This is the Cloud part. It involves Cloud. Cloud is in it.

Cloud has sex with men in this. Go Cloud!

Warning: Genesis is now a woman. He'd make a pretty girl, which is a slightly disturbing thought.

My mom called up the stairs, she didn't have to though, I'd already heard the motorcycle pulling into my driveway. I figured it'd be suspicious if I came tearing out the door the moment I heard him.

I'm still surprised that my mom likes my friends, it's not that they act badly around her, but they're all way older than me and Zack insists on picking me up on his bike now that he has a license.

After messing up my hair I walked slowly out the door, Zack was leaning against his bike with his arms crossed. I could see him clearly in the moonlight.

"God Cloud what took you so long?"

"I was looking for a shirt."

"Well Aerith and Tifa are waiting." I'd never met Aerith and I was looking forward to it.

"They could've come if you'd just taken a car."

"Blasphemy! Don't say that in front of Fenrir!"

"You named it now?"

"Yup."

I didn't say anything, just got on and wrapped my arms around him. I love riding like that, even though I know it doesn't mean anything. Damn Zack and his sexiness. That's the problem, though; it's not all about sex. Zack's the nicest guy ever, he's an airhead but in that sweet way that isn't annoying. It would be nice if it was just sexual though, then I could ignore it, but that would be too much to ask. I'm all out in love with my best friend.

After a while he stopped by a huge pond.

"Why are we stopping?" I asked.

He smiled. "I'm going to rape you."

"No seriously."

"Well that was a half-truth."

"Zack what're you doing?" I wasn't sure why I asked that, I knew, his lips were pressed against my neck, not that hard to figure out.

He laughed quietly. "What's it feel like?"

"Why?" I knew the answer to that too.

" 'Cause I can. You're not putting up much resistance anyway."

That was true; I was just sitting there not doing anything. "What about Aerith?"

He lifted his head to look in my eyes "I still care about her."

"So you're doing this?"

"Well turns out I love you…"

"I love you too. But what about Aerith?"

"You say you love me then start talking about Aerith, you're a fickle kid." He sighed. "Like I said I still love her too, it's not like I can just hurt her… But I can't ignore this either." He kissed me softly.

"So what does that mean?"

"It means you're my mistress."

Great way of saying it. "Mistress? Does that mean I get to dress in leather and whip you so you'll do what I say?"

His eyes widened "I like that idea, kid!" I had to laugh at his face; his expressions are so cute.

"So we're kind-of-dating now?"

"Sort of."

"Kinda sorta?"

He buried his face in my hair. "Yup."

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We've been together for a year.

A year, six months and 17 days, I marked the date and kept the calendar pinned to the wall.

I was always the one that was there, when his dad died, when his mom had her breakdown. What did I get?

Two notes.

One that was left on his bed:

What is the price of freedom?

And one that was just for me, under my sheets from when he'd come in through my window:

You were the thing that made me hesitate. Only you could've kept me chained to Earth for so long. Live for me, because you're better at it.

I didn't find it for a month because I wouldn't let my mom wash the sheets, I just sat on my bed, smelling them and crying into them. I love him, I loved him, he left me.

At least one of us is free, but while you're up there flying around I'm picking up the pieces of everyone you left behind.

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I was insanely depressed after seeing the CC death scene. Actually that whole game is pretty depressing. I still love it though.

Should I have put a lemon in this one?