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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.



Pre-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 Ziggy Pasta for being my Beta…thanks and more thanks…



Reno and others



Time to get the pieces moving.



Disclaimer

Don’t own, just using for my own amusement. Do not profit from this endeavour.





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MOVES



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“Not in shit anymore, hey?”



Reno smiled brightly at him as he sat at the control of the helicopter, his finger tapping lazily on the cyclic stick as he tilted is head back to look at him.



“Just fine and dandy now, there, Zackers. Ready to go visit some more ice and snow?”



Zack nodded his head as he unstrapped his sword; he couldn’t sit down with it strapped to his back. “Glad to see that you’re all chipper.” Zack smiled and walked to the seat behind him and secured his sword under it .



“I am so glad to be back in my chopper, yo,” Reno said. “Cloudo not goin’ on this mission?”



“No,” Zack said. He did not like the smirk on Reno’s face when he mentioned Cloud.



“How long ya gonna be gone?”



~oh, don’t like that at all~



“Should only be a couple of days. Why are you asking?” Zack was aware of the tension in his voice.



“Just wondern’,” the Turk said with a smirk. “Got some free time now, and I still owe him a night out on the town, yo.”



Zack snorted. “Don’t you mean, ‘us’?”



“Shit. It would be cheaper if it was only one of ya,” Reno said, snapping his gum.



“You’re not getting out of the bet that easily,” Zack said and clasped Reno hard on the shoulder and leaned into him. “You have to pay back that bet in full.”



Reno’s smile grew and his voice lowered. “Thought you two already got a whole lotta ‘perks’ out of that little bet.”



Zack pulled away and blushed. “Yeah. Well,” Zack stammered. “You still have to pay me back for that night.”



“Thought I didn’t have to pay ya back for that, Zackers,” Reno said, blowing a bubble and snapping his gum again. “Going back on your word?”



“I should,” Zack said as he bent over to adjust the straps on his sword. “You’ve been a real pain in the ass.” He turned back to look at Reno. Reno had a strange glazed look on his face and his mouth was open. His eyes blinked a few times and he straightened himself up against his seat.



~what is that look about?~



Reno cleared his throat. “You guys wouldn’t know what to do if I wasn’t around to amuse you, yo.” Reno snapped his gum again.



“I think we can find others things to amuse ourselves,” Zack said as he sat in the co-pilot seat and immediately regretted it from the sparkle in Reno’s eyes and his wiggling eyebrows. “Quit with the innuendo.”

Reno laughed and Zack couldn’t help but smile as well. “Ya love it and ya know it, yo.”



“You certainly are chipper,” Zack said, putting on the headphones.



“Are ya kiddin'? I finally got outta the stuffy buildin'. I missed my chopper, yo.” Reno snapped his gum and placed a foot on the console. He slouched back in a very relaxed pose.



~looking very good~



“The boot camp looks like it did you good,” Zack said and couldn’t help but notice the new muscle in the Turk's thighs, as his black pants were stretched tighter than normal.



“That fuckin' torture? Never gonna do it again, man.”



“You better not piss off Tseng again, then. You always try his patience.” Zack smirked. “It kept you relatively quiet for awhile.”



Reno leaned his head back and chuckled. “Well, things are gonna be back to normal now.” He watched as Reno pulled out a pack of gum from his jacket pocket and fiddled with it.



~that’s how he normally fiddles with his smokes~



“I guess we will be able to eat in peace in the Mess.” Zack smirked.



“Not a chance,” Reno said, sitting more appropriately in his seat as more SOLDIERs started to seat themselves in the back of the chopper. “Wouldn’t think of deprivin' you Spike-Brains, yo.”



~Spike-Brains?~



“We wouldn’t be deprived. We may be able to finally eat a meal in peace, instead of you whining about the food.”



~and your flirting with Cloud~



Zack watched the group of young SOLDIERs strap themselves in to the back of the chopper.



“You would miss me,” Reno said with a large grin and a wink. “So, what’s the deal with the mission? All I’m doing is moving men about.”



“Jumpings,” Zack said, pulling his harness to strap himself in the seat.



“Ha. Killer bunnies.” Reno chuckled. “Really? What’s so scary about killer bunnies, yo?”



