...Spirits of the Church..
Her eyes slowly flickered open, as she felt the rays of light reflecting roughly against her closed lids. Aeris felt herself sailing adrift, almost. Like she was floating, rather lightheaded. Her emerald eyes slowly reopened once again, as she noticed radiant blue eyes staring down at her. She didn't even have to question herself onto who the figure was, he was definitely the first she wanted to see.
Cloud stared down at the young woman, as he gazed down at her, trying to sit up. Her eyes searched and roamed, awkwardly around the empty church. There was a long silence, before her eyes soon adjusted back onto him. Aeris hesitated, as she breathed heavily, gazing back at the young man before her. She recalled everything so simple, he didn't look a bit different from when she last remembered.
But through her eyes, he had changed somehow, not once the Cloud in which she knew. Aeris smiled, as she slowly brought her fingers to caress his face. Cloud sat, his eyes not once turning from her sharp gaze. Instead, he sat, reminicing that very moment.
"...Cloud...," Aeris uttered, as she felt her eyes begin to water, slowly but surely. For some reason, he acted as though he knew, when he took her into his arms willingly. Holding onto her, as if he weren't ever ready to let go. She felt his hands tighten around her petite figure, her face buried into his shoulder, muffling her cries. He slowly pulled back, as he stared at her, studying the young woman's features. His hands gently wiping her tears, as she held onto them, with a tearful smile.
"Why did you tell me to meet you here?" Cloud questioned, as he gazed out into the starry night sky. The moon was full, as the darkness fell around the small town. Everything was there, as Tifa had last remembered. Their Promise...that was where and when it all happened. All she ever asked for, was for him to keep that promise to her. Tifa smiled, slightly, as she had sudden thoughts of those happy times, those times in which she treasured and needed most. Even now.
Her eyes turned to his, tearstained, although she held it back, "After tonight...you're really going to leave..just like that?" Cloud hesitated, before he came upon an answer. He didn't want to lie, considering how caring Tifa was to him. She was like a sister, and nothing more. Although, at times he tried to make it seem so.
"Just to be outta here...," he replied, simply, as his blue eyes avoided hers. Tifa held back, as she felt her heart begin to pound faster. It hurt her, it hurt her so much. All those times, where he simply brushed her away, pushed her away. There was countless times, and yet, there Tifa was again, dreaming of the same dream. The same dream she had a thousand times before, in her heart, she knew she couldn't have asked for more than the friendship he returned to her. Why couldn't Cloud just have love her, as much as he did for Aeris?
She remembered back to the conversation of the earlier day, with the young woman. About all the things that happened, and how fate still returned her back to the World in which she once knew. Tifa closed her eyes, as she felt the tears forming again. She sat there, in silence, when she slowly turned back to Cloud. Who stood, staring up at the sky, quietly. Seeming as though he were also thinking of the thoughts she knew he had.
"Can you answer a question...," she uttered, when he turned to her, "....how do you find the words to say good-bye?" He stood in silence, as he gazed at her, from where he stood. "How do I let go....I can't see how..."
Cloud turned his head, as he leaned against the wooden block, that held the well together. "Tifa..., lets just not go through this shit again..."
Her eyes filled with hurt, as she let his words seep in, "And since when did we ever bring this up? Since when, did I ask you? Why do you just push things aside, as though, it were nothing? Like, it doesn't even involve you. That's the only thing I need to know, Cloud. That's all...." His blue eyes gazed around the quiet town, as he avoided her eyes. He didn't want to hurt Tifa, that was something he regretted.
She slowly stood up, as she walked up in front of him, her ruby brown eyes gazing into his own. She hesitated, "....Can you just hold me for once? Just this once...." Cloud paused, as he studied her features. Her eyes, nearly swelled up from her tears. He hesitated, before she slowly leaned in, pressing her cheek against his chest, in silence. So many thoughts raced through Cloud's mind, at that moment. He slowly brought his hand up to her, caressing her back, gently, claiming her.
Tifa sighed, softly, as she began to tear up again. That was all she could have had from him....that, and just this one memory that was now given to her...
Is this the end? Are you sure? How should you know, wen you've never been here before?...
Its so hard, to just let go, this is the one and only love I've ever known....
But how do I let go when I've loved him for so long and I...
given him all that I could,
maybe love is a whole place crime,
given up what seems your lifetime,
how do you find the words to say good-bye?
When your heart don't have the heart to say good-bye....
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