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Sorry for not updating for 2 months now, though I hope this chapter will make up for it X3
Chapter 7:
Sephiroth woke up to the smell of eggs and bacon, once again. He pulled the blanket off him and ran a hand through his head agitatedly. He fell asleep while waiting for the brunette to arrive.
Sephiroth stood up, and was about to head towards his room, to check on his blonde assistant and Yazoo, when he heard his name being called, along with a greeting.
"Good morning, Sephiroth."
Sephiroth looked at the brunette who greeted him.
"Good morning, Tifa."
Tifa smiled sheepishly, knowing Sephiroth waited for her last night. She clasped both of her hands in front of her face, in an apologizing manner.
"Sorry… I should have called if something came up."
Sephiroth smiled and walked towards the brunette's direction. He placed his right hand on top of her head and ruffled it gently.
"Don't do that again."
Tifa smiled and lowered her hands, she tilted her head to the side.
"Were you worried?"
Sephiroth stopped ruffling Tifa's hair, and looked at the side to avoid her gaze.
"Of course, not."
Tifa's smile fell, she looked at the floor. She expected Sephiroth to answer her like that and yet, she was hoping for something different. So much for wishful thinking, she forced a smile on her face and looked at Sephiroth.
"Where's Cloud?"
Sephiroth shrugged, indicating he haven't seen the blonde.
"So…what did Kisaragi want?"
Tifa furrowed her eyebrows and pondered on what to say, it is a delicate matter after all. She took a deep breath and answered Sephiroth's question.
"Well…Yuffie wanted me to look after Marlene and Denzel, for a couple of days…"
Sephiroth sighed and crossed his arms on his chest.
"How many days, exactly?"
Tifa bit her thumbnail, it was a habit of hers, whenever she gets nervous.
"Well…um three…"
Sephiroth raised his silver eyebrow at her and sighed.
"I guess it's a no-work day…starting today, huh?"
He smiled at her and walked towards, the table with food.
"Let's eat then…We're going to pick them up later, right?"
Tifa's eyes widen, she can't believe, Sephiroth allowed her cousins to stay with them. She walked towards Sephiroth and hugged him. If, she wished hard enough…maybe, just maybe. She might be able to melt the ice surrounding his heart.
Sephiroth's eyes dilated, he was shocked that Tifa hugged him. She was the first woman to hug him, besides his mother. A part of him told him to hug her back. The other half told him, not to. Sephiroth placed both of his hands on Tifa's shoulder and gently pushed her away from him.
"You're…too close."
Tifa looked at Sephiroth with sadness in her wine orbed eyes. She looked at the ground and released her hands, around Sephiroth's body. She walked towards her chair and sat on it.
Sephiroth sighed and sat on the chair, across from Tifa, he felt guilty for pushing, Tifa away. He didn't mean to cause such, grief for the brunette due to his actions. They ate, their breakfast in silence.
Yazoo's Pov:
I woke up due to the noise outside, Sephiroth's window. I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I looked at Cloud, who was sleeping soundly beside me. I gently left the bed and headed towards the window. The window was open for some reason, maybe to let the fresh air in? A cold air hit my face, I never felt such strong, cold air against my skin or face before. It was kind of refreshing.
A small blue creature flew towards the window sill. The creature was staring at me with its big black eyes. The creature tilted it's head to the side. It was furry, and it has wings too, and a yellow beak. I stared at it in awe, I was tempted, by its furriness, so I poked the creature. The only reaction I got from it was a flap of it's wings.
Cloud's POV:
I woke up to the cold air, hitting against my body and due to the lack of warmth. I desperately seek out the source of warmth, that was radiating from Yazoo's body and yet, the said person is missing. A frown formed on my lips, and a sleepy groan escaped from my mouth. I groggily sat on Sephiroth's bed, letting my eyes adjust to the brightness of the room, and looked around to find Yazoo.
My eyes landed on the entity in front of the window. He seemed to be preoccupied with something, to not even notice that I was already awake. I let out a low chuckle and walked towards Yazoo. As quietly as I could so that I won't be able to scare him. I slowly wrapped my arms around his waist and rested my chin on his firm, yet slender shoulder. My eyes traveled downwards, to where the little blue bird was. Yazoo kept on poking the poor bird.
