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Warning:



A Zack and Cloud and possibly others (not telling yet ) fic, can guess who they are… yaoi…if you don’t like that…don’t read.



Authors Note:



I plan on having a lot of fun with this fic and bringing in some others into the mix. You can probably guess who they are by now…now it is just how will it all come together.



Thanks to ZiggyPasta for being my Beta…thanks and more thanks…



A little bit of crossover with the POV…Zack and then Cloud…



Disclaimer:



Don’t own, just using for my own amusement





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He was seeing red, and it was not just Reno’s hair.



Zack had come down to the Mess to grab something to eat. He often came down to join the lower classes and infantrymen; it raised the morale to see a First Class joining in with the ‘common’ folk. It was fun to eat with them, and honestly, Zack liked the food. He didn’t care that everyone thought it was gruel. It was warm, greasy and bad for him; that was what made it so great.



Also, it was a place where he could sit and talk with Cloud and his friends. Sometimes, that was the only way that he could see his…



~lover~



…friend.



But today, Reno was hovering over Cloud. Reno had his hand on the back of Cloud’s chair, and the other pressed against a tilted hip. His head was dipped slightly as he talked to Cloud, while Cloud’s head was tilted up, exposing his throat with an amused smile on his lips.



~that smile is mine~



Cloud was sitting between his two friends, Joseph and John. John, Zack liked. He was a straight cut guy that was bound to make it into SOLDIER. Joseph, Zack did not like. Joseph was a flitting moron, in his opinion. When he was on duty, he could blend in with the infantrymen. However, it didn’t excuse his obvious flamboyance off-duty. But now, he wasn’t wearing his eyeliner or lip gloss, and his normal wild blue hair was in a tight pony tail. But he was still a moron, and his hands were on Cloud way too much.



~it's Reno’s hands you need to worry about, now~



He refrained from dashing over and breaking the redhead’s arm. The hand that had been on the back of the chair was now rubbing Cloud’s shoulder. Cloud laughed slightly, and Zack heard it over the din of chatter in the room. Reno gave Cloud’s shoulder a pat and started to walk away.



Zack narrowed his eyes, and followed the Turk.



Reno slunk into a corner, fiddling with a pack of cigarettes.



“Hey, Zack,” he said as he noticed him. “Whatcha doing down in these dregs for?”



“I was going to ask you the same question,” Zack said.



Reno smirked and leaned against the wall, stuffing his hands in his pockets. “It’s my job, now, yo,” he snickered. “Really pissed off Boss Man.”



“That doesn’t explain why you, are here,” Zack said, poking the redhead in the chest.



“Hey!” Reno said, rubbing the spot that Zack poked. “What the hell was that for, yo?”



“Answer the question, Turk,” Zack demanded. “Why were you talking to Cloud?” Zack took a wide stance and crossed his arms, as he glared at Reno.



“Geez,” Reno said, smoothing out his suit, “Jus’ talkin’.”



“Why?”



“I was just buggin’ him about your date and all,” Reno said with a smirk. “Relax! I was jus’ complainin’ about how expensive you two were.”



~you touched him!~



“Bugging? Why?” Zack said leaning toward Reno. He was aware that Reno had leaned away from him slightly.



“Man. I gotta have some fun 'round here, yo,” Reno answered. “You may have had fun, but my weekend sucked!”



Zack looked over to the table where Cloud was sitting. Joseph was whispering something in his ear, which caused Cloud to blush and push Joseph out of his chair.



~gonna have to teach that boy to keep his hands to himself~



“Whoa! Calm down there, SOLDIER,” Reno said with a chuckle. “Ya need to get that green demon under control, man.”



“What? Green demon? What the hell are you talking about?” Zack said turning to Reno.



Reno raised both of his hands in a submissive gesture and ended up with his back against the wall. “Easy, man, okay. I know you and Cloudy had a good ol' time and all, but you’re actin’ like a bossy boyfriend, yo.”



~bossy boyfriend?~



“It’s not like that,” Zack denied, crossing his arms.



“Oh, I think it is exactly like that,” Reno said taking a step towards him. “Come on. I saw how Cloudy looked when you guys left Monteno’s. He was in bliss world, and you were givin’ me the evil eye, bro.”



