Promise by Aridea Moons

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The blonde and the brunette wake up in bed together, covered in white bed sheets. He kisses her lips and they gaze at each other for a while, he notices she still has his promised ring on her finger. He smiles and kisses her forehead then gets up changing his clothes as he was breathes the fresh air in the summer. The brunette smiles and sits up in bed naked under the sheets. She widens her eyes in surprise to him changing his clothes so quickly.
T: "Whats going on?"
The blonde put on his boots as he looked excited and crawls to her quick kissing her on the lips then giving her a soft smile as he cups her face.
C: "I love you..", he says in the most calmly manner with the warmth in his eyes. He hurries out the room leaving her in bed as she thinks to herself not knowing what just happened. The spikey blonde hurries out and heads towards the gift shop. A certain pair of green eyes notices the blonde from a far, Aerith in a wide sun hat wearing a purple dress with her pink flowered belt. She walks over to the gift shop and observes the blonde from a distance. He was smiling to her surprise, she widens her eyes and notices the soft joyful expression he carries. She gasps and walks over to him looking at the jewelry section.
A: "No way! Did you ask?"
The blonde alarmed suddenly sees Aerith leaning on the glass case invading his personal space.
C: "Yes", he admits without hesitation which caught Aerith off guard expecting him to not confirm it. She gasps again but covers her mouth.
A: "Wow your serious. I don't believe it, you popped the question after so long. Its amazing, look at that face!", she leans close to his face to see the glimmer of warmth in his eyes. She leans back and smiles to herself with blushy cheeks, "Im so happy for you, are you gonna buy her a ring now?"
C: "Yes.. though im not sure what she would like", he says looking at the glass case as they spent hours looking at each ring and the details. He was willing to pay any price knowing that Tifa would take good care of it. They spent time together choosing and getting Aeriths opinion, the spikey blonde finally made a decision and they wrapped it up for him in a small box. The curly haired brunette was excited and claps her hands together in a quick pace to show her joy. They both decided to walk together towards the beach and they find everyone playing in the ocean and sand. He noticed Marlene and Denzel were in the ocean splashing each other in their bathing suits until Barrett decided to jump in. Cid was making BBQ in the sun while Yuffie and Tifa were talking amongst themselves.
C: "Wheres Vincent?", he asked Cid and he shoved a sausage in his mouth.
Cid: "What ya think?"
The blonde chomped it down in his throat
C: "Its good.."
Cid: "Ya..Vincent and Sephiroth are at the bar with the turks"
C: "business?"
Cid: "They should take a break every once and a while sheesh"
C: "hm..", he smiles to himself as if he was daydreaming and Cid notices lifting an eyebrow as if he was strange.
Cid: "I never seen that face before..did something happen?"
C: "Oh..I asked Tifa to marry me"
Cid: "oh..good for you...", he says calmly as he was focused on watching the meat then it took him a second to realize which made him widen his eyes and turn to him, "WHAT!-that's great news! You finally grew the balls to ask"
The blonde made a nervous face questioning his manly hood.
C: "hehe..I do have balls", he mumbles to himself as Cid pats his shoulder giving him a thumbs up with a cocky smile. The long haired brunette with, white shirt, blue shorts, and Aeriths flower sun hat, waves at the blonde as she sprints  over to them both.
T: "Hey..how's the food?"
Cid: "Oh its cookin alright", he looks at the blonde and Cloud understood, "I wonder what else is cookin", he looks down at the food as he was using the tongs. Tifa chuckles to herself and leans forward in a very childish manner towards her blonde.
T: "Wanna head in the water?"
C: "Uh..later"
T: "What..afraid of sharks?", she teases him and the blonde looks offended then smirks.
C: "Il catch up", he says leaning his face close to hers as he folded his arms and Tifa kisses his lips quickly then runs towards the water undressing herself, she catches his attention and his eyes widen.
C: "!!! Uh-Tifa don't undress yourself!!", he yelled out as he ran after her then she threw her shorts at his face making him grab them and looks at her having fun in the ocean.
C: "Tsk!-", he starts to strip his clothes until he was in his boxers then dips into the ocean after her. The brunette looks around but there was no sign of him suddenly she was lifted into the air terrified as she screams. She looks down to see the blondes head in between her legs looking up at her with his blue eyes.
C: "what-afraid of sharks?", he told her teasingly as Tifa's eyebrow was twitching, blushing from embarrassment. From a distance Aerith and Zack could see Tifa hitting Cloud in the head over and over again.
Z: "Seems like their having fun, wanna head in the water too? We could play volleyball?", he asked her as he was standing up with his hands on his hips wearing a black tank top and Aerith was sitting on the sand wearing her light salmon swim suit.
A: "mm...maybe I can go in for a little bit..Im starving"
Z: "heh..you always are", he offers her his hand as he suddenly carries her bridal style catching her off guard, he jogs to the ocean.
Z: "Hey guys wait up! Hehe!!"
Barret on the beach laying down for sun with his dark shades looks at the four having fun, splashing water, giggling, playing pool games. He looks over to Marlene talking in Denzels ear then she giggles making him wear that pissed off face but shakes it off. He smells sausages and then he looks over to see Cid add steak onto the grill which made his mouth drool.
B: "Hey Cid..we having a steak?"
Cid: "Yep steak out...Vincent, and Sephiroth should be here by now", he says rubbing the back of his head.
B: "huh?"
Cid: "They left to talk with the Turks something about Shinra and new mission all that dump crap...same old same old"
B: "uh..I get that. Maybe they have their own life to get together"
Cid: "...could be just like you did."
B: "yup...smells like burning"
Cid: "Ah s@$%!", he looks over at his grill to see a burnt sausage, "mother&@$%-S@$%#!"
B: "hahahaha- this is why you don't cook it all at once", he sits up to watch him get all grumpy.
Cid: "Shut up! You wanna do it!?"
B: "I thought Shera would be the one to do it..where is she anyways?"
Cid blushes and looks the other way still mad
Cid: "Woman didn't wanna come-"
B: "Didn't come or didn't ask?"
Cid: "...I didn't ask her, she's been busy with repairs and she got a cold"
B: "wha-"
Cid: "Its fine, some people from the town are looking after her"
B: "geesh thats cold"
Cid: "What?-"
B: "You should be the one looking after her not them"
Cid: "psshh, I can't even look after my own damn self."
Several minutes go by and Cid yelled out at the four in the water, they all ate up when the sun descended the ocean. They watched the stars in the night sky having a fire as they all sat around it and Yuffie decided to show up with some drinks to celebrate. Yet Vincent and Sephiroth never came back, they didn't think much of it. They were grown men after all, they could be getting drunk for all they know. Marlene and Denzel headed back to their rooms like a father concerned of his own daughter, Barret seized to follow and decided to trust them go off on their own. He drank his beer and they heard the ocean roaring peacefully.It was the first time in a long time they had a vacation worrying and anxious over nothing, Tifa looks at Cloud and his smile she knows he doesn't smile much but for her it was dreamy. She looks at everyone else having fun and Yuffie laughing then she breathes the fresh air, she finally felt normal.