A/N This is the prequel to Moon Child, like all stories I try and update when I can. Which is when I can, no sooner, no later.
Disclaimer – I do not own Final Fantasy VII, the Compilation, or any music that may be used in here.
"With hot looks like an ecologist, those burning kisses are irritating… How does that sound so far?" A young boy asked, his straight white teeth chewing at the cap of his ballpoint pen. His auburn hair falling into his face masking one of his startling blue for a moment before he shoved it out of his face. Despite his appearance, he was actually going to be sixteen in the summer. However he had to conquer the spring first before that happened.
"Hmm, sounds good so far G, try it out," his companion replied.
"You got it Darcia babe," the one called G leaned forward and kissed the girl's cheek. He leaned back and grabbed both the paper he had been scratching on and his prized guitar and plucked out a few notes.
"You're an honest moralist
You trace me with your pretty finger
I'm a pure terrorist
Your thoughts are rising like a revolution
A specialist bound by romance
You used your long fingernails on me
An egoist who wants to confirm love
I want to struggle on until I'm inside of you
You keep yourself at a distance
Ah before I lose myself
Is it okay to love, too? In the shaking night
It's good as it is… more… deeper
As those almost maddening lips I've gotten used to melt together
I am...your...vanilla
"...You're too affected"
You're cool like plastic
With hot looks like an ecologist…" He sang out for a while before looking over at Darcia, "how does it sound?"
"Sounds great G," she giggled and leaned forward kissing him.
"Hey Genesis! You hear man?" Another young man came down the road; he pinched his forehead and pushed his bangs up out of his face.
Genesis looked up, "Angeal… what?" He watched Angeal's appeared in his field of view from his compromising place under Darcia, finding a gap in her curtain of raven hair.
"Just wondering where you got off to buddy, here," he dropped something by Genesis's head, Genesis turned spotting a Banora White, also affectionately called Stupid Apples. He smirked, "you get these from the farmer?"
"Nah, your dad was generous to give them to me when I offered to go look for you two, he's been looking for you all day," Angeal replied gazing at Genesis as Darcia climbed off of him.
Genesis sat up holding his apple before taking a bite and then kissing Darcia sliding a bit of the apple into her mouth. "So is it good?"
She smiled at him, her grey blue eyes meeting his sky blue ones laughing at him, "not as sweet as you are."
He smirked and rolled his head back to get a look at Angeal, "so what'd the old man want?"
"You need to get some paperwork filled out and then you need to pack up," Angeal replied, "You were out here singing weren't you?" He noticed the guitar with the page of lyrics slid up under some of the strings.
"Not you too Angy, I thought you liked my singing, don't tell me you're hating me for it too." Everyone else in the town resented Genesis for his talents of creativity but he didn't mind so long as Darcia and Angeal supported him.
"Nah I love it when you sing, someday you're going to make a load of cash for it too," Angeal laughed jabbing Genesis in the arm.
Genesis laughed grabbing his guitar, "you wanna hear Angy?"
"Sure why not?" Angeal grinned at his best friend.
Genesis sang the song he had done earlier as far as he'd written it before watching Angeal curiously, "so what'd ya think?"
"I think you need either a better rhyme scheme or…" Angeal trailed off for a moment.
Genesis sighed, Angeal never pulled any punches if he thought it would help someone, "or what?"
"I have an idea, try it in Wutainese," Angeal suggested.
Genesis raised an eyebrow for a moment before picking up his pen and scribbling some Wutainese lettering next to each line. "Alright well here goes nothing…" he sighed picking up his guitar.
"Kimi wa seijitsu na moralist
Kirei na yubi de boku wo nazoru
Boku wa junsui na terrorist
Kimi no omou ga mama ni kakumei ga okiru
Koi ni shibarareta specialist
Nagai tsume wo taterareta boku
Ai wo tashikametai egoist
Kimi no oku made tadoritsukitai
Kimi no kao ga toozakaru
Ah boku ga boku de naku naru mae ni
Ai shitemo ii kai? yureru yoru ni
Aru ga mama de ii yo motto fukaku
Kuruoshii kurai ni nareta kuchibiru ga toke au hodo ni
Boku wa...kimi no...vanilla
...Nante kidorisugi
Sonna cool na kimi wa plastic
Atsui manazashi ni wa ecologist…" He had forgotten how to say a few of the words in Wutainese but it wasn't bothering him much.
