CHAPTER 12

Aerith entered the room where Zack always go when he wants to practice his swordsmanship. Zack looked at her when the door opened, "Hey," he wiped his sweats running down on his face. He smiled and waved at her.

"Hey," she raised her eyebrow and walked towards him. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Visiting you," she sat down on the floor, "Are you free today?"

"I'm still practicing…"

"Still practicing? You've been practicing for almost 7 hours. You skipped classes just to practice…"

Zack felt embarrassed and rubbed his arm. "Zack, you should not do that again, okay? You can just practice after class," Aerith sighed.

"Are you really here to visit me or just to scold me?" he ruffled his sweaty hair.

"Hey, look… I am just concern about your education."

"You talk as if I am not smart. I can handle it, okay?" he picked his sword again and was about to start practicing again when Aerith interrupted her, "Can we go eat outside? Can you stop practicing first?"

"You want to eat again? But, I am still practicing… I'll ask Sephiro-"

"Never mind," she stood up, "Anyway, I'll go now. I need to do my assignments." She rolled her eyes secretly. He just nodded, "Take care, okay? Text me if yo-" he stopped talking when she slammed the door.

Aerith, who was now outside the room, sighed heavily. She shook her head and stomped her feet away from that room.

"It's always his sword! He's always busy because of that! Argh! How I wish I was his sword!" she cursed. She continued cursing, but suddenly stopped when she bumped on someone.

"Oh… Sorry," she bowed.

"Hey…"

She looked up and saw Sephiroth was smiling at her, "Oh… Sephiroth…"

"He's always busy because of that sword practicing! And, if we're on a date, he always talks about it!" she said and leaned on the chair.

Sephiroth kept on nodding while sipping his cold coffee, "So… You're jealous with the sword?"

She tilted her head, "It's not like that, but… He is always talking about it and I'm tired of hearing his stories about it!"

"You know," he put his cold coffee on the table, "He really likes it since kindergarten."

"I know that."

"Zack won't be complete without it."

She blew her bangs off her face. Sephiroth chuckled, "Come on. Don't be jealous" he pinched her cheek. She just rolled her eyes and started eating.

"Zack loves you a lot, okay? Don't be jealous. And, besides, there is a competition by next month. He will join so he needs to practice…"

She just kept nodding, "Fine."

Sephiroth just chuckled.