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."
I'll figure out something good later then. [and it'll be GREAT and he CAN'T COMPLAIN. (cloud probably would not complain anyway.) again it is really just the principle of the matter and when he says that she seems to settle in and smile again, comfortably leaning into him.]
Until then, pre-made sandwiches and hot soup it is! Oh, but there's some good iced tea. Also from the vending machine.
Could've, but that would've ruined the surprise. [there was no surprise, he already knew she was planning this picnic. there are happy little music notes over her head though when he tightens the hold.] You can help next time. It's not like this is gonna be the only date we have anyway, right?
You still owe me three at my count. At least. [ even if he hasn't done the things that mean she has to pay him or whatever, this is just banter. he grabs a sandwich i guess i'll let cloud eat for once in his life ] But this is...
[ he trails off, but. hey, thought week. nice is the finished thought. that's all, it's nice. they've never really gotten to have a kind of quieter date just the two of them. not beyond that skywheel ride. ]
What, this one doesn't count? [it is in fact just banter, and she's staying in his lap and leaning back against his chest with her drink. food can come later, but cloud should eat a fucking sandwich, yeah.] ...I said it before that maybe it's not really the right time for it, but if not now when is, you know? I want us to get back, but I want to keep spending more time with you. [she isn't sure she has to clarify, but she does.] Alone.
[because yeah. they haven't gotten to have a quieter date just the two of them besides the skywheel, and even that had its own circumstances around it. there was that time at the clock tower, but even that wasn't really a date despite what aerith said. they'd had to run right after that anyway. so here, having time to not be rushed and really focus on each other...it makes her happy.]
Anyway you still haven't actually done the jobs. Don't you think you should before I pay up?
That's why this one doesn't count. It's not payment if I haven't done the job.
[ that part is easier to answer because it's just banter. the rest is harder, because he never does know what to do with the sentiment that she wants to spend time with him alone. he gets it more now, but it still feels like something big and fragile, somehow. that's why it takes him a while before he says: ]
[well the nice thing is he's not taking a bite of his sandwich yet, which makes it a little easier for her to tilt her head up and kiss him briefly.]
I'd say we can do whatever you want whenever you want, but...maybe that sort of thing doesn't matter to you. Planning stuff out, I mean. [she's well aware that the entirety of their relationship has been aerith wanting something and dragging cloud along. that's literally what this picnic is.]
[ oh. kisses. it's a good thing he's still wearing sunglasses so she can't see what his eyes are doing! a mystery ]
I haven't really thought about that stuff. [ he sort of used to, as a kid, about tifa, but it was in the vague nebulous... be a hero. kiss the girl. kind of way? never anything as distinct as planning out dates. and even now when he thinks about this there's not... anything he can think of he'd want. ] I guess I don't care about the details.
[ going along with it works for him, though he is thinking maybe that's not very ... romantic? hmm. ]
[cursed by her own stupidity. it's fine, she will simply have to kiss him again later. this answer does not surprise her in the slightest, but she does peck his lips again as a reward for verbalizing what she already knew.]
I don't mind planning details. Just...[there's a moment's pause, and it's probably clear she's trying to think of what to say that's better than what she's thinking. but it is thoughtshare week. i don't want you going along with something you don't like just because i want to.] There's always stuff we can do. May as well try a little of everything.
[ it is thoughtshare week, so he's ignoring what she's saying to concentrate on what she is thinking: ]
I don't have an issue telling you when I don't like something. [ he'll point it out. he was kind of a pain in their fake date in costa del sol because of it, he recognizes, but he also... doesn't feel too guilty about it because it was a job. ] You really worried about that?
[ why? was the implication, but it's at the forefront of his mind, too, so that's the thought she can hear. ]
[she shrugs a little, and he probably feels it against his chest given how she's sitting.]
Not really worried. More like...making sure? [she hears the thought, and she leans against him a little more because she is aware she has to try a little better at verbalizing her thoughts she never tells him. that's why it takes a few moments before she continues. ] I want to make you happy the same way you've done for me.
[ this is getting to be very funny thoughts because cloud holds her a little tighter at that, looking down as he thinks I make her...happy?
