[ Save for shoveling her place? There's still too much snow needing to melt away before he can really do much of anything else. That, and...well, he didn't need an excuse to want to be with her, after all. ]

Sure. [ There was no hesitation. She did say next couple of days...and he's not far away in the first place, so, ] I'll grab a change of clothes in a bit.

[ If he was going to be spending the night at the estate and spending tomorrow with her also. ]

Can't really do too much with all that snow kicking around... But I can keep busy here.

[ Cloud used to get restless if he wasn't working on a commission or taking work as a mercenary before. This world has taught him a lot in both being patient, and taking just a little more time for himself. The path he walks is much different from what would await him back home. And seeing the little shy smile on her face when his girlfriend says how she missed him...

It's easy to see why he doesn't regret a single moment or choice he's made since coming here. He's already come to Kyoto, but at times...it still feels like he's so far away. Melodramatic? Perhaps. But it's as they've both thought about too.

What would happen if he was truly accepted into this house? A discussion for another time. Much farther down the road as he takes these little moments and cherishes them. ]

A day still feels like too long sometimes...

[ But it wasn't. Aerith had once retorted back to him how she wasn't some princess who needed to be coddled. And Cloud wasn't about to be a proverbial mother hen to Ayaka. Still...he's happy and lucky seeing her as healthy as she is now. It just means he was going to work harder to protect her in the future. ]

Right. That settles it. [ A calming smile. ] I'm staying put.