Cloud's Hot, Steamy, Creamy, Vanilla Man-Coffee

By BlissfulIgnorence and Squallisawesome

Chapter 2-

Cloud fished through his backpack for a few minuets before he finally found his key and let himself into his apartment.

"Hey, Butter, I'm home!" Cloud called out into the seemingly empty house.

"Meow," the sound rose out of the darkness. Cloud flicked a light on to reveal a large, fluffy, tawny cat.

"Oh, Butter, I missed you. Give daddy a hug!" Cloud said, scooping the cat into his arms. Butter had been Cloud's constant companion since the blond adopted him during junior year in high school. Squall had never liked him.

Cloud sat down and began stroking his cat's long fur. He thought about his day. Squall and Rinoa had left shortly after Sephiroth. Cloud had finished off his shift, and immediately headed to the coffee shop on the way toward his house, for a cup for himself. He didn't care if it was inconvenient, he just needed some energy and had to get out of that place where so many humiliations had occurred.

Then Cloud went to do a little necessary grocery shopping.

Cloud knew he shouldn't have tried to pet the cat. He knew it. But it was Soooooo cute. "Here, kittykittykitty." It didn't hiss this time, maybe it was finally starting to like him. He reached out and tentatively touched the fur on her back.

"Shit! Oh, Fuck!" Not again!

The damn cat bit him for the millionth time! And it hurt, a lot. Cloud looked down at his hand. Fuck, it was bleeding really badly this time.

So, Cloud dragged his ass back to the supermarket, and bought some bandages. Cloud was just approaching the cash register, when the power went off. 'Fuck,' he thought.

Of course, the cashier was a dumbass high school dropout who didn't know how to make change for a five. So Cloud waited, and waited, and then guided her through some simple math problems, and then handed her a bloody five dollar bill, and by then it was 10 o'clock.

So, finally getting back the apartment meant that he should be getting down to business. Real business that is, none of this coffee crap. Cloud sighed, he really didn't feel in the mood for writing right now, but he forced himself.

Cloud, you see, was a writer. He had yet to get a book published, but he was optimistic about his current work. It was a story he could really identify with. It was a sad tale of a forbidden love, a story of two mercenaries. Cloud had decided to call in Brokeback Midgar.

So, he sat down and wrote late into the night, before he finally dragged himself to bed. He fell asleep with Butter curled up on his chest.

Cloud woke up with a bunch of cat hairs in his mouth, rudely awakened by his alarm.

"Fuck, Butters off!"

Another long, early day…

He made some coffee to wake himself up, got dressed, and went to work.

'Back to the daily grind,' Cloud thought. He hated his job.

Cloud perked up as soon as he saw the object of his affection walk through the door. "Hello sir! How are you this morning?" Cloud said. He was trying to hide his excitement, but failing miserably.

"I'm fine thanks," Sephiroth said, sounding very stressed. "I'll just have the usual today," He said, not waiting for Cloud to ask.

It only took the blonde a few moments to mix up Sephiroth's coffee, and he was handing it to the man in no time.

"Is your hand ok?" Cloud blushed, realizing that he must look very strange with a large bandage wrapped around his hand.

"Oh that, that's nothing, just a scratch." He said, trying to keep his voice steady.

"It doesn't look like a scratch," said Sephiroth. "How did you get it?"

"Umm..." 'Think Cloud think,' he told himself. "I bumped it," by his expression, Sephiroth wasn't buying it. "On a... On a sword, yeah, a sword!"

"You bumped your hand on a sword?"

"My ex-boyfriend collects them." Sephiroth raised an eyebrow.

Cloud immediately shut his mouth. It kinda hurt.

"Well," Sephiroth said. "It looks pretty nasty, you should get it looked at, you wouldn't want it to get infected."

"Oh, I would," Cloud said. "But I don't have any health insurance."

"Well, I'm running late, I'd better get going," Sephiroth said, before briskly leaving the shop.

A/N

-Hello again, It lives! Well, you guys saw a little more CloudSeph interaction in this one. In which we get to see Cloud acting like a teenaged girl with a crush, and Sephiroth gets the wrong impression. We only got 3 reviews last time, so you guys get to share all the cookies.

Yes, incase you smelled something funny we did borrow the bit about Cloud getting bitten by the cat. Some anime I don't watch, I don't remember what it was called. However, I'm too lazy to ask him, and I want to get this up ASAP. So, kudos to anyone who tells me. Thankies!

Oh, I have some questions to answer, don't I?

UltimateSorceress- Canonical: The generally accepted plot of the story, ex. Most people would agree that Cloud and Sephiroth didn't go off and roll around in bed together in FF7 (however much you may wish that was true).
Chelsea- Well, they WERE dating, but their over now, and I can assure you they won't be getting back together.

Thanks for reviewing guys!