A/N: Soo… It's Spring Break here so I decided to start working on my fanfiction's again. My old computer crapped out but my dad said he thinks that he can fix it, so fingers crossed! Bad thing is I have to completely rewrite chapter two of my first fanfiction: Simple Desires. BUT FEAR NOT! The plot bunnies have been working their magic so hopefully I'll have it written, Beta'd, and up in no more than two weeks – YAY! Anyways, I got this idea while watching this show about a girl who see's ghosts (no relation to the actual plot, it just lightbulbed then) and I opened up my new mini-PC and started typing away! I really hope you guys like this one, and sorry again for the LONNNNNNG wait on Simple Desires… PEACE!
THESE CHARACTERS DO NOT BELONG TO ME! All characters within belong to SquareEnix etcetera, etcetera, etcetera… Anyways, onto the story!
Sephiroth woke one morning to the sound of his doorbell going off, which was odd, because he was typically up before anyone else. He stretched and realized that he had fallen asleep on his couch the night before and paused a moment to think. Vague memories of being in the Labs with Hojo made him force those thoughts into a screeching halt. Finger combing his hair and attempting to straighten his slightly askew uniform, the General took his time making his way to the door. Just before he got there, however, it opened to reveal a red-faced Genesis and a worried looking Angeal. There was a long moment of silence before in a blur of red Genesis flies into the apartment and all but tackles him, knocking them both into the wall.
"Ohmygoshseeeeeephhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" screeched all throughout the apartment and down the halls, causing several passing SOLDIER's to look curiously down the hallway where ShinRa's top three in the program lived. Sephiroth blinked a few times as he took in the situation. Genesis was turning into a vertical puddle against his chest and Angeal was staring at him with a look of what he assumed was surprise, along a few other emotions. A few moments later and the General found himself just getting more and more confused as he awkwardly puts a hand on Genesis' shoulder and looks over to his other Commander.
"What's going on Angeal?" Angeal jumps at the sound of his name and starts to rub the back of his neck.
"Well, you see Seph… we just got back from our mission today and when Lazard told us that nobody had heard from or seen you since you left the Labs a couple days ago, we got really worried. Then it took you so long to answer your door and we just… didn't know what to think." He glanced up at his friends and gave a half-hearted chuckle.
Sephiroth just stared blankly back at him and raised one delicate, perfectly formed brow at him. Slowly the information sank past the persistent fog in his mind and he shook his head, wincing as a headache throbbed into sudden being behind his temples. "Days, Angeal? I was only asleep for one night." He winced again as the headache spiked into a migraine and he silently cursed Hojo and every other scientist ever to have walked upon Gaia's surface.
"Noooo, it's been about three days Seph," Zack popped into the apartment just after his voice rounded the entrance. "I remember telling you about Spike's upcoming injections after passing the SOLDIER exams on the elevator heading down to the Labs. Haven't seen or heard a thing of or out of you since you got off." The sound of Genesis' sobs were the only thing heard for several more moments as Sephiroth processed this new information. The only thing that logically made any sense was that it was all Hojo's fault, as the blame typically fell when things went awry with SOLDIER's, especially with Sephiroth himself. He just sighed and pushed Genesis' lightly off of his chest, grumbling internally about the bane of his existence. AKA: Professor Hojo.
"Well obviously I am alive, so if you could refrain from leaking on me anymore I would be much obliged Commander Rhapsodos."
"Hey! That's no way to treat your poor heartbroken and distraught best friend and you know it!" Genesis wailed and proceeded to sob into his gloved hands, sniffling and mewling like a lost kitten separated from its mother.
"Your heart seems to be functioning just fine to me," Sephiroth retorts smoothly while attempting to yet again straighten out his rumpled uniform. After all, getting wrinkles out of leather was harder than removing blood stains; not that he'd had to in a while, what with the war being over and all.
"Well at least your wit seems to be intact," Angeal smiled softly from the entrance as he closes the door behind him and removes his boots. "How have you been Seph?" Zack watches the three men closely and attempts to imitate Angeal's stance and expression, failing miserably.
"Why have you been so closed offffff!?" Genesis wailed as he fell onto Sephiroth again, clutching at him like if he let go the General would disappear entirely.
"Ahm…." Sephiroth shifted uncomfortably and looked down at the red-head that was currently wrapping around him like some kind of octopus-like land monster yet to be discovered.
"Gennnnn! Let go of Seph will ya? He looks like he got run over by a behemoth or something, give him some air." Zack started poking and prodding at Genesis, trying to remove him from his seemingly permanent spot on the General's chest. Sephiroth furrowed his brows again as another wave of pain from his headache assaulted him, causing him to slump and almost fall under Genesis' weight.
"Seph!"
"Sephiroth!"
"Ohmygosh!"
"You okay?!"
"What's wrong?!"
"What happened?!
"Seph?!"
"Seph!"
His friends' voices blurred together as the room span around him and the pain in his temple continued to increase. The last thing he remembered before the darkness was the worry and fear that was laced in his friends' words.
A/N: Thanks for reading; I hope you liked it… Please review! 3 :3
