[FF7] Those things after marriage

Esther woke up on a sunny afternoon.

It took her a while to finally part the heavy eyelids.But the sunlight that was shining on her body at a good temperature made people not want to get up right away, so she couldn't find out what was wrong with her body in the first place.

bang.

Just as Esther was lazily squinting her eyes to enjoy the sunshine, there was a sudden sound of something falling in the room.

Esther was taken aback, but when she was about to turn her head to see what happened, she found that her neck was like a rusted doorknob. Although it was not completely rusted, it was extremely difficult to move— —The muscles seem to be completely out of their control.

……what happened?

"Don't worry, you've slept for too long, it's normal that you can't move." A familiar yet unfamiliar voice rang in her ears almost instantly.She rolled her eyes and saw the man standing beside her bed.

His long silver hair was tied behind his head. Although he still had the familiar handsome face, it seemed to be a little different.

"Safie...Ross?"

Esther's voice was also extremely difficult. If it wasn't for Sephiroth's excellent hearing, she might not be able to hear what she was saying.

"Don't worry."

The silver-haired man picked up the water glass from the bedside, took a big mouthful of water, then lifted Esther's upper body, and slowly passed the water in his mouth to her.

!!!

Esther drank the water instinctively, but she still couldn't recover from the shock.

That's how we kissed! ? 【This is obviously water feeding】

Because she was too shocked, Esther actually forgot the question she wanted to ask before, and just let Sephiroth help her to lean on the cushion at the head of the bed in a daze, and then carefully pulled up the quilt that had slid down.

A series of movements are as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water, as if they have been done countless times.

...what the hell...what happened?

"I called Heda to come over. You have been sleeping for so long, and I still can't feel at ease if I don't let her see." Sephiroth sat beside Esther's bed, holding her hand and chattering.There was a kind of... a kind of ease and comfort that she had rarely seen in him.

Seeing Sephiroth like this, she felt relieved for some reason.

Even the predicament that seemed to be completely paralyzed at this time no longer worried her.

After a while, Heda stood beside Esther's bed.

To be honest, seeing this "Girl of Steel" Esther is still a bit timid, especially when she is shot by her X-ray-like eyes, she always sees blood bones through the skin instead of her own surface Visceral horror.

However, compared with the memory, the woman in front of him has also changed a little.

Although the former "Girl of Steel" still looks tough and unapproachable, compared to the image in memory, her surroundings seem to be much gentler.Hairstyle has also changed...

So it seems that everyone is doing well.

Esther let Heda hold some instruments that she didn't know what to do to her [although she has no ability to resist].His eyes flicked back and forth between Sephiroth and Hedda.

To be honest, she couldn't think of anything that could change the two of them so much.After all, both of them are such stubborn people, and they will go down the same path if they decide on something, and they will not change easily even if they hit their heads badly.

This time, I really slept for a long time.

Heda's inspection was very silent. Except for occasionally asking Esther some questions about her feelings, there was no exchange of words.This made Esther sigh with emotion—even though the aura was a little gentler, Hedda Heyman was still the 'Daughter of Steel'.

Perhaps because the environment was too quiet, or perhaps because the sun was too warm for sleeping, the young woman lying on the bed fell asleep again.

"Esther, you..." The question she wanted to ask was stuck in her teeth, and Hedda Heyman turned her head to look at Sephiroth who was standing aside, and calmly stated a fact:

"She fell asleep."

Sephiroth shrugged when she heard this, walked to the side of the bed and touched her cheek, and then helped her adjust her sleeping position to prevent her from feeling muscle pain after waking up - although she probably wouldn't feel that way.

"Let her sleep, rest a little more before she can face the next 'difficulty'."

Therefore... When Esther woke up again, she even felt that the warm Sephiroth she had seen before was an illusion.

He is obviously a devil!

What a hero!What a good man!What a good husband! ! !

Looking at the bright liquid in front of her, Esther turned her head again and asked the silver-haired man behind her.

"I really...do I have to go in and take a dip?"

"This will speed up your recovery." Sephiroth said, picked up Esther from the wheelchair, and gently put it into the coffin that looked like a coffin filled with liquid in front of her. "You want to get up early too?"

"……I know."

Esther sighed and accepted the fact that she was going to be soaked like pickles.

"I'll be with you."

