[He smiles at her, shyly, and hopes he can do this--- a thought broken off by the sudden challenge and Tifa immediately shooting away. Half a second Cloud's left blinking, then;]
Ah---!
[Frowning, he immediately takes off, for a moment not thinking about how much or little she might even mean anything at all she's said while they've been out here on the lake, the chances of him messing up, of failing...
It doesn't matter. Because Cloud Strife is nothing if not competitive enough to try and not just catch up, but win. A crush or not, he's not about to let Tifa win just because she's Tifa without trying to win himself.
So he sets off after her as quickly as he can, heedless of the uneven lake ice and only thinking about the goal. A pretty small goal, given, but that'll work for now.]
:D I think so, yes!
[He smiles at her, shyly, and hopes he can do this--- a thought broken off by the sudden challenge and Tifa immediately shooting away. Half a second Cloud's left blinking, then;]
Ah---!
[Frowning, he immediately takes off, for a moment not thinking about how much or little she might even mean anything at all she's said while they've been out here on the lake, the chances of him messing up, of failing...
It doesn't matter. Because Cloud Strife is nothing if not competitive enough to try and not just catch up, but win. A crush or not, he's not about to let Tifa win just because she's Tifa without trying to win himself.
So he sets off after her as quickly as he can, heedless of the uneven lake ice and only thinking about the goal. A pretty small goal, given, but that'll work for now.]