Chapter 7: The Moonlight Explanation
Note: Eeeeyup. You get the point. Not mine. Never was. If it were, I
wouldn't be talkin' to you.
"Would at least step into the light?", asked Cloud.
"You can't. I'm too ashamed. . ."
"Of what?"
"Please, forgive me. . ."
"Of what?"
"You know who it is. . ." And indeed the voice was familiar. But this voice sounded so much weaker than what his ears were used to. It used to be the strong and determined voice of the late Tifa Lockheart.
"Tifa?" He walked closer.
"Please. Don't come nearer. . ." But he was so swept away, too completely moved that he wouldn't be alone, and he took the figure's hand, and drew them into the light. And his eyes were filled at the sight of long, straight brown hair, beautiful brown eyes that turned honey into the light of the moon, soft, milky skin, and he now knew, that he loved her more than anything.
"Cloud, no. . ."
"No, I love you." And he took her head and held her close, and they seemed to fit perfectly together, in the way their arms came as one, their bodies fit in each space in all the right places.
"But, Cloud. . . I'm not. . .Reno. . . I. . . nothing-" But he held her even tighter, because he knew what it felt like to only want to die. To feel that sweet release of your troubles. But it was a black wish.
"I only care about you. Aeris. . .she told me everything. . ."
"Aeris?", she asked in a whisper, her red eyes tearing up a little more.
"Yes."
"But, I'm still so sorry. . ."
"Don't be. I already forgive you."
"Thank you. . .Cloud. . ."
"But how? How did you come back?"
"It was all Aeris. . ." And she buried her head deeper into his chest, and all he could see was her hair, shining like diamonds in the glow of the moon.
"Aeris. . .", he said as he looked up back at the stars.
"Yes. I want to tell you, that I really did die, even before I fell into the water of that creek. Something inside me just died when I saw you with someone else."
"Then I should be asking your forgiveness."
"No. I know it was a just a mistake. Or at least, that's what she said. . ."
"But first of all, why did you really want to die?"
"I couldn't take it. Always being there for you, and then seeing you run off again. And then I stayed with Reno, and then I realized I couldn't go back. Even if it were a big mistake with you and that girl, I wouldn't be good enough to come back to you. So with nowhere to go and no place to go back, I just. . .fell. . ."
"And how could Aeris have helped?"
"That's what I'm getting to. She really does love you. And so, she wants to see you happy. She doesn't want you to be miserable. And in true love, it's not about getting what you want; it's about how much you care. And she cares about you so much, that all she want from you in return is your happiness." And he felt a little guilty, that he never talked to her about what she wanted when they last met. They only talked about him. What he wanted. "And, I have to thank you for reviving her. Without that, I wouldn't be alive right now."
"What?"
"That flower. It was the same one that revived her, right?
"Yeah, but you weren't in any water."
"Your tear. I saw you. I saw it all. When I died, I was released from my body, and I saw you the first time when you saw me dead. I saw Aeris with you. Cloud, she's your guardian angel." His eyebrows rose in shock, that she would choose guarding a man she couldn't have instead of the wonders of the Planet. "Aeris was praying by your side when you saw me. And then she saw me, and signaled me to come as she would whisper in your ear to tell you things. And, I saw it all. Cloud, she loves you more than she could ever say. . .to bring me back. I owe her everything." And more tears dripped down her face. "And that flower. . . It was hers wasn't it? She must love you to give you her last keepsake of you. But, she isn't all alone, is she?"
"Alone. . .", he whispered. "In the great scheme of things, we are all alone. . ." She looked at him a little strangely as she said this, because she heard this once before. "We can't help ourselves now can we? That's the way we are. But we don't have to feel alone, Tifa. I'm sorry I couldn't have been there. But, I do feel what you did was wrong. You said nothing really happened, and Aeris said you didn't and something in me just wants to love you. But sometimes that's the way it is, when something tells you that something is out of place."
"What?"
"This." He pressed up against her in a mad flurry of emotion, and he kissed her with all the true feelings he could give, and her mind raced; she never could have expected to be her in his arms offering forgiveness again. And never did they notice that an angel alighted from the heavens, and perched herself on the railing, her snowy wings folded, her green eyes shining, her hair fluttering against the wind, and her mouth upturned in a smile as she watched the two lovers kissed.
Well, that was a weird and pointless chapter. But I did write it less than five minutes ago (Seriously, I didn't even bother to put it on paper.) so give me SOME credit. This might be the last chapter, depending on whether I wish to continue it or not. I'm not sure, I might ask if I should, though. So, er yeah. . . .
