AN: Sigh. I'm sorry. Day Twenty

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The Bad Touch - The Bloodhound Gang - 4:20 (GenesisxCloud)

Cloud giggled as he dashed across the hallway, his pursuer hot on his tail. He vaulted over the white leather couch and barely managed to keep from landing on the glass-top coffee table. That would've been a disaster. Gen would probably kill him. Or he'd be scolded by Angeal, but he could take comfort in the fact that Angeal would scold Genesis, too.

A hand reached over and grabbed the back of his t-shirt collar, jerking him back. "Ack!" Cloud was caught. Unless… with one swift movement he was out of his shirt and running through the living room toward the kitchen. His shirt left dangling in his predator's outstretched hand. Now clad only in his navy blue boxers, he ducked between the fridge and the counter and huddled there.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are~" the one chasing him sang. You could just hear the sadistic grin on the man's lips.

Footsteps echoed in the sudden forced silence, growing nearer and nearer to where he hid. Cloud made a decision. With a deep breath he sprang from his hiding place and sprinted through the dining room, not stopping to look back and see where his follower might be. He practically flew back through the hall in the opposite direction and into the bedroom.

Before he could pause long enough to decide whether to hide in the closet or lock himself in the bathroom, a strong pair of arms wrapped around his chest, locking him there. "Caught you," a familiar voice purred into his ear before his earlobe was caught between teeth and lips. He squirmed. In retrospect, it probably hadn't been a good idea to run into the bedroom at all.

"G-gen," Cloud breathed, only half-heartedly struggling as the crimson clad commander began walking them towards the king-size bed. He was unceremoniously dropped onto deep red satin sheets. That sadistic grin was still on the auburn-haired man's face.

"You lose, Cloud," Genesis purred, slowly divesting himself of his clothing. All the while keeping his gaze firmly fixed on Cloud.

Cloud shivered with anticipation.

Our House - Madness - 3:18 - ASGZC

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Zack nudged Angeal with a wide grin, beaming up at the house before them. It was large. Three floors, a wrap-around deck that was screened, lush green grass in a decent-sized front yard, and -though Angeal hadn't had a chance to see it yet- a wide open backyard with plenty of room to run around in. "You like?"

Angeal let out a breath and smiled wide. He loved it. "It's amazing, Pup," He stated and walked forward up the paved walkway through the front yard, up the steps and through the screen door. He paused to take in the welcome mat, no doubt placed there by Genesis. It was a dark red with gold trim and in cursive gold letters it read 'There is no Hate only Joy…'. Angeal gave a mental shrug, supposing that that fit well enough for a welcome mat. He pushed the front door open, not having to use the key since the others were already inside, and was immediately greeted with the smell of cooking burgers and two excited nibel wolves. They jumped up, only reaching up to about his stomach being still little more than puppies, and he scratched both behind the ears before shooing them off. They preceded him into the kitchen.

"Welcome home," Cloud called with a smile from where he was peeling potatoes and Sephiroth was cutting them into wedges while Genesis flipped burgers on the skillet.

"Our house," he breathed, still taking it in that they had a house in Kalm, the five of them.

"In the middle of the street," Zack couldn't help but quip with a smirk and Angeal groaned. Trust Zack to ruin the moment with such a lame joke. Even if the house was technically the middle one on the street.

Forever and For Always - Shania Twain - 4:46 (SephirothxCloud)

Cloud rolled over with a groan and buried his face more firmly into the pillow. The rather hard pillow. The blonde frowned and cracked one eye open. He was met by a sculpted pale chest. His frown deepened, eyebrows furrowed in his confusion, until a melodious chuckle met his ears causing his 'pillow' to rise and fall in tandem with the sound.

"Good Morning, Cloud," a familiar baritone rumbled against his ear. Cloud slowly lifted his eyes to be met with fond mako green. Finally, his mind caught up with him and he smiled. "Finally awake?" Cloud nodded.

"Morning, Seph." Cloud settled himself more flatly on Sephiroth's torso, only to be pulled up into a swift kiss. Cloud laughed as they pulled away. "Ugh," he made a mock grimace, "morning breath." Sephiroth chuckled.

