If she knew he felt that way, she'd do everything in her power to make him know that it wasn't true. No, he wasn't perfect, and yes, he had some issues -- but that was okay. Tifa liked Cloud because he was Cloud and not anyone else. If she knew that he was being eaten up inside...

But right now, she didn't. Right now, she was concentrating on the fact that she had a very large wolf crawling up onto her lap and almost hugging her. She giggled again, and wrapped her arms around him, petting his head softly.

"Cloud might like a dog, too."