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Snow Day	By : Zerachiel Category: Final Fantasy VII > Yaoi - Male/Male > Cloud/Sephiroth Views: 7487 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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This chapter is dedicated to Kiota-chan who was the 100th reviewer. Her idea will be implemented into this chapter.
Also before I forget, someone asked what the Slang meant that was used in the VR chapter. It's a slang that was used very highly during WWII to refer to the Japanese. It is Korean I believe and it simply means Japanese Bastard.

Snow day: Fallout

Setting the kettle back down on the stove Emma silently made her way back into her new living room, a cup in one hand and a small stuffed bear in the other. Moving around the couches she sat down silently setting the cup down on the small coffee table and set the bear into the arms of her only child.
She had been shocked when she opened her front door and instantly had arms full of sobbing Cloud. She had quickly brought her baby inside and sat him down on the couch; she still had no idea what happened to make her baby so upset. He had been crying to hard all he could do was hiccup and stutter through words.
Seeing he wasn't crying as hard anymore Emma tried once more to find out exactly what had happened. "Storm Cloud, baby what's wrong."
Sniffling Cloud shook his head clutching his childhood toy to his chest. "Everything fell apart..all because of me." He curled up in on himself turning himself into as small a ball as possible. Scooting closer Emma wrapped her arms around her beloved child tightly simply holding him, offering up the comfort only a mother could. He would tell her when he was ready; if this had anything to do with two SOLDIER she was going to castrate both of them for hurting her baby.
Shaking Cloud's mind wandered back to exactly what have driven him into his mother's arms.
*flashback*
The slamming of his bedroom door jerked Cloud out of a sound sleep; blearily Cloud opened his eyes and rolled over absently noting his new lover was not there with him. Blinking he sat up watched as Tseng moved angrily across the room snatching his shirt up from the floor and angrily pulling it on. His movements were jerky and sharp, there was actually a huge bruise starting on his bicep.
"Tseng?" he bit back a gasp seeing one of his eyes quickly turning black and blood dripping down from his lip. "What the hell happened?" Tseng shook his head wiping the blood away from his lip; grabbing his shoes he moved over to the bed and leaned down kissing Cloud deeply.
He was shaking, Cloud could feel it through his lips; his whole body was trembling. "I'm sorry.. I need to leave…before I do something I will regret." Looking at him with brilliant glowing green mako eyes he gave no other explanation simply left the room leaving the door slightly open.
"Stay the fuck away from me Rhapsodos before I paint the wall with your brain matter."
'What the hell!' leaping out of bed Cloud grabbed a pair of boxers from his dresser and raced out into the living room. His eyes widened as he took in the state of the living room; several of the chairs were turned over, the glass coffee table was shattered and there was blood dotting the furniture and carpet.
Genesis was currently sitting in one of the dining room chairs Angeal behind him picking glass out of his back. Angeal had a very dark look on his face and he wasn't being all that gentle with pulling the shards out of his childhood friends back.
How the fuck did he not hear this? Oh yeah.. soundproof walls..
"Hey spike, you okay?" looking over Cloud saw Reno moving out from the guest bathroom with a few cleaning supplies. "Yeah I'm fine, what the hell happened here? Tseng stormed into the room and stormed out."
Reno shot a dark glare at Genesis hunched over figure, the auburn haired 1st couldn't see them as he had an ice pack over his face.
"You're ex over there decided to go mother chocobo about you when he found out you two spent the night together. It went from a shouting match to as you can see a physical fight, took all of us to pull the two apart… Genesis really fucked himself over with boss man; I've never seen him this mad."
Cloud felt his anger building, there were only a few things he had ever seen set the Turk Director off; insulting his heritage, degrading his men in his presence, or going after Sephiroth. Even then he would just give you the Turk death glare; Tseng had been trembling in anger and the mako had been boiling in his blood enough to turn his eyes the same brilliant green as Sephiroth's. What the fuck had Genesis said to him for it to end in blows?
Growling darkly Cloud stalked up to where Genesis was sitting. "What the fuck did you do Genesis?"
Slowly Genesis lowered the ice pack revealing a black and blue cheek and a black eye; you never would have suspected the man to be as strong as he was. Tseng had a mean right hook and claws..He also fought damn dirty which is why Angeal was currently picking glass out of his back.
