If anyone is reading this, they are gods with very high tolerance in regards to pain.

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I do not own Final Fantasy VII!

Pairings: SephirothxZackxCloud and RufusxReno (Eventual TsengxRufusxReno)

-o-o-

Reno carefully led the almost sightless cadet through the broken pavement, taking him further and further from the men that loved him. The SOLDIERs had been coming after the runaway men, and they had been given orders to find and try to recapture Sephiroth and Zack. They all agreed that Cloud would be taken back to Shinra a back way.

Reno immediately grabbed Cloud's hand and began to lead him away. Tseng followed close behind for a while, then split off to "check something."

He left giving Cloud instructions: "The salve will heal slowly. You must be patient and wait for your vision to come back. Now that it has been absorbed, you can open your eyes from time to time so you can check the progress."

Eager blue eyes snapped open, only to be disappointed that they were still sightless. then he had realized he let go of Reno's hand and had no idea where he was. He listened, but heard nothing to indicate the positions of the man. He shifted nervously, a deep fear beginning in his chest. What if he left him?

Left with no other option, he stuck his hand out in front of him and called out. "Reno? I- I can't... Where are you?" he meekly said, failing to keep the hints of panic out of his voice.

Reno quickly hurried over and took the small hand in his larger one. "Right here, Puppybo. don't worry, you're okay. We should go on. Here, I'll carry you," he began to heft the young blond into his arm.

Cloud squeaked, to his extreme embarassment, then tried to cover it quickly to no avail. "Hey! I can walk!"

"The Puppybo squawks! I will make a careful note of that," he said happily. "I am conducting a study on the new species, you see."

Cloud laughed lightly. All the hours, all the minutes, all the seconds, when not yearning for Sephiroth and despairing for Zack, he missed his red haired friend. He could always lighten a mood. Cloud didn't even feel too bad about his blindness. Tseng said it would heal, didn't he? Then why worry?

Reno stayed still for a moment, an odd look taking over his face as he tried to figure Cloud and his relationship. With how close they were, a lot of people had assumed they were an item, and when it came out that Cloud loved the top SOLDIERs, there had been scandle everywhere.

In fact, before Sephiroth met the cadet, though Reno had only known Cloud for a few weeks, Zack had given him a yellow light on dating Cloud. He was told he was being watched like a hawk, and if he rushed Cloud, his hair wouldn't be the only red part of him. Zack had departed from that conversation making the motion with his two fingers from his own eyes to Reno's. The Turk would have found this more amusing if he wasn't worried for his life. The worry sort of died when Zack slipped down the stairs however... And screamed like a girl... And proceeded to cry... And told Cloud to nurse him back to health after waiting an hour lying on the stairs for Cloud to wander by (Reno stuck around to see how it would play out)... And then was affectionately kicked down the next flight of stairs...

But did that stop Zack? Yes actually. Well, no... he continued to roll down several more flights. But the painkillers afterward made him pretty relaxed, so bonus!

"Focus Reno!" Cloud's soft voice scolded. Though he couldn't see, he could imagine the look Reno would be wearing as his grip loosened and he relaxed. Reno shook his head and internally yelled at himself. He shouldn't needlessly endanger Cloud, his favorite friend. Zack was his best friend, he had decided, but Cloud was his favorite.

That settled, he slunk off to Shinra, Cloud in tow.

-o-o-

Sephiroth and Zack were both men that did things to accomplish their goals. This was one time they couldn't do anything but wait, and it was driving them up the wall.

Their stares bored into the poor clock on the wall of Sephiroth's recently cleaned office. (He had learned that while he died when Cloud left, the staff finished up with the repairs of the classy office, and Sephiroth was not at all sorry to move back into it. So now they were waiting in style.)

Promptly midnight, they stood, intending to go back under the plate. Reno had told them he should have Cloud back by 12, and he wasn't so it was their duty was to find Cloud.

And find him they would.

But no, the moment they vacated their seats, Reno skipped through the door, a sleepy Cloud in his arms. In his sleep addled state, he reached out to where he hoped Sephiroth was while softly uttering his name, who smiled serenely and took the slender body into his arms. Zack got close to adjust the grip to one that held better.

"Hey Cloud... Your home now. We'll take care of you here, we'll never, ever let you go..." Zack murmured quietly, reassuring the tired blond. Cloud smiled weakly in Zack's general direction. Unfocused blues peeked out from under pale lashed.

"I can see vague blurs," Cloud smiled softly, eyes looking a million miles away. But then again, there was never a moment that he wasn't thinking. They loved him for that.

Zack turned to thank the Turk, but found him gone. He smiled slightly thinking that Reno knew the exact time to leave so that he wouldn't inconvienence anyone. Still smiling, he turned back and lifted Cloud out of the General's arms and carried him toward his bed. "Here we go, Cloud. Seph's bed."

"W-what?" Was Zack really thinking of sex while Cloud was blind? Cloud hoped that he would use better judgement, but if that's what they wanted... Cloud didn't want to risk losing them...

