I'm gonna try my hand at FF7 again and this time with a male oc. THIS IS AU!
Lavian or Lavi Strife younger twin brother to one Cloud Strife stared up at the imposing building that was ShinRa. Pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose and checked all his papers once more he walked inside and strolled to the front desk feeling nervous. "Hello, welcome to ShinRa how can I help out today." A pretty dark skinned woman said typing away on her computer as she glanced up and smiled brightly at him.
"I have an interview at two." Lavian told her straightening out his sleeve. The woman nodded.
Your name?" He focus back onto her computer.
"Lavian Strife." He told her, she looked up apologetically.
"Can you please spell your first name?" Lavian nodded.
"Sure. L, A, V, I, A, N." He spelled as she nodded her head to each letter.
"Yes, I see you. With Director Lazard?" She asked.
"Yes ma'am." She Typed on her computer and turned in her chair swiped a card and turned back handing it to him.
"The meeting will be on the conference floor, room 7B. Please be considerate there is already five going on right now." Lavian bowed his head.
"Thank you." She smiled and waved him off. Lavian climbed the stairs to a lobby area with fresh fruit and premade lunches to purchase. Even though he was famished he needed to get this done. He found the elevator in the back of the lobby and entered it, He swiped his card and the ground floor and the 44th floor lit up, interesting. Quickly he pressed the conference floor's button and leaned against the wall arm wrapped around his stomach. Elevators always got to him, making his stomach do back-flips. Kind of like to Cloud can't handle mobile transportation but not nearly as bad.
When the elevator hit level 30 the door opened to three people. Two he wasn't that familiar with but he recognized Sephiroth easily, not like his brother didn't have a poster of him over his bed. Kind of creepy if you ask Lavian, but that's his brother and so he loves him . . . even his creepiness. "It's not that I don't want to meet your puppy Angeal I'm just getting attacked by paperwork and the damned things just keep coming back!" The red haired man said caught sight if Lavian trying to hold himself up. "Are you alright?" Great, just great. No Fine and dandy ok. Lavian thought bitterly.
"I'm fine, just not used to the feeling of going up." He breathed. The red head seemed to perk up.
"Oh you get used to that." He said then quoted from loveless. Great book by the way. The other two rolled their eyes.
"I know that feeling. It took three months for me to get used to it myself." The one known as Angeal spoke up. Sephiroth swiped his card almost all buttons lit up for him.
"You look new, I'm Genesis Rhapsodos," The red head said sticking his hand out. Angeal and Sephiroth raised a bow at each other.
"Lavian Strife." Lavian said taking his hand shaking it.
"It's not like you to reach out to people Genesis." Angeal pointed, Genesis rolled his eyes.
"Lazard already told me someone was going to make our lives easier I just assumed it is him, it is you right. You ARE going to the 44th floor, right?" Lavian huffed lightly nodding his head. Genesis brightened. "See! Day made, I can take a nap now!" He declared willing the elevator to move faster.
"That's not how it works." Sephiroth said looking at his red headed friend. Genesis pouted opened his bod and quoted for them. When they hit the 44th floor Lavian sighed pushing himself off the wall he been pretty much hugging for the last five minutes stepped out.
"Good luck and we're counting on you to get this job, help me help you!" Genesis shouted as the doors closed. Well there went being considerate. Shaking his head he adjusted his low pony-tail hoping his long hair wouldn't cause issue, Sephiroth can have knee length hair so why can't himself have mid-back length hair? He was greeted by three halls; A hall, B hall, and C hall. Going down B hall he grew more nervous, what if he was to short, both he and Cloud were cursed with being short. What if they don't care if he was good academically that they wanted someone who could lift a house? Shaking his head at his own stupidity he now stood in front of 7B. Taking in a breath he knocked.
"Enter." Came his reply. Lavian opened the door closing it lightly behind him mindful to the others stuck in a meeting. "You must be Lavian Strife."
"Yes sir." Lavian nodded at the tall blond haired man with glasses.