“Those clothes. Did you buy them?” Zack said, leaning into Reno again. He was beginning to feel annoyed. He gripped his arms tightly to prevent his hands from forming fists.



“Couldn’t have Cloud lookin’ like a slob, yo,” Reno said, looking over at Cloud.



Zack looked over at the blond and saw that Cloud was giving him a curious, and serious look. He gave a little wave and Cloud waved back.



“Seen him and his buds there, checkin’ out the duds at Lore’s. Thought ya’d appreciate it there, Zacky-boy.”



~he bought his pants too tight~



“He thinks I bought them for him,” Zack said, and was pleased to see that Reno looked a little bit disappointed.



“See, made ya look good, bro,” Reno straightened, and fiddled with his cigarettes. “I didn’t tell ‘em that I bought ‘em.”



“Why were you at Lore’s?” Zack demanded. He tried to calm down the tension that he was feeling.



~jealousy~



Reno snorted. “Well, ya saw my suit, eh?”



“What does that have to do with anything?”



“It’s not exactly Turk attire. Kinda changed the order that Tseng gave me. Hence, why I’m stuck in the dregs,” Reno explained. “Wanted to be stylin’.”



Zack snorted and uncrossed his arms. “It was a nice suit.”



“Darn right! It was fuckin’ hot, yo. Tseng doesn’t appreciate a good thing when he sees it,” Reno said, and was fiddling with something in his pocket.



Zack just shook his head at Reno. “Why must you aggravate Tseng so much?”



“Two hundred and thirty-eight times, yo,” Reno said.



Zack looked at him confused, and decided not to ask what the number meant. Sometimes with Reno, it was just better not to know. If he cared so little for his life, he could keep taunting Tseng. Zack was sure that Reno would pay the price for that, eventually.



“You’re being punished over a suit?”



“Yep,” Reno said, twirling a cigarette in his fingers.



Zack snorted again. He knew that Tseng would do more than just make Reno patrol the Mess Hall. “What else is he doing to you?”



“Oh, a little bit of this and that,” Reno said.



“Tseng doesn’t punish lightly,” Zack said.



Reno just shrugged. “Don’t I know it.”



Zack looked back over at the table. Joseph had his hand on Cloud’s shoulder where Reno had been touching him not that long ago. Zack was going to teach that boy to stop touching what was his.



~possessive much?~



“If you’re done bein’ all jealous, I need a smoke.” Reno twirled his cigarette and nodded his head to the door.



“I am not being jealous!” He glared at the pesky redhead.



~denial~



“Yeah, yeah, sure,” Reno said. “I’m seein’ that green-eyed monster, and Sephiroth is nowhere to be seen.” Reno said smugly.



Zack rolled his eyes. “Don’t let Sephiroth hear you say that.”



“I plan on stayin’ as far away from Mr. Frost as possible, yo,” Reno said and put the cigarette to his lips.



“Am I acting that jealous?” Zack said and rubbed his face, trying to shake the tense feeling that was coiling in his chest and belly. He had never been the jealous type before.



~never had a reason to, before~



“Like a wolf protectin’ her pups, yo.” Reno said, flicking his lighter.



Zack sighed and ran his hand over his eyes. He needed to calm down and think about how he was behaving. After all, he had harboured the thoughts of breaking Reno’s arm when he touched Cloud.



~jealous indeed~



Reno may be a crazy Turk, but he was still his friend. He shouldn’t be harbouring such feelings towards him. He hasn’t tried any moves on Cloud…



~what do you call that touching?~



…and they have been friends for a couple of years. He needed to calm down and think clearly about this whole thing.



~lock Cloud in your closet, and it won’t be a problem



Zack shook his own thoughts out of his head.



“Comin’?” Reno said, nodding to the door again. He was getting edgy; he must be on the verge of a nic-fit.



“I don’t smoke,” Zack said and looked over to Cloud and his friends. Joseph was stuck in a headlock by one of the other men. Cloud was shaking his head at the scene, and it looked like no one was helping out the blue-haired boy.



