Rating: PG
Category: Angst
Summary: What a hero is suposed to do after saving the world?
Author's Note: So I came up with this bit after waking up this morning. Beautiful weather, is't it~? :)
Disclaimer: I do not own the FinalFantasy characters, SquareEnix does.
THE MORNING AFTER SAVING THE WORLD
Before he opened his eyes, Cloud felt sunrays flickering lazily over his face and eyelids. The room was warm and the covers begun to make him hot.
Though his muscles felt numb and ached from intense activity the day before, he sat up slowly, opening his eyes, and rubbing them with his knuckles. He looked around the room. It was bright, but small, with only a bed and a nightstand. He stood up, yawning and stretching, and approached the window. He drew back the curtains to look out. As the room was seated on the third floor of the Kalm's inn, the view was fairly wide. Near the horizon there were lingering the ruins of Midgar. Few days back you could've seen tall buildings of the Upper Plate from here, and counted almost all of the mako reactors surrounding the city. But now it was all blasted away, leaving only smoke and irregular shapes of once so glorious creation.
Cloud wondered if he should feel satisfaction, looking at the image. Maybe yes, because the burst had destroyed all what was left of Shinra Company, his fierce enemy. But then it'd destroyed so much more, so many innocent lives had perished because of it. So was it even worth it...? Despite these thoughts, his features remained neutral as he stared at the ruins in the distance, brightened up by the rising sun.
Though he had a long night sleep, he felt exhausted. Last weeks were so full of events, and near death situations, it was the most bizarre feeling to be aware of how everything was going to be calm and steady now. The more he thought about it, the more clearly it struck him that all was now... over.
No more fighting, no more chasing enemies throughout the continents, no more escaping, hiding, sneaking. It's not that he missed it already. On the contrary, he was glad that the chaos had finally been ceased. But now... Cloud had no idea what to do with himself, with his life, as everything he knew so far had come to an end.
He sighed tiredly, and combed his fingers through blond spikes. It was just the following day after saving the world, and he already didn't know what to do next. Cloud lost his purpose in going on when everything had ended.
But maybe...
'Mornin'.'
Just maybe, he thought as Cid approached him, embraced him lightly and kissed his bare shoulder. Maybe everything has just begun...?
End