Cloud's P.O.V.

"Oh man! I'm so late! Sephiroth is going to kill me! Oh man!" I yelled at myself while running down the hall towards the training room.

"Hey Cloud! Where you off to in such a hurry!?" Zack yelled.

"Sorry man! No time to talk! I'm late!" I yelled as I ran past my friend.

"Late? Late for what!?"

"Training!"

"Oh. Training classes have been cancelled for today Spikey!" I stopped dead in my tracks.

"What did you just say?"

"Classes have been cancelled for today. Sephiroth, Genesis, and Angeal all have a mission today." I pouted.

"What's wrong Spikey? Upset that you won't be seeing the general today?" Zack teased.

"NO!" I blushed when I relized that I hesitated.

"Uh-huh. Anyway, you wanna come hang out with Aerith and I?"

"Nah. I'm going to head back to my room."

"Are you sure? We're going to this bar in the slums where a new girl works...shes from Nibelheim." Zack stated the last part in a teasing manner. I looked up at the word Nibelheim. Zack knew I was originally from Nibelheim and that I knew everyone who lived there.

"What time are you going?"

"Right now. I'm meeting Aerith at the church."

"Okay. I'll go with you, but only to see who moved here." Zack smiled. I figured he already knew who it was and was keeping her name from me. Zack grabbed my arm and all but dragged me out the door. When we got to the church, Aerith was waiting on the steps. When she seen us she got up and pulled a running-tackle-hug on Zack and kissed his cheek. Then she hugged me.

"I'm so glad you came Cloud. You never hang out with us anymore." She hugged me tighter and then kissed my cheek. I sighed and walked slowly behind Aerith and Zack. Aerith would glance behind them to make sure I was still there. I have a bad habit of bailing out. We arrived at the bar at around 10:30pm.

"Seventh Haven? How long has this place been here?" I had never seen the bar before. Maybe it was built during my last mission when Zack and I went to Gongaga to check on the Mako Reactor.

"It was built while we were gone." Just like I thought. Zack smiled and put his arm around me.

"Come on Spikey. You'll love to see who works here."

When we opened the door, music, smoke, and the smell of alcohol hit us in the face. Zack and Aerith dragged me through the sea of smoke and alcoholics until we reached the bar. When I looked up I saw this pretty young girl with long black hair serving beer to a man with short blonde hair, cigarette in his mouth, googles on his forehead, and wearing a white t-shirt with shorts. When she turned around I recognized her immediatly.

"TIFA!!" I yelled.

"Cloud? Is that you? Oh my god it's been years!" Tifa yelled as she hugged me over the bar. I was so happy to see her that I started to cry. I couldn't believe she was here.

"Oh my god! It's been so long sense we've seen each other! I've missed you so much!" She let me go and I could see that she was crying too. She wiped the tears from her eyes and came around the end of the bar.

"Wow you've gotten taller Cloud. I remember when you were a few inches shorter than me." She started laughing when I gave a "Shut up!" look.

"Wow you used to be that short Spikey!" Zack yelled/laughed. I turned away cause I knew I was blushing. Aerith hugged me from behind.

"It's alright Cloud. Don't let it get to you. A lot of girls like guys their height or shorter than them." I smiled. Aerith always knew how to make me smile or make me feel better. If only she knew that it was guys I liked.

"Well I have to get back to work. It was really nice seeing you again Cloud." Tifa gave me another hug before walking back around to the other side of the bar.

"Well I'm going to go home. I'm tired." I said as I started towards the door.

"Well I'll see you tomorrow. Alright Spikey." Zack shouted. I waved my hand over my head to let him know that I heard him and walked out into the quite streets of Midgar.

I walked for what seemed like hours before a familar sound echoed above my head. It was getting louder and louder as it approached. I stopped and turned to see a Shinra helicopter flying towards me. I could see a red head flying the helicopter and I knew it had to be Reno. Then it dawned on me. Sephiroth only let Reno fly the helicopter when he goes on missions. As soon as it flew over my head a ran after it. I prayed that it was him. I wanted to see him. I wanted to talk to him. When I finally reached the Shinra Corp. I was out of breath, thristy, and my legs were extremely sore. I went up to the SOLDIER living corridors and headed for Sephiroth's room. When I reached it I could hear noises, like people talking, coming from inside.

(Conversation Cloud is hearing)

"You almost cost us the mission! All you can think of about lately is surpassing me in ranks! If you would've followed us like I told you to this wouldn't have happened!"

"Well if you didn't act so high and mighty all the time, maybe I wouldn't try as hard to surpass you! Excuse the Hell out of me if I'm tired of living in your shadow!"

"Well maybe it's time you learned to lock away your jealousy Genesis!"

"Wha...jealousy! What about you, huh!? All you ever do is control everything around you! Have you ever thought about sharing some of the weight!? Your only one man Sephiroth! You can't carry the weight of the world forever! I'm going to go help with Angeal! Think about what I said and start looking for a new 1st!"

(Out in th Hallway)

I backed away from the door and hid behind the nearest corner when I heard the door knob turn. I peeked around the corner to see a man with short brown hair and wearing a long crimson coat walking down the hall opposite me. I went back to Sephiroth's door, wondering is I should come back later when the door opened and Sephiroth stood there staring right into my eyes like he was staring into my very soul.

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Hello to all yaoi fans! This is my second chapter story of yaoi. I only had time to type up the first chapter for you though. I promise to try and get the secong chapter typed up for you tomorrow, but I'm not sure. I've been busy with school and getting ready to go to Animazement in a couple of days. XD I'm so excited. It will be my second time going to a convention. *sighs* Anyway please tell me what you think. I've been trying to improve my yaoi writing skills. Flames are welcome. I enjoy a little criticism every now and then. I await your reviews and I do except sugestions for later chapters or request for future stories. Until chapter 2. so long! ^/-\^