"Your bed's too small for all of us to fit," Zack cheerfully explained. He softly let Cloud's feet fall on the plush floor so he could stand, then began slowly stripping him. Sephiroth caught his hands and gave him an unhappy look.

"Zachary, he can't see," he pointed out crossly. Cloud's virginity deserved to be taken at a better time. Like maybe, when he could see.

Zack gave him an exasperated look. "Seph, I'm just taking off his clothes, that's it. Go get him some clean one clothes. He's been out on the streets under the plate all day. Hop to!"

And Sephiroth hopped to. He was back in seconds. "Cloud, you don't have any clothes left here that aren't uniforms."

"I took them with me..."

"So they're gone?" he probed.

"Yes," Cloud sighed.

Sephiroth considered for a moment, then was out the door once again. He trotted back in as Zack was trying to wrestle Cloud's underwear from the resisting body. He picked Zack up and tossed him on the bed, where he bounced up and down a few times. Zack laughed as Sephiroth hoisted Cloud into his arms and set him in his bathroom.

"You have no clothes, so I guessed that my old clothes might be better than nothing," Sephiroth said quietly. "Do you require assistance dressing?"

Cloud nodded shyly. "I'm sorry about... leaving." He looked down at the blurs of the floor. Unbeknownst to him, he began to cry softly. He felt gentle brushes on his cheeks and wiped his eyes to feel the wetness. "I-I promise to never do it again, I promise..."

Sephiroth's heart ached. "Cloud... Do whatever you want. We want you here, but not if it maked you unhappy. You deserve freedom. You deserve whatever you wish."

"You both deserve no kisses from me tonight," Zack declared, peeking into the room. "Because Spike isn't dressed, and talking without me. We do need to talk and get this all out in the open, but not now. Cloud needs sleep after his Midgar adventure. And we both need to finally realize he's back. So get dressed and get your adorible butt to that bed and in it so we can cuddle, dang it!"

Cloud smiled through the tears and wiped them away. They weren't going to be the last he shed, but they would be last for tonight. Tonight was the night for them. "Zack... Sephiroth...?"

"Yes Cloud?" Sephiroth answered curiously.

"I-I love you both."

Their faces lit and relaxed. Though they knew Cloud loved them from the letter, it was more to hear him utter it in his sweet, soft tone. They stood and Zack hugged fim from the front while Sephiroth wrapped his arms around them both, crushing Cloud into his firm chest. Blond spikes we kissed and caressed as the cadet enjoyed several minutes of unspoken love.

Zack drew away a bit. "We love you too. And I would love you all the more when your dressed."

"Should I take a shower then?"

Sephiroth cut in, seeing the devious smirk on Zack's face. He guessed that the SOLDIER was planning on saying yes so he could sneak a peek of him naked. "Just sit on the edge of the tub. We can wash you down with washcloths."

Zack pouted up at him, then led Cloud to sit on the edge of the bathtub. He turned the hot handle on with a bit of cold and tested it. It felt okay to him, but he was mako enhanced, so he carefully guided one of Cloud's hands under the steady spray. "Feel alright babe?"

Cloud blushed a color to rival the dress of Scarlet, but nodded. "It's warm... And I'm a little cold."

"Well, yeah. Your in your underwear," Zack pointed out with a laugh.

Sephiroth returned with some clean, soft cloths and soap. Together, he and Zack lathered the cloths with the vanilla scented soap and softly rubbed at Cloud's sensitive skin. When they finished, his skin was a more healthy looking color, though still a bit pale.

"Hey, you know what? We should go to the beach someday and get you a tan," Zack cheerfully suggested.

"I don't tan, I burn," Cloud muttered as the over-large shirt was slipped over his head. He slipped his underwear off underneath it, giving neither of them a glimpse of his beautiful body. In their place, he pulled on more over-large clothing, this time a pair of boxers. Sephiroth chuckled and scooped Cloud up.

"Hey, you know what? We should never go to the beach and let you in the sun too long," Zack cheerfully corrected himself.

Cloud smiled as he felt Sephiroth begin to move and was soon deposited on the black silk, which pooled underneath him. He heard Sephiroth's breath catch, and Zack's breath blow out of him like he had been hit. He tilted his head. "What's wrong?" he called desperately, extending both of his hands. They were immediately grasped.

"Your beautiful, love," Zack told him in a husky voice. He crawled onto the bed and tucked Cloud under the sheets. Sephiroth came forward and adjusted the pillow around them, then layed on the sheets next to Cloud. On the other side of the bed, Zack did the same. Their hands met above Cloud's head, and their other hands were caressing Cloud's baby soft skin. They shared a calm look over Cloud's wild spikes.

Moments passed until...

"Zack?" Sephiroth quietly inquired, a light smile on his lips.

"Yeah?"

"Go get me a slushie."

