"Which is ridiculous... a lot of people are blond and blue eyed," Cloud mutters as he finally unscrews the cap for his own bottle of water, and is right in the middle of this when Rufus comes over. Which means he's stuck choking on his drink of water, trying not to spray anything everywhere (or on himself) as he ducks away...

"Hey---!"

Maybe not quite fast enough, but fast enough to mostly avoid it. His reaction time has gotten good, since he usually has to try and avoid Zack, who's often using his enhanced speed.

"I could---" Coughing, he huffs and glowers up at Rufus. "I could still get taller!"

He hopes he will, anyway. At least so he ends up average height... if on the shorter end.