Growing Up
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters this is purely FANFICTION that's why it is posted here. XD and yes there are lemons in future chapters.
Chapter 1
It's been almost hours since Sephiroth entered his office and began to work on the mountain like pile of paper work he had to do. Zack is not helping with his constant prodding for him to get together with a particular cadet he fancied. For the past five hours, Zack had barged in and began to tease him nonstop every fifteen minutes. It turned out that the cadet was one of Zack's childhood friends. It was a big mistake that he had told the man about his feelings for this guy who goes with the name of Cloud Strife. He had to drag Zack every time out of his office and lock the door with a different coded password. Yet, his clever second in command managed to decipher each one.
He peered behind the paper to look at his door. But now it seems that Zack had given up disturbing him. It's been past thirty minutes since he last entered the office. The Shinra general sighed in relief. At least now he could continue with his work in peace. Or so he though.
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Zack rubbed his bottom.
'"You didn't have to literally throw me out like a big bag of trash!" He yelled as Sephiroth banged the door behind him. He heard the general make a new code for the door. He smirked, he can take care of that no problem but now he is thinking about a very very nasty scheme that Sephiroth might thank him for afterwards.
After all he is doing this in behalf of his extremely bashful friend. The two are obviously mad for each other, though Cloud is still too young to think about relationships and worshiped Sephiroth as his idol. But ever since he saw Sephiroth in person, it seems that the small sixteen year old new recruit changed his mind. Now he WANTED him, and it seems that Sephiroth himself feels the same way though he is trying to suppress his feelings for the blond.
He stood up and stormed his way to the private quarters of his friend. He looked at the watch hanging from the wall. Good, at this time Cloud would be going back to his room for his break, then have dinner after a cold shower.
He stooped at Cloud's door and knocked gently. The door was opened after a few muffled sounds inside. Cloud smiled and motioned for Zack to come in. He tightened his towel around his waist and proceeded to dry off his spiky hair with another.
It was the first time Zack came to his quarters after he was accepted in SOLDIER three months ago. He must have been busy because Cloud only saw him in the grounds or in the cafeteria or while in training with other first class SOLDIERs.
"Well what do you want?" Asked Cloud as eyeing his friend when he sat down on his bed.
Zack looked around and marveled at Cloud's surprisingly clean room. So he's a neat freak like Sephiroth, figures. He noticed a few newspaper clippings that adorned the ceiling. Hahaha.. Like a teenaged girl with a huge boy band crush. The news paper clippings had Sephiroth's face in every one of them.
Cloud raised an eyebrow when Zack stood up and smiled evilly at him.
"Get dressed I'm giving you an important errand." He said.
Cloud eyed him suspiciously then walked toward his dresser to get his SOLDIER uniform. He turned toward Zack who was watching his every move. He didn't appreciate someone watching him especially if he is getting dressed.
"Would you mind?" He growled dangerously that Zack hurried out of the room with a slight eep.
"Meet me near the mako laboratories down the hall." Zack called before closing the door. Cloud nodded and pulled down his towel to put on his underwear and uniform carefully. He looked over himself in the mirror wondering whatever it is this "errand" Zack was talking about. He shook his head and ruffled up his hair to show their natural spike.
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Mean while…
Zack hurried to the stock room with a basket to fetch some food then took out two bottles filled with weird looking liquid. He looked up at the pantries and searched for something that only Cloud would eat and something that Sephiroth won't touch. His eyes lit up when he spotted a bunch of strawberries. Good, Sephiroth hated that fruit while Cloud however loves it. Sephiroth had always thought that strawberries tasted too sweet or too sour.
He took it with a bottle of red wine, a jug of water, some bread, cheese, sweet ham and mutton with a small container of mashed potatoes. The general never liked a fridge in his office. He said that it always made it looked homey and it distracted him with its low buzzing noise especially for his acute sense of hearing.
He smirked as he poured green liquid on the fruit and purple one into the bottle of wine. Don't worry you two this is for both of you.
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Cloud spotted Zack and called out to him. Zack practically skipped toward him as Cloud stared, raising an eye brow at the basket in his arms.
"Can you keep quiet? Another cadet just told me that Sephiroth is busy with his work." Cloud complained when he realized that the general's office was just down the hall. Zack shrugged and handed him the filled basket while Cloud scratched his head.
"What's this for?" He asked as Zack wrapped an arm around him grinning.
"I'm ORDERING you to bring this to the general cadet."
Cloud's eyes widened in shock He can possibly bring this to the general he is too shy and besides what would the great Sephiroth say about him? What if he messed up? A blush crept in his face.
"Why wont you bring it to him yourself?!" He yelled, pushing the basket back to him. Zack shrugged and ducked the basket.
"Well, the general kind of told me to stop bothering him and didn't want to see me till tomorrow." He said truthfully. He smirked and winked at Cloud who was blushing furiously.
"And knowing the general he would be glad to HAVE you."
Cloud gulped at the last two words.
"This is an order cadet!!" Zack said in a commanding voice that Cloud straitened up and saluted, making his higher ranking officer smile.
"Good, now go."
Zack watched in amusement as Cloud stumbled and ran towards the general's office. He yawned and stretched and proceeded to go to his quarters. It had been a long day. He smirked, thinking about Cloud and the general.
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Cloud gulped nervously in front of Sephiroth's office. He could faintly hear a pen tirelessly writing on paper. He wondered how long the general was doing his work. It was almost past eight. He really didn't want to bother him plus his curfew would be beginning at anytime.
"To hell with it." He mumbled under his breath, he decided to get this over with right now.
Mustering up his courage, he lifted his hand to knock at the door.
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Author notes: Tell me what you think, is it good? Bad? Horrible? Should I continue or not? R& R Pls. XDD
This is an edited version because the first one has no page breaks...
Hope this version is much more clearer.