[ If Cloud had any interactions with bigger social gatherings, he was content in being the one on the sidelines. Keeping quiet or lending himself to a smaller group so he doesn't feel overwhelmed. He didn't have plans to become the life of any party, but...he'd be a liar. A bold-faced liar if he said that the time he spent between Nippon and the realm of Ellipsa hadn't created a shift in him. Just a little. Enough that the proposal by the other couple doesn't make him pause out of reluctance anymore.
Instead, her beau coolly answers right after her, hands on his hips with confidence: ]
You're on, you two.
[ He'd warn that he can have a big appetite, but he already did his friendly smack talk on the way out to the park. Returning Ayaka's smile with a matching confident one of his own before his attention briefly shifts to Tartaglia. The mention of a Delusion... That's different from a Vision. Yet he can see on his person the Element of Hydro. Was...that not a Vision then? A question for another time. ]
So it's just good old endurance, then. [ This is going to be so silly and yet, there's a little bit of pride he feels he needs to protect for both his and Ayaka's sake in it all. ] Copy that.
[ Right, then. Seeing Yoimiya take a steady grip of her boyfriend's shoulders, he'll bend down for Ayaka once they've reached what they've pegged as the starting line. ]
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Instead, her beau coolly answers right after her, hands on his hips with confidence: ]
You're on, you two.
[ He'd warn that he can have a big appetite, but he already did his friendly smack talk on the way out to the park. Returning Ayaka's smile with a matching confident one of his own before his attention briefly shifts to Tartaglia. The mention of a Delusion... That's different from a Vision. Yet he can see on his person the Element of Hydro. Was...that not a Vision then? A question for another time. ]
So it's just good old endurance, then. [ This is going to be so silly and yet, there's a little bit of pride he feels he needs to protect for both his and Ayaka's sake in it all. ] Copy that.
[ Right, then. Seeing Yoimiya take a steady grip of her boyfriend's shoulders, he'll bend down for Ayaka once they've reached what they've pegged as the starting line. ]