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Here, you will see the secret confessions that no one—not even my significant other, has ever known before.  Until now.
 [Tifa.  ♡] 
 Started:  09.06.11 
 First and original diary on Tumblr. </description><title>Secret Confessions of a Delivery Boy</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @xsecret-confessions)</generator><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Happy Valentine's Day;</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ex-soldiercloud.tumblr.com/post/17629678033/happy-valentines-day" target="_blank"&gt;ex-soldiercloud&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;{ — 7 months and still going strong.  I wrote you something… &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Roses are red,&lt;br/&gt;Violets are… violet.&lt;br/&gt;You’re the girl I fell for.&lt;br/&gt;Sorry for always being so quiet..&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;I joined SOLDIER hoping to be First Class.&lt;br/&gt;Until Nibelheim was burned down…&lt;br/&gt;Because Sephiroth was an ass.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;So we met again in AVALANCHE, with you at the bar…&lt;br/&gt;When I saw you after so long,&lt;br/&gt;My mouth was ajar.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Tifa, if looks could kill…&lt;br/&gt;I joined AVALANCHE,&lt;br/&gt;And accepted another mission for 2000 gil.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Enough about the past, I needed to let you know,&lt;br/&gt;Today is Valentine’s Day…&lt;br/&gt;Come and have some fun with your beau.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;If you want, we can go to the Gold Saucer and have some fun,&lt;br/&gt;Play some games, win some prizes…&lt;br/&gt;Because girl, you’re the one.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzeqk5Fu1p1r0vpgc.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Maybe I should stop there.  I’m not the best at poems.  Haha.. I love you, Tifa.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/17631920822</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/17631920822</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category></item><item><title>Confession #70:  Longing</title><description>&lt;p&gt;These deliveries are getting too much.&lt;br/&gt;Being away from her for so &lt;strong&gt;long&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;It&amp;#8217;s starting to ache &lt;em&gt;terribly&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is this what our relationship has come to?&lt;br/&gt;It&amp;#8217;s difficult to come home and stay for long&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Before I&amp;#8217;m called for another delivery.&lt;br/&gt;I&amp;#8217;m sitting in my inn room right now, writing this.&lt;br/&gt;I can&amp;#8217;t text her.  She&amp;#8217;s probably sleeping right now.&lt;br/&gt;It&amp;#8217;s cold.  It&amp;#8217;s lonely.  I miss her&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;em&gt;Maybe she deserves someone better.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;The thought always plagues my mind&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;Perhaps she deserves someone that will give her &lt;em&gt;time&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time&lt;/strong&gt; that I can&amp;#8217;t give to her.&lt;br/&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t have time at all&amp;#8230; and I wish I did.&lt;br/&gt;The more I think about it, the more it hurts.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;em&gt;I&amp;#8217;ll be home soon.  I promise.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;But when are those words ever &lt;em&gt;true&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;br/&gt;I&amp;#8217;ll come home for a bit&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;And I&amp;#8217;d be too tired to keep up a conversation with her.&lt;br/&gt;I&amp;#8217;m physically and mentally exhausted every time. &lt;br/&gt;Every damn time I come home from a delivery.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;del&gt;And then I&amp;#8217;m called for another one.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It&amp;#8217;s all my &lt;strong&gt;fault&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;There&amp;#8217;s no one to &lt;strong&gt;blame&lt;/strong&gt; but &lt;strong&gt;myself.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed: Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/16341791487</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/16341791487</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:25:42 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category><category>It's been awhile...</category></item><item><title>Apologies;</title><description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#8217;s been awhile since I&amp;#8217;ve posted, and I really do miss making confessions and coming up with something witty to write about. As Tifa has said, I&amp;#8217;ve been extremely busy applying to college and scholarships, and my writing has been completely drained after writing 8 essays for the Gates Millennium.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With that said, please bear with me. My creativity is at an all time low, and I&amp;#8217;ve been absolutely stressed out from school and life, but I&amp;#8217;m still hanging in there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your understanding, and I&amp;#8217;ll be back soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly8sltCI031qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/16341761189</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/16341761189</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:24:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Comatose;  Part 2</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ex-soldiercloud.tumblr.com/post/15077063779/comatose-part-2" target="_blank"&gt;ex-soldiercloud&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;m e m o r y&amp;#160;;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(—☆ indicates &lt;a href="http://barmaid-tifalockhart.