Cloud felt his shoulders relax at the sight of his best friend; he was looking a great deal better than he had the last time Cloud had seen him. Giving the brunette a nod of acknowledgement, he felt Simon behind him and turned slightly, setting a hand atop his hair to coax him out of hiding. "Simon, it's all right. I know he's kind of big, but he's a pushover." Were Cloud to examine the situation from a third person point-of-view, he might have been a little surprised with the playful tone. Unconciously, he also set an encouraging hand on Denzel's back.