Chapter 3 and 4 have HW references with these couples.
Chapter 3, the thirsty couple talk about finding somewhere quiet to get busy and hit on the odd choice of the train graveyard. Even though they probably have a room nearby? This is alluding to the odd choice of the chocobo stable despite there probably being plenty of bedrooms on the highwind because where else would the crew sleep?
Chapter 4 before we leave on the train and this loving couple talk about saying special words that have never been said. Which is obvious, right? I don’t have to spell that out for anyone. Oh, you mean, because we’ve been waiting 23 years for Cloud to say he loves Tifa? Yeah....that’s what I thought it was getting at lol
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Part 5 of my Reunited series is the Highwind Scene, the way I hope it will go in Remake. (I think this scene is a right of passage for Cloti fanfic writers lol) I’m putting the whole thing on here. The rest of the series is on AO3 if you wanna check it out. Still planning one or two more additions to it 😊
WITHOUT WORDS
“Hey Tifa, I…. There are a lot of things I wanted to talk to you about. But now that we’re together like this, I don’t know what I really wanted to say... I guess nothing’s changed at all… Kind of makes you want to laugh...”
Cloud sighs in frustration. This is how it always goes; he tries to open up, hesitates, and then the moment passes him by.
But surely, Tifa already knows what he's trying to say? She was the one who mended his fractured mind in the Lifestream. He’d been a puzzle that only she could solve, each piece of him wrapped in secrets. Now she knew them all. Yet still, he can’t find the words?
They had climbed down from the Highwind to watch the sunset. After all, if they fail to defeat Sephiroth tomorrow, it may be their last. The rest of the team have left to tie up loose ends and say goodbye to loved ones. But Cloud and Tifa have no one to see and nowhere to call home. The fact doesn’t make him as miserable as he thought it would. Perhaps it’s because home has started to feel like wherever Tifa is.
She stands with her back to him, silhouetted by the sunset, but he sees her head drop. Is she disappointed with his vague admission? He’s always letting her down. Always failing to fulfil his promise. But he's come to realise that his promise isn’t just about being there to save her, it’s about being there for her... like, as a friend, or maybe even... more than a friend?
Tifa’s voice is clear and steady when she tells him, “Cloud, words aren’t the only thing that tell people what you’re thinking.”
Cloud’s head snaps up, his churning mind brought to an immediate standstill.
The sentence hangs in the air between them, a bold invitation, a solution, a dare. Can he dare to believe that she feels the same?
Tifa is as still as a statue while she waits for his response. He swallows, mouth dry as a bone, and forces his leaden feet towards her.
Cloud moves to her side, close enough that he can feel the warmth of her arm next to his, the tingle of almost touching, like electricity sparking between them. Keeping his attention on the sunset, he lightly brushes his fingers against hers in askance. She responds by turning her palm towards him, and he laces their fingers together.
He exhales a held breath quietly. Whatever courage he has on the battlefield, it has all but deserted him now. It's not like they've never held hands before, but it has always been a necessary thing, or something that's happened on impulse, in the heat of the moment, triggered by fear or adrenaline. This is different. This is touching to be tender, to convey the feelings that he's kept locked away for so long.
When he risks a sideways glance, he’s surprised to see Tifa looking just as nervous as him. She’s tense, colour blooming in her cheeks, but offers a shy smile when she looks at him through her lashes. His stomach flips.
The corner of his mouth quirks upwards, while he gently tugs on her hand, pulling her round to face him. Large garnet eyes, filled with guarded anticipation, lock on his as she grants his silent request to come closer. He tries to keep his breathing even, with her face just inches from his. The fear of disappointing her with his lack of experience makes him hesitant to close the gap. He is out of his depth here.
As if she knows, Tifa leans forward to rest her forehead against his, offering him a moment of respite to gather his resolve. Cloud closes his eyes, concentrates on the feel of her breath playing across his face, the scent of vanilla that always clings to her hair. He lets it pull him in, gently bumping their noses together, nuzzling. Tifa responds, tilting her head until, finally, their lips brush softly. A small, shaky breath escapes him, before he repeats the contact, enjoying the fullness of her lips, revelling in the fact that she reciprocates, the fact that he is actually kissing Tifa Lockhart!
His need soon overcomes all doubts. He releases her hand to skim his fingers up her arm, before stroking along her jaw and cradling her head. This time he kisses her firmly, pulling her closer, growing bolder by the second. He nips gently at her lower lip, something he’s been dying to do since she bit it shyly that time when he called her beautiful. Tifa lets out a small groan as she opens to accept his explorations, twining her fingers in his hair, seemingly just as intoxicated as him.
Once he’s had a taste of her, he can’t stop. With his embrace he tells her how much he needs her, with his touch he tells her how precious she is to him, and with his lips he tells her how much he loves her, and always will.
Gradually, the sky turns from orange, to pink, to twinkling stars. They reflect in Tifa’s eyes, dilated and sparkling like rubies when they break apart for air. Cloud takes in her flushed cheeks and kiss swollen lips with wonder. She leans against him, hands on his chest and he wraps her in his arms, enjoying the closeness. He wishes they could have had this sooner, and now this might be all the time they get. But the night air has cooled significantly and Tifa shivers in his arms.
“You cold?”
“A little,” she replies against his chest.
“Want to head inside?”
She nods and he releases her, wishing the night didn’t have to come to an end.
“I think we missed the sunset,” Cloud muses, as they head for the ladder to the airship.
Tifa pauses and looks up, “I think I prefer the stars.”
Cloud smiles to himself as he joins her, gazing up at them. "Me too."
