Drabble #44: Camera

Summary: You never know when you may need to remember me.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the plot. Characters and places belong to SquareEnix


"Oooh, look at that!" Aeris called, pratically bouncing with excitement as she took in the Gold Saucer theme park. She was almost as bad as Yuffie, who at least had the excuse of still being a child. Cloud wasn't really annoyed with Aeris' attitude though, he knew that she had never been to a theme park, or outside of Midgar as far as she could remember.

"We should split into groups to find Sephiroth and Barret." Tifa explained, glancing around for any disagreement but there was none. "So, who goes with who?" she asked.

"A group of three and a group of two?" Nanaki suggested. "I think you should go with Yuffie as you can relate to her easily, being of similar fighting skills. She respects you," he added in a whisper to the barmaid.

"I'll go with Cloud then." Aeris piped, throwing a smile in Cloud's direction, who immediately blushed at the attention. Tifa opened her mouth slightly, as if to protest but Nanaki agreed to the groups before she had a chance. Aeris instantly grabbed Cloud's arm and dragged him to the nearest point.

"Have you been here before?" she asked. Cloud nodded as they entered Chocobo Square. He had been here when he was in Soldier and won on the Chocobo races. He remembered having a clear streak.

He told Aeris this but she didn't act amazed or surprised like Tifa would have. She just raised an eyebrow and said, "Is that so?" in a tone that had the hidden idea that she did not completely believe him. However, Cloud wasn't going to let his suspicions get the better of him, he had no reason to believe that Aeris doubted him so he forgot all about it.

She soon grew bored of the Chocobos and decided that she wanted to go somewhere else. Wihout much choice, Cloud agreed and let her lead him wherever she wanted to go.

"Oh, a photobooth!" she cried, grabbing his hand before he had even recognised what direction she had been pointing in. She grinned at him before her expression became pleading. "We should have our picture taken!" she squealed. Cloud rubbed the back of his neck.

"Well, I suppose..."

"Thanks, Cloud!"

Without another word, she pulled him into the booth with her and pushed him down onto the seat. She then settled herself down beside him and smiled into the large green circle for the photo.

There were only two photos taken but at least they could get one each that way. Aeris took them from the holder and handed one to Cloud.

"So, why did you want to have a photo so much?" he asked. She shrugged, looking down at their picture.

"I just wanted to remember it. You never know when you may have to remember people when they go," she replied. Cloud frowned, sensing Aeris was going to say something. Instead, she just smiled and grabbed his hand again, dragging him back into the crowds.