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Disclaimer: In 1st chap.
Warning(s): Eh, none I think…
9 Months Later…
Cloud wasn't surprised that he and Zack's marriage changed completely when he hold him that he was pregnant. All throughout his pregnancy, they hadn't fought once. In fact, Zack became his personal servant. He would do everything he asked him to and even went to work late and took off of work early just to be able to spend more time with him. It was nice to rekindle their love, but…as far as Cloud was concerned, the damage had been done and there was nothing that could undo it. Even though he and Zack were now on better terms, he still wanted Sephiroth. And speaking of the said man, after he told Zack that he was pregnant, he hadn't seen or heard from Sephiroth since and that hurt him more than anything. Granted, he knew that Sephiroth had his own family to take care of, he could at least call him or something to let him know that he was alright or to check up on how he was progressing with the baby. The only time he saw him was when he and Zack were invited to the business Christmas party. It was also then that he met Sephiroth's wife, Genesis. As soon as Zack introduced him to him, he felt uneasy as Genesis faked smiled before giving him a look over. He could've seriously killed Zack when he walked away to talk to Cid, leaving him standing in front of the redhead that was downing glasses of wine while complaining to him that he never gets to see his husband anymore because of his work and also saying that he believed that Sephiroth was having an affair with someone else. It made him feel even more uneasy when Genesis said all of that nonchalantly. Cloud knew it had to be the alcohol talking since his words would slur every now and again…and probably his instincts. When he turned away from him to go and waddle to find Zack and to tell him that he was ready to go, he was stopped by the said redhead.
"Your cologne…it smells very familiar…" The redhead said while smirking at him before taking a large swig of his 5th glass of wine. Cloud felt himself beginning to panic on the inside but didn't let his panic show.
"I got it at the department store in the mall. Do you go there frequently?"
"No, I don't."
"Oh, then where have you smelled it?"
"On my husband's clothes…"
Cloud flinched a little bit and was glad that Genesis didn't see it.
"Well, maybe he uses it."
"To do what? Cover up the scent of his fucking affair! I know damn well he doesn't keep it at the house if he is using it! I know because I sprayed all of his colognes to find it!" The redhead yelled, gaining the attention of those who were standing next to him. He thanked all that was holy when Sephiroth appeared out of no where and took the glass of wine out of Genesis' hand.
"Well, I believe it's time for us to be going… What do you think?" Sephiroth said, trying to play off his wife's words, making the others laugh.
"I say…fuck off, Sephiroth! You can fool all of these fake ass people all you want to! I know what's really going on!" Genesis said as he pulled his arm out of Sephiroth's hand and grabbed his coat. As he walked passed Cloud, Cloud's eyes widened in shock at what the redhead said to him before walking out of the doors and to the car. Cloud looked at Sephiroth in confusion before Sephiroth sighed and said goodnight to him and walking after his wife.
"I know it's you that he's cheating on me with… It's only a matter of time before I find cold hard evidence that it's you and when I do, you'll wish that you never saw Sephiroth…"
Cloud stared down at his baby with a smile on his face, even though on the inside he was scared. He wasn't scared of what Zack would say about his baby boy's eyes, he was scared of Genesis seeing his baby and trying to hurt him. He had no doubt that Genesis' threat was genuine, even if he may have been drunk. When he felt his baby lightly touch him, he shook off his thoughts and smiled when his baby curled his fingers around his. His baby boy had soft golden blonde tuffs of hair and greenish blue eyes with slits in them, a tell tale sign that his baby was Sephiroth's as well. He could easily lie about the slits by saying that the inheritance of slit eyes in his family skips a generation.
"Can I hold my little man now or are you going to hog him all to yourself and make him a mama's boy?"
Cloud chuckled and carefully handed his son over to Zack, who quickly showed him off to their friends as Cloud lay back down in the hospital bed to get some rest. He turned his head towards the window and gasped and smiled when he saw Sephiroth standing in the hallway smiling at him. Sephiroth gave him a thumbs up before turning and walking down the hall. Cloud frowned when he thought that Sephiroth had left, but smiled when he saw that it was him who opened up the door. He felt his heart flutter when Sephiroth lightly ran his finger through their baby's hair and smiled when the baby giggled and everyone in the room to awe. Sephiroth moved away from the crowd and sat in the chair that was next to him.
"He's beautiful, Cloud…"
"Yeah, I know… By the looks of him, he'll be just like-" Cloud's sentence was interrupted when the baby began to cry. They looked up and lightly laughed when they saw Reno's eyes were wide because he didn't know what to do with the crying infant in his arms. He was saved by Zack, who quickly took the baby back and while cooing to the baby that he didn't need to be afraid of redheads. Cloud watched Zack happily rock the baby back and forth with a smile on his face and sighed.