A smirk made it's way to my lips as I lifted my head and placed my lips on his ear lobe, and let out a whisper.
"It's a bird."
Yazoo let out a soft gasp as my lips caressed, his ear lobe. The sound alarmed the bird, and flapped its wings and flew towards the bright sky. Yazoo's eyes saddened as he watched the bird flew towards the sky, I wonder what's going on, in that mind of his.
I decided to take away his attention for awhile, to forget about the bird that caused sadness in his eyes. I cupped his chin and tilted his head to the left, which is in my direction. I can see mixed emotions in his eyes, fear, confusion and a little bit of sadness.
I leaned towards him, our lips only centimeters apart. I brushed my lips against his. Yazoo's lips are soft, unlike mine. I was about to seal his lips against mine, when the door opened.
"What are you two doing?"
I clenched my left hand into a fist, must he ruin the perfect moment? I hesitantly let go of Yazoo's chin, and looked at the person leaning on the doorway, an amused smile on his face. Sephiroth closed the door and looked at me for an explanation, he crossed his arms on his chest. I sighed and ran a hand through my blonde hair.
"Nothing."
Now that was an utter lie, Sephiroth shook his head and chuckled.
"Taking advantage of him now, aren't we?"
He walked towards his closet and took out a blue dress shirt along with a black tie underneath the collar.
Yazoo smiled when he saw Sephiroth and greeted him.
"Good…Morning."
Sephiroth smiled and ruffled Yazoo's hair.
"Good morning, Yazoo."
I felt my heart clench at the sight, it confuses me why am I feeling like this? It's like, I wanted to be the one to make Yazoo happy and not Sephiroth, I clenched my fist tighter, my finger nails digging through my palm. Sephiroth turned his attention towards me, finally! I was beginning to worry that he forgot I was even in the room. He smiled at me, not that sickening smile he usually use. The you-don't-have-a-choice-smile, this one was genuine, does it only occur whenever Yazoo's involved?
"Cloud, I think it's better for you and Yazoo to eat breakfast."
He took his shirt off since I was actually staring at Yazoo, I noticed a tint of pink on his cheeks, but I decided to ignore it and looked at Sephiroth instead. Sephiroth wore the blue dress shirt, he walked in front of the mirror of his closet and started to fix the tie. I let out a chuckle, he looked at me through the mirror.
"Did I say something funny?"
I looked at him with a raised eyebrow, had he forgotten that Tifa isn't supposed to know about Yazoo?
"What about Tifa?"
Sephiroth was able to tighten his neck tie and moved on to his collar.
"She's waiting in the car right now."
I sighed and nodded. It was best to follow what he says even though, it wasn't really an order. I watched Yazoo from the corner of my eye, he was staring at Sephiroth with somewhat longing eyes. An unknown emotion started to take over. What I did next surprised Sephiroth and Yazoo, I was also surprised with myself. I grabbed Yazoo's wrist and dragged him towards the dining table.
Sephiroth's POV:
I was able to finish fixing my clothes, what happened next really surprised me. Did I do something wrong to agitate the blonde? He didn't have to drag Yazoo towards the dining table, the man has legs for kami-sama's sake. I'll have to ask him later, for now there is much important business I have to attend to. I left my room and looked at the dining table, to see Cloud pulling the chair out for Yazoo. He must have regretted dragging the poor man, though the blonde's kind gesture made me curious. Why was he so kind to Yazoo?
Despite the fact, he ignored Yazoo was an alien. I sighed and opened the door. I walked towards my car and opened the door. The brunette turned her attention towards me and smiled.
"Do you really have to dress like that?"
She was obviously teasing me, I smirked and got inside the car. I strapped the seat belt across my chest. I turned my direction towards the brunette, she was wearing a red turtle neck shirt and blue jeans. I let out a small chuckled.
"That's because I need to look professional."
I revved up the engine and drove off towards the train station.
