"Damn it!"

"What? What happened?" Cloud's trouble-sense tingled.

"I broke a glass." You sighed. "I suck."

"No, you're just…very clumsy."

"Shut it, Strife, before I rearrange your pretty face."

"…What? Are you angry with me?"

Glasslike, so easily cracked and fragile. He was so easily led into thinking you hated him. He wasn't Zack, with whom you could've traded insults for hours.

He was insecure.

"No. I just…I don't mean any of it. I'm just upset that I broke this."

"I understand."

"That's why I love you."

"You just said…you loved me."

"Because I do, stupi…Cloud. Because I do."