Cloud glanced quickly at the message he'd collected before he went to his classes and found that he was supposed to visit Professor Hojo again at 1045, for a physical and blood donation. That wasn't anything he'd ever heard about before, and he'd only had a physical just under two weeks ago, before Hojo let him go to join the other new SOLDIERs 3rd class. He could hope to be allowed to skip the physical, but he knew better than to ever think it would happen; Sephiroth had warned him about how possessive the scientist was almost guaranteed to be. This was guaranteed to disrupt their lessons though, and he wasn't too surprised to find that Darres was the only older SOLDIER waiting for them, not when he heard the rest of the group talking about their orders to go to medical or to the labs.
"You've got today and tomorrow off, just go to your appointment for the physicals and blood donation today, and be sure to follow the aftercare instructions you'll be given. Any questions?" Darres was usually the most approachable of their teachers, so he must really dislike something about this...probably the physicals, although Cloud might be wrong.
"Why do we have to donate blood now sir?" Cloud was glad that Killian had asked the question because it meant he didn't have to, or to ask Sephiroth.
"Because SOLDIERs can receive blood that contains a lower level of Mako than their own, but it doesn't work as well as blood containing approximately the same level of Mako." And blood with more Mako would probably be like receiving extra doses of Mako, and therefore dangerous. "And if a SOLDIER is injured seriously enough to need blood it's too dangerous to risk any further strain on his body. So all SOLDIERs are required to donate between 1 and 2 pints of blood every three months, to build up a reserve." Cloud was pretty sure that was all Darres was going to say on the subject, so he didn't bother to ask anything else - he could easily question Sephiroth or Zack about the things he'd left out of the explanation.
'Sephiroth?' He could tell that his mate wasn't really busy with anything that needed his full attention, so he continued once he had Sephiroth's attention. 'I've just been told I have today and tomorrow off, so I'll be with you again tonight.'
'Thank you Cloud.' It bothered Cloud a bit that something so little could matter so much to Sephiroth, but there was nothing he could do at the moment, so he turned his attention to what the rest of the group were doing. He listened to the other questions before Matthias had to leave to get to his appointment, triggering the group to break up and then he walked up to Darres, stopping him from leaving.
"What is it Cloud?" Darres sounded patient, not annoyed, so he figured it was safe to ask about his schedule.
"I was wondering if you had anything you had to do today, or if you'd be free to spar with me until I have to report to the labs for my physical and blood donation."
"I'd like to see you fight full out a bit more, but stick to the moves you know well." Presumably he was planning to help Cloud with the moves he was having problems with in the free sparring section of the lessons. "My physical's at 1115, when's yours?" They'd already started moving when he asked the question, and Cloud realised he shouldn't have needed prompting to tell Darres that.
"1045. Thanks for agreeing to spar with me. I know it isn't actually something I need to work on as much as other things, but I need to calm my nerves a bit before I go see Professor Hojo."
"He's doing your physical himself? He usually only does the General and a few SOLDIERs 1st class." Darres sounded shocked, and Cloud shrugged in response.
"Yeah, well...I got into SOLDIER by agreeing to play lab rat for him as much as anything else."
"Can't be. You're too good for that. Unless you've got a really screwed up response to Mako?"
"I wouldn't know. But...I'm 'pretty' and SOLDIER 1st class Gregori did my interview." Hopefully the bastard was notorious enough that Darres wouldn't need any further explanation than that - but there was an obvious way to distract him. "Should we use this training room? It looks like it's free."
"Sure. Come on at me." Darres stood in a loose defensive stance, but he was clearly just a bit distracted, and Cloud took as much advantage of that as he could. He still lost by 1030, partly because he wasn't trying to come up with unusual ways to apply the moves he used, and partly because Darres was working harder than he did during Cloud's lessons, but he enjoyed himself anyway.
"You've got more skill than most SOLDIERs do. I expect you'll be up for promotion to 2nd class in a few months."
"I can hope." Cloud grinned at Darres, not saying exactly what he could hope for; that he'd have done well enough that no one would be too suspicious of Cloud being promoted to 2nd class in just under five months time. He knew Zack had been promoted to 2nd class almost exactly six months after he became a SOLDIER, and to 1st class just six months after that, so it wasn't as if it was unprecedented. And SOLDIERs 2nd and 1st class were trained personally by a more experienced SOLDIER of their new class for the first two months as well as being put into the appropriate groups to train for teamwork. "I've got to go now, so I'll see you later."
