A/N: Hi there! This is Miss-Fourtune! This is my first upload to , so please forgive anything I've done wrong with the uploading or whatnot haha.

This story is not really finished being planned, but there are mild yaoi moments and may be some more later on. It depends on my mood near the end, hehe!

As for uploading, I will be uploading a new chapter every Wednesday until the story is completed at which time I will upload a chapter each day =]

So the other author's notes won't be as long, but I just wanted to introduce the story a bit. It is a Final Fantasy IX fanfic about Blank and Zidane when they are a little younger. I have also seen Blank as being a few years older than Zidane, two years in this case, so please keep that in mind. NOW! I'll shut up so you can read the story. Enjoy!

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Blank just stared at the blonde on his bed. He didn't understand why Zidane would be in his room and not his own, but he shrugged it off. Placing the ingredients he had collected in his cabinet, he undressed himself enough to be comfortable. His gaze shifted back to his bed.

He debated on waking Zidane up, but a closer look at him dismissed that idea. His hair was strewn across his face, like he had just fallen over and passed out. Even the way he was sprawled across the bed was haphazard. The blankets were under him, he hadn't bothered to crawl under them before falling asleep.

That's when Blank started to suspect he hadn't simply fallen asleep.

Carefully, he sat down on the bed, leaning over the blonde. He examined him carefully and found that he wasn't hurt anywhere. Relieved, he put a hand on Zidane's shoulder and shook him gently.

This was Blank's mistake for the morning. Zidane sat up quickly, bent over the side of the bed, and threw up without grace. Unbeknownst to Blank, Zidane and Marcus had been up drinking all the night before, and Zidane passed out in Blank's room thinking it was his own.

"Ew..." Blank stated simply.

"S-sorry..." Zidane struggled back onto the bed, clutching at his stomach.

Blank sighed, fetching a cool cloth for Zidane's head, a bucket, and a mop. He cleaned up the mess his friend had made while Zidane was sick again in the bucket Blank had given him.

"So what did I miss?" Blank asked, putting the mop in a bucket of water and placing the cloth over his friend's head.

"One hell of a night," the blonde grinned, "You should've seen how much Marcus drank! Geez, it musta been double what I had at least!"

"Yeah?" Blank asked, a little upset he had missed the fun, "Should I go make sure he's alright?" he added, handing Zidane a small vial of a blue liquid that would help diminish his hangover.

"You might wanna," Zidane nodded, chugging the vial "He'd be worse than me for sure."

Blank sighed. He had been travelling all night to get back from Alexandria and here he's welcomed with two drunken friends who left him out of the fun and a bed that's already been taken over. Grudgingly, he pulled another little vial out of his cabinet. Making sure Zidane wouldn't hurt himself, he left to find Marcus.

He looked in his room first, but no one was there. A second later, he figured out where Marcus was from the loud retching and groaning in the bathroom. With a sigh, Blank trudged over to the bathroom and knocked on the door.

"You alive?" he asked simply.

"Barely," came the grunted reply "You got something for me?"

"Yeah, but I don't know if I wanna give you it. You guys left me out of all the fun last night."

"Haha yeah there were girls and everything..."

"You aren't helping your case."

The door opened and Marcus stood shirtless in the doorway, looming over Blank. He stared down at him almost defiantly and then fell to his knees and tugged on the rogue's arm.

"Come on!" he begged, "It's killin' me!"

Blank smiled down at him "Yeah?"
"YEAH!" Marcus groaned, letting go of Blank's arm to clutch at his gut.

With a sigh, Blank handed him the vial "You're such a baby." he stated simply.

"Yep!" Marcus agreed, taking the vial and closing the bathroom door in his face.

With a flat expression, Blank turned and headed back to his own room. He needed some sleep, if he could get any.

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End Note: Any and all constructive and positive feedback is appreciated, but please no flaming or being rude. I don't ever plan on being rude to any of you, so I would appreciate the same courtesy. Thanks very much all! =]