Monday's lesson came flying, but this time, it went on a little bit differently.

I had moved to the second row to the front – two rows forward.

It was as if something inside me had clicked after Sephiroth's somewhat silken touch after the last lesson. I accredited that feeling to simply not having been touched in any way similar to that in some months, or even longer...

Whatever it was, that 'click' caused me to feel the urge to take a closer look at the General during class now.

Before that, I certainly would have never noticed his perfectly plucked eyebrows, how soft his hair looked or how his lips were curved... I listened to him talk about the Meteor Materia, how he had used it that time during Wutai war, how powerful it was... And yet, this lesson I was too busy watching these lips move, the parts of his chest that were disclosed by the design of his shirt...

I shook the thoughts out of my head. 'What are you doing, Cloud, stop checking out your instructor... I won't think of him that way...'

It did indeed take me a lot of concentration to get back to actually listen to him, but when I managed it, the lesson passed pretty quickly.

After class, everyone started packing. I turned my head to the whiteboard when I noticed Sephiroth moving towards me with a small paper in his hand.

"Here, I forgot that last time. It's a reminder of our field training."

I took the paper from his hands and looked at it. "Thursday 2pm. Sephiroth.".

'As if I'd forget that...' I thought but thanked him.

"By the way... You have added your cellphone number to the list during the entry period, haven't you? I might need it to contact you in case a mission gets in the way, so you don't have to come to the training center in the mountains for nothing."

I shook my head. "No, I just got a new one. Do you want me to give you a call quickly so you definitely have the number?" Only then I realized whom I was talking to. The General himself... Well, it was not going to be like we'd send SMS around like friends...

"Sure", he answered shortly and noted down his number.

I took my time fumbling the phone out of my pants pocket but managed in the end, saving his number and giving him a quick call.

"Okay, got it. I'll see you tomorrow then. Or do you have any more questions regarding Thursday?" The silver haired man put his phone away and started putting on his black cloak.

"Uhmm..." I had to think for a second because I knew I surely had hundreds of questions in my head, I just couldn't filter them right now because 'You've got Sephiroth's number!' still rang in my head. 'Stupid Zack, I'm starting to act like him... Though, this is not a pretty girl but my superior...'

Shaking the thoughts out of my head, I quickly threw a random question in "Do I have to bring special armor or do I just use my 3rd class uniform?"

Sephiroth turned his gaze from the ceiling to me slowly. I watched in awe how his eyes gave away a faint blue-green glow in the dim light, one which I had noticed several times before but had never really paid attention to.

"For the start, you may use your uniform. But later, after 2nd rank exam, we will hand out additional armor, as those will be real missions with real enemies... that DO want to kill you. But until then, I will prepare you well." He gave me an assuring smirk which I returned with a nod.

"As for weapons, in the first two or three lessons, you will use training swords, after that, you can choose your own weapon – be it for example a katana, broadsword, spear..."

I nodded. "Yeah, I got one from Zack. So let me know when I can use it. Alright, I'll head to the dorms now. See you tomorrow!" I received a nod from the General and a mumbled "Get there safely" before cheerfully storming out.

I woke up fairly late on Wednesday, having overheard my alarm. 'Woah, I hope that doesn't happen tomorrow... Though, even I should be up at one pm to get there in time...'

I turned around to look for my roommate Kunsel, who was nowhere in sight. "Probably out seeing LOVELESS again...", I mumbled as I got ready to spend the rest of the day studying.

"Materia and Magic... Ahh, this is boring, I'm glad I'm able to wield my sword tomorrow... It's been so long that I did." I took a look at the broadsword that Zack had given me. Unlike the standard SOLDIER swords, this one was way broader, longer and probably heavier as well.

But having known me for a while, Zack knew that this was exactly the weapon for his "Spike", since we had trained a few times before.

Slapping the Materia book closed, I decided to go to bed early, at 10, so I'd wake up in time for tomorrow's training, even without hearing the alarm.

I stopped scribbling down notes when my class was about to end. I saw most of the other 3rd class getting up to leave once Sephiroth finished his talk. However, this time it was different.

"So, who's up for a pizza after class? I'll order like 20, let's say 25.", the General said, grabbing the phone.

Confused but nevertheless excited for such an odd way to end the lesson, I decided not to complain and join everyone who was cheering. "Seph sure is a cool guy!" I heard one SOLDIER say to a group of other SOLDIERs. I decided to join the other's talk until the pizza arrived a few minutes later.

In the middle of the room, there now was a wide bed-like sofa on which Zack and Sephiroth laid, talking.

I had no idea why, but I felt jealousy washing over me, so I decided to boldly plop down next to the General, on his right side. Only now I noticed that his arm was wrapped around Zack's hip, so I slid closer and nudged him to wrap his other arm around me, which he did.

All the while, he talked to Zack about mission-related stuff I didn't really understand.

So, after a bit, I tried to interrupt them by leaning over Sephiroth, trying to get in between them.

Suddenly, I felt a hand under my chin and another arm wrapping around me. When I opened my eyes, I looked exactly into Sephiroth's glowing ones. The color and glow was mesmerizing, I didn't even notice how my eyelids slowly dropped until his face was barely away from mine anymore. Warm lips pressed against mine, the hand from my chin traveling up into my hair. I didn't really know how to respond, until...

... Cliffhanger! Yes, I'm eeevil.. *evil Malik Blishtar laugh* (YGO Abridged, anyone?)

but I really do want some reviews before I post the next chapter.. pretty please? :3 Even if it's only 1 sentence.. it's a start!