Clouds eyes blinked open. He was in a small white-washed room with a single window on the wall to the left of his bed. On the right was a white, wooden door. The bed he was on was a small wooden one and he was under a thin, blue and white stripped blanket. At the side of his bed was a small table with a little lamp and a glass of water on it. As he looked up at the plain ceiling a familiar face popped into his view.

"Your finally awake" She chimed, holding Clouds hand.

"Yeah..." Cloud said awkwardly trying to sit up.

He looked over his wounds; His shoulder had been put back in place and there was a small bandage round it for support. His hand had a heavy cast on it. wont be moving that for a while he thought to himself. He had some painful looking bruises on his bare chest and lumps on his head from were it had been whacked a load.

"Are you okay Cloud?" She asked, interrupting his body search.

Cloud looked up "Uh yeah I'm fine Tifa" He smiled. "Were is Zack?"

"Oh uh..." Tifa looked down "He's uh...in the next room over if you wanna go see him"

Cloud sat bolt upright. "Is Zack hurt?"

"Uh...yes..." Tifa said trying to sound calm to re assure Cloud.

"How? He seemed fine when he got me out the forgotten city..." Cloud trailed off still trying to piece together what happened.

"Yes... but when the Infrit attacked the Highwind he got hurt"

"What?"

"Oh you don't remember? Well Cid and Yuffie came and got you both and on the way here someone summoned an Infrit and it attacked the Highwind. It smashed though the medical bay window and Zack got hurt...but Cid, Yuffie, Vincent and I fought it off" Tifa explained.

Cloud got up off the bed wincing and limped to the door.

"Cloud stop" Cloud felt a strong but soft hand grab his shoulder.

"No. I need to make sure Zack's okay" Cloud said pushing Tifas hand off.

"But you need to rest" Tifa said sounding concerned.

Cloud walked out the room and went to the door next to his. He slowly pushed the door open to see a room almost identical to his. Yuffie was sat by Zacks bed. Cloud knew Yuffie had a thing for Zack and he found it kind of cute. Zack was laying motionless in his bed and had an IV attached to his arm. Yuffie looked up at the sound of Cloud walking into the room.

"Hey Cloud your awake!" Yuffie said waving at Cloud.

"Is Zack okay?" Cloud said pulling a chair up to Zacks bed next to Yuffie.

"Uh...yeah I think so" Yuffie said smiling re assuringly.

Cloud held out his hand. "Can I have my materia back now?"

Yuffie sighed and handed over a bag of materia to Cloud.

"And Zacks" Cloud demanded.

"Aaawwwww" Yuffie whined.

"Yuffie its not yours so hand it over" Cloud shook his hand for emphasis.

"Hmf...fine" Yuffie shoved another bag of materia in Clouds open hand.

"Thank you" Cloud half smiled as he put the materia in his pocket. The blonde then looked back to Zack. Cloud couldn't help but smile to himself. Zack was lied on his side facing Yuffie and Cloud with the arm his IV was attached to hanging off the bed and his other hand naturally curled by his face. This position did not look particularly comfortable but Zack was still smiling the same way he always did when he slept.

"Cloud" Yuffies voice interrupted Clouds thoughts. The blondes eyes flicked up to look at Yuffies. "Will Zack be okay?" Yuffie sounded really worried.

"Yeah...Zacks always okay" Cloud said trying to sound as optimistic as possible.