"Porcupine."
"Enigmatic."
"Cycle."
"East."
"Toss."
"Sleep."
"Por—"
"Don't you dare to repeat 'porcupine' again, Cadet Strife."
Cloud was smiling, though. "—k."
Genesis sighed. "Key."
"Yell."
"LOVELESS," was said with a victorious grin. Cloud rolled his eyes. He knew should've said 'yes'. "You're giving me the same letter over and over again, Commander. Soup."
"Look who's talking. Puppy."
Cloud suddenly felt tired. "Yam."
"Mustard."
"Dinner."
"Rapier—"
"HA!" Cloud suddenly yelled. Realizing what he had said, Genesis groaned and hit his head with his book. "I won! I'm waiting for your treat, Commander Rhapsodos, sir!"
It was mocking one, alright.
"Fine. Which flavor do you want?"
As Cloud was taking his time to choose, Genesis heard someone snickering behind him. His infamous glare wouldn't work at the Puppy, so he did the alternative: he stepped backward one step, right in front of Zack's feet, and then—
"OUCH! Why did you step on my feet, Gen?!"
Genesis shrugged and returned to his place next to Cloud. "Maybe because you're annoying?"
"What the—"
"Two scoops of chocolate ice cream, please!"
"And two scoops of vanilla ice cream for me."
Sulking, Zack muttered softly, "Why the hell you must decide who to treat with word chain, anyway?"
Ignoring Zack, Genesis enjoyed his ice cream.
Oh, and also the cadet's smiling face.
"You're going to get diabetes, Genesis," Zack whispered very slowly with three scoops of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream in his hand.
"Say you."
Oblivious to the two SOLDIERs' argument, Cloud ate his ice cream blissfully.
'Ignorance is a bliss,' or so they said.
[end]
a/n: I've been wanting to write Genesis forever and when I finally did it, I messed it up. /orz They're playing their own word chain, by the way. 'The one whose word have the same letter at beginning and ending lose, or whatever it was (I just made it up). Anyway, thank you for reading~
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Or if you could say it a plot. /cries