Flower Lady and the Tramp By Paul Odo
All characters are property of Square Enix.
This story is fictional, but it was inspired by a true story that happened to me at my local Burger King.
"I knew this was going to be a problem," said Cloud as he entered the room.
Before him was the presence of Tifa, Aeris, Barrett, and Cid.
"Lets get out of here," Aeris whispered to cloud as she pushed him out the door.
As they exited, Aeris brushed her lips slowly against the bottom of Cloud's chin, slowly working up to his bottom lip, then gently gave cloud a quick kiss.
"What was going on in there?" questioned Cloud.
Aeris didn't want to respond. She just took him by the hand and led him outside.
After walking for a few minutes, they reached the church. The bright sunlight beaming down from the hole in the roof.
"I just needed to get away from the group; you're the only person that doesn't give me any trouble," Aeris explained to cloud.
Gracefully, she walked to the middle of the altar, then slowly laid down and started rolling on the bed of flowers.
"Come over here."
She motioned her finger towards herself, her intent to lure Cloud. As he approached her, Aeris got her finger, placed it on the edge of her bottom lip, then told Cloud:
"These flowers are resilient, there's really no way you can damage them, unless of course, you intended to damage them"
Aeris took the confused Cloud's hand and pulled him down next to her.
"Tell me, have you ever been in love?"
Hesitant, Cloud couldn't answer. He gave Aeris a blank stare.
"Don't worry, you don't have to answer."
But he wanted to answer: "I've loved, but I haven't been in love. I've had too many people I care about die before my eyes. It's difficult for me to get close to anyone these days..."
Aeris took him by the hand. She moved over to sit closer to him.
"You know... I don't know you very well myself. Tell me about yourself. In other words... I want to meet you."
Cloud looked back at Aeris and stared into her eyes.
"Well, I.."
Before he could finish, Aeris gave him another kiss. Momentarily stunned, Cloud managed to continue.
"I have to return to my homeplanet."
A ladder descended from the sky, and Cloud climbed on.
"My planet is Blargon 7. It's 5,000 light years away from here. I will come back in 10,000 years to see the remnants of this planet."
"Will I ever see you again??" Aeris yelled in reply.
Before she could get an answer, Cloud was already traveling at warp speed in his spaceship.
