As Nanaki made his way towards the library he wondered what could be so wrong with Cloud reading. Once he entered the library he suddenly realized Tifa's concern. Most of the books had been taken off of the shelves and were circled around Cloud like a little fortress. He slowly approached Cloud but soon realized that there was no way he could help startling him.

"Cloud…" was all Nanaki could get out before the blonde jumped immediately into a fighting position. He relaxed as soon as he knew who had just scared him.

"Oh…what do you want?" Cloud sat back down, marked his book and eerily stared through the cat.

Nanaki felt a cold shiver as he looked at him like that. "Tifa seemed concerned for you and I came to see why." He shifted uneasily; the aurora in the room was very uncomfortable.

"What? I'm just reading a few books" he motioned at the books stacked around him.

The great cat did not want to beat around the bush for hours on end, which would be easy to do in this situation. He wanted to know why Cloud would be tiring to read everything.

"Look, you wouldn't understand…"

"Yes I would. I've read everything here already. If there's something you want to learn, I probably already know what it is." Nanaki was getting frustrated.

At that moment Cloud broke. Tears flowed freely from his eyes. He collapsed onto the ground and became what seemed like a puddle of sorrows.

Nanaki, thoroughly confused, walked over to where the broken man lay. He laid down and put his head on Cloud's shoulder and waited until he calmed down and was ready to talk.

After the longest 5 minutes ever, cloud was ready to talk.

"I cant live this lie anymore. I can't keep hurting Tifa and myself. I care about her… but my hearts not totally for her. I want to love her with all my heart but I just cant. I still love Aries. I want her back. I'm trying to find a way to bring her back, or go back in time. I feel that nothings to drastic to have her back. I want to find an alternative to the only other way I can think of to join her in the life stream."

Cloud's eyes went to the floor as Nanaki realized that if his friend didn't reach his goal he would take his own life to be with her.

"I know there is no stopping you, what ever you decide. I hope you find your answer." With that he left Cloud to give the news to Tifa.