"I am Director Lazard of SOLDIER." Lazard stood to shake Lavian's hand. He motioned for him to take a seat. "Let's see. From; Nibelheim, you're just turning sixteen. What made you want to take this position?" Lazard asked Lavian sighed.
"My younger brother joined SOLDIER and I being the elder one wanted to make sure he didn't get into trouble." He admitted.
"Then why didn't you join it yourself if you wanted to watch your brother?" Lazard fired back but Lavian could tell it was out of curiosity.
"Because they wouldn't take me anyway I can barely see without my glasses if they break while out on a mission then I'm just a liability." He told him. Lazard chuckled.
"I know that feeling very well." He paused. "I looked at your file and was very impressed. You first worked for your towns Mayer so you has the necessary knowledge for the job but," Lazard stopped folding his hands and looked Lavian in the eye. : There is a matter with the General and the Commanders, the citizens of Midgar have created fan clubs and some of our recruits have joined them but we cannot have fans running important paperwork if you join these groups you will be fire do I make myself clear. Lavian nodded.
"You won't have to worry about me, I appreciate what they do but I would never join or even start a club, that sounds . . . disturbing."
"Wonderful." Lazard smiled charmingly. "I'll key your card in, you'll be able to go to the cafeteria, this floor the SOLDIER floor and many others. It also opens you apartment in the living quarters on floor 57 the offices are on the 50th. You start tomorrow, I wish later but paperwork is horrible around here." Lazard handed him back his card. Lavian bowed his head and left feeling lighter then he has for two months. Better write mum, and also Cloud. . .
Lavian shuffled, stapled, sorted, signed, labeled, reshuffled, and repeated. This didn't bother him, what bothered him was the paper cut he got in the middle of this. Lazard was right paperwork here is horrid. He sighed taking the four separated folders thick with documents that he couldn't handle himself. He walked down the hall knocked on Angeal's office and entered. With already working here for a week waiting just didn't cut it anymore, not that they cared when they were not doing missions or training they suffered this hell. Genesis and Sephiroth happened to be on break it seemed.
"Ah, Lavi," They've taken to calling him by his nickname recently. Angeal was about to say something but paled at the thickness of the folders.
"Relax only one is yours." Lavian said setting them on the big desk. Keeping hold of the last one. "The other two is there." He smirked.
"Sadistic bastard." Genesis mumbled. Sephiroth just sighed already looking through his.
"I don't know how you survived having to get the actually important stuff out of all that crap, I'll never know." Genesis groaned.
"I would tell you how but I think you already know now." All four sighed at the thought.
"I'm about to see Lazard do you have anything I need to run over?" He asked after a moment. Genesis jumped up and ran to his office. Sephiroth who was already signing away gave him a completed folder. Angeal gave him two thin folders.
"You seriously don't get paid enough to do this." Genesis said strutting back in and added to Lavian's pile.
"I haven't got paid yet." He pointed out on his way out. "Try not to over work yourselves, Sephiroth." Trying not to drop the heavy load he managed to get to the elevator, swiped his card and went to the 49th floor. Stepping out he moved out of the way of energetic thirds and the agitated Seconds and went to the conference that SOLDIER's go to for their missions, Lazard spent ninety percent of his time there, even had a second office there as well. Knocking and waiting for an answer this time he found Lazard by himself.
"Hello Lavian, work going well?" Lavian gave Lazard a look that made him chuckle, but he got his revenge. Revenge only obtained by slamming that stack on Lazard's desk and the look of utter defeat that he got in return. Take that asshole Director.
"Hello Director, just dropping off some documents along with some from the General and Commanders." WORTH IT! Lazard viably pouted. Ha! No early lunch break for you! "Have a good day Director~" He sang as he left. Lavian pretty much skipped back to the elevator ignoring the looks the SOLDIER's were giving him. Going back up one floor, man he should really take the stairs more often the stamina he got from living in the mountains is going suffer. He strolled in and stopped and stared at his desk and let out a very long sigh. No early lunch break for Lavian ether it seems.
This isn't going to be a long fic three to five chapters. There is ASGZC but not main paring so don't expect much from it.