"I should be asking you the same thing, you were the last person I ever expected to go and cheat." Genesis eyes were dark as he glared at his one time lover, he said one time because after this they were done.
"How the hell can I cheat when we're not lovers anymore?"
Genesis looked up his dark features looking slightly confused. "What the fuck are you talking about Cloud, neither Sephiroth or I broke up with you. You are the one that jumped Tseng last night."
Cloud shook his head, Reno was right Genesis didn't know what the hell he had done.
"You broke up with me the minute you put that ring on Sephiroth's finger! There is no such thing as a 3 way when you promise yourself completely to one person… you've..you haven't even paid any damn attention to me since the accident! I'm an afterthought when Sephiroth isn't in the room; fuck you haven't even kissed me since the night you two went out on the date night."
Genesis was staring up at him with wide eyes, he opened his mouth to say something but Cloud cut him off. "So no Genesis, I didn't cheat on you.. you fucking kicked me to the curb. I'm not gonna sit here and be your second; I entered into this little three way believing we were all equals..guess I was wrong." Turning Cloud stormed into his room slamming the door shut and locking it. Moving into his room he quickly got dressed, grabbed First Tsurugi and Fenrir's keys and jumped up into the air vent in his living room.
Sliding the vent back over he started to climb through the vent that would pass over Zack's and Angeal's room and out into the hallway. He could thank Reno for showing him the ropes through the Shinra air vents.
He couldn't count how many times he had been sneaking through trying to avoid Angeal or Sephiroth cause he didn't want to do paper work and come across a Turk passing by.
Just like Tseng he needed to get out before he did something he would regret, he needed to go see his mother.
The drive over his mind was blissfully blank. The climb up the Turks apartment stair case he had stopped briefly at what he knew to be Tseng's apartment. After five minutes and no response it looks like the Director didn't return to his home.
It wasn't until he had knocked on his mother's door and seen her small frame did the dam break and all the emotions he had been keeping locked inside broke free.
*end flashback*
Hiccuping Cloud rubbed his face against the only thing he had left from his father, the little beaten up bear he named bobo.
Emma continued to rub her baby's hair letting him calm down; it always took him a little while to calm down when he was really upset. The incident with Tifa and the bridge had taken him days to stop crying once he found out what happened.
"Here Storm Cloud, you know this makes you feel better." She handed him a mug full of his favorite hot chocolate though this time she had spiked it with Rum.
Taking the cup Cloud leaned in against her taking small sips of the rich chocolate.
Knowing he needed some form of distraction Emma kissed the side of his head leaning hers up against his stroking his hair lovingly. "How was the club last night? Did you beat them?"
Cloud snorted despite everything going on and looked up smiling softly. "They didn't suspect a damn thing." Giggling Emma kissed her son once more hugging him tightly. "That's my son; show them what us Strife's are known for."
Chuckling Cloud shook his head; all last night he had played off that he was a new drinker that he never had alcohol in his life. Put everyone in their group into a false sense of security which made them easy to beat. Oh no Cloud was anything but a noob drinker, Nibelheim was quiet well known for their spirits and lack of drinking age. The average child in his village had their first hard liquor as soon as they could hold a Sippy cup. Cloud had been no exception to the rule; he had been drinking since he could remember. Granted unlike here in Midgar where the age rule encouraged binge drinking like they had been last night; those in Nibelheim drank it not trying to get drunk. There was really no alcohol abuse and really no alcoholics.
Yeah Cloud had quite a high tolerance before the mako, last night he had just been drunk; not plastered like the rest of them. Which was why he woke up today with absolutely no friken hangover!
"Mom, is it alright if I crash here tonight?"
Emma gently smacked her son's arm and gave him a big bear hug. "What kind of stupid questions was that Storm Cloud? Of course you can." She gave him a big old wet kiss right on the lips knowing he hated it but it would cheer him up a little.
Groaning Cloud wiped his lips off and batted his mother away. "you love doing that don't you.." he growled out playfully. Giggling more Emma nodded and stood up heading for the kitchen once more, "how does your favorite dinner sound?"
"Sounds great, I haven't eaten since dinner last night."