YEA DOOFUS WHY ELSE WOULD SHE DATE YOU ]
... You don't have to go out of your way for that. [ he doesnt mean it in the dont try so hard for me self-effacing thing, just in the. she does make him happy already. ]
[cloud for the love of god. it's fine. she is simply not acknowledging this because he's holding her tight and that's what matters here. she is aware she's kind of in love with an idiot.]
I know I don't. [and she does, sort of, but it's a little more complicated than that judging by the faint . . . above her head.] I want to continue then. Finding new ways to do it, too. [it's about knowing cloud is simple and just happy to have her here, but aerith wanting to give back to him every way she can and not settle just because he's happy right now. it's a continuous thing.]
[ he is looking at the dots. not that aerith can see that because she's got her back to him AND he's got sunglasses on, but it's what's happening. ]
... Okay. [ what else can he say to that? of course he wants that too. but... well. maybe he should be trying harder? ] ... We're going to get that theme park next week, right? We should go together.
Really? [oh she immediately sounds so excited, help. she tilts her head back to look at him which means she's kind of looking at the underside of his sunglasses.] We should! It'll be fun. And we can spend more time than we got to at the Gold Saucer, right?
[well they might not get this date now that cloud's a broken twunk, but it's okay. that is in the future. for now she's busy cupping his face with both hands while being very ! about this.]
Probably. They're gonna lose access to that door on the other side, so it'll only be us anyway. [yeah she's getting the sense that cloud gets overwhelmed. it's fine.] So even if the others are over there, there're places we can be by ourselves.
[ THEY CAN DATE IT'S NEXT WEEK GOD. she's cupping his face and being very excited and cloud is, admittedly, a little embarrassed that she's this happy when all he offered was one idea. is that truly all it takes ]
It's not... like I mind being with you in public. [ but yes places to be by themselves is. kind of preferred. ]
[never again...anyway yeah surprise! that is all it takes, she really just likes to be thought of and likes cloud to make suggestions. she's used to a boy who takes initiative and she doesn't mind doing it herself, but to her, having cloud suggest something means that he's more comfortable with her and that is what she loves most.]
But it's easier when it's less...rushed, right? We can take time to ourselves and decide what to do without having to account for everybody else.
[she's quiet for a second, keeping her hands on his face and letting her thumbs smooth over his cheekbones briefly.]
...almost feels a little more normal, doesn't it? Not having a bigger problem to get back to in the same day. [she does not mean their new normal, she means a normal of regular civilians.]
[ the touch is--nice. he tilts his head into it, blinking slowly behind his sunglasses. ]
I guess. [ he's never craved being normal the way she has, so he's not sure what to say for a second. ] Feels more like a break. There's still bigger problems, but... they're taking longer to deal with.
[it's less now than it was when she was younger, but she never really quite shook off the want to be normal. it always sat in the back of her head as something she knew she could never have, but playing pretend is nice. kind of like cloud tilting into her hand is nice. good boy.]
We actually have time to process the problems instead of rushing forward before we lose sight. [...] As long as it also doesn't feel like we're losing time instead.
[well, the honesty doesn't surprise her. but she adjusts her angle to peck his lips again.]
Even if it means we'll spend a few hours just sitting in the grass and talking about non-mission stuff? [she knows the answer, judging by the way the tone's light, but worth the tease anyway.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
residentflorist) wrote2024-06-08 12:51 pm
no subject
Until then, pre-made sandwiches and hot soup it is! Oh, but there's some good iced tea. Also from the vending machine.
no subject
[ with picking up stuff. he can't cook. he hasn't had a minigame for that yet. ]
no subject
no subject
You still owe me three at my count. At least. [ even if he hasn't done the things that mean she has to pay him or whatever, this is just banter. he grabs a sandwich i guess i'll let cloud eat for once in his life ] But this is...
[ he trails off, but. hey, thought week. nice is the finished thought. that's all, it's nice. they've never really gotten to have a kind of quieter date just the two of them. not beyond that skywheel ride. ]
no subject
[because yeah. they haven't gotten to have a quieter date just the two of them besides the skywheel, and even that had its own circumstances around it. there was that time at the clock tower, but even that wasn't really a date despite what aerith said. they'd had to run right after that anyway. so here, having time to not be rushed and really focus on each other...it makes her happy.]
