Big Brother Sephy
A/N: lol This must be my fastest update but I'm just so excited about the surprise character who NO ONE guessed correctly...I'm kinda shocked. No love for my poor adorable bishi...oh well, I still love him and so does his lover XD. The last chapter was kinda short but I hope this one will make you forgive me. I love writing these chapters : ) it's just so much fun and jealous!Sephy is so much fun to write!
PS: I drew some SephyxCloud pics and posted them on DA--the links to them are on my profile--so feel free to look at them but I warn you, I'm way better at writing than drawing --" lol. Also, I wrote an original-YAOI-story for FictionPress called Vampire Moon which you guys might like so take the time and read it if you can.
BETA: Animefira001 she posted the second chapter of her Harry Potter yaoi fic and I hope you guys took my advice and looked it up--the second chapter is more juicy than the first even though there's no...smut?...yet...I'm a bad girl. THIS CHAPTER IS UN-BETA'D, I JUST WANNA POST IT BUT I'LL PUT UP THE REVISED VERSION AFTER SHE LOOKS OVER IT SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT MISTAKESI just want a little feedback XD
Disclaimer: Don't own--probably never will but I'm writing my own--slashable--novel which--if published--will give me my own lovely bishounen to slash...lol.
Warnings: Same as usual--does excessive jealousy and the urge to tear off an adorable blonde's head count?(Don't worry, it's not Cloud...or Seifer)
People I wanna thank: Empathetic Dreamer: Thanks for your support, wish you had taken a guess...you could've been the lucky--or not so lucky if the chapter sucked--winner of a yaoi filled AU crossover chapter of a Final Fantasy fic...
PS-2: I got a 1640 on my SATs--I was shocked because though I enjoy English and Literature, my Mathematical skills suck worst than girl characters who ruin yaoi : ) so yeah, that's the reason I'm writing this! I'm happy!
PS-3: This one has stuff from just Cloud's PoV so yeah...enjoy our adorable blonde hero as he grumbles about mean silver-haired men to his 'friend.'
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Chapter Four: Green Eyed Monster--Literally
Large, blue eyes opened up blearily as Cloud Strife picked himself out of bed. He was surprised because he actually got a good night of sleep.
'Hmm, and on my first night in a new house, maybe it won't be so bad without...without mom...' The thought of his mother brought tears to his eyes but he quickly shook them away. Squall had been kind enough to offer to stay the night with him but he seemed reluctant to leave Almasy so Cloud had spared him, but the brunet promised to see him off to school for his first day. He admitted that he was quite nervous at the prospect of the new school.
"Why do I even have to go?" Cloud asked himself aloud while pouting but no one deigned to answer him. A picture of a beautiful blonde haired woman flitted through his mind and he sighed softly.
'You might make some friends Cloud...' Her sweet voice reverberated through his thoughts and his eyes watered again.
'Why am I always crying? I'm such a baby...' He thought as he roughly rubbed his knuckles into his teary eyes and forced himself to get dressed. He carefully and slowly took off his chocobo print pajamas and took out the uniform to his new school. It was a creamy white shirt with a pale blue tie--which matched his eyes--and black dress slacks. He also placed his SOLDIER uniform in a carry-on gym bag. It was a purple jumpsuit that all cadets were required to wear.
"Why purple?" Cloud had said aloud when he read the terms and conditions for joining SOLDIER, but he had figured with help from Squall and Squall's contact at SOLDIER he wouldn't have to wear it for long.
'Too bad the contact is a bastard...' He grumbled as he remembered the stupid--handsome--man he had met the day before. He forced himself to forget about the green-eyed man and finished his morning duties. He went downstairs after getting dressed and made his way to his kitchen to make breakfast.
"I guess I'm making my own breakfast from now on." Cloud sighed before getting to work on his pancake-batter and eggs, "Good thing I enjoy cooking eh?" He finished with a smile before becoming immersed in his task. Pretty soon he was shaken from his reverie by a loud knock on the door.
