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Gosh, I am so sorry I haven't updated in such a long time. I just started school again and I was on holidays down at the beach.I hope you like this installment of Silent Destiny!

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Chapter Two: Unseen Reunion

"Aerith..."

I felt my eyes widen as more tears escaped. Was I hearing things again? Surely he couldn't still be alive! He couldn't be... could he?

I pressed my ear to the metal wall trying to here for anything in the cell next to mine. I heard a shuffle of feet and then the voice again "Aerith, it's me...Zack."

I gasped. No, what, I....I couldn't think straight, my thoughts were jumbled all over the place. My head screamed so many thoughts at once He's alive!! H e never died, he is right next to you, you can hear his voice! Say something back!

"Z-Z-Zack?" I said my voice trembling. I waited for the response. I pressed my ear to the metal wall again hearing something that made my eyes widen even further. He was...crying... I never thought he could ever cry, except for that time in the church. I remembered that time so clearly, I never forgot it...

"Hey Zack," I said looking at the hole in the ceiling "the sky is closer in the city above, right?"

I then stood up still looking at the hole as I stood "Kind of scary…"- I then turned around to face him- "but the flowers might like it, maybe…" I felt my face fall. The church all of sudden didn't seem to exist. It was like it vanished around me. All I could focus on was Zack.

I had never seen him like this. He sat on the wooden floors, his shoulders slumped and shaking. I heard the sounds of sobbing. I never thought Zack could ever be upset, he was cheerful and optimistic. I didn't understand how someone so cheerful could be so upset. I guess it was like I never understood why he was in SOLDIER.

I slowly began to walk towards him. I felt an urge to comfort him, that's all I wanted to do. When I reached him he didn't seem to notice as I knelt behind him and then brought my arms around his neck. I briefly brushed across a tear from his cheek. I felt his shoulders heave under me as pulled him back to me gently. I kept my arms around him the whole time he sobbed.

Eventually I spoke up "It's okay, Zack…" That was all I can say, I wanted to say more but I didn't know what to say. The surroundings of the church slowly came back to view around me, but I only focused on Zack. I wanted to be here with him right now, just trying my best to comfort him. I could understand his pain, losing something that you care about, a friend or a family member.

I still remember the day my mother died. I felt so alone and isolated, and I know Elmyra did her best to help me. I'm so grateful she tried to help me. But even so I felt so alone. I think that Zack feels like this right now. I had to let him know he wasn't alone, he had people who cared about him so much.

"Zack, just know that, you're not alone. You're never alone. I'll always be here for you, Zack." I whispered feeling tears brim around the edges of my eyes.

I felt him lean back on me slightly. I let him knowing he needed this comfort. I felt his come up and hold mine. I smiled slightly. I then leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek "I love you…"

"Aerith, I…" the words snapped me out of my train of thoughts. I pressed my ear to the wall "Zack?"

"I…I got your letters, all 89 of them."

I gasped. I had forgotten about those, how could I? "You-you got the letters?"

"I have them right here, with me. I only got them when Tseng gave them to me" he said, his voice soft "Believe me, Aerith, I had no idea you were writing me the letter, just like I had no idea I was gone for four years."

"What do you mean? What happened to you? How did you get here?" I asked. So many questions raced through my head I didn't know which ones to ask. I picked the first three that were burning the most in my head and wanted to be released.

I knew Zack had been gone for four years, but what did he mean he didn't know?

"It all started when we left for Nibleheim…" He told me the whole story. He told me about Sephiroth becoming insane and burning Nibleheim, how he and Cloud became experiments. I quickly interrupted him then "Wait, you know Cloud?" I asked.

"You know Cloud?" he said surprised "How is he? Is he doing okay?"

"Yes, he's fine. But he never mentions you before. I don't know why he didn't. How did you get to know him?"

He then quickly explained when he and Cloud first met on the mission to Nibleheim. Then he continued with his story before about what happened to him. He then went on to how he woke and tried to escape from the Shirea mansion, how he and Cloud went on the run and how he got my 89 th letter. I smiled at that part. He may have not gotten all my letters but he got the last one I sent him, thanks to that clone. He stopped for a moment before continuing on to talk about the Shirea army waiting for him outside Midgar. I gasped. He took on a whole army of Shirea SOLDIERs? He finally concluded when he was taken away by three SOLDIERS by to Hojo's labs leaving Cloud. He was experimented on ever since.

At the end of it all I felt myself go numb. I felt like such an idiot. I always wanted to think he forgot about me and moved on with another girl. I thought he started a new life and didn't care about me anymore. I never wanted to believe that he could have died. And now I know the truth, and I should have never have thought about him moving on. I should have known he was in the building at the time I was captured. I should have sensed him and told Cloud that he was alive and needed to be freed.

I felt tears slip from my eyes down to the metal floors under my feet. These were the tears of remorse and sadness I had kept in for so long. These were the tears I had cried for Zack so long ago.

These were the tears for Zack…

"Aerith, please don't cry," I heard Zack say. He sounded really concerned. I let the sobs fill me, as well as the sadness. "You know I don't like to see you crying."

"Zack," I said my voice cracking "I am so sorry! I'm sorry for ever doubting you. I always thought you went off with another woman and started a new life. Please, I'm so sorry. I-"

"It's okay," he said comfortingly "You weren't to know about me. I would never go with anyone else but you, Aerith. I loved you so much, and…I still do.

"I wanted to get back to Midgar to see you again. I wanted to help you sell flowers, I wanted have a life with you and I wanted us to be together. Even if the whole world was against me, I went through hell to get back to you. But then Shirea stopped me and I couldn't. Just please believe me, I love you, Aerith, and I always have."

I felt my heart wrench in my chest. I smiled as I cried some more. Zack cried as well. I collapsed on the floor facing the wall that was stopping me from seeing Zack.

The truth all along is, I never ever stopped loving Zack. I had always hoped everyday he would return to Midgar and we would be together. I always thought that when he got back that we would get married and have children. Then I always had one image of us growing old together with beautiful grand children around us. The images disappeared after sometime when I went to stop Sephiroth.

I felt exhaustion take over my system. I just wanted to close my eyes and fall asleep but I could because Zack was here, and what if this were some kid of dream? It started out as a nightmare when Shirea found me again and took me. The other weren't there to see it. Then they dragged me down to cells and I was here.

I just wish this wall wasn't in the way, then that way I could see Zack. I wanted to see his handsome face again. But most of all I wanted to see him smile again that smile I loved.

It was then that I noticed that everything was silent.

"Zack?"

There was no reply. I wonder if he fell asleep. I pressed my ear to the wall here heavy breathing. He was asleep. I don't blame him; he must have been exhausted as well. I lay back down on the metal not bothering to move to the cot in the corner. I felt my eyes close.

And for the first time in a while, I dreamt of me and Zack's future…

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