While Cloud was away shopping for supplise, Zack was haveing one heck of a time with baby Sephiroth. That child got into everything, he kept grabbing for Zack's hair, ripping the sheets off the bed, and crying when Zack fussed at him (Yes Sephiroth was hyper after his nap).
"Eh... Cloud was right maybe I'm not cut out to be a dad." said Zack nearly dropping Sephiroth. Finally Sephiroth calmed down, for a small infant he was one big handful. But then of course he was Sephiroth, not just some normal baby that you can just take care of, and they had to be very careful with him, so he could still funtion right as an adult, every one of Sephiroth's tumbles was a risk to his sanity (my pov. Or of what he has before Nibelheim). Zack petted Sephiroth's little tuffty hair, he didn't quite have the long hair and two spikes for bangs, instead his hair was short and he his face was crowned with bangs.
"Heh, must've been a while before you started useing gel." said Zack looking at the small child.
Two brilliant mako eyes stared up at Zack's mako showered eyes, the baby hugged him, the child had yet to sit up, he still wasn't strong enough to hold his head and back into place yet. The chibi stared up at Zack, and then at the door, at that moment Cloud came in.
"You missed me?" asked Cloud, then he noticed, the bed was a mess, he sweat droped, "Well, good thing I got that crib while shopping."
"Yeah I think we'll need it." said Zack, Sephiroth started giggleing, even Cloud at that moment stopped to look at Sephiroth, the child had his mouth open and was laughing like most children do, Zack was bewildered, he saw his friend, once the coldest person in Midgar, laughing and smileing up at him. He was apparently happy, or Zack was tickleing him and didn't know it.
"Uh... I don't think it'll be safe to take, Sephiroth, out for a while." said Zack.
"Why?" asked Cloud.
"I think the other Soldier candidates, would all have heart attacks." said Zack.
"Or laughing spazms." said Cloud jokeingly.
Sephiroth stopped laughing and sneezed, he looked over and saw Cloud had just finished putting the crib together for Sephiroth, and he was makeing sure it was sturdy. Then Zack pulled out what looked like a little baby's nightgown. It was for boys, it was a pale green similar to Sephiroth's eyes only lighter,it was warm, flannel to be right, although it was light. He then saw a package of daipers and a few bottles and teething rings and a few other baby toys, most children his age were fond of.
They changed Sephiroth, clothed him, and played a bit with him, Sephiroth was a really cute little baby, he wasn't as bad with two people near him. He smiled and babbled gibberish as most infants do. He cuddled a giant teddy bear, huge compared to Sephiroth, but only up to Cloud's knee. And he was given a bottle, Zack held him and Sephiroth held the bottle, even as a kid he was still bright, and absolutely adorable. he was a little chubby, but most babies where, it wasn't uncommon, infact he was thiner than most, but he still didn't have all the rock hard abs anymore, he instead had a pudgy little stomache, Zack poked it, apparently Sephiroth's tickleish spot, he started laughing a little, he was so adorable to Zack and Cloud, but then they knew he'd hopefully go back to a cold adult with no fealings for life what so ever. Till then he was a baby without a care in the world.
Hojo kept wanting to experiment on the baby, so everytime he was brought down he would let Sephiroth bring his Fire 3 materia, and torch the lab, this was revenge and plus for Zack and Cloud it was humorus to enrage the scientist, finally he didn't request Sephiroth to come in to his lab.
"Well we got Hojo off our backs for a moment." said Zack.
"Yeah, uh-oh." said Cloud.
"What?" asked Zack.
Other side of the door...
"Hey Zack! We heard from Hojo, Seph is a baby, can we see 'em?" asked one happy-go-lucky candidate.
"Uhhh... Hojo just said that, it's not true." called Zack.
"Awww please, your a stick in the mud like Sephiroth let us see!" said the other candidate.
"It's a lie!" said Cloud, then Sephiroth at the worst time started crying, he wailed a little bit.
"Ah-ha! So there is a baby in there!" said one of the candidates.
Finally the door was open Sephiroth was sitting in Cloud's lap, well actually laying in Cloud's lap, the candidates couldn't believe it. Short white hair, big green eyes, and a smile that was to innocent for even the most pure of babies. Sephiroth stared at them with the most cutest expression, his mouth was a little open, and he was laughing a little, the candidates were dumbfounded, they knew he was a baby, but they weren't expecting him to be so cute.
"Ok, you must not tell anyone else about this, or I'll drop your ranks." said Zack.
"W-we promise, we'll keep our mouths shut." said the candidates in unison and ran off.
"They're gone." said Zack.
"Good, at least they didn't die, or go into laughing spazms." said Cloud. Sephiroth sucked on his thumb and started to fall asleep.
"Looks like some one is tired." joked Zack.
"I'll put him down for bed time." said Cloud with that he stood up and put Sephiroth in the crib, and tucked him in, "Sweet dreams, Seph." said Cloud, kissing the child on the fore head, thus putting him into deep slumber.
That was adorable! How'd you guys like it? I worked a few hours on it, I'm sick today, so I can work on my fics well please review!
