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[Private to Cloud]

Hey, Spike, I'm moving out for a while. Just figured I'd let you know.


[Zack's packing in his room. Hope you're about ready to go, Aerith.]

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[He can't. Because underneath the hurt and the anger...he doesn't blame Zack.

I wouldn't want to be with me either.

Cloud rests his back against the door, sinking down. Now he just feels tired.]

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[wingenvy]

[Zack hears that, lips pursing, then crouches down, trying to be closer to ear level.]

...I'm still with you. I'm not leaving you for her.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Cloud pulls in tighter. Yes he was.]

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[wingenvy]

[No he's not.]

Talk to me. Please.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Cloud grits his teeth.

He chokes very quietly.]

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[wingenvy]

[Goddammit.]

I'm not leaving until you talk to me.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Well, he's not going to.]

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[wingenvy]

[They might be here for a while.]

....Would you be happier if it was true? Is it easier to assume you should be alone or something?

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[God, that hurts.]

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[wingenvy]

[This isn't a painless situation, sorry.]

I'll prove you wrong, y'know. I give it a week, max.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[...a week long fling. Get his kicks with his old girlfriend and come back to Cloud?

Fuck you, Zack.]

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[wingenvy]

[You're the worst boyfriend ever. B|

Time to bullshit.]

...She doesn't know. About us, I mean. Because you said not to tell anyone.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[You're gonna have to do better than that. Cloud's about as stubborn as you are, sometimes.]

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[wingenvy]

[Rrrrgh.]

I'm hoping to let her down gently. I mean, it's not like she expected me to be with a guy, right? And some girls get really freaked about this kind of thing. I didn't want her to get all catty and start a fight or something.

[Thank god Cloud will probably forget thi- wait he's not supposed to want that.]

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Muted reply.]

So you're gonna go stay with her for a while. That doesn't make any fucking sense.

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[wingenvy]

[Mouthy.]

...Isn't there anything I can say that will convince you that I'm coming back?

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You could stop lying.

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[wingenvy]

[...Sigh.]

Spike, you know how you've got some lousy memory problems, right? Like when you forgot how to subtract, or use materia?

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[What's that got to do with anything?]

Yeah.

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[wingenvy]

[Show a little patience, you bastard. 8|]

You're forgetting people now.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Two and two make...]

So...you're saying I forgot that girl.

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[wingenvy]

Yeah, you forgot her. Can you still remember her name?

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[...the silence probably says "no" better than the actual word. He can't even really remember what she looks like, now. He's forgetting even as he talks about her.]

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[wingenvy]

She's... really important to you, Cloud. To both of us. It's hurting her a lot that you can't remember her. That's why I'm staying with her... I don't want her to be alone. That's the real reason I'm leaving.

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...then go.