[All of those worries and a few more go through her head between the space of that first unfamiliar noise and the moment he lifts his head and she's already mentally racing through all the different cures and potions and mostly just excessive apologizing she may need for him in response. The second sound he makes has her freezing however. As unprepared as she'd felt for his anger - she's utterly lost at how to respond to... to his...
is he laughing?
For just a second her entire world seems to tilt on its side. She - doesn't think she's ever heard Cloud laugh before. Not - ever. Not even in childhood. He could have just burst into song and surprised her less. For just a moment, it's the only sound in the entire world, that half-stifled, almost silent, broken laughter. It's -
it's maybe the nicest sound she's ever heard.
But it's also the most confusing sound she's ever heard too and her brows pinch down in real worry over her crimson eyes.]
Cloud?
[Her fingers lift from his arm but it's to carefully push his mud dripping bangs back from his forehead, other hand reaching to gingerly wipe a glot of the muck away, checking for blood or swelling, because -]
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is he laughing?
For just a second her entire world seems to tilt on its side. She - doesn't think she's ever heard Cloud laugh before. Not - ever. Not even in childhood. He could have just burst into song and surprised her less. For just a moment, it's the only sound in the entire world, that half-stifled, almost silent, broken laughter. It's -
it's maybe the nicest sound she's ever heard.
But it's also the most confusing sound she's ever heard too and her brows pinch down in real worry over her crimson eyes.]
Cloud?
[Her fingers lift from his arm but it's to carefully push his mud dripping bangs back from his forehead, other hand reaching to gingerly wipe a glot of the muck away, checking for blood or swelling, because -]
Did you hit your head? Are you okay?