Tifa had put it all on the line to be with you, but that wasn’t a difficult decision for her to make. You came to her bar looking like an angel—fearless, confident, and willing to voice all of your own opinions—so of course she’d fallen for you almost immediately. And then your mutual attraction had developed into an almost-relationship, and she was so sure the two of you were going to become something.

…Until you reappeared some time later with a new boyfriend. She knows these things are difficult, especially as another woman, but part of her can’t help but feel a little blindsided that you’d throw away something real for something clearly not. Of course, Tifa is too nice of a person, or perhaps too cowardly, to openly confront you. She waits until it’s just the two of you alone in Seventh Heaven after closing hours before bringing it up. “I didn’t realize you were already seeing someone,” she remarks in the middle of wiping the counter. “If I did, I wouldn’t have…”