"Nope." Cloud leaned back in his chair, arms crossed and head tipped down in his best tough guy pose. "Can't sing."
Tifa leaned over at the table at him. "Liar," she accused without heat. "I've heard you sing. You have a good voice."
Aeris, on his other side, leaned into him so far that her chair threatened to tip. "And I haven't heard you! Which is just not fair."
Cloud closed his eyes and pretended to ignore him, as up on the stage Barret finished stumbling his way through Don't Stop Believin' while Red helpfully howled along. Barret offered a high five to his backup singer, which Red accepted, and gracefully ceded the stage to Yuffie, who started wailing the lyrics to Barracuda nearly a stanza too early. "Don't be too hard on him," Barret told Tifa and Aeris as he took his seat. "Not everybody got the guts to hop up there and sing."
Cloud slitted one eye open.
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"We are young Heartache to heartache, we stand No promises, no demands..."
Cloud had his eyes closed, swaying slightly behind the microphone stand. Aeris propped her chin in her hand, utterly rapt. "Wow," she whispered. "He is a good singer."
Tifa glowed with pride. "Told you."
Cloud's glowing eyes flickered in their direction, but it was hard to tell which one he was looking at as he finished the chorus. "Love is a battlefield."
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Tifa leaned over at the table at him. "Liar," she accused without heat. "I've heard you sing. You have a good voice."
Aeris, on his other side, leaned into him so far that her chair threatened to tip. "And I haven't heard you! Which is just not fair."
Cloud closed his eyes and pretended to ignore him, as up on the stage Barret finished stumbling his way through Don't Stop Believin' while Red helpfully howled along. Barret offered a high five to his backup singer, which Red accepted, and gracefully ceded the stage to Yuffie, who started wailing the lyrics to Barracuda nearly a stanza too early. "Don't be too hard on him," Barret told Tifa and Aeris as he took his seat. "Not everybody got the guts to hop up there and sing."
Cloud slitted one eye open.
[twirlysigil]
"We are young
Heartache to heartache, we stand
No promises, no demands..."
Cloud had his eyes closed, swaying slightly behind the microphone stand. Aeris propped her chin in her hand, utterly rapt. "Wow," she whispered. "He is a good singer."
Tifa glowed with pride. "Told you."
Cloud's glowing eyes flickered in their direction, but it was hard to tell which one he was looking at as he finished the chorus. "Love is a battlefield."