"…He's going to find out eventually…the eyes will be a dead giveaway." Cloud whispered to his lover who made a sound of agreement.
"He didn't question you about it yet?"
"No, but if he does, I'll say that they run in my family as well and that is skips a generation. He won't know that I'm lying because none of my relatives are still around."
"Ah…sounds like a plan. Let's hope that will be the only thing that he-"
"Takahito…or Taka for short."
"That Taka will inherit from me. My apologies, I didn't know you named him already. Did you both agree on that?"
"No, but that is his name whether Zack likes it or not."
Sephiroth chuckled.
"Such a demanding uke you are…"
"And that's why you love me."
Sephiroth shook his head before squeezing Cloud's hand.
"I suppose that's one of the reasons…"
Cloud smiled as he squeezed back and let go of his hand when he saw that Zack was turning back to face them.
"And now, Zack Jr.-"
"Takahito, or Taka." Cloud corrected his husband who frowned at him.
"Whatever. And now Taka, your Godfather gets to hold ya!"
Cloud felt his heart drop down to his stomach when Zack grinned before dropping Taka in Sephiroth's arms.
"G-Godfather?" Cloud asked nervously.
"Yeah, why not? He's my boss, my friend, and will be a good role model to our son." Zack explained as Cloud stared at him with a suppressed look of horror on his face before turning to show Sephiroth his face of horror.
"F-Friend?" Since when did Zack become friends with his ex-boyfriend/the person he's having an affair with? He had no idea... In fact, he thought he still hated Sephiroth because he used to date him in the past, not unless it was because of the baby that he forgave Sephiroth and started to talk to him more at work. To Cloud, it didn't matter that they are now friends or whatever the fuck they were, all he knew was that it was going to be fucking awkward for him, since Sephiroth wasn't showing an ounce of the uneasiness that he knew he had, because he and Sephiroth knew who Taka's real father was. He decided to save his brooding for another time when he heard his son's giggles as he yanked on his Godfather's bangs as Sephiroth smiled while trying to get his godson to let go, making everyone in the room laugh. He sighed when Zack leaned down to kiss his forehead. Maybe they'll be alright…
Cloud quickly changed his mind about them being alright a year later. He and Zack went back to arguing and the arguments were over thirty times worse than they were in the past only this time, Cloud knew why Zack was yelling at him and he didn't appreciate any of it. Now that Zack had his baby that he angrily wanted over a year ago, he was now fussing about how much things cost for Taka and how he should get up off of his ass and find a job instead of staying home. It pissed Cloud off to no end, which made them get into heated arguments and only stopped when Cloud heard Taka beginning to cry and left Zack to go tend to his baby. Today was no different when they got into it when Cloud asked for Zack to pick up some diapers on his way back home while Zack was leaving for work. As soon as he heard Zack huff, he knew that a war was about to be underway.
"Why can't your ass walk to go and get them? The grocery store is right down the street."
"Oh really? You didn't think that I thought about that already? Well since you have all of the answers, who's supposed to watch over Taka while I go and get them since we don't have a baby stroller jackass!"
"It's called carry him in your fucking arms!"
"It's raining outside! I'm not carrying him in the rain so that he can get another cold!"
"Are you really this stupid? You put him in a sweater and hold an umbrella!"
"I'm not risking him getting sick again! It's not like you're home taking care of him while trying to guess at what he needs since the only clue he gives is crying!"
"Oh so what are you trying to say? That I don't give a damn about my son?"
"Well, if the boot-"
Cloud was caught off guard when Zack slapped him, hard, across his face, almost knocking him to the ground, but he was able to catch himself on the kitchen counter. He turned to glare at Zack with ferocious blue eyes as Taka began to start crying and screaming again. Sephiroth would never do that…he would never hit him…not over some fucking pampers. Zack's eyes widened before he looked at his hand and back at his face.
"Cloud, I'm so-"
Cloud didn't let him finish his sentence because he delivered a quick punch to Zack's eye, smirking when he saw Zack's head snap back as he fell to the ground. Cloud ignored his groans and went to tend to his baby and found that he was crying because he needed a diaper change. Cloud changed Taka's diaper and dressed him warmly since it was cold outside because of the rain and placed his hood over the quickly growing spiky silverish blonde hair of his baby before picking him up along with the umbrella and his keys and walking out of the apartment, leaving Zack on the floor without a word.
Cloud sighed as he grabbed a cart and placed Taka's legs in the slots on the cart for the children to sit in. He smiled as he heard Taka speaking his normal gibberish plus the words 'up', 'shoe' and 'yeah'.
"Come on Taka, say mama!" He said as he looked down at his smiling child.
"Up!" Takahito said with a smile as he slapped his hands against the metal bar that Cloud used to push the cart with.
