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*I think I'm almost ready for the theory exam*, I texted Sephiroth later that evening.

After a few minutes came his reply. *Really, you think so? Greetings, Sephiroth.*

I found it a little weird that he always kept up his personal attitude in his first message but later on always loosened up...

Well, as long as he did that, I didn't mind.

*Yeah, when's the exam? In two or three weeks, right?*, I asked while settling down in my bed with a book.

Sephiroth replied five minutes later. *Yes, Wednesday in two weeks. Sorry for the late replies. I'll take a quick shower!*

My mind started wandering and I just HAD to tease him. *Okay, don't wanna disturb the naked instructor *_* :x O_O*

Before I could think any further, I got an answer already. *Turn the camera off! ;) ;)*

'Oh yeah, almost forgot about that joke...' I chuckled but was imagining the General now... in his bathroom... The

slender, muscular body, the elegant silver hair, those gorgeous glowing eyes...

* *_* Who says... O_O ... that it's... *_* turned on... *_* * I added a bunch of drooling smilies with heart-eyes and

grinned widely.

*How else would you know that I'm naked?! ;) ;)* My grin widened when I noticed how fast his answers were coming

now. I concluded that he was probably sitting on a chair in the washroom and texting me in all his naked pride...

*Are you? O_O O_O *_* * I wanted to make sure that I had all rights to imagine...

When I got his confirmation, I blushed brightly. *For the shower, that would be better! ;) ;)*

I felt how hot my face was and how hard my head - among other things - was pounding. I saw him in a sensual position,

leaning backwards lightly, the sweat or water from the steam rolling down his chest in tiny droplets... tracing his muscular

body...

*And how come I have the privilege of you writing with me while being naked? *_* O_O*

Now I felt like I was the one making him wait for answers... But I couldn't stop my brain from seeing those images, not

even if I tried...

*That's nothing dramatic, is it... ;) ;) you're not seeing anything, after all ;)...*

'Gah, what a tease he is...' I thought, between frowning and being somewhat turned on.

*Photo B-) *_* * I added a blushing smiley... Guess I'd just play along...

*Of the shower? ;)*

I grinned, my head screaming 'TEASE! Tease! Tease!'.

*You also got one of me under the shower :D* I remembered yesterday... It certainly was fun to write with him... 'Thanks again, Zack...'

Thinking of Zack, I had received several of his messages as well but kind of ignored them since most were only about him doing well in missions, or which future events he helped planning... and so on. I sometimes answered "Sounds great" or something along those lines, knowing that he wasn't used to getting much more of a text answer out of me. Unlike Sephiroth...

I was a bit disappointed that I didn't get an answer after my last text, but accredited it to the General being the busybody he was. By now, I had noticed that he only wrote back at certain times of the day – probably his breaks between classes or field trainings. Seeing how busy he was, I didn't envy him... I enjoyed my free time – but that would change in later ranks as well.

So instead of sulking, I chose to get ready for bed instead and mentally prepare for the test exam which apparently was in three days.

By now I felt pretty prepared, there still was stuff that I hadn't studied yet, but there still were like two or three weeks until the real exam.

For the next three days, I decided to revise some more. I was a bit sad when Sephiroth didn't SMS me a new appointment yet – after all, he would already be gone in a few days – starting Monday.

As for the test exam, I woke up early at 6 to take it at 7. It took place in the same room where my classes with Sephiroth were – therefore I knew that I only needed 10 minutes to get there.

I felt pretty prepared as of now and when I saw that Zack would pass me the papers, I smiled widely.

"Here ya go, Spike. And don't take it too seriously if you don't pass. You're allowed to make three mistakes in 30 questions. Yadda yadda, you know the rest! Good luck!" The raven haired smiled and placed the sheets and a pen in front of me.

The test itself felt surprisingly easy. I was only unsure at two questions, but managed to guess them somehow. 'The real exam will not be here, though... But in some cheat-proof building with all the other 3rd ranked SOLDIERS... Doubt I'll be as easygoing then...' I thought and put down my pen.

Just in this moment, someone walked into the room from the backdoor... Someone with silver hair...

I had already gotten up and passed Zack the test to check the answers. When Sephiroth spotted me, apparently on the phone with someone, he looked slightly surprised but waved at me. I waved back, smiling and watching him disappear into the small kitchen, my gaze then turning to Zack.

"... Also correct... Yes... Yes... Okay, done!", he lifted up the papers.

"So?" I asked, stepping closer.

I could already read the answer on Zack's grinning face, but then he got up to hug me tightly. "Congrats, Spike! Zero mistakes! You've passed!"

"Ahh... n-nice" I struggled for air, noticing Sephiroth's head poking out from behind the kitchen door to check what was going on.

