Cloud huffed, embarrassed but at the same time the laugh was familiar enough he knew Zack was just amused and not necessarily laughing at him. But it didn't help his earlier nervous reaction, the reason for which he was now firmly squashing without even acknowledging it. But the last two words brought on a full-on scowl.

"Zack," Cloud said even as he knew protesting would probably just make Zack's point for him, "... fine, I will."

The mutter was somewhere between mutinous and exasperated as Cloud rolled his eyes and did, partly out of pure annoyance, bite off a few bits of it... and then winced, the cold hitting his teeth and piercing his brain.

"... that was dumb."