Angeal nodded in an approving manner, "much better, I think you should do it for all your songs."
Genesis nodded standing up and pulling Darcia to her feet. "I may do that Angy, what'd you think my sweet?"
"Sounded better in Wutainese," she giggled kissing him. Genesis stooped snatching up his guitar and lyrics before reclaiming a hold on Darcia's hand as they walked away.
Angeal watched them for a moment when a rustling in the trees behind him caught his attention. He whirled around spotting some lions passing through the field; he smiled slightly as they disappeared into the trees. He looked back towards the road through the trees leading into town. He walked forward and headed back into town. Genesis and Darcia continued across the street towards Darcia's house while Angeal wandered down the road towards his own home in town.
He pulled out a house key and unlocked the door walking in, "Mom, I'm home!"
"Ah Angeal welcome home," a lady stood up, a few flecks of gray peppering her dark brown hair. She made her way over to Angeal and hugged him, "it's good to see you son."
Angeal reached down and hugged his mother, Gillian Hewley, "I was only gone for a few hours, and I barely left the outskirts of town."
"I know but in by this time tomorrow you'll be off to become a SOLDIER and I'll be sad to lose my little boy," she replied hugging him tightly.
Angeal sighed, "I promised I would come back and visit you."
She smiled holding him tenderly, "I know… but it's in a mother's nature to worry about her child."
He sighed and let her go putting his hands on her shoulders, "I'll be back once I make SOLDIER, I promise."
She sighed, "I know but I still worry about you…"
"Aww no worries Mom, I'll be just fine," he smiled at her.
"I know but it won't stop me worrying," she sighed again, "Come on let's get some dinner."
Angeal nodded and looked out the window seeing a light on at Darcia's house coming from her room; he wondered what Genesis could be up to. Dinner passed swiftly before Angeal went to bed, they would be leaving to go to the docks for the boat tomorrow morning. He climbed into his pajamas and looked across the street to her house again, it was still light on in there. But he'd always had excellent hearing and he pulled the pillow over his head and rolled over. What he was hearing was making him blush furiously red and it was also making him distinctly uncomfortable. He let go of his pillow with one hand and reached over to his moogle doll Kupo and hugged it tightly. He started to force himself go to sleep despite the racket, at this rate Genesis and Darcia would wake up the whole town. Finally after what felt like forever Angeal had just started to drift off when a gust of wind woke him up.
"Wha!" He bolted up and out of bed looking at the window.
Sitting on the ledge was Genesis, wearing boxers and his red coat thrown over his otherwise bare body. "Hey Angy…"
"Ge-Genesis… you scared the shit out of me," Angeal panted staring at his best friend.
"Sorry man," he put his hand behind his head and scratched shifting his guitar around on his back, "hey listen can I crash here for the night and bum some breakfast out of your mom?"
Angeal nodded, "sure, but what're you doing here? I thought you were…" he flushed and trailed off.
"Well I was but just when we finished I told Darcia I was still serious that I would join SOLDIER… and she kinda threw me out cold shoulder… I couldn't go back to my folks place because then they would just get all pissed off, so I figured I'd crash with you," Genesis commented already setting his guitar by Angeal's bed and laying down. "Oh and Angy be a dear and close that window, the room's freezing."
Angeal grudgingly shut the window, he then pulled Genesis off of the bed, "fine but I get my own bed." He fumed over to the closet and pulled out some blankets and pillows tossing them over to Genesis. He climbed back into bed and started to drift off.
"Hey Angeal?" Genesis commented.
"What?" Angeal grunted.
"Good night," Genesis wished.
"Good night G." Angeal rolled over to get some sleep.
"Oh Angy, could you get me a glass of water?" Genesis asked hopefully.
"No either get it yourself or shut up and deal with it," Angeal growled annoyed before ignoring Genesis until he fell asleep.