[She's so, so careful as she opens it, and Tifa's eyes flick up to his with doubt when her fingers pry the little bag open wide enough that she can lower whatever is in it into her hand. She still feels a little bad that she doesn't have anything to give him in return, but when she hears that ever-familiar clink as they land in her palm...
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Tifa's eyes widen and her lips fall open, but any word she might have prepared to say dries right out when she sees the little charms and the dog tags laying there coiled there together. Both pairs. The little moon and the star shimmer, the glass empty, but they all look like they had the night they exchanged them next to the campfire.
She's silent for a while—Shiva knows how long—as she stares down at them, and her fingers curl as everything starts to come rushing back all at once. Tifa doesn't know what it is... it could be grief, regret, happiness, love, everything she's ever felt for him and all of the things she's felt in the last few weeks... but it hits her like a violent wave, mounting to a peak that starts at her chest and ripples all the way through her until she can't take it anymore. Until it all becomes too much for her to fight back.
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Tifa's eyes widen and her lips fall open, but any word she might have prepared to say dries right out when she sees the little charms and the dog tags laying there coiled there together. Both pairs. The little moon and the star shimmer, the glass empty, but they all look like they had the night they exchanged them next to the campfire.
She's silent for a while—Shiva knows how long—as she stares down at them, and her fingers curl as everything starts to come rushing back all at once. Tifa doesn't know what it is... it could be grief, regret, happiness, love, everything she's ever felt for him and all of the things she's felt in the last few weeks... but it hits her like a violent wave, mounting to a peak that starts at her chest and ripples all the way through her until she can't take it anymore. Until it all becomes too much for her to fight back.
Her hands fall to her lap...
She dips her head forward...
And she starts to cry.]