Anyway you still haven't actually done the jobs. Don't you think you should before I pay up?
no subject
[ that part is easier to answer because it's just banter. the rest is harder, because he never does know what to do with the sentiment that she wants to spend time with him alone. he gets it more now, but it still feels like something big and fragile, somehow. that's why it takes him a while before he says: ]
I want to spend time with you too.
no subject
I'd say we can do whatever you want whenever you want, but...maybe that sort of thing doesn't matter to you. Planning stuff out, I mean. [she's well aware that the entirety of their relationship has been aerith wanting something and dragging cloud along. that's literally what this picnic is.]
no subject
I haven't really thought about that stuff. [ he sort of used to, as a kid, about tifa, but it was in the vague nebulous... be a hero. kiss the girl. kind of way? never anything as distinct as planning out dates. and even now when he thinks about this there's not... anything he can think of he'd want. ] I guess I don't care about the details.
[ going along with it works for him, though he is thinking maybe that's not very ... romantic? hmm. ]
no subject
I don't mind planning details. Just...[there's a moment's pause, and it's probably clear she's trying to think of what to say that's better than what she's thinking. but it is thoughtshare week. i don't want you going along with something you don't like just because i want to.] There's always stuff we can do. May as well try a little of everything.
no subject
I don't have an issue telling you when I don't like something. [ he'll point it out. he was kind of a pain in their fake date in costa del sol because of it, he recognizes, but he also... doesn't feel too guilty about it because it was a job. ] You really worried about that?
[ why? was the implication, but it's at the forefront of his mind, too, so that's the thought she can hear. ]
no subject
Not really worried. More like...making sure? [she hears the thought, and she leans against him a little more because she is aware she has to try a little better at verbalizing her thoughts she never tells him. that's why it takes a few moments before she continues. ] I want to make you happy the same way you've done for me.
no subject
YEA DOOFUS WHY ELSE WOULD SHE DATE YOU ]
... You don't have to go out of your way for that. [ he doesnt mean it in the dont try so hard for me self-effacing thing, just in the. she does make him happy already. ]
no subject
I know I don't. [and she does, sort of, but it's a little more complicated than that judging by the faint . . . above her head.] I want to continue then. Finding new ways to do it, too. [it's about knowing cloud is simple and just happy to have her here, but aerith wanting to give back to him every way she can and not settle just because he's happy right now. it's a continuous thing.]
no subject
... Okay. [ what else can he say to that? of course he wants that too. but... well. maybe he should be trying harder? ] ... We're going to get that theme park next week, right? We should go together.
no subject
Really? [oh she immediately sounds so excited, help. she tilts her head back to look at him which means she's kind of looking at the underside of his sunglasses.] We should! It'll be fun. And we can spend more time than we got to at the Gold Saucer, right?
no subject
Yeah. Won't have a deadline there. And... it'll probably be less noisy than the Saucer.
[ it is a little bit of sensory overload for his ass to be at the gold saucer sometimes ]
no subject
Probably. They're gonna lose access to that door on the other side, so it'll only be us anyway. [yeah she's getting the sense that cloud gets overwhelmed. it's fine.] So even if the others are over there, there're places we can be by ourselves.
no subject
It's not... like I mind being with you in public. [ but yes places to be by themselves is. kind of preferred. ]
no subject
But it's easier when it's less...rushed, right? We can take time to ourselves and decide what to do without having to account for everybody else.
no subject
... Yeah. That's part of it. Not having anything we need to get back to right away.
no subject
...almost feels a little more normal, doesn't it? Not having a bigger problem to get back to in the same day. [she does not mean their new normal, she means a normal of regular civilians.]
no subject
I guess. [ he's never craved being normal the way she has, so he's not sure what to say for a second. ] Feels more like a break. There's still bigger problems, but... they're taking longer to deal with.
no subject
We actually have time to process the problems instead of rushing forward before we lose sight. [...] As long as it also doesn't feel like we're losing time instead.
no subject
It does sometimes. [ he decides to be honest about it, because he can't pretend he's not restless from weeks on end, but; ] This doesn't, though.
[ feel like a waste of time. ]
no subject
Even if it means we'll spend a few hours just sitting in the grass and talking about non-mission stuff? [she knows the answer, judging by the way the tone's light, but worth the tease anyway.]
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)