[FF7] Those things after marriage

The raindrops fell from the sky, making crisp or dull sounds when they collided with everything on the ground.

The room was dark, only the sound of rain that was so regular that it made people fall asleep came into the room from the window. Esther opened her eyes and turned her head to look at the man beside her.

The silver-haired man, with his upper body bare, was quietly sleeping on his side beside her, with one hand wrapped around her waist through the quilt.With long eyelashes and a handsome face, the beauty seems to only appear in fairy tales.

Although it wasn't the first time she looked at Sephiroth like this, it was the first time she woke up earlier than him.Usually, he was either lying in bed watching her, or he was already dressed and ready to eat breakfast and go to work.

It was the first time for her to look at the sleeping face of the person next to her pillow so carefully.

The more you look at it, the more attractive it becomes.

Esther couldn't help stretching out her hand, and gently painted his eyebrows and eyes.

Eyebrows with the same hair color, long and curled eyelashes, a high nose bridge and well-shaped light-colored lips.

Everything makes her love it more and more.Although her husband looked better than herself, it really made her very sad, but after so many things happened, she no longer worried about gains and losses, and only felt happy.

"what happened?"

Just as the woman was being 'molested' unconsciously, Sephiroth who was being molested suddenly spoke without opening his eyes.

"Suddenly I think you look good."

The 'hooligan' who was caught didn't panic, and threw himself into the arms of the victim with a smile.

"Although I have lived such a comfortable life, it still feels unreal." Esther rubbed Sephiroth's chest, "It seems that when I closed my eyes, I went back to the days when I was too busy to eat. gone."

They are so busy that they don't have time to go on a date, so they can only find a quiet place to lean for a while during the break, and they don't know what to talk about if they want to chat.

After all, it is the work of the two of them. It can be said that there is no fun at all, and most of the things the two of them have experienced cannot be discussed as topics.

It was a nightmare.

Listening to Esther's narration, Sephiroth also thought of those days, but compared to Esther, his feelings were deeper.After all, Esther has only been working for five years, but he has dedicated the first half of his life to Shinra.

He doesn't know who his parents are, but he has been living in the Shinra Building since he was conscious.When I was young, I acted according to the words of the researcher, and when I grew up, I acted according to the orders.Live the same day every day, doing repetitive things.Month by month, year by year, when I recall the past, there are only blanks in my mind.Although he remembered many people who came and went around him, most of those memories did not include himself.

He always remembers 'he', not 'them'.

Only himself, always alone.

The glory of "hero" put him on the altar, but it also hindered his communication with other people.He can't enter other people's world, and no one is willing to enter his world.

It wasn't until Angel and Genesis became the 1st special forces that he had companions for the first time.

He was glad that he finally had companions, thinking that he could get rid of his loneliness and become friends with whom he could talk about everything, just like the people he had seen who often hung shoulder to shoulder.

It's a pity that it didn't work out in the end.

But it's okay.He already had Esther, a home of his own and people of his own.And Lance's seemingly unreliable friend.Not being left alone.

Although the happy time is not always so short, but with the support of those memories, he can survive the ups and downs that follow.And he did hold on.

only……

"That's really... the days that are best kept in memory."

Sephiroth smiled and shook his head.

He was used to this kind of life, but he didn't want to go back to the past at all.

It's really like what Lance often said, no matter what, the most fearful thing is comparison.

The life that was originally thought to be good will be compared with problems everywhere, and the handicrafts that were originally good will be compared with shortcomings everywhere.Even people become less beautiful because of comparison.

The past is really far from the present.

There is no need to go to work today, the husband and wife hug each other lazily lying on the bed listening to the sound of rain.Even if I dare not do anything, I feel very happy just hugging each other.

The red-haired middle-aged Lance also did the same thing with them, but compared to the happy young couple over there, he seemed much more desolate as a loner.

The no longer young middle-aged man sat on the head of the bed with his knees bent, holding the quilt covering his lap in a daze.

He used to... hated the rain.Because rain will not only make clothes and hair wet, but also delay a lot of work.At that time, Shinra was still in the development stage, and there were as many things to do every day as a mountain. Every delay in one thing may cause a plan to be postponed, and the delay of each plan may delay his work. Unable to progress smoothly.

Until he meets Renee.