Making sure his mother was in the kitchen Cloud pulled out his PHS and dialed Zack. If he was going to stay here he needed to let at least one of them know and Zack was technically his superior; that and he needed clothes and he didn't want to go back to the apartment.
The phone picked up and the first thing he was greeted with was loud voices, well one in particular. Unconsciously he shrunk down in the couch hearing that deep baritone he loved raised and shouting.
"Hey, sec..let me get somewhere quiet."
The sound of yelling soon disappeared and he heard the sound of closing glass; sounds like Zack moved out into the patio area.
"Hey Spike.. you alright?"
Swallowing Cloud nodded, realizing Zack couldn't see him he managed to get his jaw to work. "As well as I can, how mad is he?"
Zack made a humming noise no doubt he was pacing back and forth across the patio area. "He's livid..But not at you or Tseng."
Cloud blinked shocked to hear that, he expected Sephiroth to be pissed at them when he found out. "Really?"
"mm yeah, he was a little at first when he found out, but according to him it was more upset cause he thought Tseng had taken advantage of you. Angeal was able to talk to him and explained what you had told Reno and me; he's fine with it now.. at least he appears to be."
A small smile managed to find its way onto Cloud's lips; while Sephiroth may be ignorant to human interactions he was always level headed when things were explained to him.
"What is he mad about then?" there wasn't much that could anger Sephiroth to the point of raising his voice.
"Genesis… he's absolutely livid with him right now. Sounds like a combination of what he said to you and for daring to touch…."
"Is that Cloud?"
Cloud froze hearing Sephiroth's voice a little farther away from the phone. He unconsciously stiffened hearing the phone being taken from Zack.
"Cloud?"
"hi.." wow that sounded meek and weak even to him; flinching he slid a little farther down into the couch, unconsciously pulling bobo in closer against his chest.
" Cloud, can you come home..so we can talk this out?"
Blinking Cloud sat up a little more, he hadn't been expecting this. "Not right now Seph.. I don't want to say something I'll regret and right now if I face Genesis I think I will."
Sephiroth sighed softly over the phone no doubt he was pinching the bridge of his nose; a habit he picked up from Tseng. "I understand, that seems to be a common theme today.. Reno is picking your lock as we speak, he'll bring you a set of clothes… yes Cloud we know you're at your mothers."
Cloud found himself flushing bright red, was he really that predictable? "Shut up.." he bit back softly earning him a chuckle from the silver demon. "There's my chocobo.." Sephiroth said affectionately, but it was laced with a hint of sadness. "Cloud, do you know any of Tseng's haunts? No one has seen him since he left the Shinra building and he's shut his phone off..he left all his weapons here.."
The bottom of his stomach dropped hearing this, Tseng never shut his phone off and he never left his weapons behind he always seemed to have at least one of his guns on him at all times. Even last night at the club he had his beloved Colt tucked into the waistband of his pants. Only reason they knew that is because Zack and grabbed on to keep from falling over and managed to fire the damn thing.
"The Turks have checked out his normal ones, but nothing...he was reported to have been seen in the Slums according to Rod."
Wracking his brain for a possibility; only one presented its self when he thought of why Tseng would be down in the slums. If he wasn't at the watering hole for the Turks there was only one other place they probably didn't think to look because of the nature of the place.
"Sector five slums..there is a large church there..check inside.."

The sound of soft foot falls on hard wood brought him from his daze; tilting his head he listened easily recognizing those soft cautious footfalls. He was surprised that it took her this long; he had been sitting here staring at the flowers for hours now.
It was the single place no one would believe to look for him; while everyone of his Turks knew of his soft spot for the young teenage girl, he was normally never seen here outside his rotation.
This place though, he liked to just sit in here and listen. Even in the midst of the slums this place was always quiet and serene; as if the noise of those around could not penetrate its holy walls.
"And here I thought you only owned that one suit.." hearing the soft voice that always seemed to bring peace to his war torn mind Tseng could not help but smile. "Shocking isn't it.. I do actually own normal clothes." He was in the same clothes he had left the club in last night; a simple black sleeveless underarmor shirt, his black slacks and black shoes.
"Now we just need to get you out of that horrid black phase." Laughing softly Tseng pulled his eyes away from the flowers in front of him and finally up meeting the brilliant emerald eyes of a girl he felt compelled to protect as much as he did Sephiroth.
