[Cloud was never a fan of Halloween. People get annoying and pushy about costumes, parties, stocking up on candy...he's not a fan. He's been able to avoid doing anything with Zack for as long as they've been roommates by both saying "no" and actively working. However he's dating Aerith this year and she wants to go to a party. In costume. He managed to veto a couples deal, that's too much for him, but he was eventually convinced to dress up at all and not work tonight.]
[Well, he didn't want to go out and buy anything. Even if he did, he didn't know what to pick, so he asked Zack. Zack was an endless resource of ideas but Cloud didn't like any of them. Then, exasperated and as a joke, Zack said "pizza delivery boy" and Cloud was sold.]
[Dressed in a polo shirt from the back of his closet reserved for job interviews (he does gig work so the last interview he had was years ago), jeans, and an old visor and nametag from his old fast food job when he and Zack first moved in together, Cloud figures he's ready to go. His final touch is a pizza box from three days ago. Zack told him to never put it down; he knows Aerith well enough so Cloud decides to heed his warning.]
[Cloud has to park his bike down the road; he probably passed Aerith on his way to find a spot. He checks his phone.]
got it.
[And so he makes his way to the front of where they're meeting up after fussing with his tucked in shirt--it's a little tight on him, jesus--and balancing a pizza box with no weight to it on one hand because holding it in two hands feels too stupid. He sees Aerith, doesn't process her costume at first, just that her hair is down and she's pretty.]
Hey, Aerith--
[Oh. Wait. She's pretty. He stops a few feet short of her, nearly drops his pizza box but he clumsily catches it with his other hand. He's blushing, oh god he knows he is. She looks great, he doesn't know where to put his eyes, is he being disrespectful? Her dress is so low-cut in the front but so high-cut on the side, he can see so much of her skin he never has before. This is...a lot.]
[...This is on purpose. He's dated her long enough to know it is.]
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Date: 2021-10-22 08:19 pm (UTC)[Well, he didn't want to go out and buy anything. Even if he did, he didn't know what to pick, so he asked Zack. Zack was an endless resource of ideas but Cloud didn't like any of them. Then, exasperated and as a joke, Zack said "pizza delivery boy" and Cloud was sold.]
[Dressed in a polo shirt from the back of his closet reserved for job interviews (he does gig work so the last interview he had was years ago), jeans, and an old visor and nametag from his old fast food job when he and Zack first moved in together, Cloud figures he's ready to go. His final touch is a pizza box from three days ago. Zack told him to never put it down; he knows Aerith well enough so Cloud decides to heed his warning.]
[Cloud has to park his bike down the road; he probably passed Aerith on his way to find a spot. He checks his phone.]
got it.
[And so he makes his way to the front of where they're meeting up after fussing with his tucked in shirt--it's a little tight on him, jesus--and balancing a pizza box with no weight to it on one hand because holding it in two hands feels too stupid. He sees Aerith, doesn't process her costume at first, just that her hair is down and she's pretty.]
Hey, Aerith--
[Oh. Wait. She's pretty. He stops a few feet short of her, nearly drops his pizza box but he clumsily catches it with his other hand. He's blushing, oh god he knows he is. She looks great, he doesn't know where to put his eyes, is he being disrespectful? Her dress is so low-cut in the front but so high-cut on the side, he can see so much of her skin he never has before. This is...a lot.]
[...This is on purpose. He's dated her long enough to know it is.]