[He lifts his hand to cup around hers, lips curving into a broader grin.]
Yeah... hell yeah. I don't wanna be anywhere else.
[In his younger days he'd always been a bit wild- eager for adventure, thirsting for a fight, loving it all the while - as Aerith herself had said, the day they first met, it was the way of SOLDIER. But over time, getting to know her better, spending his free time in her company, he'd become less and less satisfied with his missions. In part because of how dark those days had been, sure, but also because it dragged him away from her time and again. It was exhausting. He'd missed her. She'd managed to tame the monster; Angeal would've laughed.
He'd thought, so often in Nibelheim, about that last phone call. Vowing to call her back. Never getting the chance.
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Yeah... hell yeah. I don't wanna be anywhere else.
[In his younger days he'd always been a bit wild- eager for adventure, thirsting for a fight, loving it all the while - as Aerith herself had said, the day they first met, it was the way of SOLDIER. But over time, getting to know her better, spending his free time in her company, he'd become less and less satisfied with his missions. In part because of how dark those days had been, sure, but also because it dragged him away from her time and again. It was exhausting. He'd missed her. She'd managed to tame the monster; Angeal would've laughed.
He'd thought, so often in Nibelheim, about that last phone call. Vowing to call her back. Never getting the chance.
God, he's had enough of walking away from her.]
Aerith... I'm gonna stay this time.