[ He sees the looks on Cloud's face, and for a terrible moment, he wonders if this is even really his Cloud at all. He's already heard about another him on a faraway world from Aqua, so he can't even expect that anyone he recognizes from home will necessarily be the same person he knows.
It must be him, though. As many times as Zack has carried and taken care of him during the weeks they were on the run, how could he mistake his own Cloud for another?
Something cracks a little inside him when Cloud says his name (that's all he wanted, ever since he dragged both of them out of the pit of Nibelheim, just to see him open his eyes again), and he's on the verge of crying when Cloud abruptly walks away. Shocked, hurt, and more than a little confused, Zack stares at his retreating back for all of three seconds in stunned silence before he's tearing away from the table and giving chase. ]
Cloud, wait!!
[ The other man is out in the hallway before he finally catches up, and in his haste to catch up, he accidentally smacks right into him. If they don't go down in a heap of limbs, it will be because of Cloud's prowess, not his. ]
i'm not all right
It must be him, though. As many times as Zack has carried and taken care of him during the weeks they were on the run, how could he mistake his own Cloud for another?
Something cracks a little inside him when Cloud says his name (that's all he wanted, ever since he dragged both of them out of the pit of Nibelheim, just to see him open his eyes again), and he's on the verge of crying when Cloud abruptly walks away. Shocked, hurt, and more than a little confused, Zack stares at his retreating back for all of three seconds in stunned silence before he's tearing away from the table and giving chase. ]
Cloud, wait!!
[ The other man is out in the hallway before he finally catches up, and in his haste to catch up, he accidentally smacks right into him. If they don't go down in a heap of limbs, it will be because of Cloud's prowess, not his. ]