Cloud rolled over and looked at the clock. 5:30 a.m. He sat up and felt something touching his arm. He looked over and saw Zack lying next to him, their beds having been pushed together. For a second, Cloud forgot about what had happened the previous day.

"Right." Cloud ran his hand through his naturally spiky hair, "now I remember." He went to stand up, but Zack was hugging his arm. Cloud smiled and slowly pulled his arm away. Zack moved his hand around looking for Cloud.

"Cloud..." Zack mumbled and grabbed Cloud's pillow. He hugged it and smiled. Cloud walked around the bed and straightened the blanket for Zack, then went downstairs.

Aerith was already in the kitchen when Cloud made it there.

"Aerith? You're never up this early." Cloud looked at her. She looked as though she was about to fall over from exhaustion. Her eyes were red and puffy, and Cloud could tell she hadn't gotten any sleep. Aerith glared at him as he went to get coffee.

"I couldn't sleep." Cloud didn't look at her. He knew that she was mad at him for liking Zack. He walked to the fridge and grabbed milk and eggs, then went and got some pancake mix out of the cupboard.

As the pancakes were cooking, Zack came down the stairs and into the kitchen. He walked over and wrapped his arms around Cloud's waist as Cloud was in mid-flip. Aerith glared at Cloud as Zack kissed his neck, and she walked off towards the living room.

"I smelled food..." Zack mumbled.

"Of course you did Zack." Cloud grabbed a plate and put some pancakes on it. Zack took the plate and poured some syrup on the stack. He grabbed a fork and stuffed a piece of pancake into his mouth.

"Why'd you get up?" Zack asked Cloud after swallowing.

"You know I always get up early." Cloud stacked the rest of the pancakes on another plate and put a few on his own. He and Zack walked to the living room and Zack sat in the armchair.

"Now where am I supposed to sit?" Cloud looked at his boyfriend.

Zack patted his lap and grinned. Aerith, who was sitting on the couch reading Midgar Weekly, rolled her eyes as cloud sat down on Zack's legs. Zack noticed her and looked over, "what?"

Aerith stood up and threw her magazine down onto the coffee table and went upstairs. They heard a door slam and cloud looked down at his plate. Zack set his plate on the side table and pulled back Cloud by his waist.

"Hey, don't let her get to you. I chose you, not her." He took cloud's plate and set it next to his. Cloud leaned back on Zack's shoulder and sighed. Zack turned his head and kissed Cloud.

"I know," Cloud said, "but I'm afraid that our friendship might be ruined now."

"She'll get over it." Zack poked the small spot on Cloud's neck with his nose, "hehe, think she saw that?"

Cloud touched the spot, "I didn't even know it was there! I haven't looked in a mirror yet this morning." He looked at Zack, "is it noticeable?"

Zack kissed it, "nah."

Tifa walked down the stairs, followed by Reno, "what's wrong with her now?" Tifa asked Zack.

"She's still mad at me." Zack yawned and slumped down in the chair, wrapping his arms around Cloud's waist as he did. Reno was too tired to notice and wandered into the kitchen in search of the pancakes he had seen next to Zack.

Tifa sat down on the couch and she and Zack started talking. Cloud repositioned himself so that he had his arms around Zack's mid section and Zack's arm was around his shoulders. As he listened to the conversation, he dozed off.

The next thing Cloud knew, Aerith was waking him up. He sat up and realized that he was still on Zack's lap. Zack had fallen asleep, and Reno and Tifa were gone. Cloud carefully stood up and looked at Aerith.

"What's up?" He looked at her quizzically, afraid that she might yell at him or slap him.

"Aerith sighed, "I'm sorry." She looked up at Cloud, "I shouldn't have been so mad at you, it's not your fault."

Cloud looked shocked. "It's alright. I knew that you like Zack, but I didn't expect that too happen between us."

"Yeah, I guess not. I could kinda tell that he liked you though. It was the way he looked at you."

Cloud smiled and held out his hand, "friends?"

Aerith ignored his hand and hugged him instead, "friends"

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The next day, Cloud woke up smiling. Everything was great in his life. He was living with some of his best friends, he and Aerith had made up, and best of all, he had Zack.

Even though it was early, Cloud had a lot of energy. He went downstairs and made breakfast. But not just eggs or pancakes. He made everything. Eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, waffles, Belgian waffles, cinnamon rolls, and oatmeal. As Cloud was putting everything on the table, Zack came practically running down the stairs toward Cloud.

"OhmyGodIloveyou!!" He tackled Cloud and grabbed the piece of toast he had in his hand.

"Why do you always do that?" Cloud stared at his now empty hand. His toast was now hanging out of Zack's mouth, who was chewing it happily.

Cloud pushed Zack off of him and stood up. Zack stood up next to him, the toast now gone. They heard a thud and looked towards the stairs. Reno was lying on his stomach, halfway down the stairs. His hands were outstretched as if he had been dragging himself, but his eyes were closed and he was snoring.

"Reno?" Cloud walked over and poked Reno, "Umm, Reno?" Reno looked up at Cloud.

"Why am I on the stairs?"

"I think you were coming to eat." Cloud helped him stand up and they went to the kitchen.

In the meantime, Zack had wandered to the table and was now eating everything he could.

"Zack!" Cloud held out his hands to try to stop the crazy man, "Stop! Other people have to eat too!"

Zack stopped, a piece of bacon hanging out of his mouth. He pointed to his nose, "You're telling me to stop eating?" He chewed up the bacon, still looking at Cloud.

Reno walked over holding a cup of coffee.

"Ooh! Thank you!" Zack grabbed the cup and downed the coffee. He put the cup back in Reno's hand, and Reno just looked at it.

"Why would you do that?" He whined.

"Because you were just standing there with a dumb look on your face." Zack turned back to the table, but Cloud blocked him.

"I think you've had enough to eat."

Zack stuck out his bottom lip, "but…but…Cloudy Poo! I love you!"

Cloud's mouth dropped open, "Cloudy Poo!?"

Reno giggled and went to get more coffee.

"Cloudy Muffin?" Zack cocked his head and looked at Cloud.

"Cloudy Muff…NO!!" Cloud stomped his foot.

"What? It'll be fun!" Zack insisted, "You'll be Cloudy Poo and I'll be Zacky Poo!" He grinned.

Cloud's face was turning red. He looked at Zack, "NO!!"

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A/N: Yay! Chap 3 is up!! I hate the laptop I have to use cuz I had to borrow it from the school, and it's a Mac, plus, the spacebar is retarded XD So yeah, hopefully chap 4 will be up soon!