AN: Day Seven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The White Stuff - Weird Al Yankovic - 2:43 - ASGZC

Angeal pretty much dragged himself through the door of their shared quarters. He unceremoniously dropped his pack to the floor and slipped off his boots. He leaned the Buster against the wall in line with Zack's and Cloud's own massive swords and stowed his standard broadsword in the closet with Masamune and Rapier. Then with a yawn he stepped away from the door and into the moonlit living room, not bothering with lights at three in the morning.

At first he assumed the others were either still out on their own missions or already asleep, but as he walked he noticed a light on somewhere further ahead. He moved into the dining room and there they were, his four lovers, all sitting around the table smiling, looking tired and content.

"Angeal!" Gen and Zack both exclaimed happily. Angeal walked over and almost fell into a chair.

Cloud pushed a glass of warm milk in front of him and he finally noticed the giant plate of Oreos sitting in the middle of the table, half of them already gone.

"You're the last one home," Sephiroth stated the obvious.

Zack grinned despite it being 0300 just after returning from a mission. "You're turn to tell the next story!"

Tearin' Up My Heart - Nsync - 3:27 (ZackxCloud)

Complicated.

That's what it was. Or maybe it was simple. It felt complicated at any rate. Cloud sighed and stared unseeingly up at the cloud-dotted sky from where he was perched on that familiar cliff overlooking Midgar, feet dangling comfortably off the edge.

The explanation was simple, at least, in his head. He was just making it complicated. But what it all came down to was he himself.

Himself… and Zack.

But mostly himself.

Because even after an entire year of being with Zack in the two years that they'd known each other during the three years Cloud had been back in this timeline, he still felt torn. And it hurt.

Hurt to be with Zack when he wasn't really Zack. Wasn't exactly the Zack he had loved in his original time. Not HIS Zack. Hurt to be away form Zack, even if he wasn't the same Zack, he loved this new Zack, too.

Complicated or Simple - It tore at his heart.

Dearly Beloved - KH2 OST - 2:21 - ASGZC

Sephiroth stared out past the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows that formed one wall of their open living room on the fifty-fourth floor of the ShinRa tower. The sun was only just beginning to peek over the horizon in the distance. He could see it turning the clouds and sky light shades of orange through the smog-filled Midgar atmosphere.

It was quiet this morning, peaceful, calm. Angeal, Zack, Cloud, and Genesis were still dozing in the room down the hall.

It was surreal.

Spam - Weird Al Yankovic - 2:59

"Spam!"

Genesis about jumped out of his knee-high leather boots at the sudden exclamation almost directly beside his ear… only lower. After a brief pause of confusion, he looked down and was met with the violet blue eyes of a much smaller and younger looking Zack Fair. "Zachary?"

The kid who looked like Zack pouted and crossed his arms over his chest then looked up at Genesis.

"It's Zack! Not Zackawy…" he grumbled the last part. Genesis just looked on, still highly confused. A chuckle came from the kitchen entryway and Genesis turned in some relief.

Until he noticed the small spiky-haired blonde four-year-old in Sephiroth's arms. "C-cloud?" Genesis choked. Sephiroth carried a sleeping mini-Cloud on his hip, his head resting comfortably on Seph's guardless shoulder.

"I'll explain," Sephiroth quickly promised with another chuckle. "But first, the Puppy for whatever reason has a sudden craving for spam."

Burn it to the Ground - Nickelback - 3:31

Tifa went around the room with a handful of pitchers almost overflowing with beer, dropping one off at each occupied table before doing it three more times with various bottles of alcoholic beverages (rum, vodka, whisky, etc.).

It was an all out drunk fest at Seventh Heaven. Avalanche, the Turks and Rufus Shinra, even Reeve as well as some old and new faces. Shelke, Weiss, Nero, Genesis, Zack, Aerith, Sephiroth - all somehow escaped from the Lifestream, though it wasn't as much of a surprise as it should've been. They were just waiting on the Remnants.

The bell above the door rang. Nevermind, there they were.

"Hey, the gang's all here," Loz drawled. Tifa smiled and offered him a bottle of Jack.

"Loz!" Yuffie bounced over, slightly tipsy, and hugged him. Kadaj pulled her off. Yazoo laughed.

"I wonder why Angeal never came back," a slightly buzzed Zack mused aloud.

"Probably thought it was a waste of time," Genesis, a little more drunk than Zack, shrugged.

"He'd probably ask why we're all getting shit-faced if he were here," Cloud speculated.

"'Cause the world's fuckin' endin' and there's nothin' any o' us can do 'bout it, yo!"

There was a collective shout of agreement and cheers as the lot of them continued to drink the night and their last day on Gaia into oblivion.

END DAY SEVEN

AN: Last song was great today :D I'm happy. I enjoyed writing it and loved the pictures in my head while I did. Repeats? None… I think. Yeah, pretty sure all these songs are new this time around. Favorite of the Day: Probably the last one. Though I liked them all. I cheated for the first one. Sorry. But I only cheated a little. Spam, was definitely a favorite x3 It was a somewhat continuation of the Following the Leader drabble from a few days ago. I am for sure expanding that into a oneshot now. I've already got the outline done. Look forward to it. As far as content goes, I really liked the Nsync song. It hit me suddenly and I went with it. I'm not gonna expand it, but if anyone wants to make something out of it, go for it!

As always, Review or PM and comment. Hope you all liked today's drabbles! See ya again tomorrow~ Much Love!