Soul Mates - A story by Naz927
Legal Disclaimer: I do not own any parts of Final Fantasy VII and I am doing this story because I feel I must. :)
- Soul Mates -
Chapter II
Cloud got up and opened the door. He saw Barret standing there in black shorts and a black muscle shirt. Cid was wearing the same old outfit.
"WELL WELL WELL, look what we have here." started Cid. "So...CLOUD, are you just too cool for everybody all of a sudden? We aint fuckin seen you in forever! The hells your problem? Wait, don't answer. You look like shit. You don't smell any better either." Cid walks in.
"Wut up Cloud?" asked Barret. "You doin' any better?"
"Well...no. I'm not. I'm misreble Barret. I...I don't even see how I can live without her. I feel sooo connected to her. I dream about her every nite and everytime I wake up I think that she will be there in my arms...but she never is."
"How much have you drank today?" Barret gleefully asked.
"Just one bottle, clam down. Damn."
"JESUS CHRIST!" Cid was shouting. "DA FUCK HAPPENED IN HERE? You fixin to kill ur self or sumthin? I can't even drink this MUCH! Proud of ya budd! You don't mind if I have some of your Bacardi do you? No you don't!"
"I can't even begin to imagine how hard it is for you man, but believe me I've been there." said Barret. "Cloud your my freind and everyone is worried about you, especially Tifa. She has been calling but you just hang up. She was really upset one night and called my up crying over it. We all feel terrible about Aeris-"
"FUCK YOU BARRET! I don't need to here you talk about her ok? OK??" screamed Cloud.
"SHIT! Ur ass needs to control that temper. I won't mention her again. I'm sorry. Lets just try and enjoy the rest of the day."
"Whatever, just DON'T say her name around me rite now."
"I need a drink."
When they went inside Cid was taking shots and smoking a cigarette. Barret sat down and opened up a Budwieser. Cloud sat down next to Cid and took another shot. He was really messed up now. Barret and Cid began talking and the memories started once again for Cloud. Memories...The nite at Gold Saucer. On the cart ride...
"A DA-TE! Or haven't you ever been on one?" asked Aeris with her sweet innocent voice.
They were now on the ride and Cloud was staring at her. He was so shy at this point. He had never been with a girl intimately before and he didn't know what to say. He wasn't nervous though. He couldn't take his eyes off her. She kept looking at the window and he locked onto those emerald eyes.
"Cloud...I want to meet...you." said Aeris.
"Huh? I'm right here!" said Cloud (what the hell is she talking about).
"No, no, no...I want to...meet...you."
With those words Aeris got up and sat next to him. She got closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder for the remainder of the ride. Cloud remembered it perfectly. The way her hair smelled, how soft and comforting she was. He felt complete. After the ride and the Cait Sith business Aeris followed Cloud back to his room.
"Cloud..." she said.
"Yeah."
"Whats...whats wrong with me?"
"Huh? I don't understand?"
"Are you uncomfortable around me? Do you not like being around me? You hardly said a word out there."
"No...I'm not. Aeris...I...love...y...I love...being around you. Sometimes I don't know what to say and I'm sorry if I hurt you tonite...I just..."
"Its ok Cloud." she said comfortingly. "Well I guess I'm gunna go back to my room."
"Wait...Aeris..."
Cloud walked up to her and put his arms around her. Aeris looked into his eyes and before she knew it he started to kiss her. She met his lips tenderly and they were locked together. He kissed her more passonately then she could have imagined. Their lips seperated slowy and softly. They both walked over to the bed and Aeris took off her shoes and her red coat. Cloud sat down. Aeris began kissing him even more and he didn't hesitate to kiss her back. They laid down together locked at the mouth and she moved her head down to his chest were she rested.
"I...love you Aeris."
"I love you too Cloud."
Cloud rubbed her back for a while and she evetually fell asleep in his arms. He pulled the blanket over the top of them and he evevtually fell asleep too. The next morning they promised not to tell anyone because Aeris felt it just wasn't a good time. Cloud was in heaven just thinkng about it...
"CLOUDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the fuck MAN. You really went over the edge! Hey! HEY! ANYONE FUCKIN THERE!!!!"""yelled Barret.
"What?!" asked Cloud. "Sorry, I zoned out. What did you want?"
"Cid asked you a thousand times if you wanted to go to the beach but you at there silent as hell starin off inda space! He was gettin' pretty pissed. He said he was gunna hit you but I stoped him and said we'd meet him there. You should go, might take your mind off of Aer-THINGS, might take your mind of things."