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;barmaid-tifalockhart’s&lt;/a&gt; writing;)&lt;br/&gt;Go back&lt;span class="st"&gt; →&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://ex-soldiercloud.tumblr.com/post/14489766937/comatose-part-1" target="_blank"&gt;Part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ex-soldiercloud.tumblr.com/post/15077063779/comatose-part-2" target="_blank"&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/15128290783</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/15128290783</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:05:52 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category><category>Narrative</category><category>Fanfiction/Roleplay</category><category>Part 2</category><category>Comatose</category><category>Final Fantasy</category><category>FFVII</category><category>FF7</category></item><item><title>Comatose...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://diaryofalockedhart.tumblr.com/post/14946314694/comatose" target="_blank"&gt;diaryofalockedhart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Part two of Comatose is coming up soon guys, it has been roleplayed out and now we just have to edit it.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;small&gt;Please keep a lookout for it; we were truly shocked from the likes we got on part one, so thank you for that!&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;em&gt;“We’ll be alright, we always are.”— &lt;strong&gt;Comatose&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14963929598</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14963929598</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:00:59 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category></item><item><title>Confession #69:  Fireplace</title><description>&lt;p&gt;It was during a cold, winter day when Tifa wanted it by the fireplace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;Make love to me in front of the fire in the living room&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Wh-What&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;I said, make love to me, in front of the fire downstairs&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;Soft, sweet love&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwqybeoSMr1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My face burned with nervousness.&lt;br/&gt;But I carried her downstairs,&lt;br/&gt;And gently set her down on the carpet in front of the fireplace.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;She began to unbuckle my belts;&lt;br/&gt; I started to unzip her leather vest.&lt;br/&gt; And after a few moments, we were both in each other&amp;#8217;s arms.&lt;br/&gt; I kissed her&amp;#8212;and she kissed me.&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;del&gt;The taste of her lips&amp;#8230;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;strong&gt;You have that look in your eyes&amp;#8230;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;In a romantic ambiance&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt; The lights were dimmed, the blinds were closed;&lt;br/&gt; And the fire burned as intensely as our desires.&lt;br/&gt; Her legs were wrapped around my body,&lt;br/&gt; My fingers ghosted across her skin&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt; Teasing her breasts as I whispered lustful words into her ear;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;em&gt;I want you so badly right now&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt; &amp;#8220;&lt;strong&gt;Then take me.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Temptation&lt;/strong&gt; ravaged my entire heart and mind.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;del&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t think I&amp;#8217;ve ever wanted someone so badly before&amp;#8230;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwqy9obiV91qgwmsv.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sweat-covered&lt;/em&gt; bodies.&lt;br/&gt; Burning &lt;strong&gt;passion&lt;/strong&gt; permeating our veins.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deep&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;aroused&lt;/em&gt; moans filled the air.&lt;br/&gt; I moved against her, gently&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Savoring&lt;/em&gt; the moment and the feel of her body.&lt;br/&gt; Overwhelming &lt;em&gt;pleasure&lt;/em&gt; coursed through my veins.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Climax&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;orgasm&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;em&gt; screams&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8212;and finally, a &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hot release&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Relax, &lt;strong&gt;relapse&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;And my mind drifted into a state of &lt;strong&gt;euphoria&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwqyjfBZVI1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;All I knew was the barmaid&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nothing else &lt;strong&gt;mattered&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14758310504</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14758310504</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:44:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Yes.  Sex confession on post 69 on purpose.  Enjoy ;)</category><category>Not my best.  Forgive me... I'm rusty.</category><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category></item><item><title>Confession #68:  Children</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Last night&amp;#8230; Tifa and I were talking about&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt; What our future children would look like.&lt;br/&gt;We agreed that our kids would&amp;#8230; be mixed.