Author Note: This is... came from watching a video of Zack and Cloud. It was called Already Over (I'll put the link up in my profile). This kinda came out of the blue. Anyway, I hope you like.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Square Enix owns Finale Fantasy VII.
...And then he smiled
There was blood, so much blood that, Cloud didn't know which was his and what wasn't and the rain. The rain wasn't helping either. His vision was already blurry and adding in the pouring rain and dark sky left him with almost no vision at all but, he could see the blood and him. He could see that as clear as he could feel the cold rain.
Crawling, Cloud reached his batter side. Tears fulled Cloud's eyes as he reached his side. "Zack..." He trailed off. What else could he say? How could offer any reassurance? He couldn't tell Zack it was going to be OK when it obviously wasn't.
"We made it, huh?" Zack asked weakly.
"Ya." Cloud agreed. Silence fell between them. The only sound being the rain and Zack's raspy, fading breath.
Taking a deep breath, Zack spoke "Live." He grouped for the buster sword. "You're the evidence that I lived." grasping it, he slowly dragged the buster sword towards his chest. "My pride and dreams..." He placed the large sword into Cloud's hands. "Take them all."
Cloud swallowed against the lump in his throat. "...I'm the evidence that...you lived?"
... And then he smiled. He smiled a smile no dying man should. "Ya... that's right."
Cloud allowed his tears to fall and, as Zack took his last breath, he screamed. He screamed until his throat was raw and all voice left him. Bowing his head, Cloud allowed himself to rest against Zack's still chest.
Gathering himself, Cloud stood. All traces of tears and the boy crying over his best friend's death were gone."I understand." He rasped, voice raw. "Goodnight... Zack."