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Claudia had been in Sector 6 for her work as a bookie and had just left the materia shop owners shop with his bets written in her book . Though what she hadn’t expected was to bump into her very own flesh and blood . ‘ Oh , excuse me .. ‘ The mother hadn’t even realized it was him yet , and had to do a double take on him . Having a hand come shooting out  towards him and wrap around his arm . ‘ Cloud ? is that you ? ‘ The blue eyes that reflected his own were looking at him . She couldn’t believe it . It had been such a long time . ‘ Oh my , it is you . My baby boy !! ‘ Feeling her eyes instantly thicken with tears before she hugged him tightly to her . 

Happily she greeted her son , he had grown so much in  the two weeks she had been gone away to Midgar for some business in dealing with some money issues . She was doing it to help out a friend , it felt so nice to be back home though . To be in her boy’s arms once again . It made her whole experience worth it . Pulling away from the hug only to have her lips come to rest on Cloud’s forehead . ‘ I missed you . ‘ Saying with a smile . ‘ How was everything here with the babysitter . Didn’t give her too much trouble did you ? ‘ Claudia if at all possible avoided some babysitters . ‘ OH! I brought you a present . ‘ She said and dug into her bag and pulled out a poster for Cloud . It was one of Sephiroth the SOLDIER . 

His mother had been having a nightmare while taking a nap on the couch in the main living area . Her body acting in sync with having such disturbing dreams . She screamed and then woke up only to see her son looking with some concern . ‘ Oh , Cloud ... ‘ Her adrenaline had spiked and she was panting . Sweat was forming on her forehead as she looked over at him . ‘ I... I’m fine ... ‘ Tears were still in her eyes as her body was trembling . “ It’s just about your father ... ‘ It was really tough for her to be a single mother sometimes and she often really missed Strato . 

The blonde looked over her shoulder at the market , and noticed a familiar face came in . It took the mother all but ten seconds to realize who it was . A girl from Cloud’s past . ‘ Oh Tifa ! ‘ Came the short wave and the sunny and beaming smile from Claudia . One could tell who Cloud’s mother was just by appearance alone . The other half of that coin was the fact that her personality was nothing like her son’s . On the complete opposite of the spectrum . The single mother was always happy and welcoming to anyone .