Since I haven't gotten a single review for What is Love? or for this one, I really don't see the point in putting this up! Come on people! Show me some love by reviewing! I hate it when I feel that my story isn't loved!!! If I don't get a single review for this one, then I may as well delete this! sighs Okay, done with that rant! On with the story! And I still don't own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy.
"YOU WANT ME TO WHAT?" Weiss yelled shocked at what Aeris had asked him. He was quite found of Aeris, in a sister way. He'd met her at the bar when he had gotten into a terrible fight with his brother. She had been his waitress and had comforted him and gave him advice on how to make up with Nero. Now he and Nero were more than brothers, they were….
"Please Weiss!" Aeris begged her eyes puffy and red from all the crying she had done. "I've never asked anything from you! Can't you do this one little thing for me?"
"This isn't a little thing, Aeris," he sighed, putting his hands through his hair. She had asked him to take her baby in after she had given birth and hoped that he would take care of it. He knew he wouldn't feel right doing it. Separating a mother from her own child was painful, he knew it. He remembered how his mother had left him and Nero with his father because she didn't have enough money to take care of them on her own. He remembered how much she cried and promised them that she would visit. But she never came. The next night, there was an accident and she died. Weiss was very sensitive when these kinds of topics came up and he certainly did not want to see someone go through that pain. "I can't…I just can't Aeris. It would hurt you."
"I know," she admitted quietly. "But what can I do? Am I supposed to let the child die from starvation? Can I live with that guilt? Could I not blame myself because I didn't have a job and I wasn't careful of my-"
"IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT!" Weiss suddenly yelled. He knew where Aeris was getting at. She was blaming herself for the rape. "IT'S THAT DAMN BASTARD'S FAULT!"
"Still…I couldn't live with that guilt. I can't let my baby live with me. It's for the best…please Weiss?" She asked, her tears becoming free once again. Weiss couldn't take it anymore. She wanted her child to be happy and healthy and he knew that he or she wouldn't be with the current conditions she was in.
"All right, Aeris…I'll do it," he replied, running his hands through his hair once more. She looked up at him wide-eyed, and then smiled.
"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" she hugged him, which startled him for the most part.
"ON one condition," he said, putting his finger in the air. She stared at him in shock. What did he want? Did he want money? She would pay him if he wanted it but she couldn't pay him at the moment. He saw her expression and smiled. "You have to find a GOOD job and make a good living after the baby's birth. You have to promise that. Once you make enough, I'm sending the child back. I can't keep you away from him or her for so long."
She smiled. He was such a good friend. "I promise."
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"AHHHH!" Aeris cried. She lay on the hospital bed, Weiss holding onto her hand. She was giving birth to her baby.
"Push!" Doctor Cid said. Penelo was holding onto her other hand and whispering it's ok, it's ok.
"AHH!!" Aeris cried again. "I SWEAR IF I EVER SEE SEIFER AGAIN, I'LL MUTILATE HIM! YOU HEAR ME, SEIFER? I'LL MAKE SURE YOU NEVER MAKE ANYONE PREGNANT AND GO THROUGH THIS LIVING HELL AGAIN!" At that time, Weiss' cell phone began to ring. He knew this wasn't the best time to answer it but what if it was an emergency? He sighed and picked it up, Aeris still shrieking.
"Hello?" He said in an annoyed voice.
"HEY BIG BROTHER!" Nero's voice beamed through the phone. "Whatcha doin'?"
"I'm eating burgers…whaddya think I'm doing?" he shouted through the phone. Aeris was still screaming.
"Oh…Aeris is still giving birth to a baby?"
"No, the baby poofed into the air and Aeris was no longer fat…"
"YOU THINK I'M FAT?" Aeris yelled.
"…Um?"
"YES YOU IDIOT, AERIS IS STILL GIVING BIRTH!"
"Geez…sorry!"
"YOU SHOULD BE!" Weiss yelled as Aeris screamed again.
"Is she feeling ok?"
"HERE, LET'S ASK!" Weiss yelled with sarcasm and put the phone near Aeris so Nero could hear.
"I HATE MEN! I SWEAR, I'LL KILL THEM ALL! I SWEAR I'LL FUCKING KILL THEM ALL! AHH!" Aeris yelled. "I PROMISE I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" Penelo's eyes widened and Weiss looked terrified. He took the phone back.
