Disclaimer: Yet again, I don't own FF7!
A/N - This chapter starts off a bit fluffy, but I thought it was needed after so much depression! Also, a warning of shoujo-ai in the start of this chapter!
- On the Highwind:
Aeris was sat up in her bed, hugging her knees to her chest. She looked up suddenly as the door opened softly. The singer, Seira, came in, with a mug of hot chocolate.
"Ah, you're awake I see!" she smiled.
Aeris shivered. Seeing this, Seira picked up the blanket and wrapped it around her. "Are you alright?" she asked.
Aeris nodded slightly. "I'm fine," she murmured. "Just, takes a bit of getting used to, that's all." She looked at Seira with an expression that made it seem as though she had only just noticed her. "I know you, don't I?"
Seira smiled. "I was wondering when you would remember. I'm Zack's cousin."
Aeris smiled sadly. "I thought you died in the fire of Nibelheim, like the rest of his family."
Seira shook her head. "No, I was lucky, THAT time." She looked at the floor. Sitting down on the edge of the bed, she continued. "I'm scared, Aeris. He's back, and I don't know what to do. I may not be so lucky next time! I'm no fighter! I sing, and dance, and make people happy..."
Aeris leant forward, and held the trembling girl. "It'll be alright..."
"NO it won't! You DIED last time!" Tears ran freely down Seira's face. She wept gently.
Aeris rocked her back and forth, humming a tune her mother had hummed to her to make the pain go away.
"Do you remember, when we were younger, and I was dating Zack?" Seira nodded. "We used to have such a laugh. I remember when you first met me, and ran in front of him to protect him from me!" Aeris smiled. "You always were very protective about the one's you cared about..."
"But what good did that do. I lost everything, and now, maybe I can have something back, but at the price of HIM."
Aeris raised an eyebrow. "What did you get back, Seira?"
"You."
Seira started to get up, away from Aeris embrace. Confused, Aeris grabbed her arm. "Wha-what do you mean?"
Seira spun around. "Do you have ANY idea how jealous I was of Zack?!? I-I wanted you, and when I heard you had sacrificed yourself for the planet..." Seira sighed. "When I heard of the plan to revive you, I decided to tag along, to maybe see you again, tell you what I never dared to say the last time I saw you..."
Aeris eyes were wide, her mouth hung open.
"I don't expect you to say anything, just please, Aeris, don't hate me." The last part came out in a whisper.
"I had no idea..." Aeris murmured. "Why didn't you say something sooner?"
"Because of Zack. Because I could never be good enough...Because, I didn't want you to see me as a freak..."
Aeris stood up, slowly, and wrapped her arms around the younger girl. "I wish you would have done..." she whispered. "It would have made things much easier..."
Seira turned around, to be greeted by a soft kiss.
-
Reno had downed another full bottle of Cid's secret stash. Everyone he cared about was gone. Forever.
"Reno, I think you have had enough." Reno smiled as he recognised the voice.
"Ya should respect yer elders," he drawled.
"Drinking won't bring them back," Yuffie sighed. (Damn, why do I have to be the mature one all of a sudden?!?)
Reno grunted. "Whatever."
Yuffie gazed at him sadly. (How sad it must be, to lose all hope...) Then she grinned. "C'mon, lets go for a walk."
"Why?"
"Well, firstly, so I can walk off this feeing of motion sickness, coz I think I'm gonna hurl, and secondly, it'll help to clear your head!"
The two walked side by side onto the deck. As it was the middle of the night, they could see billions of stars.
"Yu Long was talkin' to me earlier..." Yuffie started. "What was the deal at the dance?"
Reno seemed to suddenly sober up instantly. "Nothin'."
"AHA! There was something! Now, SPILL!"
Reno looked at her in desperation. "Sephiroth is back, and we're talkin about a DANCE?!?!?"
Yuffie seemed to pause for a minute, spirits dampened, but then looked up brightly.
"There's nothing we can do about that now, so lets just talk about it to pas the time!"
Reno sighed. "Ok, I was jealous."
"That's what Yu said, but you weren't jealous because you like me, were you?"
Reno had suddenly gone white.
"No, I wasn't jealous of you..." he said.
-
Daeda wasn't sleeping too well, but he finally managed to get off.
"Mommy, wheres daddy?"
"Daddy's gone sweetie."
"But I seen 'im on the news."
"No darling. He isn't daddy anymore."
"Then who is he?"
"Just a man named Sephiroth, darling."
Daeda sat bolt upright.
-
A/N- Yeah, a bit soppy, and I bet a lot of you were expecting THAT cliffhanger! Well, I don't care if it WAS predictable, it's MY story! Ahem, sorry, I have possessiveness issues...
