-Chapter 1: Prologue-

A certain spiky black haired male walked the mountain in hopes of finding shelter until the snow storm decided to stop covering the land with white snow. "And I just have to decline Aerith's offer." Zack grumbled as he searched. Then his eyes caught something black and hollow. It was a cave, a warm cave. Zack went in curious as to why the cave was warm during winter. 'Nah, I'm too tired to check it out.' Zack thought as he immediately fell asleep.

Zack suddenly woke up by labored breaths. He looked at the cave's entrance and saw that the storm was gone, but he couldn't careless. He was curious, curious of the labored breaths. Slowly he walked deeper into the cave, noting that it started getting warmer and warmer by each step closer. He saw light and decided to hide behind rocks.

He peeked and saw fireplace slowly burning out. He noticed something, no someone next to it naked, shivering, and having short breaths. Knowing Zack he helped the blond stranger, wrapping him with his cloak, not looking at a certain area that all male possessed, he carried the lithe body towards a friends house.