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Characters: Aerith Gainsborough and Tifa Lockhart!
Date: Shortly after Aerith arrives.
Summary: A reunion of old friends!
Warnings: uh does HEART WARMING FRIENDSHIP count as a warning?

It was all so strange.

Aerith had long ago accepted her fate, accepted that she would no longer walk the physical earth, that she was the one who watched over her friends when they thought they were alone. This was her life now, her place, so... what was this? Was she a ghost? Or... what? She didn't feel like a ghost in any case.

But that could wait. What mattered the most now was that things were concrete again. Tifa was coming to meet her. Aerith didn't like waiting around, but she didn't want to get turned around trying to find her old friend and delay the meeting even further, so she stayed put. As the woman waited, she idly started to tend to sadder looking flowerbed she had found. A little orange cat was napping by her pink clothes that she hadn't changed back into nearby as well, as she had chosen to stay in the beautiful white gown for a bit longer.

"I wonder what Tifa's been doing since she got here..." She said to the snoozing cat. Aerith laughed a little as she thought of something else then. "Or what Cloud's doing now that he has no one to keep him out of trouble."

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As soon as the Vine had sunk back into the ground, Tifa began to run.

She was still confused by this place--frightened, if she wanted to be honest with herself. It was not the first time she'd ended up in a strange place, but it was the first time in a while she'd ended up in such a place alone. To hear the voice of an old friend, then...a friend that had been lost, was beyond a shock. But Tifa would not be convinced of the truth of it until she'd seen Aerith in person. If the Queen was powerful enough to send so many people into this world, then an illusion would be little effort.

When she reached the field of flowers though, she stopped. Took a deep breath. Braced herself.

It was strange, to see Aerith (here, alive.). It reminded Tifa of when she'd fallen into the Lifestream, the feeling of the ground collapsing beneath her feet and a sudden, frightening weightlessness. She wasn't sure she could move at first. But she found herself taking one tentative step, and then another, before she stopped again. She wasn't brave enough yet, it seemed. Instead, she spoke.

"Aerith? I'm...it's me, Tifa. I'm here."

Tifa wasn't the only one concerned and confused, but it would seem that the difference here was that Aerith was holding herself together a bit more efficiently. Being a spirit of the Lifestream for a couple years had erased much of her fear... but of course, those circumstances now made the situation here that much more worrying.

But they'd sort it out. They always did.

At hearing her friends voice, Aerith lifted her head and turned around. For a brief moment her face seemed to suggest that she too was bracing herself for this moment. But a bright smile quickly replaced that look. The flower girl stood up. "What's a girl like you doing in a place like this, hm?" She took a few steps towards Tifa, more than Tifa had taken towards her and with less hesitation. And then, there was her soft, familiar smile. Her honest smile. "I didn't think we'd ever see each other like this again. It's... it's good to see you, Tifa."

She was trying to keep her composure, she really was. But she had not been given the visions Cloud had, had not been privy to his thoughts. For her, this was truly the first time she'd seen her friend alive and well in two years. But she wouldn't cry, or falter. This was a new start, she thought. Even without Cloud and the others here...she had Aerith now, and that would be enough. It would be up to her to keep an eye on them both, but she could handle it. Now wasn't the time to be afraid.

She smiled back, shakily. "I didn't think so either. It's...it's wonderful to see you again too. I'm happy you're here."

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fufu if I ever do this to you again, punch me in the face

derp here's a late response because we're both cool

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