Cloud was going to meet you for the first time. He would be your companion during a mission.

Cloud was waiting for you at a train station, and when he saw you...

He looked down at you, eyes slightly open and his mouth slightly open.

"You.. um.. are you my partner?"

He said slightly surprised. He hoped his partner would be a girl, not a boy... especially someone as cute as you, but of course he wouldn't admit that, his ego would be ruined if he did.