mistsplitter: (πŸ§‹ 𝘩𝘦𝘺𝘡𝘦𝘒 010)
🌸 α΄›Κœα΄‡ sʜΙͺΚ€α΄€sα΄€Ι’Ιͺ ʜΙͺᴍᴇɒΙͺᴍΙͺ. ([personal profile] mistsplitter) wrote in [community profile] jikan_rpg2022-09-11 09:22 pm

🌸 you'll find me on my tallest tiptoes

βŒ› Who: cloud & ayaka
βŒ› What: cloud's moving!
βŒ› When: early september
βŒ› Where: kyoto
βŒ› Warnings: they're gross

[ It has been a long day today, and Ayaka has all the energy for it. Coming from Tokyo, Cloud arrived very early with all his things so that he can move into a new home in Kyoto, just a couple of blocks away from the Kamisato Estate. Ayaka met him at the station and they headed right to the new home, a bunch of bento wrapped in furoshiki in tow, as well as boxes and bags and such.

It's been hours since their last break, Cloud fixing upstairs while Ayaka decorated what she could of downstairs. Low tables and cushions, rugs, flowersβ€” she even arranged a flower pot just for Cloud! A simple gift to make his home look more beautiful. When everything looks fine? She'll go back upstairs to check on her beau. After all... she's been waiting for this day for months. Not just because of the promise he made her when they were in Nara, but because she made a promise to him, too.

And that promise is the last item she wishes for him to unpack. She has yet to see it herself, but she understands from the shop she bought this item from that it truly works. To make it work however, it will need Cloud's touch.

Seeing as it's almost lunch time, and she's already done downstairs? She decides to prepare their lunches, bringing out the bento, as well as plates to use. Their first official meal in this home! One more "first" to add to their list. ]


Cloud, my loveβ€” [ She peeks at him from the opened door to his room, both hands at the edge of the sliding board. Then she smiles, waving a hand at him at the same time. At the same time, her ponytail, already blonde, sways behind her as the windows are open and a breeze coming in. ] I thought we could have lunch now. It would be a good time for you to rest, too, don't you think? I can serve tea with our lunch, if you like.

[ Anything and everything for him, really. She's so excited and energetic today!! ^_^🌸 ]
sultanofsquat: (you trust me?)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-13 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Guess that'll be my goal, too. Gotta get to Thoma level.

[ The man worked so hard for the Kamisatos... Judging by the way Ayaka talked about him, he couldn't help but think of Zack. How alike their demeanors seemed. The thought is enough to net a light smile out of Cloud as they continue to eat their meals and enjoy their tea. There's only so much in the thermos, but that's okay. They can have as much tea as they want any time they want! Especially if Cloud was going to walk Ayaka home after all this. ]

Hmph, [ that smile of his only grows at her proclamation. ] "Hm? This? Yeah, Ayaka made it for me."

Like that?

[ Show off the pretend-perfect bento more, beau. ]
Edited 2022-09-13 09:57 (UTC)
sultanofsquat: (u-uwu)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-14 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ They may never stop texting or calling one another day by day, but the fact he could actually walk down the street and tell her what he was thinking in person... What a hell of a change of pace. He's hardly been in his home for a day, and he already feels like he's been coming home after a long time. Then she confesses with all her heart, blurting our the next thing to pop into that pretty little head...and to Cloud? It stuns him all over again, like he's hearing it for the first time. He has to mentally pause, and remember that he actually managed to tell her first. Something he never really imagined he could have told anybody...even if those feelings played at the edges of his heart before.

Only for one Kamisato Ayaka to wholly take it for herself. Just as he did hers; heart and soul... It's like she said when they completed the Trial of Love together. He already had all over her before this even began. He knew the promise that he had to keep, the wish he had to fulfill. It felt like their relationship was built upon wishes and hopes from the start. But now that he was here...finally, finally here, they can build upon those wishes, and embrace everything that comes now that they've come true. ]


Ayaka...

[ Closing his eyes with a bow of his head and sigh through his nose, his smile grows warmer, only to open them with a brighter luster in his gaze from the mako. ]

When you say and do things like that... [ He leans in a little to accept the cutlet. It's still something he was getting used to doing, but with just Ayaka here, it's made easier. It tastes spectacular, and the crispy outside only accentuates and adds another layer of complexity to the meat. Savoring it for another short moment before swallowing, he finishes that thought proper. ] I know I'm right where I should be.