"GOOD MORNING MARY SUNSHINE!" An irritating voice--which belonged to his cousin's boyfriend--yelled.
'Only morning and it's already a horrible day.' He fumed through gritted teeth as he opened the door for the large blonde man who literally loomed over his more petite cousin. When he opened the door he saw Squall shushing the big man and internally smiled as Almasy pouted. Squall heard his giggle and turned towards him worriedly.
"How was your first night?" His cousin tried to keep cool but it wasn't really working so Cloud smiled at him to soothe his frayed nerves.
"It was fine, you have to quit babying me." He chastised and Seifer nodded his head in agreement.
"Ain't that the truth? My kitten didn't sleep a wink last night and claimed that his worry made him unable to enjoy our um--nightly activities--if you catch my drift." Both Squall and Cloud glared at him and he backed away with his hands in the air.
"Sorry!" He said with a mock apology and began moving up the driveway, "I'll just wait for you guys in the car...hurry it up, you don't wanna be late on your first day Angel." Squall shushed him again and Cloud glared passionately at the reminder of yesterday's disaster.
"Arghh--bastard!" He screeched, reaching out for Almasy's throat with his small hands but was deftly avoided. Squall sighed suffering at the antics of the two blondes.
"Why can't you two act civil around each other?" He asked while tiredly rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Uh...'Cause we can't? Sorry baby-doll, I'd give you the world but I can't be 'civil' to this brat." The calmness of the statement made Cloud even more enraged.
"And I hate this bastard!" He growled childishly before being literally dragged to the car by Squall. He protested to being in a car driven by Seifer until Squall took the wheel. They proceeded quietly for a while until Squall broke the silence.
"So--" He began in what he thought was a subtle way, "How did your talk with Sephiroth go?" He asked it gently but Cloud glared at him and then turned slightly to glare at the house where he knew the silver-haired man lived.
"Stop trying to manipulate me!" He ordered and Almasy turned towards him sharply.
"Hey--" The big blonde man began but Squall cut him off with a hand.
"It's okay Seifer. Cloud I'm sorry but I'm not trying to manipulate you...I'm trying to help you make friends. You're traumatized by your m--" At which point, Cloud cut him of.
"I don't want to hear you okay? Don't tell me to deal with that because I never tell you to deal with your father!" He huffed and Squall stiffened slightly, his grey eyes narrowing.
"This is different from that!" He said in a low, dangerous voice and Almasy placed a comforting arm around his shoulder.
"How is it different huh? Maybe you're traumatized too, except you're traumatized by your father being alive!" Cloud knew he was being harsh on his cousin who was only trying to help but he was hurting right now and Squall's worries were not helping.
"Just drop it!" Squall told him coldly and he glared at the back of the brunet's head angrily.
"Maybe you should drop it!" He responded childishly and the brunet assented just as angrily.
"Fine!" They both said at the same time and the rest of the ride to school was quiet. Almasy was the only one trying to make pleasant chatter the whole way. When they finally got to Shinra private high school Cloud jumped out of his seat huffily and Almasy followed.
"I'll just be a minute babe, I wanna talk to him." He told Squall who nodded stiffly. He followed the other blonde slowly before tapping him on the shoulder.
"Look can I talk to you?" He asked the livid blonde who nodded only when he saw the seriousness in Almasy's eyes.
"Fine." He said grumpily and the other blonde smiled tightly.
"Look, you're really hurting him when you say stuff like that...you're the only family he has." Almasy told him calmly--and a little sadly--making Cloud feel guilty.
"I know...he's all I have too. It's just...I'm not ready to talk about that kind of stuff...it still hurts so...give him a hug for me?" He asked quietly and Almasy smiled brightly, pulling before him into a hug.
"No prob kid, now have a great first day." With that he turned around to walk away but hesitated and added something else, "Too bad kitten wasn't here to witness this monumental moment eh? We had a civil talk! So call me Seifer from now on eh? We're practically family!" Cloud wrinkled his nose at him but smiled in return.