"Yes, later."
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Sephiroth firmly repressed his anger when he realised SOLDIER 2nd class Simon had signed off on a claim of accompanying Cloud's group in the monster hunting exercise. He knew that his keeper wouldn't lie to him about what had happened during that training exercise, and the simple fact that the Restore Zack had lent Cloud for the exercise was returned fully mastered was enough to tell anyone that something had gone wrong during it. At least anyone who paid attention and knew about it - Cloud had probably insisted that he was fine, and that he wasn't going to let Gregori beat him, which would have been enough to keep their friend from taking that issue any further.
But there were a lot of discrepancies in his report; for instance he'd assumed that the only monsters Cloud's group had killed were the ones they'd brought evidence of killing back with them - and those had been more impressive than the ones the other groups had killed. Except of course for the group which had been accompanied by two instructors, and even there SOLDIER 2nd class Vittorio had admitted to helping with the kills - just as SOLDIER 2nd class Simon had claimed to help make the kills with Cloud's group. Actually comparing the two reports you'd think both groups had been composed of cadets who were overconfident and arrogant to the point of needing to be rescued when a cadet would try to fight something too powerful for him to handle alone, and while Vittorio had tried to minimise that in his report Simon had done his best to make Cloud's team look as bad as possible.
He'd have to ask Cloud about exactly what happened with his group during the exercise, tonight perhaps, when Cloud would be able to stay with him through the night, or perhaps tomorrow, but for now...Sephiroth sent a query to the linguistics section of the PR department, checking to see how busy they were, then set up a search for the reports by the four instructors Sephiroth suspected of being drawn into Gregori's abuse of power in his previous classes. He spent just over half an hour dealing with the paperwork he was supposed to be doing before he received a response from the linguistics section, informing him that there was one person available, and asking what he needed.
He checked that his search hadn't pulled up anything irrelevant and then attached all of the reports to his reply, asking for them to be checked for any indications of deception, and for similarities between the reports presented for the same cadet class. He made sure that it was clear this wasn't anything official, so he would understand that any other work would come first, but if possible he'd prefer the same person deal with all of the reports.
He didn't get any response by the time he shut his computer down to go to lunch, but he hadn't expected one that quickly after all. This was just something else to add to the evidence against Gregori and his cronies, and perhaps something that would reveal more people Gregori had corrupted. Angeal was waiting at a table when Sephiroth got to the canteen and he resisted the temptation to sit somewhere else in a petty revenge for Angeal's absence at breakfast. It would make people wonder if he avoided the older man, especially since everyone knew Angeal was as close to a friend as he got, and they probably knew that Sephiroth shared Angeal's bed as well, even if they had stopped acting affectionately in public.
"I looked for you at breakfast." He didn't mean to sound accusing, and he didn't think that he actually did, but Angeal might interpret his words that way, and Sephiroth didn't actually mind if he did.
"I had an early meeting in preparation for the next cadet class." Sephiroth hadn't realised that; he'd never paid attention to what Angeal had to do in preparation for the six months he spent training cadets for the SOLDIER Entrance Exams.
"Ah." But before Sephiroth had been given to Cloud Angeal would have sought him out and dragged Sephiroth to eat with him. "Do you know why Cloud would be given leave today and tomorrow?" Cloud hadn't said, and he would prefer it if he didn't have to actually tell Angeal that he wouldn't be available as a result, if his oldest lover could take the hint.
"The SOLDIERs 3rd class make their blood donation this week, and they get the day after the donation off as well, since it takes them a bit longer to recover." Sephiroth had personally always been a bit surprised that ShinRa didn't make SOLDIERs go straight back to work after compulsory blood donation, but he smiled at Angeal as he responded.
"I didn't know that. Thanks. And thank you for the information you left for me this morning as well."
"It won't be enough, but it's more evidence isn't it?"
"Yes, I hadn't considered checking to see which instructors were involved in Gregori's deception with the monster hunting exercise, but I sent their reports to be analysed, since I think there's some more evidence hidden in them."
"Evidence?" Angeal sounded surprised by that, not that Sephiroth could entirely blame him.
"Yes...there were a lot of similarities between the reports written on Cloud's group and the group which had two instructors with them, and I think there might be little inconsistencies that would show how they were falsified, but I don't know how to find them."
