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When; This morning.
Rating; G?
Characters; Cloud [

conflictive], Tifa [

heavenfists], Zack [

yourarmor], Aerith [

flowerblooming, and Eiko [

moonlit_jewel]
Summary; The crew all meet up at the carousel, with Eiko in tow. :3 It's a happy little reunion, of the non-Sephiroth kind. >>;
Log;

Although the carousel had a large number of people surrounding it the previous night, Tifa found that it was very quiet this morning as she waited to meet up with her friends. She was sitting on a bench nearby the structure, still a little weary to ride on it herself. She had no idea how that Hisoka fellow had gotten so much confidence to do so, let alone sing on top of it. It was nice, though, to see people enjoying themselves despite the circumstance.

She did not have much to do while she waited, but she still did so patiently, occasionally checking her phone for new e-mail messages or voicemails and coming up short each time. Oh well, she knew they'd all arrive sooner or later.

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Should two men embrace each other in front of this carousel, which looked slightly to...what's the word? Childish? Be taken as strange? Most indefinitely. Eiko made the connection that 'Spike!' was what Zack called Cloudly then again; 'Cloudly' wasn't exactly the man's correct name either. Emerald eyes stared at the hugging men and now twirling duo almost second guessing herself if these were indeed the people that she were to meet.

"They're...freaks..." she thought her face going slightly pale and her wings drooping from the scene. "And I'll be traveling with these kinds of people? ...I'm sure Grandpa and Mog would tell me not to worry...but my GOD."

Peeling her eyes from the frightening display of friendship before she looked for what would be Tifa. Spotting her next to another woman dressed in pink, Eiko reconsidered dubbing them freaks. Well, at least the female party. They looked normal enough.

Upon hearing a voice from above call to her, Eiko looked up too see Zack who was slowly becoming, Mr. Luvs n' Tugs. "Hello there yourself, Zack! You know Cloudly too?" Eiko's voice rang as she swung her arms behind her back and swayed from side to side.

Nothing could have adequately prepared Cloud for the embrace (or, more accurately, "Zack hug") that enveloped him upon his arrival. It was silly of him not to have expected it, though, considering this was, after all, Zack. Finding himself incapable of controlling the mad grin that was threatening to take over his face, Cloud decided to put off reprimanding Zack for ruining his hair in favor of taking in the sight of him.

He was as robust as ever, exuding that same persistent aura of sheer well-being, which often proved dangerously contagious. Radiant, Cloud liked to think. And he was as good with the children as he'd always been, it seemed. Eiko looked eager enough as Zack beamed down on her.

Seeing him now, Cloud realized that regardless of everything he'd gone through or how much he claimed to have matured, around Zack, he'd always be the same awkward, starry-eyed adolescent boy who'd once aspired, with all the hope in the world, to become a Soldier.

Leave it to Zack to make Cloud feel like a kid again. It was a good feeling, though. Like he was safe, at last, and that everything would be okay. It was childish, he knew, but it felt right.