13 Nights of Halloween

Okay, this one is more fluffy than scary. But there will be more. Happy Halloween! Also, I will update this EVERY day until Halloween night!

Aerith adjusted her big black witch hat; a big red bow was tied around the top. She was wearing a small dark purple, strapless dress that hung five inches above her knees. Her hair was down, covering her back. She had on tall black boots, and was carrying a broomstick. She looked to the clock on the wall and sighed. "Where is he? We're gonna be late!"

Aerith had told Tifa and Yuffie that she would get Cloud to come to their Halloween party, and it only took a few kisses and batting of her lashes to finally get him to agree. She was dressing as a witch and he was going as a renaissance vampire. But it was 7:30 at night and they had to be at the party at 8, but Cloud wasn't home yet.

Aerith hurried over to the pumpkin shaped candy bowl and picked out a small lollipop and plopped it into her mouth. "I swear! If he's not here in the next five minutes—" Aerith fell onto the couch and turned on the t.v. to burn time as she waited for Cloud.

It was already nightfall out and Aerith couldn't exactly walk all the way to the party even if she wanted to, so she had to wait for Cloud—otherwise she wouldn't be able to go at all. 7:30 faded into 8:00 and Aerith began to pace back and forth across the house out of nervousness and boredom.

The cold autumn winds hitched and the surrounding trees around their house began to creak and scratch against their house. "What was that?"

Aerith looked out the window and saw it was the bare maple tree branches making the noise. She shook her head and sat back on the couch. Aerith never really enjoyed being home alone… especially at night.

Just as Aerith got comfortable with the noise of the howling wind she heard something in the kitchen. Slowly, Aerith turned her gaze behind her and rose. She wearily wondered to the kitchen and peaked around the corner of the hall, making sure there was nothing in the room first. After having a good look around, Aerith stepped farther into the kitchen and examined what could have made the sound. She spotted the window above the sink was open, letting in cold autumn wind. A wave of relief washed over Aerith and she quickly hurried over to the window and closed it. "Must've been the wind…"

She headed back into the living room; the clocked said 8:10. "Ugh! Where is he?" Aerith placed her hands on her hips, and all of a sudden she heard some noise at the front door; "Cloud?"

Aerith walked to the door and opened it but nothing was there. "Hmmph, swear I heard a knock…" just as the door clicked closed she heard a lot crash come from the kitchen. She jumped at the sound and held her breath as she waited to hear if she heard right. It was silent.

"Maybe I'm hearing things…"

Aerith locked the front door and walked over to the phone and dialed Cloud's number. Just as it started to ring all the lights in the house went out. "Oh, my word!" the phone went dead.

Aerith squinted her eyes to make out any shapes in the room, her hands outstretched to feel anything in her way. All of a sudden Aerith felt something rub against her hands briefly; it felt like a body.

She jerked her hands away and covered her mouth. "Something's in here!"

Aerith held her breath and listened but it was quite. "I imagined it…I imagined it…" she hesitantly stepped away from the door and walked towards the kitchen. The moonlight lit the way as Aerith peered around the corner of the kitchen. After seeing the coast was clear she walked deeper into the room and glanced around the area, looking for anything suspicious. Aerith gasped as she saw the back door was wide open.

Aerith slowly backed away, bumping into something standing directly behind her. She felt a man lean down to her ear and whisper; "…Boo!" but just as she felt the warmth of his breath she jerked her elbow into his stomach. But before she could step away the man spun her around in his arms, her attack was too weak to have caused any damage.

Aerith caught sight of the man's features as the moonlight shone down on them. She knew exactly who it was, only one man had that hairstyle.

Aerith narrowed her brow and slapped his face playfully; "Cloud! You really scared me!" He tried to hold back a smile as he saw how pale her face was. "It's Halloween; I thought people are supposed to be scared?"

"Not by their boyfriends."

Aerith adjusted herself in his arms but was tugged back by Cloud as he pulled off her witch hat and lowered his mouth to the curve of her neck; "Cute hat…" he kissed her soft skin as she giggled; "Okay, okay, I forgive you. Now get your costume on we can still make the party—"

Cloud gritted his teeth, he was hoping his scare tactic would make her want to stay home—but, it was a lost cause. She tiptoed to Cloud's ear; her hands rubbing down and up his chest slowly; "If you go to this party, I'll give you some special treats tonight." Her voice was a murmur of seduction and Cloud couldn't turn that down.

"I'll make that deal."