(okay, i think that it's a lot more fun when someone is telling the story, so there will be a lot of viewpoint changes. just read the top one to tell you who. We're back to Cloud.)
The old building smelt of flowers. The kind Aeris smelt of. It was heavenly. I was preying that it would work. I knew that I wouldn't live long if I coudln't see her alive any longer. I am confident that it would work. Cid left a while ago. He said he had to do some things and that he'd be back in a while. I kept replaying her smile in my mind. I felt warmth on me. The sun was shing down on me from the hole in the celing. I was sitting in the middle of her flowers.
My eyes are closed. I'm looking up into the light that was shining on me. I was preying that she'd come back. I knew she would, but Red XIII told me to prey. I heard birds twittering above me. Then I felt something touch my shoulder. I jerked my head over and opened my eyes to see something truely beautiful. Aeris was there smiling, staring at me with her beautiful green eyes. I was dazed for a second, then I quickly stood up.
"Cloud..."
She remembered me. She placed her hand on my face. I wrapped my hands around her waist. Her hand was warm. This time it wasn't a dream. This was real. I was with her. I pulled her into a tight hug and she wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me back. I couldn't believe it but I felt the white-hot burning of tears slipping down my face. I never wanted to let go of her, but she broke the hug.
"Cloud, why are you crying?"
I collapsed to my knees and I sobbed. I was just so happy. She hugged my head as I cried.
"Aeris, I have to tell you something." I looked at her with my tears still falling. She looked at me in a worried face.
"What is it?"
"I just have to tell you. I never got to tell you before. I just want to let you know that I love you." I wrapped my arms around her and held her to me.I knew she was smiling as she hugged me back.
"Deep down, I knew you loved me. I knew you'd come back, Cloud." Did she love me? I looked at her as I still sobbed. I never cried like this before. "I love you, too."
I stood up and whiped the tears from my eyes. She stood up, too. She grabbed my face and planted a kiss to my face. I kissed her back. I never did this before, and I felt my heart being healed again. She did love me. I was not going to let her die again. I pulled out the materia I cut my wrists to get.
"When it happened, it fell out, and I went to get it for you." I held it out to her. She took it from me.
"Thank you Cloud." I smiled and hugged her again. She started picking a few flowers and handed them to me. She smiled her sweet smile and I took them. I put one in my hair and I knew what I was going to do with the other.
"Thanks." I replied. I grabbed her hand and started walking out of the Church. I went back to the airship where everyone was waiting. I wen't inside the cockpit and Marlene was there. I handed another flower to her. I had one more flower, and I put it in Aeris' hair. She smiled and kissed me again. Her lips were soft and warm.
"Lets go home to Rocket Town Cid." We all had homes in Rocket Town now, and Aeris' home was my home.
"Ya heard em' you dumbasses! Get this ship movin'!" Cid always yelling. The ship took flight, and I took Aeris to the front of the Ship to the big window. It was beautiful and so was she. I held her, and I never wanted to let go again. The only one for me is her.
