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is it real or just my fantasy? by CloudyIsle07
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
10 Nov 2025
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After escaping the Shinra Building, Avalanche confronts a chance to alter a future already set on course. Within destiny's crossroads, fate is fickle and the Lifestream is unstable. An unfortunate accident during a fight with Sephiroth causes the tragic loss of Aerith… or so they thought.
Aerith finds herself stuck between worlds, one where she lives and one where she died. Only Cloud can see, feel, and hear her, but he doesn't even realize what happened. As Aerith tries to balance Cloud’s degrading sanity to the best of her abilities, she struggles to come to terms with the ghostly limbo she’s stuck in. What is there to do, when only person who can help and understand her is quickly falling apart the closer he gets to learning the truth?
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from dreams, we save our world by Anonymous
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
05 Nov 2025
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The heir of Shinra Electric Power Company—Rufus Shinra.
He was the laughing stock of the bureaucrats. His name was the favorite piece of dirt people flung to the President whenever they talked behind his back. He was the reason for all the soulmate-related policies of Shinra that banned its employees from seeking out soulmates through company connections, much to the employees’ dismay.
Sometimes, he’d be found sleeping in an abandoned room on the 65th floor of the Shinra Tower. One time, he burned a highly valuable and confidential specimen on that same floor, kept it in an urn and stole it away from the labs. Most times, he’s found lazing around in his penthouse, locked in his room filled with computers and useless books. If not there, then he’d lavish his time in Wall Market of Sector 6. No one really knows what he does there, but knowing Wall Market, no one really needs to ask.
All of his assigned projects and budgets always end up wasted on the miserable Slums as if anything he’d do there would make Midgar a better place.
The disappointment of Shinra Electric Power Company—Rufus Shinra.
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It all began in a dream between a lonely test subject and a lonely heir.
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- Part 2 of Homeward Dreams
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He Was A Punk, She Did Ballet. What More Can I Say? by orphan_account
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
22 Oct 2025
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Cloud and Aerith kept up a quiet routine under the campus oak. He'd secretly play better when she was there, and she'd coax him into smiling with her bright, friendly chatter.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,386
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 7
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- 132
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Lifestream by applx_e
Fandoms: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
06 Sep 2025
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Zack extraña a Aerith, sabe que su reencuentro será en algún momento. Nunca lo espero tan pronto.
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- Español
- Words:
- 718
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 3
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- 27
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Fair Skies Ahead by StardustSeeker
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
10 Aug 2025
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As rain falls over Midgar, Aerith tends to her flowers in the church, her thoughts drifting to the SOLDIER who vanished from her life. Set right before the events of FF7. Oneshot for Zerith Week.
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- Part 1 of Zerith Week 2025
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Breaking Down by misumaru
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
28 Jul 2025
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Aerith always knew that the flower cart was going to break sooner or later, but it still hurts when it happens.
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- English
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- 678
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 8
- Hits:
- 65
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Could It Be Chance? by ilikepotatosXD
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
11 May 2025
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She let her gaze rest on his hand quickly before returning to the colorful bouquets before her.
He didn’t have a string.
Confusion overloaded her. Every person she’s met has a red string tied around their pinky. Even if their other…disappeared, the string would remain, although it would appear cut off and short.
He, however, didn’t even have one. Not even a trace. His hand was clean. She tried not to let her curiosity and confusion show on her face.-----
(the fic where aerith can see other people's red string of fate except hers)Series
- Part 6 of Clerith shenanigans
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The night sky above the bonfire by yo_esquilo
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
16 Apr 2025
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Tifa and Aerith have a conversation by the bonfire in Cosmo Canyon.
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Thank You, Zack by PhoenixDowner
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
28 Feb 2025
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Aerith knows all the kind things Zack did while she was comatose and thanks him. Zerith reunion set post-Rebirth.
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Aerith never thought she'd get another birthday, let alone the chance to rediscover a lost Cetra tradition—one where the birthday girl gives gifts to her loved ones instead of receiving them.
