Chapter Two

No…that doesn't look right...

"Dustin?"

My head jerked up. "Hayden?"

"Yeah. You come in here to change?"

"Whaddaya think?" I asked drily, attempting to fix the belt-and-suspenders apparatus.

"Mm." A pause. "Well, if you have most of it on, you could go back and have the others help you with the other parts…."

I breathed a sigh of relief. "Good idea." I unlocked the stall door and stepped out. "I can't get the belt thingy right."

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I walked back towards my bunk, messing with the belt thing and trying to get it to look right.

"You have the back in front."

I nearly jumped and glanced up to see the blonde studying my uniform. "That strap in your hand goes around your upper right thigh like a weapons holder. Looks like you got the rest right." He returned to his notebook.

I pulled the straps down and rotated the belt before putting the straps over my shoulders again. "…Thanks."

"No problem." He continued with his notebook as I opened my footlocker and dropped my clothes in.

I sat on my bed and was about to ask him what he was writing when a shout of "Cadets!" rang out over our heads. He looked up as I turned towards the door. "I am your Corporal, and I have some basic Shinra Military rules for you—One: Keep your area neat! Two: Obey all orders from those higher up in the food chain than you! Three: Be punctual! Four: Don't kill each other!" He turned and left the room.

I turned back to the blond. "So…what're you working on?"

Something unreadable crossed his eyes for a second before he muttered, "Nothing" and closed the notebook. He got up and turned towards his footlocker, and I noticed that he had a short ponytail before he swiftly did his combo, dropped the notebook and pencil inside, and locked it. I thought he was going to sit on his bunk again, but he instead passed by me on his way towards the door.

I heard the door open and didn't think anything of it until I heard someone quietly say, "Who are you and why do you look just like me?"

I turned and my jaw dropped.

The blonde was facing…himself.

Ooh! The suspense! XD

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