A decade of service to Gaia and her people and Cloud still finds no solace as crisis looms. Once more, it's up to him and the rest of the Planet's heroes to reunite and protect their world. And maybe, just maybe, he'll finally get to go home.

It's Cloud's birthday. He opts for a gift in the very non-traditional sense when given the chance.

No, Jean in a swimsuit is most definitely not distracting Diluc from taking on the Golden Apple Archipelago's Abyss Order stronghold. The fact that Aether got to see her in it and called her "cute" is also something that is not bothering the former Knight.

They're so close to what they want. And they'd have it. If only one of them would just say something.

Kaeya and Lisa find out Diluc and Jean have made plans together. Alone. With nobody else. They decide to spy on them.

Windblume rolls around. Mondstadt, City of Freedom, becomes the City of Love. And despite Diluc's best efforts to stay away from the festivities, Jean has a certain effect on him that he can't help but act on.

A blonde man with blue eyes wakes up in a theater, surrounded by men and women in a waltz, leaving him to look for his own partner.

There are some things only men will understand.

The young man and woman living together at Seventh Heaven have initiated that dangerous game that men and women always play with one another. Their friends get to watch hilarity ensue. But one of them has far loftier goals in mind than just playing around forever.

As the year ends, Zack and Aerith decide to give all those they care for a gift.

Tifa Lockhart is a martial artist. She's fast. She's strong. She doesn't miss a step. But no one is immune to a proverbial "foot-in-mouth" moment from time to time.

He's disappeared. She doesn't know why. Then one day they're under one roof again. It's confusing. But maybe a few old songs from Wutai can help them figure things out.

For all of life's twists and turns, Barret has always found himself as a parent one way or another.

Things aren't always clear when it comes to her relationship with Cloud. Tifa knows that. That's the way it's always been between them. But maybe a favor for a friend will give her the chance to say what she's been feeling for so long.

The world needed heroes. It needed him. So to be one, he cut the most important strings of all. Ten years later, Cloud finds a way to keep going.

A year after Deepground, things don't go as planned. With his family in pieces, it's up to Cloud to make things right. With his kids and his friends behind him, maybe he'll be just fine. And maybe he'll find someone he lost.