Better not say anything about terrible hair Rufus. There was nothing wrong with it, and at least he came by his naturally, compared with those who went through the extra effort of basically dumping a lot of gel in their hair to get the same effect... and then usually still made fun of the natural spikes.

"I don't mind working for it." Which he didn't, even if he was, by this point, pretty disheartened, even if Zack insisted he'd get it next time. Which, maybe he would. Training was something he could do, so he could get to the point of testing for mako sensitivity. He'd just hoped he'd be further along by now. "I just... want more than this."

Clamping down on anything else that might slip out, Cloud shrugged and looked away with a little grimace, burying his chin in his uniform scarf. Too late to take that back, though.