“Suit yourself. Gonna go talk to Cloudy?” Reno smirked as he looked to the scene at the table, with obvious amusement.



That was why he was down here. He wanted to have lunch with him and…



~steal a kiss~



…make sure that Cloud was going to make it to the extra training practice on Tuesday. He had been disappointed when it wasn’t Cloud that woke him in the morning, but was his phone. He didn’t like this trend of being called by Lazard and being dragged away from Cloud.



~couldn’t play with the stuff in the drawer~



Cloud had seemed equally disappointed in the phone call, and had even looked at the drawer with a deep frown. There was even a whine in Cloud’s voice as he complained about Zack leaving early on a Sunday morning. Again. Zack had dressed and told Cloud to use anything in his apartment, and that he would call him as soon as he could. It was hard to explain that being on call, was a consequence of being a First Class SOLDIER. Cloud had so cutely pouted and pronounced that he didn’t have to like it.



The mission had kept him busy until now, and he was anxious to talk to Cloud. The blond had been so disappointed and upset when he had left so abruptly. He wanted to see him before he had to go to his debriefing with Lazard.



~would rather be debriefing Cloud~



Zack opened his mouth to respond to Reno, when his phone interrupted him. “Damn it,” Zack muttered as Lazard’s name showed up.



~Damn it all to Hades!~



“Hmpf,” Reno muttered around his unlit cigarette. “See ya, Zacky-boy.”



Zack looked over at Cloud again with a sigh, then answered his phone.





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Cloud watched as Zack and Reno talked. He was glad to see that Zack was back, and looked well. He missed Zack, even if it had only been a day.



~thirty hours~



Zack had answered the phone and announced that he had to go to work. Cloud wanted to smash the phone for ruining the morning plans.



~didn’t get to finish playing~



He knew that missions could take him away for long periods of time, but that certainly didn’t mean that he had to like it. He wanted to smash the phone so that it wouldn't interrupt them again.



Joseph leaned close to his ear. “You know, I bet those two are screwing.”



“What!” Cloud yelled and pushed Joseph - a little too hard - and he toppled to the floor. “Why would you say that?”



~Reno was looking at his butt too~



“Oooow,” Joseph whined as he pulled himself up from the floor. John was chuckling at him as he sipped a drink.



“That’s what you get for being a moron,” John said without even looking at the blue-haired boy.



Cloud ignored John.



Joseph nodded in the direction where Reno and Zack were standing, after making sure to glare at John. “Oh, come on. Look at Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome over there, all jealous over Hot Stuff talking to you,” Joseph said with a chuckle. “You should tell them about your sugar-daddy, so they won’t get all jealous at each other.”



Cloud blinked. “Whatever,” he muttered as he watched his…



~lover~



…friends talk tensely. Was Zack being jealous? They hadn’t been together, in that way, long enough for him to notice. Zack had always been a little of the overprotective type, but he hadn’t noticed anything unusual.



~except for the way Zack is glaring at Reno~



He watched as Reno's hands rose in a defensive pose, while Zack seemed to be intimidating him. Reno seemed a little edgy, but then again, he looked like he was dying for a smoke.



~Is Zack jealous of Reno? ~



He watched them seriously for a moment. Zack looked over at him and gave him a small smile, and a wave.



Cloud smiled and waved back, as his stomach did a little flip at the sight. He couldn’t help but think of how they had kissed…



~and all the toys that Zack had bought~



…and the warmth of his arms, surrounding him as he slept; never mind the other activities that he craved, now that he had a taste.



Cloud watched the conversation between the two remain serious.



“See?” Joseph said. “Zack is all jealous. Do you see the way that he is leaning into him?”

Joseph was right. Zack did look like he was trying to threaten Reno. It really looked like Zack was jealous, or at least pissed at the redhead about something.



“I bet Reno bottoms,” Joseph said and patted Cloud’s shoulder.



Cloud gave Joseph a shocked look. Joseph looked with a nod towards the First and the Turk.



~Reno underneath Zack?~



“Will you quit talking like that?” John said, leaning around Cloud. “All you think about is sex!”



Joseph grinned widely. “Of course. Oh, like you don’t think that those two over there wouldn’t be a hot couple.”



