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Okay. Giving this a shot.

(If there's any new arrivals -kids- that need a place to stay- like, with people, adults, to cook and take care of them- laundry and school, homework, helping with things and not creepy, who misses their parents?

this is hard, is it working?

I'm. Cloud.)

If that didn't get picked up, or was... You know, it's hard keeping your thoughts straight. If there are any new arrivals that don't feel comfortable living on their own -younger kids, anybody used to living with their parents- we have room in the seventh community building. I'm Cloud, or you can talk to Raine Loire about it, too. I hope that's okay, Raine.

(next, next, what's next, I should have wrote this down damn it)

[Locked from Asch and Zack//extremely hackable since his thoughts are all over and probably show how to decipher his lock]

Also, if there's anyone (not Asch) who can use a-...not a short sword, but a normal-sized one I guess (who isn't an asshole) that doesn't mind sparring with me, I'd appreciate it if we...y'know, could.

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Walter, I'd like a second of your time if you have it. (test test, test test

I want to add an addition on to the Seventh Heaven bar, I need your help, I don't know how to build things Stella help me out

i'll owe you.

tifa would be happy with it, tifa needs a pick-me-up, tifa misses the kids i'm thinking too much about it)


Enough of that.

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[Staaares at that thought bubble as he moves inside. Screw up what, he was trying to get inside and he's inside without any "squeezing"--

...There's a laugh as she figures it out, her hand going up to cover her mouth.]

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[Since Aerith tends to laugh a lot Cloud doesn't pay it any mind and just toes off his boots by the door. ...hell. He should've just run down in bare feet.]

You know, I rushed over here but I don't even know what to say now.

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Well, you weren't coming over to "say" anything, were you? You were coming to see me. So that's okay.

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I can't just sit on the couch and stare at you the entire time.

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[Cloud's thought bubble pops up, Aerith's eyes glance up because hello those are eye-catching--aaaand that's an interesting one. Hi. She wanders over by the doorway too to straighten Cloud's boots instead of leaving them lying messy. He might hear the door knob jiggle as she's over there; closed and locked.]

Now how do you keep yourself entertained on your own if that's the most interesting idea you can come up with?

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I don't keep myself entertained. I'm extremely bored. All the time. [D-did she just lock the door?]

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[That door is SO not opening. ...Unless, you know, someone unlocks it. But.]

You have a lot of patience for being bored, Cloud.

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[Notice what? DOES SHE MEAN THE DOOR? Oh God so it was for a purpose.

WAIT. IS THIS IT? ARE THEY- IS SHE GOING TO- DOES SHE WANT TO-

His thoughts float lazily above his head and probably resemble something of a verbalized keysmash with a smattering of eager impatience.]

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[And when Aerith catches sight of that little tempest of thought, well. On the one hand, the keysmashing makes Aerith think she might have made his brain malfunction. On the other hand, he started it even if she REALLY escalated it by jumping to conclusions about what he was thinking with that line at the door |D and she's not seeing any no in there--but ooh, that looks like a "yes" there.

Still, he's not moving.]

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[FINAL DESTINATION. Taking both his hands and pulling him toward the couch.] We can just sit and stare at each other on the couch, or we can do something more interesting.

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[.............okay, so it's what he thinks it is.

He follows her. A little dumbly. Also, getting his mouth to form words would be a good idea. Why is he so nervous? Aerith's obviously all for it. He just has to make sure not to be a stupid barbarian and it'll be fine.]

...interesting would be better. [Okay, a-durr. Let's try something else. Cloud licks his lips anxiously and tugs her toward the hall instead.] Though maybe the couch isn't the best place for the kind of interesting I have in mind.

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[Aerith has been for it for a while; the problem was not knowing the right time to try it. But Cloud's thoughts make it easier to judge. --Hello there, not the couch. This time she follows him.] So you do have some ideas.

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[The smile helps relax him a little bit, though his heart's still thudding in his chest. Was he this nervous his first time with Zack? He can't remember.

Cloud glances behind himself before looking at her again, not wanting to do something stupid like back into a wall, and threads their fingers just a bit.] I have a couple. I'm open to more suggestions, though.

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[She flexes her fingers as their hands join, glancing behind him too--she doesn't want him backing into something or tripping either. Talk about a mood wrecker.]

