fairly: (i'm not going to cry really)
fairly ([personal profile] fairly) wrote2009-07-14 06:33 am

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Tifa... Cloud won't be staying at your place. I'm sorry.

...He'll be okay though. I know I'm sure he will. It's Cloud, so... yeah.


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[Be prepared for a very depressed Zack coming back to the apartment, Aerith. :c]

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-14 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[She quiets down at his distress. Starts petting his hair, both to comfort him and give herself something to do.]

You did. That's...that's the only way to fix this. He'll be back in a few days, all better. [She hopes so, so much.]
wingenvy: (not as strong as I want to be)

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[personal profile] wingenvy 2009-07-14 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Part of him wants to just push her away, hide in a corner away from her or something. He's not the one who should be getting comforted.

But...]


He knows. He knows it was me... the way he looked at me, I...

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-14 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her hand stills as she realizes she misunderstood him before.

He didn't ask Cloud to go to John.

He asked John to take Cloud.]
wingenvy: (KEYSMASH hoshit)

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[personal profile] wingenvy 2009-07-14 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[He feels her hands stop, and it takes him a moment to understand as well.

If he hadn't already been a mess, that would have been the straw that broke his back, for sure.]

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-14 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her mind feels like it's stalled. Because Cloud had been taken--and he'd fought, and he must have been scared, still scared if he was conscious--

Zack's scared too.

He's upset; he didn't want this. She even said herself, it was the only way.

She leans down and kisses him on the side of the face. There's nothing romantic about it, not when he's buried his face in pillows and she's shaking.]
wingenvy: (;_;)

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[personal profile] wingenvy 2009-07-14 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[She kisses him, and now he's shaking right along with her; but the touch is enough - just enough - to make him lift his head a little. He's scared stiff that he'll lose them both because of this, and the excuse of "it's for his own good" can only get you so far.

But she kissed him... that's a good sign, right...?]

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-14 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[She holds him close, slowly stroking his hair again.]

.........thank you. [It comes out choked, but she means it, because someone had to make that choice. She couldn't.]
wingenvy: (when day is done)

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[personal profile] wingenvy 2009-07-14 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[......Wait what?]

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-14 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
You did it for his sake, didn't you? ...and for me.
wingenvy: (I'll remember you this)

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[personal profile] wingenvy 2009-07-14 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but... I don't know if he'll see it that way.

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-14 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
He probably won't to start with. [...Aerith, don't be so frank.]
wingenvy: (welcome to the human race)

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[personal profile] wingenvy 2009-07-14 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[...........................WILT.]

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-14 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Hug.] He will. He didn't want to forget me, he wouldn't have wanted to forget anyone else. He'll understand.
wingenvy: (and a bold world for me)

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[personal profile] wingenvy 2009-07-14 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[The hug is reassuring, and while Zack doesn't feel a lot better, he's relieved that Aerith isn't mad.]

I hope you're right...

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-15 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Just a few days. He'll be back soon. It's just a few days, and then we can talk to him.

...I miss him. [It's been two weeks since she could really talk with Cloud, as friends--as lovers--and not as strangers. She's not mad at Zack, but she is scared about John's fix not working.]
wingenvy: (running down the avenue)

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[personal profile] wingenvy 2009-07-15 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Yeah, he... he will... [He gets the feeling he knows what she means; it's been extra-difficult for her, and she's obviously upset by this little development. He just hopes it'll all be for the best in the end.

Even if he hates me, as long as he remembers -her-... it'll be worth it.

When Cloud comes back, maybe he'll even believe that.]

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[identity profile] gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com 2009-07-15 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Aerith just keeps holding onto Zack and a thin smile, repeating to herself that everything will be okay.]