[ Setting his chopsticks down for a moment to take his cup of sencha green tea, he smile warmly back at her with another "Mm" before returning, ]

Love you too.
sultanofsquat: coeurlwhiskers @ twitter (what would jimmy buffett do)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-15 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ He can see it. How her hair has completely shifted now, the very same color as his own that still keeps a blend of her snowy blue and his golden spikes. But given how many glittering stars he's giving off, reminiscent of speckles of mako energy, he doesn't hold much stake in the color of hair. He knows how he feels; it doesn't matter how much or how little he changes physically. What he knows and follows is what his heart tells him.

The very same heart he gave to her already. ]


Hoo boy. Can't wait for that conversation.

[ Cloud's not oblivious. Even now, Ayato is protective of his sister! If anything, his reaction would be amusing. ]

Before I got stuck in time, and jumped through that door... Never thought I'd be saving up money for a whole house. Just so I could be closer to the girl I fell for.

[ It's the first time he had feelings for somebody and they didn't just bud. They blossomed before their very eyes. ]

But... I wouldn't want it any other way. [ As he lifts his cup of tea to his lips he quietly adds, content without a hint of somberness, ] Guess I better tell Mom.

[ Even if there's nothing to his shrine... ]
sultanofsquat: (something caught your eye)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-16 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Setting his teacup down, he quirks an eyebrow when she suddenly asks him that out of the blue. What was she talking about? It takes him a second or two mull it before it registers with him. And...at first, he's still confused. Instead, he stares at her in parts disbelief and wonder as she offers to give him that very present. ]

You mean...tell my...?

(Mother?)

[ It's not that he doesn't believe her, but he already has the little empty shrine set up, inspired by the one at her estate. ]

Sorry, I just...don't understand.
sultanofsquat: coeurlwhiskers @ twitter (:o)

1/?

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-18 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ By the time she reveals the gift to him, he'll know that she was being clear as crystal. It's Cloud who'd almost seemed to feel that the past was behind him...and even if he would have liked to have kept a piece of it for himself? That it was gone. Reduced to ashes. Taken away from him just like everything else in the five years he'd lost before waking up as a completely different person. So when Ayaka asks if he would like to tell his mother about what's happened, and how he actually did find a good girl to keep him out of trouble, he's visibly stunned even when she bows her head and excuses herself to retrieve his gift.

A small and rectangular box, black wrapping and gold ribbons...a motif that's followed him for some time. Be it his clothing, the now completed Inazuman blade married with Nippon's Kizuna, and what could very well be the aesthetic his new home follows. The surprise doesn't completely wane, but seeing it be an actual present for him, he can't help but smile thinly. Between the tsuba and framed flowers from their first date, she'd already spoiled him so much. And now here she was, with a housewarming gift a month after.

He accepts the present, luckily not in a rush to tear it open by the time she begins to explain how this was supposed to work. At first, he cocks his head, bright mako-infused blues flicking between her and the gift in his hands now. It feels...light. He can't hear anything moving around inside. Judging by the shape of it...was it something framed? He really isn't sure what to make of it, especially with the precursor of her question before. Did he want to tell his mother something? ]


...
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2/?

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-18 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ He simply nods with a weak hum, closing his eyes as his fingers feel the smooth black wrapping, thumbs holding the bottom corners of the gift secure.

"Come, come... Let me take a look at you!"

He hones in on the sound of her voice. On the outside, his brow is visibly furrowed as he reexplores his old memories for the first time- the first time since he retrieved all of his memories back. The only pieces that were missing were the ones between Nibelheim and Midgar. But before all that...after he left town for the first time and came back, he told her how he never truly made it in SOLDIER. Even still, despite the fact he was lying on his bed, staring up at the ceiling while his Mom scrubbed away at dishes without a care in the world...

"I've never been so proud. The man you've become..."

Unbeknownst to them, beneath the golden ribbons and black wrapping, the frame begins to shift, the magic within stirring silently as an image begins to mold. As her voice lingers, she gives him more motherly advice. Advice that, of course he attempts to shrug off like the mopey teenager that he was.

"I'd feel a lot better if I knew you'd found a good girlβ€”one who'd who'd make sure you didn't get into trouble."

The vibrant, energetic smile just through her words... She never really lost that luster, even as he got older. And when he was younger, eyes trailing upon a hazy image in his mind's eye as she continues on about the right kind of girl for him, it falls upon a portrait. And as the memory fades away...so too does the magic that molds the image within the gift Ayaka has given him. He opens his eyes, slowly as his hand rests atop the bow, pulling on one of the ends to loosen the golden thread. His eyes trail to Ayaka one more time, before he lets the ribbon pool in his lap. Rather than tear straight through the paper, he takes the time to unfold the paper around it, sure enough pulling out a simple wooden frame andβ€” ]
sultanofsquat: (u-uwu)

3/?