"Yeah, a dysfunctional family but I get what you're trying to say--Seifer...and thanks." He said the last part with a blush and Seifer smiled before walking away.
"Better get back to the mother lion before he kills someone in panic." He told Cloud who smiled at the mental picture before walking towards the school building. When he turned around and saw all the students he nearly had a panic attack.
'Oh my god...there are so many people! Okay, just breathe...just breathe!' He watched as a slightly younger boy came towards him.
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Sephiroth woke up abruptly--if you could call it waking up since he never fell asleep--at the sound of his alarm. He went to the mirror and saw his eyes were red and his flowing silver hair was a disheveled mess.
'Today will be a bad day.' Then he remembered the day before and changed his thoughts, 'Correction, today will be the worst day ever!' He wondered if he should've just stayed in bed but forced himself to start his morning rituals. After he finished those he made his way to his kitchen only to find Zack and Aeris there. Aeris looked up at him with worry before forcibly turning Zack around.
"Zack wants to say sorry for yesterday. I hope he didn't ruin your chances with that cute blonde." She told him softly but Sephiroth snorted.
"I ruined my own chances with him." Aeris placed a comforting arm on his shoulder.
"Oh Seph, you'll win him back." She promised and Zack nodded frantically.
"That's right, right chibis?" He asked the three infants who nodded their heads.
"Sephy get mawwied?" Kadaj asked cutely while Yazoo spoon-fed him. The more apathetic brother nodded while the oldest, Loz, nearly jumped for joy.
"Yay! I wanna be the ring bearer! And Yazoo can be the flower girl 'cause he looks like one!" Yazoo glared at him but Kadaj looked excited.
"Me! Me!" He screeched but Loz shook his head at him and he pouted.
"You're too small to be in it!" He told the year old who began screaming like a banshee.
"NO! NO! NO! I WANNA! I WANNA!" He yelled until Sephiroth picked him up and sent a scolding look to Loz.
"Loz don't say that to Kadaj. Kadaj you can't be in the wedding because there won't be a wedding so calm down, all of you!" His voice was controlled yet angry so the children stopped bickering, as did the adults.
"Seph--" Both Aeris and Zack started but he cut them off with an upraised palm.
"I'm not in the mood. Loz, go get ready for school!" The five year old assented and just in time because Squall knocked on the door. The lion of Balamb Garden--as Sephiroth amusedly found out he was called--looked pissed but greeted Sephiroth politely.
"Good Morning Sephiroth. I hope you'll forgive my cousin if he was rude to you in any way...he's going through a traumatic time." Sephiroth heard the seething emphasis he put on the word cousin but let it go in favor of thinking about Cloud's traumatic time but he couldn't just ask about it, that would be rude.
"It's fine, more my fault than his really. I'm sorry to say that he told me he didn't want my help." Saying that made him wonder if the Commander would even help him now since he couldn't help his cousin but the other boy only sighed and rubbed his forehead wearily.
"It's fine...Cloud thinks he can deal with everything on his own. Where's Loz?" Sephiroth let the first statement go and just answered about Loz's whereabouts.
"He's getting ready, you can come in and wait?" But Squall shook his head so Sephiroth waited outside with him. Loz came down shortly after and ran to Squall, taking his hand. The brunet smiled gently before leading him away to his car where Sephiroth noted Seifer was waiting.
"Have a good day Loz. Sorry I couldn't be of more help Squall." Both addressed persons nodded and Squall smiled slightly.
"Just keep an eye on him for me...I don't want him getting into any fights. And do it from a far please...I don't need him telling me that I'm nosy any more than he already does." So Sephiroth nodded and watched the blue car drive off to Balamb. With a sigh, he made his way back inside to say good-bye to Aeris, Yazoo and Kadaj all while dragging Zack out.
"Come on Zack, let's make our way to our doom." He said this calmly causing Zack to laugh. During the whole ride to school he drove fiercely and Zack was very afraid.
