She falls into Tifa's arms crying and repeating Cloud's name. For the next couple of hours Aerith was quiet, motionless, and emotionless. She was still taking in the fact that Cloud was gone. That night Aerith had trouble sleeping she felt pain over her wound and every time she closed her eyes she saw the accident and Cloud protecting her. She held her eyes shut tight tears finding there way out dripping from the side of her face when suddenly she is startled by a voice, "Aerith...Aerith can you hear me?"
She looks to her left to see Cloud she jumps up ignoring the pain from her wound, "Cloud...Cloud is that you? I am so sorry it was all because of me it is my you are dead. I miss you" she cries. Cloud looks at her and repeats, "Aerith can you hear me? I am so sorry. I should have protected you better or stopped you from going. But...I...I love you Aerith." Tears starting flowing down her face and fall to hit the ground with a thump as she begins to walk toward Cloud saying, "Oh Cloud how I waited so long to tell you and here you say it I love you too."
Cloud looks away then says, "All I want you to do is wake up." Aerith stops in her tracks and looks at Cloud, "What wake up?" with that Cloud begins to disappear. Before she knew it she opened her eyes and found herself lying down in her bed tears stained her pillow. "What...it was just a dream?" she looked around to make sure it wasn't her mind playing tricks on her. A knock came to the door Tifa opened it and entered to see Aerith was standing in the middle of her room.
"Aerith...Aerith are you okay?" Aerith looked at Tifa her red eyes staring into her soul, "Cloud was here, right here he was talking to me he told me he missed me and he wanted me to wake up and that is what I did and here I am." Tifa walks over to her and places a hand on her friend's shoulder telling her, "I know Aerith we all dream about Cloud too." Yuffie enters the room and walks over to Aerith seeing her red eyes knowing she was thinking about Cloud she quickly but gently hugs Aerith. She tells them that they should all go do something to clear their minds Aerith is hesitant at first but finally gives into Yuffie's pleading.
It has been two weeks since Cloud has visited her and Aerith still can not get any sleep every night when she closes her eyes she sees Cloud and he repeats the same thing over to her "Aerith can you here me? I miss and I want you to wake up" and before Aerith could debated anything she was awake. Two days later right when Cloud said his usual line Aerith screams, "What do you mean wake up Cloud I don't want to wake up. If I could only see you in my dreams then I'd rather sleep forever."