[ he keeps one hand in zack's and tries to use the other to tear his uniform - the material is durable, refusing to give way to his weak tugs. they have no materia, no potions, no bandages, nothing to staunch the bleeding. nothing to buy them more time.
rain hides the tears. it doesn't hide the way cloud's breath hitches around a sob he tries to suppress. he has to be strong, and confident. has to be the strong one - at least until they can get help. until someone comes. until someone finds them and
and he'd take going back to the labs over watching this happen.
another moment of futile tugging and then he's just shaking his head, over and over again, laying down in the mud next to his friend. ]
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rain hides the tears. it doesn't hide the way cloud's breath hitches around a sob he tries to suppress. he has to be strong, and confident. has to be the strong one - at least until they can get help. until someone comes. until someone finds them and
and he'd take going back to the labs over watching this happen.
another moment of futile tugging and then he's just shaking his head, over and over again, laying down in the mud next to his friend. ]