Promise by Aridea Moons

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Midgar sector 5
The long raven haired beauty looks at Aerith from a short distance as she begins to pick the flowers and Tifa gasps. The braided brunette looks back at her with her green eyes as she looks at her curiously.
A: "what is it?"
T: "Doesn't it hurt the flowers?"
Aerith looks at the flower she picked and puts then in a basket.
A: "I never thought about it that way"
T: "Plants are life too, just like this planet.."
Her green eyes look at Tifa from a distance and she sees her aura glowing white around her. Aerith smiles at this and begins to stretch.
A: "Im really hungry now", she looks down at Tifa and offers her hand, "Come on lets go inside". She sees Tifa grab her hand helping her up as she begins to shine brighter from the sun it was as if she was a mirror that reflected the sun. When they walk back together in the shade she sees her light disappear then she waves at the boys.
A: "We're gonna eat, Join us!", she goes inside and introduces her mother to her new friend.
"Oh my hello, who did you bring this time?"
Tifa looks over in the kitchen as her mother was chopping carrots.
A: "This is Tifa, she's new and real bright", she smiles happily as her mother realized what she said, she stopped chopping the carrots as she walked up to Tifa shaking her hand.
E: "I see, welcome..please make yourself at home. I'm Elmyra"
T: "oh..thank you, do you need help?"
E: "Oh no thank you Aerith will help me"
Aerith sets her flower basket on the counter and walks over in the kitchen washing her hands as she happily begins to hum to herself. Tifa looks at her flower basket as her flowers were in there, she kept staring at the rose Cloud gave her.
C: "I love you..Tifa"
She blushes as she holds her cheeks then walks over into the kitchen trying to distract herself from the thought.
T: "Let me help"
A: "Oh okay, you should set the table while we finish here"
E: "The plates are in that cabinet there"
T: "Okay, thank you for me having over. It must've been on short notice for you Elmyra", she says as she stacks plates in her arms.
E: "Yes well, I always try to make enough food. You never know who she might bring next time"
T: "Oh I see"
A: "Mother!", she pouts
E: "Just telling the truth honey"
A: "But don't make me sound like if I bring bad people here too", she says chopping the meat.
E: "Be careful, don't cut yourself now"
A: "I know I know-"
Tifa sets the plates on the table and the drinks then she looks back to see a mother-daughter bonding. She smiles at the scene warmly, then looks back to the sound of the two men walking in as Zack raised his hands behind his neck.
Z: "Hey Elmyra, whats a cooking?"
E: "Oh no you don't! Be a good boy and fetch me some onions at the market"
Z: "alright alright, Ill be back..duty calls", he says walking back out with a hunch. Tifa looks at Cloud with her big eyes behind her then sits down at the table. She hears him take his seat besides her and suddenly he grabs her hand catching her off guard. She looks at the two woman in the kitchen as he tries to look at her but ends up whispering in her ear.
C: "Tifa-"
She squeals as she was startled, she was ready to fall off the chair when he wraps his arm around her waist making her red trying to keep a straight face.
C: "Don't move so much..", he says looking down at her neck as she can feel his breath on her neck. She suddenly feels a spark in her back like a firework. They both listen to Aerith and Elmyra mumble as they talk from a distance. The blonde caresses her neck with her hair in his fingers, he leans closer making her tilt her head as she closes her eyes blushing. Suddenly the blonde felt a pain as he widens his eyes to see Tifa was grabbing his hand very tightly, he twitches his eyebrow then smirks. Tifa widens her eyes to feel his hand tightly grabbing hers in return then she looks back at him to meet his blue eyes. She slowly freaks out and he whispers to her with a smirk.
C: "Why are you so timid? Are you nervous?-"
BAM
Tifa raises her fist looking annoyed as her foot was on the chair, they both whisper each other out while Aerith was talking her mother.
E: "She seems like a nice girl"
A: "Oh ya, I think shes the one"
E: "oh? You say that to everyone who glows"
A: "No she actually glows she reflects the sun. Im telling you she's bright"
E: "Honey..I don't want anything to happen to you.."