Aerith pulled her skirt under here and knelt down next to him smiling gently; she knew he was upset; she didn't need to see his face to know that. Simply finding him sitting here when he was not on duty was enough to tell her that.
"oh!" standing up quickly she moved out into the small flower bed her eyes sweeping for something in particular.
Tseng merely watched her silently, more then used to her slightly odd behavior. It was actually one of the more endearing qualities she had, was one of the many that drew him to her.
"aww there you are." Kneeling down she gently plucked a flower from the bed and moved back over to him kneeling down so she was sitting in front of him and held it out. "One gil please." Snorting Tseng shook his head small smile playing on his features as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the small gold coin.
"I spoil you way too much.." he took the flower gently holding the delicate stem in his fingers. It was a pale yellow flower that's petals seemed to stick out at weird angles. A very faint flush crossed his cheeks as it reminded him greatly of a certain blond back at Shinra.
'wait..' he turned to look at the ancient by his side, a small knowing smile on her face. Shaking his head he turned back to the flower in his hand; he would never understand this girl..

The ride down to the slums was one of the longest he had ever been on; the reason was the silent red head next to him. oh he was furious at his lover! The two hadn't really spoken since the initial blow up when he discovered what his lover had done to their friends.
No one would tell him what exactly Genesis had said to Tseng for it to come to blows and he was grateful for that; he didn't know if he could keep himself from reacting to the words.
He was worried though; Tseng never stormed off, he was too well bred for temper tantrums. And he NEVER left without the Colt Sephiroth bought him for his 21st; the fact that said Colt was resting in a holster against his belt made his stomach drop to somewhere in his boots.
Ignoring the girls across the way from them staring at them with hearts in their eyes Sephiroth glanced over to his lover. Genesis was sitting silently as he had been since they boarded the train, his head bowed down his fingers absently alternating between playing with the ring on his finger and his fingernails.
After the initial blow up and his back was healed Angeal had taken Genesis into his room and the two had remained in there for a good two hours. When they had come out Genesis had looked worse for wear emotionally; no doubt Angeal had chewed him a good one and it seemed to have sunk in.
Genesis admitted to not even taking their little blond lovers feelings into consideration when he made the plan over a month prior to pledge himself to Sephiroth. He had been so focused on strengthening their relationship once more after the accident he neglected their young partner, destroying their relationship unconsciously.
Sighing dejectedly Genesis lowered his head more; never in his life had he felt this low. He wasn't even the dirt under their feet he was lower than that at least that was how he felt right now. This morning he had allowed his anger to consume him and he had called Tseng the same thing that had sent him running from the apartment two months prior.
"Fucking disgusting whore! That's all you are Tseng.. a whore that uses people as he sees fit.. First it's Cloud then what.. Sephiroth next? Your Turks not enough for you anymore slut, gotta come after my men now." Those words replayed in his head over and over again in his head. He had no idea where such angry bitter words had come from; he knew Tseng wasn't a whore; man had too much honor for that. It was also the reason he was single and had given up any chance of having a family of his own. He told them once that they; the SOLDIER and his Turks were more important to him than children of his own.
"You deserve to be alone the rest of your life. You will never have Cloud.." Those had been the words to finally push the Turk over the edge. Tseng had stalked up to him looking every inch the deadly panther branded on his chest and sucker punched Genesis as hard as he could.
It had been hard enough to send the 1st to the floor gasping for breath; when he looked up he had been looking into deadly mako green eyes.
He knew deep inside in that short time frame he had destroyed over four years of friendship he had built up with the Turk. 'I'm so fucking stupid…'
Feeling the train slowing he looked up seeing they had reached the slum train station. Pushing himself up he shoved his hands in his leather jacket pockets following Sephiroth out of the train silently; he could feel Angeal at his back his presence being enough to detour their fans from approaching.
Angeal had come with in case Tseng hadn't cooled down enough to speak without resorting to blows once more. It had taken both Angeal and Zack to restrain him after he had thrown Genesis into the coffee table. When the man was enraged and pulling on the natural mako in his body he was extremely strong.
The trek through the slums to sector 5 was in complete silence. Honestly none of the holy trinity as they were called liked being down here; unlike on the plate where people seemed to worship them, down here people glared with pure hatred.
