Once You Loose Your Heart

Cloud x Aeris

Cloud looked up at the starry night sky above him, which seemed to sway and move above his head. "…Where ever you are, I'll find you." He vowed in a whisper…

Cloud had been searching for Aeris ever since she fell to Sephiroth's sword those two years ago. Even after the events of the terrible disease Geostigma, where he was finally happy, something told him not to stop now that he knew she had forgiven him…

Cloud sighed, when he heard a comforting, familiar voice. "Cloud? Are you coming back in, Cloud?" He turned to see Tifa Lockheart. She was just as gorgeous as ever, with sparkling brown eyes, that would glow at him when she looked upon him and straight brown hair that went down past her shoulders. He nodded. "…Yeah." He said coldly. Tifa had grown increasingly worried about Cloud, it seemed even after the events of the Geostigma virus, he still was not happy, and she knew exactly why…it pained Tifa to think that Cloud was still searching for Aeris, when she had almost clearly told him how she felt about him, but what mattered to him mattered to her. She just wanted him to be happy. "Come on." She said watching him walk inside Aeris' church.

She followed him in. "Will you be okay now? I have to get back to Marlene and Denzel." Cloud nodded. "Yeah, I'll be fine…im just, tired I guess." He said. Tifa sighed as she saw the look of dismay upon his face as he sat down on a chair. Cloud had made Aeris' church his home, and set up a small bed and chair but that was all really. Tifa bent down next to him. "Cloud?" He looked at her. "You are happy aren't you? I mean…you saw her, at the end of all things, at the end of the Geostigma reign, right?" He nodded. "Yeah. But," He paused. "Something tells me I shouldn't give up…what do you think Tifa?" Tifa hesitated, and looked at him. "I…" She sighed. "Cloud, I don't know what to think. It's really up to you…I mean, are you happy with just the memories you had and shared with her, we shared with her too…or do you want more?" Cloud thought. "I, I want to…be with her again Tifa. But how can I be, when, when she's gone…" He stopped. Tifa looked at him again. "You, don't think she is, do you?" Cloud shook his head. "Her spirit had not yet returned to the Planet…I can feel it." Tifa smiled, and stood. "I have to go," She said turning to leave, but then stopping at the church doors, she turned…

"Cloud, please…maybe you should listen to what Aeris told you. Maybe it is time to move on." She said with a small sigh. "Goodnight Cloud." She smiled, and left the Church…

Cloud was left alone in the church. With only memories of the Flower Girl to comfort him in the lonesome nights he experienced, night after night. But it was only the beginning. Maybe there was still hope for Cloud to find his light.

Like he thought

It was only the beginning…