[it isn't often that cloud ventures back into the cottage that has been assigned to him. nowadays, he spends more time either at naruto's or at aerith's, if only because the latter is concerned that he is around sephiroth too much—and the former is just needy. the place is quiet far as he can remember, all three residents rather reticent and preferring to keep to themselves, their presence like ghosts, hardly a noise ever stirred as they move about.]
[imagine his surprise when he hears loud footsteps of someone seemingly in a rush, and it's enough for cloud to poke his head out of the living room area, readying himself for the worst—]
Tifa?
[there is no mistaking her face, even if she looks... different, from what cloud remembers.]
[stepping out even further into the hallway to stand in front of her, he's somewhat at a loss (as usual), and isn't too certain what kind of reaction should be expected of him—other than the one that constantly pushes to the forefront of his mind when it comes to tifa.]
Are you alright?
[hands raised automatically, but never reaching forward, uncertainty and hesitation in his actions.]
!! a
[imagine his surprise when he hears loud footsteps of someone seemingly in a rush, and it's enough for cloud to poke his head out of the living room area, readying himself for the worst—]
Tifa?
[there is no mistaking her face, even if she looks... different, from what cloud remembers.]
[stepping out even further into the hallway to stand in front of her, he's somewhat at a loss (as usual), and isn't too certain what kind of reaction should be expected of him—other than the one that constantly pushes to the forefront of his mind when it comes to tifa.]
Are you alright?
[hands raised automatically, but never reaching forward, uncertainty and hesitation in his actions.]