For someone that had been surrounded closely by teammates that she considered friends for her entire short memory, it had been harder than she'd wanted to admit on Tifa winding up in a new world without anyone. She hadn't let it stop her and she'd known she'd make new friends, find new teammates but... it had been lonely, being on her own here. She would have been glad to see Cloud for a lot of reasons that ran the range from simply being a familiar piece of a brutal world she recognized to the deeper, quiet feeling of belonging that seemed to come over her whenever she was near him to the simplicity of the fact that she really had liked him, right from the first moment she'd met him, apparently again, on that rock surrounded by green and threatened by an enemy. And, chances were, she would have tagged along after him whether he'd welcomed her or not in this place, at least unless he'd made it very clear he didn't want her. This was better though, this feeling of being able to meet whatever came ahead next to someone she trusted, someone she wanted to stand next to. So she reached up and laid her hand over his where it rested on her shoulder for a moment. Even through their gloves it was a promise. Together. She didn't have to be alone anymore. Neither one of them did. She gave his hand a squeeze and then let go, turning toward the hatch that would lead below deck.
slowly... little by little... it'll come back...
"If you don't mind, maybe we can check on Red and Cid. That's my mog and chocobo. I left my pack with them and I've got some honey tea in it." The look over her shoulder was still bright, lighter than she'd felt in a long time, but there was a quiet comforting understanding in her eyes too for him. She hadn't forgotten the way he'd looked when she'd first come up. "We can talk about what we're doing here - and maybe some more about what we did before this world if you don't mind." He hadn't been wrong. There was a bounce to her step and it was that same happiness that had her catching his hand to head below and flashing him another smile. "Come on - "
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slowly... little by little... it'll come back...
"If you don't mind, maybe we can check on Red and Cid. That's my mog and chocobo. I left my pack with them and I've got some honey tea in it." The look over her shoulder was still bright, lighter than she'd felt in a long time, but there was a quiet comforting understanding in her eyes too for him. She hadn't forgotten the way he'd looked when she'd first come up. "We can talk about what we're doing here - and maybe some more about what we did before this world if you don't mind." He hadn't been wrong. There was a bounce to her step and it was that same happiness that had her catching his hand to head below and flashing him another smile. "Come on - "