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I mean&amp;#8212;I have&lt;strong&gt; blond hair&lt;/strong&gt;, she&amp;#8217;s a &lt;strong&gt;brunette&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;My eyes are &lt;strong&gt;blue&lt;/strong&gt;, hers are &lt;strong&gt;ruby-red&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;The both of us&amp;#8212;have &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; prominent features&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As we laid by the fireplace, wrapped in warmth&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;Bodies pressed together;&lt;br/&gt;I held her in a tight embrace as we playfully discussed the possibilities&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;d make beautiful children, wouldn&amp;#8217;t we&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;Yes&amp;#8230; what characteristics of you and I would they have though&amp;#8230; lets think&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Probably light brown hair&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;They&amp;#8217;d have my eyes but with your eye colour.&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;No&amp;#8230; yours&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;Why?&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;I like yours more&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;She laughed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  &amp;#8220;Its not up for us to decide!&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;I know&amp;#8230;.&amp;#8221;  I said as I squished her cheeks together.&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Cute cheeks&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;And&amp;#8230; nice lips&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; I whispered before leaning in and giving her a quick kiss.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Oh, the &lt;em&gt;endless &lt;/em&gt;possibilities&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Even though we weren&amp;#8217;t ready the first time,&lt;br/&gt;I&amp;#8217;m sure&amp;#8212;down the road and through the years&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;We&amp;#8217;ll be ready &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;one day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It probably wouldn&amp;#8217;t be soon, though.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;We still have our little ones to take care of.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;One day&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14610841649</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14610841649</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:45:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category></item><item><title>Confession #67:  Elevator</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I recall running off of the ShinRa HQ roof&amp;#8230; &lt;br/&gt;And back down to meet with AVALANCHE,&lt;br/&gt;After a battle with Rufus Shinra.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The crew wasn&amp;#8217;t there.&lt;br/&gt;Just the barmaid was in plain sight&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Waiting&lt;/em&gt; for me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I can remember how &lt;em&gt;nervous&lt;/em&gt; I felt&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;But my instincts told me to just move on and not mind her presence.&lt;br/&gt;We both rushed to an elevator and headed for the first floor.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;del&gt;&lt;em&gt;Because I wasn&amp;#8217;t going to run down 60 flights of stairs again.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Any ideas on what you&amp;#8217;d want to do to pass the time&amp;#8230;?&amp;#8221;  I asked.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Wh-what do you have in mind&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;  She said, fiddling with the hem of her skirt.&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t know&amp;#8230; you&amp;#8217;re the creative one.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Well?&amp;#8221;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Don&amp;#8217;t pressure me!”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Tch.. when&amp;#8217;d you get so shy, Lockhart?&amp;#8221;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;When did you get so cocky, Strife?&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Hmph.&amp;#8221;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;So what do &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; think we should do?!&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, I don&amp;#8217;t know&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;What are you thinking?&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;What do you&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; think&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;?&amp;#8221;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Enlighten me&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At that moment, I stepped forward&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Placed my hands against the glass, &lt;br/&gt;Leaned in, and brushed my lips against hers..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s just say&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;It was the slowest moving elevator I&amp;#8217;d ever been in.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14507798838</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14507798838</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:10:05 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category><category>Interpretation</category><category>FFVII</category><category>FF7</category></item><item><title>Comatose;  Part 1</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ex-soldiercloud.tumblr.com/post/14489766937/comatose-part-1" target="_blank"&gt;ex-soldiercloud&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;i n  m e d i a  r e s&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;br/&gt;(—☆ indicates &lt;a href="http://barmaid-tifalockhart.tumblr.com" target="_blank"&gt;barmaid-tifalockhart’s&lt;/a&gt; writing;)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14503740318</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14503740318</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:24:46 -0500</pubDate><category>Written by barmaid-tifalockhart and myself.</category><category>☆ indicates her writing.