Through Life

"Alright... Sector Five Church..." Zack muttered. "Sector Five... Where is Sector Five? Where are we?"



"Ummm... Zack?" Cloud gripped Zack's hand.



"Huh? Oh, sorry, baby!"



Zack turned to Cloud and said sheepishly. "I have no idea where we are."



"No, not that. Although, I would like to know why we're going to a church..."



"CLOUD!"



"Who..."



Cloud began to turn but was stopped. Zack jumped in front of him protectively, but then laughed. The blond looked around Zack.



"Tifa?"



The brown-haired woman smiled broadly. "Cloud! How are you? Where have you been? How's SOLDIER?"



Cloud looked at her strangely. "SOLDIER... Oh! Um, fine."



Zack looked strangely at Cloud. Cloud looked back at him pleadingly. Zack shrugged and turned to Tifa.



"Long time?" How long had it been, anyway?



"Yeah. Five years."



Holy- Five years? Five fucking years stuck in a tube of fucking mako?!?



Cloud stuttered. "Y-yeah. Long time."



Tifa said. "You two should come home with me."



"Uh- where are we, Tifa?" Cloud asked.



"Sector Seven Slums!"



Sector Seven. Zack winced. So close! Cloud looked over at him and rolled his eyes.



"Sure." Zack muttered, defeated.



Cloud smiled at him as Tifa turned to lead them back to the bar. "Hey, it's okay."



"Yeah. Sure. We're stuck with your childhood friend, that's all."



"Someone jealous?"



"Why would I be jealous of her?" Zack demanded. "Do I have... reason to be?"



Zack looked honestly worried. "Cloud, do you..like her or something?"



Cloud looked aghast. "Zack, why would you...? I was just teasing! I'm with you!"



Cloud leaned up and, out in public, pressed a firm kiss to Zack's lips. "There's no one else, Zack." he murmured.



"Ahem!"



Oh, right. Tifa stared pointedly at Zack. He shrugged, a blissful smile on his face. Tifa huffed and turned once more.



"In here."



The bar was dark and empty. The two men walked in after her. She immediately walked behind the bar and offered them drinks.



"No thanks." Zack said.



Cloud looked at him, open mouthed. "Zack, you feeling okay? I've never known you to pass up a drink."



"Hey, I wanna be sober tonight."



Cloud blushed. Tifa noted this and said heatedly.



"Where are you staying?"



"Uh... Sector Six?"



"...You can stay here."



She turned away from them to mix her own drink, showing that 'no' was not an option.



"Thanks, Tifa!"



"Mm-hmm. Up the steps, first on the left."



Zack followed Cloud to their room. Zack placed his sword on the dresser before turning to Cloud.



"Baby...I missed you." he said softly.



"i've been with you, Zack." Cloud said confusedly.



"I was speaking for the five years we spent in glass."



"Oh."



Cloud was standing beside the bed. But not for long.



Zack literally jumped at Cloud. The blond cried out as he made impact with the bed. Zack was hungrily kissing his neck.



"Zack.. the door's open."



"Screw it."



"..Tifa's downstairs."



Zack paused. Now that was a compelling case. He sighed and leaned back to go to it, but Cloud was already off. He slammed the door and was back beneath Zack before the older man could even register his absence.



"Someone's eager."



"At least I had the sense to shut the door."



Zack chuckled. "True."



Cloud spread his legs. "We have five years to make up for."



"And the rest of life to do it."



Cloud smiled. "If you don't-"



"C'mon, baby, you should know me better than that by now!"



"I..I know..."



Zack's soft smile made Cloud relax.



"..The rest of life, huh?"



"You bet."



"...Can tonight be the beginning?"



"Anything you want, baby."



"You're all I need, Zack." Cloud whispered softly.



"I love you, Chocobo-Head."



Cloud made a face. "Chocobos." he muttered.



Zack laughed and nuzzled Cloud's neck. His fingers were pulling on Cloud's pants, eager to remove the restrictive clothing.



But then...



"Cloud! Zack! Get down here and eat! Barret's here!"



Zack muttered. "Thanks, Tifa. Getting ready for the best fuck of my life and..."



Cloud blushed. "We still can."



"Later..."



"Or we can skip..."



"And no skipping!"



"My god." Zack breathed. "she's psychic!"



Cloud sat up. "Hey, you said we had the rest of life."



"Yeah. But I wanted to start now!" he whined.



"Come on, you big baby. The sooner we get down there, the sooner-"



Zack was out the door. Well, he ran into it first before so wisely remembering Cloud had closed it. Muttering, he tore it open and was out the door. But, then he was back, lifting Cloud in his arms.



"You heard, no skipping."



Zack carried Cloud out the door. Cloud wondered.



Who was Barret?



-T.B.C.-



Well, folks, we're almost at the game's beginning! Anyone who hasn't played all the way through, or very much, I'm just warning you now to be careful. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone. That would suck dearly.