I'm not your princess

I've been dating Zack for 2 months and I'm happy with him. He's so kind and gentle, just like the prince I'm always dreaming. Everyone said that me and him were a perfect couple, but it seems Cloud, my childhood friend didn't like that.

Since I told him that I like Zack, he seems always had those sad eyes when looking at me. I didn't know what's wrong with him. Even when the first time Zack asked me out, he left without saying a word. Some of my friends said that Cloud love me, but I couldn't believe it. I mean he's been friends with me since we're little., how can he love me? Other than that, everything went normal, until that day...

Cloud told me that he saw Zack with another girl. And it seems that girl is more than his friend. Of course I didn't believe it at first, but I know Cloud would never lied to me, I trusted him but I trusted Zack too. So I decided to ask Zack about it.

"Cloud said you've been with another girl, is that right?" I asked him when he went into my bar.

"Another girl? Of course I don't, Tifa. You know I only love you. Maybe he only saw me with one of my girl friends," He answered with a smile.

I just remained silence and looked at him. He seems confident about it, I wonder if Cloud lied to me...but his smile was kinda different from before.

"...You don't trust me Tifa?," He asked me with innocent like face. Oh, not that face again...I can't stand looking at his face when he like that. I sighed and turned to him. "Of course I trust you, Zack. Sorry for asking a question like that," I smiled at him and he stroked my head.

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Day by day, I'm starting to know more that Zack lied to me. Aerith. That was the girl name. Cloud told me those two met when Zack went to the slums. I rarely met Zack now because he never visit me again at the bar, well maybe because he was busy with his new girlfriend... Oh great why did they have to walk in front of my bar? I was about to call Zack when I heard the phone ring. I went upstairs and answered the phone with lazy voice, "...Hello?"

"Tifa?" I didn't realize that I smiled when I heard the voice, it was Cloud.

"Cloud, how have you been?" When I told him that Zack never visited me again at the bar, he's been cheering me up by calling me from phone or meeting at the church in the slums when he's not busy.

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The next day, I got in a fight with Zack. I told him that I can't believe that he and Aerith is just friends. Then he shouted at me, saying that Aerith was just his friend, no more or less. He warned me too if I asked him this again, he'll break up with me. I shut my mouth and tried not to cry when he said all that. I'm starting to hate the girl, even though I know that the one I should be hating is Zack not her...

When night come I can't sleep, I kept remembering all of the happy memories with him and now all of it will fall apart. Then I decided to call Cloud and asking him if I can met him in the church tomorrow. Fortunately, he said yes. I can't wait for tomorrow.

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When I met him, I talked about all the things said said to me when we were fighting. Cloud listened to all of my story with patience and he also tried to cheer me up.

"...I still can't believe, he can be so mean to me...But I don't know what can I do if he leave me..." I ended my story.

"Tifa, you know...There's a lot of other people who cares and loves you more than him."

"Like who?" I asked him curiously. I don't know if I wrong or not, but I just saw Cloud slightly blushing when our eyes meet. He keeps remain silence, so I asked him again, "Who?"

Cloud looked at me and walk toward me,"If I say me, will you hate me for it?"

I don't know how surprised I am when I heard those words. But in the same time I feel...happy,"You mean...you... you love me, Cloud...?" I tried to hide my face which starting to get red.

He didn't say any word and just smiled at me. I can't help to smiled too and put my hand on his arm. When I realized, our lips were touching.

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I supposed to meet Cloud today at the church, but he said he's gonna be a little late. So I decided to come first and wait him there. But what a surprise, I saw Zack there and Aerith too. I can't believe what I saw, those two were about to kiss.

"Zack!," I shouted and look at him with an angry face.

"Tifa?!," He looked really surprised to saw me here. The next minute I found him on his knees and begging for my forgiveness, "Tifa, I'm so sorry, really sorry. Will you forgive me?"

I looked at him, if only he did this earlier maybe...maybe I might forgive him, but now I've got enough. I don't love him anymore.

"Please, Tifa?"

"...I'm so sorry, Zack..." I ran out of the church without thinking anything else, all I had in my mind was, Cloud. Where's Cloud?

"Tifa!" I can heard Zack chasing me, but I won't stop running.

Not far from there, I heard a motorcycle coming closer, it's Cloud and I ran to him,"Tifa what happened?" Cloud asked me and I just turned around to answer his question. Cloud looked at Zack, who looked surprised when he saw me with Cloud. He understand of what happened, without saying more word, he asked me to go with him.

I looked at Zack for one last time before I jumped to Cloud's motorcycle, "It's too late, Zack...I'm not your princess anymore" I smiled at him before Cloud drive his motorcycle.