yet again. "No, that's not it either! How come I can't figure this out?! Now, if I did that, then-" Alex found himself facing the counter. Squall had slammed his head on the counter. "What was that for!?!?!?" Alex then remembered that Squall had asked him to get a beer for him as well. "Oh!" Alex replied, eyes widened because he knew that he could get hit again in the back of the head, harder this time. "Sorry!" He said with a fake smile on his face. He knew this would be bad in the end.

[admin]

((ooc - Please, Alex, only you can control your own characters actions and not Leon's))

Tifa concealed a laugh as the younger girl named Nerren reffered to Cloud as a chocobo. For some odd reason that was the first thing that come to mind everytime she looks at him. There was a time in her childhood when she used to call him that as well, when she was with her other friends. For as long as she could remember, Cloud's hair had always stuck up in a way the defied gravity itself. She had always said she and Cloud were childhood friends, but maybe that was the wrong term to go by. She then began to wonder if he was in any way hurt by all that name calling all those years ago. She glanced at him for only a second until a younger man called out to her.

[glow=blue,2,300]"You're going to have to pay for that!"[/glow] she reminded, as he leaped over the counter to fill a glass of beer as he headed over his seat. She could help but notice he and man who came with him were busy talking about something, and as the younger man stated, he needed to think.

[glow=blue,2,300]"May I ask what's going on?"[/glow] She asked, coming over to their side of the counter. Tifa knew better than to never bother the customers and butt into their personal affairs, but curiousity was taking over and was rather inquisitive today.

[nerren]

"Um... heh..." Nerren let out a nervous laugh. "Sorry. Force of habit, I guess... Um.... Really sorry." Nerren apologized to the man she had called a chocobo and mentally kicked herself. "I grew up with chocobos, so... erm...."

[2cool]

*Cloud looked to Lyana Alaster, he gave the look of reassurance, telling her that he was ok and didn't need any help by the expression on his face. He then began to continue cutting up the carrots. He had no idea what he was doing. It may look it to Tifa but all he was really doing was cutting up a whole bunch of vegetables. He didn't even know what Tifa was cooking. For all he knew she could have been making a pizza and Cloud was cutting up the wrong stuff.*

*Once again lost in his thoughts, Cloud turned around at the sound of hearing someone call him a chocobo. Upon finding the person that said it, Cloud heard the apology that came from her mouth. This was not the first time he heard someone refer to him as "Chocobo". It was used to humiliate him when he was little, but then it became sort of a tease word used by Tifa. It was ok with Cloud, he didn't care. After all it wasn't his fault his hair stood on end. Cloud closed his eyes and smiled but not too much but just enough to show that his reply was not meant to be hostile or mean.*

"It's ok, but try not to say it so much. There's only one person that I let call me that..."

[Hirosame]

"Oh nothing." Alex said, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm, uhh, just figuring out how to do something in my head before I actually conduct an experiment on it. That, and I'd like to see my girlfriend again." Alex took a sip out of his drink. "Oh! And here you go." Alex handed over the money required to get a drink. "Hey, you look like a smart person. Maybe you could help. You feel up to it?" He said putting the drink down on the table.

[admin]

Tifa's lower lip quivered at the mention of an experiment. The first thing that came to mind was Hojo, and his obsession to tamper with just about anything. Though only having met him twice in her lifetime, he was quite a mad man, she thought horribly. Experimenting on his own son? Even before he was even born? It was sickening...

[glow=blue,2,300]"I... dunno. I guess."[/glow] she shrugged, not really sure how in the world she could be of some help. She wasn't even sure what sort of experiment the younger man was conducting. Tifa was quite intrigued as to how the fate of an experiment had anything to do with seeing his girlfriend again. She looked on at Cloud; he seemed capable of taking care of dinner for the mean time. Tifa still wanted to keep a close eye on him - just to know he was doing okay, and to make sure he didn't make any mistakes.

She then began to hope this experiment didn't have anything to involve with engineering, since her old comrade and friend Cid seemed to be the right person for this task...

[nerren]

"S-sorry, again." Nerren said nervously. She pushed her glasses back up; they had slipped down because of the fact she was staring at the floor. "I-I guess I'll go now." She headed towards the door. "Sorry for bothering all of you." Man, that was stupid! Nerren mentally kicked herself.

[alastar]

Is what she heard true? Well, if it was, in any way, she would rather stay put on this one, and yet she spoke in her silent tone in which, despite the fact that she won't talk anything else about it and would rather shut her trap up, she didn't.

"And what experiment is it, if I am not too rude to ask?" Alastar's hollow and solemn voice echoed which was enough for them to hear.

[Deleted]

"Alex, you don't have to involve others in the "experiment" you know. We're sorry Miss...?" Squall asked her. "We're new to these parts and we just needed to get away from the confines of our living space."

Squall looked up from his seat next to the fire place and looked past Tifa. "Hmmp... whats he doing here?" Squall demanded. "Cloud, Last time i saw you was when you were fighting that ruby dragon in the Niblehiem Mountains." Squall laughed. "You almost got killed if I hadn't stepped in." Then he returned to his conversation with Alex. "Alex come over here so we don't desturbe anyone."

[2cool]

*Cloud looked to the young lady that seemed to have a change in emotions. He then thought back to what he said. Cloud thought himself to be a little too harsh. Even though he wasn't trying to be, it can sometimes come out when he doesn't want it to. Cloud felt sort of sorry, maybe all those times he had been away it had affected him. He then shook his head as he was ashamed to have shot out like that. Tifa might object but he wanted to make her feel welcome.*

"You know, you are welcome to stay if you like..."

*Cloud then looked to the guy that sat not too far away from him. He heard him mention the Nibelheim Mountains. Nibelheim, a place full of bad memories for Cloud. The only thing really good about it was that it was the place where he first met Tifa. Nibelheim was a place of bad memories, mostly for Vincent. Cloud shook his head once more, trying to get rid of the images of his memories before they could even start. He then looked to him and gave a raised eyebrow.*

"All you did was get in the way..."

[Deleted]

"More like saved your butt, it was about to finish you off before i killed it." Squall mocked. "Your lucky that you didn't die then because i didn't have any Pheonix Downs with me." Then he laughted to himself and returned his attention to the task at hand.