http://loveandstrife.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] loveandstrife.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] timeandtides_backup2010-05-28 10:26 pm

HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY TIFA!

Characters: Everyone who wants to celebrate Tifa's (late) birthday!
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: It's late, but there's a party for her, since she missed her birthday.
Location: Strife-Lockhart Household, LUCA.
Date: 28th May 1804
Warnings: Shenanigans!


It had been difficult to distract Tifa all day. He couldn't talk, so conversations were entirely out of the question, and he was absolutely exhausted, considering he'd arrived home early morning and hadn't slept since two nights previous. Still, he'd achieved his difficult mission for the day and was headed back with her to their house.

The lights were out, as they should be with children in bed, but within the house were guests, all hiding in the dark. It was easy to make a text to Marlene to tell them to hide and turn the lights off.

Opening the door, Cloud flicked the lights on to a room full of guests springing up and shouting "SURPRISE!!"

--

With the party in full swing, a cake was made and decorations were put up by the children. Music was playing and there was a kitchen full of alcohol for the adults along with juice and snacks. Everything had been put together with effort and care, by a family that really did adore their mother figure.

A table stacked high with gifts, from everyone excluding Cloud, was against one wall and there were more coming with the guests that arrived later.

Now everything was done, Cloud sat himself at the dining table with a glass of amber coloured alcohol, out of the way of much of the noise, and soon fell asleep on his arms on the table. It had been a long day getting everything ready for Tifa.

[identity profile] littleprotector.livejournal.com 2010-05-30 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Party hostess, coming through! Marlene had been mingling too, offering snacks when needed, so she had a little try in her hand with some things. When she broke through the crowd, she noticed the familiar suit.

"Reno, you made it!"

[identity profile] flyboy-red.livejournal.com 2010-05-30 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey, little lady! Yeah, I made it. Can't keep me from a party, especially one you're hosting," he replied, reaching out to pat her head. They'd sort of become an odd pair of friends and it was weird but Reno was glad. It'd at least keep Marlene's surrogate parents off his back.

[identity profile] littleprotector.livejournal.com 2010-05-30 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Even if the friendship was weird, Marlene still liked making friends. Besides, Reno wasn't really a bad person anymore. He had helped save the planet from Sephiroth and the Remnants. That was pretty okay in her book.

"I'm really glad you came!" She still couldn't believe so many of their friends had come. "Want a snack?"

[identity profile] flyboy-red.livejournal.com 2010-05-30 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Crouching down so he could look her in the eye and save her some neck trouble, Reno folded his arms on his knees. "Sure, what you got then?"

It was still weird for him to talk to kids at all, considering work hadn't allowed for time to be around kids at all, and when he'd actually had to be round children, he'd had to try stealing them back from the Remnants. Regardless, Marlene was adorable.

[identity profile] littleprotector.livejournal.com 2010-05-31 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well... we've got a bunch of things!" She'll point out a few small sandwiches and the like.

"And we've got cake too."