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Lurking Browser or Because 'I wuz lyke OMG & no wai' means a lot

"So it was when I actually wanted to use Silence materia on her though I doubted it would help. Even yawning didn't help! I was giving myself up to despair when you suddenly called. And then I realized that someone up there loves me dearly," a black and spiky haired man with deep blue eyes was trying to explain to Cloud while the blond was giving his cup of coffee a stir slowly.

"Right, I understand, but please tell me one thing. Why are we still sitting in this café!"

Really, they have been sitting there for long one hour that seemed much longer than it was for Cloud. He was already tired with drinking coffee while his best friend was telling him a miraculous (in the other man's opinion) story about going on a date with a regular woman. Cloud looked forward to come home at last but his friend wasn't giving up.

"Oh come on, you go out so seldom…"

"I work outside as far as you remember," the blond inserted right away.

"Except your work of course. You see, breathing in exhausts doesn't mean being outside," the dark-haired man said calmly. "If you want you can go home already but…"

"Fine, I'm going then," Cloud stood up quickly with a ghost of a happy smile.

The other man frowned.

"I was hoping for your conscience, actually," he informed gloomily but then changed the expression on his face to a cheerful one. "But I forgive you because I love you too much."

It made the dark-haired burst out laughing while the blond only smiled weakly.

"I hope you meant in a brotherly way," Cloud decided to make sure of that.

"It was not even funny."

The blond rolled his eyes.

"Guess, that's because I'm not a woman, Zacky."

Zack, in his turn, crossed the arms on his chest and looked away.

"Nope. Even if you were a woman, I wouldn't even lay my eyes on you. You're too ugly."

Cloud put a handful of gils on the table and started to walk away.

"See you tomorrow. Don't forget about our training!" he said with a wave of his hand.

When the man was taking his boots off he felt rather tired. His day was not very busy but he never considered the trips to Junon were never safe. There were always many monsters that needed to be dealt with on the road. Actually, it was not hard for Cloud to do that but it usually took time and money.

He scanned the hall and noticed the cat watching him curiously. Cloud sighed and decided to pretend being oblivious to the animal's presence but it outran him and dashed upstairs. The man shook his head and slowly followed it. It took him only a few moments to realize that his wife was working at the computer in an only empty room in their house. He pushed a door that led there and saw her like she had previously described: with a cup of hot tea in her hands and with her legs on a table.

"Napster, is that you?" she asked loudly not taking her eyes off of the computer's screen.

Cloud twitched at the cat's name. It suited the animal very, very, very well.

"No, it's just me," he replied emotionlessly coming closer to the chair Aerith was sitting on.

The woman turned her head to face her husband and gave him a warm smile. Cloud bent his face down and she kissed him gently in the cheek placing her hand on another side of his face.

"So how are you?" she asked watching the man stretch himself.

"As usual. No monsters can beat me and all," he replied droningly. "What are you doing?"

She shifted slightly, trying to cover the screen from Cloud's suspicious gaze. It was useless. The man chuckled softly and eyed his wife quickly.

"So now you are working as a moderator of this chat, right?"

Aerith blushed furiously and turned away from him. She closed her eyes and counted to ten. Nothing came. Then she laid her fingers on the keyboard again.

"Do you mind?" he asked laying his chin on her left shoulder and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"N-no," the woman answered, her eyes wide in amazement.

Cloud looked at the screen and saw a dark green inscription that said "The place where you can find your Only".

"I don't want to intrude," the man began, "but aren't you a little bit too married for this kind of stuff?"

And then he heard her giggling softly while she was clicking on something.

"That's not what you're thinking," she replied smiling. "I was just curious. After all, what if I want to form a friendship like that?"

The man remained silent. He wasn't fond of that idea.

"Wanna see my nickname?" Aerith offered, pointing at one line on the screen with her thin finger.

Cloud squinted slightly and spotted the word she offered for reading.

"'Eternity'…" he sounded thoughtfully.

"About you and me, right?" the woman asked with a joy in her voice.

Their thoughts were interrupted by a blue blinking of the chat window.

"Look, I've got a message!" Aerith clasped her hands and then rested one on the mouse and another on the keyboard.

Cloud watched attentively as she opened that window and read incoming message:

"hi beautay what'cha doing?"

Aerith gasped at it and then let out a chuckle.

"Funny, isn't … erm…" she made some manipulations with the windows, "…he? Look, his nickname is 'mastaofdaworld'!"

Cloud was trying to fight back the laughter that was threatening to come out while his wife watched the nickname with curiosity.

"Well, I think I should answer," she said finally and typed:

"Nice to meet you. I've just came here so I'm acquainting with this place."

The answer came almost immediately.

"ha-ha so your n00b! lol and what is a pussy like ya doing here?"

