Not If You Ignore Me for a Week- Chapter Six: Friday
Disclaimer: Me broke. Me no own wonderful Final Fantasy VII, all belong to Square Enix and their wonderful creators. That part about Chocobos looking like chickens, that belongs to my father… once again.
Title: Not If You Ignore Me for a Week
Pairing: Zack/Cloud
Genre: Humor/Romance
Rating: PG13-R-ish
Warnings: Yaoi, maybe some language, Zack's mind, Cloud's mind
Author's Note: Here's Chapter Six of 'Not If You Ignore Me for a Week', hope ya'll like it so far! Alright, Cloud's confused about his feelings, Zack's just admitted he loves Cloud to Sephiroth and there's one more day of training! What is going to happen? I'M SOOOOO SORRY ABOUT THE LATE UPDATE! I went to my mum's for school shopping and spent waaaaay too much money and drank waaaay too much coffee.
Dedicated to my wonderful beta, OmniStrife, author of Zack/Cloud story, Collide.
The alarm clock was oddly loud to Cloud's ears that Friday morning and he stuck his hand out, striking at random places on the side table before he found the cheap thing of plastic. He picked it up and threw it at the wall, snuggling back under the covers when the sound died.
A laugh reached his ears and he peeked blue eyes out from underneath the covers. "My, my Cloud! Don't you have a temper this morning!" Cloud gave a very rude finger gesture and snuggled back into the deep violet and blue sheets. "Nu-uh. Remember, last day of practice."
No response. Big surprise there.
"Well, I'll see you in the gym. O'Reily wants me there." Zack hesitated at the door and looked at the bundle. "And Cloud, about yesterday… I'm really sorry." He grabbed his Buster Sword and jogged out of the door, locking it behind him.
Cloud stared after his friend, scowl forming on his lips. What was Zack apologizing about? He grumbled to himself for a few minutes and then slid out from under the covers, stripping his clothes that he had stolen from the SOLDIER. Was it the kiss? Was Zack really that disturbed over the fact that he kissed his best friend?
Maybe he likes me. Cloud mused. Actually, I already know he likes me. That's a tad bit of an understatement… considering he's feeling on me whenever he gets the chance. That brought a smile to his face and he finished tying the strings to his boots, pushing himself off the floor and into the living room.
He passed the kitchen, not quite hungry yet and grabbed his lightweight Buster Sword, relishing in the fact that he could go and get that cheap silver sword melted down into a nice necklace or something along those lines.
He pushed the heavy metal door open and closed it behind him with a soft lock. Sephiroth passed by him and gave him a barely there smile. "Good morning Cloud."
"Morning," he mumbled back, still half asleep. The General shook his head at the recruit and continued walking, long silver hair swishing with each step. Cloud followed him for two "blocks" of the building before turning off towards the right and walking towards the gym, already hearing the familiar sounds of sound clashes.
"What a nice sound…" Cloud mused to himself and pushed the door open, walking in and immediately spotting Zack standing next to O'Reily, correcting another recruit's movements.
"Ah, Strife!" O'Reily called. "So nice of you to join us! Zack here was just telling me how great you did yesterday in the forest!" Zack threw Cloud a soft smile and the blonde just turned his head, not sure if he wanted to look at the raven-haired man.
"Then I assume you won't mind if I take him into the side gym and test him for my own sake. He has his Buster Sword," Zack said and O'Reily eyed the sword harnessed on Cloud's back.
"Fine. But if anything happens, you're filing the paperwork, not me," he said, somewhat threateningly. It didn't work.
Zack gestured towards a door in the back. "Come on, Strife. We don't have all day. Practices are cancelled early. Letting the recruits go get drunk for a bit." Cloud rolled his eyes and Zack pushed the twin doors open, turning the lights on in the process.
"Ah… I remember this place well! I lost my virginity against that wall over there!" Zack said and pointed to the exact wall. It seemed to have a dent at about hip-level…. The right spot for where a small knife or gun would be harnessed on a man's waist.
