Love Shop

What kinds of freaks have I hired? she thought, slapping her forehead. She grabbed Demyx by the shirt collar and dragged him into the back room. She forced his regular clothes back into his arms. "Wear these. There is no serving uniform. Just an apron with a name tag. If I ever see you in a dress again, I swear I'll fire you." She didn't need two drag queens.

Aerith heard the bell over the door ring and poked her head out the back. "We'll be with you in a minute!" she called, then realizing who she was talking to, dived back in the back room. "Demyx, I want you to take care of the custumer, in your normal clothes, please." She was not about to deal with Sephiroth the nut job. Let the nuts take care of him.

Sephiroth looked around, "I wonder if they serve muffins", he turned abruptly, his sword knocking down everything in sight, "What a bother." He sat across from Xemnas and Saix, not really paying attention.

Sephiroth turned to the two men, his mako eyes narrowing, "Are you speaking to me?" He went to draw his sword but alas, an eight-ft sword in a booth was not the best idea, he snarled, raising up a little to try to intimidate the other silverheaded man.

Aerith slapped her forehead at the mess her shop had become because of Sephiroth's blade. I guess I'll have to be out front anyway, she thought, stepping out from the back and moving to pick up the shards of glass from the broken vase and the flowers that had been in those vases until moments before. What am I worried about, anyway? she scolded herself silently. Sure, Sephiroth's psychotic, but I don't think he'll cause any trouble here, not with Demyx being in the way. She didn't particularly want Demyx to be a human sheild, but if it came down to it, he'd probably get in the way anyway.

She just hoped it wouldn't come to that as she walked back to the kitchens to get together the order that would soon come.

Before Aerith could close the kitchen door, she noticed two customers walk into the shop. Since Demyx and Xemnas were already busy, she decided to take care of these two instead.

She walked over to their table, put on her sweetest smile, and asked, "Hello, I'm Aerith, and I'll be your server today. What can I get you both?"

Sephiroth ignored the silverheaded man and his apparent love-interest, he even shoved Demyx abruptly aside in order to see something...he had heard it, that voice, that awful voice, "YOU!!!!" He pointed directly at Aerith, causing everyone to get quiet, he drew his sword, which exploded into a bouquet of flowers, "Sorry for .....well you know!" He grinned insanely, "Oh that Cloud!" He handed them to her, as if nothing out-of-the-ordinary had just occurred.

First, Aerith was dealing with the giant flirting man, trying her best to keep smiling despite his lewdness. Second, she had turned around suddenly to defend herself from Sephiroth's attack. The next thing she knew, there was a boquet of flowers in her face, held out to her by none other than Sephiroth. She really had no idea what to say to something like. What did one say to a psychopath giving flowers? Well, that was obvious. What they wanted to hear.

"Um, thank you, Sephiroth," she said awkwardly. "They're beautiful." And they were. They were probably the most beautiful flowers she'd ever seen. She went over to a table far from Sephirtoh's long sword and put them in the unbroken vase on there.

Sephiroth nodded, "Yes, yes they are....Now that I have you where I want you." He drew dangerously close, "Where.....is.....Cloudy?" He narrowed his eyes in a dramatic fashion despite the fact he had a nickname for his...'better side.'

"Out delivering packages, I think," Aerith said. "Or maybe in the colliseum, fighting Ice Titan for the twelth time. Or in Radiant Garden, getting everyone's way and not helping set things up." Sephiroth was seriously making her nervous. Where was his sword? This close, there was no way he could stab her with something that long, but that didn't mean he couldn't injure her still.

Sephiroth pouted and sighed, leaning his head on hers, "I suppose you'll do then." He stared at her for five minutes straight before saying, "Would you like to do something later? Oh and by the way, I'll kill Cloud if you say no." He smiled cheerfully. *insert One Winged Angel here*