A/N: In the Second Time Around universe, Rydia & Hope enlist Seven's help to organise something special for the Fangrai couple. How will Fang and Lightning react? Story is short in length. Pairing focus is mainly Fangrai (married), but Sebusai (engaged) is featured with a splash of Hope/Porom plus Rydia/Edge (both married).

Origins of the Seven Fan Club

Seven was holding Odin the cat in one unique wrap where the beloved cat was so happy while sleeping and purring - the silver-haired lass knows how to calm both babies and cats down according to Sice, Edge & Porom - when Rydia and Edge show up to the Yun-Farron household, their eyes lit up by seeing the person who they had wanted to seek out for something. Although she is slightly tired, Seven was genuinely happy to see them, for she had a feeling that they sought her out for something tied to Lightning and Fang, as their anniversary is coming up, and everyone wanted the Fangrai pair to have a week off from everything as the couple went through so much for so long. Seven, who recently found out that she's the youngest sister of the Farron family, has been the mastermind of the matter. Knowing that Fang and Lightning are about to become first time parents to a healthy baby boy, Seven and Sice wanted to do something special for them, as a thank you for all they've done for them over the years. In a way, Seven wanted Rydia and Hope's help more than the rest for what the silver haired lass wanted to gift them: a two-week trip to their dream destination.

The conversation didn't last very long, mainly because Rydia and Hope had a feeling that Seven and Sice wanted the Fangrai couple to travel for a bit, before they become first time parents to Kurasame, the name they picked for their son. When Rydia & Hope confirmed the travel ideas, what was exchanged next is contact info for each other, as key parts of the planning had to be discreet, without one Oerba Dia Vanille or Serah Villiers finding out said plans at all. Hope knows those two well enough to know that. Sice even gave Vanille a death glare for revealing some stuff regarding the Sebusai pair on one occasion, as Seven and Sice were the very last to know on said occasion. It was a short time later that Rydia and Hope left the house so the discreet planning can begin. At their respective homes, Edge and Porom cheered, for knowing that Seven was not only on board with helping out on the secret trip for the Fangrai couple, Seven is also the mastermind behind it. In the Rubrum native's eyes, it was the least that she and Sice could do for the two lasses that helped them seek out a better life in Bodhum-Oerba.

Fang will lose her shit, and in the best way.

XXX

A few weeks have passed, and the trio of Seven, Rydia & Hope managed to save up the amount of money needed to fully fund the trip for the Fangrai pair: travel, rental car, hotel, the works. In the eyes of everyone else who knows Fang and Lightning, they deserve the best in life. They've worked so hard to get what they have now. With a baby on the way, a trip to get away from everyone and everything was a great idea, since Seven does share the Farron trait of being a clean freak. Sice isn't as good on cleaning but can 'cook like a G' (Edge's words). In the amount of time since the Sebusai pair moved in with Lightning and Fang, they actually made things better than worse despite people's fears about Sice's house habits. One can say that Seven is the true good luck charm as Sice's house habits have improved, but it can be debated that it's more Lightning than Seven, although it remains to be seen. Once the arrangements for the surprise trip are done, the only thing Seven could do at the moment was try to relax with Odin. The cat sensed something about one of his hoomans, so Odin wanted to calm the silver haired lass' nerves before the Fangrai couple came home from work.

Fang, after arriving home from work first - Lightning was another hour away (thank you, unexpected overtime) - when she saw an envelope similar to the size of the documents that had the DNA results for Lightning, Serah & Seven, and that day being the one where it was revealed that Seven is the biological sister to both Lightning and Serah, which was a happy moment in itself. Unlike that envelope, the contents of this package felt a tad thicker, and felt slightly heavier too, than that package. Instead of opening up on the spot, she felt the need to wait until Ligthning got home from the Guardian Corps HQ. What had the brunette thinking was the only thing on the envelope near their names was the notable smiley face from Rydia. It was 45 minutes later that Claire 'Lightning' Yun-Farron showed up - true to her namesake, the oldest Farron sister went through traffic that quick - and the pinkette was just as dumbfounded as Fang on the envelope. In the presence of the Sebusai couple, plus Odin, the pair opened up the contents of the package, to find two round trip tickets to their dream destination, hotel and rental car info, all paid for.

The Fangrai couple was at a loss for words. Lightning gave Seven, as the oldest Farron was able to figure some stuff out based on Rydia's smiley face on the envelope, the gentlest hug possible, knowing that her baby sister was the mastermind behind this trip. No words were exchanged, but no words were needed. Lightning's amount of thanks and gratitude were there in that hug. Fang and Sice exchanged a fist bump - those two were never touchy feely but that is okay by them, and perfectly so. When asked why this particular trip, the only thing that Seven said on that was it was a 'thank you both for all you've done for Sice and I', as those two went through hell. This trip was the least they could do, and had people who wanted to help them out with the matter. In a matter of days, the Fangrai couple went on the trip to their dream destination, and had the best time all trip long. They came home to a spotless and clean house two weeks later. Rydia, Edge, Hope & Porom got a really expensive souvenir each from said place, and the best part of the trip was the nursery was complete as they knew Kurasame Yun-Farron would be arriving soon.

This is the origins of the Seven Fan Club...

Where Seven plays a role in the best outcome for all.

FIN

A/N #2: Next story is in the Paying it Forward universe, where Celes and Terra have some choice words for Jihl Nabaat regarding Lightning.