Especially when ultimania stated that GS dates are just fanservice and don't have any effect on story.
I have my doubts as well. However maybe it is just me inhaling unhealthy amount of copium but they can't bring Zack back just to cuck him.
Plot twist:
Polyamory ending incoming.
Meanwhile in some alternate world....
Aerith: "Hey mom i want you to meet my boyfriends. This here is Zack. He is my first love 😍
Zack: Yo 😉
Aerith: Cloud here is my other boyfriend 🥰
Cloud: Yeah 😏
Aerith: And this is Tifa, Cloud's first love and she...
I doubt og Aerith is gone because
A) She healed Zack before Sephiroth fight
B) She transported Zack into safety before his world got destroyed.
I would love to see both Aerith and Zack being alive and living together in some alternative world.
Cloud did have a crush on Aerith. In remake chapter boxes state that Cloud's heart skipped a beat when Aerith leaned herself towards him. FF7 Remake ultimania has this to say:
Cloud arrives at the top [of the slide] and sits just a short distance from where Aerith is. Aerith closes the...
There is a difference between having a crush and being in love. Cloud has a crush on Aerith but he loves Tifa. He just doesn't fully realize it because his mind is shattered and there is so much he has lost when it comes being the "real Cloud"
He finds all his memories and lost feelings towards...