Note: Eeeeyup. You get the point. Not mine. Never was. If it were, I
wouldn't be talkin' to you.
"Would at least step into the light?", asked Cloud.
"You can't. I'm too ashamed. . ."
"Of what?"
"Please, forgive me. . ."
"Of what?"
"You know who it is. . ." And indeed the voice was familiar. But this voice sounded so much weaker than what his ears were used to. It used to be the strong and determined voice of the late Tifa Lockheart.
"Tifa?" He walked closer.
"Please. Don't come nearer. . ." But he was so swept away, too completely moved that he wouldn't be alone, and he took the figure's hand, and drew them into the light. And his eyes were filled at the sight of long, straight brown hair, beautiful brown eyes that turned honey into the light of the moon, soft, milky skin, and he now knew, that he loved her more than anything.
"Cloud, no. . ."
"No, I love you." And he took her head and held her close, and they seemed to fit perfectly together, in the way their arms came as one, their bodies fit in each space in all the right places.
"But, Cloud. . . I'm not. . .Reno. . . I. . . nothing-" But he held her even tighter, because he knew what it felt like to only want to die. To feel that sweet release of your troubles. But it was a black wish.
"I only care about you. Aeris. . .she told me everything. . ."
"Aeris?", she asked in a whisper, her red eyes tearing up a little more.
"Yes."
"But, I'm still so sorry. . ."
"Don't be. I already forgive you."
"Thank you. . .Cloud. . ."
"But how? How did you come back?"
"It was all Aeris. . ." And she buried her head deeper into his chest, and all he could see was her hair, shining like diamonds in the glow of the moon.
"Aeris. . .", he said as he looked up back at the stars.
"Yes. I want to tell you, that I really did die, even before I fell into the water of that creek. Something inside me just died when I saw you with someone else."
"Then I should be asking your forgiveness."
"No. I know it was a just a mistake. Or at least, that's what she said. . ."
"But first of all, why did you really want to die?"
"I couldn't take it. Always being there for you, and then seeing you run off again. And then I stayed with Reno, and then I realized I couldn't go back. Even if it were a big mistake with you and that girl, I wouldn't be good enough to come back to you. So with nowhere to go and no place to go back, I just. . .fell. . ."
"And how could Aeris have helped?"
"That's what I'm getting to. She really does love you. And so, she wants to see you happy. She doesn't want you to be miserable. And in true love, it's not about getting what you want; it's about how much you care. And she cares about you so much, that all she want from you in return is your happiness." And he felt a little guilty, that he never talked to her about what she wanted when they last met. They only talked about him. What he wanted. "And, I have to thank you for reviving her. Without that, I wouldn't be alive right now."
"What?"
"That flower. It was the same one that revived her, right?
"Yeah, but you weren't in any water."
"Your tear. I saw you. I saw it all. When I died, I was released from my body, and I saw you the first time when you saw me dead. I saw Aeris with you. Cloud, she's your guardian angel." His eyebrows rose in shock, that she would choose guarding a man she couldn't have instead of the wonders of the Planet. "Aeris was praying by your side when you saw me. And then she saw me, and signaled me to come as she would whisper in your ear to tell you things. And, I saw it all. Cloud, she loves you more than she could ever say. . .to bring me back. I owe her everything." And more tears dripped down her face. "And that flower. . . It was hers wasn't it? She must love you to give you her last keepsake of you. But, she isn't all alone, is she?"
"Alone. . .", he whispered. "In the great scheme of things, we are all alone. . ." She looked at him a little strangely as she said this, because she heard this once before. "We can't help ourselves now can we? That's the way we are. But we don't have to feel alone, Tifa. I'm sorry I couldn't have been there. But, I do feel what you did was wrong. You said nothing really happened, and Aeris said you didn't and something in me just wants to love you. But sometimes that's the way it is, when something tells you that something is out of place."
"What?"
"This." He pressed up against her in a mad flurry of emotion, and he kissed her with all the true feelings he could give, and her mind raced; she never could have expected to be her in his arms offering forgiveness again. And never did they notice that an angel alighted from the heavens, and perched herself on the railing, her snowy wings folded, her green eyes shining, her hair fluttering against the wind, and her mouth upturned in a smile as she watched the two lovers kissed.
Well, that was a weird and pointless chapter. But I did write it less than five minutes ago (Seriously, I didn't even bother to put it on paper.) so give me SOME credit. This might be the last chapter, depending on whether I wish to continue it or not. I'm not sure, I might ask if I should, though. So, er yeah. . . .