This is a christmas story i am writing to my friend firehedgehog ^^ and thanks to miaharpy and "evilmurray"(game friend) for helping me editing it :)

(have rechanged first chapter)

Christmas story for Firehedgehog

Chapter 1

Cloud was standing outside the cafeteria waiting for Zack. He had promised to wait for him today, so they could eat together.

"Hey Cloud."

Cloud looked up to see Zack running at full speed towards him.

When Zack finally reached him, Cloud asked "Why did you take so long? We promised to meet twenty minutes ago." As he said that, Cloud's belly rumbled, making him blush when Zack shot him a strange look.

"Sorry I'm late, but Sephiroth kept me behind, but let's grab some food and talk about that later" Zack said, putting an arm around Cloud's shoulders and leading him into the cafeteria.

The cafeteria was pretty crowded. They headed for the hot food buffet and took their places in the queue.

"So Cloud, what're you gonna do with your week off? Zack asked. Cloud turned to Zack as he answered.

"I am gonna train."

Zack looked almost shocked at Cloud's response. Who the heck wants to keep working in their free time?

"You're gonna train Cloud?! You know it won't hurt to take some free time to relax a bit." Zack said and gave his friend a concerned look.

"Zack, I am not like you. I'm not interested in partying every time I get a day off and besides, I have to train harder than anyone if I'm going to get my dream job....as a member of SOLDIER." replied Cloud simply, then noticed Zack smirking at him.

"What?" Cloud asked "Why are you looking at me like that?".

"I bet you just want to impress Seph." Zack answered and he grinned even wider when he saw Cloud starting to blush.

"I do not." Was the only thing Cloud was able to say in his defense. Zack moved his face closer to Cloud and said.

"Oh really Cloud, you sure it's not cause you want to show Sephiroth your passion for SOLDIER training?"

Zack knew he had hit a sore spot inside Cloud as his blush deepend and he had begun to shake. He didnt like seeing Cloud like that, but he loved to tease Cloud about his little crush on their General.

It was Cloud's turn to fill his plate with hot food, and he went over to take some spaghetti bolognese.

He furiously began to pile his plate with food. He busied himself taking big spoonfuls of spaghetti bolognese before answering.

"You know that isn't true." but Cloud's expression clearly showed that Zack was not wrong in saying what he had.

"You know Cloud, we all know how much you lov-" but before Zack could finish, Cloud spun towards him, and with pure anger blazing in his eyes, he took the bolognese-filled ladle and threw its contents over Zack

Zack's SOLDIER instincts kicked in and he was just able to dodge out of the way, then was about to smirk back at Cloud for missing him and to tell him to keep his temper in check, but as he looked at his friend, he saw Cloud had gone ghostly pale and seemed to be in shock.

He turned around to see what had provoked this reaction in his comrade.. He started to laugh as he saw what Cloud had actually hit with the sauce.

TBC