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-18 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ His lips agape, blinking rapidly as he finally lets out a sharper exhale. He's gentler with it, the magical stone set in the frame shaped indefinitely before his very eyes. His fingertips gently trail over the the image. His heart feels heavy, but it's that fleeting sadness on his face that's almost instantly replaced as he realizes just what lengths Ayaka went to, as her words finally make sense now. ]

This is...

[ He's not hiding the picture in his hands now, and should Ayaka consider moving closer, she'll see for herself what his memories manifest. Just as he'd told her before, his father died when he was very young. He didn't remember him well...but as for his Mom? The white heron would see both a young boy with that same spiky hair, the glimpses of a ponytail sticking out back. And at his side, hand upon his shoulder and smiling so warmly, hair tempered in comparison to her sons, and yet... ]
sultanofsquat: (what's done is done)

4/5

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-18 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
Mom...?

[ The word leaves his mouth, and suddenly the image is blurry. Until he blinks one more time and his eyes start stinging. It's clear once more, albeit at the cost of tears that roll down his face. His breath tremors, he realizes it, and as he holds the picture more tightly by its wooden frame, he huffs something almost like a laugh.

Was he dreaming? He'd lost everything. Him and Tifa both. All he had were his memories, and even those were marred by smoke and blood. But this? This was from a simpler time. A simpler time that a girl from a completely different sky had helped him bring back. A wish that he didn't think could come true, not in the same way he'd promised her he would stay. ]
sultanofsquat: (just realizing now...)

5/5

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-18 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ But he's smiling, even now, as the weight in his heart is also protected by the warmth Ayaka brings. And he looks to her with that very same smile, taking another deep breath as he faintly sniffs. And exhales, lowering the frame so that it wasn't just for his eyes only.

Instead, he holds the portrait out for her to take. ]


Have a look.
sultanofsquat: (we'll be fine)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-19 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ The pain ebbs away swiftly, if only because the way it's been returned to him...is more bittersweet. In a way, he's tempted to ask Ayaka if that's how she feels when she looks upon her own family portrait. Another time, when he wasn't the focus of this moment. With Ayaka, he's comfortable enough to let the attention fall upon him. Her hands settle in his, but she doesn't take the picture just yet. Instead, his eyes return to his girlfriend as she smiles so softly for him. Her name falls off his lips, unprovoked as she says nary a word...yet it comes so softly to him. The few tears that surfaced earlier were all that he would shed for now, but his heart swells further in his chest in contrast to the weight from earlier. ]

Ayaka...

[ She accepts the frame then, and he sits with his hands neatly folded in his lap as he admires her. Admires the portrait in the corner of his view. ]


Yup.

[ There she is. And when Ayaka calls her beautiful, he hums softly with a little nod. He's not in a hurry to take it back just yet, allowing his girlfriend time with the memory encased in this gift. ]

She was vibrant... She worked hard raising me after we lost Dad. Still never lost her smile for a second.

[ Even when he was that mopey teen who failed to make SOLDIER. ]

She woulda liked you. [ There's no "I think" about it. Ayaka's the 'good girl' who would keep him out of trouble. As he says those words, he finally heaves another sigh before continuing, ] Thank you...

You just did something impossible. Hope you know that.

[ And that he was going to cherish it. ]
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[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-19 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ "Thank you for believing in me." As she returns the frame to him, her confident little smile that comes back is answered by another surprising little display of affection. Normally, he would be content in holding her hand, squeezing it...and while they've kissed on many an occasion, both innocent or otherwise, it was still something rarer for the otherwise acerbic swordsman. And yet, he doesn't hesitate here. Not when he couldn't begin to describe in words how much all of this meant to him. How much she meant to him.

It's a good thing Cloud was a good action man. He steals away another kiss from his girlfriend, softer and slower this time, before he can think of drawing away to hold his new gift. ]


That's my star.

[ He knows exactly what he wants to do right now. They're still eating, but...this would only take a minute. She mentions him being an adorable child, and he can't help but rub the back of his neck with a free hand, faintly blushing. ]

See? Toldja about the hair.

[ It sticks out just a little bit! The spikier little ponytail. ... Okay, he really can't wait much longer. ]

Be right back.

