Author's note; Ack my songs! The format was ruined. I'm still trying to fix it but my computer is being evil, sorry.
Author's note (2); CL7 is not me and is never going to be me. If I wanted to put myself in a story I'd suck it up and use my actual name. Anyways, Sephy lovers no need to worry, she's not supposed to be competition. It's just that emotionally things might get heavy (now I stress the word might!) and I wanted any comfort/advice to come from a female character. It seems slightly more natural that way… even though there is almost nothing natural about this story.
Sephiroth didn't know whether it was the dream, the feather, or the lack of sleep that made his appearance change so drastically but almost everyone in the Shinra building took notice. After all paler on an already pale face is not so becoming. He had heard enough "You don't look so good"s and "maybe you should go home"s for one day and decided to follow the advice. As the heat increased and the lights blared around him he began to think to himself, "I know I look good in leather but for once I'd like something that breathes, cotton maybe. It's too hot in here."
Just then he saw CL7, he took a few seconds to contemplate whether she was a mirage or not, he decided against it and called out to her. "What are you doing here?"
"No need to shout, I'm right here." The haziness of the lights and the humidity of the surroundings blurred his vision, making her seem farther away than she actually was. "Oh," he responded blankly.
"I work here, I have been for years," she wore her name tag on her chest. Sephiroth thought it a good a time as any to learn her name and not sound so ignorant next time they talked. Due to his health and vision problems, he took a long time trying to read the name tag.
"The name's Faye. Then again if you're lookin' at my goods you can just forget about it." Faye's watch beeped and saved Sephiroth from a very awkward moment. "They should be awake by now." She said more or less to herself and strode over and knocked on the door adjacent to them. The door opened and a strong waft of alcohol reached their noses. Reno shakily held on to the door frame and struggled for balance, he looked up at Faye with unfocused eyes containing dilated pupils.
After about a minute of silence he turned around and yelled out. "Hey Rude, you call for a stripper?" Faye smacked the back of Reno's head. "Ow!" he yelped.
"Be careful, he doesn't have too many brain cells left." Sephiroth said.
Faye was not amused, "Here it is only 7:30 (AM mind you!) and you're already slobbering drunk!" she screeched.
Reno walked over to the other side of a light fixture and leaned on it, which for his drunken half-brain he seemed nonchalant and even cool, but to anyone elsehe was like a sloth on a wet floor. "You can' pu' us on a thedule." He defied drunkenly. (Translation; You can't put us on a schedule) Rude stepped out of the door, not looking much different than his sober form, he swayed slightly. The light fixture broke under Reno's weight and the bulb smashed and shattered on Rude's head, knocking him instantly to the floor. Reno shoved his buddy lightly with his foot, tripped over Rude and blacked out. Both alcoholics were now unconscious.
Faye sighed, stretched and said "Well, that makes things a little bit easier."
"Makes what easier?" Sephiroth asked.
"I have to watch them today, lost a bet." She sighed again and slung Reno over her shoulder with a surprising amount of strength that came out of absolutely nowhere. She turned around and walked down to the opposite end of the hall, still holding the red head. "That Tseng's one evil guy. Well, I guess it's my own fault I lost fair and square…" she continued talking to herself down the rest of the hallway. Sephiroth drew some conclusions, chose to help her,picked up Rude and followed her.
Faye threw Reno down with a thud, brushed her hands off on her slacks, turned around and saw Sephiroth holding Rude through the doorway. "Wow, you're helping me, you really must be sick."
"You knew I was sick?"
"It's kinda obvious." Sephiroth would have blushed if it weren't for the fact that red on his extremely pale face would make him look like a pathetic clown, and the Great and Powerful Author took pity on him. He dropped Rude down next to Reno as he did this his eye caught something very unusual. He turned his head in as many ways as possible, and no one angle could make sense of what he saw. Displayed on the security camera screen were hundredsand hundreds of chocobos.
Litebrite89; Hope everything clears up, can't give away all my secrets in the first chapter. I can understand where the songs may have gotten a little tricky, sorry about that.
00;; (darn underscore thing won't let me out it up, sorry about that, you know who you are)I'm glad you liked it! I hope this chapter entertained you as well
Mysteryhottie; Update is here, and only a day after the last chapter, hoo boy I'm good, lol j/k (I couldn't imagine being that conceited!) Well thank you for the compliment, I hope you like this chapter too. Don't worry there will be killings, a different fate awaits Sephiroth. Woah… deep.