"Well…how do you think she feels?"
"OO Did she mean that? That whole killing men thing?"
"I don't know…I mean she does keep her promises…"
"I DON'T WANNA DIE!" Nero yelled as Aeris yelled as well. Weiss covered his ears. He was pretty sure he'll be deaf after this whole experience.
"I SWEAR, I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU ALL!" Aeris screamed. "WEISS, GET OFF THE DAMN PHONE OR YOU'LL BE SLAUGTHERED FIRST!!"
"I've…gotta go Nero…I'll talk to you later," Weiss said quickly.
"Say how much you love me!"
"This isn't really the time…I've gotta be with Aeris…"
"SAY IT!"
"I…love you…now really I gotta-"
"Say it louder so the whole world will hear! I'm sure Aeris isn't feeling that bad…"
"AAHH!!!"
"…That was her by the way…"
"Right…maybe…I'll just call back." Nero finally hung up and Weiss sighed and went back to the screaming Aeris.
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After what had seemed like hours to calm Aeris down, the baby was finally born. It was a girl. A beautiful, healthy, baby girl. Weiss was holding her now as Aeris rested. Weiss had called Nero and said that he'll bring the baby over in a couple of days after Aeris was out of the hospital. But Nero had decided to come over there and see the baby itself. Weiss knew something bad was bound to happen. Aeris opened her eyes and looked at her little baby in Weiss' arms. She was so tiny and so cute. "Shelke," she said. Weiss looked at her, raising an eyebrow in confusion. "Her name will be Shelke."
"Shelke," he repeated. "I like that name. You hear that, young girl? Your name is Shelke." The little baby cooed. "I think she wants you," he said to Aeris. He carefully handed her over to Aeris.
"You're such a cute little baby, aren't you?" Aeris said playfully to the baby. The baby giggled innocently. "Yes you are, yes you are!"
"I WANNA SEE THE BABY!" a voice shouted, coming from the halls. Fast footsteps were heard. "I WANNA SEE IT! I WANNA SEE IT!" Nero came bursting through the door, panting for breath. "Let…me…see…her…Let…me" Nero couldn't finish his sentence as he had crashed down onto the floor, apparently very exhausted. Aeris and Weiss just stared at him shocked. "I'm…gonna…die…" he breathed out slowly. Aeris and Weiss continued to stare.
"You've got to be kidding…" Weiss murmured. He shook his head. "Nero…we only live what? A block away? I ran down here and I didn't pass out!"
"I'm…tired!" Nero gasped out.
"Oh come on! If anyone's tired, it's me! I've had to put up with a screaming lady and a screaming brother at the same time. I've also been threatened numerous times to be murdered! How do you think I feel?" Weiss yelled at his brother. Seriously, he loved him more than he ought to, but how could he be so…so…lazy?
"I wasn't that bad…was I?" Aeris asked. Nero and Weiss stared at her in shock. Weiss shook his head and was about to continue to yell at Nero till Nero noticed the baby.
"AW!! Is that the baby?!?" Nero ran up to Aeris and stared at the little baby girl. "You're so cute! Yes you are! Yes you are!" Aeris gave him a disturbed look and Weiss shook his head.
"Well, Weiss, I guess I can call you the foster dad now, huh?" Aeris looked up at Weiss and he nodded his head.
"Hey! Why does Weiss get to be the father?!? He always gets everything! Why, why, WHY?!?" Nero jumped up and down like a little kid who was told he wasn't allowed to have candy.
"Nero…do you want to be the foster father?" Aeris asked cautiously, still giving him a disturbed look. Nero stopped his jumping and looked up at the ceiling, as if pondering something.
"No…Weiss can be the daddy," Nero finally said. Aeris' eye twitched and Weiss looked like he was about to smack him in the head but controlled his temper and grabbed a water bottle and started to drink some. "CUZ I WANNA BE THE MOMMY!" Aeris' eyes widened and Weiss started to choke on his water. Soon, Aeris became pale and fainted, the baby making noises, oblivious to the whole situation. Nero had gone to help Weiss with his choking.
