All blustered, and bustling life They search for the color you can never quite see

[wutaian_rose]

WHO: Yuffie wutaian_rose , Cloud amongstheclouds , and Tifa anunlockedheart 
WHAT:  Retrieving  the Chocobo head
WHERE: The Marketplace
WHEN: 192...I think. I'm not sure.

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[amongstheclouds]

Tifa's opening had raised a small concern in Cloud. He knew that sometimes yes, he did give up, but what kind of forfeit would cost him his life? There was only one thing he could think of... but could it really be that?

He hoped he was interpreting it wrong.

Cloud couldn't keep that hope when Yuffie began to speak, though. It was usually a difficult task to see into the blond's head, but right now? His eyes, although now staring at the ground, gave him away immediately. They were troubled, as they should be, and almost disbelieving. "The darkness... consumed me?" Without thinking or even realizing, he took one step back.

The blond was silent for the longest time as Yuffie continued on, listening but still mainly concerned with what happened to him the last time he was here. Could it really... be possible that he had become that weak?

"Gaia..." He echoed, finding the word entirely unfamiliar. It was pretty strange to hear that Yuffie was now only two years younger than him too, but he left that alone. Cloud's characteristic silence followed once more until finally, his troubled blue eyes settled on the girls again.

And then, he quietly murmured his second apology of the day.