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"Care about each other.. You know, I think that seems about right." Zack nodded and decided to leave things at that. When he saw the heart, he thought about romance as well. Although, could he really go about loving Cloud that way? He wondered about it, but soon stopped before his imagination got out of hand. He admitted that he wouldn't mind that, of all people, he would get into that kind of relationship with Cloud. Throughout the years of watching him, Zack really grew to like Cloud, along with the time they spent together in life.

He'd do anything for Cloud; which just about sums up the last few days before his death. But Zack still wondered if he held that kind of attraction of the other. He mused on thinking that he didn't but well, it really was a question of his heart, not his brain.

"And well~ If it did mean something else, then I guess we'll know soon enough, right?" he turned around and looked at Cloud, smiling.

"Mhm~ So I mean, no need to rush right?" He said and smiled lazily to himself as he closed his eyes and stretched his arms out. He was completely oblivious to Cloud's small panic attack while thinking over his own feelings about Zack. Zack was still be sleepy, despite the time of the day it was, and the soft grass beneath him wasn't making things any better.

Stretching for a few moments later, Zack accidentally poked Cloud's cheek with his hand and started to chuckle, looking over to his friend to see if he was alright.

"Hehe, sorry about that~"

Looking over to Cloud, Zack smirked a bit deviously and poked Cloud's cheek again, just to bother him. Laughing a bit, he rolled over to the other side and curled up on the soft grass.

"That's a good question. Well, do you want to nap here? The grass is so soft..." He rolled back onto his back and glanced over at Cloud. "Or did you want to do something else? We don't have to nap together.." Zack nodded but couldn't help but sadly say it. It's been quite a while since he's spend so much time with Cloud; so much so, he was almost afraid to suddenly see him go away. Although, he calmed himself down. Cloud wasn't going to go away.. They're friends and they have a lot more in store for them.

Zack flopped back down onto the grass and smiled. "Unless you want to be together~"

"Oh, so this is where you go often? I guess now I know the next time I set out to look for you." Zack smiled and nodded. He yawned once more and curled up to his side, facing Cloud. Closing his eyes, he decided to relax for those few moments, even though Zack couldn't seem to fall asleep. He didn't make this obvious to Cloud, other than he wasn't snoring or drooling. Which happened to him as he sleep quite often.

He peeked open an eye at Cloud to see if the other was going to do anything. He seemed to be in though as if there was something puzzling going on in his mind. Actually, Cloud had that face since Zack asked if they wanted to continue to be together. As in hanging out. Or so, that's what he meant by it...

"Something on your mind~?"

Zack nodded and smiled to see that Cloud decided to nap with him. However, looking at his friend and their close proximity, he faintly started to blush. He closed his eyes, hoping that with that move, his faint red hue would go away. He shifted a bit more and closed his eyes again, slowly but surely, drifting on to a light sleep.

Soon dreaming about what lays ahead of him and Cloud~

Several hours later.
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"Mmphhff..." was the only meshed up lazy mumble that escaped Zack's lips as he tried to bring himself out of his sleep, not at all fully conscious of the things around him. He felt something soft beneath him and decides to simply nuzzle that softness, not at all realizing it was the dark blue fabric of Cloud's shirt.

Cloud being the person wearing that shirt at the moment. Meaning that Zack somehow shifted his position so much, his head ended somewhere around Cloud's stomach. Zack continued to get comfortable, not wanting to open his eyes to the invading light from outside.

"Mmmff..It's too early to train..." Zack distantly mumbled, somewhere stuck between reality and his past dreams. He shifted over to his other side and once again tried his best to become comfortable with his friend-turned-pillow, snuggling up to him once again and sighed contently once he found a position he liked and remained in his half asleep state of mind.

What Zack also didn't noticed was that in his shifting, he has gone dangerously close to the lower part of Cloud's body.

"Mmm..?" there was something in Zack's mind that registered that the voice of this person was not Angeal. Who he was going to go training with in his dreamland slumber. Uh oh. Reality started to set in and Zack finally opened his eyes to be greeted by a pair of familiar legs. ...Cloud?

"Huh..?!" Zack suddenly jumped up and sat in an upright position, causing himself a rather quick headache from his jerk. Placing a hand to his forehead, Zack slumped down and closed his eyes.

"Mmpff.. Cloud? Was.. I on you..?" The words sounded so odd, he couldn't help but modestly blush by the different connotation those words gave him.