Cloud looked down tenderly at the small bundle placed lovingly in his arms. The cute little eyes opened and stared back, and the tiny little mouth opened wide into a yawn. Cloud smiled, his heart melting. He stroked the downy hair on top of the baby's head, and leaned forward to gently place a kiss on the small button nose.
Red XIII stepped forward, his face full of pride. "Well, what do you think Cloud? Take's after his old man, doesn't he?"
Cloud nodded, as he safely handed back the precious bundle. Red XIII nipped his young by the scruff of the neck, and lowered him back to suckle at his mothers teat.
"Although," Red XIII said, with a slightly worried tone in his voice, "I'm not sure who the runt of the litter takes after". He picked up a the tiniest of the cubs for Cloud to see. He was identical to his brothers and sisters in every way, except for a single long, spiky blonde tuff of hair atop his head.
Cloud gulped, and turned his eyes to Red XIII's mate, who lay there, with that seductive gleam in her eyes that he loved.