Armed with homemade presents, a whole lot of love, and Cloud at her side, she sets off on a mission across Edge to make sure each of her friends knows just how much they mean to her. But as the day unfolds, she finds that joy and grief are never too far apart, and some old wounds don’t heal as easily as others.
A story about love, memory, and finding pieces of yourself in the people who cherish you most, for /r/clerith's February 2025 Arts Fair.
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A Seaside Memory by Wishmasters_Muse
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
23 Feb 2025
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Aerith and Tifa are supposed to be getting beach ready I Costa Del Sol. Turns out there's a few things on Aerith's mind. One of which is forgotten memories, another is a sense of longing.
Shameless smutty one-shot of the dream duo.
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All The Things I Never Got To Say by Whyarewestillhere68
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
22 Feb 2025
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While in her room at the Ghost Square, Aerith reflects on everything that has happened.
And everything that will happen.
Out of confliction, she decides to write out her feelings for her beloved bodyguard in the form of a letter.
A letter he’ll never read.
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In The Garden, We Bloom by finding_inspiration
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
18 Feb 2025
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Aerith pauses mid-sentence, turning to face him. The moon shines off her face, her eyes twinkling like the stars, the soft skin of her shoulders like gilded marble in the moonlight, “What do you think, Cloud?” she asks, expectantly.
What does he think?
He thinks she is beautiful.
He thinks the way her ribbon flutters in the breeze makes his stomach swoop in ways that feel both exhilarating and terrifying.
He thinks he would traverse time and space, go to the ends of the universe and back in this lifetime and the next just to sit with her quietly, like this, and listen to her talk about nothing and everything for the rest of forever.And before he can stop himself, the words spill out.
“You know I love you, right?”
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My ramblings of a world post Remake/Rebirth, where Aerith lives. Mild smut included, but mostly, this is a love letter to all the Cleriths out there, wishing for a happy ending. <3
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Farewell by The_Witch_Queen
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
08 Feb 2025
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After leaving the party Aerith confides in Vincent during a last encounter on her way to the City of the Ancients
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can't waste a second by orphan_account
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
01 Feb 2025
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“And you have me”, Tifa concluded.
Aerith let out a trembling sigh, her arms still wrapped tightly around Tifa’s waist.
“I know,” she murmured. “And that’s why I—” She hesitated, her grip tightening just slightly before she finally pulled away, just enough to meet Tifa’s gaze. Her eyes were glistening, but she was smiling—a small, bittersweet smile that made Tifa’s heartache. “That’s why I can’t waste a second”
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All That Is Gold Lies Heavy Upon Us by SnowboundRanger
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
05 Nov 2024
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They’d gotten their golden ending: defeated their enemies for good and saved their loved ones and the world from fate’s grasp, and now Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith had built the perfect, shining life together.
But even harder than getting that ending is carrying the weight of what it took to get them there, and what it will take to keep it glittering when they all feel like the weak link in their bond.
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- Part 2 of Post Rebirth Clerifa
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I’ll see you again by Alajla
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
26 Aug 2024
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Tifa woke up in a strange, dreamlike world unsure of what to do. She just had a feeling someone really important to her was waiting at the top of the water tower. So she followed them - the yellow flowers.
The action takes place after the original FF7 / before AC.
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Flowers Always Blooming by PhoenixDowner
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
24 Aug 2024
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Aerith and Zack reunite at last. Her feelings are a muddle at first, but the more time she spends with him again, the more their true nature becomes crystal clear.
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Final Fantasy VII: Lament of Spirits by Mr_M_Mars
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
20 Aug 2024
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It's been five years since Meteorfall, and yet the planet still edges toward the verge of destruction. The Lifestream wails as an infection courses within it, and Cloud is forced to answer the call once more as he's guided by a voice that he thought had been silenced forever.
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Zerith One Shot Compilation by pastelsav
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
17 Aug 2024
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This will be comprised of fluffy Zerith (Zack Fair and Aerith Gainsborough) fics that I have thought of during the TWO YEAR time period they were together in Crisis Core and will continue for some Rebirth situations too. These are in no particular order and will happen when I have enough time to write them!!
I hope you all will enjoy. I know ship wars are horrendous in the FFVII fandom so please no hate!