"Noo… Say mama." Cloud said while slowly pronouncing 'mama'.
"Muh!"
"Eh, close enough…"
"Ya!"
Cloud laughed at his son agreeing with him and kissed his forehead before pushing the cart to find the diapers he needed to buy. After he found the brand he needed, he decided he mine as well get his usual grocery shopping out of the way instead of waiting for the weekend to do it. He mentally cursed to himself when he forgot to bring something for Taka to play with when he saw Taka reaching for the plastic keys that resembled the ones that he already had that were hanging on the side of the aisle. He gently coaxed Taka away from them while telling him no, the one word that neither he, nor his real father, liked to hear. Unfortunately, Taka wasn't in the mood to listen to him and scrunched up his face and began to start crying…loudly at that. Cloud sighed before he picked up his crying son and rubbed his back while trying to get his loud crying to stop.
"I should've known that the crying baby was none other than my son…"
Cloud turned around and smiled when he saw Sephiroth smirking at him with a basket in his hand. Sephiroth walked up to him and placed his basket on the floor and motioned for Cloud to pass Taka to him. As soon as he did, Taka stopped crying and giggled as he latched onto his favorite bang of Sephiroth's hair, much to Cloud's amusement.
"So, what did you say no to this time?" Sephiroth asked as he winced at the sharp tug to his hair.
"The plastic toy keys. I swear stores put things like that in the aisles for children to cry about to their parents to get them to buy it."
Sephiroth chuckled.
"It's the best market strategy, especially if it's a- What's that on your face?" Sephiroth asked sternly, making Cloud look away from him with tears in his eyes. He'd forgotten about that…
"Did Zack hit you?"
"I hit him back if that makes you feel any better…"
"That's not the point! The point is that you two shouldn't be throwing blows at all! Especially if Taka's watching!"
"No, it's not like that! It was our first time doing this and what pisses me off about it was that it was over buying diapers!" Cloud said as he wiped his eyes from the tears that fell. He was still upset at the fact that he'd been struck over something as stupid as that… He relaxed some when Sephiroth stepped closer to him and kissed his bruised cheek before kissing his lips.
"Do you need money?"
"Seph, I don't want to take any from-"
"Nonsense. It's going to Takahito is it not? Here." Sephiroth said as he moved the happy child into one arm and fished out his wallet out of his leather jacket and handed it to Cloud, who stared at him confusedly.
"Take out five bills." Sephiroth said while tapping Taka's hands in order for him to release the bundle of his hair that he stuck in his mouth. Cloud sighed and did as he was told before he placed Sephiroth's wallet back in the pocket he got it out of.
"That should last you for the rest of the week, right?" Sephiroth motioned to the money in his hands. Cloud raised a brow before looking at the five bills in his hand and gasped in shock. He was holding $500.
"Seph, I can't take-"
The rest of his sentence died in his throat when he saw Sephiroth's stern face.
"I… Thank you…" Cloud said and kissed Sephiroth's cheek with a smile on his face. He really meant it. The money Sephiroth gave him would last for more than a week. Probably three if everything stayed the same as it was.
"Your welcome. Do you have a separate bank account?"
"Yeah, but I haven't used it in years…"
"Good. I'll call you later on to get the account number that way I can transfer money into it."
"Seph-"
"Look. I'm trying to make sure you and Taka are taken care of and from what I'm seeing on your face, it's not happening the way it should be. But I tell you this: I don't give a damn if Zack's your husband or not, if he hits you again you better let me know. Understand?"
All Cloud could do was nod at the seriousness in Sephiroth's tone and sighed. He began to laugh when Sephiroth stared down at the grunting Takahito with wide eyes before placing his available hand over his nose to block out the smell.
"Cloud, I believe-"
"Aww! Did Taka go poopies while in Dada's arms?" Cloud asked his giggling child with a grin on his face, ignoring Sephiroth's glare.
"You ever change a diaper before?" Cloud smirked at Sephiroth, who in turn raised a brow at him.
"No, and I don't plan to."
"Oh c'mon! It's not that bad!" Cloud said as he grabbed Sephiroth's basket and placed it in his cart. Sephiroth held Taka out for Cloud to take, but Cloud turned away from him and hummed to himself as he searched for the restrooms as Sephiroth walked behind him while muttering about the awful smell and Taka giggled. Cloud turned around when he heard Sephiroth curse and placed a hand over his mouth to keep himself from laughing out loud at Sephiroth horror stricken face.
"Cloud, you better take your son or else I'm ditching him in this aisle! I'm about to pass out if he farts one more time!" Sephiroth threatened as he tightened his hold on his nose as Cloud laughed.
To Be Continued.
A/N: Oh man…poor Sephiroth… XD
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