Well, this may be due to a lens of time, but from what I remember, Cloud went off to SOLDIER and returned as the sulky amnesiac that we all know and love. I always think that had to have been hard on Tifa.

I wish I could get into the rest of the FF7 besides the original game, but none of it grabbed me like the original did, sadly.

If you want more Aerith/Tifa porn, I have written one other piece (http://storypaint.livejournal.com/146150.html). :D