"Will it be accepted as evidence?" A purely practical question, and Sephiroth hoped they'd have everything together to get Gregori out before the next time he had control of a class of cadets.
"I don't know, but even if it isn't it will give us an idea of what sort of questions to ask."
"Hmm. I guess you'll be with Cloud tonight and tomorrow night?"
"He's only said about tonight, but probably."
"I see." Angeal left then, since he'd finished eating and Sephiroth hadn't, and Sephiroth did his best to keep from believing it was in punishment for what he'd just said.
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Cloud left the lab with a sigh of relief, grateful to have escaped from Hojo after just over an hour and a half, since his blood donation had been taken by a lab tech. He'd half expected to be told to come back immediately after he'd eaten, but Hojo had seemed conscious of how it would look for him to pay even more special attention to Cloud than he already was. Cloud had gritted his teeth and forced himself not to respond to Hojo's insinuation that people would assume he'd earned his promotion to SOLDIER 2nd class in four months in bed, and that gossip would have him in Hojo's bed if he wasn't careful.
There wasn't anyone he knew eating in the canteen, so Cloud just picked up his lunch; lots of red meat and dark green vegetables to help him build up his blood again more easily as recommended by the lab tech who'd taken his blood. He found an empty table, and sat there alone, rather than bother asking to sit with anyone else, although he would have if there'd been fewer empty tables, but he didn't object when Geran and Daniel came to sit with him.
"Not eating with the rest of your class?" Geran smiled at Cloud as he asked the question, so it didn't bother him too much.
"No, we've been having our physicals and donating blood today, so we ended up being split up." Cloud shrugged, hoping he wasn't going to be asked for the details of what his physical was like - since he was sure it was more detailed than any other SOLDIER 3rd class'. "Tell me we're not going to be given a physical every time we give blood?"
"No, we just get physicals every six months." Daniel must have seen the displeasure Cloud felt at that idea. "Let me guess; Professor Hojo insisted on doing your physical himself?"
"Yeah, even though he insisted on doing a physical before he let me go and join the rest of the new SOLDIERs. Enough of that. I'm thinking about getting a combat materia to mature in my time off, any suggestions?" Geran and Daniel both had their favourites, but neither of them managed to talk him out of the Lightning materia he'd already decided he wanted. They did give him advice on where to get his materia a bit more cheaply; he'd only scouted places above the Plate, and each of his room mates had a suggestion about where to look for a materia shop under the Plate, in the slums. From there he managed to get enough advice and stories about using materia to cover the rest of the meal.
He was actually surprised by how much less his materia cost when he bought it at the Sector 5 shop recommended by Daniel, but he still made sure to return above the Plate to buy the rest of his medical supplies. He was confident of the quality of the medical supplies above the Plate in a way he wasn't with whatever medical gear he'd be able to find below the Plate, and unlike the materia he couldn't test the quality before buying or using it. Maybe he would have been as impressed by the quality of medicine available below the Plate as he was by the materia there; he certainly knew that medicine in Nibelheim was better than outsiders would expect of such a small village, but he didn't have a reason to take the risk.
This time when he went to the canteen he saw Damon and Warren sitting together, and after putting his meal together he approached them, asking if they were willing for him to join their table.
"You don't need to ask Cloud. Just sit down." It was nice to be so easily welcomed, and Cloud was sure that if Warren had any objections he'd have said so.
"Did your source warn you about the physicals and blood donation?" His question would probably give Warren reason to boast at least a little, and Cloud didn't have any reason to mind giving him that.
"Yeah; he said all SOLDIERs had to have physicals every six months, and donate blood every three, and it was coming up these two weeks for SOLDIERs 3rd class, but he couldn't say exactly when we'd have to donate. What about yours?" Cloud needed something to distract Warren without revealing exactly who his 'source' was, and he needed it fast. Of course; not all SOLDIERs went through the cadet programme.
"I don't think it occurred to him to mention it, you should know that it's just the cadets who don't have to donate blood four times a year."
"So he thought you'd already know, yeah I get it. I got almost an extra two months between donations because of the Exams coming just before my unit was due to give blood again. What do you think would happen if it was the other way, a new SOLDIER having to give blood early?"