"Calm down Seph!" The black-haired man begged to deaf ears. Sephiroth had a mental mantra going in his head and it wasn't a pleasant one.
'Today will be horrible. Today will be horrible. Today will be horrible.' And it only got worst when he arrived to school only to find Cloud talking to a cute blonde from their SOLDIER prep class.
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Cloud stared at the large brown eyes of the boy in front of him. At first glance Cloud had thought he was a girl because of the small, delicate frame and the feminine--even more so than himself he was shocked to say--face. The boy had short blonde curls framing his pretty face and he had a SOLDIER cadet uniform is his hands asnd was placing it in a carry-on bag like Cloud's own.
"Hello. Are you feeling okay?" He had a slight accent that Cloud could not identify and his voice was a soft as the rest of him.
"Yeah, I'm fine...just a little nervous. Today's my first day." He told the smaller boy embarrassedly. He looked slightly younger than Cloud and was even smaller.
"Hmm, I see. It will be okay, you do not need to be nervous. The school is pretty good the only problem is some of the morons that go here." He pointed to some of the other giggling guys in the SOLDIER cadet uniforms.
"Ramza's made a new boyfriend." The other guys chanted to the blonde who Cloud guessed was Ramza.
"Well he is a lot better to look at than you pigs!" The blonde yelled back at them before turning back to Cloud, "I could not even introduce myself. I am Ramza Beoulve, welcome to Shinra private." He had a nice, gentle smile Cloud noted and the smile caused Cloud to smile back.
"Thanks, I'm Cloud Strife. Call me Cloud okay? I can't deal with all this -san stuff." Ramza smiled and nodded.
"Neither can I really. I am from Ivalice and no one adds such formalities over there." Cloud was relieved to hear that and to finally place the soft accent, "But they do call me Lord Beoulve there...not that I want you to call me that. That is even worst than -san."
"Okay." Cloud said with a smile before he noticed something that surprised him.
'I'm actually making a friend.' Before he mentally smacked himself, 'Don't get ahead of yourself now, he's only being polite.' But then he noticed Ramza politely waiting for him to say something.
"Huh?" He asked dumbly and the blonde smiled, eyes twinkling with mirth.
"I asked where you are from." He told Cloud gently and Cloud decided that the small blonde reminded him a little of his mother.
"Me? I'm from Nivelheim." He told Ramza who looked thoughtful and a little worried.
"I am sorry to say that I have never heard of it." And he really did sound sorry making Cloud smile.
"It's okay, it's a small town that no one ever really hears about. So why did you come all the way over here from Ivalice?" Ivalice was all the way around the world so it seemed like a valid question but Ramza frowned.
"I am leaving someone behind. I want to be as far away from him as possible." He whispered this to Cloud so the 'idiots' couldn't hear.
"Oh, I see. I'm sorry to bring up such a hurtful topic." He told the boy sorrowfully but he shook his head dully, his gloved hands running through his short blonde curls.
"It is fine." He told Cloud softly, never removing his hand from his short hair.
'I wonder if his hair reminds him of the person he's running away from?' Cloud thought before mentally berating himself for his nosiness. Then he heard a bell ring and Ramza snapped out of his daze. He took Cloud's hand and began dragging him to the inside of the school.
"I shall take you to he office to pick up your schedule." Ramza declared and Cloud blushed and followed. He never noticed the livid green eyes watching him from afar.
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Sephiroth watched angrily as he saw the small blonde cadet take Cloud's hand. Zack didn't help the matter.
"Hey isn't that Cloud with Ramza? They make a pretty cute couple." Zack said with a smile, not really noticing the hateful glare that Sephiroth had directed towards Ramza.
"Ramza is really smart, don't you think? Squall doesn't have to worry, Ramza may be small but he has spunk so he'll take care of Cloud." He added, further angering Sephiroth.
