Johnny ( Final Fantasy VII ) Johnny is a minor character from " Final Fantasy VII " . He lives in the Sector 7 slums with his family and secretly has a crush on Tifa Lockhart . Because of poor translation in the English version of the game , Johnny ' s origins appear conflicting . In the English version of the game , he seems to claim to be a childhood friend of Tifa and Cloud ' s from Nibelheim ( even though his family has never heard of the place ) and also claims to have been in SOLDIER with Cloud . In actuality Johnny calls Cloud " childhood friend " not because they were childhood friends , but because Cloud was Tifa ' s childhood friend . Johnny ' s lines in Costa del Sol , " Hey , is it really you ? We were in SOLDIER , and childhood friends before that . You were such a playboy . And a $ # & ^ murderer ! ! " should , in fact , translate to " Oh , and you are . . . ? It can ' t be ! You ' re that ex - SOLDIER , childhood friend , and sexy playboy ! A , and . . . a murderer ! " It can be inferred that Johnny was never in SOLDIER . Story . " Final Fantasy VII " . Johnny is a resident of the Sector 7 slums where he lives with his parents . The day after the Sector 1 Reactor ' s destruction , Johnny leaves the Sector 7 slums , with the residents gathering together to see him off . He is on the train with AVALANCHE soon after . His first destination is Wall Market , where Cloud and Aeris encounter him in front of the Honey Bee Inn . Shortly after the Sector 7 plate falls on the slums , and it is unknown if Johnny ' s parents made it out . Cloud encounters Johnny in Costa del Sol where he has found himself a girlfriend . Tifa will visit Johnny ' s home and the two talk of old times . When Tifa leads the party in search for Cloud , Johnny tells her he has proposed to his girlfriend . " On the Way to a Smile " . In " On the Way to a Smile : Case of Denzel " , Johnny is running an outdoor bar in Edge modeled after Tifa ' s 7th Heaven . A few years after Meteorfall , Johnny ' s infatuation with Tifa has transformed into an open admiration of her tenacity to start a new life after all she has gone through . Although he does not realize it , Johnny loses customers to Tifa due to telling his patrons how much she inspired him . He objects to Denzel attempting to enlist in the World Regenesis Organization in his cafe , fearing it would damage his image . He listens in on parts of Denzel ' s meeting with Reeve Tuesti , and speaks to Denzel about what he heard once Reeve leaves . Creation and development . According to the " Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega " and removed scenes from the game , Johnny was to first appear in 7th Heaven . He gives a choice response to Cloud about Tifa asking what his relationship to her is . The choices are either " We ' re just childhood friends " or " That ' s really none of your business , is it ? " . Depending upon the choice , Johnny will bemoan not having a promise of his own with Tifa and demand Cloud treat her right , or leave wishing to become a " proper man " . Either way , it is implied he leaves the Midgar Slums out of heartbreak . Unused text unearthed from the game ' s original Japanese version reveals that Johnny , when met outside the Honey Bee Inn in Wall Market , would have been aware of Cloud spending the previous night at Aeris ' s place , and that they spent time on the playground . Johnny appears jealous over these events , but in the final game where these lines do not occur , it is never implied Johnny would even know Aeris .