</category><category>Warning:  Extremely long narrative</category><category>Current arc; done on MSN.</category><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category></item><item><title>A Message to my Followers</title><description>&lt;p&gt;It has been almost 3 months since I started this blog along with my Tifa.  As some of you are aware, the things that I write in my journal are not always canon as the confessions based on imagination and roleplay.  I appreciate all of your patience, and grateful for each and every one of you, because it&amp;#8217;s quite pleasant to know that others actually read my writings!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Along with my Prompto, we came up with this idea and I suppose others decided to take the idea for themselves as well.  Although there are other journals out there, I thank you all for your continual support.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you, and I love you all.  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwgqz4CCFK1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;P.S.  I&amp;#8217;m not dead!  I&amp;#8217;m just busy.  &lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14464038814</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14464038814</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:21:38 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Confession #66: Vacation</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Tifa and I are going to Icicle Inn for the holidays&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;I&amp;#8217;m taking days off of my deliveries&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;And Tifa is closing the bar for a few weeks.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Even though it&amp;#8217;s the time of year&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt; When we can make boatloads of gil from customers&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;We decided to go on vacation instead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0c3m0D0T1qgwmsv.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I almost can&amp;#8217;t wait to go snowboarding&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;And skiing&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;But most importantly, sitting in front of a fireplace&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;With the girl that I love the most, in my arms.&lt;strike&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;Maybe she&amp;#8217;ll get cold, and I can warm her up&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;And hopefully, I&amp;#8217;ll have a heated love session,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0cla046m1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed: Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14082737010</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14082737010</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:22:06 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category></item><item><title>Confession #65:  Dog Days</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I can still remember my days as an infantryman for ShinRa.&lt;br/&gt;Even though I didn&amp;#8217;t get far, I still picked up a lot of things from my experiences.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0cmk60mO1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first time when I held a gun&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;I almost fell over from how &lt;strong&gt;heavy&lt;/strong&gt; it was.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funny how I wield an oversized sword now&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I was so weak&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;A lot of the other guys pushed me around,&lt;br/&gt; So I didn&amp;#8217;t have many friends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Zack was my only friend&amp;#8230; &lt;br/&gt;And I all I could do was look up to him and Sephiroth.&lt;br/&gt;I was only a grunt, &lt;em&gt;aspiring&lt;/em&gt; to be a First-Class SOLDIER&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;Trying to&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; impress&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; the girl next door.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If only I were SOLDIER&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0ap9BHaI1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14062552300</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14062552300</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:05:06 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Crisis Core</category><category>Zack Fair</category><category>Sephiroth</category></item><item><title>Confession #64:  Best Friends</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Zack Fair&amp;#8212;I probably &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; would have been who I am today without him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He looked out for me&amp;#8212;&lt;strong&gt;cared&lt;/strong&gt; about me during our days with ShinRa.&lt;br/&gt;Somehow, I feel a strange attachment to him.&lt;br/&gt;Perhaps I&amp;#8217;m indebted to how much he helped me.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;I miss him&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0b5c6xAk1qgwmsv.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After he died&amp;#8230; I made a &lt;em&gt;promise&lt;/em&gt; to him.&lt;br/&gt;A promise to continue his &lt;strong&gt;legacy&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8212;a promise to be a &lt;strong&gt;hero&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;br/&gt;Just for him&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;I lost myself.  I lost every part about myself&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;While I worked with AVALANCHE.&lt;br/&gt;Until Tifa helped me find my true being in the Lifestream.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m not Zack, and I &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; will be.&lt;br/&gt;But I guess I can say that I fulfilled his dreams for him&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;As well as my own.