Where to put the Windex…
I, in no way, recommend anyone do this, okay? I don't think that's what Windex is meant to be used for…but I've never checked the bottle. Got this idea from a friend who was babbling about 'My Big Fat Geek Wedding'…ahahaha, Windex.
Rating: G. Gen needs his own rating in my stories.
Warnings: Mentions of ASZGC? I don't think that needs to be a warning…and serious Sephiroth embarrassment.
Summary: Genesis and Cloud are moving in with Seph and his biggest worry is? Where to put the Windex…
When Sephiroth had entered into a relationship with his four friends, he'd been thrilled. They were all wonderful men and he was even excited to have Genesis and Cloud move in with him. However, the night before the two were set to move in, a very distressing thought occurred to him. Where to hide the Windex…He slid out of bed and grabbed the blue bottle from under the bathroom sink. Maybe he could just leave it there? Bathrooms had mirrors so it was plausible that he would keep it in there. But he wasn't messy and he didn't want the other two to think he was. The General frowned. He had a cleaning closet that had everything- but the Windex- that a maid, or whoever, could possibly dream up.
He trotted out into the hall and pulled the door open, blue bottle in hand. He could just set it in there and get it whenever the other two were out of the house. Yes, that would work. Sephiroth bit his lip. There were yucky things in that closet! Sponges that had been on the floor and toilet brushes. Ugh.
Quickly, he went back to the bathroom, stuffing the bottle of blue liquid back under the sink where it had been before. There. They probably wouldn't even notice.
Sephiroth had been right, two of his loves moved in and things were great. They didn't even notice the inconspicuous blue bottle- until one day, three months later.
"Seph?" Cloud called from the bathroom. "Do you have any Windex? I got finger prints on the mirror."
"Under the sink." He'd called back, his stomach tightening at the thought of actually cleaning something with it.
A cheerful 'thanks' was his reply.
Genesis poked his head out of the kitchen. "Is that where it is? I couldn't find it last week and had to clean the front window with soap and water."
Sephiroth jumped- actually jumped- having been so caught up in worrying about Cloud, in the bathroom, with the Windex, to really notice Genesis.
"Are you alright, Seph?" Genesis was looking at him with concern. "I don't think I've seen you jump like that since we were at least sixteen."
"I'm fine."
Cloud came down the hall then, smiling and holding a blue bottle. "I'll put this in the cleaning closet with the other supplies." He said cheerfully and Sephiroth felt his heart drop. No! It was gross in there, didn't Cloud realize that? He watched in barely concealed horror as Cloud placed it next to the toilet bowl cleaner and shut the door with a snap.
That night Sephiroth lay in bed listening two the other two breathing. When their breaths finally evened out, he silently slipped out of bed and down the hall to the closet. He snatched the bottle and made his way back into the bathroom. Shutting the door quietly, he flipped on the light and set the bottle in the sink. It definitely needed a bath after having to live in that…closet for half the day.
With gentle hands he set the bottle under a warm spray and soaped it up. He was reaching for a towel when the door slid open and a groggy Genesis wandered in.
"Seph? What're you doin'?" He mumbled.
Green eyes widened and he froze. "I…forgot to wash my face."
"But I watched you do that in the shower." Genesis rubbed his face, starting to wake up a little. His eyes caught the blue in their white sink and he quirked his head to the side. "You wash your face with Windex?"
"No."
"Then why is it in here?"
"Because."
"Because, isn't an answer, Seph."
"It is now."
"No." Genesis frowned at him, now fully awake. "Seph, why are you clutching that bottle of Windex like it's your child." He snapped, hands on his hips. His red robe was falling open and any other night Sephiroth would have had a hard time keeping his hands to himself. However, there were more important things at stake here.
"I'm…not." He said slowly and Genesis rolled his eyes. The red-head reached to grab the bottle and he jerked it back out of his reach.
"See! You are!"
"I am not!" He said petulantly. "Go back to bed."
"Not until you tell me what the hell you're doing with a bottle of Windex at midnight."
Sephiroth's frown deepened. What would Genesis think if he'd told him he was washing it because it was probably covered in nasty germy things…he'd probably make fun of him until the day he died. But what else could he say? Cloud had cleaned the mirror earlier that day so that excuse was out and he was pretty sure his lover wouldn't believe he couldn't sleep because mirror smudges were haunting him anyway.
"Well, Sephiroth?"
"I can't just leave it in the closet."
Genesis arched an eyebrow at him. "Why the fuck not? That's where it goes."
"No. It's dirty in there."
The red-head gave him an incredulous look. "Seph, it's a cleaning product! It goes where other cleaning products go, it's meant to be close to dirty things." Genesis said, making little air quite around 'dirty'. He ran a hand through his auburn hair and shook his head. "Tell me now or I'll wake Cloud up to do the kicked chocobo look."
Sephiroth almost gasped. "You wouldn't."
"I would. Now tell me."
Genesis watched the silver General fidget- fidget!- in his own bathroom, a bottle of blue liquid in his hands. If he'd been a little less in awe he might have raced out of the room to get a camera.
"I don't use it for cleaning I use it for…my hair." His cheeks were stained pink and the red-heads mouth fell open. For his hair?
Sephiroth set the bottle under the sink and looked down at his feet. Even his ears were starting to color which was kind of cute- no, no! Focus Rhapsodos. Your boyfriend just admitted he used Windex on his hair!
"R-really, Seph?" A hand flew to his mouth but it couldn't stop the laughter that was starting to bubble out. If there was any doubt in his mind that the great General of the Shin-Ra army was blushing before, it was gone now. He was beet red and glaring at Genesis. "Shiva, Seph, really?" He was leaning on the door now, hand clutching his stomach as he laughed.
Sephiroth moved to push past him and he grabbed for him. "No, don't go, I'm sorry-I just would have never thought of that." He wiped at the tears on his face quickly and grabbed a handful of Seph's hair. Raising it to his face he sniffed. There is was, if he really paid attention he could just barely catch a whiff of the cleaner under the shampoo and different kinds of conditioner.
The hair was tugged out of his grasp and the look that Sephiroth gave him was almost enough to send him back into hysterical laughter. "Don't. Tell. Anyone. Genesis, Please?" He asked, his face screwed up in a pout.
"I won't, I won't." He assured the man who nodded and pulled him back into their bedroom.
"Let's go back to bed." His voice was quiet and Genesis was pretty sure he was still blushing. He snickered as he got under the covers and snuggled up to Cloud. He threw a hand over the blondes waist and twined his fingers into that long, silver hair.
Sephiroth fell asleep that night listening to Genesis snicker to himself, occasionally mumbling about Windex. He would get the red-head for making him blush if it was the last thing he ever did.
Ahahahaha, I had so much fun writing this. Blushing Seph is just too cute.
