Yeah. The best parts of my day are the parts I spend with you. And you make the other parts better, too. I can be mad about something, or bummed out because I have to do a report, and then I see you and whatever made me feel like crap doesn't seem so important any more. Even just sitting on the couch doing nothing is good if I'm doing it with you, and you know how bad I am at doing nothing.

[ And it's only after he spills all of that out that he realizes that's not... the traditional response someone gives to a declaration of love. Not that Zack was thinking of it as a declaration when he said it, but still. The hand that's been stroking over Cloud's side moves to find his hand and lace their fingers together, warm and close. ]

That's okay, right?