fic: you reflect me (i love that about you) (final fantasy vii)

Title: You Reflect Me (I Love That About You)
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Characters: Tifa Lockhart, Aerith Gainsborough
Pairing: Aerith Gainsborough/Tifa Lockhart
Rating: Teen
AO3 Tags: First Kiss, Gold Saucer Date, Final Fantasy VII Remake compliant, Mid-Canon
Summary: The Gold Saucer has more to offer than just gambling and games, and Tifa and Aerith have a night off to explore.

Notes: Written for Tifa Week 2020 on tumblr, with the prompt: “Cause it’s some kind of sin to live your whole life on a might’ve been. I’m ready now.” - caution by the killers

And yeah, everyone's probably written a Gold Saucer date for these two, but I haven't yet, so here we are! Enjoy!

The Gold Saucer was chaos and sin all wrapped up with a neat little bow. It reminded Tifa of the revelry - and filth - of Wall Market, only it was more polished and contained. The Gold Saucer invited its guests to live a dream, forgetting about the real world waiting for you outside. Wall Market made it very clear: whatever you were running from would chase you through its gates.

But after everything they’d been through so far, all the traveling and fighting, didn’t the group deserve a night off? Cloud and Barret already left for the evening. Tifa didn’t know what the boys were up to, but she hoped they were having a good time.

So when Aerith grabbed her by the wrist, blinking those puppy dog eyes at her, Tifa knew she was a goner. “Don’t you want to go explore?” Aerith asked, fluttering her eyelashes. “Just a little bit? Let’s head out. They’ll never even know we were gone.”

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