[his throat is tight at the request, so he just bites the inside of his cheek as he keeps his gaze away from the other. sephiroth hardly ever shows emotion or makes requests that would otherwise put him in a vulnerable position. cloud knows, perhaps better than anyone, how lonely it's always been for him - how sephiroth built up walls to keep others away, when in fact he was starved for someone who cared for him as a person, not as someone with a celebrity status.]
[cloud nods briskly, his voice coming out quieter than he intends.]
Maybe.
[and it's almost funny how he keeps reaching forward for the other - thrice now - with his hand, grabbing tightly at the lapel of sephiroth's suit.]
Welcome back. Asshole.
[ok, sephiroth deserves to be shit on for a bit longer.]
[cloud remains as he is, poised with his head looking down, focused on the texture of the fabric under his fingers. it's something of a nervous action, uncertain of all the things he wishes to say but also doesn't want to. not right now anyway.]
I have some of your belongings. I could... drop them off some day.
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[his throat is tight at the request, so he just bites the inside of his cheek as he keeps his gaze away from the other. sephiroth hardly ever shows emotion or makes requests that would otherwise put him in a vulnerable position. cloud knows, perhaps better than anyone, how lonely it's always been for him - how sephiroth built up walls to keep others away, when in fact he was starved for someone who cared for him as a person, not as someone with a celebrity status.]
[cloud nods briskly, his voice coming out quieter than he intends.]
Maybe.
[and it's almost funny how he keeps reaching forward for the other - thrice now - with his hand, grabbing tightly at the lapel of sephiroth's suit.]
Welcome back. Asshole.
[ok, sephiroth deserves to be shit on for a bit longer.]
[cloud remains as he is, poised with his head looking down, focused on the texture of the fabric under his fingers. it's something of a nervous action, uncertain of all the things he wishes to say but also doesn't want to. not right now anyway.]
I have some of your belongings. I could... drop them off some day.