Love struck between Mako eyes.

Chapter 3: Deeper then dusk

"Cloud.

.Cloud." Mumbled a stirring Tifa, as she did her
best to hopefully get her mind off of her prince charming, and
deal that the fact remained the same. 'He thinks of you as just
a friend. the way it should be' fumbled her deepest thoughts.

Everyone else stirred in their sleep once Tifa started to
breath deep, and soon take off in a loud snore. By then mostly
everyone was wide-awake. and it was still only 1:30 in the
morning!

From no ounce of sleep, and sore from every joint. Cloud
walked with ease but still in shock, as the image of that
crushed planet lingered into his uncaring soul, biting at his
mind until there was another wisp of emotional virtue.

'I should leave for Costa la sol, there's no point in staying in
this mess. even if I do need the money." thought Cloud as he
came over a small by-pass bridge, while looking over he saw a
small shred of his reflection. He would never admit to himself
that he was a hopeless case when it came to being alone. 'day in
and day out' for most of these tired some weeks.

And in some moments Cloud really wanted to love and hold Tifa
inside his arms. But he really had to accept the fact, that Tifa
in all their childhood wanted a hero.And Cloud could never be
one, even if he had to be forced to and try. So as he thought
more about his toppled and romantic life so far, and of a way to
get out of Midgard, he never did see the goddess like creature.
staring and blushing at him from behind.

'Did Zack get his hair dyed?' was the absentminded thought
that had came between her mind. As Aerith slowly walked from the
other side of the bridge, to get a better look at this silent
man, who was still staring below the bridge and into the
disgusting mud water, which was the only creek in Midgard.

"Excuse me." asked Aerith in her best polite voice, as she
waited for a glance her way from this mysterious man.

."What the hell do you want.?" asked Cloud still looking
down below the bridge. and living his stubborn life the way he
wanted to. He had grown tired of all people while he stayed in
this mess of a town. so solitude was what he grown to love if he
had any love.

Aerith was not surprised by the tone in his voice or what
he had said. She had learned to give people chances one after
another from the hard ache that was around them, whether if
death had came to their loved ones, or if life was worse then
hers. there was no explaining it. She had a tendency to listen
and try to forgive, if she could bare it.

"Uh, I have something to ask you.if that's alright?"
Slightly stuttered Aerith who was getting more nervous by the
second, and couldn't even look at his back, so her eyes darted
to the ground.

A furious sigh came from his mouth, he had just wanted
some peace.Even though her voice from behind him was rather
peaceful and calm. "What could you possibly want to know
about." Cloud could not finish the last part. He looked at her
and she looked back once she saw his feet turn around.
Slowly her bright eyes moved from his feet to his legs, then to
his strong chest, and soon (though she never wanted to see) his
eyes. Once at this gaze she thought about the stories her mother
had told her, which now were true. There was always a knight in
armor to save the damsel-and Aerith was a lonely damsel for so
many god-forsaken years.

.'God, why do I always have to be such a jerk.' Thought
Cloud as he gazed into Aerith's eyes.how beautiful can anyone
possibly be.'

Aerith quickly saw Cloud become shyer then she was, in a
slow act she pulled both of her hands back and leaned forward to
find the mystery inside his powerful blue, mako eyes and to also
remember this moment, as she was very bewildered.
Cloud looked into her eyes to find that in a quick glance,
she too had mako energy around her.he was in awe! And it even
deepened when he smelled her fragrance; a dash of familiar
flowers came into his mind as he breathed in this memory.

Aerith realized that she had spent half an hour with this
man, and not even know his name.the other problem was that she
had just realize he was in a SOLIDIER uniform, which would not
go well on her behalf. The weird thought that etched in her mind
was that he was wearing a cape, and had no idea that she was a
Cetra yet. Which to most Soldier's they knew that she was around
these parts. 'he must be new. but I have to get out of here
before he figures me out' Thought Aerith sadly.

On top of a seven-story tower in sector eight, a man with
sliver hair and an extreme tan sat, watching the town below him
in a cruel and taunting smile."the time is coming. and only one
knows." Laughed the daunting man in a hysterical way. and in a
flash of black smog. he left before his voice could be fallowed.

Here ya go. That was Chapter 3 hope you liked it more to come
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