Wooden sandals pressed against soft dirt as their owner made his way along the trail to the hot springs, located deep into the secluded forest of Wutai.

Reaching the spring's edge, essentials under one arm, Yuri slipped into the balmy waters, having performed the appropriate ritual beforehand.

A smile formed slowly on his lips as a familiar glimmer materialized in the Wutai male's dark eyes at the mention of mischief with Yuffie.

"...Pranks?" He asked, his beautiful features lighting with excitement.

It had been a while since they had gone on a spree of chaos together.

Beneath the protection of the large, overhanging eaves, Yuri sat in meditative silence on the engawa as rain pattered on the old ceramic tiles of the Tanaka residence.

At his back, his long dark hair hung loosely, no longer secured by the ponytail he habitually wore.

Overhead, the paper lantern—

— Turtle's Paradise, Wutai village

She wasn't wrong. Food did taste better when off someone else's plate.

"Midgar?" The stoic Wutai male echoed in a quiet, contemplative tone, recalling Yuffie's desire about wanting to set up shop in the new city the locals there dubbed "Edge", a—

Placing his hands together, Yuri bows his head in silent gratitude at the foot of the statue of the guardian of Wutai, thanking Leviathan for the much-needed rainfall.

Dinner at Turtle's Paradise.

░ ❖░░░░ .忍《 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 ｄｅｓｔｉｎｙ 。║▌║▌▌║▌

✥ ʰᵉᵗᵉʳᵒˢᵉˣᵘᵃˡ / ˢʰⁱᵖˢ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᶜʰᵉᵐ
✥ ᶠᶠ ᵛⁱⁱ / ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃʸ ᵗᵒ ᵃ ˢᵐⁱˡᵉ / ᵖᵒˢᵗ ᵈⁱʳᵍᵉ ᵒᶠ ᶜᵉʳᵇᵉʳᵘˢ
✥ ²⁰⁺ / ᵐⁱⁿᵒʳˢ ᵈⁿⁱ

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𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯... 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.

Blown by the wind under the 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓

... ᶠᵘᵏⁱⁿᵃᵍᵃˢᵃʳᵉ, ᵏⁱᵉᵗᵉᵐᵒ

Two shadows run, as the 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃 is strong

ᴺᵃ ᵐᵒ ⁿᵃᵏⁱ ᵐᵃᵐᵃ, ᶜʰⁱʳⁱʸᵘᵏᵘ ...

In the next life, they will 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐓 the same

— 𝚂𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚃𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚞: 𝚆𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