"I think you're supposed to be responsible before that," Cloud said, shaking his head and trying not to smile. Somehow Zack usually just managed to pull them out of him, and obviously Zack was Zack so that went for this one too.

Even just seeing Zack was enough to make Cloud feel happy. That thought, even if Cloud wasn't going to think much on it because it was a little embarrassing, disappeared when Zack continued and his head shot up.

"Wh---" Cloud flushed, then huffed, annoyed and embarrassed in one. Because that comment made him think about his hurried attempt to down the drink his older self had given him, and while he'd been upset and that was probably why it'd gone down slightly wrong, Zack wasn't actually... necessarily wrong.

"... that's not true," he muttered, crossing his arms over his chest and looking away, watching a couple of children run by, laughing. "Doesn't it have more to do with how much you've drunk, not your age?"

... not that that was much of a defense, because Cloud really hadn't had a lot of alcohol yet.