...Man Waiting..
..Time Flows..


"Hmp...," Rufus uttered, his eyes moving spaciously around the darkened room. The blinds were pulled shut tightly, as he sat in front of his desk, staring at the awkward silence that fell among the most of them. Scarlett yawned, as she paced around the room, stopping short before the young blonde man.
"Hmmm," she uttered, her arms crossed, as she brought a slender finger to her full lips. "I wonder where that girl has gone to...Perhaps, by now she'd be dead somewhere..." Rufus eyes flashed glumly at her. He didn't need her continuos rambling, most of all, not her annoying laugher.
"I need silence," Rufus uttered, feeling real cocky, as his eyes turned to the window once again.
Scarlett smiled, wickedly, as she let out a loud laugh, "Gwahahahahhaa!" His hands slammed loudly onto the stacks of paper and files piled roughly on his desk. Startled, Scarlett's eyes fixed upon him, as she clasped a hand quickly over her mouth.
"Would you stop with that fucken annoying horse laugh?!?!?" Rufus questioned, when suddenly Reno walked in. Not once remembering to knock. His eyes slowly fixed upon Rufus, as he continued on with what he came to finish.
"She's no where to be found," he reported, his eyes gazing quickly at Scarlett who had somewhat of a smile on her face. Which was quite predictable as to how much she wanted to claim Rufus Shinra for herself.
"They covered all grounds," Reno finished, as he turned back to an emotionless man. Rufus took in a deep breath, as he walked over towards the open window. He smiled, barely, 'So...he finally came for her...'


"Cloud," Tifa uttered, as her eyes roamed nervously, hesitatingly around the empty bar. Where in the World had he been? Not even a slight good-bye. But Cloud was often known as that. He kept everything simply, and everything...to himself. He hid off so much, Tifa knew. But she never found enough courage to try and make the young man open up to her. Not once....
For not once would he have listened to such words, of someone who didn't seem to understand. But that was what he hadn't known. Tifa did understand, at least she had tried her hardest to understand. He wasn't the only one who bared the sorrow of losing a loved one. And yet, so soon, as it all happened in that instant.
Tifa's eyes quickly turned to the door, as she noticed to people stumbling in. Coming for another drink perhaps, she thought, as she made way behind the counter, to serve her guests. But to her surprise, when her eyes met his, she knew. He came in nearly seconds after the two from before. He stared at her, stood there, in silence, as she gaped at his existence. It seemed like a dream. How she waited for that day, that he would finally show up as he did this day.
His blue mako eyes stared back at her, as he hadn't hesitated to make any movements. Tifa smiled, happily, as she felt tears beginning to form endlessly and flow down her rosy red cheeks. But she held them back, afraid of his response.
"Cloud...," Tifa uttered, when she finally came to sense, as she stepped up to him. Wondering if what she had been seeing was another illusion of a distant dream.
"Hey, Tifa," he replied. 'Hey, Tifa'???? Was that all he had to say to her, not even a little 'I missed you, how's everything'. He made everything seem so complicated, when it really wasn't. Tifa smiled, as she stared into his eyes, not blinking once. How she wanted so bad, for him to take her into his strong arms, and just held her there. But she knew well. He saw her, as nothing more than a close childhood friend.
"It's been so long....," she began again, "where were you?" Cloud licked his lips, as he attempted to move them to reply.
"Its a long story...."


"'Where is she?" Tifa questioned, out of the blue, as her eyes avoided his in attempt.
Cloud glanced around for a while, before he came with a simple answer, "She's at The Church in The Slums....I told her to wait for me there, til I found you. Where is everyone?"
Tifa hesitated, before she answered, ".....Same as always....happier as ever...." But the same thought hadn't went well for her, herself. It wasn't the same as always...she wasn't happy. Everything seemed to go so down. So lost in his actions. Tifa didn't want to sound selfish, but deep down, she just couldn't hold back. So many times, that she had made an attempt to tell him, but he brushed her off. Knowing exactly well, how she felt...and now he brings her.
"Umm...," Tifa began, as she glanced away, nervously, "You go first...I need to finish up here...and I'll follow afterwards." Cloud stared at her for a split second, before he left, completely from her sight.


She sat in silence, watching as the walls seemed to give in, closing in on her. Her eyes drifted, steadily, as she waited, watching the glistening flow of sunlight, seeping through the thin rooves. She clasped her tiny hands gently against her chest, as she watched in silence. Waiting....remembering. what had Aeris been feeling? That, she so well couldn't possibly make out.
She saw visions there...wandering souls...wandering about. She saw what everything she left behind....Her emerald eyes blinked away, as they fixed back down at the flower bed. So many emotions raced through her body. So many, that she just couldn't bare alone. It all seemed so heavy. She needed him....she needed him there, beside her. Always.....


"...Aeris.....Aeris....."


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