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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?

[ oh no aerith looking cute and excited means she can see the little heart eyes under his glasses!!!! ]

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 ]

[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.

[ it's not like cloud never takes initiative he just does not do it for romance. maybe he will learn now. ]

... Yeah. That's part of it. Not having anything we need to get back to right away.

[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.

[ he doesn't know how much processing they have actually done, but he gets what she's saying. ]

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. ]

[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.]

[ it's light and a tease and placated by a kiss, but it still makes him frown beneath his stupid glasses ]

... I'm not that bad.

[ he talks about other things!!! ]

[carefully slides the glasses back up into his hair to see his eyes.]

Sometimes you're almost as bad as Barret.

[okay no nobody is as bad as barret.]

[ his eyes are looking down at her unimpressed ]

No one's as bad as Barret.

[mirth lines appear overhead.]

I dunno. He might make a pretty good case about you.

He's too busy calling me a pain in the ass for that.

[

kisses him again to avoid calling him a pain in the ass and saying barret's right to say it.]

[ i never got this tag but 1) kisses her back

2) looks at her suspiciously after it ]

[she just smiles.]

...I am glad to know that though. [that this is worthwhile to him. it's not that aerith is insecure about this sort of thing, it's that she's working on respecting his time especially now that things have changed a little.]

... I haven't thought you were wasting my time in a while.

[ not since they first met, really, and even then he'd changed his tune... pretty quickly. ]

[she's letting her arms loop around his neck, leaning against him for a more comfortable position.]

I know. I mean...I know, but sometimes I think about it and...[no that sounds dumb, too.] I know. But the confirmation's still nice sometimes.

[ hmmm... brushes some hair out of her face with his free hand that has long abandoned his sandwich ]

What sounds dumb? [ he can be the judge of that. tell him your secrets ]

[leans into the touch even if she's pouting a little to think this through.]

...do you remember when you were stuck acting like me for a little while? I don't know if I ever realized how much it could be for some people.

[ ... he's trying not to find this funny... ]

Has it been bugging you since then? [ it's cute when you do it. ]

I wouldn't say it's been bugging me... [anime sweatdrop betrays the lies.] It was just a thought! It's not like I've ever encountered myself before.

[no but she met zack and it's sort of the same.

there are little flowers immediately sparkling overhead though when he says it's cute.]

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