[He catches that - it would be impossible not to - but he just shrugs his shoulders, smiling faintly in an attempt to not awkward-up the conversation. It's done, it's the past- there's no sense in getting all angsty about it. Not when they already have enough to be upset about.]

Yeah, that's right. We were dating up until then, but four years is a long time to wait, and... I think she met someone, after.

[The way she'd talk about Cloud... maybe it's taken him this long for it to really click, but she does, doesn't she...?]