Cloud flushed and turned his head. Great! Zack's going to be trying to get into my pants all day… or just give me the twenty-five cent tour of all the places he's had sex in the whole facility. His face flushed deeper at the turn of his thoughts. Innocent boys like him did NOT think like that.
You're doing a good job by yourself though, if I do say so myself. That annoying and repetitive voice said from the back of his mind and he groaned mentally. Zack turned to look at him and sat his sword down before slipping his shirt off, efficiently distracting Cloud.
Zack noticed this and hid his smile by turning around. Perfect! Maybe MCHAMMER wasn't such a failure. The annoyance worked… so did the over-encouragement… the whole "spill your life Zack" ended in dynamite but maybe this… my home field will offer me some encouragement… He turned towards Cloud and smirked.
"So, Spike. Ready to fuck?"
Cloud blinked and shook his head. No, that wasn't what Zack said… that was what his mind forced him to think that the SOLDIER had said. He looked at Zack and blinked wide eyes.
Zack repeated his question. "Ready to spar?" Cloud nodded feverishly and hoped that his so-called permanent blush would take a hike and move on.
Zack hid a smirk. He knew what Cloud had thought. How did he know, pray tell? He did say the first sentence but changed it, hoping Cloud would blame it on his mind. Oh how I know my cute little blonde!
Zack hefted his sword up and Cloud did the same. Zack moved first, blocking Cloud's strike and leaning foreword pressing his lips against the others. Cloud shrieked and jumped backwards, stumbling a bit over his own feet.
"What's the matter Cloud?" Zack teased. "That little distraction too much for you?" Cloud scowled and Zack sighed. "Well… whatever. Get used to it, I'm having fun."
Damn him! I thought we were supposed to spar! Not have a make-out session! Cloud screamed internally and held his sword up again, wanting to protect himself against the horndog across from him.
"Hmm… take your shirt off?" Zack pleaded, blinking soft glowing eyes. Cloud grumbled and crossed his arms, keeping his shirt on, no matter what the SOLDIER did. Zack sighed and eyed the zipper than ran down the front of Cloud's shirt. If he got close enough he'd be able to yank it down and off quickly.
"Fine, fine… have it your way." Cloud growled and ran foreword again, feeling his cheeks flame. Zack dropped his Buster Sword and caught Cloud's between his palms. Cloud blinked and in his surprise, Zack was able to throw the sword to the side and capture Cloud's face between his hands.
He pressed his lips fervently against Cloud's and in the blonde's moment of shock he was able to reach down and yank the zipper open and throw the shirt over his shoulder. He was surprised when Cloud's lips parted but he didn't dare take that advantage. That was going to come later.
W-what the hell? Cloud shrieked mentally and was somewhat surprised that his mind had a stuttering problem sometimes.
Hmm… he just went and kissed you. Wasn't that nice? And just when you were responding, he jumped back. Isn't this peachy. The voice in the back of his mind mused and Cloud looked around for his sword.
"How about some one on one? We haven't done that in a while. It's always our swords. Let's try something new," Zack suggested and raked a hand through his messy raven locks, a few drops of sweat falling down the muscular build of his chest.
Cloud followed those drops with his eyes and unconsciously licked his lips. When he realized what he had done, he shook his head and gave Zack a weak smile. Maybe this isn't such a good idea. I don't think I'd be able to spar hand to hand with him and not feel on him…
Zack seemed to realize this. Well, actually, he had been planning on this all along, so when Cloud slowly slipped into stance and brought his fists up, a smirk spread across Zack's lips a mile wide. "Oh Cloud, look over there," he said and pointed to a rack of punching bags. There were six lining up but it seemed that the fourth one was missing. The bags were easily the size of a human body and probably weighed more than O'Reily, Sephiroth, Zack and the burly man that tried to rape him put together.
"See that missing punching bag? That's where I had sex with this random guard once. We got a little carried away," he trailed off and a light blush covered his cheeks as he scratched his neck. He slid back into position and grinned, "Ready, Cloud?"