Finally, Weiss had caught his breath and the choking noises stopped. He then glared at Nero, who backed away slowly from his death-menacing face. There was no proof of this incident later but people in the hospital claimed that you could have heard it from a mile away, the angry rage of one man. "NERO YOU IDIOT!!! YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSE TO SAY THAT!!! NOW THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS OUR SECRET!!! GAAH!!!"
"I'm sorry big brother! I'm sorry!" Nero pleaded, tears forming in his eyes.
"JESUS CHRIST WHAT AM I SUPPOSE TO DO WITH YOU?!?"
"I…can make it up to you," Nero said with a smirk, walking closer to his brother.
"How's that?" Weiss looked terrified.
"Like this," Nero closed the gap between him and Weiss and pressed his lips against his. Weiss closed his eyes and kissed back. Neither of them noticed that Aeris was slowly opening her eyes.
"Oh…my head," Aeris shook her head a little, looked at her baby, smiled, and started to speak. "You guys won't believe this, but I had this weird dream that you two were-" She looked at the two brothers to let them know she was talking to them but later wished that she hadn't. Her eyes widened and face went pale once again. But instead of fainting, she did something worse. "EEKK!!!" The brothers stopped their activities and looked at a terrified Aeris, their eyes widening also. "MY EYES! MY EYES!"
"Now Aeris, it's not what it looks li-" Weiss started to speak but was immediately cut off by another shriek from Aeris' mouth.
"I CAN'T GIVE MY LITTLE BABY TO PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN INCEST!" The baby started to cry now, from all the screaming that had been happening. Aeris tried to calm her young one down. Nero started to slowly creep towards the door.
Weiss tried to explain, "No, Aeris! Don't worry, you're baby will be safe! I promise that I won't let the little baby know about us! I swear! Your baby will be fine!" The baby had finally calmed down and Aeris rocked it gently to sleep. "I promise…I'll take good care of Shelke."
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A week had past and Aeris accepted the brothers' relationship. She still had trust in Weiss and believed that he would take good care of her daughter. But she absolutely refused that Nero be the mother and insisted that he was called Uncle. She was finally admitted out of the hospital and she and Weiss were on his way over to his place. He apparently lived with two other roommates, other than his brother. She hoped that the other two were somewhat normal. Weiss opened the door. "I'M HOME!" He shouted. Aeris held onto her baby tightly as she heard fast footsteps approaching the door. The first one she saw was Nero and behind him was a really big man whose eyes were like a cat and his hair was blue. He also had a couple of marks around his face. Aeris was freaked out by him. The other person was a well built woman with red hair and bright red lips. She also had eyes somewhat of a cat but she was less intimidating.
"Hello," the girl said with a Russian accent. "I'm Rosso. Rosso the Crimson."
"I'm Azul," the big man said. Nero started cooing at the baby and the baby cooed back. Nero beamed.
"IT'S SOOO CUTE!" He said. Rosso gave him a strange look and went to Aeris.
"Don't worry, we'll make sure your baby will be safe," she said. Aeris felt more comfortable with her being as she was a woman. She looked at her baby and felt tears coming down her eyes. Weiss looked at her. This was the moment he was dreading. This was the moment he knew that would be most difficult for Aeris to go through. He rubbed his hand on her back comfortingly. She looked up at him through her puffy eyes.
"I-I'm sorry," she mumbled. The baby had stopped making its cooing noises and now stared at her mother. She reached for her mother's bangs. Aeris smiled at her and started to hand her over to Rosso. Rosso smiled gently and took Shelke in her arms, looking at her little form. She started to feel her painful memories come back to her. She looked at Aeris again. 'She's too young to feel what I went through,' Rosso thought. 'It's not fair for her. She probably had so much in life.'
"Now Aeris, remember our deal. As soon as you get a good job, let me know ok?"
"Ok," she replied and looked at her baby. For some reason, she couldn't help but feel that this was her last time seeing her child. "Good-bye, Shelke. Hopefully, mommy will see you someday and we'll be reunited." With that, she kissed her child on her forehead and ran. Where? She had no clue but she felt that she had to run.
Alright here is where flashback ends, for those of you who got really confused. And sorry about the previous chapter. For some reason the line breaks I put in that chapter disappeared. I'll see if I can fix but for the meantime, please deal with it.