Caging my plot bunnies

>.> Since my ability to place cuts here kinda sucks, I'll probably posting my drabbles in separate entries instead of compiling them into one entry, as I had hoped I could. :\ I'll figure this out! >.> Eventually.... Until then I post according to the above header. If I do more then one drabble for a given community in the same week, then I'll post it along with the drabble of the week. o.0 Something like that...
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Title: Who He Is
Characters/Pairings: Barrett
Rating/Type: G
Team: SOLDIER
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: o.o No yuri. >< Damn. Enjoy anyway.

He was all fire and anger. Something he held on to that defined him. Helped him wake up and face the next day. However, it wasn't him. A mask to protect himself from the harshness life had showed him. There was a time, so long ago that it could've been just a dream, when Barrett was different. Then, he was softer, more vulnerable to the world around him. What changed? Was it a constant feeling of loneliness that followed him like a plague? He wasn't sure. Whoever he had been, he had closed him away, unable to bear the pain.

Heh, I'll be surprised if this one doesn't get deleted from [info]ffvii_100. >< Mebbe I should rewrite it before anyone notices?

Title: Practice
Characters/Pairings: Tifa/Yuffie
Rating/Type: PG
Team: SOLDIER
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: ^_^ My first prompt here! >< This drabble was hard to cut down to just 100 words. The idea here is that not all first kisses go according to plan. Sometimes, at all.

Tifa couldn't believe what she'd just heard.

"You've never been kissed?" The words didn't sound real.

For once quiet, Yuffie shook her head and chewed her lip in embarrassment. She hadn't meant to say anything, but Tifa had asked and she couldn't find the words to lie - for once. Awkward silence, then Yuffie hesitantly grabbed the other woman's shoulders.

"Could I...? Just to... Practice?" The look in her eyes was child-like.

Surprised, Tifa nodded dumbly, unaware of doing so. Leaning over, Yuffie closed her eyes and promptly banged her forehead into Tifa's nose.

"Eh, you missed."

Yuffie only laughed.