"I don't think it would be too bad; it's scheduled for two months after enhancement, so everyone will have had at least that long to recover, and honestly men only really need two months to recover enough to safely donate again." Cloud had heard that from one of the lab techs, complaining about Hojo's desire to do experiments on the all too scarce supply of SOLDIER blood. "Any plans for your day off tomorrow?" He glanced at both of his friends, including Damon in the question.
"We're going out drinking tonight." Damon sounded almost wistful; Cloud remembered how they'd never been able to trust the rest of their class to guard their backs if they did that; and he hadn't wanted to go drinking, to risk being out of control that way.
"I know a couple of good whorehouses too, so we can relieve any lingering virgins among us of that little problem. Want to join us?"
"Sorry, no. I'm spending tonight with my lover. Besides, I want to do some work on my endurance tomorrow," his wind actually, but it was pretty much the same thing, "going out drinking won't help with that. Any suggestions on what I should do besides those obstacle courses and track circuits again and again?" He directed the question more at Warren than at Damon, betting that the older SOLDIER would have more experience from being able to draw on his time in the regular army while he was waiting for his second chance at the Exam.
"Kit up and go for a nice long run, outside of Midgar. Don't bother carrying too much, and set a nice easy pace, something you can keep up for a long time, all day if you have to." So he wouldn't be pushing himself the way he had been when he ran the courses with the other new SOLDIERs 3rd class. And he could get some combat practice in against any monsters he ran into during his training.
"Thanks for the advice." Cloud grinned at Warren as he spoke. "And you don't need to tell me that I need it, I know I do."
"You're playing catch up. And I'm not sure how much you can slide by on your sword work, or for how long."
"Not long I'd think. And I can manage to keep up with you lot on the courses - I just have to push harder than the rest of you."
"Yeah, you were last in the test, but not by that much, and Peter was fourth from last there." Cloud was relieved to here Damon join the conversation again, and he grinned at the redhead. "You really think anyone's gonna be allowed to 'slide by' on anything?"
"They let exceptional fighters do a little bit worse on the courses back in the Regulars; don't think the SOLDIERs'll be much different." Cloud shrugged, at Warren's words, since they were pointing out things he wasn't comfortable with himself.
"I can make the minimums, I don't think they'll come down too hard on me as long as I can do that, and as long as the gap isn't too obvious. I'll close the gap as fast as I can, but can we talk about something else? Like girls, what sort of girls do you like?" They both laughed at that, but they did agree to change the subject.
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Sephiroth paced nervously, hoping Cloud would just walk in and take charge tonight; he couldn't take worrying about exactly what he should do to please his keeper after the way Angeal had been acting. Perhaps...a hint? He ran the idea through his mind, and when he didn't find any problems with it, or feel any hints that his conditioning would prevent it he relaxed a bit. His plan would have the added benefit of keeping him well out of Cloud's reach when he entered the room as well; not that he thought that was likely to be a problem when Cloud had been with him just last night.
He could hear Cloud approaching his door, and put his plan into action, moving to a spot where his lover would see him when he walked in, and kneeling to wait for his arrival. It wasn't a risk, if it was anyone but Cloud they'd have to knock and wait for him to let them in; even Angeal and Zack would have to do that since he'd never given them keycards for his rooms. Angeal had asked once, but he'd refused on the grounds that the other man hadn't offered him a keycard to his quarters - and Angeal had never changed the situation, he'd seemed just a bit offended by Sephiroth's explanation. Sephiroth hadn't understood why, but he'd decided it didn't matter, and when Angeal had asked about his reason for giving Cloud a keycard he'd pointed out that not only did Cloud not have private quarters of his own, but Sephiroth had been ordered to give him access to his quarters.
"Sephiroth?" For a moment Sephiroth thought that Cloud would ask what was going on, but then he felt his keeper's mind sweep across his, ruthlessly extracting whatever information he needed through their link. "What are you doing still dressed?"
"Sorry Cloud I-" He was cut off by a sudden pain in his head.
'Silence!' He flinched as Cloud sent that word thundering through their link on the heels of the pain, then leant his head into Cloud's outstretched hand as his keeper soothed the pain as easily as he'd caused it. 'I don't want to hear a word from you tonight, not unless I explicitly give you permission to speak. Understood?' Sephiroth wasn't sure if Cloud meant speech through their link as well as verbally, so he just nodded against his lover's hand, grateful that he would be getting what he needed tonight. Cloud would be giving clear and unambiguous orders, at least he hoped he would, and Sephiroth wouldn't have to think at all, only obey.
