Now he understood what was going on.
Fully awake now, but still a bit groggy, he slowly turned his face to meet Genesis' gaze. A little confused, he scrunched his face in question at the red-haired man. Genesis, smirking with a hint of mock sadness on his face, said, "Zack, surely you remember. I helped you back into your room last night after you passed out in the elevator. The building had a small blackout - that's what happened with the elevator."
"Right. So you helped me to my room. That doesn't explain what you're doing in my bed and why you've got your arm around my waist," Zack said in disbelief, beginning to feel a bit irritated.
Leaning closely to Zack, he placed his lips next to his ear and whispered, "There is no hate, only joy... For you are beloved by the goddess."
"Oh Gaia..." Zack felt light-headed and his limbs felt like rubber. His mouth was dry. So it was true. They had made love.
"You don't have to be so shy, Zack," Genesis said, putting his hand on Zack's cheek, which was growing redder by the moment. "You have a gift, you know."
"Oh, and what is that?" Zack asked, trying not to look Genesis in the face.
"You kiss like an angel. It's... quite becoming of you," Genesis said, a wicked grin on his face.
Zack pulled away from Genesis, his face still red with embarrassment, and grabbed a pillow from his bed. Shoving it at Genesis playfully, he actually started to enjoy the idea of having shared his bed with the man. They started to wrestle around on the bed, laughing and grunting. Genesis had Zack pinned down before he knew it, and a heavy round of kissing ensued.
Genesis stopped long enough to look Zack in the eyes and said, "My beautiful Zack Fair... I would never hurt you on purpose like they did. Ever." Zack, overcome with a warm feeling flowing through his heart, grabbed Genesis and crushed him to his chest.
Am I... really beautiful?
What exactly was this that Zack was feeling? Lust? Love? No. It could not be love. He was not the type of man who would fall in love so easily. It could only be lust, driven by loneliness that came with the territory of being in SOLDIER. Trapped in a building all day with only men as your companions, Zack was always starved for the attention of a female. However, lately, members of the opposite sex had just not done it for him.
Must have been something in the mako, for all members of SOLDIER as well as each single solitary employee of Shin-Ra had homosexual cravings. Perhaps Hojo was behind the idea - a plan to make Shin-Ra a company crawling with homos.
If this was the plan, Shin-Ra might as well shut down the company, because no one would ever get any work done at this pace.
"Mmm... Genesis?" Zack interrupted. He had a question on the tip of his tongue but didn't know how to form the words. Genesis had stolen his breath, his mind. A gentle nuzzling at his neck left him brainless.
"Yes, Zack," Genesis mumbled from pale white flesh.
"Did you and... Sephiroth ever... you know...," Zack trailed off. Before he had a chance to find the words to finish his question, Genesis jumped off the bed with a start. "Aw shit! Sephiroth is going to have my ass for this!"
"What's going on?" Zack asked, somewhat alarmed by Genesis' quickness in throwing his clothes on.
"Sephiroth told me not to touch you. He saw me staring at you yesterday in his office when you were being punished. He warned me that he wanted you for himself, and if he found out that I made a move on you, he would have me demoted," Genesis said, shaking a wide strand of red hair away from his face. "This isn't going to be good, you know."
Zack made a funny face. Sephiroth wanted him? No way.
It actually kind of made him feel full of pride.
"But to answer your question, no. Sephiroth and I are only friends. Nothing more," Genesis said, before ducking out of Zack's room. He closed the door and left Zack naked -- alone.
He felt like a jilted lover. A one-night stand.
Suddenly, the door burst open and Genesis came sailing into his arms. A chill went up Zack's spine when Genesis whispered, fixing that cold gaze upon him, "Tonight. Once more. You and I. No pain this time, yes?" Once again, he was gone, and Zack was left to dress alone. Thank Gaia that Kunsel had already left the room: he would have to explain things to him later on, but he didn't feel like it right now.
Something didn't seem right, though. He didn't feel as if he had had sex. It could have just been because of the advanced healing from the mako, but it just didn't add up. He investigated his body; there we no signs of penetration. It made Zack laugh. They had NOT made love. Putting his hand to his head, in disbelief, he said aloud to himself, "He jerked off on me!"
Finally putting his clothes on, Zack noticed the black feather on the floor that had been stuck to his back. Picking it up and turning it around between his fingers, the soft downy glistened in the sunlight that was filtering in through the window. Where had it come from, and why had it been on him? Must have been some kind of kink that Genesis liked.
He sat back down on the bed and found himself still tired from the night before. Easing down onto his side, he drifted out of consciousness for a few hours, sliding easily into a deep sleep until Kunsel came into the room and announced that it was time for lunch. Zack waved his hand at him without stirring and Kunsel left the room. Kunsel had been awake in bed last night, listening to Genesis and Zack moaning in Zack's bed.
He remembered distinctly that Genesis had some difficulty in getting Zack to make love; remembered hearing Zack snoring and a few minutes later, hearing Genesis grunt in release and laughing softly.
He could have sworn he had heard a 'whoosh', like a bird's wing fluttering out, but he thought nothing else of it and figured it was his imagination.
