-1Title: Blooming Hearts
By: KuroSakura-chan
Summary: After much pestering by his friends Cloud and Aerith, Vincent goes on a blind date. Though he didn't think anything would come of it, he found that his date was actually interesting and had wanted to see him again. But what happens when his old boyfriend reappears, claiming to want Vincent back?
Category: Final Fantasy VII (with a few appearances from a few other FF games for professors)
Genre: Romance, drama,
Rating: M/NC-17
Couples: Sephiroth/Vincent, (past)?/Vincent, Cloud/Aerith,
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters who may appear in this fic. I do not own Malice Mizer or Gackt, either. But I do love Gackt! And so does Vince. At least, in this fic he does.
Warnings: Male on Male relationships. Don't like, don't read. If any of you even dare to flame me because this story contains yaoi, I will report you. Constructive criticism only, please. Other warnings to come, I'm sure! By the way, the characters are gonna be OOC. Ah, just so you all know, this is going to be done completely in Vincent's head. So, if things seem to jump around, that's because I'm doing this in…Oh hell, what was that term? At any rate, I'm doing this like how thoughts are in our heads. They jump around. A lot. Especially in my case. ;;
Kuro: Hey! I have something to bring up to you all!
Vincent: What is it?
Kuro: Not you. I mean the readers. If you all will take a trip to my profile, I have a poll going about what category my next fic will be in. I'll leave the poll open until December 19th, depending on if people vote in it. Please vote!
Vincent: Oh, and here I was thinking that something bad was going to happen to me.
Kuro: Oh, depending on what category wins, something might. (evil grin) Please vote!
Sephiroth drove me home that night.
Cloud and Aerith forgot to leave me with a vehicle and Sephiroth would not hear of me walking home in the dark. Not that Midgar is ever really dark. He's already really protective over me and we've only been on the one date.
I don't mind it, though.
It's endearing when Sephiroth acts protectively. I don't know why-I hate it when others do it-but I like it when he wants to protect me. Maybe it's because he doesn't seem the type to be protective.
Not that I can't protect myself, because I can. I can protect myself better than most.
It comes with sharing your body with a daemon.
I've shared my body with Chaos for as long as I can remember. Father says he hasn't always been there, but he won't tell me how he came to reside within my body. I've asked Chaos, but the daemon just cackles and tells me to ask my father.
Honestly, the way they keep putting me off-one might think they're working together to keep me from knowing the truth.
By the way, to find out more about Chaos, I've begun taking Daemon and Summons Studies.
Anyway, when I walked into the house, Aerith was curled up on the couch with a book lying beside her. Cloud was dozing in a chair and woke when I closed the door. He glanced at me, but didn't say anything, instead walking to Aerith and picking her up. She curled close to his chest, but didn't wake.
And so, I have managed to escape questions about my date.
In the morning, before the other two woke, I went downstairs. I always left before they did; I have an early-morning class every day, though it isn't always the same class.
Today, like every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I have Art, Marksmanship, Materia Training, Journalism, Natural Studies, and Flying Class.
Art is my early-morning class, though I have no idea how Professor Kiros can manage it. We all know that he and Professor Laguna of my Journalism class are a couple and that he takes care of Professor Laguna. And he's somehow still really patient with everyone.
Scary.
But he's a really nice guy. He's really laid-back and allows us to sit where we please and work on what we're best at. Every week, though, he charges us with a project for that week in something we need help with.
It's an excellent teaching style.
The only problem I'm having is that I haven't even started mine and it's due next Monday. It's also to be in my worst artistry tool: Oil Pastels. Paint, I have no qualms with, but for some reason, Oil Pastels drive me insane. I really don't understand why, though. Maybe it's because you have to be very exact with your strokes and it still can look crappy.
Ah, who knows?
Anyway, I made my way to class, picking up a coffee (not that I really need much caffeine since I rarely sleep as it is), and sitting at my normal easel. We rarely switch seats, since we get comfortable where we chose to sit in the beginning-near friends, for most people.
Of course, that's not to say that no one switches around. Like him, for example.
"Hey! Vincent!" Professor Kiros raised an eyebrow as Nanaki ran over to me, almost tripping over the stool beside me and my easel. "Mind if I sit beside you today?"
"No, go ahead…" I answered, staring at him slightly. I hadn't known that he'd been in my class. That doesn't mean that he just joined, it just means that I never noticed before, which isn't really that uncommon. I don't pay attention to much outside my small group of friends.
"Cool!" Nanaki grinned, plopping onto the stool beside mine. "I had completely forgotten we had Art together! Seph's gonna be so jealous!"
I almost dropped the box of pastels I was opening. I hadn't expected him to come up in any conversation that Nanaki might draw me into.
"Is that so…?" I responded slowly, pulling out a random pastel. I honestly had no idea what I was going to do for my project and so I decided to let my imagination have its way while I spoke with Nanaki.
"Oh yeah, man. He was still awake when I got back from work and all he did was talk about how great of a guy you were. He went on for hours until he noticed that I was falling asleep in my chair. After that, he helped me to bed and turned on his computer. I heard him typing away while I fell asleep. I think he might've been messing with his profile on that dating site where you two met." Nanaki stopped talking for a moment when Professor Kiros approached his easel.
"I do not mind if you talk, Nanaki, I would just like to see you working as well. Your grandfather would not be pleased if I just let you sit around all class period." The professor said with a smile. I glanced at my easel for a moment and frowned, picking up another color. Need more green there…
"Ok, Professor!" Nanaki grinned, pulling out a set of charcoal pencils. Professor Kiros smiled slightly and wandered off to the other side of the classroom where Reno was painting Rufus' coat rather than his easel. "Anyway, you are going to go out with him again, right?" I blinked at the sudden question that pried into my personal life. "I don't really mean to pry, but Seph's had a hard time getting any dates since he didn't really talk to anyone in high school and all. I don't think he'd know how to react if you suddenly decided to ditch him."
"I wouldn't do that…" I stated quietly. I knew what it was like to be ditched and to not have any dates. "Of course I'm going to go out with him again. I really enjoyed myself last night."
"Well, that's good."
Nanaki and I chatted for the rest of the class until finally, he cut off in the middle of a word, staring at my easel. I blinked and looked over, my mouth dropping open with what I saw. It was an exact replica of the Sephiroth I had met last night, only he was not wearing leather, but rather a white turtle neck.
"Holy…I've never seen such a good representation of Seph before…" Nanaki commented quietly.
"My, Mr. Valentine. It appears that your skill with Oil Pastels has improved greatly." Professor Kiros complimented from behind me.
"Dude, Seph has so gotta see this!" I shook my head violently. I couldn't let him see this…What would he think?
"I'm afraid that that will not be possible. This is his weekly project and so it must be turned in." Professor Kiros reached forward and took the portrait from my easel, carrying it up to his desk. I don't think I've ever been so grateful to someone in my life.
A/N: Whew! I meant for this to go on to explain another of his classes since Seph would be in that one too, but I needed to get this done so I could update for you guys. Anyway, preview:
"Hey! Vincent!" I turned to see Aerith waving at me from our normal lunch area by the large oak tree. Cloud was sitting with his back against the tree, Zack sitting beside him. And sitting beside Zack was…Sephiroth.
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