[cloud shoots sephiroth a really? kind of look.]

Yeah, that's it. You got me, Sephiroth. I'm really jealous of all these people you don't even pay attention to.

[he cocks an eyebrow and pulls at their hands in turn, urging sephiroth to keep moving and stop stalling on their mission to the store. sephiroth's sense of time isn't the greatest—something cloud has come to realize over the years. the fact that the other is in the kind of mood for banter and teasing remarks is not lost on the blond, though.]

Besides, anyone who flirts with me is on your shitlist. I'd rather keep them from that miserable fate.

[the store isn't too far from their place; a few streets ought to be crossed, but eventually they'll reach the town centre, with its indoor mall and its shopping store on the second floor. cloud takes long, purposeful strides towards the escalator and hops on, still holding sephiroth's hand as he ascends just a little bit faster than the taller man.]

You can push around the cart. [and he takes on step down so he's at eye-level.] We'll get those cookies you like, too.