Little Moments

Cloud could not help but smirk slightly as the brown-haired woman beside him inched closer, shutting her eyes tightly, and burying her head into his shirt. He wrapped an assuring arm around her shoulder as his other hand sat idly on the sofa armchair. His eyes occasionally looked down in amusement at the sight of his lover but for the most part, they remained focussed on the screen, watching intently as the stalker climbed the stairs, slowly and with purpose. The sound of a sword being unsheathed echoed throughout the room as the man on the screen prepared to attack. Aerith whimpered slowly, her hands fisting into his clothes.

"Tell me when it's over!" she whispered, her eyes still shut tight. For a moment, Cloud considered saying it was over just as the stalker burst into the room and murdered the girl in hiding in a rather brutal way, laughing manically as he did so. But then he fought a hard slap across the cheek was not going to be worth that. Instead, he waited until he was entirely sure that the gruesome part was over before squeezing her shoulder gently.

She pulled away from his chest and looked up at him for a moment before she let herself look at the screen. Her hands were still fisted tightly in his clothes but Cloud did not really mind, he actually liked the fact she relied on him to protect her.

"I don't like this movie," she said softly. "It's too…brutal."

Without a word, Cloud picked up the remote and pressed the big red button. The screen went black and the room was silent for a second.

"You didn't have to do that!" she stated in slight shock but Cloud merely shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't really want to watch a movie on my own," he answered, letting the arm on her shoulder trail slowly down her skin, making her shiver and lean back against him. They remained that way for a few moments, just lying together in the dark room before her voice broke the silence.

"Cloud?"

"Hmm?" he replied, the fingers that were gently playing with her hair stopped as she sat up.

"What would you do if a maniac like that guy in the movie tried to attack me?"

He was silent for a while and she knew she had shocked him with such a question. After a moment, she felt him shift into a sitting position and his hand gently clasping hers.

"He would have to kill me first before I let him near you."