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br/&gt;That&amp;#8217;s what &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;best friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; are for.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0b888Gvk1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hey&amp;#8230; Would you say I became a hero?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yeah.  You &lt;strong&gt;did&lt;/strong&gt; become a hero.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0b7xDsvX1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14032156546</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/14032156546</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:50:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Zack Fair</category><category>Crisis Core</category><category>Final Fantasy</category><category>Final Fantasy VII</category></item><item><title>Confession #63:  Knowledge</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, I think the kids know &lt;strong&gt;too&lt;/strong&gt; much.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="244" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvh0k7yjvV1qgwmsv.jpg" width="367"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last night, I heard voices coming from the other room;&lt;br/&gt;So I pressed my ear against the wall and listened.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Denzel and Marlene were still awake.&lt;br/&gt;And let&amp;#8217;s just say&amp;#8230; &lt;br/&gt;I felt absolutely &lt;em&gt;horrified&lt;/em&gt; at what I heard.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;Denzel&amp;#8230; I heard noises from the kitchen and Tifa was naked&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;Duh, they did it.&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;Did what?&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;Put their private parts together!&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I nearly choked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From eavesdropping, I overheard Marlene talking about noises she heard&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tifa needs to stop screaming in bed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;And instantly, Denzel started telling her about the birds and the bees.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;Damn, the bar&amp;#8217;s walls are too thin.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;How the &lt;em&gt;hell&lt;/em&gt; did he know about these adult things?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Hopefully not from our fun times at night&amp;#8230;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Because of these deliveries&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;I feel bad for not being around and being a good father figure.&lt;br/&gt;Maybe he learned it all at school&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Or his friends told him all about it.&lt;br/&gt;Did Tifa let him &lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;surf the web&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221; too much?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvh0cwd3rg1qgwmsv.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What&amp;#8217;s this family coming to&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;We&amp;#8217;d make terrible parents&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tifa&amp;#8230; they&amp;#8217;re learning about inappropriate&amp;#8230; topics.&lt;br/&gt;I guess I&amp;#8217;ll have a serious talk with him soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvh09nMoU81qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kids just say the darndest things, don&amp;#8217;t they?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/13542130363</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/13542130363</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:15:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category><category>Marlene</category><category>Denzel</category><category>Advent Children</category><category>Bad Parenting</category></item><item><title>Confession #62:  Sparring</title><description>&lt;p&gt;So&amp;#8230; Tifa and I sparred for the first time.&lt;br/&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s just say&amp;#8230; it didn&amp;#8217;t end very &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;well&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for me.&lt;br/&gt;What the hell was I supposed to do?&lt;br/&gt;I couldn&amp;#8217;t hit her&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;There was no way I could &lt;em&gt;fight&lt;/em&gt; my own girlfriend.&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvc3hthKbb1qgwmsv.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She&amp;#8217;d punch, kick, and hit me with all of her strength&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;And I&amp;#8217;m stuck here, trying to block and defend myself&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;With a few hits every now and then.&lt;br/&gt;What am I supposed to do?  Slash at her mercilessly?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvc3j9Gil81qgwmsv.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#8217;s difficult&amp;#8230; having to fight with Tifa.&lt;br/&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t want to hurt her, so I end up running away.&lt;br/&gt;But she thinks I&amp;#8217;m scared when I back off.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvc3jqmtRt1qgwmsv.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Of course, she beat me&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;Completely kicked my ass&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvc3lnA8WW1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P.S.  I can win any other battle&amp;#8230; just not with Tifa.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strike&gt;I can&amp;#8217;t hit a girl.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/13412182114</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/13412182114</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:32:37 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Dissidia</category><category>Sparring</category><category>Final Fantasy VII</category><category>FF7</category><category>Oh the irony of the last line...