Yazoo's POV:
I sat on the chair, that was offered to me by Cloud. I looked at the food while he sat across from me. He chuckled good heartedly, I looked at him and tilted my head to the side.
"What?"
Cloud's chuckle died down, he drank some water and smiled.
"It's because you seemed to be curious about everything, but that's understandable. You're an alien after all."
I stared at him dumbfoundedly, I did not understand every word that came out of his mouth. I continued to stare at the food, wondering what it was. I was wondering if Cloud, enjoyed seeing me like this… so vulnerable to their culture.
"It's eggs and bacon."
I looked at the food called "Eggs and bacon." I poked at the strange looking food with my fork, which would probably be the "egg.". I was surprised, when it oozed a strange yellowish liquid. Soaking the "egg" and a piece of meat.
My mind drifted off towards previous event, where Cloud tried to kiss me. I sighed and placed the fork, back on the table. I don't want Cloud to think, I was being rude for not eating the food. Cloud stopped eating and looked at me, with confusion etched his face.
I stood up and turned around, it was useless to talk to him. He wouldn't be able to understand me, besides his actions earlier confused me. He wasn't the only one though, Sephiroth also confuse me. I was snapped from my thoughts when I heard Cloud's confused voice.
"Yazoo?"
'I'm sorry, Cloud… I need to be alone for awhile.' I took a deep breath. Maybe I could take a bath, to clear my thoughts. I turned around to face him once more.
"Bath."
He stood up, obviously he wanted to help me take a bath. He walked towards me with a smile on his face, I crossed my arms in front of my chest. I don't want him near me, for now. Who knows what kind of perverted trick, he has up in his sleeve this time.
"Alone."
I told him in a cold voice that I could muster. Cloud furrowed his eyebrows, he didn't say anything. He only looked at me with confusion, and an emotion that I am not familiar with. I sighed and looked at Cloud apologetically, he was nothing but nice to me, but I repaid him with such a rude attitude. I walked towards Sephiroth's bathroom, I've seen how Sephiroth operated this "thing". It wouldn't be too hard.
I turned the golden knob to the right, blue liquid spewed from the shower. The liquid was cold as it ran against my skin, funny it's temperature was different from before. I paid no heed to the temperature, of the blue liquid. That came from the shower, has thoughts of Cloud's strange behaviour occupied my mind.
Was he really going to kiss me? I touched my lips with my forefinger, his lips were warm against mine. I really abhor the condition, I am in right now. Humans confuse me, there is a way for me to understand them, but am I really going to take that risk? What if my parents would know or worse, what if Vincent knows?
I shudder at the thought about my parents knowing, especially Vincent. I have been told that Martians are really violent, then why am I getting married to one? Is it for peace or my parents are just afraid to turn down, the marriage?
I sighed and turned the golden knob to the right, the blue liquid had stopped spewing from the shower. I gently got out of the huge, white ceramic bath tub and searched for the white fluffy thingy. That humans use to dry themselves with.
Eventually, I didn't see one and decided to walk towards the door leading to Sephiroth's room. As I opened the door, my eyes widened. Cloud was sitting on Sephiroth's bed. He was looking down, on his clasped hands. He seems to be deep in thought. He fiddled with his thumbs, in a way that reminds me of a child coming up with an excuse so that he wouldn't be scolded by his parents. Was he waiting there, the whole time?
He must have heard the creaking sound of the door opening as he immediately looked at me. His eyes widened, when he saw that I was completely wet.
"Yazoo…You're soaked!"
I looked at him and raised an eyebrow, he stood up and opened Sephiroth's closet. He took out a white fluffy thing, and started to rub it on my head in a drying motion. Why can't I, just do those things by myself? I sighed and stared at Cloud's face. Now that I've actually had a good look at him, his looks aren't too shabby. His azure eyes are like the color of the sky. I don't mind getting lost, in those eyes of his.
He must have noticed, I was staring at him. When he stopped drying my hair, he looked at me with confused eyes.
"What? Is there something on my face?"
