The groggy Red Headed Soldier woke up slowly, his Mako eyes adjusting to the stream of sunshine flooding into his room. He didn't move. He didn't want to. His muscles were aching. Sure the man was young, twenty-four in fact. He was strong and muscular. And altogether, he was infused with Mako. But his muscles ached.
Sephiroth was probably his toughest opponent. The worldly reclaimed Silver Haired General was really pissing Genesis off. He worked harder than that arrogant freak of nature ever did. He trained at least seven hours a day. Sephiroth only trained four a day, two of them taunting Genesis into another fight. Angeal trained only five. He was rather busy with Zack the puppy. Genesis tried to ignore it. He thought ignorance was bliss, but who was he kidding? Himself maybe. It never worked. He would just never match up to Sephiroth. There were only two people who could cheer him up under any circumstances. One of them was Angeal. The other was a feisty secretary. She wasn't loud mouthed. She didn't talk too much either like most shallow women around him. Her expressions said it all. Her frowns meant 'Genesis, stop being an asshole.' The little crinkle she made with her nose screamed out 'Genesis take a shower.'
Genesis smiled thinking of her. Alex was sure of a hell of a person. He saw it from the first day. He saw how hard she tried. Just like him, they both struggled and pushed to get somewhere they would never be. She was merely a secretary. As insignificant as she may have appeared to many, she was quite important. The President pushed the paperwork onto Rufus, who then hired someone else to push it onto. Alexandra just happened to be that employee. The brunette worked just as hard as Genesis. While Genesis worked his physical strengths, Alex wrung her brains out to complete the papers. It was quite exhausting really.
Genesis turned to his side, a feeling of guilt washing over him. While his blonde girlfriend slept cuddled next to him, he was thinking of his best friend. Melinda was quite alright. She was technically supposed to be perfect for him. Perfect was sometimes so boring.
He pushed away the thoughts of Alex, regarding them as friendly thoughts. Yeah. That's all they were. Just… friends. Maybe it was better that way.
Genesis got up and did his usual morning routine and entered the ShinRa building at exactly 7:35, two cups of steaming coffee in his hands. He strode proudly though the building, an arrogant smirk gracing his lips. Women swooned silently over him, something he didn't miss. He loved being loved. It fed his ego like coal into fire. There was one certain woman who kept the red head in check.
Alex sat there, scratching away at the papers that were due soon. As if it wasn't bad enough that Rufus made her do all of his paperwork, he offered her to Tseng, who pushed his work onto her too. She sighed as she pushed the sliding reading glasses back onto her nose. Her eyes ferociously glanced over the black text, head already hurting. A large hand ruffled her head harshly, messing her neatly pinned hair. She frowned at the perpetrator, Genesis. Her hands shot up to her hair as she took out the bobby pins and rearranged her bangs.
"You just love to mess with me. Every time. Can't you just give me a bre-" Alex was cut short when she caught sight of the Styrofoam cup of mocha coffee. The pleasant yet bitter aroma filled the air around them. Genesis raised an eyebrow at her, arrogance written on his gorgeous face. Alex had to admit to herself. The guy was hot. Plain and simple. But he was an ass most of the time. He had no idea how to treat a lady. He might have acted like a gentleman but that was that. He didn't know what women wanted, what they needed. He thought feeding them money would keep them happy. He was sadly mistaken. She was still surprised he had a girlfriend.
'It's either the bod, the money or the celebrity status that she wants.' She thought silently.
Genesis waved the cup in front of her face. Alex smiled. He knew her well. An extra large mocha coffee with whipped cream at the bottom and one packet of sugar.
"Perhaps you can be forgiven this one time." She murmured as she snatched the cup out of his hands. She took a large mouthful of that wonderful creation and sighed contently. Genesis gave a small chuckle. He knew he came in second. Her best friend was coffee. Mocha coffee.
Alex was now smiling as she sipped her coffee and returned to her work. Genesis pulled up a chair next to her as he drank his coffee along with her.
"Busier than usual?" he inquired, receiving a humorous snort from Alex.
"Tseng found someone to push his work on. I am quite unlucky." She mused sadly.
"Aww…" Genesis sympathized for her. "I would help but I'm not in the mood."
"Are you PMSing or something?" Alex giggled. Genesis frowned at her.
"How was your day yesterday?" Alex asked faster then Genesis could retort at her response.
"It was fine. Had a dinner date with Melinda. You?" Genesis blandly spoke, boredom embedded in his voice.
"Meh. More work. Melinda again? I can't stand her." Alex spoke as she scribbled away at her paperwork.
"What's wrong with Melinda?" Genesis inquired, a perfect red eyebrow raised.
"She is so shallow." Genesis propped his legs up on her desk as he listened to her nag. "She just wants you because you're a first class Soldier. That's it."
"You don't know that." He responded. In fact he did. He just didn't want to admit it, not even to Alex. The blonde was gorgeous looking but she was dumb. Just plain dumb. Compared to Alex, she was nothing. Alex wasn't gorgeous looking but she was quite intelligent. Yes, he thought Alex was quite amazing.
Again, those were just friendly thoughts.
"I do Genesis. You know, you don't even have to fake it. I see right through you." Alex murmured softly. Genesis frowned. Could she really see that he wasn't that happy with Melinda?
"What do you mean?"
"You don't have to have supermodel girlfriends to show the world you're straight. It's quite blatant that you are gay." Genesis choked on his coffee. A bewildered expression crossed his face. She thought he was gay?
"What the hell? I'm not gay!" Genesis exclaimed, catching a few people's attentions. Alex burst out laughing, a mischievous grin on her face. Genesis took her cup of coffee and disposed of it in the trashcan. Her laughter turned to whining.
"Why would you commit such a crime? It was perfectly good coffee, you asshole." Genesis grinned as he watched the brunette whine.
"Well, does it prove to you I'm not gay?" he arrogantly asked, a smirk on his cute lips.
"As long as you get me another." She retorted.
"Of course Alex." He mocked as he left. "Ripples form on the water's surface;
The wandering soul knows no rest."
"GAAAAAAAY!" Alex exclaimed loudly, earning a frown from the Soldier.
Yes, it was all perfect.
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