It's a stargazing night.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 7 or any associated characters.
It was a night where he just wanted to go up to the roof of the Shin-Ra building and just pose all his questions to the stars and hopefully gain some answers. But, to actually see any stars, he'd have to escape the city and its hazy skies dark with pollution. Nonetheless, he did retreat to the roof once his shift was over. Placing his phone and sword aside, he sat on the edge of the roof, despite it being completely dangerous, and allowed his feet to dangle over the edge. Violet eyes were turned towards the skies that hid the bright, shining little pinpricks that dotted the night sky. It'd been so long since he had seen the stars, he wondered if they even existed anymore.
"You know, it's really hard to ask questions when I can't see you," Zack told the hidden stars. There was a little pulse of warm wind, a small attempt to push the forever looming black clouds aside. Zack sighed, lowering his gaze to the street below, as small lights dotted the dark city streets.
"Last time I talked to you, I was in Gongaga, before I joined SOLDIER I think. Then I met Angeal, who mentored me. Why did he leave? Why did he abandon all he cared about?"
"He left because he had to."
Zack twisted around to see his silver-haired friend walking towards him. Sephiroth joined him on the edge of the roof, also allowing his feet to hang over the edge. He didn't have to see to know that Zack was casting him the most questioning of looks.
"There comes a point when a SOLDIER has to leave. You'll reach that point too, eventually. They are simply unsatisfied with their lives, for one reason or another, and have to move on and either change their personal lives or change the lives around them, so they become more happy."
"What would have made Angeal unhappy?"
Sephiroth crossed his arms across his chest and tilted his gaze up to the sky, "I suppose he grew tired of his dreams not being realized here, the dreams he gave to you. Maybe he believed that he'd found someone that could actually change this world for the better, and had no part in being here any longer."
They sat in quiet, staring at the sky. The clouds were unmoving, but they knew that the stars were there and shining brightly.
"Seph, when will you leave?" Zack asked, voice barely above a whisper.
"I don't know. It won't be soon, though, if that's what you're wondering. I still have things to do here, as do you. Now I suggest that you focus on what is going on currently, instead of what happened with Angeal. He already gave you all he could, and now you must carry his dreams for him," Sephiroth answered, pulling his feet back from over the edge and standing. Zack turned to watch his friend leave and just before Sephiroth opened the door to entryway back inside, he asked,
"How the hell did you find me up here anyway?"
The general didn't bother turning around, "It was simple, it was a night to talk to the stars and I knew you'd be up here too."
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