Hey guys, so here is the next chap. Really short one^^. I won't update that much the next weeks as I am going to write my exams during the next 4 weeks, but afterwards I will keep updating. I still have chapter 9 here, so I might update once in more or less 2 weeks. I'll see, maybe I will update more often during the next weeks... I feel like sharing xD. Hope you enjoy!

Btw. Thanks for the nice reviews, it made me glad that some of you like it :o)


Chapter 8: Cloud slightly remembers

I entered my room, closed the door behind me, leaned with my back against it and gave a small sigh of unaccountability of what just happened. Still leaned against the door I sank to the floor and found myself sitting on the floor, not understanding the situation. My widened eyes stared into the nothingness.

Why... did she just do that? Did she really kiss me on my cheek? She didn't do something like since that day,... the day I left Nibelheim to join SOLDIER. I...I... warm tears were gliding down my face slowly...can't believe this! Does she really love me? All I know at the moment is that I...since forever... , Tifa... I love you... the tears were dropping faster and I was chattering...I never had such an emotional release like that before... I feel so much better now, finally I remember how to feel, how to love...she revived the feelings which were hidden inside my heart for so long...the feeling I always had...for her.

I wiped the tears away and slowly got up, smiling about what I just (FINALLY!) realized. I walked to the picture I had in my hands this morning and picked it up to see us 4 again. I wandered over them with the fingertips of my right hand like this morning and came to stop on Tifa.

I am so sorry Tifa... I ... couldn't remember, I don't know what they did to me the time I got the Mako infusion...

I tried to remember what happened on the day I was leaving. The day I left her, the day I regret right now.

Come on Cloud! I tried to cheer me up. Think harder, there has to be something! Just give me something back, I want to remember! I was totally concentrated but I got more and more depressed as I couldn't remember anything what happened on the day I left.

I can't even remember the goodbye from her...was there any goodbye? I was wondering. There had to be one! She didn't just let me go to SOLDIER without saying anything, did she?

Depressed I put back the picture on the table, I felt really bad about not knowing. Randomly I looked at the yellow flowers which were standing on the table right beside the picture. I stared at them for a few minutes...These are... her favourite flowers... I ...gave ... I gave her ... a bouquet with these flowers the time I left Nibelheim! Yeah! ... So there was a goodbye, we were both standing at the train station... she had tears in her eyes and....she didn't want me to leave her...

I tried to concentrate harder and sat down on my bed, I found some memories, so maybe I could find more?! Suddenly some pieces came together...she told me something before I left Nibelheim...

...

===///"Well Cloud..., don't ever forget..."

What? Come on, I am so close! What did she tell me that day!? I was searching my memories.

~Think harder Cloud! You will remember!~

...Aerith? I asked myself with widened eyes. What is going on? I have to...Never mind, I have to concentrate...

===///===///"Well Cloud..., don't ever forget...don't ever forget that I will wait for you, ... for ever..."

You will wait for me forever... You waited so long, ... and I forgot it ... I forgot everything... I am so sorry Tifa. My eyes became teary again. And I tried to find out if I could remember more...

===///===///===///"Well Cloud..., don't ever forget... don't ever forget that I will wait for you, ... for ever... Always remember what you are for me and what I will be for you...You promised"

What I am for you and you will be for me? I looked up confused. What's that suppose to mean? I laid down into my bed now and tried to figure out.

What did she mean with this comment? I ... I can't remember...

~Don't become crazy Cloud, you will figure it out soon enough~ I heard her again, this time she was giggling.

Aerith ... ?

~Yes Cloud, it is me. Well done so far... I think you are soon ready for the next step, aren't you?~

Next step? What do you mean? Do you know what she meant that day with this sentence?

/Yeah, we know it. And... you will figure it out, just listen to your heart.../ a second voice popped into the discussion, it was a male voice, it had to be Zack.

Zack? What is going on? Please tell me!

/..../

Aerith?

~....~

They were gone.

Listen to my heart, huh? I will figure out what she meant by myself...maybe they are right... Both already were right a few days ago when they told me that I should go back to 'them'...thank you so much for that advice......As the last night was short for me and I was still tired I fell into sleep again while thinking about us...

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