The words struck Zack like a shivering lightening bolt. Planting his feet hard on the ground and the chills down his spine presenting itself as bumps along his forearms.
He had learned that any piece of information pertaining to the past had only caused Cloud grief in the form of headaches or more. The past wasn't something he wanted to revisit. He didn't want to talk about this with Cloud. He couldn't—
And so the ex-SOLDIER grew deathly silent. He dropped his gaze, finding anywhere but the other to be more interesting. His hands fidgeted, his body tensed, and as his head ducked down Zack simply resigns to shaking it back and forth. ]
That's— [ He begins, finding the words aren't coming as easy as before. His throat feels so dry all of a sudden.
He did have an explanation, and a good one at that. but now he was caught between telling his truth, or hurting Cloud in the process.
...
He wasn't going to hurt Cloud. Not ever again. ]
—That's none of your business. [ He didn't mean for it to come out as harsh, but if he needed to play the villain here.... then so be it. ]
no subject
"Where were you?"
The words struck Zack like a shivering lightening bolt. Planting his feet hard on the ground and the chills down his spine presenting itself as bumps along his forearms.
He had learned that any piece of information pertaining to the past had only caused Cloud grief in the form of headaches or more. The past wasn't something he wanted to revisit. He didn't want to talk about this with Cloud. He couldn't—
And so the ex-SOLDIER grew deathly silent. He dropped his gaze, finding anywhere but the other to be more interesting. His hands fidgeted, his body tensed, and as his head ducked down Zack simply resigns to shaking it back and forth. ]
That's— [ He begins, finding the words aren't coming as easy as before. His throat feels so dry all of a sudden.
He did have an explanation, and a good one at that. but now he was caught between telling his truth, or hurting Cloud in the process.
...
He wasn't going to hurt Cloud. Not ever again. ]
—That's none of your business. [ He didn't mean for it to come out as harsh, but if he needed to play the villain here.... then so be it. ]