Frog Days of Summer
By: Riku
July 24, 2010—December 11, 2010
Summary: In which Zack discovers the more obscure uses of the Buddy System.
Disclaimer: Don't own FFVII: CC—it's characters, settings, or plot.
A/N: *in Peter Lorre-esque voice* I couldn't resist…Seriously though, the Genesis in my head and I are almost too-much-alike. And having way too much fun with this idea.
Genesis Rhapsodos was fuming. Angeal had come down with a bad cold and called Genesis in to cover for him…leaving the red-head in charge of teaching—teaching!—a bunch of Third Class (wannabe) SOLDIERs how to equip and use materia.
The lesson was a spectacular failure (the poor Thirds were so intimidated by the First's notoriously blazing temper that most of their casts failed or redirected to the wrong target—i.e. Genesis.) The only thing that saved the Thirds from Genesis's fiery wrath was Angeal's stipulation that the red-head leave his own materia in his apartment.
Genesis was all but spitting fire—without the use of his beloved materia—when he stormed into the SOLDIER lounge; only pausing his enraged pacing when he heard a frantic ribbiting coming from almost directly under his raised foot.
Curiosity peaked; Genesis backed up a couple steps and looked down to find a black frog with strikingly blue eyes sitting next to an innocuous-looking yellow Command Materia.
The SOLDIER First raised one slender eyebrow before asking, somewhat incredulously, "…Zack?"
The frog looked almost sheepish, "…ribbit…"
Genesis doubled over with laughter, "What…" he came down hard on his backside, "What did you do?"
Zack-frog gave an approximation of his usual kicked puppy look and then looked pointedly between Genesis and the Transform materia.
Genesis shrugged, chuckled, and scooped up both frog and materia and headed back to his apartment.
"You just made my whole day," Genesis snickered as he let them into his apartment.
Zack-frog did his best to look indignant.
Inside the apartment, Genesis headed for the kitchen and deposited Zack-frog on a bar stool.
He rounded the counter and began rummaging through his junk drawer.
A few minutes later Genesis re-emerged with a triumphant "Ah-ha," came back around to Zack's side of the counter and sprinkled a Maiden's Kiss over the frog's head.
An instant later Zack was back to his normal self, a sheepish grin spread across his face.
"Alright. Out with it."
"Hmmm?" Zack raised his eyebrows, feigning innocence.
Genesis quirked an eyebrow.
"Oh. That." Zack averted his gaze to the general vicinity of the refrigerator. "I was practicing the Frog spell and it kind of…backfired."
Genesis guffawed.
"It's not that funny," Zack grumbled.
"I take back my earlier statement," Genesis said, wiping tears of mirth from his eyes, "You just made my whole year."
Fin