"Excuse me. A pussy?" Cloud asked not being able to believe what he has just read. "Listen, tell that jerk to clear off!"

"Hey, give him a chance!" the woman replied quickly turning her head at the right side her eyes still fixed on the screen. "It would be better if you tell me what 'n00b' means."

Cloud looked at the ceiling as if searching for the answer up there, then back at the screen, then nuzzled into his wife's neck and mumbled:

"I have two variants," he looked straight again and his voice became clearer at once. "Either this person denies grammar rules or I know them pretty bad. I have no clue."

Aerith closed her eyes for a second.

"Maybe I should ask him…"

"No!" he immediately cut her off and then added under her astonished look. "I mean, you don't want to sound dull, right?"

"Thanks, honey. I'm glad to know what you think about me," she said with assumed resentment.

"That's not what I have on my mind."

"I know, I know. You're forgiven," she rested her head on her husband's one and her fingers on the keyboard again. "I suppose it means that I'm new here, don't you think so? According to my previous answer."

Cloud nodded slowly, clutching both sides of her jersey ever so tightly. Aerith felt it and tensed at his sudden stir. It was not the first time he showed his emotion like that and it often ended in a way she wasn't expecting.

"did I scare ya away with muh question?" the screen blinked once again with a blue light.

"No, I was just deep in my thoughts. Sorry. As for your question, I'm looking for a friend. I think it's rather interesting…" the woman typed quickly despite the shivers that ran through her body after her husband's touch. She waited for Cloud's reaction at her words but when nothing came she let the breath come out.

It took her interlocutor about a minute to type back.

"wow. So ya really that n00b? LOL STFU immature chick. Grow up and only zen visit this place!1!111!"

There was an awkward silence while the woman stared at the screen with her eyes wide in shock and her mouth periodically opened. In sort: she was imitating a fish.

Cloud in his turn quickly thought out what to do. He kicked the processor "accidentally" shutting off the computer.

"Imbecile," he commented abruptly.

Aerith came to herself after his did and quickly turned to face him.

"That was incredible," she said with a grin. "Thanks."

She stood up and made him straighten but he was still holding her waist. The woman wrapped her hands around his neck and kissed his lips passionately. He only pressed her closer acknowledging the fact he wanted to continue. She gasped for the air parting their lips, then quickly glanced down and restored her previous position.

After a few minutes the woman understood that it wouldn't be enough for him. For her. She pulled his neck down, carrying him on the floor with her…


Cloud opened the door with a strong push and his face met the cold air. The wind played with his locks and, frankly speaking, he was enjoying that feeling. His mother was not at home so it was giving him a chance to go out finally. He made a firm step on the threshold and understood that there was no way back. He recovered very quickly and maybe it was those flower field dreams' merit. He didn't know. It was just good to finally see the street. His mother was strict when it came to his health. Cloud just couldn't figure why. He always thought he was a normal boy.

He made his way out of the yard as fast as he could. When he closed the gates it was like a heavy stone fell off his back. He made a deep breath and headed to him no more secret place. But somehow he wasn't upset because of that. On the contrary, the boy was glad he was finally awaited. He was no longer alone. Or so he hoped.

The path up the rock didn't even seem as hard as it used to be. In his then state it would be really difficult to do it. But he had important reasons to hurry up. He was afraid he might miss them.

"Hey you there!" that cheerful boyish voice greeted him when his golden spikes have just appeared.

Cloud's heart jolted at Zack's words. He was greeted. Not pushed away, not called names. He was greeted friendly. That made him smile.

"Nice to see you again," he replied timidly, being afraid to do or say something wrong.

"Cloud!" the boy heard another familiar voice, then saw a flash of pink and felt someone's arms around his neck. "You're back!"

He was amazingly stunned to realize that. Her arms around his neck… A friendly hug… friendly…

"Aerith," he stated awkwardly, slowly resting his hands on her back. After a few seconds she broke the embrace and turned to face Zack who was smiling broadly.

"Remember, what we planed to do when he comes?" she asked her friend and received a deep nod. "So what are we waiting for?"

The black-haired boy stepped closer to Cloud and grabbed his upper arm.

"Come with us, we want to show you something interesting," he said pulling Cloud down the rock.

"What exactly?" the blond asked warily eyeing his companion.

"It's a surprise, Cloud," Aerith answered instead of Zack, freeing her friend from explanations. "Just trust us. We saved investigations for the day you would come."

Cloud smiled mentally. He trusted them.


Actually, I'm not sure if there is something close to Internet in the world of FFVII but as an author of this fic I'm allowed to bring in anything I want.
By the way, it's not some Internet users bashing at all! If they like to communicate like that they're free to do it. I was not making fun of them. It was just interesting for me to imagine the way Aerith and Cloud would react on this.
P.S. In this chapter I have a strangefeeling that Cloud had an expirence of chatting before. I don't know why