It was Zack’s turn to laugh. “Have you ever fought a Jumping?”



Reno shook his head, looking at the men that were settling in the back. “Nah. Not scared of rabbits.” He had seen a Jumping before. He could stomp them, they weren’t that threatening of a monster.



Zack shook his head. “Even one that is six feet tall and has large teeth and a giant club in its clawed paw?”



Reno laughed and looked at him.



~he thinks I’m joking~



Reno’s blue eyes grew wider. “Seriously, you’re not jokin', are you?”



“The wolves don’t even attack them.” Zack looked back at the men in the chopper. Six sat there looking anxious and holding their rifles in ready position. “Relax, troopers,” Zack said to them. “We’ll be able to kick some fluffy butt soon enough.”



The troopers laughed and did relax. Reno looked at him. “Take a pic of those bunnies, eh? I don’t think I have seen such a large Jumping before.”



“Sure thing, Red,” Zack said. “Let’s get this thing off the ground.”



Reno straightened in his chair, and snapped his gum. “Right-o Lieutenant.”





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Zack joked with the men and Reno for the flight. He realized that he had been a little unfair to him. He couldn't stop Cloud from talking with everyone.



~as much as locking him in a closet is growing more and more appealing~



He hadn’t realized that he hadn’t really talked with Reno over the last month or so. He felt a little bad that he was ignoring his friend when he heard that Legend, his mentor, was ill.



“Shit, really.”



~lame~



Reno shrugged his shoulders and reached into his pocket and grabbed the pack of gum that was there. “I convinced him to try quitin’, too.”



“Quitting? You’re quitting smoking?” Zack said. “Is that working?” He pointed to the gum in his hand.



Reno snickered. “I have some good motivation to quit this time.” He pulled out a new piece of gum and popped it in his mouth.



“Yeah, I guess with Legend being sick and all, it’ll put things in perspective.” Zack had smoked when he first joined SOLDIER. He only smoked for six months before he quit. It was damn hard to quit, but given that his physical scores were dropping and because of it, he had to quit.



“That’s only part of it. Jus’ tryin' to stay outta trouble for a change,” Reno said, chewing with vigour.



Zack snorted. “That certainly is a change.”



Reno was going to say something, but a voice came over the radio.



“Copy. Awaitin' clearance for landin', over,” Reno said as he snapped his gum, turning to Zack. “Almost there, bud.”



He nodded and yelled back at the troopers to prepare for landing and to disembark.



Reno landed easily and shut down the chopper. Zack bent down and picked up his sword. When he looked back, Reno had that strange look on his face again. His eyes were glazed and a small twitch on his lips.



“What are you looking at?” he asked as he straightened up and placed his sword on his back again.



“Huh? Nothin’,” Reno said, blinking a few times.



~is he blushing?~



Before he could ask, Reno slid out of his seat and went to the door. “Gotta check my rotors before my next transport.”



Zack exited the helicopter and saw Kunsel and Sephiroth standing by some crates. Sephiroth looked over at him and gave him a nod.



“Aw shit.”



He looked over to Reno who was staring at Sephiroth as well.



“Why the hell is he here?”



“Who?” Zack asked.



“Mr. Frost over there,” Reno grumbled.



Zack laughed. “When did you start calling him that?”



Reno was so tense-looking. He looked over at Sephiroth who was still beside Kunsel, apparently going over some paperwork for the crates they were standing by. “Shit. I hope he isn’t going to join me for the hop.”



“You do something to piss him off?” Zack asked. He hadn’t heard anything in the rumour mill, and he knew that Reno had been busy with the punishments that Tseng had laid out for him. He remembered him saying that he was trying to avoid Sephiroth some time ago.



“Jus’ been tryin' to avoid him,” Reno said, and in a low mutter, “Don’t know what he’s gonna do next.”



“What’s that?”



Reno’s face turned red. “If you are gonna complain 'bout my articulation, too, ya can go stuff it,” Reno blurted, poking at his chest. He muttered something under his breath. He snapped his gum a little more vigorously.



“Where the hell did that come from?”



Reno sighed. “It has been a rough month.” He rubbed his forehead and looked over at Sephiroth. “I still need to catch up on my sleep.” He rubbed his face and sighed heavily. “With Legend outta town, I haven’t been sleepin' well.”



