Disclaimer: Same old, same old disclaimer that all Final Fantasy characers belong to Square Enix and Tetsuya Nomura, filler characters, from my mind.

Chapter 13

Cloud had sworn to never lock himself up in a bathroom, public or private, ever again after the time he was present to the sounds of numerous seniors making out in the stalls, at least four or five or even more couples were held up in the Handicapped stall at Prom. Why had he been hiding away in a bathroom stall in a ritzy Hotel and during his Senior Prom? Even though Tifa and he didn't even last more then the first half quarter of the Semester of their sophomore year of High School; she had been adamant about rubbing it in his face that she had made good on her supposed bluff. She had done better then him by starting to not only date, but do the Captain of their Football Team. She used every chance she had to show off that she was contently happy with the muscle headed jerk and then the real kicker was; she had at that time sauntered on by Cloud, no, more like, almost grinded up against him with her boyfriend. Cloud had then and even now had run off to the Hotel bathroom to escape her, but that wasn't the end of it.

Nope not in the least.

He had had to sit by and listen to a bunch of seniors moaning and groaning while some sucked face while Tifa had taken it one step further in which the Jock boyfriend of hers. They began dancing in a particular fashion as they started grinding against one another in the stall they thought was Cloud's, but they were witness to one of their Chaperone's, a blonde school Mistress who didn't take lightly to young teens having sex in stalls. Cloud had heard all of their moans and groans, but all of that turned on its ear as they were escorted out of the stall and sent home with threats of expulsion before Graduation for their little stunt. Never again did Cloud go into a bathroom without making sure there weren't more then set of feet in the stall.

He had simply taken to bringing his feet up onto the seat of the toilet as he buried his face in his knees, marks of embarrassment graced his face and tears were welling in his eyes, "Oh honey…what's wrong? You were doing so well…and now you go and desert that delicate angel…what happened?"

"You happened. You and that stupid mouth of yours! I saw the look on his face; he looked like he was going to find reason to up and leave me with the bill if he had the discretion to do!" Cloud angrily and bitterly whispered at the alter ego as he bit back a sob in his throat, "…I hope you're happy, he's never going to wanting to speak me again…He's probably not even Gay."

A soft sigh came from the ego as he sat upon the wall of the stall, "Darling…the one that wasn't the most embarrassed was your little angel out there, let's just say…His little own gay man alter ego was being just as much as tease as I was and I thought I'd give the little man a taste of his own medicine…"a triumphant smirk crossed the figure's face as he licked his lips, "Little bugger sure knows how to turn red at one little gesture like that…"

The bathroom door opened as someone started calling out for someone, "Speak of the devil…"

Sephiroth was unsure of himself as to whether or not he should peek under the stalls for his lost guest, the last time he had done that; he had ended up with a face full of two inch stiletto heel to his face. He would never make that mistake again, but the reason for the stiletto to the face was due to he had mistakenly walked into the ladies restroom.

"…Cloud, you in here?" the man's voice was nervous as he looked through the bathroom, "Mr. Strife?"

Unfortunately for Cloud, and the alter ego, Sephiroth's alter ego caught sight of the man before Sephiroth did, "YOU. You little tease! How dare you do that!?! I am not like that and as much as that little gesture seems…enticing…I don't think you know whose would appreciate going that far…just yet."

"Oh come on, you know you wouldn't mind a little fun like that, but, I digress, your boy is looking for my boy and he's right here," Cloud's alter ego was never good at hiding his host body for too long from the one in search of him.

"YOU IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! I CAN'T LET HIM SEE ME LIKE THIS!" Cloud was unaware of the fact that as he began to tumble; his hand had landed on the latch of the stall door as he tumbled out onto Sephiroth's feet, talk about kissing the feet of greatness.

Sephiroth looked downwards to find an embarrassed Cloud with his lips placed against the tops of his shoes, "…I guess I know where to find you the next time you run off, Mr. Strife."

"…Sorry, just…just a little nervous…about meeting you like this…"Cloud started to sputtering out his words as he tried to shut up, but there was nothing he could do as Sephiroth kneeled down to his level and did something that expect to do so suddenly, "Mmnh!?!"

"…No need to apologize Mr. Strife…"a grin of accomplishment graced upon the tall man's face as he placed another soft peck on the man's lips, "Can we start this over…somewhere else not so confined?"

Raechel had been sitting out in her talking to her connections for the past two hours as she tried to salvage what was left of the slowly crumbling book empire that Sephiroth was leaving behind to pursue his own career path. None of her connections could understand why the man was now deciding to split away from romance novels to a genre completely out of the man's league. She was bound and determined to get the bottom of it, but the bottom of it was now walking out of the Café she had been at that afternoon with Sephiroth with Sephiroth escorting it to Sephiroth's car. Cloud was throwing his fits about what he was going to do about his car, but Sephiroth settled that as he pulled out his phone and dialed up a friend to come bring the car home for Cloud. Raechel's gaze turned onto the sight as she saw with what light would allow her to see Sephiroth's arm around his young companion's waist as the companion was escorted into Sephiroth's car.

