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An Invitation to Heaven or Hell?

Cloud let out a heavy sigh as she stepped out of the girl's bathroom. The bullies seemed to be more aggressive than before when they couldn't catch him for the passed few days. It was difficult enough for him to hide from them and kept his girl's clothes away from any sneaky eyes. All he wanted right now was to be at home, safe and sound, and a bathtub filled with hot water that could practically boil his skin off would be great!

The blond smiled contently like a cat that had just finished its milk at the thought of a hot bath, without looking at where he was heading, he bumped into someone's back.

'Oh, I'm sorry,' Cloud immediately said, rubbing his head, careful to not pull on his wig. When he looked up at who he bumped into, he received several cold stares from five girls.

'Oh, I'm sorry,' the girl, who he had bumped into, sneered. She had short brown hair and a pair of thin glasses that gave her the look of a strict librarian. 'Sorry for what bitch? For getting Genesis-sama's attention?'

Oh, here we go again. Cloud thought tiredly, he really couldn't believe that after a narrow escape from the bullies, he found himself in a cat fight situation. Wait a minute...

Did she just refer to Genesis with the title "sama"?

'Why are you calling Genesis with "sama"?' the young man in disguised asked, blinking his eyes innocently like a kitten that tried to understand something it couldn't.

'Don't play dump with us! Genesis-sama is the most handsome guy in school and the lead actor of every plays in art performance club! He deserved all of our respect!' another girl proclaimed dramatically as the others nodded in agreement, putting their hands over their heart like they were swearing an oath.

Man... They are as worse as Seph's stalkers... Cloud thought as he forced a polite smile, remembering the chocolate boxes he found in front of their door, the creepy letters in the mailbox, which some had pictures of him and his brother going out, and not to mention the not-so-stealthy women following his brother back home from work. Fangirls are the most horror-filled beings in the universe. Especially, the hardcore obsessive ones, they are more dangerous than a revived angry mother T-Rex.

'I see... I'm sorry, but I am kind of in a hurry, so can you let me through?' the boy in disguise asked kindly, but he only received several snide smiles from the female students. Oh no... Dear goddess, don't tell me...

'What's the hurry, my friend,' the one with the glasses spoke in a too sugary tone as her pals surrounded him. 'We still have sometime left, so why don't help you fix your looks a bit?'

I knew it! Cloud cursed in his mind as his body bolted into action, dodging the stretched-out hands that tried to grab him, pushed passed those crazed girls and started running toward the nearest escape route he could think of with the crazy jealous and violent fangirls behind him.

As he ran, he muttered every curse in different language he had learned. He simply could not believe how his luck could go from terrible to worse instead of great! Then again, his luck had never really given him anything that could be consider as a good thing, the only time it ever did, it had made a rather awkward meeting with Genesis, but it was also because of it that had leaded him in this problem! I am so going to die one of these days if I kept getting into anymore trouble!

At this thought he doubled his speed, putting a greater distance between him and the angry mob behind him.

'Skye?' a smoothing voice suddenly called out.

Cloud was immediately snapped out of his reveries by the voice and, when he saw who was calling him, his legs abruptly halted their movements just like a train's track when someone pulled the emergency brake. His eyes widen as he stayed frozen on the spot, staring straight at the source of his very recent problem. He had no idea if he should be feeling relief or down right fear. His mind told him that he should probably be afraid, because he could feel the death glares coming from the fangirls at the back of his head.

'Skye, what is it? You look as if you have ghosts chasing after you,' Genesis joked lightly as he slowly walked towards him like he was some kind of noble prince.

Oh no, no, no, no, no, no! Go back! Get away from me! Cloud mentally screeched as the most handsome guy in school, or so the fangirls claimed, placed his hand over his shoulder, smiling down at him. He could feel the sweat covering his palms and forehead, his heart rate was rising tremendously, the blood in his body seemed to be suddenly replaced by cement and his stomach was making some sort of weird twist on its own.

'Are you alright? You don't look so well.' Genesis spoke gently as he moved his hand from his shoulder to his forehead.

The blond felt his cheeks burning with embarrassment as he looked down at his feet shyly, not noticing that the hand had left his forehead and was now kneading the tensed muscle behind his neck. Well... not until Genesis' nails lightly brushed against the scalps that weren't hidden by his wig, because at the moment he did, Cloud let out a soft purr of contentment just like a cat, exactly like a cat would do!