"Good boy." Cloud stroked his hair almost lovingly as he spoke. "Now, get undressed. Ah, no." Cloud's hand moved to his shoulder, holding him down when Sephiroth tried to stand to obey. "I don't want you to stand; stay on your knees." That would make it a little harder to strip, but not that much harder, and it would probably work out as a better show for Cloud as well. He waited for Cloud to release him and was surprised to hear his keeper stepping back a few paces, but then he started by wriggling out of his coat, letting it fall down his arms, pulled by the weight of the armour fastened to it. Glancing up through lowered lashes he saw Cloud watching him with a hungry smile on his face, and he bowed his head again in a futile effort to hide his arousal and pleasure at the hinted possessiveness.
He twisted around to put his coat to the side, out of the way, and then began working on the boots, emphasising how awkward this was, because he was sure that was what Cloud wanted - because Cloud seemed to be aroused by that from what he could sense through their link. He moved to unfasten his harness next, turning to face Cloud again and letting his hair fall over his shoulder.
"No, leave that on." Sephiroth's hands obediently moved to his belts, and he put those aside, before raising himself a little to unfasten his pants, then inch them down his legs, wriggling as much to please Cloud as to make it easier to get them off. Then he settled back down on his heels and clasped his hands over his lap, bowing his head and focusing on the floor in front of him, waiting for Cloud to give another command. Cloud didn't say anything for a while, and Sephiroth resisted the urge to look up, to follow Cloud's movements with his eyes and not just his ears, focusing instead on holding his position for Cloud's pleasure.
"If you're posing for me I want your legs further apart; say your knees about shoulder-width apart, and your hands resting palm down on your thighs. But not now. Now I want you to come and kneel in front of me; between my legs."
Sephiroth obeyed, blushing at the knowledge that he'd displeased Cloud, even in so small a way, he crawled over to his keeper's feet and knelt between his legs obediently, never looking above his waist. He shut his eyes when Cloud reached out to stroke his cheek, and leaned into his keeper's touch, purring ever so slightly in pleasure.
"I want to feel your mouth on me first. But don't make me come." He hadn't given Sephiroth permission to use his hands at all, so he leaned forward, nuzzling at his keeper's groin through the cloth at first, before using his teeth to unfasten Cloud's pants, stopping to purr when Cloud rested his hand on the side of his face with a laugh. "You may use your hands to get access, but for nothing else."
Sephiroth had to pull back to obey, but Cloud kept his hand cradling his face even as he reached into his lover's pants to pull out his cock and balls. As he moved forward, to lick lightly at the head of his keeper's cock first Cloud's hand moved to cradle the back of his head, and he let his eyes fall closed in pleasure at the reassurance that Cloud would correct him if he made a mistake. He leaned forward a bit further, tracing the vein on the underside of Cloud's cock briefly, before moving back to take Cloud into his mouth. He was careful not to stimulate Cloud too much, to keep the pleasure from building until it reached the point of climax, but that wasn't difficult...it wasn't anything Angeal or Zack had ever required of him, but all it required was careful attention to your lover, and that was something he loved to give.
When Cloud let his hand fall from the back of his head Sephiroth took that as the signal to stop, sitting back on his heels and taking the risk of looking up directly at Cloud's face. Immediately Cloud wrapped one hand in his hair, pulling him up so that Cloud could kiss him, while the other hand rested at Sephiroth's groin, stroking him to full arousal.
"You did very well." Cloud's grip slid down the length of his hair, finally tightening further away from his scalp, giving Sephiroth a bit more freedom. "Now stand." he obeyed, pulling back to give Cloud room to stand as well, and he followed when Cloud led him to the bedroom, hand still wrapped in his hair.
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Cloud kept on checking how Sephiroth was feeling through their link, hoping he was giving his lover what he needed and making sure he wasn't pushing him too hard or being too demanding. But his mate was enjoying the way Cloud was controlling him, his movement, his behaviour and his speech. Cloud didn't really understand it, but he didn't need to, not really as long as he was careful not to abuse the power he had over Sephiroth, and he guided his lover through to the bedroom by his hair after enjoying his expertise at oral sex for a long enough time.
