I have no excuse _ I'm sorry?

Random point that I never brought up that I might have to end up incorporating into the first chapters if I ever get around to it. Humans and monsters are separate. The few humans that know about monsters only know because they're married to one. Midgar is an all monster city there are strict regulations and guards that ensure humans don't enter the city.

One thing about crows, they have the ability to erase people's memories, yes it is one of the abilities they had in Love Monster not something I made up for convenience, which is why Midgar can stay as an all monster community. The reason Cloud's mother doesn't want anyone to know is also another concept from love monster but if you don't know, then telling you will just spoil it.

I hope this answered a few of your questions.

Disclaimer: I don't own FFVII nor its characters. I also don't own the ideas taken from Love Monster.

Cloud felt like crap when he woke up. The room was spinning, his head was pounding and he could feel this horrible burning sensation at the back of his throat. "You're up?" He sat up to face his room-mate, who was sitting beside his bed, only to stop to steady himself as the room spinning got worse. He felt hands against his chest and allowed himself to be settled back into his bed. "I wouldn't try that again if I was you."

"What happened last night?" All he could remember at the moment was that he had met General Hewley at some point the day before.

"The Lieutenant brought you back to the barracks last night. You were drunk as hell and fell dead asleep as soon as he dumped you onto your bed. He said that you had been excused from your classes today." Cloud groaned as his memory slowly started to piece itself back together and he buried his face into his pillow, muttering to himself. "You might want to remove yourself from your pillow and try that again. I don't speak pillow." Cloud turned his head back in Reno's direction before he repeated himself.

"I said I'm pathetic." Reno raised an eyebrow questioningly. "It was the Lieutenant's birthday yesterday. I think he slipped me some drinks, because the next thing I knew, I was throwing up in the toilets." A frown appeared on Reno's face.

"Right after I tell you to be careful around him, this is what you do." Cloud pouted. "Don't give me that look, it doesn't work on me. Really Cloud, you need to learn to be more cautious. Just because the Lieutenant is one of your heroes, doesn't mean that he doesn't have weird motives for chasing after you like he does." Cloud gave him an odd look.

"The Lieutenant doesn't chase after me." Reno waved him off.

"Right, whatever, we're not having this argument again." Reno moved away from the bed and started shuffling through his drawers while Cloud resumed his previous idea of burying his head into his pillow. There was the sound of a spoon tinkering against a glass before said glass was placed on Cloud's beside table. The halfling turned his head slightly to look at what the weasel had placed beside him. It looked like water, but it had a slight purple tinge to it.

"What is it?"

"Water, mixed with a little bit of Remedy in it. It should make you feel better. If not I might have to borrow an esuna off someone." Cloud stared at the drink as if it was about to bite him, before he decided that it wouldn't hurt to try and he reached over for the glass, only to have Reno move it out of his reach.

"Lie on your back, I don't want to clean your sheets for you if you throw up from drinking on your stomach." Rolling his eyes, Cloud rolled onto his back before Reno handed the drink over to him. "Sip it, don't down the whole thing in one go, Remedy's not cheap you know." Cloud stared at the drink in his hands for a moment before he finally took a small sip. The pounding in his head slowly abated to a tolerable hum at the back of his head and he sighed in relief. "Feeling better?"

"Yeah." Cloud grinned and Reno couldn't help but return the grin.

"Get some sleep chickabo. I'll make sure that no scary things attack you in your sleep." Clouds grin morphed into a pout and Reno chuckled. "I'm just playing with ya chickabo… Not about the sleep thing though, so shut those eyes before I decide to see if there's a sleep materia in my stash."

He wasn't there.

That little halfling wasn't there, not that he was looking for him. If the little shit was sick then that served him right for leaving Nibelheim in the first place. Johnny had to stop himself from scanning over his fellow cadets again just to make sure he hadn't missed the flightless monster. He mentally cursed when he realised that the weasel Cloud usually hung out with wasn't there either. What was the point in coming to classes when the little halfling wasn't even there? Honestly he had no interest in Shinra or becoming a SOLDIER. The only thing he was interested in was Cloud, but when Tifa had mentioned that the little halfling was leaving Shinra to go to the only monster community in the world, he couldn't just let him go. Cloud was his, his little canary that needed to be caged up and taught a lesson for even thinking about trying to leave him. The fact that he was hanging out with that weasel just made everything all the more worse.

"Hey did you guys notice that halfling's not here today." Johnny's thoughts stopped as soon as he heard one of the other cadets mention Cloud.

"Yeah I saw him with the Lieutenant yesterday." Another cadet added. Johnny hadn't bothered to remember their names, they were all rats anyways, not even worth his attention.

"What was he doing with the Lieutenant? Was he finally being kicked out of Shinra." There was a round of laughter, but Johnny frowned. He doubted that the smaller monster would be kicked out that easily. If anything, Cloud was a fighter, though it would be all the more better for him if he had returned to Nibelheim.

"Nah I saw them heading towards one of the clubs outside. Commander Luxiere and Kunsel were with them as well."

"You know he's getting pretty friendly with all the SOLDIERS. Next thing we know he's going to be all over the Generals."

"As if they'd give him as much as a second glance unless he makes a good bed toy." There was another round of laughter. Johnny shut himself off from the conversation at that. So Cloud was starting to make more friends in high up places and that just wouldn't do if he was going to bring him back to Nibelheim. It seems like Cloud needed to be reminded exactly who he belonged to.

"Zachary Fair would you mind explaining to me why there is a slip on my desk excusing a cadet and his room-mate from attending his classes for the next few days?" Zack's ears fell back and his tail lay flat against the chair that he was sitting on at Sephiroth's expectant look. The aforementioned pink slip was sitting innocently on the desk between Sephrioth and himself.

"Um… I may have dragged a cadet out with me on my birthday and I may have gotten him a little bit drunk and since it was all my fault…" Sephiroth sighed.

"Which explains why you were so late in coming back last night… Now how much alcohol did you slip the poor cadet before he was rushed to the nearest rest room?"

"Five… Maybe six drinks? Little guy could sure hold his alcohol. He wasn't even drunk till the fourth one then as soon as the fifth one hit he was out of it he even laughed at my jokes even though Kunsel and Luxiere said that they were stu…" He trailed off when Sephiroth held up his hand for him to stop.

"Just this once Zack, just because Angeal said that I have to be nice to you on your birthday, I'll let this one slide." Zack pouted.

"Just when I thought that you were actually being amused enough to let me off." Sephiroth raised an eyebrow questioningly. "Don't think I didn't notice General stuffy pants. I've seen you grinning at your newspaper a few times in the morning after some of my antics." So Zack was a bit more observant than he gave him credit for.

"I'll give you points for noticing Zack. Genesis only knows because I've been telling him, but I'll have you know that it only amuses me when it doesn't increase the amount of paper work that I have to deal with. Also, remember that slip of paper that you stole from my office months ago? Don't think I haven't forgotten about that. Now if you don't mind I still have paper work to finish on top of that one little slip that you left for me, unless you want punishment I suggest you leave because I'm sure that Angeal wouldn't mind relinquishing his bathroom cleaning duties to you for a week." Zack was out of the room in a second and a small grin settled on Sephiroth's lips.

Definitely amusing.