"Stop praising him!" Sephiroth ordered coldly and Zack finally noticed the anger on his face.
"You're jealous aren't you!?" Zack asked with shock before bursting into laughter. Sephiroth dug his fingernails angrily into his hand, making small-bleeding half moons appear on the pale skin.
"You don't have to worry Seph. Ramza has--" But Sephiroth cut him off with a glare.
"I don't want to hear anymore about him Zack so just shut up!" And Zack shut his mouth fearfully.
'Huh. This is going to end badly. He didn't even let me tell him why he shouldn't worry. I hope he doesn't make a stupid mistake.' Zack thought with worry as he watched a seething Sephiroth from the corner of his eye.
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Ramza dragged Cloud to the office by their joined hands, ignoring the catcalls of the other cadets. They loved to tease him Cloud noted and hoped the teasing never seriously harmed the other blonde.
"Tseng-san, this is Cloud Strife and he needs his schedule." He told the Wutaian--as far as Cloud could guess--secretary. The man 'Hmm-ed' before typing in Cloud's name in his laptop and printing out a schedule for him. He handed said schedule to Ramza who looked over it and smiled.
"We have a lot of our classes together." He told Cloud happily causing the blonde to strare at him curiously.
"How old are you Ramza?" He asked the other boy since Ramza had classes with him but looked so young.
"Me? I am fifteen." He told Cloud slowly and Cloud stared at him carefully.
"How are you in 'a lot' of my classes then?" And it really did peak his curiosity. Ramza didn't seem offended by all his questions and took them in stride.
"Oh that? I probably forgot to tell you, I'm a child prodigy." He said it calmly--as if it didn't matter--and wide brown 'bambi' eyes never left Cloud's schedule.
"Oh." Cloud replied dumbly but looked back at Ramza when he smiled brightly.
"It is alright Cloud. It is not a problem is it? We are friends right?" Ramza asked him and Cloud forgot about the genius stuff.
'We're friends?' Cloud thought bemusedly before a bright smile broke out on his face.
"Right friends!" And Ramza smiled at his enthusiastic response before taking Cloud's hand again.
"Good." He told the smiling Cloud simply before dragging him away off to their first class.
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Cloud was thankful Ramza had been with him in most of his classes, the boy had helped him catch up since he was new at the school. He had learned one thing from all the time spent with Ramza, the other boy really was a genius. Finally the day passed by long enough for Cloud to get to the class he was most anxious about--SOLDIER prep. Ramza saw his wide, fearful eyes and smiled gently.
"It is going to be fine. You need not worry about the little things so much Cloud." And Cloud wondered about his always-formal way of speaking.
'Must be an Ivalician thing.' And he let it go at that and went into the class, figuring he'd ask Ramza later. When he got into the class he saw a lot of people and all of them were staring at he and Ramza's joined hands. One in particular caught his attention--Sephiroth--the handsome silver-haired jerk from yesterday. The man was glaring at Ramza and seemed positively furious, much to Cloud's amusement because Ramza was oblivious.
'Wonder what's his problem? Could it be that he's j--no he can't be.' He ignored the other man in favor of walking into the class and taking a seat near Ramza.
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Sephiroth seethed as he watched Cloud and Ramza walk into the class hand in hand. The beautiful blue eyes of his blonde--not the stupid, damned other one--met his briefly but ignored him in favor of the blonde brat. He had never really hated Ramza before. The boy was smart, talented, polite, kind...Sephiroth could go on and on. Even though he looked small and weak--the source of all the teasing--he was actually a tactical genius and had a skill which Sephiroth called 'the Jack of all trades' since he could use so many different fighting styles. Sephiroth used to respect him greatly and had even told the other cadets to buzz off and leave the small blonde alone but now--now he hated Ramza. Zack gulped as he thought of all the murderous thoughts going through Sephiroth's mind.
'I'd better try and tell him again...' Zack thought but he couldn't help but feel a little afraid. Sephiroth was quite the dangerous human being.
