As I silently promised, a chapter that involves soft yet innocent pink fluttering in the warm breeze while the eyes of the soul watches everyone.

Disclaimer: None of the characters or anything that revolves around Final Fantasy 7 has ever belonged to me but will always be credited by Square-Enix.

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Chapter Fourteen – Delicate Blossoms

It whispered gently to the ears of the upset child tickling its ears with light words which made a tug of the small lips. Innocent faces brightened each time it spoke silent words to the adolescents. The object of pure happiness danced it way around the depressing allies bringing faces to turn the other way mainly for the children as it skittered past them.

It was a gust of wind; it held a sound of an innocent girl giggling childishly. Flower petals, to be exact they were a pure baby pink color with hints of fuchsia in them danced alongside as the back up as they were captured by the simple wind's cages.

That was when it all stopped, the petals fell to the ground and the wind blew up to a new direction leaving the petals to rest on the ground as the core light still stayed behind watching with keen eyes at the sign that read 'Seventh Heaven'. The object held a battered yet shining basket of blooming blossoms peaking out as she straightened her pink dress she looked up happily sliding away a strand of sun kissed hair from her face to behind her ears.

She dusted away the dirt from her boots by gently tapping the heel on the ground before beaming at the building as she placed her fingers over her rosy lips to cover her smile. Making her way inside, she stood there for a time making way for the silent yet pale faced figure that didn't seem to notice her and rush out of the door. Her eyes soon parted and went upon the raven haired female resting next to the counter as she dropped the cloth as if showing signs of giving up in more then one matter.

She made her way there and sat down next to her as the guest waited for the person to say something.

"What am I going to do?" The raven haired sigh calmly as she tapped her fingers on her thigh while trying to think.

"Don't beat yourself up Tifa, I know what you're going through" The guest whispered as if hoping no one else would hear her.

"No, no one knows what I'm going through. It's such an absurd thing…" Tifa mentioned softly as she bit her bottom lip.

"Tifa, don't think like that. What I'd like to know is why everyone is acting this way" the flower girl stated before tapping her fingers upon her lips while she thought calmly with her dear friend.

"I wonder how Yuffie is, haven't seen her for a while…" Tifa noted randomly.

At the sound of it, the sight of pink let out a gentle smile as she remembered the incident she went through before arriving here.

"Yuffie is in a much worse state then you are. It was quite unusual, but I expected her to be happy with what happened that change matters, not be stubborn and not want things to change" the pink flutter said with a soft sigh.

"…And how the others are, I shouldn't have lost contact with them for so long" Tifa continued.

"Oh, everyone's fine. I checked up on them before coming here before even visiting Yuffie. They seem alright, Reeve is so happy it brings me joy to see the butterflies springing in his eyes. But I must say that Cait Sith is in such a poor condition since Barrett bumped into him, I kind of feel sorry for…-" The flower girl stopped for a moment as she was interrupted by her opposite friend who had now chosen to jump off her chair and make herself a drink.

"Oh no thanks Tifa, I can't drink" the female told the friend.

They seemed as if they were being painted as one of them just sat there tight lipped watching the other stare at her newly made drink and not give the other much attention. Upon the sudden movement of the named female shiver when sitting back next to the acquaintance the flower girl let a smile still stay visible.

Finally the shivering women seemed upset by her thoughts as she clasped her hands around her face and shook her head with disbelief.

"No I couldn't…." The named female stated to no one in particular.

The flower girl watched her before shaking her head and gently placing a hand on the shoulder of the person, "never allow the head to always beat the heart" she mentioned softly.

"What could it mean? I'm confused" Tifa mentioned softly.

"Look inside, don't be afraid to open up even though you know you'll have to give up something to get something greater" the flower maiden spoke wisely still keeping her smile to avoid a serious image.

"I wonder why Vincent left, could I have scared him for some weird reason." Tifa spoke wondering herself on that answer as it was soon given to her.

"He went to speak with Cloud; he saw how confused you were. He just wanted to settle things and see Cloud's side of the story" The flower maiden answered.

"I wonder why he's been so different this time" The raven head asked the silent arena.

"He wished he knew himself the answer" The flower maiden said before getting up from her seat as if expecting it, she looked at the doorway before finding in the next three seconds for it to be left ajar by two small figures one female and one male.

Snapping out of her daydream, Tifa looked dazed for a second before looking up and smiling at the two new arrivals.

"Hi Priscilla. Denzel; when did you leave?" Tifa asked and ignored the fact that the boy of the two was wearing an unusual apron as the two children occupied the seats next to her and rubbed their hands upon their arms still ignoring the standing by flower guardian.

"It's a bit cold in here" the female whined softly.

"So what have you been doing Tifa?" Denzel asked shaking his dangling feet up and down as he tried to avoid answering the raven haired question on why he skipped breakfast that might land him in trouble.

"Oh, I was just sitting here. Talking to myself" the raven haired teased with a soft laugh before shaking her head and noticing that it was quite cold then it was before. "So how do some pancakes sound for you two breakfast skippers?"

"Why wasn't anyone here to talk with you?" The girl asked before cheering alongside her partner for the flour sensation as their stomach chose to grumble quite violently.

"Everyone was out" Tifa stated softly as she began proceeding on finding the ingredients on baking the kids food.

Upon her line, the standing female who once sat down allowed her pink dress to shake softly as she soon stood next to the child and whispered something into the ears of the boy as she made her way to the door, she kept a sight upon the withering flower before allowing her fingers to contact it and allow herself to still continue smiling when she noticed the newly bloomed daisy before leaving as the room soon started to lose its frosty temperature.

"That's weird, it got a lot warmer now" Tifa said not noticing her leaving guest as her sights caught upon the fresh daisy and tilted her head slightly, "I guess someone bought me a new one and threw the dying one away when I wasn't looking" she muttered under her breath slightly thankful for that happening.

Leaning to the boy so she was close enough to whisper something without Tifa hearing Pricilla began to speak to Denzel, "So what did she say?"

"To keep her visit a little secret from Tifa" Denzel whispered back before chomping away the flour sensation that burnt his tongue the first second after the plate was given to him. Tifa shaking her head sat down next to the two as her eyes fell upon the side mirror hung on the wall hoping to find the answers to her burning questions that were answered to her without her even knowing.

Outside when the bells of the door chimed as the female pushed herself outside the wind once more controlled her as the pink petals rose from the ground dancing within her every step as children followed 'the pretty lady' because of the fact that she brought smiles to their clouded miserable days.

"I'll be back" she stated softly looking back at the building when her eyes soon fell upon her dark haired companion who ruffled the hair of one of the surrounding children who decided upon following Aeris before taking her hand and his and walking away with her until they were nothing but a distant dying light from afar.

-ToBeContinued-

Authors note; the much awaited conversation between the two men.