Statics

Static
Chapter 1:
Friends forever.

Tifa stared at the lilies in the church; she had a weird feeling about that she could still feel Aerith's presence in the slum church. The brown haired woman had spent most of her time here lately, missing her best friend.

"you told me that lying to your best friends was a bad thing; best friends were there for each other when something was wrong. Well, this time you're the problem, because you're gone. " Tifa murmured, her brown eyes wandering down the walls in the church. Aerith's words from the first time they'd met each other still stuck in her head. A memory, refused to fade away. She still remembered their conversation after a month or two, when they sat on the church floor, telling each other secrets.

Tifa and Aerith laughed together, eyes closed and problems faded. Brown eyes gazed into green after awhile, and then Aerith was the first one to say something.

"We're best friends, right?" Aerith stared at Tifa with angst in her green eyes, she was afraid that the brown haired girl would say no, leave the church and leave her alone again. To be honest, Aerith had never had a best friend before, and she hoped that Tifa would be her first.

"yeah, definitely best friends" Tifa nodded, and agreed. Aerith was her best friend, but Yuffie was her best friend too. But she was sure that Aerith looked at Yuffie as a good friend, and friendship was good. They discussed boys, who they liked and who they disliked.

"that's funny…" Aerith muttered, green eyes gazing up at heaven through the whole in the ceiling. Tifa peered over at the flowers, impressed by Aerith's work.

"what's funny?" she looked back at the pink dressed woman with a confused look. She didn't find anything funny; Tifa wondered what went through Aerith's mind sometimes.

"I've never had a best friend before" she confessed, eyes still at the whole in the ceiling. Then the pink dressed woman looked at the brown haired girl again with a grin on her lips.

"never?" Tifa wondered, and Aerith nodded. They were best friend, and they would stay best friends for a long time. It must have been hard for Aerith too, going through her childhood without a real best friend. Tifa had always had Cloud as a childhood friend, but she knew now that Aerith had more friends than she had used to have.

"never!" Aerith repeated and smiled bright, it didn't seem to bother her. Tifa looked curiously at the older girl next to her and smiled. She was proud over being Aerith's best friend; it was a good feeling indeed. And now she had someone to turn to when she had problems or felt down.

"Hey, let's make a promise, let's tell each other how we feel, and turn to each other when we're in danger, okay?" Tifa murmured soft and Aerith agreed.

Then Aerith had passed away, left Tifa alone. She missed her best friend so badly, it hurt. The memories seemed so real, like it had happened yesterday, but it hadn't. And that was all she had right now, the memories, how they'd been there for each other, how they'd helped each other out of crisis.

"it's not fair… you didn't deserve to die!" Tifa murmured as her eyes was glaring at one of the flowers. It was hard to realise that it was years ago since they made that promise, it was hard to let go. She still wanted to wake up in the mornings, go to the church and be welcomed by the smiling girl that used to be here.

Tifa stopped up in the church, sighed and sat herself down in front of the flowers. "Still, I always had a feeling that you weren't far away. You were always there, with us. Everything we did, you weren't far away." She murmured and stared at the whole in the ceiling.

"and we never stop thinking about you, you know… you'll always be more than a memory" Tifa added and smiled, then one of her fingers touched a flower and she smiled brighter.

Authors note:
First chapter done. I'll update as soon as possible, I own nothing, the characters are (C) to Square Enix. Hope you enjoy!