Yay! Chapter 6! Just so ya'll know...I wrote this while listening to FlashDance...What a Feeling. . .so yeah lmao!!
Cloud awoke to the sound of, you guessed it, Electro. Zack was dancing on the bed, causing it to bounce. He noticed that Cloud had opened his eyes and he flopped down onto his stomach.
"G'MORNIN'!!!" Cloud reached his hands up to his ears so that his eardrums wouldn't explode. Zack hugged his neck, then threw himself upwards and started to dance again.
"Zack...your too rambunctious!" Cloud looked out the window. The ground was covered in that freezing white fluff that everyone thought was so pretty. Snow. Cloud hated it. He hated the cold and anything to do with cold. So therefore, snow was his mortal enemy.
Zack walked over and jumped up and down next to Cloud. "We should go make a snowman!!" He looked at Cloud, but he shook his head.
"I hate snow..." Cloud stretched his arms above his head and yawned. It was 6 a.m. Zack had plopped down and was now sulking.
"But why?"
Cloud looked over out the window. That memory popped into his head again. "I just..." He shook it away. That was a long time ago. Zack looked at him, and suddenly understood.
"Alright, we won't then, but can we play video games or something?" Cloud snapped out of his daze and directed his attention to Zack. He nodded, a silent thank you to him. "Yeah yeah, I love ya too."
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Reno had joined Zack and Cloud in front of the T.V. as they turned on the N64. Zack had picked out James Bond: GoldenEye, and was now trying to convince Cloud of what weapons they could use.
"Can we use bombs?" His eyes sparkled as he asked Cloud.
"No." Zack's gaze dropped to his controller, but then back up as he came up with a new thought.
"What about auxillary bombs?"
"Aren't they the same thing?" Cloud retorted. Zack pouted and looked at Reno.
"Can we use mines?" Reno chimed in.
"What? No..." Cloud looked at the two of them and shook his head.
"Well, what about proximity mines?" Reno said in spite of Cloud.
"Oh my God would you shut the hell up?" Reno and Zack looked at each other and burst into fits of laughter. Cloud scowled and finished the game set up.
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A knock was heard at the door and Zack rolled out of bed to answer it.
"Reno?" The red-head was standing outside with a very serious look on his face. He was holding a fax in his hand. Zack looked at it, and found it being shoved into his face. It was from the ShinRa headquarters, addressed to him.
"What is this?" He asked, taking the paper.
"Just read it." Reno looked behind Zack and saw that Cloud had gotten up and was next to Zack.
"What is it Zack?"
Zack couldn't speak. He just handed it to Cloud, who took it and read it.
"No...NO!" Cloud screamed. He read and reread the paper, "They can't do this!" He looked at Reno, who was staring at the carpet.
"I don't know, he's still technically a SOLDIER." Reno said quietly. Zack hadn't said anything. His eyes were affixed on Reno's goggles. "Sorry Cloud, but he has to..." Reno turned and walked back to his room. Zack shut the door.
"Zack!" Cloud's shoulders had begun to shake, "Zack...they can't...can they?" He looked into his lover's emerald-green eyes. Zack walked and sat on the bed.
"I have to go in. I agreed to do missions if they ever came up, but only because it's been quiet since Sephiroth and Kadaj disappeared."
Cloud couldn't move. Tears had begun to stream from his eyes, "But...but...I don't want you to go...I need you!" He stared at his feet and let the tears come out. No use trying to stop them. Zack was going away. For a really long time. Zack stood and walked over to him. He grabbed the back of Cloud's neck and pulled him towards his chest. He could feel Cloud's sobs against his chest.
"I don't want to go either." He wrapped his arms around Cloud's small shoulder's and held him there, not wanting to let go. He tilted Cloud's head up and kissed him. He held Cloud's face in his hand's, and he could feel Cloud trying not to cry, but it wasn't working for him. His shoulder's were still shaking. They fell onto the bed and Cloud hugged Zack's middle. Zack had begun to cry too. How could he leave Cloud? Damn ShinRa! They just always had to ruin everything in his life, didn't they?