“You are worried about him, aren’t you?” Zack said, putting a hand on the redhead's shoulder.



“He's my mentor,” Reno said. “I dun wanna lose him.” Reno’s eyes grew large and he took an sharp intake of air. “Oh, shit. I’m sorry Zack. Shit. That's fuckin’ insensitive of me.” He averted his eyes and looked at his feet.



“It’s alright,” Zack said. “I – I dealt with it. You shouldn’t have to go through that too.”



“Shit. I’m good at stickin’ my foot in my mouth lately.”



“Hey. Don’t worry about it, Red,” Zack said putting a hand on each of his shoulders. “If you can keep Legend from smoking, that will be an accomplishment enough.”



Reno looked at him. Zack didn’t know how to read his look. It was a strange mixture of compassion and…



~longing~



… concern.



“Shit,” Reno said with a sigh. It looked like he was going to say something else but his eyes looked behind him. “Crap. He’s coming over.” Reno mumbled something else as Zack let go of his shoulders. He watched as his agile friend climbed the rungs along the side of the helicopter.



“Zackary.”



Zack turned and saw that Sephiroth was eyeing Reno who looked overly intense as he inspected the rotor heads.



~what’s going on with these two?~



It was amusing to see Reno looking all flustered and Sephiroth looking slightly annoyed, which with Sephiroth, could mean anything.



“Sir.”



“This should only take a day or two more. We already have procured many samples for the research department.” Sephiroth said and pointed to the boxes. “I will be going to the next site to make sure that the collection goes smoothly.”



“Did you leave anything for me to fight?” Zack asked seriously.



“I was only out for an hour when I was called back. I want to take care of the monsters at Site B,” Sephiroth said, his eyes darting to Reno who was still intently looking at the rotor parts.



~is Reno who Sephiroth was mentioning?~



He just about laughed out loud at the prospect. The two did not mesh at all, but then he didn’t think that Sephiroth and Genesis went well together, either.



~well, he is a redhead~



“Right-o,” Zack said and tried to control the smirk that was threatening to surface.



Sephiroth raised his voice. “Once the chopper is loaded, you will transport me to Site B and then take the samples to the base. Are you paying attention, Turk?”



“Yeah, yeah. Heard ya,” Reno muttered as he straddled a blade. It looked like he didn’t want to come down. It was amusing. “Taxi Reno at yer service, yo.”



Zack chuckled, but stifled it at the glare that Sephiroth was giving him.



“Kunsel will fill you in on the further details. I expect the chopper ready to go in one hour,” Sephiroth commanded and stalked away, but not without a look at Reno who was climbing down.



“What was that about?” Zack asked.



“Huh? What?” Reno snapped his gum vigorously and Zack could see his hand reaching into the pocket that he used to keep his smokes in.



“What’s the deal with you and Sephiroth?” he whispered.



“Nothin’.”



“Nothing?”



“I'm tryin’ to stay clear of him,” Reno said. “So shut up about it, yo!”



“Uh-huh,” Zack said. “I think he was eyeing you.”



“Shut up,” Reno said quickly and flushed.



~hit the target~



Zack obeyed. He just smiled at the flustered Reno. Reno's eyes narrowed at him as he snapped his gum. “Don’t ya have some Holy Grenades to round up or somethin’?”



Zack smiled, patted his friend on his back, and walked over to Kunsel.





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Zack and Kunsel had organized loading the chopper and it was ready to go. Reno snapped his gum in an almost angry fashion. Sephiroth was in the chopper and already sitting in the co-pilot seat. Reno looked edgy as the last crate was loaded in.



“Isn’t anyone else going for the jump?”



“Nope. Just Sephiroth,” Zack said as he patted him on his shoulder. “It won’t be that bad.”



Reno shook his head as Kunsel exited out of the chopper and announced that everything was done, and handed Reno the manifest.



Reno grumbled something under his breath and Zack was going to start to complain about his mumbling, when Reno cleared his throat loudly. Zack felt a hard slap on his ass and jumped a bit. He turned to glare at Reno.