"Er Seph--" He began slowly and gulped when the angry--jealous--emerald eyes turned towards him.
"What?" It sounded more like a threat than a question and Zack hesitated before deciding that he had to do it.
"You know you don't have to worry about Ra--" But the teacher of the SOLDIER prep class cut him off. Vincent Valentine was a brooding man who slightly resembled Sephiroth--a fact Sephiroth always denied--and he was the teacher of the SOLDIER prep class. Sephiroth was the top student in the class so he always got attention from the man--or at least that's why he thought he got attention from the other man.
"Good morning class, today we will be partnering up for training so pick your partner and start. No rough-housing." It was said quietly but it instilled fear in the class. Vincent Valentine had ways to make his students listen to him. Scary ways--including but not limited to his pistol--the man was scary so Zack decided that perhaps he should wait till after class to inform Sephiroth of Ramza's secret. For now he decided he'd just partner up with Sephiroth to appease Vampi--er--Valentine-sensei.
"So Seph, do you wanna be--" Once again he was cut off but this time by an equally scary man, his own best friend, Sephiroth.
"No Zack, I've decided to have a different partner today." He said it so calmly that Zack nearly had a heart attack.
"Er who?" But his question was answered when Sephiroth went to Ramza and nearly tore him away from Cloud.
"Beoulve-san, would you do me the honor of being my partner?" He asked the oblivious blonde in a pseudo polite voice but the delicate boy didn't seem to notice and smiled at him.
"I do not mind. Cloud, you can be Fair-san's partner since he does not have one." And Cloud nodded but his blue eyes were filled with hidden hurt, not at Ramza but at Sephiroth.
'So that's why he kept glaring...and why he said he couldn't like me. He's in love with Ramza...I should have known.' But he shook the hurtful thoughts from his mind and berated himself for seeming like a jealous lover. He slowly walked over to the uncomfortable looking Zack--the strange man who had tried to glomp the life out of him just a day earlier--and waited.
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Ramza stared at Sephiroth with innocent brown eyes. Both of them were getting ready for the battle--Sephiroth with his Masamune and Ramza with his Ragnarok--but Ramza could already tell that this wouldn't just be a 'training' experience.
"Hojo-san, is something the matter?" Sephiroth rarely paired up with anyone other then Zack Fair so he was surprised when the man asked him to be his partner. And contrary to popular belief, Ramza was not an idiot--a little naive, someone dear to him used to say--but not an idiot, he had noticed the scathing glares that Sephiroth sent him.
"Nothing. Just nothing." Sephiroth practically spat out and Ramza wondered if this had anything to do with Cloud. Looking into Sephiroth's livid green eyes he realized something very important.
'He is in love with--' But he didn't even get a chance to finish the thought before Sephiroth charged him. Ramza pulled Ragnarok up to block and did so, but just barely.
'And so the battle begins.' He thought as he dragged his thoughts away from Sephiroth's possible love life and onto the fight.
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Cloud watched in horror as Sephiroth knocked Ramza to the ground yet again. His friend was trying valiantly to keep up with Sephiroth and while he did show talent, he was no match for Sephiroth's redoubtable skills. He turned to see Zack chewing his nails in worry while Valentine-sensei seemed to be at a loss for what to do.
"Help him! You know damn well that this isn't a training match!" He yelled to anyone who could hear and it seemed everyone was as panicky as he was about the situation except that they were worst—they were cowards. He was about to go try and help himself when Valentine-sensei put out a hand to halt him.
"Wait. I want to see how things work out." He said it so calmly even though Cloud's friend had his life on the line.
"Fine. But at the first sign of things getting worst, not even you can stop me." He told the red-eyed man who--for a second--seemed to glare quite hatefully at him.
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"You love him, do you not?" Ramza asked Sephiroth whose eyes seemed to bulge out in shock.
"How did you--?" Sephiroth asked the blonde who seemed to look thoughtful.
