Oooo second chapter goodness :P
Important note about the Story: This story is set in an AU, also I tried to get the character's personalities right, but there might be OOC moments because of how I needed the story to work.
Pairings: Sephiroth/Zack/Cloud
Warnings: Yaoi, Sex (in later chapters), possible language and violence
Disclaimer: nope I don't own the characters
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Chapter 2 – Sorrowful Discussion
Zack soon found his target near the hotel where the SOLDIER's were being housed during their stay. The blonde haired man was leaning against a building, looking slightly under the weather.
"Hey Cloud!" the first class SOLDIER tackled the younger, smaller frame, getting the cadet in a head lock. He ran his fingers through the golden soft locks, "What's wrong Chocobo head?"
Cloud wiggled out of the man's grasp, a small pout on his lips, "First, I'm not a Chocobo, Zack! … and second, helicopters and I don't seem to get along very well." The porcelain skin seemed to pale and a green hue lightly colored the man's cheeks as he remembered the horrible ride to the city.
"Awww! Poor Cloudy gets motion sickness!" the older man batted his eyelashes, giving the blonde his cutest puppy eyes.
"Zack! I'm warning you! One more word and I'll… I'll," Cloud's sentence abruptly stopped and Zack watched as his eyes got as big as saucers. The cadet's mouth hung open and Zack knew even before he turned around that there was only one person who could get that look to cross Cloud's face.
"Heya Sephiroth, what brings you here? Is something wrong?" he asked as Cloud saluted stiffly.
The General shook his head, "Nothing is wrong Zack." He glanced to his left and noticed the cadet's ridged posture, wide eyes and gaping mouth. "I'm not here on Shinra business," he smirked, reaching over to close the blonde's mouth with a finger under his chin, "So at easy, Cloud…You don't mind if I call you by first name do you?"
Cloud blushed a bit but the glow of the setting sun hid it from the two men in front of him, "You can call me whatever you want General, Sir"
Sephiroth let his lips curl in a small smile. Zack couldn't help embarrassing the young man; it was just so much fun to do. He playfully frowned, "Hey wait! He can call you Chocobo and I can't? That is so unfair!"
Cloud paled, his skin deathly white. He couldn't believe Zack had said that dreaded nickname in front of the General.
An unexpected chuckle from Sephiroth startled both the cadet and the SOLDIER, "Cute Zack. I like it."
Cloud blushed deeply this time and his eyes stared at his feet, too embarrassed to look up. Zack was ecstatic that they had gotten the General to loosen up. He decided though that picking on Cloud anymore would result in lonely, cold and uncomfortable nights sleeping on the couch and not in their bed. "So back on topic, what brings you here in your 'non-Shinra business' way?"
Sephiroth hesitated, not sure how to ask to spend time with them and not act like a third wheel, "…have you two eaten yet?" To Cloud's horror the mire mention of food made his stomach growl causing both older men to stare in his direction.
Zack noticed the smile once again curling the edges of Sephiroth's lips, 'Wow I hardly see him smile in a month let alone so many times in minutes.'
"I'll take that as a no. Would you both care to join me?" the General offered.
"Heck yes!" Zack practically screamed, startling Cloud. He tugged on the young man's his arm. "Cloud, you are about to eat the best food in the world! It's like nothing you have ever had before…makes my mouth water…oh man!..." Zack had let go of the cadet and rambled on as he marched in the direction of the hotel, leaving Cloud and Sephiroth frozen on the street.
"And I thought he just acted that way to annoy me…" Sephiroth shook his head as he contemplated the man in the distance.
"No that's pretty much Zack all of the time," Cloud smiled and Sephiroth noticed how the man glowed. However, the blonde's mood changed fast and his eyes darkened. He looked blankly into the distance, "Except for lately, he is less like himself. He still mourns for Angeal…sometimes I can hear him crying at night when he thinks I'm asleep. I try to help the best I can…but I did not know the man. I cannot understand his pain." Cloud's voice wavered while he talked, his mind lost in past events.
Sephiroth felt a weight in his chest as he stared at the sad man before him. He raised his hand and placed it on the blonde's shoulder, squeezing gently. Cloud came back to the present, staring up into the General's eyes. His sapphire blue orbs were glistening behind wet puddles that refused to fall down the porcelain skin of his face. The silver haired man had to contain the urge to wrap his arms around the smaller body. He could see how Zack had fallen fast for the shy cadet, "I did not know… Thank you Cloud."
"Hey! You two coming or what!? I'm starving!" Zack yelled, hopping frantically up and down in the distance.
Sephiroth squeezed Cloud's shoulder one more time before heading toward Zack, the blonde following on his heels. 'This time will be different. I will not lose Zack and Cloud like I did Angeal and Genesis,' he internally vowed.
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A/N: Don't you just want to pick up Cloud and huggle him? LOL. what's gonna happen next? Well you'll just have to wait for the next chapter!