Cloud gave a sharp nod and Zack ran off to the right, spinning sideways and jutting a kick towards Cloud's side. Cloud grabbed the offending foot and twisted his own leg over it, slamming Zack into the ground and rolling atop him, pinning his hands above the raven hair.
Cloud smirked, mentally cheering, "Oh yeah. I pinned you." Zack smirked and bucked his hips sliding Cloud down to his groin where his half-hard erection was making itself known. Cloud gave another yelp and fell backwards off Zack, letting go of his arms in the process.
Zack followed him and pressed him to the floor, straddling his waist. "Oh, stop moving Spike." Cloud growled underneath his breath and rolled them over, switching positions. Zack wrestled his hands free and Cloud collapsed a bit, surprise on his face. Zack grabbed the blonde's wrists and held them behind his back and wrapped his legs over Cloud's hips, pinning his legs together and efficiently pressing there groins together.
This isn't too good… Cloud muttered in his mind as he felt his body betray him and react to the closeness of Zack. That only intensified when Zack leaned up to start nibbling on the blonde's neck.
A small gasp escaped his throat and he renewed his struggled to escape the hold. Zack smirked and darted his tongue out, licking at a particularly sensitive spot that actually released a high-pitched mew from the blonde. "I had sex down on this exact floor too," he said softly. Zack smirked and bit down. Hard.
"…!" Cloud shot back in surprise, barely keeping his mouth shut as Zack licked his lips, just a speck of blood on his lower lip. He broke out of Zack's hold and jumped back on one hand, straightening up and glaring at his "so-called" friend.
"What's the matter, Spike?" Zack wondered aloud and got up, eyes locked on the erection that was barely hidden underneath the baggy pants that Cloud wore. "It seemed that you were enjoying it."
A sword was suddenly pressed up against his neck and Cloud glared at him. Zack smiled and leaned foreword, the blade cutting his neck but he didn't care as soon as his lips were once again pressed against Cloud's. The blonde wavered in his stance and his mouth opened a bit in surprise.
Zack smirked against the lips and snaked his arm underneath the sword and to Cloud's neck, angling his head back to deepen the kiss. His tongue slipped past limp lips and gently plundered the warm mouth of the unyielding recruit.
When Cloud slowly started to respond, his lightweight Buster Sword slipped from his fingers and clattered to the ground, surprising him out of his shock. He jumped back, lips a healthy swollen size from the kiss. He faltered for a moment before stalking over to his shirt and picking it up, slipping it over his head.
"Hey, Cloud, just stay here, alright?" Zack called and crossed his arms over his bare and sweaty, glistening chest. Cloud looked at him warily and glared at him. "Alright, I just have one thing to say."
Cloud shot a dark look at him. What do you have to say now? He hissed inside his mind, lips still tingling from the kiss that Zack had given him.
Oh look, now who's love-struck?
Shut up. He just happens to be good with his lips. Cloud argued.
You know, if you ever bothered to finally get over your petty feelings and decided to jump ole Zack's sexy and glistening bones, you'd find out just HOW good he is with that tongue of his.
That one idea sent hundreds of images into Cloud mind, many of them beginnings with a '6' and ending with a '9'. He shook his head to clear his mind of such… un-Cloudlike images and turned to look at Zack who was grinning at him.
"Cloud, I have to say one more thing." Cloud looked at him warily. Zack took a deep breath and dropped to one knee in front of Cloud, head just about at waist-height. The blonde hid a further blush at that. He's at the perfect height for a—
I knew you thought nastier than you thought you did. I'm proud of you Cloudo. He hushed the voice in the back of his mind with a snarl and sent a wary look at Zack.
Zack eyed the erection that was slowly disappearing and mentally grinned. I'm at the perfect height for a blowjob! Though, when he looked up, he scratched that idea. He'd probably try and kill me again, then in the middle of orgasm, the sword would slip and oops! There goes Zack's beautiful head!
