[ She looks into his eyes, and he looks into hers. He feels the flush rise to his cheeks, unbidden - the manic energy around them - and inside them - feeding into his movements. He never lets Aerith stumble for too long - and they pull close as the song crescendos, their bodies pressed up against one another, and his breath hitches, just for the fraction of a second. His eyes are bright, a bit softer in their joy - for all his action, Cloud is a man whose more positive emotions don't run as hot. But there's a simmering intensity to it all the same - a quiet need unexpressed, but still rising to color the small hint of a smirk on his lips. ]
You were the one who wanted me to take the lead. If you wanted me to go slower-
[ Her arm drapes over his shoulder, and his arm around her waist pulls her in close - the song is still fast-paced, but Cloud's moves are at half-tempo the song, suddenly slower, the friction of the slower pace of the dance - and their bodies pressing each other for longer, sizzling against each other in the summerlike evening, an intentional clash against the song's driving beat. ]
All you had to do was ask.
[ It's a tease. It's a rush. It's the needy attention of an energy they've both refused to let cool for months - and it's boiling over, slowly but surely. ]
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You were the one who wanted me to take the lead. If you wanted me to go slower-
[ Her arm drapes over his shoulder, and his arm around her waist pulls her in close - the song is still fast-paced, but Cloud's moves are at half-tempo the song, suddenly slower, the friction of the slower pace of the dance - and their bodies pressing each other for longer, sizzling against each other in the summerlike evening, an intentional clash against the song's driving beat. ]
All you had to do was ask.
[ It's a tease. It's a rush. It's the needy attention of an energy they've both refused to let cool for months - and it's boiling over, slowly but surely. ]