"All of us were," he amended. Zack knew what his nickname was when it came to Angeal. Fair was also aware that he really was the tag along for those missions and he likely annoyed Sephiroth and Genesis to start with. It wasn't until he mellowed out, just a little, that any sort of comradeship formed.
The way that Cloud ducked his head, the words that he was trying to push out... No that wouldn't do. Zack wasn't going to let Strife finish that sentence. He pulled the blonde off to the side, into an alley so that they'd be off of the main road and so that he'd be able to lean against the wall.
"Don't," he warned, a bit more harsh than what he intended. Cloud didn't need to think that Zack regretted anything. He didn't.
Things were still a little fuzzy in his brain, but that wasn't going to stop him. He shrugged Cloud off of him and held that stupid kid's face in his hands. It was the only way to get Cloud to look at him.
"You didn't do anythin' like that. You didn't get me anythin' okay?" he tried to reason. "If you hadn't been in th' picture, then Tifa an' me might have died."
He swallowed and sighed, trying to find the words to say because wow Cloud, wow. His head was heavy still and it fell onto Cloud's with a soft thump. "And even if we had... You stopped Sephirth. More than once! If you weren't there when I broke out I dunno if I would have. I dunno if I wouldn't have turned myself in if I didn't have you to think 'bout. I might've died for you, Cloud Strife, but I don't regret any of it."
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The way that Cloud ducked his head, the words that he was trying to push out... No that wouldn't do. Zack wasn't going to let Strife finish that sentence. He pulled the blonde off to the side, into an alley so that they'd be off of the main road and so that he'd be able to lean against the wall.
"Don't," he warned, a bit more harsh than what he intended. Cloud didn't need to think that Zack regretted anything. He didn't.
Things were still a little fuzzy in his brain, but that wasn't going to stop him. He shrugged Cloud off of him and held that stupid kid's face in his hands. It was the only way to get Cloud to look at him.
"You didn't do anythin' like that. You didn't get me anythin' okay?" he tried to reason. "If you hadn't been in th' picture, then Tifa an' me might have died."
He swallowed and sighed, trying to find the words to say because wow Cloud, wow. His head was heavy still and it fell onto Cloud's with a soft thump. "And even if we had... You stopped Sephirth. More than once! If you weren't there when I broke out I dunno if I would have. I dunno if I wouldn't have turned myself in if I didn't have you to think 'bout. I might've died for you, Cloud Strife, but I don't regret any of it."