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 #6

"And with that said, the meeting is adjourned." The President stood from the head of the table. Soon the sound of rustling papers and random chatter filled the room as people socialized.

Sephiroth sat quiet in his chair. He had managed to keep awake through the duration of the meeting. Well, his eyes were open at least. He knew he hadn't heard a word the President had said. Cloud stood to his feet, stretching. It wasn't a very exciting get-together, but he felt privileged to be there. He learned things they never tell regular ShinRa officers like him.

When he was sure Scarlet was gone, Cloud turned to his most favorite person in the world. "Hey Sephiroth, I guess it's over now." Sephiroth continued his remote stare at the wall for a minute before he answered.

"…Really?"

"Yeah. Weren't you listening?"

Seph grunted. Hell no was he listening.

"You don't look so hot. Maybe you should go home…" Cloud scooted his chair in. "You want me to walk you?" By the way he was talking, you'd think they were on a date or something. On the other hand, that didn't necessarily sound bad to the smaller guy. Maybe he had an itsy-bitsy crush on his superior. But he'd never admit it.

Sephiroth stood to his feet and walked past the kid. He didn't need an escort. All he needed was his bed. "That won't be necessary."

Cloud followed behind him. "No, no really! It's not like I would mind!" Sephiroth pressed the down button for the elevator and sighed. He had to keep his mind on sleep. No telling if he'd ever get another chance like this again. "Besides, it's a great day. I need the exercise!" The blonde continued. His general groaned.

"Look, I'll spend some time with you later, alright?" Where the hell was that elevator? He jammed at the button harder. When the doors finally opened, a familiar figure stood inside.

"Going down?" Scarlet spoke, making the phrase sound dirty.

"No thanks." Seph backed away and walked over to the stairs.

"Hey…! Wait up!" Cloud cried scampered after him once more.

Sephiroth was practically running down the stairs. There were too many distractions floating around him now. Sleep…sleep..gotta get to sleep! His mind went on.

Not too far behind him Cloud was racing to catch up with him. The problem was Sephiroth was much faster than him. "Seph!" He began skipping stairs. The older man looked up to see his comrade spiraling down the steps after him.

"Go home, Cloud!" He yelled up to him and leaped over the banister, skipping two flights of stairs. Cloud decided to take the idea to mind as well. He gripped the railing and flung his body over. A breeze flew by him as he too bypassed a whole two flight of stairs; Though, his landing was sloppier than Sephiroth's.

"Damn kid…" Seph groaned and hopped up-top the railing. Looking down, he measured exactly how many stairs were left before the main floor. And of course since we're talking about the ShinRa office building, there were too many to count. But it wasn't like a never ending swirl of steps would scare the SOLDIER general. With a grin, he simply jumped down, falling down the middle of the drop perfectly. Blurred images of yellow stairs and a few people whizzed past him as his coat flapped high above his head.

Meanwhile, Cloud was still reduced to skipping no more than a few flight of stairs at a time. No way was he going to freefall down them all! "….Crap..!.." he panted and leaned against a wall. He had totally lost sight of Sephiroth. Just then a yellow item chest caught his eye. He shuffled over to it and grabbed the Hi Potion out of it. Hmm…wait a sec! I may be able to use this… He flung the lid away and pushed it over to the edge of the stairs. Hopping inside, he pushed off with one foot and began sledding down.

"Awesome!" Cloud cheered as he used his foot to push off the walls in order to turn his homemade-no-horse-open sleigh. He was gaining speed like crazy, in no time he would hopefully catch up to his silver hair hero. "Faster!" He yelled, slapping the side; and to his dismay, the box tipped forward sending the blondie spilling down the stairs. You know, like on that Charlie Brown Christmas special. With the beat up box on the snow hill?

After a perfect landing, Sephiroth came bursting out the stairway and through the lobby. Gotta get home! He kicked the glass doors open and sped down the street. Five minutes later, Cloud came running out the building holding his side. Damn box decided to tip over a few more times during his journey.

"Oww…Sephiroth!..OW!" It hurt to yell. But what was he to do? How would he catch up now? There was no way he would be able to run faster then him.

"Hey, are you a soldier?" A voice came from behind him. Cloud turned slightly to see a small girl with a pink bike.

"Let me burrow your bike!" Cloud snatched it away. Sure, it had training wheels and a white basket attached to the handlebars, but he needed it more than ever! He hopped on and tried to peddle off, but he was too big and his knees kept knocking into the handlebars. "Damn!" He stood up and decided to ride it that away.

"Hey, Asshole!" The little girl screamed and threw her Furby at him. Cloud gain balanced and rode off after his General.

"Did I lose him?" Sephiroth questioned himself as he continued to run home. Hopefully he did. Don't get him wrong, he liked Cloud. The kid had some real potential. But his priority was getting some rest. He was literary falling apart.

"Se-phi-roth!"

He looked over his shoulder as his name was being called from the distance. A spiky yellow haired person could be seen riding on top of a pink bike.

"Clo-!" He began but was painfully interrupted when he tripped over something short and black. After a few seconds of being airborne, Sephiroth landed abruptly against a parked car. Lesson learned here: never run while looking back.

"Seph!" Cloud hopped off the bike and stopped to see what the black thing was. It seemed to be a little person in a black cloak. "I think you killed it.."

Sephiroth sat up, holding his aching head. "…the hell?…"

"I said-" Cloud started.

"…Re…Reunion..!.." The short person quivered suddenly. Seph slowly made his way over to it and knelt beside it.

"What about Reunion?"

"…Hold up.." The cloaked shortie paused. "What…day..is…it?"

"May 14th." Cloud answered.

"…Never..mind…Too…soon.." The hooded person choked and fell silent.

"Ok, now it's dead." Cloud corrected.