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Here's chapter 5 -- short and boring. xD

Chapter 5

Playground History

Laughter was heard coming from one of the only parks built in the slums of Midgar. Flashes of white and green zoomed down the large, moogle-shaped slide and tumbled back onto the gray dirt with a 'thump.' The girl with chestnut brown hair stood up, brushing the dirt off her green skirt and laughed, looking down at her friend.

"That was fun, wasn't it Cloud?"

The boy with blonde, spiky hair pushed himself up and nodded enthusiastically. A soft laughter escaped from his lips as he took his friend's hand and stood up. "Haha, yeah!" They shared a smile together before Aerith turned around and ran up the stairs of the slide, she turned around at the steps and looked at Cloud, gesturing him to follow with a wave of her hand. "Come on, Cloud! Over here."

Cloud nodded and ran after Aerith up the steps. She continued up the stairs and instead of going down the slide, she climbed up to the roof and took a seat between the eyes of the moogle. She popped her head out to the side and looked down at Cloud, waving at him with a smile on her face. Cloud looked at her dumbly and was confused but shrugged it off. Following what Aerith had done, he climbed up to the roof of the slide and sat down beside her. As he sat down, he looked at her with his large blue eyes and questioned her.

"Are you tired, Aerith?" She looked at him, nodding slightly and hugged her knees to her chest.

"A bit. Sorry, did you want to go down again?"

Cloud shook his head quickly, "No, it's okay. We can rest." He laughed weakly and smoothed his hand through his blond locks. Aerith nodded and looked beyond the playground, searching for something to stare at. As they both sat in silence, something came across Aerith's mind that she always wondered.

"Cloud... What do you think it's like... outside of... Midgar?"

Cloud looked at Aerith, he was slightly taken aback by her sudden question. He blinked twice, thinking of what to say and looked away from Aerith, planting his hands on the cool metal of the slide.

"I wasn't born in Midgar." He looked up, staring right into Aerith's eyes as she turned her gaze at him when he responded. "I lived somewhere else... In the countryside."

Aerith became intrigued, she never knew Cloud was born somewhere else. Interested, she shifted her body so that she was facing Cloud's direction and asked him with curiosity in her voice. "Where were you born then?"

Cloud smiled, amused by Aerith's sudden interest and placed his hands on his lap. "Nibelheim."

Aerith blinked, hearing the name of Cloud's birth place. "Nibel...heim?" Cloud saw her lips stretch up into a smile and rolled his eyes, knowing well what was going to happen next. Aerith placed her hand over her mouth, trying to stifle the giggle that wanted to burst out from the ridiculous name but failed to do so as she let it out anyways. Her laughter rung in the silent air, and Cloud could help but smile at her. He rubbed the back of his head and looked down,

"It's not that funny you know..." His voice was quiet and Aerith detected a slight annoyance in it. She eased her laughter into a soft giggle and rubbed her eyes before completely stopping. She regained herself and looked at Cloud, slightly embarrassed but still very amused.

"Sorry Cloud but it's just such a... a strange name..." Cloud shrugged, he got that a lot when he told people where he used to live, so he was used to it. He shook it off and looked at Aerith directly and tilted his head to the side slightly, a habit he picked up from the flower girl.

"What about you? Have you always lived in Midgar?" Aerith shook her head and looked skyward to the dark plate that hung over Midgar. Her face somehow darkened with sadness, Cloud noticed the sudden change of her expression and was about to say something before she interrupted him.

"Nope, I wasn't born here either... Mama said that she found me at the train station, alone and crying. I don't remember what she said after that." Aerith closed her eyes, moisture gathered at the rim of her eyes but she forced it to stay in. Cloud looked at her with sympathy and grabbed the back of his head again, wishing that he never asked her the question. The air felt awkward and somber around the two but then Aerith suddenly turned around and stared at an opening beyond the playground boundaries. She turned back to look at Cloud, and the sad expression that was on her face was replaced with one that was happy and excited. It didn't fool Cloud but he shrugged it off, not wanting to make the situation worse. Just then, a wagon rode into the opening beyond the boundaries and Aerith tugged Cloud's shoulder, her voice chirruped in the silent air as an idea popped in her head.

"Hey, Cloud. You ever been to the Wall Market?"

Author's Notes: Hey, sorry for the boring chapter. P I promise the next one will be much more entertaining. I was planning on writing this with the next chapter but I got kinda lazy, so like the game, here's something to get you excited for the next installment. xD

Anyways, hoped you liked it despite the shortness and lack of entertainment...
Stay tuned for the next chapter!