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]

[she drops the topic about slum life because she's busy being mad.]

So they fed you something that was meant to put you at a disadvantage to put you into a fighting tournament without your weapons. Talk about cheating. [what the FUCK actually.] Almost like whoever set you up didn't want you to succeed at all.

[residentmerc]

They didn't. Really weren't subtle about it, either.

[ it was a whole thing. ]

They were pretty mad when we won the two matches we had.

[residentflorist]

[seething...]

Then they shouldn't have picked people who know how to fight. [duh.]

[residentmerc]

Pretty sure they didn't expect us to even try.

[ because. they were making them fight people they care about. so like, ]

[residentflorist]

[that's also frustrating. she has to stop being mad at some point because she cannot go out to the fog to go to demon island and fight, so she's sulking a little as she thinks]

...all I care about is that you guys came back. We can work through everything else together.

[residentmerc]

[ cloud looks at the baby chocobo and kind of. nudges it while nodding towards aerith. because he can speak to birds the baby understands and it wiggles a little to flop partially on her lap with a little warble. no sulks i am adorable :3? ]

Yeah. It'll be alright.

[residentflorist]

[she cannot be mad at the baby honestly so she takes both hands to hold its face and ruffle its feathers.]

Just tell me if things get worse again now that you're home, okay? No trying to tough it out.

[residentmerc]

I'll be fine. It's really not that bad.

[ the chocobo goes kweh and cloud is a liar but what else is new ]

[residentflorist]

You could be missing multiple limbs and still tell me that, Cloud. Don't be so surprised I believe it a little less today. [pets for the good, honest baby.]

[residentmerc]

[ I'm not that bad. he seems to realize saying it like that sounds bad so he doesn't say it out loud but also, pouts??? ]

Don't exaggerate.

[residentflorist]

It's not an exaggeration when it's a little true, you know. [pouts right back. there's also a stray thought of stop making me want to kiss your pout away which is extremely useless. aerith why.]

...but the pool did its job. I'll give it that.

[residentmerc]

[ her stray thought hits him like a brick and he's torn between the //// and the pouting? objection so he does neither of those out loud ]

...Mm. [ useless. he wants to kiss her too now but she already objected to him grabbing her hand because of some silly pain!!! ]

[residentflorist]

[it's not silly pain you piece of shit ex-soldier!!!]

...do you want another blanket? I think there's a thinner one in the closet. ["you should really sleep."]

[residentmerc]

[ PAIN ISN'T REAL HE WILL POWER THROUGH ]

... This one's fine. [ but also; ] I can sleep on the floor.

[ hes the one injured but he refuses to kick her out of bed its fine ]

[residentflorist]

You're not sleeping on the floor, Cloud. Final decision. [no!!!!]

[residentmerc]

... Then I'll take the thinner blanket.

[ so she can have the thick one!!!! ]

[residentflorist]

[up she goes to go to the closet and grab a thinner blanket!! she's throwing a thicker one over onto the oversized chair that she's going to sleep in, but she comes back and loosely wraps cloud in the blanket. stop glowing a little.]

...it'll be fine, Cloud. Just use the bed.

[residentmerc]

[ is bundled. the good news is his hair is back to not being so pale but his big ol glowy eyes are still there ]

... Okay. [ little despondent. ] ... Sure you'll be okay?

[residentflorist]

Mmhm. [she does not say she's probably slept in less comfortable places before, but she's staring at his extra glowy mako eyes.] I'll just be over there. [points to chair.] It's big enough to curl up, so I'm not worried.

[residentmerc]

... Alright. [ he is still not entirely okay kicking her out of her own bed but she doesn't want him to leave and with the side effect there is no way to share this small space without cloud throwing himself off the bed willingly at some point during the night, so. ] But we can switch tomorrow if this is still going on.

[residentflorist]

We can, but we won't. [she just says this. she refuses to let him not sleep in the bed, so if she has to take a chair for a few nights so be it.] You really don't have to worry about kicking me out of my bed.

[residentmerc]

... If you say so.

[ he sounds dubious, but fine, he'll lie down with his bundled up blanket. this gy is incredible because he no longer wears his fucking boots in bed. just curls up and

honestly he passes out near immediately goodbye ]

[residentflorist]

[goodnight cloud, she's waiting until he's passed out before putting another thin blankie on him and also cloud jr. the third. bedtime for everybody forcibly ends this thread for a new one later today.]