Another one? O_o wow.

Break In

The rest of the tour was rather uneventful. In fact, we didn't even meet any other people to introduce me to. Slowly each person dropped off, leaving only Squall and I walking through the halls. In the end, as the sun had already set, I was lead to a room for the night. It was furnished, but something about it seemed to upset Squall. He mentioned that I shouldn't go through the closets, and that the original tenant had already left, but their stuff remained. It sparked curiosity in me and as soon as Squall had left, telling me he'd come to get me tomorrow morning, I walked over and opened the closet. There were boxes of personal effects and plenty of nice clothing. Three trench coats stood out most clearly, however, as the bore the same insignia that Seifer wore on his coat. In fact, the coats were exact replicas of Seifer's coat. Which meant this was Seifer's room. How pleasant.

I sigh softly to myself and decide to worry about it later. Now at least I can take a shower and try to sleep. I know without a doubt that I won't sleep, not in unfamiliar territory, but I can try. So I walk into the bathroom, a very nice one at that, and survey the area. There are several types of expensive hair gel and aftershave. There's a thin layer of dust over everything, but it's nothing to worry about so I slowly remove First Tsurugi and lean it against a wall. I frown at the lack of blinding gleam from the sword, meaning I need to polish it. I roll my eyes and begin to strip. First comes the sword harness, then the belts, and it all ends with the gloves. I fold everything and leave it on the counter, after I brush the dust away first of course. I slip into the shower and start it up. The water is instantly hot, not taking any time to heat up. I figure it runs the same way that The Shera does, heating the water near the engine.

The water is much cleaner than anything I've ever felt, the innocence of the planet humming in the water. I'm not surprised to be feeling this planet's power too, in addition to Gaia's, it probably has to do with the Cetra and Centra. I'm just beginning to relax when I hear a foreign sound. Immediately my senses are tuned in. How is it that I'm always interrupted just when I'm comfortable? I sigh regretfully and shut the water off. I grab a towel, shake the dust off, and wrap it around my waist. I open the door quietly, leaving First Tsurugi in its place, I can use my hands if need be. I walk through the bedroom and out into the living room of the apartment, and there was my visitor. Standing in the middle of the apartment, holding a burlap sack, is Seifer. His eyes meet mine and I can see him freeze. There is near terror in his eyes, but his face keeps a smooth, trained mask of indifference.

"What are you doing in my place?" I'm surprised to hear no tremors in his voice, but that doesn't mean he isn't scared.

"Squall told me to stay here for the night. And considering you're a wanted man, I'm surprised you're here. How'd you get on the ship anyway?" Seifer shrugs slightly without his eyes leaving mine.

"Secret."

"Hn. Well secret or not, get what you need. I'm not involved enough to rat you out," I say with the most reassuring voice possible. He relaxes slightly and moves to start throwing stuff into the sack. I watch in fascination as he grabs knick-knacks lying about and not-so-gently drops them in. He walks into the bedroom with me following close behind. He walks right over to the closet and starts yanking clothes out. He stuffs them into the sack and ties the top in a knot before slinging it over his shoulder and turning back to me.

"What?" I can't restrain the laugh as he looks at me indignantly. He's pretty cute for a strong-looking guy. He only grows angrier as I laugh at him. He stalks forward, forgetting that I'm much stronger. He starts to poke at my exposed chest and his cheeks are flushed with anger. I smirk and grab his hand, making that flush drain quickly to fear. I grab his arm, turn my back to the bed, taking him with me, and flip him over my shoulder and onto the waiting mattress. Before he can move, I turn back around and pin him down, consequently letting the towel hang loosely around my waist, threatening to fall.

Seifer is looking side to side in confusion, sporting a new embarrassed blush now. It's probably the fact that he had a more or less naked, somewhat androgynous, and extremely powerful man pinning him to his own bed. I smirk down at him as the blush turns crimson and he shivers slightly in what I'd call arousal. I hold down a shiver of my own as my mako kicks in and makes the whole situation seem much more sexual. Seifer doesn't even try to speak as I lean down and kiss him right on the lips. Yep, definitely too many drink with Reno. I slip my tongue past his frozen lips, mako running wild in my veins. He lets himself be kissed for about two minutes before shoving at my shoulders. Knowing when to call it quits, I let him go and roll onto my back. He sits up looks at me in confusion, anger, and obvious pleasure before getting up, grabbing the forgotten bag, and running out the door.

I watch him go with a smile of my own. I know he'll either be back later or I'll see him again soon. It's been awhile since I've moved on pure instinct. The mako libido must be getting to me.

The sound of my PHS is enough to startle me out of my trance. I walk back into the bathroom and fish through my pockets. I pull out the buzzing object and lift it to my ear.

"Strife."

"Cl-zz-oud-zz?" -Cloud?- My eyes grow wide at the static-filled sound of Tifa's voice. I pull the phone away from my face and look at it like it was venomous before bringing it back.

"Tifa? Are you there?" I cringe at the sound of static on the line.

"Yes-zz, Clou-zz-d. Wh-zz-ere are you? I thi-zz-nk this new –zz- pho-zz-ne ser-zz-vice isn't go-zz-ing to w-zz-ork either. It's-zz too expens-zz-ive any-zz-way." -Yes, Cloud. Where are you? I think this new phone service isn't going to work either. It's too expensive anyway.- She's talking about how we just switched to a new service after our old one wouldn't work in certain places, unhelpful as I'm always going to these places for work. We switched to this one only a month ago.

"Tifa, this phone service will work fine. Trust me, interplanetary service is worth the price."