Unconsciously Genesis pulled the beanie he had on to cover his auburn hair down a little farther. Granted it probably wasn't a good idea to grab the one that had the SOLDIER insignia stitched in silver when they were coming down here, but he didn't own hats.
Sector five was surprisingly quiet compared to the others, though no less busy. People milled about in different states of poverty; it really did make him feel uncomfortable here seeing how poor the people here were.
"I'm assuming this is it.." the group stopped in front of a giant church; it was surprisingly really as Religion had seemed to be all but forgotten in Midgar. It was a beautiful structure, built entirely of stone and stained glass windows; a stark contrast to the shanty type structures that surrounded it.
"This looks like an original structure of the town Midgar was built over." Angeal was also staring up at the structure a strange sense of awe over coming him. "Honestly surprised it has managed to stay intact this long."
It would seem most structures from the old town were destroyed and rebuilt as the shanty towns they saw all through the slums.
Sephiroth made a small noise and moved up to the door; he did not feel the same sense of awe the others did when looking at the building. For him it was just that..a building.
Pushing the door open softly he stepped inside instantly feeling a calm serenest wash over him. no longer did he feel as agitated or angry as he had only a few short minutes ago. Walking into the church his boots echoed loudly with each step on the hardwood floor.
Allowing his eyes to rove over the building they landed on a sight that made all his worries vanish.
Tseng was laying at the front of the church beside a young woman in a white and pink dress with long light brown hair and brilliant green eyes to rival his own. The young woman turned from where she was tending..were those flowers?..in Midgar?
She gave them all a gentle smile as she dusted her hands off. "Welcome, are you here to buy a flower? Only one gil." Her voice was light and her smile made you feel calm.
"My apologies, we're actually looking for him." Sephiroth motioned towards where Tseng was laying; surprisingly he hadn't moved an inch since they walked in.
The young girl giggled and looked behind him and waived to Angeal and Genesis smiling that soft smile of hers. "I'll go wake him up, he fell asleep about half an hour ago. I'm Aerith." The trio blinked instantly recognizing the name of Zack's girlfriend from the slums.
"You're Aerith?" Genesis asked rubbing his eyes, his sour mood forgotten for the moment. How the hell had Zack managed to nab this soft spoken beauty.
Aerith tilted her head to the side looking at them with slight confusion. "Yes, do I know you? I don't think we have met before.." Angeal laughed softly seeing a puppy quark showing up in her, "I believe you know our friend, Zackary."
A brilliant smile lit Aerith face her hands clasped in front of her chest. "You must be his friends from SOLDIER. He talks about you all the time, though I've only met Cloud so far… let me guess.. Sephiroth." She pointed at Sephiroth smiling brightly.
Returning the soft smile Sephiroth nodded; she giggled bouncing a little on her feet. "Your eyes give you away, Zack says you are the only SOLDIER with green eyes.. he speaks very highly of you all the time." Turning brilliant green eyes on her next victim she smiled, her head tilting slightly to the side seeing the fire auburn hair sticking out from under the beanie. "Hair of fire to match a fiery personality, Genesis.. the pyro." She giggled turning to look at Angeal her smile becoming brighter, "and Angeal, he speaks of you all the time. Always 'Angeal say's this and Angeal did that." Angeal actually flushed slightly never realizing Zack looked up that much to him.
"Not to sound rude, but.. how did you end up meeting him. we've asked but he won't tell us." Genesis had his arms cross over his chest and was bent over slightly so he could look the little flower girl in the eye. Sephiroth looked over seeing Tseng had shifted but was still dead asleep, the surge of mako in his system must have fully worn off; well they also weren't talking very loudly either.
He turned his attention back to the young girl hearing her giggling; stepping back she pointed up to a hole in the roof. "Reno says he's a fallen angel god drop kicked out of heaven." She laughed softly and turned back clasping her hands behind her back. "He fell through my roof, the flowers broke his fall. When he woke up he said he would repay me by taking me out on one date."
Angeal actually facepalmed at that, Genesis covered his mouth trying so hard not to laugh. Sephiroth though had picked up on something else. "You said Reno, you know him?" it was strange, Zack he could understand if he really crash landed here; but Reno..
