"You noticed that, too, huh." He put his hands on his hips and tipped his head back, letting the sunlight wash over his already tanned face. "Sometimes I think they just don't have the same issues we do."

There were times Zack wished he could forget. Sometimes he still woke up in the middle of the night, checking to make sure Cloud was still less than two feet away, still alive, before he realized where he really was and that Cloud wasn't with him. He wished he could relax like everyone else and pretend that life was okay.