A small colection of four stories based on Final Fantasy VII characters. Each one was inspired in one song. This ZackAerith was inspired by "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton.

Hope you enjoy it! Next one is CloTi!

Disclaimer: FFVII belongs to Square Enix.

Love in Four Acts

Act One: Just To See You

To Aerith, unfortunately, that was a day like any other. She woke up early and went straight to the beautiful ruins of the little church on Sector 5 – the one place in Midgar where flowers managed to bloom. Being there, she took some of the wonderful flowers that gathered to form the rug on the centre, where the sunlight came from a hole in the ceiling, and put them on a basket.

Selling these flowers, for Aerith, was more than a way to gain some money. It was a way to bring happiness to her costumers.

That day, she decided to sit on a bench near Wall Market, where the constant traffic of people would help her to sell all the flowers on the morning. She wanted to return home early, in order to spend the day with her mother. She wasn't the type of girl to feel lonely – she was always happily in a good mood. But, even so, a lot of time had passed since Zack left town and that delay worried her. Did something happen to him? Did he hurt himself on his mission?

The questions were piling up in her mind and heart, keeping her from living her life the way she was used to.

"Hey, flower girl, are you listening?" a voice called.

"Ah, I'm sorry! I ended up getting distracted. Would you like to buy a flower, mister?"

"Yes! Three, please."

Aerith smiled at him and handed him the three flowers he picked.

"Did you hear what Johnny just said?" a man besides Aerith's costumer resumed the interrupted conversation. "Seems like those SOLDIERs, the ones that went out some weeks ago, are entering through the Sector 4 gate now."

Aerith was talking before she could stop herself.

"Are they really coming back? The SOLDIERs that went out on mission last month?"

The man was shocked with the girl's sudden interest.

"Yes. They are entering now. On Sector 4."

Aerith got up, bowed in gratitude and got out running the faster her small feet would let her run.

"This one is in love." She heard one of the men say, laughing.

Her cheeks went red with the statement, but she didn't stop running. She passed through empty streets, knocked garbish cans down, hit some people passing by and apologized hundreds of times. She stopped for a minute, trying to retrieve the air she momentarily lost. Putting her hands on her knees, she looked up into the sky and saw birds flying in the direction she was supposed to be heading to.

"I envy you!" She screamed, frightening them.

Taking a deep breath, she kept on running until she was able to discern the outlines of the entering gate. A few steps later she was able to see a group of uniformed men and, walking ahead of them, two without uniforms.

"Zack!" she called in a scream.

She still wasn't close enough, so he wasn't able to hear her. Dropping her flower's basket, she sped up and called again.

"Zack!"

This time he heard her and his eyes searched for her in the middle of that sea of unorganized mess.

Asking "excuse me" as she passed, Aerith sneaked herself through the crowd that was formed around the returning soldiers until no one was in her way. Opening the biggest smile, she jumped on his direction, in order to hug him. He caught her in the air, his smile a twin of hers.

"How did you know I was back?" he asked while crashing her between his arms.

"Two old men were talking about it on Wall Market."

"You ran from Wall Market to here?"

She nodded.

I would run a Thousand miles to see you.

He hugged her even tighter. He was the only one who knew how excruciating it was to be apart from her for so long.

"I love you, did you know that?"

Aerith blushed with the confession.

"I do too." She admitted. "I missed you."

"And I you."

Aerith smiled and got on the tip of her toes to give a quick and shy kiss on his lips. She would have ran whatever distance she had to, didn't matter how long it would take, as long as she was able to see him in the end.