"Cloud…" He started and grasped the blonde's hips. "I have to tell you this."
Cloud blinked and tried moving back. He raised a brow and looked cool on the outside while on the inside he was running around screaming. Zack looked at Cloud in the eye and upped the glow of his Mako eyes, making them seem brighter than normal.
When the Mako treatments came, you got control of how bright you wanted your eyes. So, when glaring, you could add an extra… oomph to them, making them seem deadly. Zack knew from personal experience.
"Cloud, I have to say…" He took another deep breath and Cloud's eye started to tick. "That you have got the biggest Johnny that I've ever seen on a recruit your age."
A muffled shout came from Cloud's lips as he stumbled back, face as red as Reno's hair and a shocked, wild look on his face. What the hell! Why the hell was he even staring!
Have you ever though that he actually MIGHT be interested in you? The voice suggested with a tinge of sarcasm. Geeze, even a chocobo could figure that out. I'm surprised you didn't, being closely related to the feather chickens and all.
They're not chickens. Cloud defended weakly, knowing how much he liked the chocobos, no matter that his hair looked like one.
"What's the matter, Spike?" Zack asked innocently, or as innocently as one can be when they're on their knees… looking so delcious…shirtless and pants practically falling so low that it was obvious that the Colonel wasn't wearing underwear.
When Cloud realized just which way his thoughts were taking a turn he scurried to his feet and ran over to his sword, picking it up and running through the doors and out into the hallway.
Zack sighed and fell back onto his back with a grunt. He looked down at his crotch and gave it a crooked smirk. "Now what are you pointing at?"
Sephiroth knocked on the door to Zack and Cloud's apartment and it opened to a blonde recruit who had something on his upper lip. He quirked an eyebrow. "My Cloud, I do hope that that's milk on your lip."
Cloud flushed to the roots of his blonde hair in embarrassment and hurriedly wiped his lips and glared at Sephiroth. "You're as bad as Zack," he muttered and opened the door, letting the General in. Sephiroth took a sick sense of pride that he was able to talk to the pretty blonde while all Zack got was glares and hisses.
"Where's Zachary?" Sephiroth asked, flopping down onto the couch with elegance and grace that stunned Cloud for a moment. When he got no answer he looked over at the blonde who blinked and shrugged.
"I left him in the training gym earlier when he… ticked me off again." Cloud sat and sat on the edge of the couch.
Sephiroth nodded and sat foreword. "Good, because I wanted to talk to you about your test scores." Cloud look up; hope shining in those bright blue eyes.
Sephiroth just gave a sigh and leaned back again. "Cloud, I hope you won't lash out at me."
Cloud blinked innocently. Lash out? Why?
Sephiroth answered his unspoken question. "I'm sure that you're going to hate this news."
"What? What's the news?" Cloud was gripping the edge of the couch in anxiety.
Sephiroth hid a smirk and stood up, faking a yawn. "Well, it's late. I ought to think about visiting that thing I call my bed. Check the cafeteria bulletin tomorrow evening at five." He walked out the door, leaving Cloud blinking there flabbergasted.
"What the hell?" He exploded and growled sitting back down. That conniving bastard… stringing me along…
He sighed and leaned back on the couch, sleep claiming him far too easy. The exam had taken far more out of him than he would have liked. Combine with the stress that Zack was throwing on top of him unknowingly about their whole odd relationship.
Later that night when Zack wandered in, stomach full and mind empty he spotted Cloud sleeping on the Couch again and gave a sad smile. He lifted the blonde once again and carried him into his room, once again. He slipped the younger one's boots off and slid him under the dark violet and blue covers, kissing his lips softly.
He ran his fingers through the blonde locks and gave another soft smile before whispering softly where no one could hear his small declaration. "I love you, Cloud Strife." He moved from the side of the bed and closed the door.
Cloud's face relaxed and a goofy smile appeared in place of his scowl. For all the blonde knew, he was having a beautiful dream where he heard his raven-haired angel whisper his love to the blonde.
Life was too easy sometimes.
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