(Original game ficlet, if poly dates had been a thing in Gold Saucer.)
Barret's not sure if they're going to be able to tell Cloud that this is a date; it's an excuse to spend time together, is how he pitched it to Tifa, but he could see from her slightly embarrassed smile and the knowing gleam in Aerith's eyes that he wasn't fooling anybody. Either way, he's waiting at the entrance to Event Square and not returning the stares from passing tourists, hand in his pocket so that he won't keep checking what time it is, because there's still a part of him that's insisting that there's no way that Tifa is going to be able to talk Cloud into this, he's just wasting his time and he oughta go back to the hotel right now -
Then he sees them walking up from the chute system exit, Tifa smiling and Cloud looking the slightest bit flustered under the usual stoic stare, and he relaxes and heads over to meet them, certain that this crazy idea of his is going to work out after all.
Date (FFVII, C/B/T, SFW)
Barret's not sure if they're going to be able to tell Cloud that this is a date; it's an excuse to spend time together, is how he pitched it to Tifa, but he could see from her slightly embarrassed smile and the knowing gleam in Aerith's eyes that he wasn't fooling anybody. Either way, he's waiting at the entrance to Event Square and not returning the stares from passing tourists, hand in his pocket so that he won't keep checking what time it is, because there's still a part of him that's insisting that there's no way that Tifa is going to be able to talk Cloud into this, he's just wasting his time and he oughta go back to the hotel right now -
Then he sees them walking up from the chute system exit, Tifa smiling and Cloud looking the slightest bit flustered under the usual stoic stare, and he relaxes and heads over to meet them, certain that this crazy idea of his is going to work out after all.