Title:
Sephiroth's Mistress
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing:
Sephiroth/Cloud
Rating: T?
Warnings: Yaoi, humor
Disclaimer:
Characters and settings belong to Square Enix.
Author's note: Well, even though I have two projects and two essays to do (not to mention three exams this week), I decided that I needed a break. Working on this is always amusing and makes me very happy when I get lots of reviews (it helps to drive the evilness of college far, far away from my happy little bubble). Let me know what you think, and leave me lots of reviews (so that perhaps I'll put off my schoolwork again -wink-)
Part Four:
Okay, he had to admit it, if only to himself. While seeing the gown had been no less than terrifying, realizing, as he assessed himself clothed in said gown using the full length mirrors, that he looked...shockingly good...was more than he could take. Cloud could only stare, mouth agape and eyes widened like he had just been witness to Sephiroth running around in a clown suit screaming for candy.
It was a long moment, in which Mei had to hide her obvious amusement at the blonde teen's reaction, before the matter sunk into the shocked individual. The elderly woman watched on as he blinked, once and then a second time, snapping his mouth closed in the process. She could see it as Cloud began to understand what was being done, if only to an extent. He knew that she was watching, he knew that she could tell he'd only just realized the situation he now found himself being put into. A slight blush tainted his cheeks, creating a pretty picture in the mirror, in Mei's opinion.
This was not possible. It just wasn't. The only reason, and he'd spent many minutes thinking, that he could find to explain away exactly WHY he'd be wearing a GOWN for a mission to Wutai just couldn't be right. It was just too...out there. But, could it be possible? Could he really have to wear that gown...for the mission...to pose as...He would have to ask. It was the only way to make certain. Besides, it was better to ask and find out before he let the rising panic and anxiety take a firmer hold on him.
"...Um...Mei?..." Cloud scolded himself on the fact that his voice was an almost-squeak.
"Yes, Cloud. What is it?" Mei asked in a calm, if not mildly amused tone.
"Why do I need to wear a dress?" It took all the courage that he could muster to even whisper that question as softly as he did.
Mei took a moment, giving the pretense of thinking before she replied. "Well, I suppose that, since in the Wutai society women must be seen as women, you would have to dress the part as well. But, I wasn't told too much, so that's only my guess." She gave a small shrug as she carefully took in the young blonde's reaction to her explanation.
Cloud's mind was, to put in a word, "blah." He'd been right. He was...posing as...He couldn't even finish that thought. It struck too close to home. Cloud knew that this mission just might be his undoing. But, while he was slowly being tortured to death, he would at least be comforted in the fact that it would entail him posing as Sephiroth's...girlfriend...His cheeks blazed brightly as he thought this.
His electric blue eyes shifted to the woman standing behind him, who was currently occupying herself with comparing hair extensions to his spikey blonde locks. Cloud let out a deep sigh, taking in comfort the fact that this woman was the one to explain the situation to him. She had done so in a calm and friendly manner, and took his discomfort and embarrassment in that same manner. Compared to how he would have expected the President or even the General to have acted in the same circumstances, it was handled spectacularly.
"So, just how long would you like your hair, Cloud dear?" asked Mei, breaking into his contemplating.
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Sephiroth had no idea as to which kind of torture that bast--er, that President Shinra had in store for him this time around. After having been told the last time he was called to the meeting about his "fiancé," it was an understatement to say that he was dreading this meeting more so than ever before. One of those pathetic Turks had come and bid him to heed the President's entreatment for his presence. It annoyed him that he was at that old man's beck and call.
His sigh resounded down the empty hallway as he came to a stop before the doors leading to the president of the Shinra Electric Company's office. He'd come upon the large double doors a little too soon for his tastes. Sephiroth had spent since before the sun rose, attempting to find something to get him out of his current predicament and had, thus far, come up with absolutely nothing to show for it. Even through the use of his network of computers and connections, he'd found nothing to assist him. But, Sephiroth had not expected the President to put such a ridiculously short time limit on the task that had been set forth for his General.
Taking a deep breath and forcing all signs of his displeasure from his countenance, he stepped up the remaining few feet to the door and, taking the handle in his gloved hand, he entered.
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It had taken Mei much longer than Cloud would have thought to finish with him. Not only had she dressed him and extended his hair length, but she had also set to work on giving him both a manicure and a pedicure and had even put makeup on him. Cloud was only too relieved to be released from the torture that she had put him though. He'd had no idea just how much of a torture women performed on themselves and others to become presentable; Cloud had almost lost it when Mei began plucking his eyebrows. But, he was done with that now, thank Gaia.
The cross-dressed blonde found himself, presently, back in the President's office, waiting rather nervously for the man to address him. So far, he'd been sitting for over 15 minutes without having been noticed in the least. Cloud was beginning to feel the first stages of nausea and his anxiety was in a league of its own. And, he'd begun to pray to and deity that would listen that the silence would come to an end soon. That's when he heard the door open. Turning around in the uncomfortable chair the Turk had gestured for him to sit in; his eyes fell upon a sight that, in his current attire, was not something he wanted to be confronted with just yet.
Sephiroth entered the room with that strict confidence that he always carried with him no matter where he went. Cloud took in the tired look in his eyes that was only slightly noticeable, even for someone who had spent many hours "Sephiroth-watching" as Cloud himself had come to call it. The General's brilliant emerald eyes were locked solely on the now risen face of President Shinra. The two men seemed to be in a world of their own as they assessed each other, before Shinra pointed to another uncomfortable chair that was stationed beside the one that the small blonde was sat in. Cloud's breath seemed to be coming more difficult by the second as the tall man came closer to him and seated himself, only then taking notice of the other.
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Sephiroth had no idea what to say to the blonde that he saw before him and was quite grateful of the fact that he was known for being very quiet and speaking rarely to others. His mako enhanced eyes traveled over the delicate teen beside him and the thought that, if the person had been male, he would have been more than pleased passed through his mind causing him to forcefully remove his gaze from the blonde. He fixed it instead back on the President.
"Sir?" He knew that was enough to get the other man talking, after all, Shinra loved to hear himself talk when his underlings weren't knowledgeable of something while he had all the facts.
"It's nice to see you to, General." The portly man smiled a devious smirk, his eyes containing an intimidating twinkle. "I'd like you to meet your fiancé. Play nice now." And, with that said, he dismissed the others in the room and followed them in their wake, leaving Sephiroth with his eyes bulging in surprise and this un-named blonde who seemed to have stopped breathing altogether.
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Author's Note: Mwahahaha, another cliffie! ... -wince- Sorry. Anyway, thank you to all that have reviewed for this fic. I think you guys have just about beat the most reviews I've ever had. I wuv you! -huggles- I'll try to get the next part out as soon as I can, but lots is going on with school and homework, so please be patient with me.
Next Chapter: Seph's in for a shock of a revelation, no?