"Sure."
When theygot to the beach Cid was trying to hook up with some young blonde girl.
"NO WAY!! Just forget it, what the hell is your problem mister, I told you that I don't wanna swim with you!"
"Come on baaaabeee," Cid was slurring.
"You sound drunk, GOOD-BYE" the girl stormed off waggling her backside furiously. Cid was starring.
"Ahhhhhhhh, just seein her walk like that was worth evey minute. Get 'em next time. What happened back there? What were you doin'? OHHHHH....I know, Aeris right? Yea she was jus too cute. I'm sorry man, really." Cid put his arm on Cloud's shoulder.
"Cid...take your fucking arm off me before I pull it out of its socket. You hear me mother fucker?!"
"Clouuuud..."said Barret. "Easy now."
"You need to chill man. I loved Aeris too, fuck we all did, you know that-" said Cid.
"GOD DAMNIT! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!" Screamed Cloud. With those words Cloud punched Cid square in the nose as hard as he could. Cid fell down and blood ran all over his face. Cloud jumped on him but before he could do anymore damamge Barret intervened and pulled Cloud off of him.
"SHIT Cloud. You really fucked him up!" Barret said.
Cid sat up. "You stupid son of a bich." He tackled Cloud and began hitting him in the face. "Mother FUCKER, you broke my damn nose kid! No body does that to Cid Highwind!" Barret once again got involved and pulled Cid off of Cloud now. He sepearted the two but Cloud was finished. "Fuckin punk kid, if it wasn't for what your goin' thru you would be fuckin dead!" "You hear me! DEAD! DEAD!"
"Whatever old man." said Cloud. Cloud went in the water while Cid went to a bathroom to clean up. Barret went with him.
"He needs to just cool it Barret!" exclaimed Cid. "I mean what he fuck."
"(sigh) I feel bad for him Cid. Hes all alone. That can break a man after awhile. When we get back out there, I want you to apologize to him."
"APOLOGIZE????!!!! My nose may be broken!"
"SHIT! Its just bleedin' fool! NOW, quit bein a pussy and come on!"
They went back outside and Cloud was laying with his back against the sand and his arms folded behind his head.
"I'm sorry Cloud. I know how strongly you feel about her. I'm sorry for mentioning her like that to you." Cid said.
"...Its ok. I had a lot to drink and I just freak when someone else talks about her. Sorry Cid. I got an idea. Why don't we all go back to my place, get the beer and drink it all on the beach. I...wanna' hear what everyones else been up to..." lied Cloud.
"Well, sounds like a plan suckas! Wait here and I'll go get it." said Barret.
When Barret came back Cloud and Cid were sitting together in silence. They both looked a little pissed and he sat in between them. Barret filled Cloud in on everything that had been going on. He mostly talked about Tifa though. How her and Vincent were together now. Cloud was surprised in his mind but outside he expressed no emotion. Barret had been talking for almost thre hours and Cloud was getting tired. Cid was already snoring in the sand.
"Tifa and Vincent?!" said Cloud.
"Yeah, but they look good together. I'm happy for Tifa."
"Yeah. Wanna head back to my house? I feel like passing out on my couch."
"Sure. Fuck Cid. He don't need no bed. HA HA HA!" laughed Barret.
Cloud and Barret began walking home but before they got there they heard Cid behind them.
"You two bastards! Gunna leave me out in the sand!"
When they got to Cloud's house Cid fell asleep on the floor and Barret went in Cloud's guest room. Cloud layed down on the couch and turned on the tv. He hoped tonite maybe he could sleep in peace and not have any nightmares...in minutes Cloud was out and immediately he was haunted once more. Haunted of that place...it was a bittersweet place beacuse it was so beutiful but it was also the last place Aeris was alive at. The City of the Ancients. Aeris is praying...she sees Cloud and smiles at him then from nowhere he comes. His long sword pierces her chest and he slowyly removes it from her. She falls to the floor...lifeless...robbed of her life from him..Cloud is stirring in his sleep...
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Author's Comment: WHEW! That was a long one but I hoped people liked it for what it was. I thought this chapter was fun and I really wanted to make Cid a part of it. I also wanted to show just how crazy Cloud has become without Aeris. Cloud's nightmare about her death sets up Ch. 3 perfectly as it takes place ENTIRELY in that city...gimme ur feedback!
