I smirk and run out of the helicopter. Well…Jump is more of the right word for it. Today is a great day for me: Zack Fair! I'm 1st Class SOLDIER and nobody can ruin my mood today! I grin and hop down to the ground after performing two flips midair.
The only thing that could make my day better is standing right in front of me! He slides his helmet off and the sun glints off his blonde locks. He opens his eyes, that are similar to mine and he smiles. My heart skips a few beats as I manage a smile at him. He opens his mouth and his quiet voice dances across the air to my ears.
"Are you ready, Zack?" He asks shyly. I grin.
"Well of course I am!" I exclaim, putting my hands on my hips, trying to strike a heroic pose.
"Zack…"
"Yeah Cloud?" I blink and look at him.
"You look stupid." He smiles and giggles quietly. I jolt and stand normally.
"Sorry!"
"Let's go, Zack." Cloud turns and runs off. Naturally, I follow. We run until Cloud stops on a beach.
"Where are we?" I ask him.
"Costa De Sol." He smiles and throws his helmet into the sand and sits down.
"What? Is something wrong here?" I run around in circles, looking for danger.
"Nope! My mission is to make you relax here for a week." I turn and stare at him.
"You've gotta be kidding, Cloud!" I plop myself down into the sand.
"It's true. No danger, just us." He lies back in the sand. "They rented the whole place out even." He relaxes and closes his eyes.
"Ohhh I see then." I stand, about to start my squat exercises. A hand on my ankle stops me.
"Hey now, hot shot, none of those aloud." Cloud says, holding onto my boot.
"Who says?"
"I says. Unless you want to be Hojo's experiment monkey, I would relax and not exercise if I were you." I freeze.
"O-okay Cloud (O.o")" I reply and sit down.
I could tell that this was gonna be a looong week.