Kids. Delightful little things. Truthfully, it did bring a smile to Zack's face to see people acting so carefree. One wouldn't know just by watching them that there had been more than one crisis in the last few years. People were actually living again. Of course there is a twinge of regret on Zack's part, if only because a small part of him wished that he could have been around, physically, to help make things better.

However, in no way did he regret what he committed himself to instead. That had turned out for the best after all, didn't it?

In the end, he would be forever grateful to the person that bumped into him. That immediately jerked Zack out and away from those thoughts. Instead he turned, hands out and ready to steady whoevever it was that was -

"Cloud?"

Please, please be the one he knew. Not that the other was horrible by any means. This would definitely save him some time!