I guess Aeris. I'm not really interested in the love triangle and I don't really think it matters who Cloud loved because FFVII was not a love story. If I had to pick a girl for him to love, I would have to go with Aeris. I'm more of a single Cloud fan so Cloud/Aeris is convient in that way. And I really don't like Tifa all that much. I thought she was going to be a cool kick ass chick, but she ended up being annoyingly clingy. She was cool in Junon but after that I got real irritated with her. I was also disappointed with her. In the earlier Final Fantasys the monks(fist fighters) were badass characters. They did a lot of damage and would hit twice. Tifa only hits once and she often did much less damage than all my other characters. She was also a last minute character added to the game and seemed very poorly developed.
I don't think I would have liked VII if it were a love story between Cloud and Tifa.
I don't think I would have liked VII if it were a love story between Cloud and Tifa.