Pairing: Zack x Tifa

Rating: M

WARNING: THIS STORY IS RATED MATURE FOR A REASON AND MAY NOT BE FOR EVERYONE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

All related Final Fantasy names and characters are copyrighted © by the almighty Square Enix. This story and the OCs are all me, however. Enjoy.

~SOLDIER Day 1, Night 2~

Zack's alarm clock went off at 5:00am, or 0500 hours which ever you prefer to use. Zack got up and jumped in the shower real quick, then got out, fixed his hair, and got dressed in his uniform. ShinRa Academy starts at 0730 hours, Zack would have loved to let Tifa sleep in but he knew that she needed to get up and get ready for school. He walked over to her side of the bed and gently kissed her awake.

"Its time to get up dear, you don't want to be late for school" Zack whispered, he forgot that he put his helmet on before he went to wake Tifa up. Tifa woke up and smacked Zack with a pillow, knocking his helmet clean off his head.

"Shit! Zack! Don't wake me up like that!" she rubbed her eyes before she pulled him into a hug.

"Lesson learned." He hugged her back and gave her a small kiss. "Well I have to get going because I don't want to be late. See ya tonight." He gave her another kiss, slipped on his helmet and ran out the door.

Zack followed the signs down to the Barracks, he almost ran into a couple people because he was trying to look at a sign on the wall to make sure he was still going the right way. He seen a couple other newbie's and decided to stand with them and try to make friends, they were talking amongst themselves and didn't seem to notice the new guy that joined their little group.

"Can you believe that we are going to meet the all mighty Sephiroth?" One newbie ranted

"What do you think he is going to talk to us about?" another one whispered

"I heard that its all just a act, the real master minds of this company are 1st Class SOLDIER's Angeal Hewley and Genesis Rhapsodos." The last snickered but held his head high.

Zack knew the 1st Class SOLDIER's that they were talking about and to him, they seemed like normal mako enhanced guys that earned their title threw hard work and dedication. Maybe that was because they all came to see his wedding and personally escorted him here.

"I don't think they are all that bad" Zack muttered to the group, the guys turned around and looked at Zack.

"What makes you say that?" the first one asked.

"Well, think about it. One of these days we will be just as good as they are and we will be the ones everyone is muttering about, kind of like we are now." Zack said shrugging and shifting his weight from foot to foot. The group seemed to ponder on this and then all nodded in return.

"I like your thinking, what's your name kid?" the last asked.

"Zack Fair, and yours?" Zack asked smiling and sticking out his hand for a friendly handshake.

"You can call me Kunsel, and these are my friends Marv and Penn" Kunsel shook Zack's outstretched hand.

"Nice to meet you guys" Zack smiled

"Like wise" Marv and Penn nod.

The group turned around as Sephiroth entered the room; Zack smiled and appeared the others were not as happy to see the General as Zack was. Sephiroth just raised an eyebrow at Zack before he moved on to inspecting the others. Once inspection was over, they were all forced out to the field for the 7-mile hump.

Tifa got up and got dress before she headed to school; she took the map with her and followed what it said. Once at the school she pulled out her itinerary and went to her first class, which was Algebra, her least favorite subject. She went threw the morning classes and the halls smiling and being as joyful as possible. She was not very popular like she had been in Nibelheim, but back there her father was head of a big company so of course she was popular.

Lunchtime had finally come around and Tifa had sat alone, she scanned the lunchroom as she ate and seen that Aerith was sitting at a table with Yuffie and a couple of the other girls that Tifa did not know. She was just about to get up when Zack plopped down next to her and give her a muddy kiss on her cheek.

"phh! Zack!" She giggles and wipes off the mud.

"Hey babe" he smiles before he digs into his lunch, obviously starving. "How's your day going?"

"Pretty good I think I like my classes. Why are you filthy?" she began to eat as she looked at her mud covered husband and the even dirtier helmet that was thrown randomly on the table.

"7-mile hump this morning. They told me that I beat the record and that I could come eat lunch in the lunchroom instead of the Barracks." Zack continued to inhale his food. "You know this stuff is better than what they were serving in the Barracks."

Tifa just smiled at Zack as she picked threw her food. In all honesty she hadn't been very hungry since she found out she was pregnant. She was almost 3 months along, she was surprised that her father hadn't found out, not only would he of killed Zack, but he would have brought him back and made him marry Tifa. Well that already happened thanks to Cloud and Yuffie agreeing on a new plan.

"You okay?" Zack interrupted her train of thought.

"Hmm? Yeah I am fine, just not very hungry." Tifa smiled as Zack nodded and took their trays back. He soon sat back down and laid back in his chair.

"Angeal invited us to go out to a nice restaurant tonight. I told him that I would see how you felt about it."

"We should go, how else are we going to get to know the city?" Tifa was happy that they were going to find a place besides the pizza joint that Reno suggested. She also knew that she wasn't going to eat much, unless she got a crazy craving and was suddenly starving. Like that was going to happen.

"Great I'll tell Angeal when I see him after work. Which I should probably be getting back too. Love ya see ya later." He kissed her, grabbed his helmet off the table smearing dirt everywhere, and ran out as he slipped on his helmet. Soon after Zack left the school bell rang, Tifa only had a couple classes left to do before she was able to go home.

Tifa's last classes were with Yuffie and Aerith, she didn't really mind them all that much but they both seemed to like her husband. Yuffie got on a topic that Tifa really liked which made Tifa jump into the conversation. They talked all class period, in the halls, and into their next period. Soon Tifa was going on a shopping trip with the girls once school was over, Tifa wanted to tell Zack but she didn't want to interrupt his training or whatever he was doing.

