I love writing Cid. Last one for Sassy so it's nice and cute. I realized most of the others were kinda angsty/dramatic.

Steam

"Fuck! Shut it off! Shut it off!" Cid cursed frantically as steam billowed from the obviously not repaired pipe.

"Ok, ok!" Yuffie stumbled back over. She had thrown the valve open as she walked by. She tugged at the lever but it wouldn't budge. "Uh, it's stuck, dude."

A large hand reached over her shoulder. It easily flipped the shut off up. "Down opened it, up closes it."

She glanced over her shoulder. "Uh, yeah, I knew that."

Leon rolled his eyes. He stepped back a few feet and looked up. Cid was still swearing profusely, face reddened by the hot moist air that had hit him. "You all right?"

"Yeah, damn bloody joint won't seal."

"Do we need to replace it?" That was going to take time and a lot more munny.

"Probably. Unless I can find some kind of joint filling." Cid straddled the pipe he was sitting on and pulled out his cigarettes. He removed one from the pack by his teeth as he took off his gloves. After muttering a fire spell to light it, he took a short drag. "I've used everything I can find to fill it but this lower one's just a fucking hair too small and the damn compound won't hold."

"Great." Yuffie groaned. "So we still have no hot water in the showers!"

"At least there is water." Leon folded his arms. For now, the public bath idea was working but it would definetly benefit from hot water access. They figured out how to draw it from the nearby hot springs but the actual delivery wasn't cooperating.

"Hey, guys!" Sora strode into the water works with a wave. Donald and Goofy were close behind him. "What's up?"

"Still no hot water." Yuffie informed him looking like this was the most tragic thing she'd ever heard.

"What?" Sora looked put off. "I hate cold water."

Leon rubbed his scar. "Well unless you know how to seal off the main joint, you'll have to deal with it."

Sora leaned back on his heel thoughtfully. Goofy tilted his head and Donald tapped his foot. Leon tried not to look amused. They tried, they really did but the three were definetly not the smartest guys around. If Cid couldn't make it work, there was no way they could.

Sora suddenly straightened. "Oh, I got it! Wait here. Come on, Goofy."

He and the dog creature ran off, leaving Donald who looked like he was about to had steam come pouring from his, well, ears if he had them. He started mumbling something even more incomprehensible than his usual words. Leon never could understand the duck and had no idea how Sora did.

Sora returned with Goofy and Donald's three nephews. All of them where chewing on large wads of gum.

"You're not going to try to fix it with bubble gum." Leon raised an eye. "And quit smacking."

"I kick ass and chew bubble gum." Sora grinned happily. "And I saw a guy do this once."

He removed the wad from his mouth and held out his hand. Goofy, Hewy, Dewy, and Louie added theirs. Yuffie squirmed. "Ewwww! That's totally gross, Sora."

"Okay, where's the putty compound?"

Cid pointed to a bucket on the floor. He seemed curious as to just what Sora was doing. Meanwhile, the other four had started new pieces of gum. Sora dropped the gum wad into the bucket then he collected the new bits and added those.

He got the stirrer and carefully mixed the gum into the putty. Everyone was watching him now. Once finished, he picked up the bucket and climbed up to where Cid was. "Use this to fill it in."

Cid snorted but did as instructed. "Kid, if this works I'll put the fastest, newest Navi gummi I've got on that ship of yours."

He finished and backed away. "It's gonna take about ten minutes to set."

Cid then began climbing down.

Sora moved to follow but Cid halted him. "Oh no, you don't. You're gonna fucking sit there and watch for leaks. I'm not getting' steamed again."

"Fine." Sora agreed easily. He was that confident.

Cid chuckled as he walked over to Leon and Yuffie. "This should be good. There's no way that shit's gonna hold."

Yuffie giggled. "Sora's such an idiot."

For some reason, Leon didn't agree.

The minutes passed and Cid went over to the steam valve. "Ya ready, kid?"

"Yep! Let 'er rip."

Cid threw down the lever and looked up. Sora sat there grinning like the dumb kid he was, smug look on his face. There wasn't a trace of steam or any moisture near him.

"Well, I'll be damned." Cid flicked his cigarette.

Yuffie's jaw dropped in amazement. "How- how does that work?"

Leon only smirked as Sora worked his way down. Upon hitting the floor, he turned to the older man. "Nice work, Sora."

The Keyblade Master grinned more. Praise from Leon always brightened his expression.

"When are you three takin' off again?" Cid asked.

"Tomorrow."

"I better get to work them."