Zack sat up and pulled the sobbing Cloud into his lap, "Hey, I'll go down to ShinRa and talk to Rufus. Maybe I can talk some sense into him."
Cloud looked up, his sapphire eyes gleaming with tears, "I want to go with you!"
Zack couldn't look at Cloud, but he made himself. Cloud's face was the saddest thing he'd ever seen. "You can't. I have to deal with that bastard myself."
Cloud wimpered, but didn't insist any more. He fell asleep crying after about 10 minutes. Zack lifted him up and set him on his side of the bed, making sure he was covered before leaving the room.
Reno and Tifa were on the couch downstairs. Zack walked to the counter and grabbed the keys to Cloud's bike out of a small bowl. "I'm going to talk to Rufus."
"Zack..." Reno couldn't finish. "Good luck." As Zack walked past them, Tifa stood up and hugged him.
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Zack reached the ShinRa corporation and was now working his way up to Rufus ShinRa's office. He threw open the door when he got there and stormed inside.
"What's this all about?" He held the paper in Rufus's face.
"It's your mission prompt." The president of ShinRa Corp. replied cooly.
"Well I'm not fucking doing it!" Zack threw the paper on Rufus's desk and glared at him. Rufus laughed.
"Oh, but you have to. You agreed, remember?"
Zack couldn't hold in his anger much longer, "I don't want to be your damn SOLDIER anymore!"
"Well I can't help you. You're going and that's final." Rufus waved his hand, trying to tell Zack that the discussion was over. He turned his chair so that the large back was to Zack. But Zack wasn't going to take it. He strode over and grabbed the chair. He swung it around and grabbed Rufus by the collar.
"I'm not doing it!" He snarled, baring his teeth at Rufus.
Rufus didn't look any bit intimidated. "Go home and get ready. You ship off tomorrow."
Zack released his hold on Rufus and stepped back, not believing what he had just said, "Tomorrow?!"
"Yes, tomorrow." Rufus smiled and waved his hand, "Off you go."
Zack glared at the man one more time before storming out of the office.
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Tomorrow. One day. What am I supposed to do? All these thought were running through Zack's mind as he rode home. He looked to his side and saw a shop. He pulled over and went inside. He knew what he was going to do. He knew exactly what he was going to do, and he was doing it tonight.
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Everyone was sitting in the living room comforting Cloud when Zack walked in. Cloud got up and rushed towards him. Zack embraced him and could feel Cloud's shoulder's shaking. He had begun crying again. Zack took a deep breath and stepped back from Cloud.
"I have to ask you something."
"O-o-o-okay." Cloud barely managed to get that simple word out. Zack took another deep breath and reached into his pocket. He got down on one knee, and everyone in the room gasped. Zack withdrew a small black box.
"Cloud..." Zack looked into Cloud's widened eyes, "will you marry me?" He opened the box, revealing a band of silver.
Cloud couldn't breath. He couldn't blink. He couldn't even cry. He just stood there, dumbfounded. "I-I...Yes..." He finally managed to get the words out.
"Yes?" Zack stood up and looked down at the other man.
"Y-Yes!" Cloud smiled and began to cry again. He flung his arms around Zack's neck. Zack smiled and hugged him back. Cloud stepped back and Zack took the ring out of the box and put it on Cloud's finger. Everyone in the living room was sitting on the couch watching them intently. Cloud stood on his tip toes and planted a kiss on Zack's lips. Zack picked him up and kissed him back, spinning in circles.
Zack put Cloud back down and looked once again into those shining eyes, "I promise, as soon as I get back, we'll get married. Will you wait for me?"
Cloud smiled up at him, "as long as I have to. I love you and nothing will ever change that. Nothing."
A/N- Yay, omg, the first part will be explained later on, just so none of you hate me. The part with James Bond was actually inspired by my friend Monica who told me that her brother asked those questions lmao. I hope you all liked it! I knew I was gonna have 'em get married, and that Zack would have to go on a mission, but I didn't really expect it to turn out this way until I was actually writing (er, typing?) the chapter. Thanks for the reviews, whoever has been reading!