Aerith smiled and nodded, "He calls me little flower girl, though I hope he is alright he normally has the morning shift on Sunday, but I haven't seen him today." She shrugged and turned back walking back up towards the front.
"Shift?" Genesis asked looking between Sephiroth and Angeal. Sephiroth was frowning watching the little girl moved up to Tseng and kneel down in front of him. "It means the Turks watch her, and obviously don't hide it."
"Of course, my puppy manages to not only get a girl as pretty as she is, but she is of interest to the Turks.." Angeal sighed deeply wondering if his puppy knew about the Turks. Obviously Cloud did as Cloud had told them to check the church.
"Yay your awake!" Aerith voice was bubbly as she stood up clasping her hands behind her back once more. Tseng slowly pushed himself up back into a sitting position rubbing his forehead; oh his head was still killing him. Now that the adrenaline and mako wore off it left his hangover ten times worse than it had been a few hours ago.
A small frown crossed Aerith face seeing the slight pinch of his brow, he always got that when he had a headache. "Still not feeling good?" Tseng shook his head slowly pushing himself up, "just a headache." Hearing heavy foot steps behind him Tseng whirled around his hand instinctively grabbed Aerith and pulling her back behind him, his other hand going for the gun at his belt..only it wasn't there.
Looking up his whole body relaxed seeing who was walking towards him. "Seph.. What are you doing down here?" Sephiroth never came below plate unless he was with him. Stopping in front of his big brother he reached into his belt and pulled out the Colt and its holster. "No one could find you, and..you left all your weapons sitting on the front end table." Taking the Colt back he strapped it into his pants; feeling the once more familiar weight there.
"You did not need to come find me; I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
Sephiroth sighed seeing Tseng was still upset; he was just trying his damn hardest to hide it. "You also don't normally destroy houses and leave in a mako rage." Reaching forward Sephiroth wrapped his arms around his big brother holding him tightly. "So hush and let me worry about you for once."
Laying his aching head on Sephiroth's shoulder his black eyes caught mako blue, instantly his own eyes darkened and his body went completely rigid. "What is he doing here.." his voice had gone monotone, the same one he used when he went full Turk mode.
Genesis wanted nothing more than to hide behind one of the pews when he saw those dark eyes lock onto his. Aerith having sensed this was part of the reason she had found Tseng sitting in her church had moved over to Angeal and the two were talking quietly over by the flowers. Naturally the plant loving man was fascinated to know how she was getting flowers to grow inside Midgar.
Pulling back from his big brother Sephiroth made him look at him and not Genesis. "He was worried about you as well; don't give me that look.. you know as well as all of us when temper flare things can be said out of anger that we would normally never say…" he gave his big brother a pointed look; Tseng was not immune to this rule. Sephiroth had seen many people on the end of that famous Wutai temper; normally it was his own Turks and he would say things he didn't mean.
"Please.. just talk to him; he regrets what he said." Tseng sighed dejectedly; he honestly knew where Genesis was coming from having been cheated on himself. He had been in just as much a blind rage when he found out about Jilian. "fine.. he spouts off again I'm putting him through the pillar."
Sephiroth snorted and moved to the side though before Tseng could move he reached back unclipping the Colt from his waist band. "I'm going to hang onto this..you don't ever make idle threats." He knew about the threat Tseng had made on his way out the door.
Resisting the urge to roll his eyes Tseng headed over towards the auburn haired 1st.
Stowing the pistol back in his own waist band Sephiroth watched the two silently as Genesis threw his arms around Tseng hugging the shocked Turk tightly. Tseng didn't readily give out his trust and his friendship.. it would take a very long time for Genesis to regain either of them.

It took nearly four months for their little family to return to normal; Cloud once he had managed to calm down had forgiven Genesis. Granted it had taken Cloud a good three weeks to calm down to that point; when their chocobo held a grudge..he held a grudge. Though that was nothing compared to what happened when Emma Strife found out what happened. She went 100% mother chocobo on both their asses, and boy could she cut even Sephiroth down to size.
Genesis and Tseng were a different manner all together; after a good several hour talk in Aerith church (they never did find out why the Turks were watching her) Tseng had for the most part forgiven him. but just as Sephiroth expected Genesis was walking on egg shells around the Turk for the next few months; the loose friendship they had prior was strained and you could feel the tension in the air at times.
