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tifa,
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[Voice]

[Cloud sounds more resigned than anything.]

For those of you who know Tifa, she was sent back home.

Walter, don't worry about the expansion to Seventh Heaven now.

[Locked to Zack and Aerith//70% Unhackable]

Tell me when's a good time to move my stuff down.

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[Cloud hums a greeting, but doesn't really move otherwise except to lean back against the couch.]

...I told her about us just before she disappeared, y'know. I'm sensing a pattern here.

[Zack frowns at that.] No one gets to choose whether or not to go home, though... why would they send her back because of you?

Maybe she wanted to go back that badly. [It's said half in jest; Cloud knows that's not how it works.]

[Ahh, Cloud. Don't be dumb. Zack gives Cloud's hair a light ruffle; it's less teasing and more affection than anything else.] Tifa loves you. The Malnosso are just jerks.

Both of which are the problem. [But he shakes his head and stands, gesturing for Zack to follow him to his room.]

C'mon. Like I said there isn't much, but we might as well get it done.

[Avoiding the issue won't make it any better, but... well, if he's going to avoid it, he can't pester Cloud into talking so soon after the fact.]

Good thing these places have three rooms, huh?

I'd have been fine with the couch. [For a while, anyway.]

No reason for a couch when there's three beds happy to have you.

Oh yeah? There someone else living there I don't know about? [This is Cloud's attempt at being cheeky as he starts gathering up his clothes and throwing them into a bag with reckless abandon.]

[Awww, Cloud, that was cute. Zack grins, recognizing the effort and not bothering to hide how pleased he is about it.] Don't ask, don't tell, man! It's my dirty little secret.

Mmm. I am asking, though.

There's someone else living here now, and that's you.

If it could just be under better circumstances, right? [He's not even folding his clothes as they get stuffed in the bag, what a messy boy.]

...but I guess it's better this way. She's not around to be lonely this time.

[As if any boy would fuss overmuch about that, especially under the circumstances. Zack's "helping" in much the same way.]

...At least we were finally honest with her.

I've told her about us before; this wasn't the first time. [Zipping up that bag now.]

[Man, is he ever out of his league here.]

...I wish I had good advice for you. It's not that I think she should get blindsided with it next time we see her, but... we hid it from her for a long time.

I think this just drives the point home that no matter how I say it, she's gonna get hurt.

[Cloud doesn't move to get anything else together. Just...grips the bag.

No matter what, he's going to have to hurt her again.]

...Then let's just focus on getting back to our world as soon as possible so you don't have to go through this again.

...Would you hug me already?

How much more pathetic do I have to look?

I was hugging you, but you wanted to go pack.

[Dumb Spike, you're so contrary. Have a hug, though.]

[Yeah well he didn't want a hug then, he wants it now.]

Thank you.

[Well you got one, be happy 8|]

You don't thank somebody for this, dummy.

[Whatever, shut up. Cloud's just gonna rest his chin on Zack's shoulder and fuck thinking or talking and hug.]

[Alright, shutting up. :| Zack won't ask him of anything else for a long time, as long as Cloud holds on.]

[Okay, any more of this and he's going to get even more pathetic. He claps Zack on the back and moves to collect his bags.]

Whatever. I guess this is good practice for when I have to tell her again. [Because he will be telling her again.]

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