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And When Your Faith is Gone

May 17, 2010 03:20

Characters: Zack and Cloud
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Zack needs to slap some sense into Cloud
Location: Luca
Date: Late May, 1804
Warnings: Angstu~

( If it's a friend you need, let it be me. )

zack fair, cloud strife

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firstclassdream May 17 2010, 03:05:31 UTC

Zack had slept for what felt like a day when they got back to Luca. Not having his mako had given his body a bit of a shock and while he was feeling ten times better than before he was still a bit off. He wouldn't worry about it though, it would only last for a bit and then he would be back to normal in no time.

That aside, there was something else that was worrying Zack more than his lack of glowing eyes. Cloud. Hearing Cloud blame himself over what had happened did not sit well with Zack. Between feeling sick and having Tifa there, Zack didn't bring anything up. But now that he was feeling better that was going to change.

Finding Cloud wasn't hard, Zack always had a great record on finding the blond. He walked over and sat down with his legs crossed so not to get his boots wet. In a rare moment Zack wasn't sure what to say and he so looked out at the water before speaking.

"So, ya done beating yourself up, Spike?"

loveandstrife May 17 2010, 03:17:27 UTC

It was awkward conversations like this that made Cloud glad he didn't have a voice. Shifting away slightly as Zack sat and spoke, the blonde didn't reply. Not verbally nor physically, and he just kept on splashing his feet in the water.

He wasn't beating himself up, or so he thought. He just knew what he was guilty of and didn't hide the fact that he deserved blame for it. If he hadn't insulted Sephiroth so horrendously, he wouldn't have been killed, wouldn't have lost his voice and would have been able to call out to Zack and save him from the dragon. If he'd just stayed away from that nethicite, this chain of events wouldn't have happened.

Sighing without a sound, Cloud pulled his shirt off, after shedding his sunglasses, diving into the water a moment later, trying to avoid Zack.

firstclassdream May 17 2010, 03:37:07 UTC

Of all the reactions, this was one Zack had not planned on. Frowning, Zack had to fight the want to pull his hair out.

"Fine! If you wanna play this way, fine." Zack muttered to himself while yanking his boots off. "I'll come right after you, mountain boy." Tossing his shirt on the dock, Zack drove into the water after Cloud.

"You know me better than this, Cloud. I'm not gonna let you mope like this. There's no damn reason for it!"

loveandstrife May 17 2010, 03:43:15 UTC

Cloud could just about hide his smirk. Seeing Zack react like that made him want to laugh, but he'd learned how to control those sorts of reactions a lot better than the sorrowful ones.

As his friend dove into the water, Cloud took a breath and dove under the surface, swimming further out, half expecting Zack to grab him by his ankle.

It was probably mean for him to make Zack chase him like this when he had lost his mako, but he wasn't going to just give in. Besides, he couldn't help but blame himself when he was certain he was at fault for letting things happen around him without trying to stop them.

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