The tension became bad during the first few weeks after the blow up when Tseng would show up at night and disappear into Cloud's room. It was hard at first but after a while it became obvious the two were happy together; as Reno would say, Tseng was getting laid so wasn't as bitchy in the morning.
Even with the relationship changes life had returned to normal; Tseng and Genesis were no longer walking on egg shells around each other and the most surprising was the relationship between Cloud, Genesis and himself had actually become stronger. Without the burden of being a third lover the little blond had opened up more around them and soon enough the love changed from that of a lover to that of a little brother.
Flipping through the file in his hand Sephiroth resisted the urge to start bashing his head into the wall behind him. Leaning it back against the wall he allowed his eyes to wander around the room.
They were in Lazard's office at 0400, having been called in for an emergency mission that required all five to depart ASAP.
Genesis had his head hidden behind the file fast asleep on the table; Cloud's head was bobbing dangerously towards his chest those brilliant sapphire eyes heavily lidded. Zack wasn't even his hyper active self as he was currently hiding a large yawn behind his own file. Angeal was the only one of them that seemed to even be half awake; he was currently looking over his own file on one of the computers on Lazard's desk.
Hiding his own yawn behind his hand he resisted the great urge to close his eyes and just go back to sleep. "Do you all understand what you are to do?"
"Course Lazard, we're not little 3rds anymore." Zack said rubbing his eyes trying to wake up. Shaking his head Lazard pushed his glasses farther up on his nose; he couldn't blame these boys he was just as tired. Only difference was he was allowed to go back to bed after this, though if he were to be honest with himself he wouldn't be sleeping much until these boys were back within the walls of Shinra. Just like many in the SOLDIER program and Turks he cared for these boys and had taken it upon himself to watch over them. Which was one reason he was going to pull a few strings for after this mission, they would deserve this.
"Go up and pack not only for a mission but for three days at Costa Del Sol."
Cloud's head shot up at this, those blue eyes still heavy with sleep but he seemed a little more awake then he did a few minutes ago. "Are you serious?" he asked, trying to keep the hope from his voice.
Chuckling Lazard nodded, "Yes, once you complete this mission the Turks that will be accompanying you will take you for three days at Costa Del Sol."
"Oh hell yeah!" Zack punched the air and shot out of his chair file still in hand and raced out of the room.
Shaking his head slightly Lazard reached out and gently pulled on some strands of auburn hair that could be seen over the red leather clad arm. Genesis moaned and batted the hand away remaining completely asleep his head cradled between his arms.
"Enough Seph…I'm tired….I'll fuck you tomorrow…"
Blinking Lazard couldn't help but looked up to Sephiroth; he was currently biting his lower lip to keep from laughing. Sephiroth had the file up in front of his face hiding his face but you could see enough of his forehead to see he was the color of Genesis jacket.
Biting his lower lip hard Cloud stood up and moved over to Genesis. Wrapping his arms around him he gently leaned over his back and whispered in his ear.
Almost instantly Genesis eyes shot open his face flushing a brilliant red color. Holy hell did he honestly just say that in his sleep? Blinking he looked back at Cloud seeing he was trying so hard not to laugh.
Keeping his head behind the folder he looked over to see Angeal was looking anywhere but them, though he had the largest smirk on his face. Sephiroth looked like he was trying to crawl into his file folder and simply vanish.
"Ah fuck…" allowing his head to fall to the table with a sound 'thunk' he groaned loudly, this was some great way to start off the day.
"Call me when you have arrived at you're assigned destination, I will be awaiting your call." Lazard stood showing he was still in sleeping shirt and pants.
"Of course Director." Closing his file Sephiroth moved towards the door.
"Oh Sephiroth, there will be a new Turk accompanying you on this mission. Tseng speaks very highly of him so try not to give him a hard time."
Resisting the urge to growl Sephiroth nodded, he hated when they got new SOLDIER or Turks on a high profile mission like this, it meant they were going to be babysitting that new member for most of this. Feeling an arm slip around his waist he looked down seeing spiky blond hair leaning against his shoulder.