~that would be hot~



Cloud took in a deep breath at his betraying thoughts. It would indeed be hot. He wondered why he wasn’t bothered by the idea of Zack topping the Turk. He schooled his features to look calm and make his betraying body calm down, as well. It was bad enough that he was having enough inappropriate thoughts when it came to Zack, he didn’t need to add Reno into the mix.



~bet he would be flexible~



“See?” Joseph said. “Cloud thinks it’s hot.”



Cloud blushed furiously as Joseph laughed at him.



John groaned, “You are such a perv.”



“I will never deny that!” Joseph said, his hand massaging Cloud’s shoulder. “Hey, Cloud, you go out with them all the time. Maybe you can join them, if you ask.”



Cloud gasped.



~great idea, though~



“Joseph,” John whined.



Cloud was grateful at that point that Dean, their squadron’s Captain, decided that he was going to pick on Joseph. He expertly put Joseph into a headlock, jerking him out of the chair with a heavy grunt.



“Hey there, Twink,” Dean said, tightening his hold around Joseph’s neck.



Cloud grinned as he watched the nearly daily ritual of Dean picking on Joseph. It was either a headlock, or a shove, or even hard swap on his ass. Everyone knew that Dean had it bad for Joseph, but was still too macho to admit to it.



“Bear,” Joseph said, not really minding the headlock. It allowed him to push up against Dean. Joseph had it bad for Dean, as well. Dean was older by a couple of years and it showed in his size and his rank. The guy was a bear; in size and the amount of hair that he had on his body. Cloud had no idea why Joseph pined for the hairy man, but to each his own.



John snorted and rolled his eyes. “Good. Go drag the perv out of here.” John enjoyed taunting the two.



“What are you perving on now?” Dean said, and looked down at Cloud. Cloud was aware that Dean saw him as a threat, even though he had already made it clear that his relationship with Joseph was not like that. Of course, the way that Joseph flirted and touched him, it wasn’t a surprise.



Joseph laughed.



“He’s perving on the Lieutenant and the Turk over there,” Cloud pointed out.



~almost as bad as you are~



Dean made a grunting noise and released Joseph from the headlock with a push. Joseph gracefully took the rough push and seated himself on the table.



“We got drills! Finish up and let’s move out. You have five minutes,” Dean announced.



“Yes, sir,” they all said at once.



Dean turned on his heel and went to announce to the others in their troop that lunch was over.



Joseph grinned. “He held me longer that time.”



Cloud and John opted to ignore Joseph’s statement. There was no need to encourage his already flamboyant behaviour.



Cloud looked back at Zack who was talking on the phone, now. Reno must have ducked out for a smoke.



He was hoping to talk to Zack, but he was on his cursed phone again and was looking over at him with large apologetic eyes. Cloud waved as he stood. He saw the panicked look cross Zack's face.



Zack hurriedly started to walk towards him. Cloud couldn’t help but smile at his rushed pace. Zack called out to him; Cloud stopped and waited for the First to catch up. Zack held the phone to his side. “We’re still on for tomorrow night, right?”



Cloud nodded. “Yeah. I’ll be there.”



Zack smiled; he had a great smile. Cloud felt his stomach flip again. He had always liked his smiles, but there was so much more feeling behind them, now.



Cloud grinned back at him, as he took a step forward. “Regular time?”



Zack nodded. “Got some moves I want to have you try out.”



Cloud blinked and shifted uncomfortably as his body reacted inappropriately at the comment. His head knew that Zack was talking about training, but his body was still in pervert mode, thanks to Joseph’s comments.



Zack flushed. “Oh man. I-I didn’t mean that!”



Cloud blinked, enjoying watching Zack squirm. “We can do that, too.”



It was Zack’s turn to shift uncomfortably.



Cloud saw that John was waving to him and giving him that ‘hurry up’ look. “Gotta go, Zack. Tomorrow.”



“Yeah, tomorrow,” Zack said.



Cloud enjoyed that lustful look on Zack’s face as he rushed to join the rest of his troop. Zack smiled brightly as he brought the phone to his ear again, and returned to his serious phone conversation.





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