“Well, Zackers. Watch that cute butt of yours…”



~cute butt~



“…out there with those killer bunnies. Wouldn’t want ya comn’ back with it all torn up by those big teeth,” Reno said, making a face that bared his top teeth. He then made a clicking sound as he jumped into the chopper. “See ya.”



He stood stunned for a bit at the Turk’s comment. Zack felt his face absolutely burning.



His butt still burned from where the Turk had hit him. He looked over at Reno and saw him give him a two-fingered salute through the side window of the helicopter, and smirked as he took off.



He shook his head at the Turk's antics. He moved back with Kunsel and watched the chopper leave.



~hope he has fun with Sephiroth~



“You know,” Kunsel said, his voice thick with humour. “I agree with Reno.”



“Agree with Reno? What do you agree with Reno about?” Zack said as he looked over at his friend.



“Wouldn’t want to see that ‘cute butt’ of yours get hurt out there.” Kunsel laughed and the other men joined in around him, and he felt his face start to burn again, but he joined in with laughing.



He remembered that drunken phone call that he had intercepted where he was asking Cloud about his butt.



~maybe Cloud wasn’t the only one staring at your butt that night. It certainly would explain the looks on the helicopter~



Kunsel slapped his ass after he made a comment that he didn’t hear him make to the other men in the area. He pushed his friend harshly away and laughed as he landed ungracefully in the snowbank.



Now it was nice laughing at someone instead of himself.



But now he had to find out if that pesky Turk had been staring at his butt or not.





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Joseph had a lot of gil in his hands. Cloud wondered where the blue-haired man could have that much gil. There was only one way that he knew of.



“Where’d you get that much dough?”



Joseph jumped and scrambled to grab a large scrap of paper that was on his bunk. He frantically was trying to stuff them into a pouch. “Nothin’. Absolutely nothin’. Nowhere.”



“Joseph?”



Joseph flashed him a large smile and tilted his head.



~like that is going to work on me. Nothing beats Zack's puppy smile~



“Are you gambling again?” Cloud grabbed the pouch from behind Joseph’s back. Joseph made a small attempt to get it back.



“No! I’m not gambling.” Joseph reached forward quickly and got his hand on the pouch. Cloud increased his grip so that Joseph couldn’t take it back.



“Then explain the gil,” Cloud said. “You know how much shit you got in last time!”



Joseph swallowed. “Well! Benot started it!”



“So it is Benot’s fault you are gambling,” Cloud said, pulling the leather pouch completely from Joseph’s nervous fingers.



“And yours!”



“Mine? How did I get you started with gambling again?” He opened the pouch, still keeping an eye on the jittery Joseph.



“Yeah. It’s your fault!” Joseph said, chewing his lip. “Can I have it back?”



“Why is it my fault?” Cloud demanded, pulling out the piece of paper from the pouch. “There is at least six hundred gil in here!”



Joseph tried to grab the paper. Cloud pulled it away and started to read the note.



~you’ve got to be kidding!~



“Shit. You aren’t going to be mad, are you?” Joseph said, giving him the most pitiful look possible.



“This list…” Cloud sputtered. He couldn’t believe that he was reading it right. He looked at it, reading the names down the side and the dollar amounts beside each name.



“Well, you know, we all want to know who your sugar-daddy is and at Benot’s party, you kinda disappeared. You know that Benot was looking for his,” Joseph said, then cleared his throat, “birthday present, and you had already taken off.”



Cloud rolled his eyes. He had blown Benot once, last year for his birthday. They had been both drunk and well, Benot was a nice-looking guy…



~oh man~



…it was his birthday and they both were single. “What does that have to do with anything?”



“Well, you got that call and got all goofy-sounding. We figured that it was your sugar-daddy. When Benot couldn’t find you, we all kinda started talking about how you are seeing someone and nobody knows who it is.” Joseph licked his lips nervously. “We started the pool, guessing who it was.”



Cloud looked at his list and blinked at some of the names. Zack and Reno weren’t a surprise, since they already teased him about them anyway. “What the hell? Sephiroth? How would that even happen?”



“You know Zack, and Zack hangs around Sephiroth. He could have introduced you two,” Joseph explained.



“That is so frickin’ lame,” Cloud mumbled as he continued down the list. “Instructor Clark. Gag me! How did he get on the list?” Cloud shook the paper.



