Threesome

Crisis Core Setting. If you recall, when Zack is in Nibelheim, Cissnei sends him a letter stating that the two of them should go see the stage production of Loveless when he returns. For a moment, let's say that the Nibelheim incident didn't end in flames…

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Cissnei – Thanks for your letter. Yes, we should definitely go see Loveless.

There's no one I'd rather go see it with than you. Okay, well maybe one but I

Don't think she'd like it. Things are pretty boring around here. Typical stuff, really.

I don't see what all the fuss was about. I think Tseng overreacted. Does he do that kind of thing often? Speaking of which, I heard from Lazard that Tseng's got his eye on an academy student in more ways than one. Is that true? Uh oh, is another woman gonna push you out Cissnei? Haha! I'm just teasing, There isn't room for two women in the ranks of The Turks. Don't know how Lazard gets his info anyway. Until Later – Zack

Hi Zack – Your fan club girls are driving me crazy! Haha! I'm so happy to hear that you'll go with me to see Loveless! We'll have a great time, you wait and see! When are you coming back from Nibelheim anyway? To answer your question, yes it's true but Tseng is very tight lipped about it. She's a third year academy student about to graduate; close to Tseng's age. From what I hear, she'll be next in line to join the ranks. What's the weather like there? I bet you're freezing! I gotta get back to work here, this place is nuts. I'd rather be there with you. I could use a vacation, though I somehow doubt you would call Nibelheim vacation. Bye for now – Cissnei

Cissnei – Good news! I'm on my way home! I should be home in two or three days. We're gonna make a couple other stops. Can't wait to see you. I can't believe I have a fan club with girls driving you crazy. That's the best news I've heard today. I'd sure like to meet my fans sometime! Good news! I'm coming home for a month. So, when are we gonna go see Loveless? How about I call you when I get back? Nibelheim? Freezing? Yeah maybe to you 'cause you're not in shape like me! Haha! Ready for a vacation, huh? Maybe I can take you somewhere when I'm home. I can't wait to see Aerith either. We have so much to talk about. See You Soon – Zack

The early summer breeze fluttered through Cissnei's open window, teasing her sheer, white curtains and fluttering some papers that were resting on her desk. It was noisy below, of course it always was. You got used to it over time. She lived on the 15th floor of the Loveless Avenue South high rise. Loveless Avenue North was the place to be but South was cheaper and the waiting list to get in here had been much shorter. The building was a quiet one, walls well reinforced. She lived beside a couple that had two children, both under the age of five; but they never seemed to bother her. She lived at the end of the hall so she had no neighbors to her right. Her phone rang. It's tone lost to mid-morning sounds of Midgar. It rang again. It was on the small table near Cissnei's cream-colored couch. It rang a third time. Cissnei stirred and stretched her hands above her head. She yawned and pawed at the table searching for it.

"Hello?" she answered sleepily by the fifth ring. "Hi! Hi, no….no I was asleep. Because, I was up really late last night. I went out with some friends. No, stupid! I didn't! What time is it?" Cissnei asked as she looked at the clock at the same time. Shit, nearly 11:00 I have slept a long time. So when did you get in?"Cissnei asked not offering to budge from her couch. "Because, I worked last Sunday so I took today off. Besides, Tseng's a basket case. I can't deal with him when he's like he is this week so I'm glad I'm not there today. What are you doing?" Cissnei asked reaching for her cell phone to check her text messages. "That sounds fun. Hey, What day do you want to go see Loveless? I'm thinking we should catch the late show Friday or Saturday. Okay, okay let's go Friday night then. Give me like…twenty minutes to wake up or whatever and I'll call and get our tickets." Cissnei laughed. "You are so stupid sometimes. Listen, I'll call or text you later, okay? O…okay. Okay, bye." Cissnei hung up her phone and reached for the TV remote control. She rolled over to her side and only half paid attention to the commercial. She took a deep breath and pulled herself up, reaching her hands above her head and feeling her shoulders pop a little. She stood up and walked over to her kitchen. There was some left over noodles from the day before that she could warm up on the stove. She caught sight of the takeout menu pressed to her fridge with a magnet. That was a much better idea than her leftover noodles. She closed the refrigerator door, pulled the menu off and returned to her couch. She had this place on speed dial. "Hi, I'd like to place an order for delivery. 816 Loveless Avenue South apartment 1514." She laid back down on the couch. "Yeah, just buzz me on the intercom from the lobby and I'll come downstairs. Alright, thanks." Cissnei hung up the phone and spread out across her couch again.