"Your reaction just confirmed it for me. I can tell because I am in love as well. No matter how I try to deny it, I cannot stop loving him." He told Sephiroth criptically and the man glared at him a little.
'Him? With Cloud?' Sephiroth wondered and the thought made him even angrier. Without waiting for the blonde to gather himself he attacked, catching Ramza by surprise. The boy tried to quickly block his attack but fell back onto his knees, his sword thrown away from him.
"I guess you win." Ramza told him calmly and he glared further at the blonde.
"It's not a guess since I really have won!" In his rage--and jealousy--Sephiroth made a somewhat stupid mistake and decided to take their fight a step further from training. The crowd watched on baited breaths and Zack gasped.
"He wouldn't really kill him right?" Zack whispered the question quietly, mostly to himself, but Cloud heard him and turned to look at him in fear.
"No way, not while I'm here! I don't know what his problem is but I won't let him kill my first friend!" With determination--and a bit of foolishness--Cloud grabbed Zack's heavy buster-sword off the floor and went between Sephiroth's attack and Ramza's prone form. The emerald-eyed man watched him in shock.
"Why would you--?" Sephiroth asked as he backed off. He watched Cloud help Ramza up with ill-contained jealousy.
"Are you a psycho? That was just training--how could you try to kill someone?" Sephiroth watched wide eyed as he was scolded but he wasn't the only person, "And you--" To Valentine-sensei, "What the hell kind of teacher are you? Ramza could have been seriously hurt! The rest of you morons didn't do anything either!" Everyone was surprised by the blonde's intense huffiness but he didn't back down. He turned to Zack last and the black-haired man gulped guiltily, wondering what the blonde would scold him for.
'Not stopping Sephiroth from making a mistake? Not telling him the truth earlier? What? The suspense is killing me?' Zack thought while chewing his nails nervously--a habit he had to get out of--when the blonde surprised him.
"Why the hell is your sword so heavy?" Cloud knew the question was stupid but he had to know. The silliness of the question broke the tense atmosphere and Zack began to laugh.
"Looks like you've got some spunk after all and here I thought you were just a shy little thing! Sephiroth doesn't know what he's gotten himself into." He pulled Cloud into a hug and rubbed the top of his blonde spikes soothingly, as if comforting an angry kitten.
'Again with the weird Sephiroth comments. Does everyone know Squall told him to take me under his wing? How embarrassing...' Cloud fumed and Sephiroth averted his eyes but not before sending Zack a heated glare. Valentine-sensei took that opportunity to clear his throat.
"I'm very sorry that I wasn't up-to-par..." He told Cloud calmly and the blonde realized that most people didn't know his name yet.
"Cloud...Cloud Strife." He told the teacher just as calmly and the rest of the class watched, they were impressed by his courage.
"Well Strife-san, I apologize yet again. And to you Beoulve-san, I apologize as well. I wasn't aware how serious this was getting to be." Neither Ramza nor Cloud could tell if he was being sarcastic but Cloud was forced to accept the teacher's apology when Ramza did.
"Thank you for defending me Cloud but I am fine. A little bruised but not terribly hurt." He accepted Cloud's helping hand and the pass to go see Rosa-san, the school nurse.
"I shall see you at lunch Cloud. I hope my beating didn't ruin your first day." He told this to Cloud gently as if Cloud were the one who was hurt. Cloud only smiled and agreed to meet him at lunch and sent him on his way. Then the blonde turned to Sephiroth who winced visibly.
"I need to talk to you later!" The silver-haired man quickly agreed to the proposal and the class went on as usual though more than a few students were amused by Sephiroth's fear of the small blonde.
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"Be careful will you?" Nurse Rosa told Ramza who nodded and winced as she placed an ice bag on his bruising cheek. When Sephiroth fought, he fought hard and Ramza had the proof for it...or at least his body did.
"Alright, I'm letting you return to class but I'm going to tell Valentine-sensei to ease up on you for a few days." Now Ramza didn't think it was fair that he was being babied for a few bruises but he didn't want to be rude so he nodded again.
