beautifully written. I love your last line - it's so poignant. thanks for a great read.

Woah, was it just me, or did many people think Cloud was talking about Aeris? Well in any case, its a really wonderful story, even though it was sad and such, I really liked it. Maybe I'm evil? Mwahahaha, Claeris forever! Ahhh! *Runs and hides from TifaG*

That was sad...

Thanks to everyone who reviewed!

Gee.. that was so sad.. but that's the type of story i like.. Twisted eh? _

No offense, but do you attract idiots? I mean I just checked out your reviews and although you plainly marked this as a "what if" story they're bashing you. And I'm here. You simply *must* attract idiots. _ *I* liked it. Don't listen to those (pardon my language) flippers _ they don't know anything about a good *What if* fic.

First of all, reviewers, what are you on? It says in the summary that this is a 'What If'-story.

Umi_Chan: A very beautifully written story. It does leave me with the question of what exactly happened to poor Tifa, but unlike others I don't intend to bash this fic because she never died in the game. A lot of things taking place in fics doesn't happen in the game, so I fail to grasp why this should have to do so.

I really like your way of describing his feelings, and would like you to write similar fics.

Tifa never died in the actual /game/, though he does sort of "lose" Tifa at one point, maybe when he left Nibelheim and didn't join SOLDIER like he promised. He couldn't even let her see him when he returned to Nibelheim with Sephiroth, eh? -_-; I like the story/vignette anyways, though. The writing style is nice. ;

Yeah! Cloud Tifa all the way!

*sniff* But what happened to her?

When exactly does Cloud lose Tifa? I don't recall that one. But hey, interesting...

I love this story. Though the fact it made me sad, it was touching. If you have more stories publish them. Later!

howdy doody! very sweet, i'm a big fan of cloud/tifa storylines. well done...keep writing. sorry it's so boring but i can never think of what to say in reviews

Ick, down with Tifa (no offense).

The story was okay but no offense or anything but this story just didn't get to me. Tifa never died so it's just not sad, now if the story was about Aeris it would. You can tell I'm an Aeris/Cloud fan, I can tell you're a Tifa/Cloud fan but please can you write an Aeris/Cloud story? I would like that. However a way that you can do to make this story sound sad is you can have Cloud thinks that Tifa think's he's in love with Aeris so Tifa doesn't show any attention to him. Look at me, an Aers/Cloud fan giving advice how to write a Tifa/Cloud story...what's this world coming to? Peace :)