Cloud knew his lover had not had the most usual upbringing, and, while it was true that Sephiroth knew in some detached way what snow was, and the theory behind it, he could probably have told you the forces acting on each falling snowflake, he did not understand all the other's enthusiasm for it. He was sitting in his office working, a long black coat around him as a defence agaisnt the cold. There was a knock at the door, he looked up from the paperwork and spoke calmly.
"Come in..."
The door opened and his blonde lover appeared, with rosy cheeks and crystallised hair, beaming, obviously having been running in the freezing air. A scarf the same colour as his eyes was wrapped around Cloud's neck, and he was wearing a black uniform coat too.
Sephiroth's face came to life at a rare smile. "Hello Cloud, it is wonderful to see you... you look like you're having fun..."
Cloud nodded, and held a gloved hand out to him "come out with me..." his eyes shone like the sun glinting on the snow outside.
Sephiroth blinked "Why should I do that?"
Cloud sighed "You've never had a snowball fight, never built a snow man... come out with me. Now."
Sephiroth blinked, but, unable to repress his curiousity and needing not to annoy his small boyfriend, he got up. Cloud wrapped a deep green scarf around his neck, using it to pull him close for a gentle kiss, then putting gloves on his hands. Sephiroth raised a slender eyebrow.
"You came prepared then?"
Cloud beamed and nodded, pulling him out into the snow.
That afternoon was more of learning experience than Sephiroth had ever dreamed of. He learned to laugh, and practised his aiming and moulding. He used the skills he had been taught in the labs, all that dry academic knowledge he had been forced to study. He had thought he had known everything, but Cloud was teaching him so much more.
It was when his blond lover called an end to the snowball fight and dragged him back inside, handing him a steaming mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows, cream and soft, gentle kisses, that Sephiroth smiled and realised he had finally learned to value the simple thinigs in life.