Everyone's doing celebratory art and stuff for the announcement of the FFVII remake, so I thought I should do some celebratory writing. And then I thought, hey, sex game verse has a remade version of a game being a thing! What a perfect tie in!

So, this is sex game verse part 9.5. Set a while after Zack and Cloud have become official boyfriends (and have evidently been doing some stuff, given how kinda shameless Cloud is now lol) and when the news of the remastered game just went public. ;3

I wrote this in about an hour while I was waiting for the Squeenix conference (no new info, boo) so it's just kinda fluffy and dumb and I made Tumblr meme references I am trash. (Is 'shove a Buster Sword up my ass' at fandom meme level yet? I've seen it around a lot. And it's now evolved into 'shove a keyblade up my ass' as well, lol. Idk, but it amuses me greatly.)

Vaguely NSFW but not explicit.

Zack stood in the doorway and blinked. He glanced at Angeal, who was reading moderately calmly. He glanced at Sephiroth, who was paying an equal lack of attention, but with the air of someone who was specifically trying to avoid doing so.

Cloud and Genesis were on separate sofas, either side of the room, but both were sat at their laptops in fits of utter rapture.

"What did I miss?" Zack asked, bemused.

"Shove a Buster Sword up my ass!" Cloud crowed, reading a post off the screen.

"Please don't," Angeal said calmly, not looking up from his book.

Cloud laughed, and it was a sound that made Zack's heart melt. He'd never seen the kid so excited about anything. Heck, he'd never seen Genesis so excited about anything either. Passionate, yes, especially when it came to Loveless, but this time it seemed Cloud's level of child-like glee was infectious.

He remembered how rarely Cloud used to smile, before they first met. And how he still tried to shut himself off sometimes, when he was upset or hurt or lost. Now Cloud was smiling so wide it made Zack's mouth hurt just to look at him, and even if it was just for a few moments that Cloud forgot himself, Zack was so glad he was happy.

Wasn't going to stop him from being nosy, though.

Zack wedged himself into the gap between Cloud and the arm of the sofa. "What's all the excitement about?"

Cloud shifted almost subconsciously, leaning his shoulder into Zack. "They made the announcement," he said.

Seeing Zack's somewhat blank look, Genesis called over to clarify. "For the remake of the game, you understand."

"Eh? You've been working on that for ages though."

"Of course we have. This is the first time the vast majority of the fans have heard about it though."

Zack peered over Cloud's shoulder at his screen. It seemed to be open to several tabs of fanclub sites, forums, and newsletters. "So, why are you guys…?"

"Their reactions are gold," Genesis purred. He had the most self-satisfied grin on his face, loving every bit of his online attention.

"And you two?" Zack continued, looking over at Sephiroth and Angeal.

Sephiroth grunted. "Pretending it doesn't exist, for most the part."

"I've played it already. The hype doesn't bother me."

"Cloud's played it already. The hype's bothering him."

Cloud elbowed Zack. "Shut up. This game was my life as a kid, you don't even understand. I didn't really have any friends in Nibelheim… from like, age fourteen until I enlisted at sixteen, that game was my only social interaction."

"No wonder you turned out such a kinky little shit."

Cloud stuck his tongue out. He turned back to his laptop, spent barely a minute scrolling, then was laughing in delight again.

"Genesis!" he called. "Have you seen this reaction video yet?"

Zack wrapped an arm around Cloud's shoulders, pulling him in to rest against Zack's side while he continued searching. He ruffled a hand through Cloud's hair. "Okay, not that you're not adorable and all, but really, what are you so excited for? You've known about this forever. I know Genesis is just excited at having his ego stoked some more, but you…"

"Everyone's so happy," Cloud said with a small shrug. "It makes me happy too."

"Cloud…"

"Mm?"

"You are really fucking adorable, you know that?"

Cloud turned to face Zack, probably to deny the accusation or protest at being called adorable, but Zack leaned in and kissed him first.

Cloud didn't mind. His mood could only be described as extremely responsive, pouring all his happiness and excitement into the way he moved his lips against Zack's, the way he turned to crawl into Zack's lap, the way he pressed their bodies together.

Zack leaned back to squint at him. "Have you been drinking?"

Cloud shrugged. "Only a tiny bit, just to celebrate. I'm not tipsy or anything. Besides, I'm legal, and Angeal was here so you know he was totally chaperoning."

"You seem very…"

Cloud nuzzled against Zack's neck. "I'm happy."

He rolled his hips against Zack's, and Zack made a small noise in the back of his throat. "Damn. I need to make you happy more often."

"Pfft. You already do, dork."

"Whatever, chocobo."

So, maybe Zack kind of forgot that he wasn't actually in his own living room. And that there were three other First Class SOLDIERs in the immediate vicinity. In all fairness, with the way Cloud was kissing him, there wasn't much room in his brain for anything else.

He slid his hands down the back of Cloud's pants.

Genesis whistled from the other side of the room. The two of them had managed to attract Sephiroth and Angeal's attention as well. Angeal was trying to pretend that he wasn't interested, but he had been reading the same page since the two younger men had started kissing, so it was fairly obvious his attention was elsewhere. Sephiroth was watching outright, with an expression somewhere between puzzled and calculating.

"Uh," Zack said.

"Would you like to use the bedroom?" Genesis said. The offer was made kindly enough, but the smirk on his face said otherwise.

"Would you try and watch if we did?"

"Probably."

"Then no."

"I wouldn't mind," said Cloud.

Zack paused for a second, eyebrows raised. Cloud's face was flushed, but Zack didn't think it was from embarrassment. Or not entirely, anyway. "Kinky little shit," he accused mildly. "And here I thought you were all shy and innocent."

"Never. Or, well… only with public affection anyway. And doing new stuff when I don't know how someone's gonna react. And…"

Zack kissed him again. "I love you exactly the way you are."

Shit. He hadn't meant–

That was the first time he'd told Cloud he loved him. The first time as more than a friend. He'd kinda been planning a more romantic moment.

Cloud was looking at him like he'd momentarily forgotten how to breathe. Then he stood up.

"Genesis, we're using your bedroom."

They were gone before Genesis had even had time to insist they clean up after themselves. Instead, he contented himself with smiling at his fellow Firsts. "Well. This seems to have been a successful evening."

Angeal was looking mildly conflicted, torn between being more interested in the interaction than was perhaps entirely honourable, and wanting to allow the pair of lovers their privacy.

Genesis put his laptop aside in favour of going to stand in front of Angeal's armchair. He leaned down and kissed the man. "I'm feeling rather happy this evening as well," he purred.

"Genesis–"

Angeal's reply was cut off by Sephiroth. He had appeared behind Genesis, wrapping an arm like an iron brace around the offending redhead's chest and forcibly removing him from Angeal's affections.

"Do you enjoy creating mischief?" Sephiroth questioned, sounding exasperated.

He honestly didn't know what he had expected, catching Genesis in such a mood. Genesis twisted in his grip until their fronts were pressed together. It was evident Genesis was either happy in a very specific way, so had been gaining a little too much enjoyment from watching Zack and Cloud make out. But then, Sephiroth was half-hard as well.

Genesis' grin widened. "I know you're not interested in the game… but how about we go and celebrate anyway?"