She definitely looked different, although he couldn't put his finger on what it was. She was still pretty, though. And still her. And she wasn't too mad at him for...anything, at the moment! That was a really good sign!

"Well, sure I have! I mean, a lot happened, and..."

He sighed, and his face turned semi-serious.

"Yeah. I know I am. Man! I looked at the list you wrote me, and I came as soon as I could. I mean, I was taking Cloud with me to Midgar, to see you, because he was all messed up from Shinra capturing us after Sephiroth went nuts in the Nibelheim reactor. I wanted to come sooner, but I had to take care of him, too, you know? But! But I didn't forget, see!"

He fumbled around in his clothes for the note in question, and produced it proudly.

How he had managed to not lose it, even he couldn't say.