Final Fantasy VII and all those good SE characters belong to umm... SE, not me...sigh one day Sephy one day..

Life on Standby

Chapter Two: This isn't a Fashion Statement, This is a Death Wish

The two of them walked quietly, hand in hand. Every so often the young man would look down at the girl next to him, her rosy cheeks and auburn hair glowed in the dim light that shined threw the plate. He sighed happily.

Aeris, I love you…maybe on day I can tell you.

"Did you say something Zack," She looked up at him, her hair framing her fragile face.

He looked at her and smiled, "No, everything is perfect. So where do you want to eat angel?"

She shrugged her small shoulders, "It doesn't matter, where ever."

Zack stopped and pouted, placing his hands on his hips, "Aw come on Aeris, I'm in SOLIDER now, that mean I have a bit more spending cash, how about we go to the top of the plate and have some fresh lobster?"

Aeris wrinkled her nose is disgust.

"What's wrong? Not a big fan of seafood, we can all wa…."

"I hate it up there." She interrupted him, "It makes me too sad." She looked down, shadows covering her emerald eyes.

Zack stared at her sadly, for the 2 years that he's known Aeris, he still knew nothing about her, just that she was adopted. She didn't like talking about her past, so he never brought it up. She was a mystery to him, a beautiful mystery that he wanted to solve. He looked down to the ground, "I'm sorry, we can just grab something at Wall Market."

She nodded quietly and followed, the rest of the day would be like this.

"Men, line up, time for roll call." A rough voice broke threw the silence.

All the young men looked up and ran to line up, going in alphabetical order.

"Alright, ready, Donald Abert…."

The young man stood up and closed the heavy lead door. He stared at it for a while before shaking his head.

This is not what I wanted

He turned sharply and sat at the small wooden desk, his delicate fingers picked up the pen and he continued to scribble on the paper:

Dear Tifa,

How are you? How is everything? Please give my regards to my mother.

Everything has been going fine here,

As fine as failure can be

I'm already heading up the ranks in SOLIDER, soon the guys think that I can make it to 1st class.

Why do I have to lie like this

I've been studying under the guidance of a guy named Zack, he's a nice guy and a SOLIDER 1st class, every one says that next to Sephiroth, he's the best there is.

Why can't I tell you the truth

This weekend, we're going to have dinner, I'm gonna meet his girlfriend, he says she's a nice girl, but the only girls I've seen here are from the Turks…. And they are anything but nice.

I can't take neglect

I just want to be seen

Well, I'm going to get going, give my love to all back home.

I just want to be seen

Signed,

I just want to be seen…by you

Cloud

"Hey Cloud, they're calling your name, you need to get in line." A voice broke his silence.

"Alright, I'll be there in a second." The young man walked over to a small chair next to his bed. He looked down at it in disdain, and picked up his Shin-Ra appointed guard helmet.

Oi, So what thinks my little folks out there? Any good ideas will be excepted. Hmmm…. I'm gonna have some Zaris and the meeting of Cloud and Aeris…mmm…mmm…angst..lol love forever.

Celest no Tenshi