Title: Desideratum
Author: Despre Tine
Pairing: Aerith/Zack
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Theme: #1, "look over here"
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII and it's characters do not belong to me. They belong to Square Enix, etc. I am only using the characters in multiple short stories.

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Desideratum:

N. something considered neccessary or highly desirable.

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The diary.

A girl's most secret possession. One look into it's contents, and everything you ever wanted to know about that girl's life will be told to you.

Aerith finished writing her latest entry in it, and then closed the pink book and hid it in her underwear drawer; the lock had broken on it, so she had to hide it in an extra safe place. "Another day, another entry," she said to herself, and smiled. She sat on her bed and thought about all that had happened that day. She had gone to the Sector 5 church to check on her flowers, and saw that new ones were blooming. Though one could not tell in Midgar, Spring was in the air, and Aerith couldn't wait to start selling flowers once more. "Should I continue to sell them for 1 gil? That seems to be a pretty good price..." she pondered to herself, then sighed. Yawning, she stood up and walked over to her closest and pulled out a night gown, and then shed out of her clothes and changed into the nightwear.

She was in the process of undoing the braid in her hair when a knock on her window interuppted her. "What on Gaia could that be..." she said aloud. She walked over to the window and opened the blinds, and then had to stifle a shriek when she saw a face pressed against the window, making goofy faces. "Zack! What are you doing here!" she whispered as she opened up the window. Zack climbed into the room and brushed himself off.

"I thought I'd drop by..." he said, grinning.

"At 10:00 at night?"

He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, messing up the already spiky dark strands. "I came to say...goodnight...?"

Aerith crossed her arms. "If Mom finds out your here, she'll kill the both of us. You first, though."

Zack whimpered a bit. "I'll leave soon. I just wanted to wish you sweet dreams and all that stuff." He grinned and walked around her room a bit.

"Are you going to say it or not, silly?" Aerith asked, watching him. Zack continued to pace around the room.

"I'll say it in a bit. I'm just...exploring first, is all."

"You're stalling, is what you're doing.." Aerith said, giggling slightly.

"Guilty as charged," he said, starting to open up various drawers. Books, ribbons, and clothes were revealed to him as each drawer was opened. He came upon a top drawer to one of her bureau's, and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

Aerith couldn't see what he was doing, but then she heard him open the drawer and make a muffled gasp. "Hey, look over here!"

Aerith immediately turned red and Zack turned around with two items in his hands: a pair of white, lacy underwear, and her diary. "omgzackwhatareyoudoingputthoseawayrightnow!" Zack only laughed.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" he chuckled, and he inspected both items in his hands. "A diary and panties, both belonging to my girl... What a find."

Aerith walked up to him to try and take them back. "Zack," she whispered, "give those back now!"

"I'm not sure I want to," he said, grinning. He raised both items above his head, out of her reach. Aerith tried desperately to reach them, but it was no use.

"Zack, please...?" she pleaded, taking on a kicked-puppy expression. Zack always fell for it.

"Not that face, please..." he begged, starting to lower his hands. He stopped before they were completely lowered, and grinned. "Fine, I'll give them back, but on one condition."

"Yeeeessss...?" Aerith asked, caring more about the diary than the underwear.

"I get to have a goodnight kiss."

That was it? "That's it?" she asked.

"That's it," he replied, grinning. Aerith smiled and then stood up on her tip-toes to reach his height, and then she planted a quick but sweet peck on his lips. Zack smiled at her when she moved back, and he kissed her forehead. "Goodnight, Aerith," he said, giving her back her diary and panties.

"Goodnight, Zack. You had better go before you catch hell from your commanding officer..."

"Oh shit...! I completely forgot!" He ran over to the window and opened it up, then put one leg after another outside. "Till tomorrow, girl," Zack said, as he lowered himself to the ground. Aerith waved and closed the window, whispering "till tomorrow."

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