[ Save for the emergency upon having his Aura unlocked, the thought hadn't occurred to him to call her up for moonlacing reasons. He doesn't need to; while it wasn't something he'd easily admit with words, he wasn't here for the sole purpose of staving her Cordis downsides. ]
Free? Well, um, it's business and...
[ Weiss don't look at him expectedly like that. His voice feels trapped, his lip stiffening. Stop that.
Geez, Cloud. It's not like you so boldly started holding her hand or anything. This should be easy. But there he goes, blushing and habitually running his hand through the back of his hair. ]
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Free? Well, um, it's business and...
[ Weiss don't look at him expectedly like that. His voice feels trapped, his lip stiffening. Stop that.
Geez, Cloud. It's not like you so boldly started holding her hand or anything. This should be easy. But there he goes, blushing and habitually running his hand through the back of his hair. ]
Okay. [ Sucker. ]