</category><category>Cloti</category></item><item><title>Confession #61:  Pornstar</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I must be the luckiest bastard in the entire world.&lt;br/&gt;A busty barmaid for a girlfriend&amp;#8230;? &lt;br/&gt;She acts so innocent on the outside&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strike&gt;She&amp;#8217;s a fucking pornstar in bed.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="255" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv6fm0OHcb1qgwmsv.jpg" width="406"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;!-- more --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nighttime is playtime for her&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;That&amp;#8217;s when all of her inner desires run loose.&lt;br/&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s face it&amp;#8212;yes, she tops me.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;I like it when she&amp;#8217;s on top&amp;#8230; even if I get called a bottom.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strike&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t care&amp;#8230; it&amp;#8217;s a turn on when she crawls on top of me&amp;#8230;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="357" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lva315ZVx71qgwmsv.jpg" width="410"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And whispers seductive words into my ear as she plays with my earring.&lt;br/&gt;In a matter of seconds, our clothes are both ripped off&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s just say&amp;#8230; she can get extremely &lt;em&gt;naughty&lt;/em&gt; in bed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The way she rides me&amp;#8230; the way she talks to me&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;It&amp;#8217;s almost enough to make me &lt;strong&gt;climax&lt;/strong&gt; right away.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;Naughty or nice? What would you like tonight?&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The bartender usually knows what I want&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Heavy breathing, pleasured moans, and exchanges of teasing words fill the air&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Pure ecstasy courses through my blood,&lt;br/&gt;My heart pulses rapidly&amp;#8212;&lt;em&gt;faster&lt;/em&gt; and&lt;em&gt; faster&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Faster&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Faster..!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Release&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lva350gzgN1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have work tomorrow.&lt;em&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The night isnt even over yet.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/13354132394</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/13354132394</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:28:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category><category>NSFW</category></item><item><title>Confession #60:  Miscarriage</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Words cannot describe how much I hate myself right now.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blood.  There was &lt;strong&gt;blood&lt;/strong&gt;, everywhere&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;I handled her too roughly&amp;#8230; I abused her too much.&lt;br/&gt;And now&amp;#8230; we lost it&amp;#8212;our child.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="295" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv31vjH9NZ1qgwmsv.png" width="399"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I rushed Tifa to the hospital&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Where the doctors rushed her into the Emergency Room.&lt;br/&gt;I stayed by her side the whole time, and waited for them to operate.&lt;br/&gt;But out of fear, she got up and tried to run away.  &lt;br/&gt;Running after her, I caught her and held on tightly&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;She struggled to the point where I had to press on her pressure points&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Just to knock her out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I placed her back on the operating table&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Where the doctor asked me&amp;#8230; &lt;br/&gt;If I wanted to wait for her to wake up&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;Before they commenced with the D&amp;amp;C.&lt;br/&gt;But I gave them my full consent&amp;#8230; not knowing of my consequences.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After everything was finished, she woke up&amp;#8212;&lt;strong&gt;terrified&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;All of the blame was placed on me.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Everything&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8212;it was all my&lt;strong&gt; fault&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;It felt as if my heart had been &lt;em&gt;ripped &lt;/em&gt;out of my chest.&lt;br/&gt;She laid there, almost lifeless as she stared blankly into space.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I hate myself.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;I hate my life.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;And I hate what I&amp;#8217;ve done.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t deserve&amp;#8230; to ever be forgiven.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv31laiYAN1qgwmsv.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And I don&amp;#8217;t know if I&amp;#8217;ll be able to live with myself&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Knowing that I have this blood on my hands.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/13173727011</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/13173727011</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:17:00 -0500</pubDate><category>End of arc.