Cloud

[residentflorist]

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Lilium
Derived from Latin lilia, which may have come from a corrupted
pronunciation of a word from an extinct Eastern Mediterranean language
Humility, devotion, restored innocence after death

"Lovers used to give these when they were reunited."

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[residentflorist]

[THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION IS SO DOMESTIC BUT HERE THEY ARE.]

Just here, huh? [unfortunately she does have to tease him a little, and...maybe there is a little part of her that wonders about other people, too.]

[residentmerc]

That's... [ hrm. ] Here's where we're having the picnic in the first place.

[ he can't pretend he also wouldn't want to do this with tifa, but then if he thinks that he wonders if that makes him an asshole. he thinks aerith would also enjoy a picnic with tifa, though. does that count. ]

[residentflorist]

[...well yeah he's not wrong, she would enjoy that but that's a whole other topic here.]

I guess that's true. Buuuut your options are pretty slim here anyway, aren't they? [tell her you want to spend time with just her in general, omega.]

[residentmerc]

They're not that slim. [ wow!!! by here he meant the whole game not just the gy!!!! ] It's not like I wouldn't do this with you back home, too.

[residentflorist]

It was just a lot harder to back home. Even getting you to myself for just a few hours felt like a victory sometimes.

[residentmerc]

[ he blinks at that like. she was trying to? because he's an idiot ]

Well... There's a lot of us. And we've got a lot to do.

[residentflorist]

[cloud...she's not going to explain but my god.]

We do. And all of us know that and are doing our best to make things right. Even if it means setting aside some of the other things we want sometimes.

[residentmerc]

... Right. [ mmm. ] It's not like you didn't go off with the others too a few times.

[ maybe most of the time when they had a couple of hours to themselves it is because aerith sought him out or asked for it, but he never said no either? so he doesn't see how it was a victory. ]

I wasn't trying to dodge you.

[residentflorist]

Yeah, I know. [and she does. there were plenty of times she went off with tifa or red on her own and left cloud to his own devices.] If you were really trying to dodge you'd be very bad at it. But sometimes it felt like...you were surprised, I guess.

[residentmerc]

It's not... [ surprise, except maybe sometimes it is. Hmmmm. ] ... I guess... sometimes I'm not sure what you really want.

[ from him, in general. how much of it is teasing. that sort of stuff. ]

[residentflorist]

[that is by design and she knows that, but now that they've been removed from their dire circumstances, she's thinking a little more about actually going for what she wants right now.]

You've also never asked, really.

[residentmerc]

[ well, he has, but it was in a scenario he isn't entirely sure was with the aerith in front of him, or one she remembers, and that gets confusing, so; ]

Would you have answered if I did?

[residentflorist]

Maybe. [she will be honest in this moment because she knows herself, and she knows that means she isn't always upfront about things, or wants to tell people the full truth.] Probably. But...we've all been busy.

[residentmerc]

... We're not busy right now. [ right now, because they are a little busy in this hellhole sometimes. ] So... what do you want?

[residentflorist]

[hm...it has been a long day, and things are still balanced pretty precariously in a way she's not sure how to juggle right this second, so she keeps her head on his shoulder and thinks this over a little.]

A lot of selfish little things, I think.

[residentmerc]

[ hmmm. okay. so that's a no. but... it has been kind of a long day. ]

... Like... wanting to go on a picnic with me? [ tentative. ]

[residentflorist]

That's one of them, yes. [she would tell him but this is a backdated thread so. we're doing what we can here.] And other little things with you.

[residentmerc]

Okay. [ it's honestly a start!!! backdated threads alas. ] Then... We can do them. The little things you want to do.

[residentflorist]

[she shifts enough to look up at him.]

...only if you tell me the little things you want, too. Okay?

[residentmerc]

... I don't know that I have anything like that.

[ it's said hesitantly in the. i have genuinely never thought about it way because he is busy being locked in on the plot. this is main character status and not at all a mental predisposition to being obsessed with sephiroth for reasons ]

[residentflorist]

[yeah that also doesn't surprise her, frankly.]

Well...if you ever do then. You never know. Maybe being here will inspire you a little. [she is not so sure about that, but. let her dream.]

[residentmerc]

Maybe. [ a vague agreement because. he also isn't sure but LET'S DREAM ] Let's start with the picnic.

[residentflorist]

The picnic it is. We'll find a good day when things are a little less...this and go from there. [she does sit up and stretch a little though.]

...think it's too early to turn in? [the adrenaline has worn out. oh, the past them who were unaware how unhinged the rest of the week would be.]

[residentmerc]

[ he shrugs ]

Not the earliest we've turned in. [ even though a bitch sleeps two hours at a time every time the gang is like cloud you should rest. ff7 is hilarious. ] If you're worn out, no point in staying up.

[residentflorist]

[cloud please sleep, you absolute lunatic.]

Yeah, but what about you? [SHE KNOWS HOW LITTLE YOU SLEEP.]