{She's not used to romantic gestures, so it always catches her off guard a little when Cloud surprises her with one of them, especially since it's often out of the blue and something that shows he's been paying more attention to her than she was aware. It makes them mean more to her because she knows, whether it's casual or not, that he's completely focused on her when he's doing them. She likes it when he's completely focused on her.
She's watching fireworks out the window, head content on his shoulder and trying to figure out how to explain a metronome so that he'll recognize what she's talking about when he asks his question.
He's serious.
He's serious about the piano and in Cloud fashion is already working out the way to get one and - and her heart gives a little shiver in her chest and she turns her face into his throat.
- and it means he's serious about staying with her.
She knows everything's up in the air for them now when it comes to their future and while she's hoped that it would be together, she's been quietly worried about that too. It was as if he came into her life just at the start of all of this and, now that it's finishing, she's worried that, once it's done, he'll disappear again. It's not rational exactly but telling herself that is only just so effective. She's never wanted anything so strongly in her life and the closer it seems to coming true the more she's been worrying about having it snatched away at the very last second. Being with Cloud isn't the end, she knows that life will go on and there will be new problems to overcome and trials to work though. It will be the beginning of something though and it's something she wants so badly it scares her.
Cloud's not just speculating vaguely about getting a piano - he's making actual plans for their future for it and her hand squeezes his a little where they're linked that way.
She thinks... she thinks if he found them a piano she might even feel brave enough to play it again. If he was there.}
I don't know. I guess we've got a lot of stuff to work out. Together. You might regret it though if I end up asking you to move it around too many times.
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She's watching fireworks out the window, head content on his shoulder and trying to figure out how to explain a metronome so that he'll recognize what she's talking about when he asks his question.
He's serious.
He's serious about the piano and in Cloud fashion is already working out the way to get one and - and her heart gives a little shiver in her chest and she turns her face into his throat.
- and it means he's serious about staying with her.
She knows everything's up in the air for them now when it comes to their future and while she's hoped that it would be together, she's been quietly worried about that too. It was as if he came into her life just at the start of all of this and, now that it's finishing, she's worried that, once it's done, he'll disappear again. It's not rational exactly but telling herself that is only just so effective. She's never wanted anything so strongly in her life and the closer it seems to coming true the more she's been worrying about having it snatched away at the very last second. Being with Cloud isn't the end, she knows that life will go on and there will be new problems to overcome and trials to work though. It will be the beginning of something though and it's something she wants so badly it scares her.
Cloud's not just speculating vaguely about getting a piano - he's making actual plans for their future for it and her hand squeezes his a little where they're linked that way.
She thinks... she thinks if he found them a piano she might even feel brave enough to play it again. If he was there.}
I don't know. I guess we've got a lot of stuff to work out. Together. You might regret it though if I end up asking you to move it around too many times.