Do Not Disturb

A story by: Angelistical06

)( Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII or any other copyrighted subject that just might pop up in this fiction. Yada yada yada…)(

Dosage #3

"Ack.!.."

Thump.

Sephiroth remained on the floor. He had that kill Aeris dream again. And yet again he failed in his murderous attempt, instead he fell into the lake that surround her. Result? Him falling off the couch and unto the carpeted floor. A hand reached up and lethargically grabbed the cell phone on the neighboring table.

"Twenty whole minutes this time. A record.." That was the longest he slept in four days.

It was early evening, about four-thirty. The last thing he remember doing was tossing the milk Zack bought into the fridge and sitting down in front of the T.V. It was an off-duty night and he had planed to get some rest. But that wasn't working out well. Why couldn't he sleep? What was this voice in his head? Whoever it was, they needed to shut up!

Someone was at the door. He jumped up and swung open the door before Aeris even had the chance to knock. She jumped a little, frightened by the sudden action.

"Um,…Hello. Is Zack home?.." She asked nervously. How often does a tall, shirtless, angry yet attractive man greets you at the door before you knock?

He placed a hand over his face and walked away leaving the door open. "Yeah…yeah. He's sleep in my room.." Asleep in his room? Did she interrupt something between her boyfriend and him? She cautiously entered the darken apartment, closing the door behind her and found Seph's room.

Like he said, Zack was snoozing under his covers. "Zacky…" She sat on the bed and rubbed the sleeping man's chest. "Zacky wakey, wakey." Man, was he tired of people waking him up.

"Mmmmm, wwwwhhhhhaaaaattttt?" He whined without opening his eyes. Why wouldn't they let him sleep? Aeris giggled and kissed him gently. That would get him moving. An eye open sluggishly to see his brown haired girlfriend.

"Why are you sleeping in Sephiroth's bed?" She scooted him over and joined him under the sheets. His bed was actually more comfortable than hers.

"The psycho destroyed mine…" He held her to him, resting his chin on the top of his head. She settled into him.

"He destroyed your bed?…He kinda gives me the creeps.."

"Aw, he's not all that bad. He's just acting strange from a loss of sleep." He reassured her. Zack was right. Seph hardly bothered him at all. The guy was a loner and Zack respected that. They laughed lightly about the issue until the door started closing slowly on it's own…

"….Zack, how did you that?" She whispered.

"I was about to ask you that…" He sat up a little. Did it get colder in there? "Did you open the window?"

"Course not!" Aeris sat up along with him.

"So, I'm creepy…" A familiar voice cut in.

Aeris turned to her right and screamed as A tall figure stood over the bed. Zack, being as brave as he is, grabbed Aeris out of pure fear and ran to the door. But Sephiroth was quicker. Before they could make it there, he was blocking it.

"I try hard to be a good person. I take care of Zack and Cloud around here…" He trailed off to sniffle. "And you call me creepy!"

Zack was now fed up with Sephiroth insane behavior. No matter how much sleep a person gets, there was no reason to start scaring the living day lights out of people. Then start crying about how HIS feelings are hurt! "Seph what the hell! Have you lost ALL your sanity!" He hits the taller man in mid-sob and flips the light on.

Seph grunted in pain and made his way to his bed, flopping down on it. Was he really losing it? "I can't sleep! They won't shut up!"

"Who won't shut up?" Aeris finally gathered her wits enough to talk.

"The voices." He rolled over to look at her. The urge to slay her was returning. Aeris didn't like the way he was looking at her. The so called 'voices' might be telling him to do stuff.

"Zacky, maybe we should leave…" She pulled on his shirt. Zack nodded and opened the door.

"Hey Sephy-boy, maybe you should stay in here and try to fall asleep…" He walked over to his General and patted his head. "You're acting pretty scary."

Sephiroth groaned and turned his head. "Don't treat me like a pet…" Zack shrugged and walked off. "Leave before I kill your girlfriend…" he added on. Good thing Zack was already gone before he had a chance to hear that.

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The hours flew by and yet again it was late night and Seph was wide awake. He laid on his bed, one leg on the floor the other on the bed. His once neatly groomed silver tresses now rested around him; scattered.

"Night five…" He mumbled, playing around with his switch blade.

"You know, this could be considered your fault…" A small voice called out to him. Sephiroth laughs, turning his head to the source of the voice. An ink pen.

"Must you constantly bother me about this?" He grabs it and flings it across the room. That'll teach that mouthy pen. The pen hits the wall with a clack.

"Mmm, hurt me good." It crooned. "Why should we hide our new found love from them?"

"You and I both know it would never work out between us…" He continued flipping the switch blade back and forth.

"He's coming…." The pen proclaimed before falling silent.

"Yo, Seph!" Zack comes popping in, turning the bedroom light on. Sephiroth frowns as he's blinded by the sudden burst of bright light. "Why are you sitting in the dark?"

"I'm talking to someone…" The silver haired one sighed, going back to fiddling with his blade. Zack frowned.

"I don't see anyone… Who are you talking to?" He goes over and sits on the bed, now quite worried.

"What do you mean? I'm talking to Bic, he's right there!" Using the knife, he points to the black and white ink pen on the floor.

Zack double blinks. His mood went from happy because he just got laid by Aeris, to scared because Seph was acting like a complete maniac. "Seph.." He says softly, "That's an ink pen. Something you write with…"

Seph grunts and flicks the blade out, cutting himself slightly. "Why do you insult my Bic? It kills you to see me happy, doesn't it!"

"No! No…here give me the knife…" He takes the blade from Sephiroth and grabs him by the arm. "Come with me.." He guides Seph into the bathroom and closes the door. "Get undressed."

"What for?"

Zack runs the hot water and stops the tub up. "You're going to take a hot bath. Then you're guaranteed to get some sleep." He smiled.

Sephiroth shook his head. He didn't want to take a bath now. He wanted to play with his switch blade and talk to Bic. Bic was the only one that understood him. "No."

Zack instantly dropped the smile. "Listen, you're not going to go wacko on me! So get your pretty boy ass in the tub!"

"No!" The taller one shouted back. Zack rolled up his sleeves and pop his knuckles. It was time to use some force. Seph would thank him later when he returned back to normal.

"Get undressed!" He proclaimed, reaching for the other's sweatpants. Sephiroth instantly wrestled him off, but Zack was clinging on to him with all he had. Someone was GOING to take a bath, dammit. Seph growled and tackled him backwards, only resulting in the both of them falling into the tub of water.

"OW! Fine, we'll play it your way!" The black haired one shouted, pinning Sephiroth on the bottom of the tub. "Now relax damn it!" He grabbed the sweatpants by the elastic band and pulled them off. The other kicked, knocking over the shampoo bottle. He was desperately trying to keep his boxers on.

"Get off!" He roared shoving the smaller man out the tub. But Zack was thinking. He knew that was coming, so he made sure to grab hold to Seph's boxers in the process.

Zack hit the door with a mighty thud. Pants in one hand and boxers in the other. He had won. "Now stay your ass in there and be at peace!" The bathroom was a mess, water and knocked over containers everywhere. Using the sink as a crutch, he pulled himself up. Sephiroth stayed in the tub, defeated. Well, it was relaxing… "I'll be back in thirty minutes to check up on you.." He left.