Quote Originally Posted by Sephiroth1999AD
Aeris is dead, Cloud is alive. And still you think they have a healthy, compatible relationship?
Who said they had a relationship? I said that Cloud continues to love her, and that Aerith continues to love Cloud. Cloud wants to remember Aerith (shown by the pink ribbon he wears, the flowers on the desk, the pictures of the flower field on the desk, and moving into her Church). Since the flower field is very significant to Cloud, it's pretty obvious that Cloud spends a lot of time in the flower field where Aerith is. We learned in AC that Aerith and Cloud are able to see one another, communicate with one another, and touch one another.

When Cloud was depressed, he didn't talk about it with Tifa. Instead, he told Tifa that he wanted to drink alone. Tifa was threatened by that, yelled at him, and told him to go to his room. When Tifa tried to talk to him about it in AC, Cloud remained almost silent, kept his back to Tifa, and looked out the window at an angel statue (which could easily represent Aerith). However, he talked about it to Aerith easily when he met with her on his way to the Forgotten City.

If Cloud has such a trusting and compatible relationship with Tifa, why did he choose to talk about it with Aerith instead of Tifa?