We're not monsters, Cloud. [ He answers simply, calmly. There's a glint in his eye as he leans a little closer, making sure that the blonde could see that he meant those words.
It took himself a lot of convincing to even get to a point where he believed those words, truly. But now they came out as easily as breathing. What Cloud did was unconventional, for sure, but bad? Not in the least. And Zack was going to make sure he believed that, too. ]
You saved me out there. I have you to thank, because if you hadn't done what you did... well, I dunno what could have happened.
[ He could remember his consciousness slipping. He was trying to hold on, trying to protect. But in the end... ]
[When Zack shifts to move closer, Cloud slowly looks up for the blanket, steeling himself to look back at Zack. When their eyes meet, he holds Zack's gaze, trying his damnedest not to look away once more.
Somehow, both Zack's reassuring words and the look that came along with it began to still Cloud's nerves, at least for the moment.
Letting out a breath, a small smirk grows on his face and a bit of his signature cockiness finds itself bubbling onto the surface.]
It's not like I was going to leave you out to dry. Not sure if you can handle Sephiroth on your own.
[ Zack will hold that gaze for as long as he can. He'll watch with the same amount of intensity until... that.
Cloud, you asshole. ]
Huh!? Oh, c'mon!
[ If he was well enough for that remark, he was well enough for this! Zack will lean forward the rest of the way and stretch his hand over Cloud's head, giving it and all those spiked hairs a good ruffle! ]
Cut me some slack! I'm getting all rusty with how much food Tifa keeps bringin' over.
[Well, he certainly didn't expect that. Having just woken up after a week in bed, he didn't have the strength to push Zack's hand away. Nor did he want to. It felt... strangely comforting. But that was something he would never really admit to Zack aloud.]
I don't think she'd appreciate hearing that her food's making you fat either.
[Was that a laugh? You're just imagining that.]
Is there any left? Or did you eat it all while I was sleeping?
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It took himself a lot of convincing to even get to a point where he believed those words, truly. But now they came out as easily as breathing. What Cloud did was unconventional, for sure, but bad? Not in the least. And Zack was going to make sure he believed that, too. ]
You saved me out there. I have you to thank, because if you hadn't done what you did... well, I dunno what could have happened.
[ He could remember his consciousness slipping. He was trying to hold on, trying to protect. But in the end... ]
So thanks. Really.
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Somehow, both Zack's reassuring words and the look that came along with it began to still Cloud's nerves, at least for the moment.
Letting out a breath, a small smirk grows on his face and a bit of his signature cockiness finds itself bubbling onto the surface.]
It's not like I was going to leave you out to dry. Not sure if you can handle Sephiroth on your own.
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Cloud, you asshole. ]
Huh!? Oh, c'mon!
[ If he was well enough for that remark, he was well enough for this! Zack will lean forward the rest of the way and stretch his hand over Cloud's head, giving it and all those spiked hairs a good ruffle! ]
Cut me some slack! I'm getting all rusty with how much food Tifa keeps bringin' over.
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I don't think she'd appreciate hearing that her food's making you fat either.
[Was that a laugh? You're just imagining that.]
Is there any left? Or did you eat it all while I was sleeping?