[He takes a few steps forward, but Tifa closes the distance between them before he can.
Giving her a cursory once over, his eyes pause momentarily at her extended hand. Cloud wonders if he should reach and take it, just like she had done when he offered his own on the skywheel. Lingering for a little longer, his gaze slowly flickers back to meet hers. In the end, he decides against his intrusive thought, nodding lightly, the faintest of smiles on his lips.]
Yeah, it's me.
[She has the right to be wary of him, especially after what had happened in Gongaga. How his actions betrayed him and how he feels that he had broken his promise of protecting her, doing the opposite instead. Even if they had some time to talk it out afterward, the guilt would still gnaw him on the inside.
All he could do was reassure her, even if it was simply in the form of words.]
You're making it sound like we didn't just see each other.
[It may have been a few days for him, but he can't imagine it had been far longer for her.]
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Giving her a cursory once over, his eyes pause momentarily at her extended hand. Cloud wonders if he should reach and take it, just like she had done when he offered his own on the skywheel. Lingering for a little longer, his gaze slowly flickers back to meet hers. In the end, he decides against his intrusive thought, nodding lightly, the faintest of smiles on his lips.]
Yeah, it's me.
[She has the right to be wary of him, especially after what had happened in Gongaga. How his actions betrayed him and how he feels that he had broken his promise of protecting her, doing the opposite instead. Even if they had some time to talk it out afterward, the guilt would still gnaw him on the inside.
All he could do was reassure her, even if it was simply in the form of words.]
You're making it sound like we didn't just see each other.
[It may have been a few days for him, but he can't imagine it had been far longer for her.]