Please Read and Review, or I won't write anymore!
A/N - This chapter starts off a bit fluffy, but I thought it was needed after so much depression! Also, a warning of shoujo-ai in the start of this chapter!
- On the Highwind:
Aeris was sat up in her bed, hugging her knees to her chest. She looked up suddenly as the door opened softly. The singer, Seira, came in, with a mug of hot chocolate.
"Ah, you're awake I see!" she smiled.
Aeris shivered. Seeing this, Seira picked up the blanket and wrapped it around her. "Are you alright?" she asked.
Aeris nodded slightly. "I'm fine," she murmured. "Just, takes a bit of getting used to, that's all." She looked at Seira with an expression that made it seem as though she had only just noticed her. "I know you, don't I?"
Seira smiled. "I was wondering when you would remember. I'm Zack's cousin."
Aeris smiled sadly. "I thought you died in the fire of Nibelheim, like the rest of his family."
Seira shook her head. "No, I was lucky, THAT time." She looked at the floor. Sitting down on the edge of the bed, she continued. "I'm scared, Aeris. He's back, and I don't know what to do. I may not be so lucky next time! I'm no fighter! I sing, and dance, and make people happy..."
Aeris leant forward, and held the trembling girl. "It'll be alright..."
"NO it won't! You DIED last time!" Tears ran freely down Seira's face. She wept gently.
Aeris rocked her back and forth, humming a tune her mother had hummed to her to make the pain go away.
"Do you remember, when we were younger, and I was dating Zack?" Seira nodded. "We used to have such a laugh. I remember when you first met me, and ran in front of him to protect him from me!" Aeris smiled. "You always were very protective about the one's you cared about..."
"But what good did that do. I lost everything, and now, maybe I can have something back, but at the price of HIM."
Aeris raised an eyebrow. "What did you get back, Seira?"
"You."
Seira started to get up, away from Aeris embrace. Confused, Aeris grabbed her arm. "Wha-what do you mean?"
Seira spun around. "Do you have ANY idea how jealous I was of Zack?!? I-I wanted you, and when I heard you had sacrificed yourself for the planet..." Seira sighed. "When I heard of the plan to revive you, I decided to tag along, to maybe see you again, tell you what I never dared to say the last time I saw you..."
Aeris eyes were wide, her mouth hung open.
"I don't expect you to say anything, just please, Aeris, don't hate me." The last part came out in a whisper.
"I had no idea..." Aeris murmured. "Why didn't you say something sooner?"
"Because of Zack. Because I could never be good enough...Because, I didn't want you to see me as a freak..."
Aeris stood up, slowly, and wrapped her arms around the younger girl. "I wish you would have done..." she whispered. "It would have made things much easier..."
Seira turned around, to be greeted by a soft kiss.
-
Reno had downed another full bottle of Cid's secret stash. Everyone he cared about was gone. Forever.
"Reno, I think you have had enough." Reno smiled as he recognised the voice.
"Ya should respect yer elders," he drawled.
"Drinking won't bring them back," Yuffie sighed. (Damn, why do I have to be the mature one all of a sudden?!?)
Reno grunted. "Whatever."
Yuffie gazed at him sadly. (How sad it must be, to lose all hope...) Then she grinned. "C'mon, lets go for a walk."
"Why?"
"Well, firstly, so I can walk off this feeing of motion sickness, coz I think I'm gonna hurl, and secondly, it'll help to clear your head!"
The two walked side by side onto the deck. As it was the middle of the night, they could see billions of stars.
"Yu Long was talkin' to me earlier..." Yuffie started. "What was the deal at the dance?"
Reno seemed to suddenly sober up instantly. "Nothin'."
"AHA! There was something! Now, SPILL!"
Reno looked at her in desperation. "Sephiroth is back, and we're talkin about a DANCE?!?!?"
Yuffie seemed to pause for a minute, spirits dampened, but then looked up brightly.
"There's nothing we can do about that now, so lets just talk about it to pas the time!"
Reno sighed. "Ok, I was jealous."
"That's what Yu said, but you weren't jealous because you like me, were you?"
Reno had suddenly gone white.
"No, I wasn't jealous of you..." he said.
-
Daeda wasn't sleeping too well, but he finally managed to get off.
"Mommy, wheres daddy?"
"Daddy's gone sweetie."
"But I seen 'im on the news."
"No darling. He isn't daddy anymore."
"Then who is he?"
"Just a man named Sephiroth, darling."
Daeda sat bolt upright.
-
A/N- Yeah, a bit soppy, and I bet a lot of you were expecting THAT cliffhanger! Well, I don't care if it WAS predictable, it's MY story! Ahem, sorry, I have possessiveness issues...
Please Read and Review, or I won't write anymore!