"Of course Rosa-san." He told her politely and she squealed at his cuteness.
"You remind me of my old friend Cecil, he was awfully polite all the time too. But his lover was a rough sort of person--also my friend, Kain--and soon Cecil wasn't the same adorably polite darling anymore. They're perfect for each other, so it's fine. Plus he's still adorable!" Ramza didn't know what to say to that but he smiled at her cutely. He had learned from a young age that girls--and some guys too--had a way of following his whim if only he smiled. Besides, Rosa-san reminded him of his sister so he allowed her to squeal over him and hug him, whom she seemed to do, and quite a lot at that.
"Well now, off you go!" She said, placing a sweet kiss on his forehead and letting him run off.
"Good bye Rosa-san." Once Ramza was out the door he sighed and thought of his sister.
'I miss Alma a lot. I don't miss anyone else but I miss her. Well...maybe one other person...oh Delita.' The thoughts of the older boy did nothing to comfort him and he quickly walked back to class, shivering slightly when a strange feeling passed through him. He didn't notice that someone was following him and that the person stared at him with sad, longing eyes.
'Ramza, I'm going to fix things between us if it's the last thing I do!' The person thought with determination as they continued to follow him.
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Sephiroth waited for Cloud wearily in the corner of the lunchroom. He saw his--yes his damn it, even if he did think he was a psycho--blonde talking to Ramza before turning and catching his eye. The blonde then said good-bye to Ramza and ran up to talk to him.
"What the hell was wrong with you today?" Cloud asked in a calm voice that barely contained his anger. Sephiroth sighed; the best thing to do now would be to tell the truth.
"I was..." He said softly and then hesitated prompting the blonde to urge him on.
"I was jealous. There I said it." He expected a lot of reactions from Cloud but bursting into tears weren't one of them. Though he was surprised when he took the blonde into his arms.
"I knew it, you're in love with Ramza aren't you?" Cloud cried and the tears just didn't--couldn't stop--he didn't know why he was crying over a guy he had only known for a day but he was in love with him and he couldn't bear to let go. Sephiroth was shocked that Cloud thought he was in love with Ramza so he decided to fix things between them.
"No my silly little chocobo, you're the one I'm in love with!" He told Cloud softly and placed a chaste kiss on Cloud's cheek. Cloud looked up at him with wide, shocked eyes.
"But yesterday...yesterday you said--" Sephiroth cut him off by placing a gentle finger on his lips.
"I know what I said and I'm sorry...I really love you Cloud." He told the blonde apologetically and Cloud stared at him thoughtfully before pulling away and turning around with his arms crossed.
"Sorry doesn't cut it." He told Sephiroth coldly and the silver haired man bowed his head in shame until he felt Cloud's small hand tilting his chin up gently and met the sparkling eyes and smiling mouth.
"But a solid 'I love you' does." Cloud smiled lovingly and grabbed Sephiroth by the collar, pulling him into a soft kiss. So locked in their passion, the too boys didn't notice the red eyes watching them.
'Sephiroth...I want to have a place in your life...I love you.' And with that, the red-eyed man disappeared into the shadows, his eyes never once leaving the happy young couple.
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A/N: And so the drama kicks in. This chapter was really long! About ten pages on microsoft word, maybe more, so I hope this will make you forgive me for letting the last chapter be short. This chapter is also really dramatic and I bet you can't wait to see how I tie up all the loose ends.
Questions for the next chapter: Who is Ramza's mysterious lover? Who is he leaving behind? What is Cloud's traumatic problem? What is the issue that Squall has with his father? And most of all, who is the mysterious red-eyed man who claims to love Sephiroth? Could he be a rival to Cloud? Maybe I'll answer next time...or maybe not. Tune in to find out!
PS: I thought this chapter got a little boring towards the end--if it did I'm sorry--so tell me your reactions.
R&R: If you do, I'll try to write a sexy lemon!