Thank god for R A I N E xx posting that review when she did. I had pretty much forgotten about this story until I saw the alert in my e-mail box thingy. So… I'm going to update.

Chapter Two

Cloud dragged himself in the door of his apartment, only to find his two best friends/ roommates, Sephiroth Valefor and Zackery Trepe, sitting on the couch playing cards.

Now, this was not particularly unusual, but neither of them had pants on and were sitting there with nothing more than boxers and shirts, and, in Sephiroth's case, a tie on. Cloud merely looked at them and muttered, "What are you two doing?"

Zack looked up and grinned. "We're playing Strip Go-Fish."

Cloud raised an eyebrow. "Strip Go-Fish…"

Sephiroth glanced over and nodded. "Neither of us know how to play poker, so we figured might as well play this instead."

Sephiroth glanced at his cards and then up at Zack. "Got any sevens?"

Zack looked at his deck and laughed triumphantly. "Nope! Go fish, Seph!"

Sephiroth muttered a strong expletive and pulled a card off the deck. Zack grinned. "Take your shirt off, Sephi."

Sephiroth cursed again and tugged off his smooth white shirt, leaving only his black tie and his boxers, plus a black ribbon in his hair. Cloud shrugged, dropped his backpack beside the door, and went into the kitchen. He opened the fridge door and leaned down, pushing aside a carton of expired milk and bad cheese to find a container of Chinese food. Opening it up, he found that it had also turned, growing mold and some unidentified white substance that looked like cocaine.

He sighed and tossed it in the garbage. "What do you guys want to order for dinner?"
Sephiroth and Zack looked at each other and shrugged. "You pick, blondie," Sephiroth said, smirking.

Cloud shrugged, pulled out a flyer for a pizza place, and dialed the number on the phone. He ordered two supreme pizzas and a two liter bottle of root beer, was told that if the pizza didn't arrive in thirty minutes it was free, and hung up.

Twenty minutes later, Sephiroth had lost and/or conceded to Zack, and the two men were watching TV on the couch, holding hands, Zack leaning into Sephiroth contentedly. The doorbell rang and Cloud opened it, only to find Squall standing there, dressed in a full Pizza Hut uniform, complete with the hat. The man was staring at his feet but looked up when the door opened, only to find Cloud. The man grinned and handed Cloud the pizzas and the soda. "Hey, sweetheart. What's up?"

Cloud blinked and blushed. "Oh, um… Hi…"

Squall laughed and looked past Cloud. "My shift's over. Can I come in?"

Cloud nodded and stepped aside to let the other man in. Sephiroth and Zack looked at him and smiled at each other. Zack stood up and looked Squall up and down, smiling all the while. "What's your name, sexy?"

"Squall. Yours?"
"Zack. And that's Sephiroth. You want a beer?"

"Sure."

It was obvious that Squall was sexy enough to pass Zack's test, and the beers were passed around. By ten that evening all men were pleasantly hammered.

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