"I told you so..."

"Lieutenant Fair..."

"Cadet Strife."

"Zaaaack..."

"Spiiiiike..."

"Would you stop mimicking me!"

"Nope."

"Ugh! You are so annoying!"

"Hey wait- Where you going!" The grin fell from Zack's face as he ran to catch up with Cloud, stopping to stand in front of him. Every time the blonde attempted to move away from Zack, the Second Class SOLDIER moved as well, soon rolling his eyes and grasping his best friend's shoulders to keep him still. "Spike I was only playing around! Would you rather I be boring? Isn't this the whole reason you're around me? Spike! Hey, don't cry on me!"

As usual Cloud's face was turned away from the hyper-active SOLDIER, hidden by hair. The Cadet's shoulders were shaking and he had one hand covering his face... A small gasp passed through Cloud's lips and Zack frowned, wondering how sensitive someone could get... This was really starting to become a pain... Gently Zack placed his palm on one side of the smaller boy's cheeks and turned his face towards him, eyes widening. Cloud iwasn't/i crying... He was... iLaughing/i... At ihim/i... The black-haired man let go of him and straightened his back, glaring down at him with his arms crossed indignantly, pride wounded. "What's so funny?" He demanded.

"It's... Just that..." Cloud snickered, trying to calm down. "I knew you'd follow me... What I didn't expect was the look on your face!" He started laughing hysterically now, bending over and clutching his stomache.

Zack's shoulders slouched and he stuck out his lower lip in a pout. "You are so mean..."

Cloud straightened again, hiding a smile behind a delicate hand. Adorably he tilted his head to the side slightly and asked, "so you'd rather I cry? I can make that happen if you want..."

Immediately Zack grasped Cloud's shoulders again with his eyes wide and mouth hanging open slightly, yelling out, "iNO/i" It was rare the the Second Class even got to see the boy smile, let alone full-out laugh. He only ever did it when he was alone with Zack... And boy did Cloud ever look adorable when he was openly showing his happiness... Zack wanted to keep that look on his face for as long as possible.

Cloud snickered again at Zack's over-dramatic reaction then closed his eyes and smiled sweetly with the cutest, "ok!" Zack had ever heard in his life...

Try this tongue-twister: "Throw SOLDIERS over the shoulder" xD Let me know how many can say it 10 times fast... oO I can't