Side Effect
Warnings: Explicit yaoi and... yeah, that's it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII or any of their characters. I'm just messing around with them a bit. I'll rinse them off and put them back when I'm finished, m'kay?
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The setting sun and warm colored sky of Nibelheim blinded Cloud, leaving room for his thoughts to wander. He had been hoping for the opposite effect as he stared out at his hometown. Seeing his mother again had been stressful enough, but now the thought of showing his face to his childhood friend Tifa, while still being a mere footsoldier to ShinRa, was giving him a headache. The bright rays of sunlight weren't very helpful either, now that he thought about it.
Cloud turned away from the window of the upper story of Nibelheim Mansion and practically crashed into his friend Zack.
"Whoa!" The black-haired soldier reached out and steadied the blonde, who'd started to stagger backwards. "Easy, Cloud. You feeling okay?"
"Just a little distracted," Cloud muttered, trying not to show his embarrassment. Despite the fact that he and Zack were friends, slamming into his superiors wouldn't exactly put him high up on the list of promotions. A klutzy SOLDIER wasn't high in demand those days.
Zack shook his head and clapped Cloud on the shoulder. "It's that girl, right? The one you were freaking out about? Want me to set up something for you two?"
"No!" Cloud said quickly. The thought of being alone with Tifa made him shudder. Or maybe it was Zack's hand on his shoulder? "That… That's okay, Zack, I'll deal with it myself." His body was slowly stiffening. Zack's touch was making him react strangely, although he couldn't quite place the feeling.
The SOLDIER frowned slightly, and then shrugged. "'Kay then. I'm heading to bed. We've got an early start tomorrow." He looked at Cloud expectantly.
Cloud raised an eyebrow, not understanding the look he was receiving. "…Alright."
Zack laughed and grabbed Cloud's wrist, dragging him along the hallway. "That means you're going to bed too, dimwit. We share a room and I don't want you walking in at some ungodly hour and waking me up."
The blonde sighed and shook his head at his friend's pushiness. He allowed himself to be dragged, ignoring another burst of the odd sensation caused by Zack's hand against his bare skin.
They entered the mansion's room which they were sharing, and both immediately stopped and stared.
"One bed," Zack said monotonously, staring at the offending piece of furniture.
"Yeah," Cloud concurred. A silence filled the room while both men contemplated their next action.
Finally Cloud spoke up. "I'll sleep on the floor," he said, though his tone left room for argument. He'd started to move further into the room, away from the bed, when Zack reached out and dragged him back.
"Oh no you don't," he said quickly. "As a superior I'm responsible for you. How am I gonna explain to the General when my supporting officer can't get up for work tomorrow because of a bad back?"
Cloud could easily see through the façade to Zack's "I'm just a nice guy helping out a friend" layer. He raised an eyebrow skeptically. "A bad back? What do you think I am, an invalid? I'll be fine. Besides, you're the superior officer. These kinds of things come with the job."
"I call bullshit," Zack said, grinning, and pushed Cloud toward the bed. "Out of the goodness of my heart, I'm letting you have the bed."
Cloud struggled against Zack and managed to stay standing, though his knees were about ready to give out from the inexplicable reaction the other man was causing to his body, and he was bracing himself to fall onto the mattress. "And out of the goodness of MY heart, I'm refusing!" With one great heave he pushed Zack away.
Zack stumbled a bit and caught himself. Panting slightly, he crossed his arms. "Fine. We'll share the bed."
"Share?" Cloud wrinkled his nose.
"We're all friends here, Cloud."
The blonde considered for a moment. "Fine, we'll share."
"Fine."
"Fine."
They both stood in silence for a moment, neither knowing quite what to do next, and then almost at the same time they moved swiftly onto opposite sides of the bed, facing away from each other.
"Goodnight," Cloud said curtly.
"'Night," Zack replied, and they settled in to fall asleep.
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Sometime during the night, Cloud had been pressed into Zack's arms. Though he wasn't awake to know for sure, he could feel the strange sensation from before enveloping his body. Now the feeling was emitted throughout his body, trembling in his bones like vibrations. Slowly, almost so slowly he didn't notice it, his mind filled with an image of Zack, completely naked, surrounded by a soft white light.
