My notes: A hundred theme challenge with a Sephiroth and Genesis pairing through the whole thing! I just love this couple! Please note that not all of these small stories fit together. These stories range from fuzzy, cute, happy, sad, depressing to just plain crazy ones. Some chapters are quite short, though, but then again, some are a bit longer.
Please review and tell me which one you liked the most. If you even liked any of them... Reviews make me happy, which cause me to write more!
Warnings: Sex between men, relationship between men, cursing, violence, a few minor OCs, character death, spoilers and so on. Read at your own risk.
"Believe me, you'll get along just fine with Genesis." Angeal said, a little too cheerily for Sephiroth's taste. "We have known each other since childhood, he's a great guy. A little quirky, perhaps, but with a good heart."
He and Angeal had met by chance in a training room just two weeks ago, and had hit off perfectly and rapidly became friends. Sephiroth appreciated that the older man didn't seem to fear him and had such a calm and even temperament. He was also good at sparring, and didn't blabber unnecessary. He was everything Sephiroth could ever want in a friend. He also happened to be Sephiroth's first and only friend, but the silver-haired warrior couldn't help but to hope to gain another today. The way Angeal praised this Genesis person, he sounded like an amazing man.
They walked down the corridor, and Angeal unlocked a door with the name "G. Rhapsodos" on it. So he had his friend's entrance code... How curious, Sephiroth thought, to have such trust in another human being. He couldn't help but to wonder if he would ever feel that way about someone...
The sight which met them... was not what the General had expected. He had perhaps expected a large man, like him and Angeal - a warrior. A man that was down to earth and gruffly friendly.
He couldn't be more wrong. This rather short, lithe person had brilliant, red hair and did not look like a warrior. No, this man didn't look like a warrior at all. Instead, he was holding a book of what seemed to be poems, and he moved like some sort of aristocrat, not a soldier. He gave a smug smirk at the two larger men who had just entered his apartment.
"Ah, 'Geal." he said with a slightly sardonic and dramatic voice. "There you are. And I presume this is your little friend then?"
If Sephiroth was even slightest prone to showing emotion, he might have shown shock at that exclamation. No one had ever, ever called him "little". How... odd. He was over two meters tall and broad-shouldered as well as very muscular, and this... man was perhaps 1,75 and kind of slim, even if he was not completely without muscles. He stepped forward.
"Hello, my name is Sephiroth." he said awkwardly and held out his hand to the older man. At the same time he kept his face neural, he cursed himself on the inside. Why did he have to sound so stiff when talking to young men his own age?
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Sephiroth." Genesis said and took his hand with an unnecessary flourish. "My name is Genesis Rhapsodos." His grip was surprisingly sturdy as he shook Sephiroth's hand. Hidden strength, Sephiroth noted. Not to be underestimated.
Angeal smiled broadly and clasped a hand on each of their shoulders. "I have a feeling that this is the start of a wonderful friendship." he proclaimed, and Sephiroth dearly hoped he was right. This eccentric redhead... intrigued him in a way no one had ever done before. He wanted to know more about this eccentric but fascinating creature, but he was afraid of reaching out to him. Not so much about getting shunned or rejected, but rather he feared getting burnt by those roaring flames which seemed to be the very soul of Genesis Rhapsodos...