"Great. I mean, I'd already guessed, but..." Cloud muttered, reflexively sinking a little lower in his seat and unsure how this short exchange had ended with him sitting down. Well, it wasn't really important, he supposed...
"I'm not." Briefly, almost reluctantly, Cloud's gaze darted aside to linger at a group across the room before he turned away, picking absently at the bottle. "Didn't seem like a bad idea before we got here."
Because while one or two of them were okay on their own, a few others reminded him far too much of home, and as a group... well. That free drink had come from a nonchalant hand pushing it at him and a shrug to 'just drink it' when he'd asked.
He'd made himself scarce after that.
"I don't need a babysitter, you know," Cloud said, looking up with a small but there smile, aimed at Cissnei from under his bangs, "you don't have to waste your evening with me."
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"Great. I mean, I'd already guessed, but..." Cloud muttered, reflexively sinking a little lower in his seat and unsure how this short exchange had ended with him sitting down. Well, it wasn't really important, he supposed...
"I'm not." Briefly, almost reluctantly, Cloud's gaze darted aside to linger at a group across the room before he turned away, picking absently at the bottle. "Didn't seem like a bad idea before we got here."
Because while one or two of them were okay on their own, a few others reminded him far too much of home, and as a group... well. That free drink had come from a nonchalant hand pushing it at him and a shrug to 'just drink it' when he'd asked.
He'd made himself scarce after that.
"I don't need a babysitter, you know," Cloud said, looking up with a small but there smile, aimed at Cissnei from under his bangs, "you don't have to waste your evening with me."