"Stand still until I tell you otherwise." He released Sephiroth's hair as he spoke, and began combing his fingers through it, trying to smooth out the tangles he'd just put into it. It wasn't really working, but it made Sephiroth purr in pleasure, so he kept on doing it for a while, before he began to walk around his lover, fingers trailing over his body, tracing the edges of the harness he was still wearing at times, or tweaking a nipple just to see the reaction. Finally he stretched up to kiss Sephiroth's throat and lightly bite it, before leaving him to sit on the edge of the bed.
"Now kneel, facing me." Sephiroth obeyed instantly, taking up the position Cloud had described earlier, letting him see how much this aroused him. But his head was bowed, and Cloud didn't really like that. "No, look at me." This time Sephiroth obeyed more slowly, as if he was a bit uncomfortable meeting Cloud's eyes, not that Cloud entirely blamed him for that - he remembered how Angeal had reacted as if Cloud was challenging him somehow every time he met the older man's eyes.
"Good. I want to see your pleasure in your eyes." The lubricant was positioned conveniently near Cloud, and he reached to pick up the vial of oil, tossing it at Sephiroth. "Now, I want you to prepare yourself, and make it look good. Stroke yourself at the same time, but not to climax."
Sephiroth opened the vial, and put it to one side, pouring some oil onto the fingers of his right hand while the left wrapped around his cock. He lifted his hips up a bit, thrusting into his hand, while he moved his right hand to his ass. Cloud could tell when Sephiroth slid the first finger into his body, because it showed on his face, and he could hear the indrawn breath, followed by renewed motion on his cock.
"You can play with your balls for a bit if you want, or touch your nipples." Because he could see and feel that his lover was getting perilously close to climax after the second time he went back to get some more oil. Sephiroth's immediate reaction was to grab at his balls, and pull at them, and Cloud could see how that took the edge off. He was tempted to open his own pants and stroke himself, but he was pretty sure that wouldn't be any help in setting the scene for Sephiroth, at the moment he could tell that his mate needed a master who was in total control, of himself and of Sephiroth. And honestly, he wanted to feel in control, to impress his control on his mate after having to submit to Hojo's attention in the lab today.
When he thought he'd given Sephiroth long enough to prepare himself he stood and walked around to stand behind his lover, finally unfastening his pants as he walked to give himself some relief from the growing constriction. He scooped up the oil and coated his dick with it before he said anything, enjoying the way Sephiroth shivered, sending ripples through his hair as Cloud stood behind him.
"You've done enough preparation. Lean forward, ass in the air and put your forearms on the floor." He knew he was being a bit blunt, but he couldn't think of a prettier way to say it, and Sephiroth obeyed quickly enough, bending his arms so he could rest his forehead on them, and Cloud had no hesitation about thrusting straight into him. He didn't even try to be gentle, just setting a rhythm, and adjusting his angle until he could feel Sephiroth's pleasure through their link, refusing to feed his own pleasure into his lover, only partly because his mate didn't like it. But he still made a point of holding off on his own climax until Sephiroth came on his cock with a half-strangled cry, and he raked his nails down Sephiroth's side as he came.
"Good, that was good my love." He stroked Sephiroth's back soothingly as he pulled out enjoying the purr he elicited in response. "To your feet." This time he took hold of Sephiroth's wrist as he tugged him to the bathroom, finishing the job of stripping Sephiroth naked and removing his own clothes before he turned the shower on. "Wash me."
Sephiroth looked and felt pleased as Cloud stepped into the shower, and he didn't hesitate to let his lover move him however he felt he needed to so that he could obey the order. Then it was Cloud's turn to return the favour, but first...
He kissed Sephiroth, wrapping that long silver hair around his fist and pushing him up against the wall, free hand running roughly down his body to his groin, and then, once he was hard Cloud pressed his own arousal against Sephiroth's, thrusting against him until they both climaxed. He stepped back, pulling Sephiroth more fully under the shower and began washing him slowly and very gently, kissing him every so often.
"Do you want to dry my hair first, or would you rather I took care of you first?" Sephiroth looked torn and Cloud remembered his earlier order. "You may speak to answer the question, but nothing else."
"If it would please you I'd love to attend to you first."
"Good." Cloud stepped out of the shower and picked up one towel, drying himself off. "You can turn the shower off now and come out." He handed the towel he'd used to his lover as he stepped out. "Here, use this to wrap your hair." Then he picked up a dry towel and started drying Sephiroth down, pulling him through to the bedroom once he'd finished.
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