Seeing that the previous chapter was short, and that I had this one done already, I decided to add it as well. Enjoy the cuteness!

Curiosity

Two months after they came home, Cloud woke to the twins crying. Again. He groaned and put the pillow over his head for a few seconds before crawling out of bed and going to see what his sons wanted before Tifa woke up. He felt that since she took more care of the bar, he would take more night shifts with the kids. Sometimes Cloud wondered if this is what Zack had to go through while Cloud had been comatose. Hopefully without the crying. He sent a silent 'Thank you for taking care of me' to Zack as he walked into the bedroom adjacent to his and Tifa's and stared down at his 4 month old sons. They were screaming into each other's faces. Cloud carefully picked them up and laid them against his chest, used to holding the conjoined babies now. He changed their diapers and went downstairs to see if they wanted food. He sighed. Who was he trying to fool? Yes they wanted food. He filled a pot with water and set it on the stove to warm before going to the fridge. He had been extremely uncomfortable handing Tifa's breast milk when it first came on him to heat some up. It just felt…odd. Cloud still often thought about the strangeness of the stuff when he heated it, but it didn't bother him like it did a couple months ago. He put the two bottles in the pot and bounced, trying to get his sons to shut up. He yawned and waited. The two boys squirmed and quieted after a bit. They looked around at the dark kitchen and at their father, bright green eyes easy to pick out.

A few minutes later, Cloud removed the bottles and checked one on his wrist. He turned off the stove and took the other bottle. He shook both in his hand while he walked to the sofa on the other side of the room and sat down with a huff. Both boys were searching for the bottles, eyes glowing slightly. Cloud smiled at them, his own eyes reflecting back at his sons. As annoying as they could get, Cloud had to admit that he and Tifa made cute babies. The only thing that unnerved Cloud was the luminescence of his sons' eyes. They lacked the slit of a pupil, but they were the same mako green as… As Aerith, he reminded. Cloud and Tifa had decided to see the mako in their children's eyes as a good luck charm from the flower girl. He popped the first bottle in Angeal's mouth without a thought and was about to give the second to Zack when he wondered: What did the milk taste like? He stared at the bottle in his palm for a moment, dabbed some on the back of his free hand, and gave the bottle to Zack, who started drinking happily.

Cloud stared at the milk sitting innocently on his hand. Did he really want to try this?

…Aw, hell, his sons won't tell. Cloud licked the stuff off and pondered the taste. It was kinda sweet. Very milky. Kinda fatty. Kinda tasted like what he and Tifa had for dinner. He smirked. That was weird, but not bad, actually, although Cloud wasn't about to make a habit of drinking Tifa's breast milk.

"Did you just drink my breast milk?"

Shit. "Uh…what?" Cloud asked innocently.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Tifa leaned in the doorway leading to the stairs. She laughed groggily and walked over to her 3 boys. "Cloud Herbert Strife…you…little…weirdo." She sat next to her husband and messed with the blond fuzz on Angeal's head. She kissed the top of his head while he ate. "Hey, baby." Even at 2:30 in the morning, her eyes filled with love for the tiny boy.

Cloud blushed, "I-I…"

Tifa smiled sleepily over at him and laughed quietly again.

"I was just curious…" Cloud mumbled.

She gave Cloud a kiss on the cheek, "You're fine. How are they?"

"Good. I'm hoping they'll go back to sleep after they eat."

Tifa nodded understandingly. She sighed and leaned against Cloud's shoulder. "I'm so glad that they're healthy."

Cloud rubbed the side of Zack's head as the boy ate, "Yeah."

Tifa didn't say anything for a while. Cloud figured she had fallen back asleep. He listened to the little grunts and squeaks his kids made while they were drinking. He heaved a massive yawn and laid his head back on the couch. He kept his eyes open, though. Cloud didn't want to fall asleep and end up dropping Zack and Angeal. Along with the intense guilt he would feel, Tifa would murder him.

"…So what does my milk taste like?"

Cloud jumped. He gave Tifa a stern look.

She shrugged lightly. "I'm curious."

Cloud shifted and sighed. A gleam came to his eye and he looked over at Tifa. "Why ask me? You've got the source attached to you."

Tifa laughed, "I'm not going to suck on my own boob."

Cloud laughed at the thought and raised an eyebrow at Tifa.

"No matter how much you want me to."

Cloud snorted, "But why?"

"First of all, I don't think my neck can bend that way. Secondly: ow. Now answer my question, Mr. Changing-the-Subject."

Dang. He sighed, "Well…it's kinda sweet and milky and a little fatty. And it sorta tasted like what we had for dinner."

"Spaghetti?"

"Yeah. But just a little."

"Huh."

Zack spat his bottle out and Cloud couldn't catch it before the empty container clattered to the floor. Angeal still had a little milk left, but that too was soon gone. Tifa held her arms out for the boys and Cloud passed them. Tifa grabbed a burp rag and balled it up between Zack and Angeal's mouths before she started patting Zack's back. She leaned back on the sofa and laid her babies on her milk-swollen chest and patted Zack until he burped. Nothing came up and Tifa started patting Angeal's back until he burped. She wiped his mouth free of spit-up and stood. She looked at Cloud, "Do you want to put them to sleep or should I?"

Cloud reached his hands out and stood up, "I'll do it. You go get some sleep, just let me sleep in a little in the morning. Children permitting, that is."

Tifa nodded and handed the conjoined twins to Cloud before stretching, yawning, and walking back upstairs with him. She gave him a kiss before retreating back into the bedroom.

Cloud went into the next bedroom and laid the twins down in their crib. Angeal yawned and grunted. Zack, who had been wide awake before that point, fell asleep. Cloud did a double fist and mouthed 'Thank you!' before making a hasty retreat and crawling back into the beckoning sheets and immediately falling asleep.

Bam, bam, bam! 3 chapters in 2 days! :D