“He’s cute in the right light,” Joseph said.



“You're a total perv.”



Joseph grinned and tried to take the paper away from him.



Cloud continued to the next name. “Rufus!”



“Well, he does have lots of money,” Joseph said with a sigh.



“Who put down Rude? He is dating Cissnei, why the hell would he be my boyfriend if he’s got a girlfriend?” Cloud was trying hard to stay angry, but the list was rather silly and he couldn’t help but smile, now that he was over the initial shock.



“Cissnei is just a cover, or he could be bi.”



“Tseng!” Cloud couldn’t believe that he made it on the list.



“Well, you said he seemed like a nice guy after the Modeoheim mission,” Joseph said with a shrug.



Cloud rolled his eyes and looked at the last name on the list. He couldn’t help but laugh at it. “Do you guys think I am that much of a perv?” He laughed.



“Well, she is known to hunt down young men and treat them like toys,” Joseph said.



“Scarlet!” He laughed. “I think I have seen her once, and that was when we were going through the recruiting placement.”



“Cyrus thought we should throw a girl in there. He still insists that you’re not gay,” Joseph said. He licked his lips nervously.



“You could have picked Cissnei. At least I know her,” Cloud said and folded the silly list.



“It’s a long shot,” Joseph said and took the pouch and note from him. Cloud let him. “So, are you going to tell me who it is?”



Cloud rolled his eyes again. “No.”



“Aw, come on!” He whined and grabbed Cloud’s shoulders. “You found out about the list, now ya gotta tell!”



“I see your name was under Reno,” Cloud said.



“Well, yeah. I totally think you’re doing him,” Joseph said bouncing on his bed. “So, are you?”



Cloud shook his head. “This is why I don’t tell you guys things! You are a bunch of pervs.” He started to walk away.



“Hey! Cloud!” Joseph yelled, bouncing from the bed. “You can’t leave me hanging like that. I need info here!”



“Maybe if you put me in for a cut, I may tell,” Cloud called back over his shoulder before he went to go grab a bite to eat.





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Reno couldn’t help but fidget. Sephiroth usually sat in the back, even if there was cargo. It was strange to see him sitting there with the muffs and sitting in the co-pilots seat.



Sephiroth was not a social person.



Ever.



~thank goodness it is a short jump~



“So did you kill any of the killer bunnies?” he asked as the silence between them was killing him. He knew that it wasn’t a good idea to talk either.



“I killed Jumpings. Thirty of them before I became aware of the transport arriving,” Sephiroth said.



~damn his voice is sexy~



Did he notice before, or was it something that he chose to ignore? Didn’t matter. He shouldn’t be finding anything about the silver-haired SOLDIER nice at all. Nothing at all. He was supposed to be ignoring the man, even though it was hard to ignore the man when he was sitting right there with that great smelling hair.



~it’s filling up the whole chopper~



He stole a glance up over at Sephiroth and how he was sitting with his back perfectly straight and his hair swept over the shoulder that was closest to him. His face was staring forward with his usual flat look.



~wait a minute… he stopped killing bunnies to meet the transport… me?~



He swallowed hard.



~was he lying in wait for me… is this a trap?~



He hadn’t moved or tried anything. Sephiroth hadn’t moved or said a word or even looked in his direction, either.



He really wanted to smoke. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out his pack of gum and popped a fresh piece in his mouth. He quickly returned it.



“You have really quit?” Sephiroth said, his eyes now examining him.



~blatantly scoping me out~



“Decided to get rid of one of my dirty habits,” he joked and regretted it.



~not supposed to be flirting with Mr. Frost~



Sephiroth’s eyes gave him a strange flash and his jaw tightened.



~is he pissed that I returned the smokes?~



“When did you decide this?” Sephiroth’s tone was brisk with anger tinting it. He really didn’t want to piss off the General, especially in a small place as his helicopter.



~and after I got my privileges back~



“After I discovered that it was more than the smoking that was dangerous to my health, yo.”



“Oh?” Sephiroth spoke through clenched teeth.



He snapped his gum. “Yeah.”