Sephiroth said, sitting on the unknown chassis next to the coffin.But Esther didn't want her husband to stare at her pickle-like self for several hours, so she threw him out with great refusal.

Having said that, this seems to be the first time she has swept Sephiroth out like this.

Lying in the unknown liquid, Esther, who only raised her head to expose her head, let out a long sigh.She always felt that when she woke up, everything seemed different.

Just when Esther was feeling sad about her life, a man with red hair stood at the door and knocked pretendingly.

"Who?" Esther turned her head with difficulty, but her sight was blocked by the wall of the box.

"Esther, I'll come and see you." The red-haired man appeared in front of Esther along with the voice.

Esther was startled.

The person in front of her was undoubtedly her neurotic boss, but his appearance was quite different from what she remembered.

Although Lance is unreliable, being able to get a lot of girls in the bar is quite capital.In his thirties, his handsome appearance and cynical viciousness have always been the three killer weapons he is proud of besides money.

But the man in front of him seemed to be a middle-aged man entering his twilight years.

Time carved deep lines on the corners of his eyes and mouth, and his skin was no longer as smooth as before.

The half-length red hair seemed to be mixed with a trace of white.

"How do you...?"

Esther stared dumbfounded at the much older boss, not knowing what to say.

Seeing Esther's shocked gaze, Lance actually has a tricky expression on his face, but compared to his previous appearance, he is now more like an old man who has succeeded in pranks, making you dumbfounded, but What can I do with him.

"Haha, I'm scared."

Lance said, sitting on the chassis that Sephiroth had just sat on.

"Once a person has no goals, he will easily grow old." He said briskly, "My goal has been achieved, and there are no more goals. The traces that time failed to leave on me before are all reflected gone."

"This is especially true for women, so Esther, you must always set goals for yourself, so that you won't become an old woman early."

"But this is too fast...?" Esther murmured.

It's just like the white hair overnight in the story.

Lance, who seemed to be ten years old, showed a strange expression when he heard the words.

"Quick? Esther, how long do you think you've been asleep?"

... Seeing Lance's expression, Te was also a little apprehensive.She originally thought that she had slept for ten days and a half a month, what was amazing was that she had been lying down for a month, but looking at his expression, it seemed... not just a month?

"...Three months?" Esther said cautiously.

The red-haired man's expression became even more strange.

"I thought he already told you." Lance's mouth twitched, "Esther, you have been sleeping for four years."

Four years! ?

Esther's eyes widened in shock.

In this way, she has gone from a young girl in the blooming season to the age of two decades and entered the age at the beginning of 2?

Oh no, the point is not here, but how did she lie down for so long for four years?

What happened?

For the first time, she consciously recalled what had happened.

She still remembers that her family came to visit her, and then her small nest completed the feat of squeezing 7 people to live in, she still remembered that they went to the outskirts of Midgar for a picnic, and she still remembered that she and Sephiroth sneaked in Shinra Little date.

She still remembered that Genesis seriously injured Belia and defected... Then she remembered that she went home, and then fell ill at home, and fell asleep in a drowsy state every day...

She originally thought that the reason why she was like this was because she slept too long during that illness.

But looking at it now, it is not the case.

But then what?

What happened next?

Esther thought about it, but couldn't think of even a clue.

Her memory seemed to have been interrupted.

But when she tried to sort out her thoughts again, her head suddenly hurt.The more she thought about it, the more it hurt—but at this moment, she couldn't even massage her forehead to relieve the pain.He could only frown and grit his teeth, carrying it stiffly.

Seeing her painful expression, Lance hurriedly threw himself to the side of the 'coffin' where Esther was lying, telling her not to think anymore.

"Come on, inhale...exhale...yes, just take a deep breath like this."

"Don't worry, take your time..." The man with red hair mixed with silver threads scratched his head, "I'm sorry, Esther, I shouldn't have mentioned it to you at this time."

"...No, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed such a big deviation in my memory."

Four years, as long as the time she had worked for Shinra before, she had no memory at all.

It's a really scary thing.

"It's okay, Esther, we have survived for four years, and there will be more time in the future, you don't need to rush this moment." He said, touching Esther's forehead, "Wait until you get better Think again, now is the time to pay more attention to the changes in the past four years.”

"It's really... an unexpected big change has taken place."

"So, hurry up and go see for yourself."

Look at the world you missed for four years.