Legal Disclaimer: I do not own any parts of Final Fantasy VII and I am doing this story because I feel I must. :)
- Soul Mates -
Chapter II
Cloud got up and opened the door. He saw Barret standing there in black shorts and a black muscle shirt. Cid was wearing the same old outfit.
"WELL WELL WELL, look what we have here." started Cid. "So...CLOUD, are you just too cool for everybody all of a sudden? We aint fuckin seen you in forever! The hells your problem? Wait, don't answer. You look like shit. You don't smell any better either." Cid walks in.
"Wut up Cloud?" asked Barret. "You doin' any better?"
"Well...no. I'm not. I'm misreble Barret. I...I don't even see how I can live without her. I feel sooo connected to her. I dream about her every nite and everytime I wake up I think that she will be there in my arms...but she never is."
"How much have you drank today?" Barret gleefully asked.
"Just one bottle, clam down. Damn."
"JESUS CHRIST!" Cid was shouting. "DA FUCK HAPPENED IN HERE? You fixin to kill ur self or sumthin? I can't even drink this MUCH! Proud of ya budd! You don't mind if I have some of your Bacardi do you? No you don't!"
"I can't even begin to imagine how hard it is for you man, but believe me I've been there." said Barret. "Cloud your my freind and everyone is worried about you, especially Tifa. She has been calling but you just hang up. She was really upset one night and called my up crying over it. We all feel terrible about Aeris-"
"FUCK YOU BARRET! I don't need to here you talk about her ok? OK??" screamed Cloud.
"SHIT! Ur ass needs to control that temper. I won't mention her again. I'm sorry. Lets just try and enjoy the rest of the day."
"Whatever, just DON'T say her name around me rite now."
"I need a drink."
When they went inside Cid was taking shots and smoking a cigarette. Barret sat down and opened up a Budwieser. Cloud sat down next to Cid and took another shot. He was really messed up now. Barret and Cid began talking and the memories started once again for Cloud. Memories...The nite at Gold Saucer. On the cart ride...
"A DA-TE! Or haven't you ever been on one?" asked Aeris with her sweet innocent voice.
They were now on the ride and Cloud was staring at her. He was so shy at this point. He had never been with a girl intimately before and he didn't know what to say. He wasn't nervous though. He couldn't take his eyes off her. She kept looking at the window and he locked onto those emerald eyes.
"Cloud...I want to meet...you." said Aeris.
"Huh? I'm right here!" said Cloud (what the hell is she talking about).
"No, no, no...I want to...meet...you."
With those words Aeris got up and sat next to him. She got closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder for the remainder of the ride. Cloud remembered it perfectly. The way her hair smelled, how soft and comforting she was. He felt complete. After the ride and the Cait Sith business Aeris followed Cloud back to his room.
"Cloud..." she said.
"Yeah."
"Whats...whats wrong with me?"
"Huh? I don't understand?"
"Are you uncomfortable around me? Do you not like being around me? You hardly said a word out there."
"No...I'm not. Aeris...I...love...y...I love...being around you. Sometimes I don't know what to say and I'm sorry if I hurt you tonite...I just..."
"Its ok Cloud." she said comfortingly. "Well I guess I'm gunna go back to my room."
"Wait...Aeris..."
Cloud walked up to her and put his arms around her. Aeris looked into his eyes and before she knew it he started to kiss her. She met his lips tenderly and they were locked together. He kissed her more passonately then she could have imagined. Their lips seperated slowy and softly. They both walked over to the bed and Aeris took off her shoes and her red coat. Cloud sat down. Aeris began kissing him even more and he didn't hesitate to kiss her back. They laid down together locked at the mouth and she moved her head down to his chest were she rested.
"I...love you Aeris."
"I love you too Cloud."
Cloud rubbed her back for a while and she evetually fell asleep in his arms. He pulled the blanket over the top of them and he evevtually fell asleep too. The next morning they promised not to tell anyone because Aeris felt it just wasn't a good time. Cloud was in heaven just thinkng about it...
"CLOUDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the fuck MAN. You really went over the edge! Hey! HEY! ANYONE FUCKIN THERE!!!!"""yelled Barret.
"What?!" asked Cloud. "Sorry, I zoned out. What did you want?"
"Cid asked you a thousand times if you wanted to go to the beach but you at there silent as hell starin off inda space! He was gettin' pretty pissed. He said he was gunna hit you but I stoped him and said we'd meet him there. You should go, might take your mind off of Aer-THINGS, might take your mind of things."
