"Beyond this road, running on far and long,
Must surely be
something we can believe in.
The hot emotions that have begun to
disappear
Glitter and wave once more within my heart."
Like the lone wolf once again, Cloud Strife stared out into the open yellow fields, as he slowly removed his sunglasses. The difference was though, that he was no longer alone, and he had finally realized that not too long ago. It was odd how he had stopped going to the church in the slums like he had used to. He practically lived there for two years before, but now he found himself watching the sunset nearly every evening at this unmarked territory. It was 9 months ago, after the cure for geo-stigma was found that he took off aimlessly, not for good, but for that time. The roads were empty and he had decided to stop in the middle of nowhere.
Cloud leaned back on Fenrir, as his blue mako eyes gazed up at the setting sun. Nine months, he thought to himself, nine months and I find myself with nothing. He was finally settled when he had finally forgiven himself for the death of Aeris not too long ago, and he continued to live with Denzel, Marlene, and Tifa at the town known as Edge. They lived a rather peaceful life, and Tifa was happy that Cloud had started to "dilly-dally". Though she was always there for him for the past years, Cloud never saw her as anything more than a sister, and he believed that she finally settled for that instead, but their friends knew otherwise.
Cloud's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the sound of his cell phone ringing. "Yeah."
Tifa's voice sounded on the other end, "Hey, Denzel and Marlene are waiting for you to get back."
"Yeah, I'll be there," the man responded as he quickly hung up the phone. He took in a deep breath, as he slowly got back onto his motorcycle, a million things running through his mind. For some reason, Cloud looked over his shoulder, as he felt an odd feeling come over him. He quickly shook it off as nothing, as he took off down the long empty highway back home.