[ Any more tears, and he was going to surrender to the urge to start hugging her again. And there'd be ample time for that under other circumstances, when she was simply sorting through her feelings of happiness. ]

[ They can go through their breakfast shortly after this! Especially since she's already set and prepared it. It'd be a tease of him to tell her to wait after holding onto it for this long. And when she prompts him, despite the fact Cloud didn't need to get her anything to begin with, he almost seems too eager to meet her proposal. And so, with a final squeeze of her hand, he takes his back so he can set it on the tabletop between them.

At first, he thought to let her open it and play with it for herself, but upon further reflection as he waited for her to send his letter back to her room... ]

It's something you can wear. [ With or without the second part that'll become very clear as he looses the ribbon from the box. With a small little jostle, the lid is removed, and Ayaka would see the retconned gold armlet, along with the very familiar green orb in the center. Of which he retrieves both for her. ] I had a smith create this for you. It's meant to band around your arm.

And this...

[ The small little sphere slots in with a faint glimmer of light, as if responding to being equipped into the jewelry piece. ]

...is where your Barrier Materia goes.