[ semi - closed ] Catch All

[makoglow]

Who: Cloud + Others
Status: Semi-Closed | No prompts but starters available upon request
Where: Various
What: MANTA stuff or other things as needed
Warnings: TBA

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🌳🌸 Aerith

[makoglow]

[ He should have figured that he would end up tied to more people as time wears on. It's... Almost comical to him that this time it is Aerith of all people. Having it be her feels like something coming full circle. To have another moment where they are just having to share the day in one another's company.

Some things just don't change. ]

So where do you want to go?

[everblooms]

Well. [ Well.

They can't just go sidling up to Avalanche just yet, she supposes. Stuck to Cloud like this, it feels a little like they're back on Gaia, in the streets of Midgar— she knows the streets well enough for an adventure, but there's more to it this time. They both know this place. She can't just take him galivanting through the sector, again. ]

There's this place I know that... [ She offers it up haltingly, almost if to tease him the longer she takes to say it. With a simple smile, Aerith looks up at Cloud, her hands folding over her mid-section before remembering the invisible thread holding them together, and immediately returns one of her hands to her side. ] Seems pretty special.

[ Not that she's waiting for him to confirm. Already, Aerith takes to stepping in the direction of where it is she wants to go; she'd visited during the day, and thought it was a stunning, ethereal sight, and something feels right about seeing it with Cloud. In some ways, it feels like the best apology she can offer him. ]

Let's check it out together. [ Her smile is just a touch sardonic when she turns to look at him over her shoulder: He doesn't have a choice, as always. ]

By the way, Cloud. You got a favorite flower?

[makoglow]

[ They could, he supposes. But do they really want to? Cloud figures that Aerith would want to go someplace. She has a habit of tending to take Cloud around. Would be a shame to put a stop to that tradition.

And he's met with her keeping him on edge for a moment. Looking at him with that smile, as if Aerith knows that Cloud - despite how standoffish he appears - kind of looks for those excuses. He acts more put out than he ever actually is. The blonde watches her hands, his free fist coming up to hide a chuckle with a bit of a cough. Seems like she is trying to be mindful all the way around.

Somewhere special, huh? Cloud gives a nod, not really doing anything to hide the bit of a smile in his eye. ]

Sure thing. Gonna guess that you'll lead us there?

[ Because that's what she does. Aerith is just like that. Even if they hadn't been tethered together, Cloud probably would have went with her. ]

...A favorite flower? [ He sounds so serious as he hums in consideration. ] Maybe I do.

[ Maybe trying to play at Aerith's own game. Just a little. ]

[everblooms]

[ "Maybe I do," he says, voice drifting along coastal scented winds and over the swish of ocean waters. Aerith tosses him a look, staring up at Cloud with a playfully furrowed brow. The loop of her arm finds his, and Aerith presses her elbow into Cloud's say with a dramatic, childish sigh. ]

Gonna make me guess now, are you? [ After all, he doesn't offer up the information easily. Ahead of them is a gray road that conjoins with another cobblestone pathway, meeting to paint a neutral-toned horizon that is smattered with the colorful frames of numerous individuals walking in the same direction. Briefly, she considers chiding him for ruining a date so early, but the words don't escape her throat just yet. ]

Alright. How 'bout... Foxglove?

[makoglow]

[ Yeah, he can't quite maintain the usual look. There's a smile that tugs at the edges of his lips. It reaches his eyes, where they seem to light up just a little. ]

Maybe. You already have a pretty big clue.

[ Is he really ruining the date though? Or just giving Aerith some of what she had given him? ]

So not foxglove.