That apology gets Cloud looking down at his own half-eaten candy fish dubiously, and when Zack's back is turned, he surreptitiously tosses it back into the water. ...wait, shit, is it going to transform back into a half-eaten real fish?

Time to just pretend that never happened.

"Maybe if you just sit on the floor, you'll boil all the water away and we can ditch the pails."

Cloud is cold, though. Without really thinking about it, he sloshes a little closer to Zack.