After my friend was done pressing his cheek to mine, he signed and stamped the test. "Seph, dear, would you sign that for me, please?"

I chuckled when the General narrowed his eyes at the "dear" but came our direction anyway. "Yeah, okay. Okay, bye now." He hung up the phone then looked at me. "Congrats. I knew you could do it. Now for the real exam..."

"Thank you! Yes, I know.", I nodded, watching Zack typing something into the computer and then printing a paper.

He passed Sephiroth the freshly printed document, who signed and handed it over to me.

My raven-haired friend spoke up. "You gotta pass this the examiner on the real exam day in two weeks. That way he knows that you're legitimately joining early."

I smiled, happy that I was proceeding so quickly. When I was about to leave, I suddenly remembered something.

"Oh... What about the next appointment, Sir?" I looked at Sephiroth, who was about to leave the room again.

He looked surprised, then quickly said "Sorry, must have forgotten about. I've been busy these few days, preparing the mission."

"No problem, I thought so." I leaned against the door, waiting for him to take out his schedule.

"Saturday... Let's see... At... eight in the morning? That's the only free slot I've got, sorry."

"Sure!" I said immediately. 'Happy enough that I will see him at least one or two more times before he's gone for so long...'

"Okay, I'll send you a confirmation by SMS later. Gotta go now." He muttered, facing the door again, Zack following.

"See you!" I waved, a bit sad that I wasn't getting a hug today. 'At least I am getting hugs from him. I doubt many people have that luck...' That thought made me happy again. Thinking of him was all I needed to be happy...

Friday was actually going to be a bit more eventful than the days before. During lunch and after, I was going to spend time with Kunsel and his friends, going to see a musical. (I was wondering which...), I thought sarcastically.

We had already seen LOVELESS like four times, we being me included, I had no idea how many times Kunsel went by himself.

During the play, I received an SMS from my instructor, confirming the said date this Saturday. I didn't reply, however, to not appear bored (although I somewhat was).

After the play we went to a small café to have a coffee or tea and talk about our experiences, recent happenings and love lives. All in all, we had a good time, and after two cups of coffee, I excused myself with having to take a shower because I was going to Zack's in the evening.

When I was done with said shower, I decided to relax on my bed a little before I was going to my friend's place in an hour, at seven.

Outside was nothing to be seen, caused by the early sunset in winter. There were not many possibilities to spend the time outside at this time of the year, otherwise I wouldn't mind going to a lake, the mountains, or even shopping if I had to.

But thankfully, we all had a warm apartment – in my case shared with Kunsel, in Zack's case – all for himself. Yeah, the peaks of being first class... I was looking forward to it. Although I liked Kunsel a lot, I did like privacy a little more.

Now that I had some free time, I decided to message the General. Or "disturb", whichever was the case...

*So... how about that photo? ;) *, I texted him, looking at our previous conversation about photos under the shower.

I got an answer pretty quickly, happy about the fact that he must have been having one of his breaks.

*About to take a shower now, but... No, no... You can take one of me during field training...*

That was more than I had expected from a mock question anyway – I doubted that it was normal to take a photo of him. However, compared to a shower photo...

*Aw, come on, as if I would do something kinky with it... :D* I grinned widely.

*Yeah?.. Who knows ;)* I blushed, pleased that he was playing along again.

I decided to keep this little game going, answering: *;) Yeah, true, considering who is on the photo...*

*Now, now... Cloud! ;)* I didn't know whether to blush at the fact that he was not stopping... Or at the fact that he had said my name. I wasn't sure, but I had pretty much never heard him say it before. It somehow made me feel a little closer to him...

*O_O I didn't say anything...!*, I tried to defend but chuckled, lying down with my head on my pillow. I was still in a towel only 'Have to remember to get dressed later.' Mental poke.

*Kinky with a photo of my shower? ;) weird...*

'Silly man, he knows exactly what I mean...' I thought, typing *O_O If I only get one from you during field training, then it doesn't matter, anyway...*

I was amazed at how quickly the General was answering right now.

*Is that not enough for you?*

'It would be, but if I have the chance to get more...' I continued my thoughts. *If I already had it right now, then maybe... Or do you mean enough for something kinky? O_O*

*But don't you have a camera in my shower for that? ;)*, he teased me.

*It stopped working =( But you can still please me with a photo right now!*

Only after sending it, I realized how weird it sounded and quickly added: *O_O Of course not literally... Getting back to the kinky topic*

The next thing he texted me made me blush furiously and also woke up other parts of my body...

I am such a tease as well , woah

Seph is proud of me

Next chappie, rating will go up *flies away*

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*edit: Don't even ask me why some of the font was bold x.x I removed it lol*