Once back on the ship, they stroll slowly to the sleeping quarters, trying to prolong their time together. Cloud finds himself stealing sideways glances at Tifa all the way, until she catches him, and he looks away quickly like some love-struck teenager. She fails to hide a smirk and Cloud cringes internally. Why is he acting like this? He’s a grown man now and he wants Tifa to know that.
“Well, this is me,” Tifa says, as they reach the door to her sleeping cabin. Her voice is pitched slightly higher than usual.
Cloud takes a step towards her, “I’ll say goodnight then.”
He brushes her hair behind her ear, pulling her in for a goodnight kiss that he hopes will make her weak at the knees. Their lips meet with a sense of urgency, arms winding tightly around each other, hands wandering, hers gliding over biceps and pectorals, his tracing exposed collarbone and midriff. Cloud allows his desire to take over, pushing her back against the door, a hand on her lower back pressing soft and pliant curves against hard planes. Tifa lets out a breathless moan that sends his mind down a road he shouldn’t be taking. He pulls back and rests his forehead against hers while he slows his breathing. He doesn’t want to go too far. Tifa’s right hook is not something he wants to be on the receiving end of.
“Sorry… got a little carried away...” he mutters, stepping back and scratching the back of his neck.
Tifa remains where she is for a moment, leaning against the door, her chest heaving. Her eyes are a deeper shade of burgundy than he’s ever seen them, but she quickly casts them downwards, brows pulling into a slight frown.
His heart stops. Did he do something wrong?
She straightens, running a hand through her hair. Then she bites her bottom lip thoughtfully, before meeting his gaze again.
“Cloud, I… didn’t say anything about going to sleep...” she laughs nervously.
Cloud’s eyebrows shoot up in disbelief. She wants more? The thought alone makes him a strange mixture of ecstatic and terrified.
“Oh! Unless you’re tired?” Tifa blurts in a panic, wrapping her arms around herself.
That has Cloud bewildered. Doesn't she know how much he wants her?
He reaches for her chin and gently tilts her face up until she meets his eyes. Then, with a shy smile, he shakes his head. Nope, not tired at all.
Tifa swallows, and the corners of her mouth twitch in bashful acknowledgement. She reaches blindly for the handle and opens the door. Then, with unwavering eye contact, Cloud backs her into the room and closes it behind them.
“But now that we're together like this, I don't know what I really wanted to say... I guess nothing's changed at all... Kind of makes you want to laugh...”
“That night was like fireworks, our bodies and souls soaring high up to the sky until we bursted into a torrent of colors and bathed in all the things we left unsaid. And I didn’t know where I was except under you.”
Which version would you prefer to see happen in Remake? The suggestive scene of Cloti doing it under the Highwind, or Tifa coming out of the Chocobo stall after spending the night with Cloud?
Seeing how I've had a bunch of these, let's get into it. Properly.
Whatever possible content we get will be decided by the game's ESRB content rating.
ESRB source
Currently for part one, FF7R has a T content rating.
So, now we know what's involved in a T rated game, let's break down what that list means in terms of content.
Yup, that's what we got. No actual blood seen, just weird purple jello.
Cloud fondling his materia is definitely suggestive lol not to mention the "hand job".
I mean, there's literally a sidequest where you're giving people laxatives and stuff, and you go in the men's bathroom in the Shinra building among other things.
Well, we didn't even get minimal blood, and by not including any blood it makes it easier to pass the rating while keeping other stuff that's better. Tifa's sexy outfit for one.
Chocobo Sam and the arena bets.
Yeah, they swear a lot lol
To get any kind of actual scene between Cloud and Tifa that isn't suggestive only, the game would need a higher rating of M.
So, do I think the devs would throw a dividing line between discs just for smut? No. Our rating is T, which means suggestive content only.
That being said, we definitely got the implication from Cloud’s massage, not to mention the noises he made, which wouldn't have stayed in if they weren't rating appropriate.
Applying that to Cloud and Tifa and the chocobo stable and I can see us getting a before shot, fade to black with voice overs and then after shot making it clear things happened™
Do I think it'll be a literal chocobo stable? Probably not. Depends. I mean, how would they go from under the Highwind to a stable when they should have bedrooms on board? I'd buy them being on the Highwind deck and the stable is up there too and the moment just takes them. It'd also bring a new dynamic to the scene instead of just redoing the same bit. Their view isn't obscured by the ship anymore. They're under the stars, just like during the promise.
I’ve never played the OG. Would you be able to tell me which are the two scenes from the affections under the Highwind? I can’t seem to find it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=afuKSfF1rHg&t=201s
They only differ because of the player forcing Cloud to choose mean responses means Tifa isn't comfortable enough to confess. It doesn't mean she isn't in love with Cloud. It doesn't mean he isn't in love with her. It means the player's a dick.
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Yeah, I was going to mention Rinoa and Squall because they do kiss, but in Ultimanias they're given the same descriptions as Cloti, it's one of the main talking points in pro-cloti essays. Which is a good thing because squinoa are a canon couple. I think if 7 had been made at around the same time as 9, we would've gotten a hug too. If it's good enough for Zidane and Garnet, it should be good enough for cloti. My point is: don't stress, anon! Cloti has a lot going for them.
I didn't know that. I've not actually read the ultimanias, I just absorb info like a sponge whenever I come across it.
Probably another biased writer, right lol
I think the devs probably thought the whole highwind section was clear enough. I mean, they toned it down from full on chocobo stable smut to a sweet declaration because they didn't want to cheapen the characters feelings towards each other and make Tifa look like the kind of girl who'd take a roll in a hay lol
Low key hoping for something combining these two scenes. I mean, why can't they have a heartfelt talk and then make out and sleep in the stable? It'd be cute seeing Cloud pick straw out of Tifa's hair the next morning ❤️