</category></item><item><title>Confession #59:  Pet Names</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m not the type to show any emotion towards&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt; These&amp;#8230; pet names from Tifa..&lt;br/&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;secretly&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, I &amp;#8230; like them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Baby&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Honey&lt;/strong&gt;, shh.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;em&gt;Silly &lt;strong&gt;chocobo&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t ask me why.&lt;br/&gt;I just do&amp;#8230; she&amp;#8217;s.. cute..&lt;br/&gt;But this is something that I would never openly admit..&lt;br/&gt;It just gives me all these damn fuzzy feelings inside..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lui69s3Qjh1r18ea8.png" height="327" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But no one will ever know&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;This soft side of me.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hey, I have feelings too.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lui6f7nm9x1r18ea8.png"/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/12643184111</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/12643184111</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:47:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Cloud Strife</category><category>Tifa Lockhart</category><category>Cloti</category><category>Secrets</category></item><item><title>Confession #58:  One More Chance</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Blinding light enveloped my very being.&lt;br/&gt;Opening my eyes&amp;#8230; all I could see was blankness.&lt;br/&gt;Feathers scattered around me&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;Warmth began to flood into my body&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;As well as pain that shot down my nerves.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luffngr4Em1qgwmsv.jpg" height="286" width="343"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After several moments, my vision cleared&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;And all that I could see was her&amp;#8212;&lt;br/&gt;My barmaid&amp;#8230; crying her eyes out.&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;em&gt;She still cares&amp;#8230;?&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8220;  I thought to myself.&lt;br/&gt;Looking down at my chest, I cried out in agony.&lt;br/&gt;But she treated my wounds afterwards&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;Why&amp;#8230; did you&amp;#8230; bring me back&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Because I love you, you stupid man!&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;&amp;#8230;. But I hurt you..&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;If you weren&amp;#8217;t in so much pain right now, I would kick you into the next century!&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;I-I&amp;#8217;m.. sorry..&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;You&amp;#8217;re still my boyfriend, my best friend, my soul mate, my &amp;#8230; my true love.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It was as if nothing ever happened.&lt;br/&gt;Why am I forgiven?&lt;br/&gt;Are sins&amp;#8230; truly forgiven?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luffhckZI21qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/12599596441</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/12599596441</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:10:58 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Confession #57:  Suicide</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Why do I have to run away and leave her?&lt;br/&gt;Is it necessary to break up over this&amp;#8230;?&lt;br/&gt;I knew at that point, she hated me.&lt;br/&gt;I thought to myself,&lt;br/&gt;If I have to live my entire life in guilt and regret over the blood on my hands&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then&amp;#8230; I&amp;#8217;d rather not live at all.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Getting up off the bed, &lt;br/&gt;I stepped over to the blade that I dropped on the ground.&lt;br/&gt;As I said what I thought would be a final goodbye,&lt;br/&gt;Piercing pain was driven through my heart.&lt;br/&gt;Suddenly, I hit the ground.&lt;br/&gt;All of the color in the world seemed to fade to grey.&lt;br/&gt;And life was escaping&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;The only warmth that I felt was the crimson pool underneath my body.&lt;br/&gt;Everything became &lt;em&gt;cold&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All I heard were screams&amp;#8212;screams that I couldn&amp;#8217;t register in my mind.&lt;br/&gt;And suddenly, I was swept into her arms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;strong&gt;No&amp;#8230; Cl&amp;#8230;oud&amp;#8230; you&amp;#8230; c&amp;#8230;an&amp;#8217;t&amp;#8230;!!  ..I&amp;#8230;.lo..ve.. you..!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All I could hear&amp;#8230; were her broken up words&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;No matter how loud she cried for me&amp;#8230; I couldn&amp;#8217;t &lt;em&gt;hear&lt;/em&gt; her.&lt;br/&gt;I couldn&amp;#8217;t &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;feel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; her.&lt;br/&gt;I became devoid of emotion&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;When I finally blacked out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gone.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lufeyvn0AR1qgwmsv.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signed:  Cloud Strife&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/12586654938</link><guid>http://xsecret-confessions.tumblr.com/post/12586654938</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:57:00 -0500</pubDate><category>No anon... don't worry.  I won't be deleting my blog ever.</category><category>Even if I stop... I'll leave this here for reference.</category></item></channel></rss>
