[Now that safe little smile is making him grin stupidly. Just a second ago they were talking about something so serious. Now the topic of Aerith just lightens the mood right up.]

Yeah, we do go way back. I met her back when we were younger.

[She was about sixteen and Zack was just a few years older. But the memory of all that and the lost time in between makes Zack's grin falter just a bit.]

I guess you could say we were ... dating at the time.

[But why does Zack look so unsure about that now??]

She wanted to make some cash so I told her the best way to do that would be with her flowers. Not a lot of people see flowers all that often in the slums and what not. So we made her a few carts to try out... She was so fussy about it all the time.