Disclaimer: I don't own anyone in this. But I sure wish I did.


Four years, has it really been so long?

I watched him leave four years go. And something inside of me knew he wasn't going to return. Despite all of his promises of what we would do when he returned.

But now all I can do is wait. Wait for a day that will never come. Wait in the pink dress he would have loved so much. Wait with the flower basket he made, just for me.

My routine was the same for almost all of those four years. Wake up. Pray to the Goddess. Tend the flowers. Earn a few gill. Go home. Help Elmyra. Go to bed. Wash, rinse, repeat.

And all of that time I would wait for something to remind me of him, or for something to give me closer. Did you know that I actually sent him 89 letters? All in the hope that he would once again prove me wrong. That he would return to me.

And then you came.

You came and rescued me from the existence I had banished myself to after he left. Do you know how much like him you are? When I look at you, I sometimes see him. And I know how horrible that sounds, and how much I would hate myself if you ever knew that. But it's true.

You look like the mirror image of him at some moments. Or at least who he had become at the end.

The only real difference is that you don't have his smile. Actually, I don't think that I've ever seen you smile, Cloud. Maybe it's just that you save all your smiles for when I'm asleep. I wouldn't doubt it; in fact I think you do.

I want you to know something.

It's important.

No matter what happens, I'm glad that I met you.

This is our story, all of ours.


This is the lovely introduction to Aerith's Tale!

More to come very soon!