[Text to Tifa]
Have you seen Cloud, Marlene and Shelke? They left. I went out to look for them, but...
Where'd everyone go? I'm coming back now.
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[Opening the door to Seventh Heaven, he trudges in pocketing his phone, not sure if Tifa's home yet. Cloud left again... And he took Marlene, but not him? Why...? And where'd Shelke go? He's
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[ Beep beep. ]
…..merf.
[ One eyelid lifted. A sleepy eyed gaze slowly finding the cell perched on the desk, just a few fingertips away. She stared-waiting until the screen dimmed before lifting her head. ]
……hm..? Wha-oh.
[ The distinct sound of joints cracking reached her ears as she straightened her hunched form, forcing out the kinks. She must have been more tired than she thought-not that busying herself with bills had ever been something of excitement. ]
[ Tifa stifled a yawn. Reaching over the mess of papers to grasp her cell, flipping it open. ]
……….?
[ Denzel left? He’d been looking for the others? Perfect Tifa. Already neglected to keep an eye on Marlene, now Denzel. ][Text to Denzel ( ... )
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[Shifting as his phone beeped, he heard footsteps upstairs just as he picked it up. Oh...right, Tifa was home. He hadn't noticed. Just like everything else this week...good going Denzel, he'd missed going with Cloud and now he'd probably missed helping Tifa with chores. No wonder Cloud hadn't taken him.]
Tifa...?
[He headed for the stairs, climbing them two at a time.]
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[ Now that sounded familiar. ]
Denzel?
[ Pocketing the phone, she moved toward the door, stopping just short of entering the hall completely. ]
Oh. [ Pause. Voice growing softer. ] You’re already home.
[ Tifa suddenly felt bashful for her text. There she’d been lecturing him to return home quickly, yet was already safely back within Seventh Heaven’s walls. Though, her feelings just as quickly shifted again. Hands on her hips, and a stern pinch to her brow, she watched the boy bound up the stairs. ]
Denzel. You’re supposed to talk to me before you just run off.
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When's everyone coming back? ...Marlene has chores to do, you know. [He's trying not to whine like a kid, but things feel empty and lonely with just the two of them...]
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