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[floweroftheslums]

[She's not as optimistic as Zack is, but she wants to be. She wants to have that time out with him like any other girl and her boyfriend, without fearing Shin-Ra will call him away and then come kidnap her again.

But there's a shadow over her heart that she has to shake off but just can't manage.

So, like all healthy people, she's going to ignore it and smile for Zack and help him have his fantasies.]

There's only one SOLDIER I would ever think of making food for. Well, maybe if your mentor showed up I might feed him too. The rest are out of luck, it's true. Now, sit down and I'll serve you.

[It's not extravagant, but macaroni and cheese with bacon, tomatoes and onions is delicious and healthy. He can eat as much as he wants. He paid for the food, after all.]

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[ It was a shame that Zack did not think them mere fantasies, but perhaps it was a good thing all the same that Aerith was indulging in them, and not disabusing them. ] What, and have 'geal fall terribly in love with you too? I'm not sure I can compete with him.

[ Such a chuckle that came from Zack's lips then, he was only halfway joking, but also Angeal was another person that he admired above all else.

The food smells delicious, exactly what was ordered and it was rare for him to get a good homecooked meal, and so he sits down-- preparing to deal great justice to what Aerith had made for him. ] Gosh, Aer-- I this looks amazing, I feel utterly spoiled by this.

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[Well, if they were going to be reality, it would take a lot from Zack to make them so. It's not that she wants to think so negatively, but a girl has to look out for herself in a world run by Shin-Ra.]

I don't think I'm that great. Why would your mentor fall in love with me?

[She gives him a sweet smile before turning away from the table. He hasn't actually told her that he loves her in so many words before this moment, but she's glad that he shares her feelings, even if she's not sure she could tell him so without a lot of prodding. Besides, seeing him gush over her cooking is embarrassing and she can't handle all this change at once.]

It's not that much. [She turns back around to place a kiss on his cheek while he eats.] Besides, you deserve a good meal, even if this is really the only thing I can do.

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[ Oh no, well his words had inadvertently pinned him for being absolutely head-over-heals for Aerith, the sort of in love that had him thinking about her during his coldest nights. At the kiss to his cheek as well as the disarming statement, he could feel his cheeks colour in a way that was boyish despite his strong muscles or war-seasoned experience.

Because well, Shin-Ra had not prepared him for love.

He twirled the food around on his fork while he considered for a second. ] Well maybe because you are kind, talented and beautiful.

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[Aerith puts her hand on Zack's arm, squeezing gently before retracting her hand. Even with all of his training and travelling, he's still so innocent. And it's that strange dichotomy that Aerith loves about him. Not the only thing, mind you, but one of the biggest.

His answer makes her laugh though.]

What if I only have eyes for cute puppies? I don't think your mentor fits that description, does he?

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[ Cute puppy? For a moment he has to process what Aerith is saying, and then he laughs-- it is a laugh out loud with head thrown back as he absolutely chuckles; his eyes crinkling shut. ]

Well, no-- I wouldn't think of him as a puppy, more like a bear.

[ and he was pleased that Aerith thought of him as cute, though ideally perhaps handsome would also be accepted all told.. but he'd take puppyish because he knew that it came from a place from fondness. ]

And you are a flower, a beautiful flower that blooms in the deserts of Midgard.

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[His laugh is so full of life and happiness. She soaks it up like it's the sun that she's missed by living in the slums. True the area around her mother's house is very bright and full of life, but she's pretty sure that it's the only place under the plates that gets enough sun that could support flowers, outside the one spot in the middle of her church.

And, well, with his description of Angeal he's just made, she can't help but laugh as well.]

I'm not a big fan of bears, so there we are.

[And the puppy comment is something that she's heard Tseng refer to him as, but that's besides, the point.]

And you're a big flatterer. Finish eating and then we can spend more time together.

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[ Zack wouldn't have minded if she was to be honest, as long as she spared a thought for him well he'd be perfectly happy; he was not the possessive sort and that would go on long after death when he wanted Aerith to be happy even if it wasn't with him.

He gets up from the table very quickly walks over and engulfs her in a hug, she was sitting but it was like gravity that pulled her. He was so much taller than her, even more so that he was standing and yet he would lean down and drop a kiss against the top of her head. ] I will, I cannot say I'm not relieved that you like puppies better than bears.. more my luck, I suppose Angeal will have to get his own flower girl.