[Closed] Angel of mercy, how did you find me?

[thishealingwind]

Characters: Aerith (thishealingwind) and Zack (1st_class_honor)
Location: Aerith's Garden, behind the Communal
Rating: G
Time: Backdated to October 12th, Evening (after Zack's Watch shift)
Description: Zack tries to help Aerith figure out how to transform. Likely, there will be cute involved.

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[1st_class_honor]

Ever since his run in with Sephiroth, Zack had been on Red Alert. It was no surprise, not really; Sephiroth had goaded him, had said all the right things to make him react in all the right ways. His words had been a warzone, and Zack had lost rather spectacularly. Now, now though, he was extra wary. Now he was concerned. Now he wanted the people he loved safe. Sound

[thishealingwind]

It was hard to spot any would-be garden intruders in the slowly dimming light, but doing the task was mostly a distraction for her mind anyway. Aerith still found herself slightly nervous about this 'date,' if she could even call it that. Not only was she going to attempt to transform, which had her a little confused by itself, but things with Zack were...complicated

[1st_class_honor]

Important? Completely. She was always important to him, would always be important to him, and this place, the things they had seen, they’d never change that. Hell, if anything, it all made it stronger, made him realize what sort of time they had, and made him see the value before it was gone. It made him thankful for that, even if he wouldn’t get to truly savor it back home.

But, hey, that’s part of the great thing about this place, right?

Blue eyes blinked and looked up at her, his fingers curled around the stem. Not that one? “Huh. It kinda looks like a weed.” Except to everyone with two eyes. Pulling his hand back, he climbed to his feet and grinned. Yeah, it was good to see her in person, comforting. Calming.

One hand reached out, wrapped around her, and pulled her in for a friendly hug. “How’ve you been?”

[thishealingwind]

She gets lost for a moment in those glowing blue eyes before Aerith chuckles, shaking her head back and forth. "Actually, it looks nothing like a weed," she said teasingly, even if it were true. "When it's lighter outside, I'll show you the difference, okay?" If he was really curious and wanted to learn, she'd be more than happy to teach him.

His arm slipped around her waist, and she took a step into him, her own arms wrapping around him easily. "I'm okay. Better now that you're here, of course." Again, her voice had that joking tone, but everything she told Zack was true. The Cetra tilted her head upward, rosy lips spreading into a gentle smile.

"How about you? Didn't miss me too much, did you?"