I blushed in embarrassment, he caught me staring at him. So un princely-like of me, luckily the white material was big enough. So that I can be able to hide from Cloud's gaze, I stared at the floor, a couple of thoughts running in my mind. Can someone be this kind, even without benefitting from it?
"Nothing…"
Cloud let out a sigh and ran a hand through his spiky blonde hair, I wonder how he made his hair stand like that. Isn't it a bit dangerous? It can poke someone's eye out.
"I brought you some clothes."
A tint of pink, dust his cheeks. He at the other way, clearly avoiding my gaze, I looked at the bed, on top of the bed were a pile of clothes. He brought me a sky blue shirt, and some jeans. I turned my attention towards him, he continued to stare at the wall. This time, he was rubbing the back of his neck, sheepishly.
"I just thought, it might be better for you to sleep with clothes on."
I might not know what words was coming out of his mouth, but it seems like he wasn't comfortable. Seeing me in all my glory, I walked towards the bed and wore the clothes that, he had brought me. The clothes were a little big for me. I'm guessing, these clothes belong to Cloud. Cloud's back was facing me, why was he so embarrassed and uncomfortable seeing me without clothes.
We're both from the same gender, right? A smile found it's way to my lips as an idea struck me. I stalked towards him, I placed my right hand on his right shoulder and muster all of my power. To turn him around, towards my direction.
Cloud was surprised at the sudden power that I was able to emit.
"Yazoo…what are y…"
I cut him short, with one swift movement. I crashed my lips towards his warm ones. This is also, another process of learning one's language. Although not fully, I felt Cloud's hands wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer to him. He also returned the kiss, but with passion. His tongue licked my lower lip, asking for entrance. As much as I wanted for him to kiss me, this has to stop.
I gently pushed him away from me. He has mixed emotions, written all over his face. I regretted the decision of even kissing the blonde, it made the subject so much worse. He still hadn't let go my waist, I looked away so that I wont be able to see those emotions in his eyes.
"Litzergarm."
Cloud blinked at me, trying to comprehend what I just had said.
"What?!"
I chuckled at his reaction.
"I said, thank you."
He continued to stare at me weirdly, even though I kissed him. I am not capable to read his thoughts, I tilted my head to the side.
"What?"
Cloud finally managed to let go of me, he seemed to be in shock. He pinched himself on the cheeks, he let out a pained yelp. I watched him as he continued to do things, that entertain me.
"You…you just spoke."
He banged his head on Sephiroth's wall, saying "I'm dreaming." All over again. Poor Cloud, his brain died on him. I cant blame him though, he didn't know that aliens can learn human language, through kissing or intercourse.
I walked towards him and placed my right hand on his shoulder. He stopped hitting his head on the wall, and looked at me.
"But how?"
I sighed, this would be a long explanation, but Cloud deserves to know. He's been kind to me, he even brought me his clothes that still smell like him.
Tifa's POV:
Sephiroth and I were waiting, for Marlene and Denzel at the train station. I looked at Sephiroth, wanting to ask him about his family. I've seen his mother, when we're still in middle school. That was the last time, I've seen his mother besides Sephiroth doesn't like talking about his family. I've got to try and tear those walls down, I took a deep breath and smiled.
"So…how's your family, back in Kyoto?"
There was something in Sephiroth's eyes that made me, want to regret ever asking him that question. His eyes were full of pain and remorse. It reminds me of a broken child that lost his dreams, hopes and family.
Sephiroth smirked and looked at me with sadness in his eyes. He must be really strong, to even force a smile on his face.
"They're fine…"
I forced a smile on my face, and nodded.
"That's good to hear."
Soon the train arrived, the station was filled with bustling people going in and out of the train. Since there's a lot of taller people than me, I had to stand on my tippy- toes and craned my neck, to see if Marlene and Denzel had got out of the train.
I sighed, it seems like their not on this train. What if, we missed the train they were on? That would make me really irresponsible. Sephiroth looked at me, he placed a hand on my shoulder. That was his way of telling people, not to give up.
"They're probably on the next train."
I placed my hand above his and gently covered his hand in mine. I looked at him and smiled. I felt so much better, when he's around.
