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Post by Secret Agent Cat on Dec 20, 2010 20:51:28 GMT -5
Aerith immediately went to look at all the flavors of the ice cream. It seemed that the place came out with new ones every day. It had been a few days since she had been here and they had gotten a new flavor or two. She stared at them trying to figure out what flavor to choose. Looking over at Cloud she smiled at him. She almost seemed like a child as she tried to figure out what flavor to choose. She looked at the man behind the counter, "I'll have scoop of honeydew on a cone," Then the employee turned to Cloud and asked, "Bowl or cone?"
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Post by mrcrazycakes on Dec 20, 2010 21:07:44 GMT -5
"Uh, a cone, please" Cloud replied, feeling a bit odd. This was the first time he'd actually been to an ice cream shop since he was a kid going to one with his mother. Maybe he was just being too up tight about it. He chuckled a little. "Wow, it's been a long time since I did this. I don't think I've gotten ice cream from a shop since I was a kid. I feel kind of weird now."
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Post by Secret Agent Cat on Dec 20, 2010 21:20:35 GMT -5
Aerith smiled at Cloud, "I actually remember coming here with Squall when we were kids.." she said to him after she received her ice cream cone. The man then handed Cloud his and said, "I get adults in here about every day," he said a bit wearily after seeing Cloud's sword.
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Post by mrcrazycakes on Dec 20, 2010 21:31:38 GMT -5
"Oh, uh, I didn't mean it like that, sir," Cloud replied, looking apologetic about it. He took his cone and handed the man the money for both his and Aerith's, following her to one of the tables. "Yeah, I can see you and Squall having come here. It's a nice place. I never knew there were so many different flavors of ice cream, really."
Cloud thought for a second, then decided to ask the question that had come to mind. "So was it fun? Havin' a best friend to grow up with, I mean."
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Post by Secret Agent Cat on Dec 20, 2010 21:37:12 GMT -5
Aerith sat down at one of the tables and began to eat her ice cream (well lick it). "Sure was, we did so many things together.." she explained to him. For a moment she looked down, though it wasn't really see able. She just wished it had been like that now, that she and Squall did things together. With the Storm and everything Squall seemed even busier. But, even so she still seemed relatively happy at the moment. "Want to go walk around town while we eat the ice cream?" she asked.
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Post by mrcrazycakes on Dec 20, 2010 22:10:38 GMT -5
"Sure, let's go," Cloud answered, standing up again and holding the door open for Aerith to exit. All in all, he wasn't too bothered by walking around instead; the people were giving him weird looks now, and he didn't really want to ruin anyone's evening. He made a loop with his free arm for Aerith to put her arm through before starting in the general direction of the fountains. "Yeah... You two were always the ones playing the knight and the princess down the road. I think my mom tried to plan for me to go over there, too, but I was too shy to get close enough to talk to when I was a kid."
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Post by Secret Agent Cat on Dec 22, 2010 15:29:42 GMT -5
Aerith put her arm around Cloud's as they walked out of the ice cream shop. She nodded to him, "It would of been fun to know you back then," she said as she began to walk around town with Cloud. She didn't really know where to go so she just let Cloud lead her.
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Post by mrcrazycakes on Dec 25, 2010 22:29:49 GMT -5
"Who knows? I probably wouldn't have turned out the way I did if I'd made any friends back then," Cloud mused, more thinking aloud than replying. Regardless, they were almost to the fountains, and just in time. By chance, Cloud had wandered by here late one afternoon and found that at a certain time, for about five minutes, the sunset would play off the fountains in an amazingly beautiful display. It was about to start, he could tell. "Watch the fountains for just a minute; I think it's about to start..."
And, almost exactly on cue, the golden light of the setting sun was reflected in the great fountains. Golds and purples mixed at the top fringes in a regal look, blending to a tinted blue the further down it went. It was a beautiful sight, well worth the trouble of trying to time it right so that the sun reflected just right. "These sorts of sights are my favorites. I never would'a guessed you could see this sort of thing every day if you timed it right," He said, smiling a little. "Everything comin' into place just right..."
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Post by Secret Agent Cat on Jan 1, 2011 22:04:56 GMT -5
Aerith stood by Cloud as they reached the fountains, she had been here billions of times by herself and on ocassion when Squall visited they came here, but mostly she was by herself. She was glad Cloud was besides her. She enjoyed the fountains, especially at night. But..in all the times she had come here she had never seen the sun reflect off of the water in such a way. Her eyes lit up and she stood there almost motionless as well as breathless. The golden hues of the sun that reflected in the water reflected upon the green of her eyes making them a warm light green almost brown. "Wow..." she said, standing there besides Cloud. She was amazed that she had never seen such a sight before.
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Post by mrcrazycakes on Jan 1, 2011 22:44:32 GMT -5
In just a minute, the beautiful view was gone, the setting sun blocked out by the walls and returning the falls to their usual purple backlight. "Thanks for comin' with me tonight, Aerith. Sorry if it seems like we got cut short, but this is all I had planned for us to do. You want me to walk you back home now?" Cloud asked, smiling kindly at Aerith. He didn't really want to leave her presence, but he knew that she was probably still tired from pushing herself so hard the previous couple of weeks. But it was up to her; he'd enjoy the time he had with her and not complain about it.
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Post by Secret Agent Cat on Jan 2, 2011 18:32:18 GMT -5
Aerith smiled up at her companion, she was surprised to see that Cloud knew about such an occurrence; that when the sun hit the water fountain it made for a beautiful display. She wrapped her arm tighter around Cloud's, "It's fine, I enjoyed what time we had together. I enjoyed our little date," she couldn't help but giggle at the sound of that. That they indeed had gone on a date. Perhaps it was official now? Though, he hadn't asked her to be her girlfriend yet. Hey, that's what dating and going on dates were, to get to know someone so that you can decide if you wanted to be with them or not.
"Sure, you can walk me home Cloud," with that she put her head on his shoulder.
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Post by mrcrazycakes on Jan 2, 2011 18:46:53 GMT -5
Cloud did as Aerith said, walking her home in a content silence. She'd enjoyed herself; that was really all that mattered to him about it. Maybe opening up hadn't been such a bad thing after all.... Either way, the two were back at Aerith's front door fairly quickly, but it was already getting dark. "Thanks again for comin' with me tonight, Aerith. I guess I'll see you later; have a good night, okay?" He said, giving a bit of a wave before turning to leave.
[You can end it now if you want]
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Post by Secret Agent Cat on Jan 2, 2011 20:38:59 GMT -5
Aerith walked besides Cloud as he walked with her back to her house. She said goodbye and such to Cloud and then entered her place. She was going to give Cloud a hug or something but he turned away too quickly.
[End]
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Post by Rocket! on Jan 7, 2011 6:16:26 GMT -5
Mmm~ this was a nice read. Noted as an epic thread for longer-than-average length, notable quality, and exceptional character growth. Regrettably also noting that the thread ended after December and started before December and is thus ineligible for Double Skill Points December. Nice stuff, you two. Ending could use some work though. XP All Characters Receive: [/i] 6 Bright Stones 5 Cunning Skill Points[/blockquote]
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