I'm rewatching Cloud and Tifa cut scenes, and guys my heart. I can't take it.
Their dynamic in remake is just perfection. They are friends, they are flirting, they both want to protect each other, and be strong enough to not be a burden.
I've rewatched on top of the pillar a dozen times and with seconds before they die, Cloud runs to Tifa but hesitates, he can't find the words to say, he can't express the emotion he wants to share, he can't hold her because he just doesn't know how to be the thing she needs. But then the second Barrent says he has a way out, Cloud jumps into "hero" mode and doesn't hesitate to touch her anymore, he just drags Tifa towards salvation.