"I don't get morning breath," he smirked, knowing Cloud couldn't boast the same, but he didn't mind. He ducked forward for another quick kiss. It was Cloud's turn to breath a laugh. Sephiroth sat up, pulling Cloud with him. The doorbell rang. "Get that please, Cloud?" Sephiroth asked, placing a peck to the blonde's forehead.

Cloud only rolled his eyes but stood, quickly pulling on a pair of pants over his boxers, a white t-shirt (obviously Sephiroth's) already on. He padded out the door and down the hall. He opened the door and gasped at what he saw. There before him was a large vase full of assorted floweres. Bright yellows, deep blues, light blues, pale yellows, and whites, dotted with various greens of leaves.

Sephiroth smirked when he heard Cloud's gasp and a moment later the door shut. The silver-haired man was entirely prepared when an excited young blonde suddenly launched through the door and into his arms. He laughed.

"Thank you!" Cloud cried, a wide surprised and happy grin spread across his face.

"You're welcome," Sephiroth smiled, once again capturing those lips in a kiss. "Did you like them?"

"I love them!"

"I'm glad," Sephiroth squeezed the boy in a hug and stood. Cloud dropped to the floor before him.

"I love you," Cloud grinned up at him.

"As I love you."

Good Life - Jesse McCartney - 3:20

A grin spread itself across Reno's face as he dropped himself into the couch chair and sagged, fully intending to relax and not care about anything at all for the remainder of the day, a nice cold beer clutched in his hand. No worries. The door burst open, thudding against the wall behind it, causing Reno to jump. He glowered at the door and the person standing there.

"Hey, Reno!" Zack stepped into the somewhat small-ish apartment. It wasn't that Reno didn't have enough money to get someplace way bigger. The redhead just didn't like having so much space that he had no clue what to do with it. This place was fine.

"Zack!" Reno groaned. "What're you doin' here, yo? Why ya gotta bother me on my day off?"

"Aw," Zack pouted. "Don't be like that, man. It's my day off, too."

"Tch, fine then, yo." Reno didn't feel like arguing with the virtual-five-year-old. He'd never win. The puppy was stubborn. Zack just grinned and sauntered over to the Turk's fridge before plopping himself into the beanbag on the other side of the loveseat opposite the redhead.

"So," Zack drawled, "What were you doin' before I came in?" Reno shrugged.

"This."

"This?"

"Yeah, yo," Reno smirked. "Just this."

Zack nodded once and settled in. Not even an entire minute passed before, "This is boring, Reno! Let's do something!" Reno sighed before standing up and whirling on the hyperactive SOLDIER.

"Shut up! I'm doin' what I wanna do! If you're bored, go do somethin' else!"

Zack shrunk back with a pout and crossed his arms. He stayed quiet.

Reno smirked. Now he could relax. So long as the puppy stayed quiet.

Stronger - Trust Company - 2:50

Sephiroth smirked as he felt his puppet's pathetic struggles. The blonde could never hope to break free of him. He was destined to forever follow his every whim. His sole purpose was to carry out Sephiroth's will, tied to him as he was through Mother's cells. Always. It was pointless to try and escape him.

Yet, the little puppet never ceased trying.

Sephiroth growled. Perhaps he should teach this one a lesson. Force him to kill that Cetra he treasured so much with his own sword. A sadistic grin pulled at his lips. Yes, that would be perfect. Two birds with one stone.

Wait. What was this?

Sephiroth growled, the sound reverberating within him.

Cloud had freed himself.

END DAY TWENTY

AN: I didn't much like that second-to-last one.

Repeats: The Bad Touch - I liked this year's way better. Though, It's odd that they were both somewhat Gen-related. I think I just automatically think 'Genesis' when I hear this song :P I love that song. It's got good memories behind it. Our House - I liked both this and last year's. Though I think this one could have been better. Forever and For Always - definitely liked this year's better. I realized I'm prone to writing fluff and so much sweetness it'll completely rot your eyes out when it comes to love songs. What is up with that? O.o I'm not a romantic person.

Favorite of the Day: Uh… either 'Forever…' or 'Bad Touch'. I enjoyed writing those ones. The other ones just seemed kinda 'meh' to me.

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