[ it's so sad that tifa's the only one with braincells here. leo's bouncing between being amused that tifa's just... like... talking while eating, amused that cloud's... cloud, and. well. pausing just the slightest about their familiarity with each other?

he's stuffing the chocolate cake sample in his mouth in that lull. he'll try not to choke on it as he recovers and laughs, even if it would be doing everyone in this room a favor. ]

Mmmph... I never shaid-- [ let him finish this, ] --I never said I was playing everything all at once! But I get it. An edible lullaby... Lemme know when it pops up, I wanna try something warm and loving like that!

[ taking a glance at cloud.... ]

Soooo, you don't gotta defend yourself anymore. Like what you like, Cloud!

[ in the end the dramatic speeches weren't even necessary but he's gonna pretend to question his choices more if it gets him hilarious responses like that.

oh, no, ]