A/N: Have you read the story Tenacity, by Strange and Intoxicating –rsa- ? If not, then you should also read that story with this set of drabbles. These are mostly oneshots that are in junction with that story. Most of these will be friendship drabbles, but there might be the occasional "romantic" one.

Disclaimer: Maybe if Heather and I put our money together we could buy at least Rufus or Cloud! …Or am I dreaming? Nope. Don't/can't/won't own them. –Sob!-

Valentines Day...

A certain cadet was dragging his aching body from the latest training he had received from his instructor. Oh, the aches and pains… It felt as if someone had taken his body and twisted it painfully. Pulling off the official grunt helmet, unusual bright yellow spikes poked out. But even those spikes drooped with the amount of sweat that had collected, and making the grunt's overall appearance very depressing and slump-ish.

Zack could not stand it.

"Cadet Strife!" he said sharply, enjoying the sudden erect cadet who had saluted to him.

"Sir!" he cried, standing as straight as he could. What could've he done now? Why was the second-in-command of the Great Sephiroth speaking to him?

"Aww, you should know you're not in trouble. C'mon, tell me what's wrong, even your chocobo spikes seem to be depressed," he said with a grin, affectionately rubbing the boy's head. How soft…

Staring dumbly at Zack, Cloud just stood at attention, looking at him with a puzzled expression. Zack just laughed.

"At ease, soldier. Geez, you're about as uptight as the Sephiroth himself," he teased, watching Cadet Strife relax and still gap at him.

"… Is there something wrong, Zackary?" a silent voice whispered behind the pair. Cloud immediately stood straight again with a salute and Zack paled.

"Err…no, not this time, Seph," he said with a laugh, turning around to rub the back of his neck. With a sheepish grin, he wrapped an arm around the cadet and grinned. Sephiroth, with a disapproving sigh, shrugged and went off, looking very dramatic as he left.

Cloud, slumping in the bigger man's arms, stared with awe.

Zack, with a puppy pout, tapped the boy lightly on the head. "C'mon, wake up!"

Cloud, with an annoyed pout, swiped Zack's fingers away before sighing. "You want to be like him, don't you?" said Zack with a small smile. It wasn't uncommon to see a dream like that.

"…Yeah," he said breathlessly.

"Well, if you fight as well as you do normally Cadet, you might be able to one day join us in SOLDIER," Zack said with a pat on the back. Cloud, instead of looking awed again, brightened and smiled up at older man. Zack was pleased with the beaming.

"Thank you, sir!" he said excitedly before excusing himself to run off the bunks. Zack felt a warm feeling spread across his chest. I think I just made someone's Valentines Day…

A/N: Well, this is cute. While the theme V-Day is totally…not…there, that wasn't the point. It's just convenient I write this on V-Day itself. Anyways. What do you think? I hope you like it, I want to really be up to standards with Tenacity. By the way, here's a link:

http://w w w. take out the two spaces from the first two w's, and you're good. Anyways. Adieu, and happy Valentines Day!