A: "I know mom but look at it this way. Death is apart of life after all isnt it? They just wont know about it"
E: "I may not be your real mother, but I promised to take care of you."
A: "Things change after all, who knows..I think this time I won't even have to go"
E: "oh?"
A: "Something about this is a little off"
E: "Didn't the planet speak to you?"
A: "mm yes, they said..different time different outcome"
She hears sudden whispering as the two began to fight quietly. Aerith looks back to see them both sitting down smiling then she smiles back.
A: "Almost ready"
Tifa nods in response then she looks back at Cloud.
T: "Listen..Don't you dare tease me like that!-"
C: "Why not?"
T: "Because i said so-"
C: "Oh? So I can't kiss you either?"
T: "uh!..", she looks away blushing as he leans close
C: "hm?", he smiles, "I can't kiss you in public?"
Tifa gives him a face and folds her arms she raises her fist again as Cloud surrenders.
C: "Oi! Oi oi oi! Gomen-nasai!", he says with his hands together as tears fell down his cheek begging her not to hit him again.
T: "hmp", she sits down then he whispers again
C: "It turns you on doesn't it?", he says teasingly as she can feel his horns coming out then she begins beating him up as he kept begging her to stop, "ow! Ow-ow okay okay okay!!". He stands up over her grabbing her wrist as he stops her from throwing another punch at him.
C: "Her weak point, she has weak wrists"
He smirks then pulls her wrist towards him as he kisses her then she widens her eyes suddenly Aerith looks back alarmed turning around again pretending not to see anything trying to keep her mother busy.
A: "you forgot to rinse the bowl you used hehe"
E: "Oh your right, where is that boy?"
A: "oh?! Hehe he's probably uh stuck paying again hehe"
E: "hm?"
Tifa pulls back and her arm was at his throat keeping him from kissing her.
T: "You..you're such a pervert, we're guests behave like it"
Cloud smiles warmly at her and sits down as she did the same. He whispers in her ear again with a gaze.
C: "Im sorry..please forgive me, its just your beauty is too much for me"
Tifa makes a weird face as she was blushing again then looks down.
T: "I..can't stay mad at you.."
C: "I know..because you love me"
Tifas cheeks turn pink then looks up at him shyly.
T: "I..Why would you think that?"
Cloud brushes her hair behind her ear
C: "Because..you've always liked me"
She looks down as Cloud meets the top of her head.
C: "You think I wouldn't notice after all those years?"
Tifa closes her eyes tightly in embarrassment  and Cloud leans close to her ear.
C: "Its why I always loved you"
She widens her eyes and looks up at him as they stare into each others eyes feeling the nostalgia of this close distance. The entire world around them turned white as they felt and heard the wind of the maple leaves around them.
A: "Okay!-"
They both get startled as they snap back into reality to see Aerith setting a pot in the table.
A: "Who's craving for some pozole!"
T: "hm?"
C: "eh?"
A: "Its a mexican dish or uh..an indian dish?-its a famous recipe!", she looks up in wonder with her finger on hr chin, "well my friend gave me this recipe, so it must be good!"
Suddenly the doors open to a panting Zack catching his breath.
Z: "I got it", he says giving her the bag as she hunches looking down, "I..went across the whole the sector looking for them"
A: "Oh thank you!"
Z: "No-(gasps)- problem", he grabs a chair next to Cloud catching his breath, "You didn't wait too long did ya?"
The two shake their head as they were very stiff while their faces were filled with embarrassment.
Z: "eh? Why are you guys so tense?"
Their eyebrows twitch as Tifa laughs nervously looking at Zack while Cloud was just very still.
T: "hehe, you didn't take that long trust me"
C: "On the contrary..I wish we had a little more time..", he thinks as he blushes then Zack calls him out.
Z: "Oh I seeee hehe", he leans back on his chair teasingly looking at the blonde as he twitches his eyebrow at Zack.
C: "Don't say anything.."
Z: "What ? I didn't say anything I don't know what your talking about", he curves his lips