So I was casually typing this while watching TV last night and before I realised it I had a chapter haha.

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

Sephiroth stared at the piece of paper on his desk for a long time. Not sure what to make of it for a few moments before he sighed and penned out something on another piece of paper and pressed one of the buttons on his phone to get his secretary. "What can I do for you sir?"

"Call in Lieutenant Fair and send him straight to my office."

"Yes sir. I'll make sure he's there as soon as possible."

Zack burst his way into his office and sat himself in Sephiroth's guest chair ten minutes later. "What can I do you for General stud muffin? Is the world ending? Because usually I have to fight my way into your office just so I can talk to you."

Sephiroth twitched a little at the nickname, but didn't bother to correct the wolf. Instead, he threw a piece of paper in Zack's direction and the Lieutenant glanced at it for a moment before turning a questioning gaze back to Sephiroth.

"Explain exactly what this is Lieutenant."

"It's a recommendation for a cadet to enter the mentor programme?"

Even though he couldn't see it Sephiroth could hear Zack's tail hitting the back of his chair in excitement. "I do not remember writing this Lieutenant."

The thumping of Zack's tail sound slowed down a few beats. "Maybe your memory's not like it used to be with your age and all?"

Somehow Sephiroth knew that he should feel insulted by Zack's words, but he knew the wolf a little bit too well for that. "I am only twenty three years of age Zachary, that makes me only seven years older than you."

"But an extra five years more than me of being in Shinra."

"Six." Sephiroth corrected. "I was in Shinra for a year before I became a General."

"The General." Zack corrected and Sephiroth uncharacteristically rolled his eyes.

"Either way Zachery, you are not going to sway me off this topic."

Zack merely pouted.

"Now, is there a reason why you want this cadet under your care? Or shall I accept his refusal to be mentored?"

Zack looked surprised at this. "He… Declined?"

Sephiroth pulled out another piece of paper that had Clouds refusal printed out in neat handwriting. "I believe it says something along the lines of, 'although I am honoured that Lieutenant Fair has recommended me as a part of the mentoring programme, I do not believe that I am a suitable candidate, as there are others that would benefit from it more than I. Signed Cloud Strife.' He might have seen through your little ploy, whatever it is Zachary."

"Stop calling me Zachary." An expression that looked like it was somewhere between annoyed and thoughtful made its way onto Zack's face. "Now how am I going to make him change his mind?"

"This Cloud Strife." Sephiroth's voice seem to bring Zack out of his thoughts. "He's that Halfling that is under your friends command am I right?" Zack nodded his head. "Blond hair, bright blue eyes and enough MP to summon Phoenix."

Zack blinked in surprise. "I thought only Rufus and I knew about that, how did you find out?"

"You remember that scuffle outside the training rooms that Genesis and I took care of a while ago?" Zack nodded his head again. "That cadet that you're so intent on training seemed to be the catalyst. He had a cat and a rat after him and as soon as the rat brought out a knife, he summoned Phoenix."

"Wow talk about overkill…"

"I believe anyone with that kind of skill would do the same if someone was holding a knife to them."

"Hey if it was me I would have just set fire to all of their asses and just sit there and laugh while they all attempted to put it out."

Sephiroth decided not to comment on that. "You know if it was any other cadet, I would have just told you to leave him to his own training and carry on with more important things… Like your paper work." Zack made a face at that. "But in this case I actually think that training him would be beneficial to this army in the long run." Sephiroth reached over to his stack of papers and pulled off the one on top.

Zack's entire face seemed to light up at this. "Is that… What I think it is?"

"Don't get your hopes up too high puppy. If he says no again I will do no more to help you with whatever this thing is that you're planning. It was fun in the beginning but as of now my curiosity is only just outweighing the possible conflicts that could arise from this."

"Ha see I told you that you were having fun."

Sephiroth smirked a little while Zack reached over the desk to try to snatch the paper out of Sephiroth's hands, but the general quickly moved the paper out of his reach and the wolf pouted.

"I thought that you were going to give it to me."

"Not yet puppy. There's just one little thing that I have to warn you about."

Zack was already crawling over the desk to try to reach the paper and Sephiroth stood up, holding the paper up above his head so that Zack couldn't reach.

"It's about Genesis."

Zack paused on his mission to grab the paper. "What's up with Gen?"

"If this cadet accepts…"

"What do you mean if?"

Sephiroth rolled his eyes. "If I manage to convince this cadet, or when you manage to con him into joining the mentoring programme, you need to know that Genesis has something against Halflings."

Zack stared at Sephiroth in surprise. "What? Gen doesn't like Halflings? This is the first time I've heard of this."

"Genesis wasn't exactly polite to that cadet when we met him in the hallway. He was so out of character that I had to ask Angeal about it. Apparently Hollander had drilled it into Genesis' head that Halflings are abominations, so neither of us know what his reaction will be if he finds out that that cadet might be staying in the same apartment as you."

"Will be." Zack corrected as he started trying to make for the paper again. He already had his arms wrapped around Sephiroth's neck in an attempt to climb up him. "Why are you so damn tall Seph?"

"You're not even concerned are you Zachary?"

"I will deal with it when the time comes. Genesis needs to learn that Halflings aren't abominations at some point right?" That wasn't exactly the answer that Sephiroth was looking for but Zack was the type to live in the now and when he wanted to do something, he'd follow through with it until he had accomplished it. "Are we done with this conversation yet?"

"One more thing."

Zack was now eyelevel with Sephiroth now that he was pretty much koala holding the General. Sephiroth was glad that most people didn't have the nerve to burst into his room. Zack was the only one that did that.

"Say thank you."

Zack grinned and kissed Sephiroth hard on the lips before the General lowered the paper. It was snatched out of his hands in seconds and Zack was already heading for the door before Sephiroth had even realised he wasn't clinging onto him anymore.

"Thank you Sephy, you know I love you more than Genesis loves Loveless."

Sephiroth sighed and just waved him off. "Have fun puppy."

"Will do!"