"Sure."
When theygot to the beach Cid was trying to hook up with some young blonde girl.
"NO WAY!! Just forget it, what the hell is your problem mister, I told you that I don't wanna swim with you!"
"Come on baaaabeee," Cid was slurring.
"You sound drunk, GOOD-BYE" the girl stormed off waggling her backside furiously. Cid was starring.
"Ahhhhhhhh, just seein her walk like that was worth evey minute. Get 'em next time. What happened back there? What were you doin'? OHHHHH....I know, Aeris right? Yea she was jus too cute. I'm sorry man, really." Cid put his arm on Cloud's shoulder.
"Cid...take your fucking arm off me before I pull it out of its socket. You hear me mother fucker?!"
"Clouuuud..."said Barret. "Easy now."
"You need to chill man. I loved Aeris too, fuck we all did, you know that-" said Cid.
"GOD DAMNIT! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!" Screamed Cloud. With those words Cloud punched Cid square in the nose as hard as he could. Cid fell down and blood ran all over his face. Cloud jumped on him but before he could do anymore damamge Barret intervened and pulled Cloud off of him.
"SHIT Cloud. You really fucked him up!" Barret said.
Cid sat up. "You stupid son of a bich." He tackled Cloud and began hitting him in the face. "Mother FUCKER, you broke my damn nose kid! No body does that to Cid Highwind!" Barret once again got involved and pulled Cid off of Cloud now. He sepearted the two but Cloud was finished. "Fuckin punk kid, if it wasn't for what your goin' thru you would be fuckin dead!" "You hear me! DEAD! DEAD!"
"Whatever old man." said Cloud. Cloud went in the water while Cid went to a bathroom to clean up. Barret went with him.
"He needs to just cool it Barret!" exclaimed Cid. "I mean what he fuck."
"(sigh) I feel bad for him Cid. Hes all alone. That can break a man after awhile. When we get back out there, I want you to apologize to him."
"APOLOGIZE????!!!! My nose may be broken!"
"SHIT! Its just bleedin' fool! NOW, quit bein a pussy and come on!"
They went back outside and Cloud was laying with his back against the sand and his arms folded behind his head.
"I'm sorry Cloud. I know how strongly you feel about her. I'm sorry for mentioning her like that to you." Cid said.
"...Its ok. I had a lot to drink and I just freak when someone else talks about her. Sorry Cid. I got an idea. Why don't we all go back to my place, get the beer and drink it all on the beach. I...wanna' hear what everyones else been up to..." lied Cloud.
"Well, sounds like a plan suckas! Wait here and I'll go get it." said Barret.
When Barret came back Cloud and Cid were sitting together in silence. They both looked a little pissed and he sat in between them. Barret filled Cloud in on everything that had been going on. He mostly talked about Tifa though. How her and Vincent were together now. Cloud was surprised in his mind but outside he expressed no emotion. Barret had been talking for almost thre hours and Cloud was getting tired. Cid was already snoring in the sand.
"Tifa and Vincent?!" said Cloud.
"Yeah, but they look good together. I'm happy for Tifa."
"Yeah. Wanna head back to my house? I feel like passing out on my couch."
"Sure. Fuck Cid. He don't need no bed. HA HA HA!" laughed Barret.
Cloud and Barret began walking home but before they got there they heard Cid behind them.
"You two bastards! Gunna leave me out in the sand!"
When they got to Cloud's house Cid fell asleep on the floor and Barret went in Cloud's guest room. Cloud layed down on the couch and turned on the tv. He hoped tonite maybe he could sleep in peace and not have any nightmares...in minutes Cloud was out and immediately he was haunted once more. Haunted of that place...it was a bittersweet place beacuse it was so beutiful but it was also the last place Aeris was alive at. The City of the Ancients. Aeris is praying...she sees Cloud and smiles at him then from nowhere he comes. His long sword pierces her chest and he slowyly removes it from her. She falls to the floor...lifeless...robbed of her life from him..Cloud is stirring in his sleep...
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Author's Comment: WHEW! That was a long one but I hoped people liked it for what it was. I thought this chapter was fun and I really wanted to make Cid a part of it. I also wanted to show just how crazy Cloud has become without Aeris. Cloud's nightmare about her death sets up Ch. 3 perfectly as it takes place ENTIRELY in that city...gimme ur feedback!