[ She doesn't have to close her eyes for this part or anything, but as he bounces up from his seiza stance, he makes his way around the table and towards the corner of the living room. There's no flowers. No names. It's a blank space where memories were waiting to manifest. And as he kneels down in front of it, his eyes linger upon the sight of his mother. Nodding in affirmation, he sets the portrait square in the center of the open shrine, only rocking back on his knees to get a look once he knows it's in place. ]

... [ He looks over his shoulder to Ayaka, the look in his eyes the brightest they've been in quite some time. They hold a different light, something pure and innocent...and when he lays eyes upon her, there's only a few or so thick spikes of hair on his head that remain blond. The rest has shifted, eyes going from that deep blue of before, and taking on a icier hue as he nods at his girlfriend. ] Well?

[ Would she like to meet his Mom? He has something he was supposed to tell her now. ]
sultanofsquat: coeurlwhiskers @ twitter (even if you think it's real)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-19 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Cloud scoots himself over just a little so that Ayaka may share this space with him. There's no pillows or mats in front of the shrine yet, but that's something he can easily fix for later. Along with a myriad of other things. It's been a long time since he's ever felt this kind of energy. Not since he was that more eager and hopeful little recruit who just left his town. It was all because of her...

She took him back to that. And when she seats herself down beside him, sakura swirling and mako particles glimmering above them, he was going to do his best to reintroduce her to another piece of his world. Even if it was gone as he knew it. ]


R-Right.

[ Sheesh. This...may as well act as a marker. It's just like her shrine, her parents were there in spirit and memory. So then why did he suddenly feel so nervous? Looking at Ayaka, though, despite the tightness of his throat, is also working to counteract his nerves. So with a deep breath through his nose, and exhaling out, he nods back to the portrait of himself and his mother. ]

Hi, Mom. [ His hands catch the fabric of his pantlegs, gripping them a little as he decides to just...start talking. Don't think. Just talk. Just feel. ] Haven't been home in over five years, but, I'm doing alright. I made it back to Midgar, and...now I'm back out on the road with some friends. It's a long story. And...I'll fill you in later.

[ He's never really done anything like this before. And he's far from eloquent as his girlfriend had been when she was introducing him to her folks. But thinking of that, he looks to Ayaka at his side, huffing contently as he holds out his hand for her to take. And should she accept it, ]

This is Kamisato Ayaka. And... This is Claudia.

[ Ayaka? Meet Claudia. Claudia? Meet Ayaka. ]

She's the girl whose supposed to keep me outta trouble. I, uh...wound up telling her I liked her while we watched a meteor shower. But...

[ He squeezes Ayaka's hand then, the cadence of his voice softening some as his gaze goes to half-lids, smile warming as he lets his thoughts flow. It's...a little embarrassing, but it doesn't make any of what he says less true. It's only natural to feel shy when talking about this with a parent for the first time, right?

From the heart- the one that belongs to her already. ]


I fell for her way before then.

[ And for a time, there is silence, the soft glow of Mako within his eyes shimmering through his now grey-hued gaze. ]

I love her, Mom. And I swear... I'm never gonna let her go.

[ His eyes open further, his thumb strumming along the side of Ayaka's hand in his. ]

I'm gonna protect her. And you.

[ The memory of Claudia Strife that his Star fulfilled back into his life. ]
Edited 2022-09-19 08:14 (UTC)
sultanofsquat: (just realizing now...)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-20 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Though she wasn't about to get a passionate kiss for her own little display upon his knuckles, what he does next before the shrine is still a strong display. Scooting on his knees a little closer, he lets go of her hand, if only so he can wrap his arm around her waist and hold her gently by his side. Right now, he's said all that he wanted to say to his mother. He's said his thanks; and he'll say it over and over again if he has to. But right now, he wants to keep his eyes on her.

Just Ayaka. ]


The best thing to ever happen to me...and I had to jump through a door to get it.
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[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-09-20 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ "Please watch over us. And please guide me... so that I can make him happy everyday." With one last glance at the portrait of his mother, her words settle in his heart furthermore. How she loves him very much. As he tilts his head back in the direction of his princess, who rests against his side... The depths of their bond increases furthermore as sakura petals dance on invisible winds, mingling with the starlike glow of mako particles between them as he plants a kiss on her head, closing his eyes. ]

Now I feel like I'm home.

[ He stays there for a time, the smell of her hair lulling him deeper into that safe space Ayaka has granted him in turn. When suddenly, he snaps back to the present moment, loosing his embrace on the little white heron until he was back to just taking her hand again.

"I'm gonna protect her."

... he holds onto those recent words for later. The day was young, but there was one last thing he needed to do before it was all over. Until then, he nods and squeezes her hand once. ]


Right. Back to lunch?

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