The First class SOLDIER walked out of the elevator with a bounce a normal smile plastered on his face as he walked along through the bottom floor of the Shinra coporation building waving to the receptionist as he practically skipped by her heading out the door. He was excited after a long week of duty and countless monster hunting he finally got a chance to the flower girl who'd been on his mind the entire time, he had to admit he was hooked.

He made his way to the church running by not allowing any distractions till finally the large building came out into view, surounded by the trash of the slums but she never cared. He slowly approached the doors till he felt he was being watched, Slowly he turned to find green eyes watching him at a hairs length. He jumped back falling through the doors landing with a thump on the wooden floorboards, he groaned and she giggled.

"Hello" she smiled hovering over his head, he smiled back then put a fake pout on. "Don't do that! trying to give me a heart attack?" he whinned.

she giggled more making the pout grow into another large grin, she stepped back as he swung his legs bak over his hed then pushed his body forward landing in a crouch.

"I love your laugh" he stated smiling to her, she came over and they hugged for a brief moment. she leaned her head on him. "of course you know how to make me laugh every time I see you"

This made him chuckle, "should I be proud that you laugh at me? every single time?"

Green pupils looked up into his mako inhanced blue-violet and both laughed.

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"So then Tseng lifts the branch off the little guy and you should have seen me and reno's expression!" Zack flailed his arms in exageration and Aerith giggled where she kneeled next to the flowers. She'd been listening to him for three hours but was contnt with his belowing laughs and sneekers of all his friends mishaps of the week.

"I should bring Kunsel to meet you one day you'd love him. He's so talkitive it hurts" He stuck his tongue out and make a crazy face while pretending to strangle himself, she shook her head and sighed .

"you sound like you have alot of friends, I'm not surprised"

Zack looked at her and jumped up on a bench with a triumphant look.

"Of course! who wouldn't wanna be pals with Zack Fair!" He roared, she pet a flower petal.

"they must like laughing at you too" there was a brief silence before The soldier made a ' I got shot' motion over his chest and fell back off the bench with his tongue sticking out again. When he didn't move the flower girl stood and walked to him.

He opened one eye and grunted when she nudged him with a foot.

"hey I didn't know the great Zack Fair could be beaten this easily" she teased, he laughed. "Ya but It don't mean I'm gone for good I'll come back and haunt you!" he jumped to his feet and made an evil face while utering an 'Boo' every few seconds.

"oh my, I didn't know it was halloween already?"

"yep early just for you!" he called out doing a squat.

"what should I be?" he inspected her for a moment and chuckled earning a weary look from Aerith.

"be a giant flower!"

"oh, Zack" she looked up at the sky through the hole in the church's roof"

"oh no" she whispered and looked at a now confused Zack.

"what's up?"

"I need to get home I promised mother I'd help cook dinner tonight"

"dinner huh. . . I'd come help but. . . I suck at cooking" she laughed, "I know don't tell me you've already forgotten the time we tried your-"

"Ahhh! i think i'll be going now! Adious Aerith I'll just you know. . . BYE!" and with that he was out of the church leaving The flower girl in giggling fits.

As Zack went through towards loveless Ave. He saw a certain troop smaller then most and smiled. The small troop looked like he was extremly bored and was being yelled at by an old man, Zack snuck over till he stood next to the little soldier and gave the old man the evilest glare ever which sent the man scurying mumbling that ' it wasn't worth his life yada yada'

When the little troop noticed this he turned and nearly jumped back in surprise as he saw Zack, he stood up straight composing himself.

"Sir!"

"Sir? you kidding me?" Zack pouted but he noticed the troop shrinking slightly. He smiled warmly and put a hand on the others helm lifting it off to reveal Spiked blond locks in all directions.

"Don't give me the Sir stuff, make me feel like a giant beast everyone is afraid of" His smalled friend stayed silent as zack threw the helmet over his soldier.

"uh. . . helm. . et. Si-" Zack hand shot to the blonds mouth, his blue eyes widened slightly.

"don't be scared of me fuzz ball, don't bother with the helmets there no help anyways, and . . . just don't SIR ME!"

The boy flinched and his eyes downcast as he pulled away from Zacks hand.

Zack frowned and pondered a moment before clapping his hands.

"Hey. . .your name's Cloud right?" the blond nodded without looking up and turned to leave but Zack grabbed his shoulder.

"oi! where you going? I'm not gonna bite. . . I think" Zack smiled when the boy smirked.

"Ah ha! I can make you smile now lets get a laugh outta you!"

"huh?" Cloud was staring at him as if Zack had a third eye.

"how bout a bar. . . hm. . . nah I bet playing pranks on kunsel will get you to crack. or maybe a turk" Zack pondered.

"T-turk.. Sir" Cloud eyes seemed to be getting bigger as Zack listed things to do off, When he told Cloud he'd pull a prank like dying sephiroths hair pink he just about broke in all the emotional control he had and spun around running dowm the street, Zack stopped started before chasing after him roaring how he'd called him Sir again gaining crazy looks from nearby people.

Yep that was the good times.