AN: Alright well it's here. The first chapter to my ongoing fanfic with Zack and Aerith from FF VII: Crisis Core. I do not own the characters, universe, etc. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it.
Chapter 1
The early morning fog hung thick in the air. Zack stood outside the church, which a slight knot in his stomach. Maybe it was his lack of sleep the night before, maybe it was the nervousness he had at the situation before him. "Why am I so nervous? It's not like I haven't asked her on a date before. It was so easy the first time, but why is it so hard this time?" He shook his head and took a deep breath before walking inside the church.
Zack slowly opened the door of the church. He silently walked in to see the beautiful woman kneeling on the ground, wearing her usual blue dress, surrounded by her all too familiar flowers. Zack took a step back to admire the almost angelic woman as she knelt surrounded by what seemed like an aura around her. He almost didn't want to disrupt her from this angelic state, but he knew he had to eventually. After a couple moments he cleared his throat, took a step forward, and spoke up.
"Aerith?"
His voice rang out, echoing and resonating within the church. It took a moment before Aerith turned and saw Zack. She quickly sprung up from where she knelt and ran over to Zack, hugging him tightly.
"Zack… this is quite unexpected… what brings you here?" she looked up at him, her eyes gleaming with subtle tears of joy as she made sure he really was there.
"Yeah it is…" He returned the hug and looked her in the eyes. "I was... going to ask… ask if…" he started choking on his words. "Damn it man, pull yourself together. Why are you choking this time? It's been so easy for you before so why is it so hard now?" He cleared his throat again and spoke. "Look would you want to go on a second date with me?"
Aerith couldn't help but laugh to herself as Zack stood there embarrassed in front of her. "Well of course I would. We've gone on a date before silly, so of course I would want to go on another one."
Zack laughed nervously. "Well…" he looked her in the eyes and grabbed her hand. "I don't mean to be so sudden, but let's go then." He turned and started walking outside the church as Aerith followed quickly behind him.
"Wait…" she said, stopping for a moment before he opened the door to the church.
"What is it?" He asked her as he looked back worried.
"Do you even know where you're going?"
"No I don't, but I'm here spending time with you, so let's not waste any of it."
While hours had past in reality, to the two it didn't feel like that long. They did nothing that people would consider "interesting" besides walk around, talk, catch up with each other's lives, but to them it was exactly what the two wanted.
As the two were walking, two little girls, not even 5 years old, shyly approached Aerith. "Hello Miss Aerith." The two said quietly. Aerith's eyes opened in joy. "Well hello there." she said, greeting the two in her usual warm manor. "Is there something the matter?" she asked, noticing the girls' shy demeanor. "Um… we were just wondering… is that your boyfriend?" The two pointed up at Zack, who upon hearing the question instantly blushed and turned away. Aerith laughed to herself before pulling the girls in close and whispered, "Well, you could say that I suppose." She smiled as she sent the kids on their way. After they left, Aerith stood up and put her hand on Zack's cheek.
"That was very embarrassing." Zack said, as he turned to look at her again.
"Why are you so embarrassed? I thought it was cute." She smiled up at him as he blushed a light shade of red.
The two continued walking around until they reached the church again. The two stopped to look at the sky as the sun was now setting. Zack chuckled to himself. "It's funny… this morning it was all foggy and dark outside, and now it's all bright and sunny." "It's funny how that happens…" Aerith replied. There was a long pause between the two, before the all too sudden sound of a cell phone went off. Zack quickly stepped to the side and answered.
"Hello? Yeah… really? Alright I'll be right there."
Zack walked back to Aerith. "Welp, looks like duty calls. Always at the most in opportune times though."
Aerith smiled at Zack, "It's understandable. You have a job to do. I'll always be here whenever you want to be here."
Zack smiled before hugging her tightly. Aerith was quick to hug back, holding onto him equally as tight, if not tighter, than he was. Aerith closed her eyes, hoping the moment would never end. Before breaking off, Zack whispered into her ear, "I'll be back as soon as I can I promise you… I'm going to miss you Aerith." With that, the two separated as he walked off into the sunset. As he started to fade away in the distance, Aerith couldn't help but utter one thing as she watched…
"I'll miss you to… my sweet Zack."
Alright well there was the first chapter. Please review and give feedback. Hopefully I'll have a second chapter up soon.
