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[wingenvy]

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"Zack here! Leave a message!"

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[asphodels]

Stop that!

[ She's grabbing at his phone for real now, frustrated and stubborn. ]

Zack, please! Stop!

[wingenvy]

[He wasn't expecting her to grab for it, and he had it low enough for her to do it, so now of course he's trying to grab it back.]

Hey! Just let me...!

[asphodels]

[ Her fingers are fumbling and Zack is so tall that Aerith has to tiptoe to get momentum. ]

No!

[wingenvy]

[she is the physical embodiment of stubbornness and he's done, done. with an irritated huff he grabs the phone, then grabs her, dumping her right onto his shoulder and holding her there while he goes digging through his contacts again for Cloud. Aha, there he is.]

Hang on, I'm on the phone.

[he knows he's cheating but he just can't be bothered to give a shit anymore. this is sooooo dumb.]

[asphodels]

Zack!

[ She over his shoulder, what, and she smacks at his back with her fists. ]

You jerk!

ELSEWHERE

[moseyin]

[Meanwhile, Cloud is still here in the cafe, staring down at the little toy in his hand while his and Aerith's untouched drinks sweat wet circles into the tablecloth. She was so upset. Ohhhh man, he fucked up so bad just now. He should've just kept his stupid mouth shut...

When his comm buzzes and he pulls it out to see Zack's name on the contact, he winces. What if she went and told him that Cloud wanted her to pick between them? What if he thinks Cloud's trying to steal more away from him?

With great reluctance, Cloud answers the call and cradles the comm between his shoulder and his ear as he gets up to make his way out of the cafe. This might get a little loud.] Cloud.

[wingenvy]

What the hell, Cloud!?

[did you say loud because it's actually EXTRA LOUD]

[moseyin]

[OW YEAH OKAY HE'S MAD] Guh- Zack, look, let me explain-

[wingenvy]

Yeah!?

[He was gonna yell some more but he's honestly dying to hear Cloud's side of this dumpster pile of decision-making. He's still loud, though. That's not likely to change any time soon.]

[moseyin]

[.....oh he's actually gonna let him explain

........................shit does he have an explanation] I wasn't like- I wasn't tryin' to tell her she had to pick or I wouldn't be friends with her. Or anything like that, I just didn't- I wasn't gonna be all hittin' on her if she and you were gonna go out. I didn't know, since she loves you and loved you first, and-

-you are calling about Aerith, right? [Because otherwise things are gonna get even more awkward]

[wingenvy]

[if he wasn't as annoyed as he is right now he'd have said "no" just to hear Cloud try and explain himself after that one. BUT ALAS, NOW IS NOT THE TIME

but okay, that paints a (slightly) clearer picture. cool.]

Of course it's about Aerith. Look- you want to date her, don't you?

[moseyin]

[A VERY, VERY LONG PAUSE]





...I do like her... [LOOK. IT'S SO COMPLICATED]

[wingenvy]

[HE

IS

SO

DONE]

That's not what I asked, Cloud! Do you want to date her or not!?

[VOLUME'S BACK TO 11]

[moseyin]

Damn Zack, ow! Shut up, yes, okay, I want to date her! [GOD YOU'RE ANNOYING SOMETIMES]

[wingenvy]

[FUCK YOU, YOU'RE MORE ANNOYING]

Finally. Okay, cool. Me too.

[Now we're getting somewhere.]

So if she dated us both, would it piss you off? Or would that be fine?

[moseyin]

[moseyin]

.............wait, what? [who is screaming] Zack, is that Aerith?

[wingenvy]

Yeah, nevermind that.

[aerith he is on the phone do you MIND and please stop hitting him]

[moseyin]

Nevermind what?! Zack, did she tell you not to call me? -What do you mean date us both?!

[wingenvy]

Yeah, I dunno, she had it in her head that dating nobody was better. That's dumb, right? I think it's dumb.

[anyway.]

I mean it just like it sounds. You wanna date her, I wanna date her, she wants to date us both. So let's just do it! Doesn't have to be complicated.

[moseyin]

Doesn't h- okay, hold on. [Okay. Give him a minute. He's going to sink down in this park bench and put his head in his hand because what the fuck, man,] ...Zack, how would that even work? Have you done that before?

[wingenvy]

Me? Nah. I've heard about it, though. We'd probably have to all get together and hash out the details if we were gonna do it. I just wanna know if it's an option first. So?

[What did he just say about making it complicated?]

[moseyin]

Does Aerith wanna know if it's an option? [Because that was some very upset screaming, and if she plans on digging in her heels, then...]

[wingenvy]

Aerith didn't want me to ask you for some reason.

[which is weird, right? he doesn't get it.]

[moseyin]

[ZACK..................] Okay......okay, I'm gonna come to you guys so we can all talk about this. This is...weird, but I just wanna hear more from you both before I go makin' any decisions.