A/N: This is a series of drabbles regarding rules of... society? Social norm? Something like that. The idea is purely ehblahbing's, but I wrote this. Um. Well, she wrote something, I got dissatisfied, and overhauled the whole thing. Yeah. And it was written out of the order of rules we had. So bleh.

DISCLAIMER: As far as I know, neither of us are rich enough to claim that we're the owners of Final Fantasy VII.

Rule #1: Bathroom rules do not apply to hygiene.

Cloud didn't know how he got dragged into this. But he knew that it was Zack's fault. (It always is.) There's no other reason why he's—

Cloud blushed.

—on a date!

Not to mention, it was a double date, for Minerva's sake. With Aeris and Tifa!

Zack just knew how to humiliate Cloud, huh?

This was the most horrible thing possible. It was that bad.

Zack, that smug bastard, was sitting across from him with an indulgent smirk on his face. Beside him was his kind and gentle girlfriend, Aeris. Tifa, meanwhile, sat beside Cloud with a shy, yet happy smile on her face.

Cloud didn't know how he got here. The day had started off so well, too. And embarrassing-moment-free too. He had finally managed to get time away from school and work to work on his bike. Not even seconds after he got all the tools he needed from Cid, Zack had appeared and—this was where his mind went blank. Though... Seeing Zack's smug look, it was safe and easy to assume that the new, sore bruise on the back of his head was probably Zack's fault.

Cloud glared at the older man, who returned the look with an unsubtle wink. Watching their interaction, Aeris gave a soft laugh and a teasing smile.

Tifa broke the silence, "So, Cloud, how are things?"

And so the small talk started.

After awhile, Tifa and Aeris started conversing on their own while leaving Zack and Cloud to "go do there guy things," as the girls called it. However, Cloud was feeling determined on ignoring that bastard and stood up. Immediately, the girls stopped their chatter and looked at him.

"Uh... I'm gonna' go to the bathroom. 'scuse me." Cloud muttered while looking at the ground. Without even needing to look at his cheeks, he knew he was blushing. He swiftly left the booth and headed towards the restrooms.

Unbeknownst to him, Zack had winked at the girls and slyly followed Cloud.

Inside the bathroom, Zack watched Cloud stand in front of a urinal for a moment before going over to join him. Unzipping his pants, he raised an eyebrow when he saw a flustered Cloud move a urinal away from him.

"Cloud? What's wrong?"

"Zack, haven't you heard of the rule that guys are supposed to stand one urinal away from the guy next to you?" Cloud's voice was unnaturally high and squeaky, his voice cracking a few times. Coughing, he looked to the side away from Zack. "And stop looking at me, you bastard. I never agreed to go on this double date with you."

"Well, why not? You told me you liked Tifa before we visited Nibelheim and looking at the way she's staring at you lately, it's obvious she reciprocates the feelings." Zack looked confused.

"It's none of your business!" Cloud's blush, if possible, darkened. "Stop talking to me. I'm ignoring you."

But Zack ignored that warning, "C'mon, Cloud. Tifa's a nice girl and she's so pretty. I don't understand what's the problem."

Cloud said nothing. Finishing his business, he zipped up his pants and washed his hands. Zack followed suit, never stopping his pestering. When they got back to the table, both girls sighed in relief.

"What's wrong, girls?" Zack asked, sending Cloud a look. Cloud didn't bother looking at him.

"You guys took too long and we drank too much soda. We need to go to the bathroom." Aeris explained with an embarrassed smile.

"Together?" It was Cloud who spoke this time.

"Yes, because it's a rule that women must always take their girl friends to the bathroom." Tifa said sarcastically. She rolled her eyes and Zack suddenly chortled.

"Hahahaha. Another of those rules? In the bathroom just now, when I stood next to Cloud, he moved away and said that it was a rule among guys that you should always leave a space between them." Zack laughed out loud.

The girls laughed too, Tifa saying, "Cloud, I can't believe you honestly believe those Nibelheim superstitions. These rules don't even bother your hygiene!"

Cloud flushed and sent Zack a glare as well as a kick under the table. Zack winced, but didn't stop his laughing. The girls too laughed as they left the booth.