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Cloud took me on the Ferris wheel at the Gold Saucer. It wasn't really a romantic date, though.

I didn't know there was such a thing.

[Wait why wasn't it a romantic date. Cloud! Aerith deserves a romantic date! What kind of man are you.]

Ahh, wait wait! You went to Gold Saucer!? That's so cool!

We ended up in the prison for the most time, actually, but we did go! And I got to be in a play.

[ She's laughing just thinking about it. ]

I guess it was a little bit romantic, but it was mostly just because we were friends.

Huh...

[Maybe he'll try to unpack that later. Definitely a later problem. Or not- not problem. Just A Thing.

Anyway.]

Doesn't matter, really! I think. As long as you had fun with it.

It was nice. The whole group of us got to go together.

[ And then things went... South, but... ]

We got to spend some time in the prison!

[As if his curiosity wasn't already piqued.]

Okay, now you HAVE to share why you went to prison. What kind of great felon am I going out with?

Oh, they thought Baret killed some people, but he didn't.

Shinra being Shinra?

[He... does not actually know who runs Gold Saucer. But Shinra usually makes things worse.]

Something like that. But Cloud won his race so we were allowed to go.

There was a race too??

Yeah! He was really good. It was amazing.

Was it on bikes? He loved our bike.

[At least, he made less alarming head-wobbles when they rode on it. Always felt like a good sign.]

Nope! It was a chocobo race.

Man... you guys really did have all the fun!

[Okay now he's kind of jealous.]

Oh? Are you jealous?

[Say no. Say no, Zack.

ZACK SAY NO]

Yes!! I never went on cool adventures like that. My missions were "go to x and kill some monsters" or "go to y and cover up shinra's latest skeevy experiment or whatever" and because I was 16 and stupid I just went along with it. Now I'm old enough to regret, but MY cross-world adventure was playing doom tag with the Turks and fending off hair-eating clones. And

[And he only ever got betrayed by people who were supposed to care about him and subsequently having to kill them instead of going on wacky adventures with a group of buddies. And then he died.

...That's a bummer. No.]

I'm just a LITTLE jealous. I wanna race chocobos and beat up creeper slumlords and go to prison.

OK maybe not that last part. but you know

[And then, belatedly, because that was a lot-]

sorry

Hm. So you're not jealous I went on a date with Cloud? Got it.

[ Now is not exactly the time to unpick all THAT. ]

Edited 2023-02-26 22:03 (UTC)

What?

[What.]

I mean

you knew I was dead, so like

it's okay if you wanted to move on, I'm not that kinda guy

[Did she want to date Cloud? Wait, does she still want to date Cloud? Wait MAYBE NOT THE TIME TO ASK THAT he kind of wants to, though.]

Okay! I understand! I won't worry about it at all.

[ That's a lie. ]

[Really? Not at all?]

Good! Nothing to worry about.

[And he won't worry either! Much. Or maybe a little. Or maybe he'll ask because WAIT-]

oh my god is that why he doesn't like me???

What? Of course he likes you.

He doesn't talk to me for WEEKS, and he's never the one to start it if we do talk. I think the guy tolerates me at best.

Zack.…

[ You’re kinda dumb sometimes. ]

Cloud had a lot happen to him after you died. I think he feels a lot of different things, but he definitely doesn’t hate you. I’m sure of that.

I said didn't like! Not hate! Even I know that's too harsh. And I know he doesn't remember me. But I think I remind him of the other stuff he doesn't remember, and he doesn't want to. I can't blame him for that, I don't want to either.

I can't pretend I don't see it, though. He's not subtle.

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