Heart's Call
Chapter Three: A Job For Aeris
By Ranma Inverse
An Alternate Universe Fanfic






Author's Notes: ^_^ Yes, Vinris/VincentxAeris/VincentxAerith/etc is a very rare coupling, though I hardly understand why, I mean, they DO seem so perfect, I agree! (I also like SephxAeris, RenoxAeris and RufusxAeris, though...^^;; in fact, right now i'm writing a SephirothxAeris one! Look up my profile to find it, it's titled Because of a Garden and a Twilight Walk! ^_^ *shameless advertisement*)
Sorry for the chapter being so short, next time i'll try to make the chapter much longer!
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"Life is one big party when your still young, but who's gonna have your back when it's all done?" -Angel, Shaggy.
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Flashback

Vincent spat the coffee he had sipped out of his mouth and stared at what Aeris had said. "Wh...what did you say?"

"I would like to look around town for a job. I know that it might be hard, but I don't like the idea of living in this home and not working at all."

The black-haired man blinked at her before lifting up the newspaper once more. "What kind of job?"

Deep emerald green eyes blinked. "I don't mind, I thought I'd start with the first job I see and if I can do it, i'll keep the job," Aeris smiled.

"There's one for a pizza place right here..." Vincent said helpfully, putting the newspaper down and pointing. Aeris leaned over and let out a small squeal of excitement. His garnet red eyes blinked at her and one of his eyebrows raised. "But are you sure you want to do this? I mean, you don't have to work."

Aeris smiled at him, "I'd like to try working. I don't like not making myself useful."

End Flashback

Swish swish.

Swish swish.

"I know I said I wouldn't mind working...but," Aeris sighed and tried not to glare as some man smiled leeringly at her as she walked down the isle in the waitress uniform required for this job. "Having to deal with all this is...difficult..." Aeris forced a smile, a vein threatening to pop as she turned to a man that had just commented on her legs.

"Excuse me sir, but that's impolite."

The man ignored her and so she turned and went on her way. She stopped by a table waiting to order and gave a genuine smile, pulling out a pad of paper and a pen.

"What would you like?"

"Some coffee, please. That's all."

"Alright then, I'll be back shortly," Aeris bowed and did so. When she returned, she tripped over something and spilled the coffee all over the woman that had ordered. The woman screamed and the manager came running.

"That's the second time today! If it's going to be like this everyday, You're fired!"

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"That was the eleventh job..." Aeris sighed as she walked out in normal, casual clothes. First there had been the pizza place, then the italian resturaunt, then a secretary, then...

She sighed again and looked around. Surely there was some other job she could do? As she walked around the town, she found no places hiring other than the ones she had already been fired from. Aeris didn't want to come back to Vincent with nothing. He had been so helpful to her, Yuffie, Cloud and Tifa, that she couldn't just come back with nothing.

Finally a thought hit her, and her face lit up joyously. The chesnut haired woman began to swiftly run back to Vincent's home. Vincent's house wasn't in town, but she had stayed near the outskirts of it and would easily make it back.

When she ran up the steps to the home and swiftly moved through the house, she stopped, panting, at the front of a glass door. Once she had caught her breath, ignoring the fairies, Aeris entered the small garden behind the house. Near the door were some tools and a small stack of seeds. Many plants were already growing, but struggling in a fight against the many weeds that had sprouted. The emerald eyed woman smiled determinedly and rolled up her sleeves. It was time to get to work.

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Vincent opened the door to the garden out back, only to see Aeris standing in front of the pathway, an apron with grass stains all over, holding gardening tools and smiling at him brightly. Behind her was the garden he never thought he'd have, beautiful and carefully tended.

"...I-I thought you were still in town working your job," Vincent spoke up, slightly startled by the beauty of the garden and the woma--, er, the beauty of the garden, yeah.

Aeris shrugged and put the tools down before taking a step closer to him. "I got fired from every single one I tried, however..." the chesnut haired woman paused, "I did think of one I could do."

The black haired man blinked. "What would that be?"

"If you would let me, I'd like to care for your garden! That way, I'd be here, but i'd also be doing something to repay you with!"

Vincent chuckled. "Very well. You're be a much better gardener than I."

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Three fairies murmured amongst themselves, seated on a table near the two speakers. "I say we should get those two together!"

"Tifa, you moron, we don't need to do that, you've read the book we were locked in for so long, right?"

"Yeah...and i'm not a moron, Yuffie!"

"Whatever. Anyway, all we really need to do is leave it to fate and just make sure noone gets in their way."

"What Yuffie said, Tifa!"

"Cloud, shut up!"

"Don't tell me to shut up, Tifa!"

"Shh, both of you, or Aeris and Vincent will hear!"

"Well, I heard."

The three fairies jumped to see a human-sized being hiding behind a tree, smirking.

"Reno?!"