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[starshower]

Who: Tifa Lockhart & YOU
What: December catch-all!
Where: Where the threads happen
When: When the threads happen
Content Warnings: N/A

𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘪'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘹 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳. 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌 ★ 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 ★ 𝚐𝚢𝚖𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚞𝚖 ★ 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 ★ 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍 ★ ♫

Comments

[starshower]

[Okay, maybe a little complicated.

Tifa frowns, eyes sympathetic when Aerith's meet hers. She can sense something's a little off about it but doesn't press it when she chooses not to elaborate further. It can easily be chalked up to Shinra keeping SOLDIER in the dark about incoming messages from home, never giving them the messages being sent from their loved ones. It's right up their alley.]

Whether he did or not, seems to me like he still knows you care about him.

[Saying it isn't meant to place any pity on Aerith. It's just an observation on Tifa's part.]

He's been working real hard to make things easier for you since he got here. Making the best of what we've all got, you know? [She snickers at the next part.] Even came to me looking for advice.

[anciently]

Sure am glad to hear that... [ She's never doubted Zack's heart, but it's still difficult. The whole situation is difficult, to say the very, very least. ] And we have all this time here to work it out, so...

[ To be together. To be alive. To be alive together. In the fraction of a second when she blinks, she sees sharp flashes of that other world, and exhales faintly. ]

He's doing a great job. Everyone is. [ She perks up with a smile again, not wanting to contribute to bringing down the mood of their day together! ] Oh? And what kind of advice was he asking after? C'mon, you can tell me!

[ She might not - Tifa is a good friend like that - but Aerith will press lightly, at least for the moment, leaning in a little as if the other woman will whisper it. ]

[starshower]

[Between all of the tasks they've taken on, they've hardly taken the chance to spend time like this together, and so she plans to milk it for all it's worth before it's time to head back. It's nice to have another woman she can talk to like this, even if it is just idle chatter about boys!

She leans in, like she has a secret to tell and there are others around who are at risk of hearing it, but she smiles and punches Aerith gently on the shoulder.]

If you don't know, then I can't tell you what it is! But if you can guess it, then maybe...!

[anciently]

Hmm, hmm... [ Aerith sits back a little, considering it with a thoughtful expression, face turned skyward. ] Is it...about me?

[ That is: is it about the two of them, and where they stand? Aerith has no idea how much Tifa knows about Zack, or his fate, and is deliberately delicate with her questions. ]

You know...about us dating?