-o-o-

Reno creeped silently through the empty halls of Shinra's executive wing. This late at night, all the lights had been turned off, leaving Reno in total darkness. His hand hit a door handle and he turned it triumphantly. He needed to be in the other hall to get where he was going.

He slipped in and quietly closed the door behind him. He continued forward, planning what to say to the man he was going to confront. Scarcely half a second later, the door creaked open behind him and light flooded the room.

His head snapped up and around. In the doorway, one hand on the light switch, the other in his pocket, stood the very man he wanted to see. Rufus Shinra.

(He also observed he wasn't in the hall he wanted to be in, but a meeting room instead. A huge chunk of his pride died screaming in agony at this realization.)

"Hello Turk," he greeted.

"Ugh," Reno responded.

"Now that's not very nice!" Rufus laughed shortly.

"No, really? I'm a slum kid, but I do know when I'm bein' 'not very nice.' You don't have to point that out to me."

"What's crawled up your ass and died?" Rufus asked, leaning back on the wall. "Then again, so many men have been up there, I don't think you know."

That stung. That really stung. And it must have shown in his face because the Vice-President stuck his hands up in surrender. This didn't matter to Reno, however, seeing as how he turned his back to the man. It didn't matter that there wasn't a way out on that side of the room, he'd make one if it meant getting away from this guy.

"Reno," he chuckled. "Where are you going?"

Reno didn't want to face the man. He recieved many whore jokes every day, but not from people he thought were his friends. Not from people he had secret crushes for. Like Tseng, for example.

Left with no other option, he fled under the table. He got down on his hands and knees and crawled under, then he sat and pulled his legs up to his chest. Wrapping his arms around his knees, he buried his face between them.

This had been the position Reno found himself in very often when his father was alive and the red head lived at home. When his father got drunk, he got angry, and Reno learned the hard way to get out of his way or get smacked around for a while. In this regard, he empathized with Cloud in having a horrible father. He also envied the blond in regards to his father leaving.

"Hey, if your waiting for a man, do it off Shinra property," Rufus said, stepping closer. When Reno didn't reply, he got down on his knees and looked under the table. Seeing how upset he was, he tried to reach in to touch the Turk on the shoulder. His hand was smacked away before it could get close.

"Don't touch me, you miserable, high and mighty asshole!" Reno snarled. "And you know what? You don't get to touch Cloud either!"

Shock rippled across Rufus' face. "What does the cadet have to do with anything?"

"Like you don't know. He's a friend of mine, and I won't have you checking him out!"

"Reno, speak bluntly and tell me what you mean. When do you think I was 'checking him out?'"

"First time you saw him! You were eyeing him up and down like a piece of meat! Well guess what? Zack and Sephiroth won't let you near him!"

Rufus shook his head lightly, causing Reno to look at him fully and mistrustfully. He crawled under the table as well and put his face inches from the flirty Turks'. "I don't want him. I want someone else who wasn't picking up on my hints. I only see Cloud as your little brother, and I was seeing what made you pick him out of a sea of nameless cadets."

Reno's eyes couldn't stay locked of Rufus' because they kept wandering down to look at his lips. Rufus could tell and he was pleased. He leaned in a bit more.

"I think it's 'cause he has famous friends," he answered breathlessly. Rufus chuckled and leaned in to quietly, but passionately smash their lips together.

-o-o-

Tseng was a very hard man to figure out. He had to be, for if he wasn't, he wouldn't have made a decent Turk. But because he was so hard to figure out, no one, save Sephiroth, had guessed he was falling in love. And only Sephiroth knew he fell in love with not one, but two men.

Behind closed doors, Tseng had an intimate relationship with Rufus. What Rufus didn't know was that he wanted more.

And as for Reno? Tseng wanted nothing more than to have him around with his snide remarks and happy attitude.

He loved them both dearly. And it broke his heart when he went looking for Reno. He had an assignment to complete, so Tseng looked in the security room and looked at the cameras all over Shinra to try to track him down.

He saw movement in one of the darkened halls and leaned in closer to the monitor and was able to distinguish the outline of the man he was searching for. Instead of leaving and getting him, Tseng turned the volume on and listened to Reno. He wanted to see where he was sneaking off to.

As it turned out, Reno began to stalk though the corporate wing of the building. All while humming a tune that sounded suspiciously like that theme song of that spy in that movie Reno made him watch with Zack and him.

Tseng was having a good laugh until Reno and Rufus' paths met. He was first concerned when Reno crawled under the table, knowing that Reno had a stressful home life that made him wary of people in authority positions before joining the Turks.

Then raw shock when Rufus kissed Reno. Followed closely by hurt when the kiss deepened and they both started to really go at it.

Tseng turned away from the screens quickly, clutching the arm rests of the chair and feeling ill. He calmed his erratic breathing and leaned forward to rest his elbow on his knees so he could safely bury his face in his hands.

But... the men he loved were happy. That should be enough for him, shouldn't it?

...But then why did it feel as if he was dying?