Tifa came home with homework and several bags of clothing that she bought thanks to Aerith and Yuffie pitching in. Zack hadn't been home yet, of course he wasn't it was only 4:30pm and he didn't get off till a quarter till 5. so Tifa decided that she would get ready for their dinner date with Angeal tonight, she threw her backpack on the bed along with the bags and she jumped into the shower to get her hair freshened.

Tifa got out of the shower, wrapped a towel around her, and wondered into the kitchen just as Zack walked into the door. He was obviously warn out and in need of a hot shower and badly.

"What time is our dinner date with Angeal?" she asked as she got a glass from the cupboard and filled it with water.

"Um, he didn't say. He just said that he would stop by and see if we were ready." Zack kicked his boots off at the door and started stripping as he headed for the bathroom to shower. Tifa followed him in, picked up his dirty clothes, and threw them in the hamper once she got into the bathroom.

"I went shopping with Yuffie and Aerith after school; I found out that we actually have a lot in common." Tifa started to fix her hair.

"Oh? What did you buy?" Zack lifted an eyebrow as he washed all the dirt out of his hair almost clogging the drain.

"Get your mind out of the gutter, I just bought a dress for tonight and some new shoes is all." Tifa started curling her hair, she heard Zack just make a pleased noise. Although Tifa wasn't sure if that was cause of the hot water beating on his sore muscles or an actual answer to what she told him.

Once Tifa had finished her hair and makeup, she went and got into her black strapless dress. Aerith thought that Tifa would look better in a pink one, but Tifa wasn't going to let anything pink touch her. Yuffie thought that a dark green or a lovely blue would be nice, Tifa tried them on and they really did not work so she went with her choice, the black dress with silver stitching. Her shoes were black stilettos with silver flowers on them; she thought that it all went together pretty well, now to pass the Zack test.

Zack walked out of the bathroom with just a towel wrapped around his waist and went to the dresser for some boxers. Tifa was surprised that he hadn't seen her yet, although he was still probably tired and more or less focused on eating then going to bed as soon as possible.

"Did you get me anything?" Zack asked as he started putting on his boxers and some socks.

"Yep" She handed him what she bought for him, which was a nice black dress shirt and black dress pants and a red tie. Zack took them and put them on as Tifa headed to the living room to wait for Angeal to come. When Zack walked out he actually looked at Tifa and was astonished at how amazing she looked.

"Wow hun, I am sorry that I didn't see what you were wearing earlier. I am just dead dog-tired. You look amazing" He smiled and kissed her deep and loving.

"Its okay, I figured that you had a hard day and that you just needed some recoup time." Tifa smiled back at Zack and was happy when the doorbell finally rang. She got up and opened the door to see a well dressed Angeal and Genesis standing on the other side.

"I hope you like Chinese food, because that's where Angeal made plans." Genesis stated with a smile and a wink in Tifa's direction, which caused all happiness in Zack's face go to jealous and not pleased.

"Chinese is great." Was all Zack said as he slipped an arm around Tifa's waist, Angeal seen what Genesis was doing and gave him a hearty elbow to the gut.

"Ow, ass" Genesis spat at the older raven-haired man.

They sat in a circular booth, Zack and Genesis on the outside and Tifa between Angeal and Zack. They had already ordered an assortment of food that they all wanted to try, Zack's eyes never left Genesis unless he was giving a loving look to Tifa. They all ate in somewhat silence except when the waitress came to refill their drinks or get them something else.

"So Tifa, how far along are you?" Angeal asked out of curiosity also taking note that she was just sitting and picking at her food.

"Just 3 months" Tifa was a little baffled by the random question. Zack was sitting there doing mental math as to when the last time him and Tifa actually had a sexual experience. He figured 3-4 months was about right.

"Ah, morning sickness still?" Now Angeal was just making small talk.

"Not really, it comes and goes." Tifa obviously didn't mind any of the questions that Angeal was asking. Since Zack and Genesis apparently decided to have a stare off, Tifa watched and hoped that this wouldn't lead to Zack getting into trouble and getting kicked out of SOLDIER before he even got in it.

"Your parents must be happy about the new member of their family" Angeal had stated while he paid for the rather large check.

"They don't know, well at least my dad doesn't know. I know that Cloud knew before we left Nibelheim." Tifa started boxing up her dinner.

"My mom knows but I don't know about my dad, I would guess that mom told him by now." Zack said blandly as he started boxing up his dinner while having his little staring contest with Genesis.

"Ah, Genesis would you stop it with your staring. It's down right weird." Angeal slapped Genesis with his napkin making Genesis blink and look away from Zack. Zack had a little happy dance in his head because he beat a SOLDIER at a staring contest. Tifa could see the accomplishment on Zack's face and just rolled her eyes.

They all walked out to Angeal's car, Genesis sat in the front seat with Angeal, Zack and Tifa took up the backseats. The ride home was as quiet as their conversation in the restaurant was, but Zack did not mind he was just happy that he was with his wife and that he was finally in Midgar.

Zack and Tifa said their good byes to Genesis and Angeal as they parted ways at the elevator. Zack and Tifa went into their apartment, stripped, flopped onto the bed in just their underwear, and shortly fell asleep after getting into their normal sleeping position and getting under the covers.

Well it looks like Genesis is going to be an ass and try to ruin things for Zack and Tifa. I don't think that Zack is going to go down without a fight.