I'll tell you when I come up with something really good. [A gander at her thought bubble may show she's already working on ideas, since she's picturing them on her bed, clothes optional. BUT she's not getting too far with that yet because here is her room and why just think when the bed is that close? So she lets go of one hand to open up the door.]

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[It's a bit surreal; sure, they'd probably assumed things, that they'd eventually get this far. Cloud had, at least. And of course he'd wanted to. But things were always just so...

Well. Something always came up.

But as Aerith opened the door and they entered her bedroom, it really hits Cloud that hey, this time they might actually make it. So he does the intelligent thing and -after glimpsing that thought up there and taking a hint- pulls her into a rather involved kiss.]

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[Up to this point, Aerith's been focusing more on making it happen--whether "it" was having sex or just making out (since they hadn't really done that in a while either)--that the unprompted kiss takes her a bit by surprise.

But it is a very, very pleasant surprise, and there's no hesitation whatsoever before she returns it, her hand still in his squeezing softly.]

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[That she returns the kiss so easily is a clear sign that this is really happening, that he's not just assuming things and that -God willing- they were really going to go all the way. They were really going to do it.

It- have sex. Or maybe make love, whatever she preferred to call it. Cloud wasn't too particular.

He breaks the kiss just for a moment, just long enough to see where he's going as he guides her over to the bed. But he also knows from his past experiences with Zack -and his past experiences with Aerith, for that matter- that he tended to be overeager and hasty and even a little rough, so he consciously makes an effort to keep things slow and sits her and himself down on the mattress.]

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[It's probably a marvel of restraint that Cloud's remembering to not be hasty, given Aerith's earlier "Right now!" Yeah, maybe not smart to rush the guy with superhuman strength and not so much intimate experience with flower girls. Speaking of rushing, Aerith was not really planning to have sex. Not that she's getting cold feet--not at all, considering how long she's wanted it--but there are a few seconds of "do I look okay? I must look okay to Cloud. Yes I took a shower today, no I didn't leave anything running", etc.

...and then her knee bumps against the bed. Okay, sitting down.]

We're here. [She takes a breath, smiling again, before she touches her hand to Cloud's cheek and leans back in to kiss him again.]

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[Cloud notes mentally that it's probably a good thing that she kissed him instead of giving him time to say something stupid like "oh yeah" or "wait, really" or something else like that.

So they kiss for a while and it's awesome. He hadn't been able to make out with Aerith very often -horribly regrettable, really- and he'll definitely milk this for all it's worth. They may want to eventually get naked and he's already thinking about it, but he doesn't want to rush so he doesn't say anything.

Does she like neck kisses?]

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[Because "we're here" is totally not an inane comment. :|

And yes, yes she does like those, and if Cloud goes for neck kisses she'll tilt her head--though does he mind that string necklace around her neck? Because yep, it's there, like it usually is.]

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[Aerith is allowed to make airhead comments because they sound cute in her voice.

Yeah there's a necklace in the way. Thankfully, however, it does not take up her entire neck, and Cloud settles for below her ears as his hands slide up her arms, shoulders, and down her sides to her hips.]

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[It's almost a little ticklish right there, and she laughs lightly. Her body shifts as those hands slide down; and her own hands, well, that one that was on his cheek slides a little to brush into his hair. The other one--maybe it's too early for clothes to come off, but can it be too early for sneaking up inside the shirt to feel up? Because it'd like to.]

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[Yeah okay, hand in hair, that's nice-

Whoa hey, hand up shirt. Cloud inhales a little at that, because- well, she's sticking her hand up his shirt. Hopefully something uncomfortable doesn't happen, like her running across a scar and balking because that would just totally kill the mood. But she is free to stick her hands all up in his clothes, he's cool with it.]

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[...Okay, she can kinda feel that when his mouth is right over her neck. By her ear, even, so she probably heard it.] Not too soon, right? [Hand is NOT ducking out. Just. Making sure she's not being too pushy.]

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[The question makes him snort, and then the train of thought that follows makes him laugh. He drops his forehead to rest on her shoulder, and his thoughts probably go like this:



And then he pushes back and moves to just take his shirt off. ...even though reaching up into it was kind of kinky in a tame sort of way, but at least this way he doesn't seem like such a wuss. That wasn't what he was going for, anyway.]