Disclaimer: FF7's not mine, as much as I'd like it to be :D! This story's just for fun.
Aeris awoke, blinking sleepily as she woke up. Feeling warm and comfortable, she rubbed her eyes and yawned sleepily, looking around. She was lying on a warm bed, in an unfamiliar house. Suddenly alarmed as she remembered the past night's events, her eyes widened, and tried to get up as fast as her legs would allow her too. She realized as she tried to sit that there was something holding her down. Looking down, she saw an arm draped lazily over her middle. Suddenly feeling sick to her stomach, her eyes traced the length of the arm, noticing a man with long silver hair lying beside her for the first time. Slowly and cautiously, she slid just out of his reach. The man stirred for a minute, but quickly fell back into a deep sleep, sighing.
Aeris released the breath she had been involuntarily holding in, and began creeping out of the room. Stopping for a moment to peer at her reflection in a hallway mirror, she sighed. The bump on her forehead was still very red, and just then she seemed to recognize the pain. Stepping lightly, she made it downstairs, only to find the mysterious silver haired man sitting at the table. Her eyes widened and she stepped backwards. Something about his presence was unnerving.
"Do not think I couldn't see you." He said simply.
Aeris blushed and shrugged, trying to stop her hands from shaking. She was afraid, though she wasn't sure why.
Sephiroth hated meeting people, he hated thinking they were friends, because most of the people he had ever taken a liking to had walked away, leaving him alone. Everyone he met had been the same.
Aeris cleared her throat, "I would kind of like to know why I'm here."
"Of course." he said slowly, "You were attacked last night, I brought you here because you were unconscious." Noting her expression, he quickly added, "That was all."
Aeris looked as if she expected him to say more, but then decided that it really didn't matter. He seemed genuine enough.
"Thank you." She began, "But I guess I really should be going, I've wasted enough of your time already. thanks again for the hospitality." She murmered the last part, wishing for a moment that he would tell her to stay, even if only for a little while. She felt very alone.
"Wait." He seemed to be thinking, "I'm Sephiroth. you are...?"
"Aeris." She completed his sentence for him, smiling brightly. Perhaps this Sephiroth would become a good friend.
Her name certainly fits her appearance. Sephiroth thought absently.
"Does Aeris have a last name?" He asked finally, in a very uncharacteristic tone.
"..." She thought, for long moments. "No." she decided. "I.don't remember."
Sephiroth looked stunned for a minute. Could her dilemma mirror his own? "What don't you remember?"
"...Pretty much everything, except for yesterday. I woke up in a church, and something just told me my name was Aeris, but everything else is a blur." Aeris seemed surprised at herself, who was she telling all this too anyway? She scolded herself, but that was Aeris, naiive and trusting.
This was too much of a coincidence for Sephiroth's tastes, but he decided not to question the matter further. She could be lying, for what reason he didn't know. Or perhaps he just didn't want to frighten her by telling her the same thing had happened to himself. He was sure she must be somewhat suspicious of him already.
Aeris watched him. What exactly was he thinking of? Again she kicked herself for revealing herself so obviously. And why exactly did it matter so much that he cared? Aeris looked to Sephiroth for a moment. He was looking at his hands, still thinking. She let her eyes travel over him, for the first time noticing that he was indeed very attractive. His long silver hair seemed elegant and refined. He was very tall, but well built. His eyes were not unlike her own, a beautiful shade of emerald, that seemed to glow with a strange energy. The eyes and hair seemed oddly familiar, but she still couldn't remember a thing.
"I'll take you back to your church." Sephiroth broke her concentration, and she blushed realizing that he had caught her staring.
Aeris cleared her throat, "Shall we then?" she asked, smiling once again and offering her hand to Sephiroth.
He looked hesitant and leery for a moment, before he hesitantly reached out and took her hand into his own, much larger one. The two proceeded to go back to Aeris' church.
"Look! The flower lady's back!" an excited little girl ran around Aeris' feet when she and Sephiroth had entered.Another little girl and a boystopped and grinned when they saw her.
"I've been taking real good care of your flowers since you were gone, flower lady!" The little girl exclaimed. She carefully plucked a blossom from the floor of the church and handed it to Aeris, smiling brightly.
Aeris took it gratefully, "Thank you," She smiled brightly at the little girl, although she was still slightly puzzled.
"We should go home, it's almost time for lunch!" the little boy was looking down at his watch. The little girls nodded, "See you soon, flower lady!" the youngest called, waving.
Aeris laughed and watched them go. She loved children, and something about them was comforting. A lost memory, perhaps? She examined the flower in her hand, and turned to where Sephiroth had been standing, about to say something.
He was already gone.
Author's Note: I had to revamp this chapter b/c somehow deleted part of the ending. I might change the ending again, not sure at this point.
Also, because I started this story so long ago, I'm trying to rework some of the bad writing and grammatical errors! Hopefully, it will be finished soon :)
Thanks for everything, readers.