"Thanks."
"Tifa-nee!"
That voice, I know that voice. I quickly look around, the station searching for the person the voice belonged to.
"Tifa-nee chan! Over here!"
My eyes landed on the two figures, standing near the entrance. A smile made it's way to my lips as I walked towards the two kids, the girl had her hair in a plait at the back of her head. Tied with a pink ribbon, next to her was a boy taller than her by 3 inches. His hair was a shaggy light brown color. I ruffled the boy's hair and pouted.
"I was worried about you two, what if you got kidnapped? Did you wait long?"
The boy's name is Denzel, he's marlene's older brother. He shook his head, his hair mimicking his every movement.
"Nope, we just got here and besides…"
He pointed to himself with a grin.
"I can take care of, myself and marlene."
I took a deep breath and sighed in relief, Denzel was such a good big brother.
"Alright, lets go then."
Denzel smiled and nodded, he looked at the man behind me. He furrowed his eyebrows and frowned.
"Tifa-nee chan, who is he?"
I mentally facepalmed, how can I forget about Sephiroth. I looked at him apologetically, which he waved his hand in a dismissive manner.
"This is Sephiroth, we'll be staying at his house."
Marlene looked at Sephiroth and walked towards him, she tugged on the sleeve of his dress shirt.
"Are you, oneechan's boyfriend?"
My eyes widened, and turned my attention to the seven year old. My cheeks flushed in embarrassment.
"Ma…Marlene!"
Sephiroth chuckled and bent down so that his height level was the same as marlene's and placed his hand on top of her head. His eyes seem to lit up, compared to before. Could it be, he likes children?
"I'm just a friend."
I sighed at Sephiroth's response, sure it hurt me a little bit. I'm glad he considered me as a friend, I noticed Denzel staring at me with a smirk on his face.
"You've been friend zoned."
He whispered and snickered at his comment, my eyebrow twitched in annoyance. Yuffie's going to pay for teaching, these children nonsense.
Sephiroth stood up and smiled, he told the kids to follow him to the car. We walked towards the car, Denzel was Holding my hand. While Marlene was with Sephiroth, the child wanted to ride on his shoulder. Somehow Sephiroth wasn't able to resist her, this side of his makes my heart melt.
I sat in the front seat while the kids sat in the back. I turned my head towards Marlene and Denzel.
"Don't forget to fasten on your seat belt."
I sound like a mother, Marlene and Denzel strapped their seat belt across their chest. I also strapped the seat belt across my chest, and so did Sephiroth.
He revved up the engine and drove off towards his house.
Shinra HeadQuarters:
Scarlet was inside the control room, she is determined to find the whereabouts of Vincent's fiancé. She stared at the big screen in front of her, she ordered the employees to identify another foreign spaceship. That may have detected by their satellite, one of the personnel was able to detect it.
"Scarlet-sama! We found it!"
Scarlet smirked, she crossed her arms in front of her chest. She looked at the woman and commanded her.
"Location."
The woman, that detected the foreign spaceship, fervently typed on her keyboard. To search for the set, she pressed the image on her screen, which popped out on the big screen.
"It's located on Sephiroth-san's lab."
Scarlet can't help but let out a laugh, everyone stared at her as if she'd gone crazy. Scarlet's laugh had died down, Sephiroth was making it so much easier for her to destroy him. She looked at one of the guards and told him, superiority evident in her voice.
"Tell Reno and Rude, to commence Plan A."
The guard nodded and bowed down before her, he left the control room and headed towards Reno and Rude's room as ordered by scarlet.
The guard knocked on the door and opened it, he called out to no one in particular. Since the room is pitch black.
"Commence Plan A."
There you go my lovelies~ this is the first time, that I was able to write a long chapter XD and thank you for your reviews, it was highly appreciated X3 I hope you like this chapter. Marlene and Denzel have arrived~ Dun Dun Dun… what kind of mischief might they cause? XD
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Meaning of the words:
Litzergarm- Thank you (Simlish)
white fluffy thingy/material- Towel
