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Chapter 10 - Back to School

"Wake up," Angel shouted as she shook both men awake. The weekend had come and gone and now it was time for both of them to go back to school, which was why Angel was trying to get them to wake up.

"I'm up already," Cloud mumbled sleepily. He opened his eyes and watched as Angel switched all of her attention to Sephiroth who seemed to refuse to wake up. Cloud watched in amusement and passed his fingers through his hair . The previous day he had taken a shower and then Sephiroth had told him calmly that there was no gel so he couldn't spike up his hair like he usually did. So now, Cloud's hair fell down his back and past his shoulder.

"He won't wake like that," Cloud stated in an even voice. Angel turned around to glare at him.

"You try then!" she hissed back angrily. Cloud shrugged calmly and got out of the bed. He picked up a bucket and then headed towards the bathroom. He came back a few minutes later and then dumped a bucket of cold water onto the heir. Sephiroth immediately jumped out of bed when he felt the liquid touch his flesh. He glared at Cloud, who stood proudly in front of his boyfriend with the bucket in his hand.

"You'll regret that," he growled. He tried to lunge at Cloud, but Angel grabbed him tightly around the collar and slapped the top of his head.

"You don't have time for something like that! Get ready or else you'll be late!" she shouted.

A few moments later, Sephiroth and Cloud found themselves walking through the halls of the school building they had become used to.

"Angel can be really scary when she wants to be," he stated quietly. Sephiroth nodded in agreement with the assassin.

"Cloud!" someone shouted from behind them. Cloud sighed dramatically and then slowly turned around to face the one that had called his name. Sephiroth followed his example. They saw Aeris, Tifa, Vincent, Yuffie and Zack running towards them. The group stopped in front of the couple. Tifa stepped forward and attached herself to Cloud's arm. Sephiroth's eyes narrowed and he supressed the urge to push the girl away.

"Where have you been? ou just vanished without a word," Tifa complained. Cloud pushed her away and then glared at her angrily.

"Can't you keep your hands to yourself for a moment!" Cloud shouted angrily. Tifa puffed up her cheeks and then tried to lunge at him again, but Vincent grabbed her arm and held her back.

"Stop. Can't you feel the killer intention aimed towards you?" Vincent commented as he gazed at Sephiroth from the corner of his eyes. Tifa gave him a confused look and turned to Sephiroth. She laughed slightly.

"Why are you wet?" she asked.

"None of your bussiness," Sephiroth growled in a rage. Cloud sighed and ignored Tifa to look at his other friends.

"What happened while I was gone?" he questioned.

"Nothing important. Just a small assignment. Include a fight here and there and then you have the basic highlight of the past week," Zack stated humourously. Yuffie moved behind Cloud and reached for the boy's bag.

"If you steal somehting from me again then I'll have to teach you another lesson," Cloud stated without turning around. Yuffie gulped and then backed away before laughing nervously.

"Sorry, old habits die hard," she said.

Aeris stepped forward and smiled at the assassin.

"I'm happy that you're feeling better," she said quietly. Cloud nodded and then turned to Sephiroth.

"We better ge to class. I've missed too many classes already to be kicked out of the classroom for being late," Cloud said. Sephiroth nodded.

"I'll give you the notes since we share most of our classes together," he said. Cloud smiled kindly and they both headed towards the classroom.

"Thank you," Cloud answered.

The group stared at the couple in shock.

"Did Cloud just smile?" Tifa exclaimed loudly.

At the end of the day, Sephiroth and Cloud headed towards the parking lot, but they were stopped when Tifa and the others blocked their path.

"Move Tifa," Cloud ordered.

"No! I won't let you interact with that rich boy. He's changed you. You even let your hair down! You hate doing that!" she yelled. Aeris stepped forward and tried to calm the dark haired girl down, but the only thing that happened was that she was pushed away by the other girl. Zack caught Aeris before she could fall to the ground.

"Tifa!" Yuffie shouted.

Tifa ignored them and pointed her finger at Sephiroth. She growled in jealousy as the silver haired man put his hand on Cloud's hip. What was worst was that Cloud didn't even seem to care or notice.

"Get you paws off of him," she shouted, "He's mine! Do you understand that?"

Cloud was about to protest, but Sephiroth grabbed his chin and brought their lips close for a kiss. Cloud felt his protests melt away and he just gave into the feeling. The group watched with wide eyed as Cloud hugged Sephiroth's waist. Then he seemed to realise what he was doing and pushed the heir away from him with a deep blush on his face.

"Can't you keep your hands to yourself for a moment?" Cloud complained. He turned to his mute friends and waved at the ones that were petrified, which as mainly Vincent, Zack and Aeirs.

"Always knew he was gay," Zack announced.

"Shut up," Vincent stated as he smacked the black haired teen across the head. Zack glared at the red clothed Vincent and then huffed before turning away. Aeris laughed lightly before she turned back to Cloud. She waved once more and then turned back to their reamining frozen friends and began to help them.

Meanwhile Sephiroth and Cloud had gotten into their own cars, Cloud finally bringing his own car home after leaving it the previous week. He placed the keys in the ignition and then drove out. Sephiroth followed him closely with his own vehicule.

When they arrived at Cloud's condo, they both exited their vehicules and then headed upstairs. The moment that Cloud entered the floor, he was pounced apon by a very unhappy hybrid.

"Where the hell have you been? The least you could have done was give me a phone call," Red XIII complained at the blond assassin.

"You know very well that you can't answer the phone. You can't even reach it," Cloud responded.

"Shut up," Red XIII growled. He took a deep breath and then turned to Sephiroth, who was staring at him like he was insane. "What's your problem?"

"It's a talking...thing," Sephiroth said.

"How rude!" Red XIII complained loudly. Cloud sighed and closed the door behind Sephiroth. He turned to Red XIII and patted his head.

"I'm sorry, but I needed to talk to Seph," Cloud answered. Red XIII straightened himself amd then looked at Sephiroth calmly, observing the man's posture and appearance.

"Seph? Then you must be the famous Sephiroth that Ihas caused Cloud so much trouble," he stated. Sephiroth smirked and then gave the hybrid an amused look.

"That would be me," he announced, "The destroyer of the piece."

So Red XIII and Sephiroth finally meet. That's all for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed.