Well, Training Room got rave reviews, so, I decided to see what other mischief Zack could get himself into!

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII. I wish I did, really I do, but, then I wouldn't have to write fanfics!

On to the silliness!!

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Zack stumbled down the hall, barely able to see over the stack of paperwork in his arms. Sephiroth had decided to punish him with an obscene amount of paperwork for his... misconstruing last weeks events. But it wasn't his fault! He was just overprotective of the young blond cadet, who really was too pretty for his own good. 'Pretty! He would beat me with my own Buster if he ever heard me say that,' Zack mused to himself as he neared Sephiroth's office, eager to rid himself of the torturous papers.

When he arrived at the door to his General's office, he heard Seph talking to someone and decided to wait until Seph was through with whoever was in there, wanting to rant to the silver-haired man in private. Zack leaned against the wall, shifting the cumbersome paperwork in his arms, idly listening to the words drifting through the metal door, before perking up as he heard a name he recognized.

"Cloud, you were the one who wanted this. You came to me, now would you be still," Sephiroth's voice sounded out.

"I'm sorry, I'm just nervous. Will it hurt?" came the aforementioned cadet's voice.

"Only for a moment, I promise. Now, just relax and don't move. You wouldn't want me missing the mark, now would you?"

"Of course not, si- Eep," a note of panic tinged Cloud's voice.

Sephiroth sighed before lecturing Cloud again, "Cloud, I barely got it in, you are only making this worse for yourself. Now, just breathe, cadet!"

"But, it hurt, sir. You said it wouldn't hurt! Get it away, get it away!"

"Cloud, would you calm down? You said you wanted to do this for Zack. If you don't let me stick it in, then this is all a waste of time, isn't it?"

Zack's eyes widened, Cloud was doing something for him? But what? It sounded almost like he was...

"Fine! But, make it fast, maybe it will hurt less then," Cloud grunted out, a pout sounding in his voice.

"AH!...Oh, much better, blowing on it seems to help. Thank you sir!"

Completely forgetting the paperwork in his arms and the lesson they were trying to drill in him for jumping to conclusions, Zack burst into the room.

"Seph, I thought we went over this! Pretty cadet's are off-limits..." Zack trailed off as he took in Cloud, sitting calmly in a chair, Sephiroth blowing softly on the cadet's ear.

Sephiroth raised his gaze to his Second-in-Command, an eyebrow lifting before the brilliant jade eyes beneath rolled, showing his exasperation.

"Zachary, I told you to knock before entering my office. Now, Cloud, will you show him what you were yelping about."

Cloud turned an icy glare to Zack before turning his head more so Zack could see the newly placed stud in his ear.

"And about that paper work, Lieutenant... apparently your lesson is not yet learned. Please escort Cadet Strife back to his room and then report back to me."

Zack had the grace to look sheepish as he turned to Cloud, slinging his arm around the blond's shoulder. "Wow, Cloud, nice earring. But you know, I could have done it!"

Cloud followed the General's example and rolled his baby blue eyes. "With your attention span? You would probably be in the middle of it, then get distracted by something shiny, and I would have a hole in my cheek instead of my ear!"

Zack glared at Sephiroth, a chuckle floating from the General's direction. "Hey, I am not that ba- ooo, Seph, is that a new bracer..." he trailed off, blushing as he proved the Cadet's point. "Fine, I gotcha, let's go, Spiky."

Cloud preceded him from the office, stomping in his temper, another glare tossed over his shoulder.

"Well, come on, I need to get back to the dorms before my CO gets mad. And what have I told you about calling me pretty?"