AN: This is my explanation!

Since Day Nine my days have been like this: Sleep, wake up at one AM, go to work at two AM, get off work, go home, sleep. Wake up, eat dinner, go back to sleep for a couple hours. Rinse. Repeat. EVERY DAY!

So I worked this morning and since I don't work tomorrow (for once, thank the Goddess!) I'm skipping the final sleep in the aforementioned cycle and using that time for writing this out to post! Yay!

Anyway, during the 'eat dinner' part of all that I managed to write some. On paper, with a pencil. So I'm typing those up, but because they were hand written, not typed, while listening to the songs – they are, of course, shorter than usual. Sorry.

So starting from Day 10~ get ready for a slew of updates in one go! Here you are…

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Frontline – Pillar – 3:10

When Cloud had first brought the idea up, it had seemed like a wish; something that would be wonderful if only it were attainable. They had wistfully agreed that it was the best course of action, but mentally they held back even the urge to attempt it.

Deserting?

Sure it sounded nice but logically there was no possible way they could pull it off. So they had dropped it. Cloud had sighed but hadn't brought it up again.

Until that day…

Now here they stood, with a surprising amount of support (both friends and former enemies standing behind them) awaiting the remnants of ShinRa's army. Though the odds were against them, they were ready.

They would fight.

You're Still the One – Shania Twain – 3:34 – ASGZC

There were ups and downs to living for centuries. The vast amounts of mako that had been pumped into them once upon a time had made it so that even after all these years Cloud still looked roughly twenty. The rest of them also looked no older than their mid-twenties. In all honesty, they were grateful for that if for nothing else. Mostly, they were just glad that they were all still together.

Cloud smiled at the view outside their bedroom window.

"Genesis!" Zack's whine echoed in the otherwise peaceful valley. The redhead's taunting laughter following. Zack Fair stood dripping lake water, shaking it from spiky black locks. Cloud laughed, seeing the events to come just as they happened. A wide grin spread on Zack's face and the overgrown mutt raced at Gen who promptly turned and ran to avoid being glomped by a soaking wet puppy.

A low chuckle from behind caused Cloud to turn. Angeal and Sephiroth stood also watching the scene outside. The blonde smiled again. After all this countless time that had passed, he still loved these four men with all his soul.

What Hurts the Most – Rascal Flatts – 3:34 (SephirothxCloud)

A flash of yellow crossed the corner of his vision and Sephiroth found himself turning to follow with his eyes without any conscious thought to do so. Spiky blonde hair bounced lightly as the young man walked further down the sidewalk and out of view entirely. Cat slit green eyes watched for a second more before turning back on their original path opposite the blonde.

Sephiroth closed his eyes and shook his head in attempt to clear his suddenly clouded thoughts. That chance had passed, was gone forever, and there would not ever be another. Just the memory of what had transpired that day…

He had never wished for anything more than he wished he could simply do it all over again.

Impossible.

But he wished it nonetheless.

What he wanted more than anything, he would never have, no matter how much he loved.

Cloud Strife…

Would never be his.

My Band – D12 – 4:58

"~These chicks don't even know the name of my band~"

Cloud rolled his eyes as Zack sang to himself at the wheel of the bus. The music blasting from the speakers where the mp3 player sat playing. The blonde scoffed. That was a Turks song.

"~But they're all on me like they wanna hold hands~"

Speaking of Turks…

Reno grinned as he continued the song. His song, to be exact. He was, after all, the lead singer of The Turks. The redhead sauntered forward to the beat to join Zack at the front of the tour bus, a cocky grin on his face as he sang.

"~All because I'm the lead singer of my band~!"

At the last word, Reno flicked the back of Zack's head, causing the younger man to flinch and pout with a whine of the redhead's name.

"What was that for?" Zack looked accusingly at Reno who was snickering. Reno smirked.

"What you doin' singin' my song, yo?" Zack rolled his eyes as an answer. "You SOLDIER boys can't sing like me, yo! 'specially not the drummer."

"Hey, I sing!" Said drummer protested with a glare at the redhead.

"Keep your eyes on the road, Pup," Angeal calmly warned.

"Yes," the raven-haired drummer sulked with a muttered, 'I do sing…'.

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AN: Uh, well, Favorite was probably What Hurts, cause of the concept. Repeats? Frontline and You're Still the One, I think. Frontline is from the same 'verse as the original in 2011. So there you go! Only Four that day. Stay tuned while I type up what I had written for Day Eleven! Ja!