[with a click of his pen, Cloud turns away after taking the cupcake to review the forms before filing them away. it isn't until his back is turned to Orihime that she picks up her voice again to ask him something seemingly out of the blue. something she'd been meaning to ask? her co-worker didn't have the faintest clue as to what she could be eluding to, even as he innocently blinked over his shoulder to her. but she didn't even wave her hands around like she would whenever she rambled or talked in circles.]
What?
[she was facing him. she wasn't looking away. that fleeting curiosity of his soon became grounded as Cloud left his pen loosely in his fingertips, turning to face her as he leaned against his desk in kind.]
[the waves of teal and orange returned to that otherwise faintly glowing gaze of his as the gravity of Orihime's words settled in. a familiar deep sinking feeling in his heart. even if Cloud could lie...right now? his eyes told the entire truth. the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end as he found words betraying him, that brief twinge of tension on full display in his eyes while they briefly went wild with vibrating yellow and black polkadots.]
... [until he sighs through his nose, closing his eyes while placing the cupcake down behind him and the pen.]
I just... [he opens his eyes, raising his tanned gaze to look her in the eye and finally answer her] Maybe...mm. [he nods this time] That's part of it.
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What?
[she was facing him. she wasn't looking away. that fleeting curiosity of his soon became grounded as Cloud left his pen loosely in his fingertips, turning to face her as he leaned against his desk in kind.]
[the waves of teal and orange returned to that otherwise faintly glowing gaze of his as the gravity of Orihime's words settled in. a familiar deep sinking feeling in his heart. even if Cloud could lie...right now? his eyes told the entire truth. the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end as he found words betraying him, that brief twinge of tension on full display in his eyes while they briefly went wild with vibrating yellow and black polkadots.]
... [until he sighs through his nose, closing his eyes while placing the cupcake down behind him and the pen.]
I just... [he opens his eyes, raising his tanned gaze to look her in the eye and finally answer her] Maybe...mm. [he nods this time] That's part of it.