Sephiroth leaned forward in his seat and a grin crossed the normally stoic face. Reno swallowed hard and couldn’t look away. He felt a hand reach into his jacket pocket. He looked down to see that Sephiroth was pulling out his gum. His other hand undid the safety harness.



“Is this working?” Sephiroth examined the gum.



Reno had to take a couple of deep breaths. “Yeah,” he whispered, knowing that he was sounding rather pathetic.



Sephiroth made a small humming noise as he smelled the gum; his green eyes closed slightly before opening and focusing on him again. “Cinnamon.”



~vanilla mixes well cinnamon~



~stupid brain~



Reno’s eyes darted across the General’s face before he remembered that he was supposed to be flying a chopper and turned his attention to his controls. He was going to crash if he was going to be distracted like this. It was bad enough that his stomach felt like it was full of butterflies.



A voice came over his headphones, telling him that the landing zone was not yet clear and to hold his position.



“Roger,” he responded.



That was when he realized that Sephiroth was no longer sitting in the chair. He had removed the headphones and they had been tossed into his seat. He was now standing right beside him. His actual hair was flowing down his shoulder and touching his.



~holy shit~



He was so close to him and he had to resist the strong temptation to reach up and stroke those strands that were touching his shoulder.



~wanna do more than that~



He was frozen as Sephiroth reached down. He held his breath as more of Sephiroth’s hair cascaded down his side. The hand that held his gum slid underneath his jacket…



~my heart is going to explode~



…and moved it gently to the side. He looked over at the face of the General as he felt the pack of gum slide into the front pocket of his white shirt. He felt the hand smooth the fabric across his chest. His hand was warm, even through the leather gloves he wore, and there was gentleness in the touch.



~is this how he flirts~



He did look amused.



“No need to land. I’ll jump.” Sephiroth said, straightening up and then placing the hand that had smoothed across his chest on his shoulder.



Then he thought about what he had just said.



“Jump? Are ya fuckin’ nuts, yo?” he blurted.



Sephiroth patted his shoulder and moved towards the door. “It is a manageable height. Relay the message.”



“But…”



“Reno. Are you questioning me?” Sephiroth was serious now.



He was about to protest further, but then thought better of it. It was not healthy to argue with Sephiroth.



“He’s gonna jump in two, over,” he said over the radio.



“Surely you’re joking, over.”



“Nope, and don’t call me 'Shirley', over,” Reno announced back.



He heard Sephiroth snort and open the helicopter door. He argued with the guy on the other end of the radio for a bit before blurting, “Yo! Then you tell Sephiroth what to do! Over!”



He heard Sephiroth laugh.



He looked back and saw a smile on his face.



~fuck~



He looked so damn hot standing there with the coat whipping around those heavy leather boots, and his hair was swirling around him like some sort of silver dancers' ribbon. His bare chest with those leather straps…



~inappropriate thoughts! Inappropriate thoughts!~



“You’re fuckin’ insane,” Reno yelled over the wind.



Sephiroth just smiled, but there was so much more in his eyes. “I have been told that before, Reno.”



The way Sephiroth said his name made a shiver run right up his spine.



~not the place to get aroused~



“We have things to discuss,” Sephiroth said and then was gone in a flash of silver and black leather.



Reno let go of the breath that he was holding and pressed the button to close the door. He took a moment to regain his breath.



“Received package, over,” rang in his ears.



~package~



“Copy, over,” he responded and listened to the coordinates of the base as his fingers automatically set the instruments.



“What do we have to talk about?” he whispered. He felt very confused at Sephiroth’s strange flirting and words, and how absolutely hot he looked when he smiled and laughed.



“This is just so fuckin’ weird,” he muttered to himself before he started off to the base camp.





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Holy Grenade = Monty Python reference…I can re-enact the movie on a whim and have. I love Killer Bunnies… too obscure?? I hope not!

A stupid Airplane joke, surely you have seen the movie! Now don’t call me ‘Shirley’… is this one too obscure??

A little bit of Cloud’s sexual history….I know you were curious Ziggy…

Sephiroth ‘flirting’ with Reno… as well as Sephiroth can flirt.

Reno flirting with Zack and Zack taking forever to realize it. Now the pawns…er… pieces had really started to move here.

The only thing that is missing here is a little Rufus, but alas, he is still in Kalm, isn’t he