The Zack in his mind smiled at him, and though Cloud couldn't and wouldn't have smiled back, he felt comfortable in the other's gaze.
"Cloud…" Zack murmured in his sleep, and in Cloud's mind the name rang out clearly like a summons. Zack's naked form wrapped his arms around Cloud's body, which Cloud realized, in this dream world, was naked as well. Even so, he didn't feel self-conscious at all. Being held so close to Zack's warm body somehow felt… right.
In reality, Cloud was nuzzling against a fully-clothed Zack. Both men seemed unaware of their situation as their hands explored brazenly over each other's bodies. Cloud's hand slipped of its own free will into the waistband of Zack's pants, and the black-haired man gasped in his sleep.
"Cloud…" Zack whispered again, this time more urgently.
"Mmm…?" Cloud replied, both in the real world and their own personal dream world.
The Zack in the dream seemed to pout when he looked at the blonde, and he pressed his lips close to Cloud's as he whispered, "I want you, Cloud."
"Yeah…" Cloud whispered back. His eyes slowly closed and his lips moved against Zack's as he spoke.
"I want to fuck you, Cloud…" Zack, in reality and in their dream, his tongue slipped inside of Cloud's mouth. Cloud accepted it eagerly and moaned at the sensation it caused.
A spark of pleasure brought him partially back to reality, and the dream world in front of him quickly faded. When his eyes fluttered open, through the darkness of the room and the moonlight filtering through the window, he could see and feel Zack's tongue tracing its way along the shell of his ear. He shuddered, though not completely from disgust, and sat upright, pushing his way out of Zack's arms.
Zack, still sleeping quite peacefully, moaned a note of discontent and reached blindly for Cloud's body. Cloud could see the hard erection pressing at Zack's pants, and with a slight blush on his features, he noticed his own arousal as well. He slipped carefully off of the bed and left the bedroom.
It was difficult to be quiet in an old mansion at night, especially with the awkward steps Cloud was taking. He searched in vain for a bathroom, but the halls were so long he doubted he would find one in which to take care of his problem. He stopped halfway down one hall, and stood in the light of the moon shining in through a big, dirtied window. He bit his lip. His choices were simple, but neither was pleasant. He could either stumble around some more searching for some privacy, or take care of his problem quickly before anyone could see.
Cloud made up his mind quickly and knelt on the floor of the hallway facing the nearest wall. Hands shaking, he began to unzip his pants.
"Unbearable, isn't it?"
The blonde jumped and looked quickly over his shoulder. There, framed in the moonlight from the window behind him, stood the great general Sephiroth.
Cloud, panicking, zipped his pants back up and hopped to his feet. Still shaking, and hoping Sephiroth wouldn't look below his waist, he stood at attention. "General Sephiroth, sir."
Sephiroth's mouth curved softly in what might have been a smile. "At ease," he said quietly.
'Yeah, right,' Cloud though helplessly. He shivered under Sephiroth's gaze. He'd had no such luck with his hope that the general's gaze would respect his privacy. The silver-haired man hardly seemed disgusted though, in fact he took small, steady steps toward Cloud's shaking form.
"You must have experienced it as well. It's a curse ShinRa conveniently forgets to mention to its subordinates."
"Sir…?" Cloud, shrinking from embarrassment, could not find the strength to move away from the approaching man.
Still a foot or so away, Sephiroth fluidly reached out to brush his gloved fingertips against Cloud's cheek. "A side-effect of mako showers," he explained in a soft but overpowering tone. "Excess pheromones emitted by the host. The planet's essence embeds itself into ShinRa's soldiers and sends out mating signals to those around them." His eyes seemed to sparkle as they drank in the sight of Cloud's body and his obvious arousal. "Even you, with the miniscule amount of mako coursing through you, seem to call out."
The general pressed himself close, and Cloud panicked. "Sir, stop!" He clapped a hand over his mouth in disbelief. 'You can't tell the General what to do!'
Sephiroth chuckled softly and took hold of the back of Cloud's neck. "But Cloud," he said, "either you can go back to your friend Zack and embarrass the both of you, or you can spend a little time with me, who I assure you will not speak of this to anyone."