"…I'll have to get back to you about Sephiroth…I've got some investigating to do on my own…"devilish smirk that would have made the Devil himself shudder crossed her face as she closed up her laptop and turned down the street after the man's car, "No one gets away from me…especially sneaky little silver haired men."

Zack had had about enough with playing with the glass of water that had been sitting in front of him since he and Angeal had arrived, but something seemed amiss as he looked towards the table that Cloud and Sephiroth had been sitting at. Angeal wasn't ready for the spewing rainstorm that hit his face as Zack started panicking in his seat.

"What is it, Pup?" Angeal tried to make out what Zack was yelping and bouncing about in his seat and pointing towards where Cloud and Sephiroth had been sitting, "What? Spit it out!"

"CLOUD AND HIS HOST ARE MISSING!" if that didn't turn everyone in the Café's attention towards their table, it was now as Angeal pulled Zack out of the chair and outside, only after laying down money for the bill as he pulled out to the car, "We have to go after them! Who knows what that guy could do to Cloud! I'll never forgive myself if something happens to him!"

Angeal sighed, "Zack. You've got to give him some space…this is a new experience for him and you're trying to smother him to the point that he's liable to lose his only chance of happiness if you keep haunting his every step."

"Yeah, but…"Zack deflated as he dejectedly accept what Angeal had to say, "…Its just…I wish someone had been there to help me when I first started dating you…I scared out of my mind of being with you because you were older then me and had probably been with more experienced people when it came to relationships. Cloud was no help being that he wasn't gay…so, it was hard to talk to anyone when something made me happy after I had been out with you…"

"That's why you want to be there for Cloud during this time, isn't it?"

As true as it seemed, "…Yes."

It's always hard to face a first time for any experience and challenge that life throws into our paths; first day of school, first crush, first date, first rejection, first heartbreak, first break up, first kiss and the first time that a couple joins themselves in pleasure. Any first time is scary, exciting and the thought of, 'What the Hell am I doing?' tends to take over; Cloud could sympathize, his own mind was asking that same and simple question. Why was he even doing this? What was he doing believing that he was even in it for guys? There was an answer to that. The tingle sensation that was still hanging on his lips from the first, rushed in a way, kiss he had gotten from the man that had been quietly driving for the last half hour. It had been a rush, but the rush had come and gone so quickly; he was even blushing about the memory as both men's ego's spoke to one another, unawares of the plans either one was making for getting the other's person with the other. As quiet as the ride was to the middle of nowhere that only Sephiroth was aware of, Cloud could not contain himself from turning and looking in the man's direction, but it only brought on a sense of nervousness even more.

"…So…"Sephiroth was willing to break the silence, "You ever been to a Club?"

The term or idea of a 'Club' was foreign to Cloud, "A what?"

Sephiroth had to take a step back now, "Don't tell me you don't know a Club is…You are in College, right? Don't you guys go out and do that kind of thing? You know, go clubbing with others? Have fun?"

"I'm not into the 'Club' scene…I had a bad experience with going out to one with a friend and his boyfriend…Let's just say, I ended up sitting on the roof of our Dorm, howling until till dawn and, I had to miss a few days of school due to lack of a voice and being sick from…"Cloud began to faintly blush at the memory, "Being out on the roof top in nothing but a pair of boxers."

The man's eyes slightly turned away from the road as he pulled into the back of what was a Club, but it was more or less a small coffee shop, "Dare I ask why you were in only a pair of boxers?"

Cloud seemed to clam up as he got out of the passenger seat and ducked his head back in, "If you survive tonight, I'll let you ask the one responsible for spiking my drink."

"That you will have to, Sephy sweetheart…The kid isn't half bad. Shy, but he's cute…And it seems that his other half decided to just sit and watch the festivities the rest of the nights," Sephiroth's ego seemed to happily sit and stare at the quiet ego of Cloud, "I think you two could work out…if you can get around to telling him the reason why you asked him out here."

"Shall we go inside?" Sephiroth stepped out as he sauntered up alongside Cloud as they went into the makeshift Club, "Welcome to Club Starlight…it's not as busy tonight but it has some decent coffee. I use to come here on some late nights when I was a deadline crunch and let's just say, the coffee here helped get me through those late nights."

"I guess I'm game…"Cloud's shoulders softly shrugged as he followed Sephiroth's welcoming hand as he found that they were taken to yet another corner booth, "So tell me, what made you call me this afternoon…to set all of this up?"

Sephiroth softly chuckled as he took a glance at the menu of new coffee's that had been put on the menu since his last visit, "Let's just say…you left a lasting impression on me this afternoon and…I have a business proposition that I'm hoping you will be willing to help me with."

"O-Of course!"

Good. Things are going in the direction that I'm hoping they would go in.