(Author's Note: Hey all! It's me! And look! This is an update! ^_^ Anyways…hope you enjoy this chapter! ^_^)

Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Rueh belongs to Rueh. Dete is mine.

Chapter 4

After the Game…

"Come on you!" Dete snapped as she dragged Sephiroth of the back of her chocobo. He was still out cold.

After several tugs he slid off. She just left him on the ground and went to care for the chocobo in the shed. Once that was done she went back to where he still laid. She sighed. 'At least his eyes are open now…I am NOT carrying him inside…he's too fat for that…'  she giggled to herself at her last comment that wasn't true at all.

When she reached him she leaned over and looked down. "Have a nice sleep?" she asked.

He groaned. "What happened?"

"You were knocked out during the game. Don't worry though. Your team still won," she said trying not to laugh.

"What's so funny?" he asked sitting up.

"Oh nothing…you just have a new teammate…"

"Oh no…"

"Yep…Rueh's playing on the team now." Dete helped him get to his feet. "You know…I'm beginning to think that she had something to do with you being knocked out."

"No really? You think? What with her little 'physic powers' or what ever she has?" Sephiroth was being sarcastic but that wasn't a good idea at all.

Dete glared and spun on her heel to go inside the villa. She slammed the door closed behind herself.

Sephiroth sighed. "I'm locked outside…AGAIN!" He paused. "No I'm not…the back door is unlocked!" he went around to the back porch being careful not to miss the still missing trap stair.

He opened the door and went inside closing it behind himself. He went into the living room and found Dete watching him.

"For a minute there I thought you might have forgotten about that," she stated with her arms crossed.

"I almost did," he said.

"Anyways…I was thinking…since you 3 are playing a sport now I want to too," she said.

"Don't tell me you want to play football," he sighed.

"No way! I personally don't like football that much. I want to play softball!" she exclaimed.

Pause. "…softball?"

"That's what I said."

"Why that? Wouldn't cheerleading be better?"

Dete's face dropped. "That's what you want isn't it? You want me to be a cheerleader like…" her eyes widened. "Tifa is a cheerleader for the football team! You want me to be like Tifa!"

 "No! No I don't!"

"You do too!"

"NOT!"

"TOO!"

"Dete!" he whined.

"What?" she asked.

"I didn't mean that! I just thought that you could do something else for the team…"

"No. I'm going to play softball!"

"But Dete…"

"What? Why can't I play softball? I let you play football!"

"…okay so you did but…don't you think…you'll be having practice and games just like me and then no one will be here to cook or clean…"

"Oohhhhh…I get it…you want me to stay here and cook and clean…while you have all the fun!" Dete spun and went down the hall and turned the hall bathroom light on. She left Sephiroth in the living room.

He watched her go into the bathroom and pick up a washcloth from where it had been hanging by a hand towel. She turned the water in the sink on and put the cloth under it. When the cloth was completely soaked she took it out and rang some of the water out of it. She started to wash her face with it.

He walked to the bathroom and stood behind her. She was just holding the cloth in place so she didn't know that he was there until he wrapped his arms around her waist.

Her back stiffened and she tensed.

"It's just me," he said.

She just shook her head and finished washing her face.

While she finished he pulled her closer. He buried his face in her long hair and took a deep breath. Her hair had the scent of green apples he noted with a small smile.

She put the wet cloth down and got the hand towel to dry her face. She put it back when she was done.

"Sephiroth?" she asked.

"Hmm?" he asked.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. What about you?"

"I'm fine but…could you stop and let me go?" she asked.

In response to her question he pulled his face away from her hair only to place a kiss on the soft skin of the crook of her neck.

She shuttered and tried to push him away. He only tightened his arms around her.

"If you want to play softball then go ahead. I won't stop you," he told her softly.

She sighed, giving up her struggle to get away. "All right. It's a deal," she said.

"Good," he kissed the same place again.

"Sephiroth…"

"Yes Dete?" he kissed a bit further up on her neck.

"Don't…" she said but didn't sound like she meant it. He kissed her jaw lightly as she leaned back against him.  His lips had found hers for the next kiss.

"Stop," Dete said in a stronger voice when he pulled back.

"All right…I'll see you in the morning," he said and walked out of the bathroom to his own bedroom.

She sighed and went to her room. It was going to be a long not considering that she wasn't sleepy anymore.

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"…*sniff*…I'm scarred for life…*sniff sniff*…"

"I'm so sorry Rueh!" Zack exclaimed.

"No you're not! It's all your fault!" Rueh sobbed.

"Okay! So it is! But you should have said something or tried to stop me…"

"I DID! But NOOOO…you didn't listen to me!"

"…true…oh fine! I'll start listening to you!" Zack sighed in defeat.

"'Bout time…" Rueh grumbled.

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-Next morning-

"So you said that Rueh is on the football team now?" Sephiroth asked.

"Yep…though you and Zack and me will be the only ones who know it's her…you can't tell anyone!" Dete said.

"I won't! When are you going to start softball?" he asked.

"I'm going with you to practice so I can talk to Rufus," she said.

"Riight. In that case we need to leave in a few minutes."

"I'll be ready."

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-Midgar-

"Hey Reeve's alive!" Cloud exclaimed.

"Yes I am. Since you won your first game Rufus didn't bother me," Reeve said walking into the locker room.

"So when's our second game?" Zack asked.

"In 5 days so…GET OUT THERE AND START PRACTICING!"

The entire team scrambled over each other to get out of the room and on to the field.

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"So you want to join the softball team?" Rufus asked.

"If that's all right with you," Dete replied.

"Sure. They could use some new players. The softball field is next to the football practice field," he told her.

"Thanks Rufus!" she said as she left the office.

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