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Cloud and Tifa exited onto the balcony of their apartment at the Royal Coast hotel. Since they had just finished their time at the beach, Cloud was wearing his black swimming trunks and Tifa was wearing a white two-piece bikini. As they stepped onto the balcony porch, Tifa gazed out onto the sunset scenery with the bright yellow beach sands of Costa del Sol and the glistening waters of the Meridian Ocean.
"Wow." she said as she was absolutely elated in awe and wonder, "I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful view than this."
"Yeah." agreed Cloud softly, "Pretty stunning."
Tifa sat down on the bench next to the door. "I think I'm gonna stay here and watch the sun set." she said.
Cloud paused wondering if Tifa wanted to be alone or if she wouldn't mind him being there. He wanted to enjoy the amazing view himself combined with the company of her radiant beauty. He then mustered up the courage and turned to ask her. "Uh... can I join you?"
Tifa looked up to him and smiled warmly as if she was waiting for him to ask her that exact question. She gave an adorable tilted nod and giggled softly as she shifted to the left of the bench to give him space. Cloud stepped over and sat to the right of her leaving a foot of space to respect any boundaries she would have had. Both Cloud and Tifa were now gazing across the scenery in different directions.
Cloud leaned forward putting his elbows on his knees to get a slightly more panoramic view of the coast. As his gaze gradually shifted to the left, he then turned to look at Tifa who was also looking to the left. Since her gaze was away from Cloud at that moment, he took the opportunity to look at Tifa's body as the sun illuminated her soft skin. Her legs had a subtle muscular tone, yet her thighs were still plump and full of gorgeous volume that accentuated her tender skin. His gaze shifted up to her notably large boobs, which in her white bikini greatly emphasized her voluptuous cleavage. There was hardly anything in the world that could top the sheer beauty of her fruitful bosom. If he wanted to, Cloud could lose himself just staring at her beautiful boobs alone.
But to vary it up, he shifted his gaze down to her toned belly, a sight he was very familiar with given her normal crop-top clothes. But something about it hit different for him. In addition to her overall skin beauty of the rest of her body making her belly seem complimentary, because she was sitting down, she had a just the slightest hint of pudge that made a circular crease around the lower section surrounding her bellybutton. As Cloud looked at it, he was staring blissfully at it as if it was the first time he ever saw it. His brow and eyes widened a little as he took in how gorgeous her belly was with it's tender motherly quality.
As Tifa's gaze returned forward, she peripherally noticed Cloud and glanced her view to him and noticed him looking down from her head. "Huh? Cloud?" she said.
"Uh!" Cloud was snapped out of his intoxicated gaze and quickly turned to the right in embarrassment. "S-Sorry!" he apologized.
"Is... something wrong?" she asked.
"It's nothing." he said, trying to avoid seeming like a creep.
Tifa drifted her head down and held her right fingers next to her bikini top. "Is it my bathing suit?" she asked feeling shy, "I'm sorry. I-I should have probably gone with something more modest."
"No. It's not that." Cloud said quickly, turning to her almost as if he was trying stopping her from leaving to change her clothes. "I mean, it looks great on you."
"You think so?" Tifa said earnestly while feeling insecure, "I don't know. Sometimes I don't feel comfortable in my own skin."
"Could've fooled me." he said trying to comfort her, "You don't seem uncomfortable in your normal clothes."
"Hmm?" she pondered, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, the way you show your belly exudes confidence," he said, "like nothing can bring you down."
"Oh. I guess it does." said she as if she never really thought about why she always dresses with a midriff. "The reason dress that way is because it's comfortable. Guess it started during my teen years in Nibelheim when I wanted to show how strong I was. Since then, I lost a lot of that confidence along the way. And... I still dress like so as a natural carryover from that time."
"Well, I've always that look on you," Cloud replied, "showing how much you've been working out."
"Oh, you better believe I want to show my abdominal muscles!" she exclaimed happily as she was starting to get her confidence back. "I just recently beat my last record of sit-ups today, and my muscles feel great!"
"Really? Can I feel them?" asked Cloud.
"Sure." she said enthusiastically, subconsciously not fully realizing what she agreed to.
Cloud nodded and reached his right hand forward to place over her abs. Tifa's breath shuddered silently as she just then realized she gave Cloud full permission to touch her belly. Just like that, she unknowingly let down a boundary and gave Cloud permission to be intimate with her. Cloud, not noticing any change in Tifa's expression or demeanor, grazed his palm and fingers back and forth across her belly to feel the abdominal muscles.
"Wow." said Cloud, "They really are strong."
"Um... thank you." Tifa responded with shaking in her voice. She felt like she was walking a line between fear and blissful comforting pleasure, like wherever this moment was going to go was in Cloud's complete control.
Cloud continued to feel her belly for the muscles, but he didn't feel like stopping to pull his hand away. As he continued, the softness of her skin rubbing against his hands made him feel absolutely wonderful. His prodding to feel her muscles then turned into a gentle massage. He moved his hand in circular motion as if he was healing any abdominal discomfort she had, even though she had none. The gentleness of Tifa's beauty was so alluring to Cloud, that the moment of feeling her muscles then turned into a moment of genuine intimacy.
Tifa started breathing softly as she was enjoying Cloud's belly massaging. She couldn't believe they were sharing this beautiful moment together, and yet here they were.
Cloud's gaze shifted from her belly to Tifa's eyes. "Is this okay?" he asked softly to make sure she felt comfortable. She nodded with a soft hum. Cloud then shifted to sit closer to her, putting his left arm around her shoulders as he continued to rub her belly with his right hand. Gradually, his focus shift from her belly in general to specifically her bellybutton. As his fingers and palm would graze over that hole in her skin, Cloud became more enticed by it. He stopped his hand from moving and held it on her lower belly, then gently trailed his index finger inside the hole of her bellybutton.
Tifa closed her eyes and leaned her head back against Cloud's left arm as fingered her bellybutton. There was a small part of her that wanted Cloud to touch her bellybutton as well, but another part that was afraid it would tickle from being too sensitive. Luckily, Cloud's finger movement was slow, tender, and deep, and was not at all too light as to be ticklish. Even though it wasn't a sexual stimulation, Tifa found his belly rubbing and fingering very pleasurable. Just having a massage from the masculine strong hands of a dear friend she loved like Cloud's was enough for her to feel like she was on top of the world.
Cloud was also deeply enjoying fingering her bellybutton. Because of her toned skinny physique, he would have assumed that her navel wouldn't be very deep. But because she was sitting down and her lower belly was scrunched up to make a bit of adorable pudge, there was quite a lot of room for his finger to be embedded inside her soft bellybutton. It was true bliss for Cloud to hold the beautiful soft belly of his childhood sweetheart he loved so dearly.
"Wow." muttered Tifa, "Didn't realize how much I needed this."
"Yeah." said Cloud, "This is really nice."
She opened her eyes and smiled warmly at him. "Thank you, Cloud." she said softly, "You've always been so gentle and kind to me. I wish there was someway I could make it up to you."
He made a slight grin. "No need." he replied, "You already have." and he leaned forward kissed her tender lips. She responded by immediately kissing his lips back. They continued making out gently while Cloud was still holding and rubbing Tifa's beautiful belly.