"There is no falling asleep on me, I'm not carting your butt back up to the apartment." Laughing softly Cloud looked up. "Don't worry I'm awake now, so you won't have to cart my ass back up to the rooms." Thankfully at this time of the day there was no one around so he was not worried about anyone seeing him hanging on Sephiroth.
"Are we honestly getting another vacation?" Genesis asked moving up to Sephiroth's other side, his gloved fingers pushing messy auburn hair back away from his face. The group had just thrown their uniforms on not really bothering to brush hair of do anything other than report down to Lazard.
"That is what Lazard made it sound like." Sephiroth said hiding another yawn behind his hand. He was so going to sleep in the helicopter when they got up there.

It was about a half hour later that the group of no more awake 1st arrived up on the tarmac, bags and weapons in hand.
Pushing his way through the door, Sephiroth was instantly hit with the wash of the rooter. His mid back length silver hair whipping around smacking him in the face. Growling he ducked down and ran for the massive Shinra helicopter waiting for them.
Reaching the open side door he couldn't help but smile as a familiar face appeared in the door, hand out stretched for his bag.
"Tseng!" Zack said happily appearing at Sephiroth's shoulder he smiled up at the director. Smiling back Tseng took the bags from his little brother and Zack. "Hurry up you lot, if we are going to get to Junon to catch the Highwind we need to move."
Okay so maybe this trip wouldn't be so bad after all. Pulling himself up into the helicopter Sephiroth made over to his normal seat against the far door, sitting down he situated Masamune against the door. This door never opened so he wasn't worried about his sword being against it.
Zack piled in a second later moving into his normal seat across from him, reaching up he grabbed the headphones that were specially designed for them. Flipping the switch he turned to look into the cockpit trying to see who was flying. "Hey who we got flyin our happy asses? Is that Reno I spy up there?"
There was laughter over the radio and sure enough a spiky red head in a sloppy Turk uniform appeared in the door way for the cockpit. "Good morning, yo!" reaching out the two slapped hands, even though it was four am Reno looked like he was wide awake and had been for hours. "So you're flying us to Junon then?" Zack asked watching as Rude who had appeared behind Tseng was helping the director load the rest of the bags as the other three SOLDIER piled into the helicopter.
Genesis moved over to his normal seat next to his lover and pulled on his own headphones. "No, yo. New kid is flying us."
Genesis looked over to Sephiroth nervously; it was not often they had a new kid flying them. The last time that had happened he and Angeal had been stranded out in the middle of nowhere as the kid had crashed the damn thing.
"Don't worry, he might be new to the Turks but he is not new to flying." Tseng said packing away the last of the bags and moving to his spot next to the door next to Cloud. Rude took a seat next to the door next to Genesis and pulled the heavy door shut.
"Alright let's go." Tseng moved to stand in the isle of the cockpit. "You remember how to get to Junon?" there was no answer over the radio but it was obvious the new Turk had given him some form of answer as Tseng nodded and moved back into his seat making quick work of the buckles there.
Above them they could hear the blades picking up speed and soon enough the helicopter was moving off the helipad.
Leaning forward slightly Sephiroth looked out the window watching as they helicopter titled forward slightly and started to head out across the massive city.
No matter how long he lived here he would never get used to how this city looked. It was an engineering marvel being suspended above ground on plates; it was also an engineering nightmare which was why the city was covered in massive cranes that were building 24/7. Even with the men building constantly the city was still not due to be done for another 2 years.
"So where exactly are we going yo? The mission log didn't give a location, and Tseng goes emo panther on us when we ask." Since seeing his tattoo at the club everyone had started calling Tseng panther which normally irked the hell out of him.
Blinking Sephiroth grabbed Zack's folder which he still had on him and flipped through it, he hadn't paid attention to where they were going simply that they needed to take care of a new AVALANCH rebel group.
Seeing the location he looked up seeing Tseng was looking out the small window on the helicopter his Turks mask in place.
"We're going to Wutai.."

AN: well there you all have it the fall out ^_^ and I hope I was able to do Aerith well I have always hated her character so I never pay attention to her.
Now that I have posted three chapters for snow day I'm gonna try and get a new chapter for life long forgotten up. For those of my readers it's a Time travel fic same basic pairings as this story but where this completely says fuck Crisis core and FFVII this one follow the original timeline.
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