The sun was high as the Tiny Bronco skimmed over the surface of the
water. Cid grimaced slightly and he wiped the sweat from his brow, pushing
his goggles a bit farther up on his head.
Yuffie giggled at the red lines embedded in Cid's head. "Nice goggle lines." She smirked. Cid just shook his head and continued piloting the plane down the coast of Wutai. Cid was very attached to that plane. It was his baby. It used to fly, until that incident in Rocket Town with Shinra.
'Damn Cloud,' he thought, 'him and his damn problems. I can't believe I let him take her. She worked fine until he came along and let goddamn Shinra shoot her down!' Cid took one last drag off his cigarette and flicked it into the wind, a small trail of ashes blowing onto his coat. He brushed them off and banked right, out into deeper waters.
Yuffie stretched out on the wing and tilted her head up toward the sun. "Cheer up, Cid. It's a nice day, and you've got your plane back. You can fix it when you get home, anyway!" She sent a light kick into his shoulder, and he could only smile.
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Cloud stood at the helm of the airship, piloting it toward Cosmo Canyon. It seemed like a new home to him, as he did not have one after Sephiroth had burned down
Nibelheim. He felt welcome in Tifa's 7th Heaven back in Midgar, but that was not a pleasant place anymore. Not that it ever was, to him, anyway. He stared ahead, wondering how anyone could have enjoyed living in the slums and shadows of that awful place, ignoring the tugging at his pants leg.
Red XIII growled and pulled harder on Cloud's pants. "Hey! Stop!" Cloud jerked and looked around confusedly. He pulled the ship to a slow speed and lowered his gaze to the creature beside him. Red looked up. "Smooth, Cloud. We passed Cosmo Canyon about five minutes ago."
"Sorry…"Cloud sighed and turned the airship around. He sped back toward the canyon and dropped the ship down at the base of the hill. Everybody unloaded, Vincent slipped off on his own, and Tifa stopped Cloud at the top of the rope ladder.
"Hey, you. What's the matter?" She poked a finger into the middle of his chest. Cloud took a half step back and looked down at her finger. He wrapped his fingers lightly around her wrist and took her hand away.
"Nothing is the matter. Let's go." He stepped around her and went down the ladder. Tifa stood on the above, watched him climb down, and sighed. She took one last look around the deck and started down the ladder to join the others.
Barret tapped her on the shoulder when her feet touched the ground; she jumped. "Hey.. Don't worry about the kid. He'll be all right. You've seen him like this before. He just gets all f***ed up. Wrapped up in his own thoughts. You know." She nodded, placed a soft pat on his shoulder, and headed toward the rest of the group, Barret close in tow.
Yuffie giggled at the red lines embedded in Cid's head. "Nice goggle lines." She smirked. Cid just shook his head and continued piloting the plane down the coast of Wutai. Cid was very attached to that plane. It was his baby. It used to fly, until that incident in Rocket Town with Shinra.
'Damn Cloud,' he thought, 'him and his damn problems. I can't believe I let him take her. She worked fine until he came along and let goddamn Shinra shoot her down!' Cid took one last drag off his cigarette and flicked it into the wind, a small trail of ashes blowing onto his coat. He brushed them off and banked right, out into deeper waters.
Yuffie stretched out on the wing and tilted her head up toward the sun. "Cheer up, Cid. It's a nice day, and you've got your plane back. You can fix it when you get home, anyway!" She sent a light kick into his shoulder, and he could only smile.
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Cloud stood at the helm of the airship, piloting it toward Cosmo Canyon. It seemed like a new home to him, as he did not have one after Sephiroth had burned down
Nibelheim. He felt welcome in Tifa's 7th Heaven back in Midgar, but that was not a pleasant place anymore. Not that it ever was, to him, anyway. He stared ahead, wondering how anyone could have enjoyed living in the slums and shadows of that awful place, ignoring the tugging at his pants leg.
Red XIII growled and pulled harder on Cloud's pants. "Hey! Stop!" Cloud jerked and looked around confusedly. He pulled the ship to a slow speed and lowered his gaze to the creature beside him. Red looked up. "Smooth, Cloud. We passed Cosmo Canyon about five minutes ago."
"Sorry…"Cloud sighed and turned the airship around. He sped back toward the canyon and dropped the ship down at the base of the hill. Everybody unloaded, Vincent slipped off on his own, and Tifa stopped Cloud at the top of the rope ladder.
"Hey, you. What's the matter?" She poked a finger into the middle of his chest. Cloud took a half step back and looked down at her finger. He wrapped his fingers lightly around her wrist and took her hand away.
"Nothing is the matter. Let's go." He stepped around her and went down the ladder. Tifa stood on the above, watched him climb down, and sighed. She took one last look around the deck and started down the ladder to join the others.
Barret tapped her on the shoulder when her feet touched the ground; she jumped. "Hey.. Don't worry about the kid. He'll be all right. You've seen him like this before. He just gets all f***ed up. Wrapped up in his own thoughts. You know." She nodded, placed a soft pat on his shoulder, and headed toward the rest of the group, Barret close in tow.