Sephiroth would have kept his silence on the entire subject had Cloud not pulled his face away to peer up at him. He didn't want to look into those blue eyes, a gaze that he would long for if the blonde would return, but Sephiroth couldn't stop looking at it either.

The words had his silence remaining, and the quick kiss to his lips caused that small fear to disappear from within. He didn't say anything about Cloud's words even if he clung to every one of them, and as the topic turned to what he found happy, Sephiroth finally glanced away. "Why remember something that was false and fleeting?"