The day of reckoning

Eventually, the night of the event came along. Tifa was less nervous than last time - she was nearly excited for it. Sure, occasionally she would get a chill down her spine as she remembered the incoming humiliation. Yet, knowing that Jessie would have to put up with the same humiliation, especially after _she_ insisted that Tifa do it the first time...that brought a smile to her face.

"The boys won't be here," Tifa said, with a falsely relaxed tone. "So at least they won't see our show. You have that over me."

"Y-yeah," Jessie replied, looking down. "Sorry about last time. I really did try keeping them out."

"They did say they'll wait outside and come in if the crowd gets...dangerous for us, though."

Jessie nodded. Tifa figured that sooner or later, Cloud and the others would find a way in. Maybe they'd think there was a reason to come in, maybe they'd make an excuse, maybe there would _really_ be a reason for them to come in. And she wouldn't have it any other way. She didn't want them seeing her completely naked again, but she _did_ want them to see Jessie from head to toe.

"I'm sorry for making it sound like it wasn't a big deal before," Jessie said meekly. "I know now that it's...god, I'm feeling nauseous just thinking about it!"

"I understand," Tifa said, not without kindness. "But you saw me do it and you saw how I came out of it just fine, didn't you?"

"I don't know how," she muttered. "I know you did this, but I don't know how you survived that humiliation."

"Well," Tifa answered, smiling, "you're about to find out."

It wasn't that Tifa wasn't embarrassed about the fact that soon the same crowd of people she grew up with, people she worked with, people she saw every day would see her fully nude...but the thought that Jessie would have to do the same, and that she would deal with it _worse_ somehow helped her get through it.

"Let's put our uniforms on, shall we?" Tifa said, and this time she couldn't keep herself from sounding a little nervous.

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