"I missed you."

"I missed you too." Her smell was so sweet as he held her against him. Zack buried his nose in her hair.

"Your hair smells nice." He said softly. Aerith smiled. Her big green eyes sparkled.

"Thanks. Here, sit down." Aerith rubbed her hand over the spot beside her.

"I worried about you. Have you been okay?" he asked pushing brunette hair out of her eyes. Aerith shook her head.

"I've been fine. Come on Zack, you know I can take care of myself down here." Aerith smiled and pulled him over beside her.

"I know you can, I just…I just worry about you. I don't ever want anything to happen to you when I'm away." Zack said digging his fingers into her hair. Aerith smiled as her eyes melted into mako blue ones. Zack reached his arms out to her, pulling her slim frame down with him. She sighed and let her hands rest on his shoulders. Aerith had a slight look of nervousness on her face yet she didn't want to be nervous. She and Zack had only briefly kissed a couple times before he left for Nibelheim. She felt his strong arms wrap around her. Aerith could feel her body tremble slightly as she tried to relax her weight on top of Zack. She looked at him and Zack could feel the apprehension in her eyes. He moved his hands behind her back and up to her shoulders before pulling her lips into his. It was a tender and most inexperienced kiss. Aerith relaxed a little but Zack could still feel tenseness and trepidation in her shoulders. She liked it when he kissed her like this, growing deeper and more intent. Aerith gasped a little as their kiss suddenly turned less innocent. She had never felt a man's tongue in her mouth before. Aerith was uncertain how to respond, it simply paralyzed her. She convinced herself to try and ease into this amazing sensation, even though she didn't think that she was doing it right.

"Is that okay?" she asked rather meekly, pulling her lips away from his. She made no attempts to hide her own uncertainties. Zack smiled at her before taking her tighter in his arms.

"Perfect." he assured her before forcing her lips in to his again. Aerith became a little more natural in this more passionate kiss. She wanted Zack's hands all over her, yet at the same time she was scared to have Zack's hands all over her. She was afraid of her own body mainly because of her own naivety. Aerith loved his hands where they were but she always trembled when they ventured anywhere else. She could feel his lips move from her own to her chin and down her neck. His hands tugged at the thin straps on her shoulders. Aerith swallowed hard as he pulled them down. Zack could feel her body tense up again as soft fabric crept down her chest, leaving her in only her bra from the waist up.

"You're nervous. You want me to stop?" he asked of her. Aerith shook her head no, though the rest of her body language wasn't at all convincing. "You sure?" he asked again. Aerith smiled nervously and promised him it was okay. Zack locked his eyes on her as he moved his hands up her ribs to her back. Aerith gasped softly out loud as she felt her bra come unfastened. She closed her eyes and hoped she wouldn't be a disappointment. Oh how she didn't understand a man's mind…

She gasped even louder at the feeling of soft hands on her bare breasts. The look on Zack's face was complete infatuation with Aerith. "Let your hair down." He asked her quietly.

"Okay." Aerith said barely above a whisper as she reached her arm up to the pink bow in her hair. She tugged on it, letting soft brunette locks fall down. She didn't look so innocent anymore.

"Oh wow…" Zack mumbled.

"Do…do I look pretty or something?" she asked unassured.

"Beautiful…"Zack promised her before pulling her half naked body down on top of him.

"Hold on…No! Hold on!" Cissnei insisted. "Because, I have a huge ass glass of tea in one hand and a foil container of an Italian sampler from that place down town in the other. I need to put my sampler down to get a tablet. What's on the sampler? Fettuccini Alfredo, chicken parm, two spicy Italian sausage links with penne and garlic bread. No, I'm not going to eat all of it right now. I'm going to save some for tomorrow. Wait, are you calling me fat? What if I had said, yes I'm eating it all tonight? I don't just share my Italian sampler, ya know. Oh, the spicy Italian sausages with the penne. That's my favorite part of the sampler. Okay give me the…hold on Reno my cell phone is ringing." Cissnei leaned over and looked at her cell phone: ZACK FAIR. "Alright, sorry. Give me the number. Why would I answer my cell phone? I'm talking to you. Because, it's just Zack. I'll get back to him as soon as you give me the damn number so I can get back to my sampler." Cissnei insisted. "Okay…okay…okay, thanks. I'll call tomorrow morning. Bye." Cissnei hung up her phone only to realize Zack had sent her a text message. This was more convenient anyway to text him. Reno had already distracted her enough from her sampler. She laughed at what he had sent her. She was a pro at texting with one hand, which left her other perfectly free for her fork.