Although he has black hair, he is more like a flame than he is with red hair.Although he is a researcher with boring work, he is always like a little sun that radiates light and heat at any time.

Even if it's rainy, it can't quench the heat on her body.

They met on a rainy day.

The pouring rain like today fell on the city of Midgar, which is under construction.Many projects under construction need to be shut down, and some projects that do not need to be shut down must undergo some plan changes before they can continue to be implemented.

He was at the construction site of a research facility at the time, and she, a researcher, also stayed at the site due to engineering problems.

If it hadn't been for the landslide accident, they might never have had any intersection in their lives.Thinking about it now, I really should be grateful for the 'opportunity' given by this planet.But at the time, he felt that it was really a terrible thing.

After all, no one would be happy falling into a pothole created by a landslide.

What he didn't expect was that at the moment of the accident, someone would try to save him—even though they both fell down together.

The 'good guy' who fell with him was Renee.

Renee Wadsworth.

Compared with her depressed face, Renee looked much more lively.

She actually felt that it was something to be happy that the two of them fell and did not suffer any injuries-this optimist's temper was also extreme.

But with such an optimistic company, he also began to feel that things were not so bad.

Especially she has sugar, although I don't know why a researcher would carry fruit candies with him.But having a stutter can help them last longer -- and thus more confident to wait for help.

Although he is sure that Shinra will save them, the specific situation is unknown, and no one knows when they will be saved.Something is more reassuring than nothing.

So he finally settled down down there... and fell asleep.

He didn't rest for several days in a row. At that time, his physical strength was almost at the limit, and he fell asleep unconsciously as soon as he relaxed his mind.It wasn't until someone came to rescue them that they woke up in a daze.

He later learned that Renee had suffered more than he had, with multiple bruises and a sprained ankle.And the candy she handed him was the only one she had.

Because she felt that compared to herself with a sprained ankle, he had a higher chance of crawling out for help, and there must be one of the two of them who was not in such a bad state.

And she found him very pleasing to the eye, and she didn't want him to die.

Later, many things happened between the two, and in the end they came together without hesitation.

Perhaps since then, he has begun to like rainy days a little bit—although he really doesn't want to recall the events of that day.

It's just that now, such bad memories make him nostalgic.

Just because...she was there.

When he was busy with revenge, he didn't dare to think about it, he was afraid that he would be exposed accidentally, and he was also afraid that he would be addicted to the past and unable to move forward. 'Revenge' is a very difficult thing, not only because of his meager strength, but also because revenge is mostly carried out with hatred.When the hatred weakens, the desire for revenge will also weaken.

If the heart is not filled with hatred, it is impossible to carry on the matter of revenge firmly.

Especially for someone like him, the object of revenge turned out to be something that is not parasitic or even has an entity... If he didn't force himself, he would probably go crazy before completing his revenge.None of the participants in this incident are innocent.

Whether it is Shinra Corporation, Dr. Gast who discovered it, and Hojo who expanded its research.

It's just that compared to these later people, Jenova itself is the original root.So there is only it, and he will destroy it no matter what.

It's really strange, even though more than 20 years have passed, and even though he didn't dare to recall these 20 years, these memories are still very vivid.Renee's voice and smile were still so real, as if he could touch her smooth cheeks as long as he stretched out his hand, and could hold her in his arms again.

He still remembered that she wanted to live in a house surrounded by flowers, wanted to have a boy named Lance, and wanted to walk the whole planet together before the old one couldn't move...

It's just that, in the end, he can only complete it by himself.

After he helped them build this big house surrounded by flowers, he was ready to go.

He has to walk through this world little by little, so that when he also returns to the planet, he can tell her that he has not lived in vain for more than 20 years, right?

The red-haired man looked out the window, and the rain outside had stopped at some point.

"Well, as soon as the sun comes up, it's time to start working again—"

Lance stretched his waist, and the scar on his wrist became much lighter. Although it won't disappear completely, it will eventually fade away little by little.

"It's time to interrupt the young couple's show of affection. Showing affection next to single elderly people will be punished by the planet!"

Pretentiously thumping his waist, the red-haired man pushed the door open with a malicious smile.Outside the window behind him, a shallow rainbow is hanging on the far horizon, like a staircase leading to heaven.

After the rain, it's a new day.