[She can hear his sisters from outside, and a fond smile spreads over her lips. She was good friends with all of them, and... they'd come over often for lunch, wouldn't they? All of the kids around the village were friends, but because they lived right next door, their family was always a little more special to Tifa, weren't they? She's having troubles recalling a time when they weren't, but...
Strange. There's a prickling feeling in the back of her neck that has her doubting herself, as she always does. These are her memories... Her memories that she locked away for safekeeping, but there was something off about them. Something she can't quite put her finger on.
And for a very fleeting second as Eustace runs out the door, she sees someone else. A boy with blond hair and clothes a size too big and baggy for him, with bright blue eyes. He's shy, timid... Cloud? But then, just as the realization occurs to her, he disappears as quickly as he had come, replaced again with Eustace, who she grins at when he rushes at her with the bag and her cat.]
Jeeze, you did better than I could.
[Tifa takes Maru into her arms, and he meows and rubs his face on her chin. What a suck-up!]
You can keep that, but you're not supposed to eat it after cake. Mom's— [There's a pause, and the word catches in Tifa's throat. She isn't sure why, but she shakes her head and swallows past that sinking feeling in her stomach. Why...?] Mom's just finishing it up now, but we can probably start getting people gathered at my place!
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Strange. There's a prickling feeling in the back of her neck that has her doubting herself, as she always does. These are her memories... Her memories that she locked away for safekeeping, but there was something off about them. Something she can't quite put her finger on.
And for a very fleeting second as Eustace runs out the door, she sees someone else. A boy with blond hair and clothes a size too big and baggy for him, with bright blue eyes. He's shy, timid... Cloud? But then, just as the realization occurs to her, he disappears as quickly as he had come, replaced again with Eustace, who she grins at when he rushes at her with the bag and her cat.]
Jeeze, you did better than I could.
[Tifa takes Maru into her arms, and he meows and rubs his face on her chin. What a suck-up!]
You can keep that, but you're not supposed to eat it after cake. Mom's— [There's a pause, and the word catches in Tifa's throat. She isn't sure why, but she shakes her head and swallows past that sinking feeling in her stomach. Why...?] Mom's just finishing it up now, but we can probably start getting people gathered at my place!