This conversation went on for at least another fifteen minutes. It was decided: Loveless the following Friday; 8:00 showing.

"Who is it?" Cissnei answered her door buzzer knowing good and well who it was.

"It's me." Zack answered.

"I'll be right down." Cissnei assured him. She grabbed her keys off the counter and shoved them into her handbag before closing the door behind her. She quickly made her way to the elevator, one of the few apartment buildings fortunate enough to have an elevator installed. Zack, being the nosey personality that he could be, walked over to the mailboxes to find Cissnei's. He didn't seem to hear the elevator ding or the repetitive click of high heels on the marble floor.

"Well, do I have any mail?" Cissnei asked laughing at Zack. He looked up in a state of shock.

"Wow." It was all he said for a moment. "No uh…No wonder SOLDIER adores you."

"Huh?" Cissnei asked.

"Oh…that's right…you…probably wouldn't know about that. We all think you're beautiful and shit, that's…when you're in a suit and tie."

"You're right. I didn't know that." Cissnei laughed. She could hear her phone ding in her purse and so she flung it around on her shoulder to dig it out. "Sd, where did you decide we were eating after the show tonight? I hope it's some place good and not a lame SOLDIER spot."

"Hey, why do you think we pick lame spots?" Zack asked of her as they headed for the sidewalk. Cissnei pulled her sunglasses out of her purse along with her phone that she had been digging for. As if her overall look couldn't have gotten any more pulled together. Her dark sunglasses topped it all off. She was a pro at texting and walking. Shockingly, she was a pro at walking those long city blocks in nearly four inch heels as well; though it was hard to say why. She never wore high heels to work and yet she had them mastered. It was a side of Cissnei that was never seen from nine to five.

"Well, prove to me that you didn't choose some lame place. Oh, and I must say Zack. You clean up well. It takes a lot of man to pull off that color pink and you're doing it quite well. He laughed at her while she texted something. She slipped her phone back into her purse.

"I haven't decided yet but I'm thinking of a couple different places. Oh and Cissnei? I can pull of any color. I'm SOLDIER 1st Class! We do that kind of thing." Zack promised her.

"Okay, whatever you say." Cissnei said rolling her eyes. Cissnei could hear her phone ding again but there was no reason to go grabbing for it until she and Zack had arrived at the Loveless Playhouse.

"So, how long have you lived on the south side of Loveless Avenue?" Zack asked her.

"About three years. When I was still in the academy I lived in the Shinra dorms." Cissnei explained.

"Was that horrible? Zack wondered.

"Oh god, not at all. That was the first time since leaving the orphanage that I had friends. Like, true friends. We all had so much fun together! I love my place now but I miss those days. You know, not everyone makes it through the academy so I lost touch with some friends that didn't finish. Stupid Kunsel was two years in front of me." Cissnei laughed.

"I didn't know that!" Zack said excitedly.

"Yep. He sure was. Dated the slutty bitch that lived in the dorm beside me. Believe me, those walls were paper thin. I could hear everything he did and didn't do well." Cissnei admitted. Zack laughed.

"Oh shit, that's funny. Now, me. I don't have that problem." Zack said winking at her.

"Right, because you do everything well. Is that it?" Cissnei asked him rolling her eyes again.

"You go it! Zack Fair, SOLDIER 1st Class!" Zack said. He had the most beautiful of smiles.

"Technically, I outrank you. Just remember that." Cissnei reminded him as the approached a very large crowd outside the Loveless Playhouse. She punched him in the arm.

"What the….Cissnei come on!" Zack said pushing her. He laughed at her.

"I'm just sayin'….I'm just sayin'…." Cissnei said handing their tickets over to Zack. "Here. We may as well get in line. Looks like it'll be a while."

"How long does this show run anyway?" Zack asked.

"Two hours, ten minutes." Cissnei answered him.

"Oh, okay." Zack said.

"So, Zack. How's Aerith?" Cissnei asked of him, realizing he hadn't yet mentioned her. He smiled.

"She's wonderful." He said both briefly and sincerely. There was a long pause between them. "Hey…" he started. Cissnei looked at him as she pulled her phone out of her purse. She shoved her sunglasses on top of her head and looked at him. Zack shook his head. "Never mind…" he reconsidered.

"What?" Cissnei questioned.

"Can I ask…" Zack shook his head. "…no. Now's not the time. Over dinner later. That's perfect!" Cissnei laughed not completely paying attention to Zack.

"Okay, whatever." She said pleasantly.