Surprised, Cloud threw his hands over his mouth and Genesis paused in his small ministration. No way... I didn't... No I did not... I DID NOT JUST PURR LIKE A GODDAMN CAT IN FRONT OF HIM! Then he felt the fingers on his neck put a tiny pressure on the nape of his neck again, a small jolt-like feeling ran through his whole body and he purred again.

It was only after he felt that Genesis had removed his hand that Cloud had the courage to look up and stared into the azure eyes that were filled with amusement and curiosity. They were rather... alluring.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH! STOP! HALT! FOCUS CLOUD STRIFE! FOCUS! FORCUS HERE! Cloud screamed in his mind as he tried to control both his thoughts and raging hormones that were clearly not helping him with Genesis so close to touch, to smell, to kiss. AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGHHH! DAMN TEENAGE HORMONES!

While the blond was raging war with his body and mind, he failed to notice that Genesis was silently guiding them away from the jealous spectators who were glaring at them with their teeth bared like canines and brought them outside into the parking lot.

'Do you want me to drive you home?'

The question had instantly put a stop to the inner-bickering of Cloud as he turned his attention back to the taller student. Cloud found himself drowned into those eyes that reminded a lot of the ocean. It took him a moment before he could get his voice to work and said hesitantly, '...no ...no you don't need to drive me home, it's just a couple of street away...'

'Then I'll walk you,' Genesis said as he offered his arm like a gentleman with a smirk.

Is he teasing me? The blond wondered as he put his hand over the offered arm. Both of them slowly walked away, oblivious of the surprised stares they made from both the female and male students of the school.

Of course, Cloud knew that he should have decline the offer if he wanted his body to stay in one piece for the rest of the year, but he found it extremely hard to resist Genesis's charm. Then again, he doubted anybody at school could resist it, unless they were blind.

They remained silent during the whole way to the Strife's residence, which Cloud was glad of, because he couldn't trust his voice working properly with Genesis around.

When they were only a street away from his home that Cloud remembered that Sephiroth was at home and if he saw them... The blond shivered involuntarily, because he could practically feel the death glare that his brother was going to give to them when he opened the door for them.

'Umm... Thank you for walking me home... I'll be going now. Bye!' Cloud quickly said, but before he could just run towards his house, Genesis grabbed him by the wrist.

'Skye, would you be interested in having tea with me this weekend?' Genesis asked as he edged closer to Cloud.

'Umm... I euh... ok?' Cloud breathed out, his cheeks were red hot and his heart was running around 2000km/h. Really, Genesis' lips were a little too close for comfort.

His answer seemed to amuse Genesis as he smirked slightly, then he leaned closer and placed a chaste kiss on his forehead.

'I'll be looking forward to your arrival, Skye, my lady,' Genesis whispered softly into his ear and lightly massage his neck. This immediately caused him to purr and nuzzle against the man's cheek.

Oh no! Not again! Cloud thought as he looked at the ground, he was pretty sure that his whole face was as red as a strawberry. He quickly turned away and ran as fast as he could from the handsome actor.

Cloud opened the front door and slammed it close without thinking of being discreet. With his back against the door, Cloud took some time to reorganize his thoughts and calm himself from what just happened. He simply could not believe that not only did he purr in front of a guy, he also nuzzled against said guy's face like a newborn kitten!

STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID CLOUD! HOW CAN YOU LOSE CONTROL OF YOURSELF LIKE THAT! IN FRONT OF A GUY YOU BARELY KNOW AND WHO SHOULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN A COMMON FRIEND! The blond berated himself mentally while wondering if this weakness of his was a part of the mother's side cat-like DNA.

'Cloud?' Cloud was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard the voice of his brother calling him and a hand was waving in front of him.

'Hey, stop it,' Cloud grumbled under his breath as he shoved away Sephiroth's hand.

Sephiroth crossed his arms over his chest, looking at him sternly, and asked, 'Did something happened that I should know about?'

The young boy in disguise thought for a second before he made the motion to tell his brother to come closer. When Sephiroth bent down to listen, Cloud put his hand behind the silver-haired man's neck and placed a small pressure with his fingertips, which immediately caused him to purr like a cat.

For the first in his entire life, Cloud saw a look of surprise on his brother's face. 'This is what I want to talk to you about.'

Boy, it was going to be a long, long night…

Well here's another chapter accomplish! Sorry for the delay! It was very difficult to continue my writings with the exams and all! But vacation is finally here! Hope you have all enjoy the chapter! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!