Somewhat Better

Quistis woke up felling sore and ashamed. She never acted like that before, but now she felt like a total slut. And worse yet, the others had seen her like that. She sat up, letting, the covers over her fall away, revealing her breasts, but yanked it back up when she realized that Ace was sitting next to her.

"Good morning. How are you feeling?"

"Like shit. How long have you...."

"All night. I didn't want to leave you alone."

"Um... Who washed me?"

"Jessie and Fran. I looked away."

"Oh ok... Look about what you saw back at Corneo's place...."

"I have a theory. You don't strike me as the type of person to act like that."

"I'm not, I swear!"

"As I thought. I'm also not the type to get overly emotional. But when I saw you like that, I was filled with rage. I believe since this world is only influenced by Chaos, not balanced by Cosmos' presence, we are likely to act in ways that we either wouldn't or would try to avoid in public. Your actions were most likely brought on by this, so in the future we should be careful of our choices."

Quistis thought about it for a moment. It made sense to her. She knew that different magical beings such as Guardian Forces, had profound effects on the human body and mind when junctioned, so perhaps a world only influenced by chaos and not harmony would make everyone act differently as well. And as time went on, it is likely that things would get worse. Quistis asked Ace to look away while she dressed so that they could find the others.

"How is she?"

"Sleeping peacefully, just like she was thirty minutes ago. Look Cecil, if you are that worried about her, then go in and check on her yourself."

Jessie was getting tired of his constant hovering every time she went to check on Tifa. It was understandable that he would worry, but she doubted that some hot sex would kill someone like Tifa. In fact, Jessie had thought she had seemed really tense when she first arrived, so maybe that would help loosen her up a bit. Sure the world was going to hell, but if Tifa enjoyed herself, then who was to say that it was a bad thing?

"But isn't she still...."

"What, never seen a naked woman before?"

"I'm married and have a son..."

"Then grow a pair and go check on her! I've got to check with Biggs and Wedge. We secured some more supplies and I need to help them make preparations for us all leaving."

With a sigh, Cecil let her leave and walked into Tifa's room. She looked very content, happy even. He wondered for a moment if she had needed the release that badly. She had sort of flirted with him, and now he wondered if that was why. He went to her and stroked a stray lock of hair out of her face, causing her to moan softly. Her eyes fluttered and she looked up at him.

"Did we save them?"

"Yeah we did. Are you ok?"

"Sore. I've been better. When the decision came to fight or delay, I chose to try and keep them occupied. Not the brightest idea..."

"Did you enjoy it?"

She blushed and nodded.

"Not how I wanted to get some release, but it worked out I suppose. How is Quistis? I think I scarred her for life."

"She's ok. Ace stayed with here all night. He actually came up with a pretty clever theory about why this world is the way it is. We'll worry about that later though. We're almost ready to head for the plate. Are you up for it?"

"Yeah. We've spent to much time here already." She got up to change and he tried to turn away, but she stopped him.

"I'm sorry Cecil. I didn't want to let you see me like that. But please... Stay with me right now."

He wanted to stay strong and turn away. He wanted to walk out of the room and remember that his wife was more important to him. But his will wasn't strong enough. He turned and watched as she got out of bed and dressed. He knew his mind would always remember every curve of her body, the way her hair looked when the light hit it just right. How her nipples stood at attention as the cool air hit them. Damn him and his morals, but he knew sooner or later he would have to have her.

Once she was dressed, they headed out to meet up with the others.