Cloud's breath caught in his throat, and he regretted it when he felt Sephiroth's lips blocking off its escape. His eyes watered, and when Sephiroth's mouth left his he took a grateful gasp of air, which soon turned into a gasp of pleasure. Sephiroth had reached down and grabbed at his growing bulge, rubbing him firmly. Cloud leaned back against the wall and arched his back, shoving his hips toward Sephiroth.
The older male took the younger one's slim hips in both hands, feeling his way along their curves as he relieved Cloud of his pants. Cloud's erection continued to grow in size now that he was unrestrained. He held his hand over his mouth to stifle his moans, as a courtesy to anyone else sleeping in the mansion. Sephiroth, busy kissing Cloud's flat stomach, chuckled softly. The vibrations made Cloud squirm, and Sephiroth stood to his full height and pressed his leg into Cloud's crotch.
"Don't bother holding back that beautiful voice," Sephiroth said into Cloud's ear. The blonde shivered. He felt Sephiroth's fingers enclosing around his cock. He reached up to cover his mouth again, but the silver-haired man grabbed his hand just as Cloud cried out and grabbed onto Sephiroth's clothing.
"Wh…" Cloud struggled to speak. "Why are you… ah! Why are you doing this…?"
Sephiroth, with his pants now undone, rubbed his own, larger arousal against Cloud's. "Call it natural selection, Cloud. Human nature taking its course." He pressed his lips to Cloud's once more and forced his tongue inside the blonde's mouth. He pulled back with a slightly startled expression at first, then grinned. "I can taste him on you."
Cloud turned away, panting. He bit his lip to keep from begging the man to continue, though it was difficult. Sephiroth teased him relentlessly without allowing him any release. Finally he leaned forward and moaned into Cloud's ear.
"Shall I go all the way? Or should we take this slowly?" He nuzzled affectionately against Cloud's neck and teased the head of his erection with his thumb and forefinger, making the blonde thrust impatiently toward him.
"I just…" Cloud clutched tightly to the straps crossing the front of Sephiroth's chest as waves of euphoria radiated throughout his body. "I just want it to stop!" he cried out, thrusting again into Sephiroth's hand, the base of his cock rubbing against the older man's.
Sephiroth, in response, grabbed tight to the blonde's arousal and pumped him hard. Cloud cried out in pure bliss and arched against Sephiroth's body as white spots filled his vision and he came before he had much time to realize what had happened. Sephiroth waited patiently while Cloud caught his breath, brushing his lips over the tight skin of Cloud's neck.
Cloud, with shaking hands, dressed himself properly, and while doing so he noticed Sephiroth's still stiffened dick pressing against him. He looked up at Sephiroth's face. "I'm sorry," he said, the guilt of his own selfishness pressing down upon him. "Is there anything I can…?"
Sephiroth smiled and lightly kissed the blonde's lips. "As a matter of fact, there is."
The younger male stared deep into the mako colored eyes of his superior, which seemed to sparkle in the moonlight, and read the message conveyed there. He blushed lightly, nodded, and dropped to his knees.
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Cloud returned to the room he shared with Zack and managed to find a clean blanket to lie on the floor. He was loath to get back on the bed, seeing as it would be awkward enough knowing what he'd done that night. The fact that Zack's semen covered his side of the bed wasn't appealing either.
He cocooned himself in the thin blanket and lay on the floor. In his mind he could still see Sephiroth's eyes, bright green and glittering. He thought back to what the man had said; the mako called to others infused with the planet's essence. As long as Cloud emitted the planet's pheromones, he would be blighted by his lust for his fellow coworkers.
The thought made him tense at first, but then he remembered Zack's tongue sliding smoothly into his mouth, and Sephiroth rubbing their erections firmly together. He smiled and buried his face into the thin blanket. It was just a side-effect, after all. If his lust rose again he could simply blame it on that fact, and he got the feeling he would be doing so very often in the future. Smiling, Cloud closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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Yes, my second fic! FFVII has so many yaoi fanfictions already that I don't expect this to be very popular, but I appreciate anyone who took the time to read this! Big kisses! Muah!
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