[Tifa feels it too—that same piercing in her chest when his hand finds her face. This is more than just ink scribbled over a piece of parchment, more than just a scene. She can feel the conviction in what he sings, and that trickle of belief beneath all of the ambiguity of what they are, and that maybe this song was partly written not for Romeo and Juliet, but for them.
There is a pull, and a desire to believe it with all her heart that they could do exactly that, but she knows what's on that last page.
So she opens her mouth to say as much, but she's so caught up in the moment of him lowering himself to her that she's forgotten briefly that they were in the middle of their musical number, and song comes out instead with a voice so strong that may surprise.]
You think it's easy... You think I don't wanna run to you.
[Tifa dips out from under him again, escaping the hold he has on her. She only spins a foot away, but her eyes fill with desperation when they fall back to him, the words clearly paining her to say.]
But there are mountains, And there are doors that we can't walk through.
[A single beat passes when a realization dawns on her, and she averts her gaze.
But then she returns to him, expecting him to catch her when her body comes flush against his, her leg coming up to wrap around his waist, and her hand runs over the cursed scales spread across his cheek. Her breath tickles his lips, and as much as she'd prefer the song to end now, she continues, voice softening as if she were keeping it from an enraptured audience—a moment for just the two of them—]
I know you're wondering why because we're able to be... Just you and me within these walls...
[Before her voice grows in her chest again.]
But when we go outside, you're gonna wake up and see That it was hopeless after all...
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There is a pull, and a desire to believe it with all her heart that they could do exactly that, but she knows what's on that last page.
So she opens her mouth to say as much, but she's so caught up in the moment of him lowering himself to her that she's forgotten briefly that they were in the middle of their musical number, and song comes out instead with a voice so strong that may surprise.]
You think it's easy...
You think I don't wanna run to you.
[Tifa dips out from under him again, escaping the hold he has on her. She only spins a foot away, but her eyes fill with desperation when they fall back to him, the words clearly paining her to say.]
But there are mountains,
And there are doors that we can't walk through.
[A single beat passes when a realization dawns on her, and she averts her gaze.
But then she returns to him, expecting him to catch her when her body comes flush against his, her leg coming up to wrap around his waist, and her hand runs over the cursed scales spread across his cheek. Her breath tickles his lips, and as much as she'd prefer the song to end now, she continues, voice softening as if she were keeping it from an enraptured audience—a moment for just the two of them—]
I know you're wondering why because we're able to be...
Just you and me within these walls...
[Before her voice grows in her chest again.]
But when we go outside, you're gonna wake up and see
That it was hopeless after all...