"Cloud...do you have training today?" Zack asked me when he walked past and saw me wearing a military uniform preparing to practice. I turned to look at him, who was standing there staring at me like he was going to eat me.

“Ah...yes. Today, Mr. Sephiroth will come down to train for you." I replied innocently. Make a face like you're going to kill someone.

"It's almost time. Please excuse me." I quickly ran out to Shinra's dojo as training time approached. I don't want to be late. After being punished, it wasn't worth it at all. As soon as he reached the door of the workshop I reached out my hand under my thick gloves and pushed the large door in front of me open. It's quiet and dark in here. No one seems to have come yet.

All of a sudden!!!

The entire gymnasium glowed brightly. Sephiroth stood in the center of the dojo alone. There was no one with him. He raised his hand and wagged his finger in a call. I ran in front of him and stood up straight. He looked amused and let out a slight smile.

“Relax, today I arranged for you to come practice alone. Other people didn't train as well. And don't ask why the others aren't practicing as well. The reason is, I only want to personally test your skills." I furrowed my brow in confusion, not understanding the true desires of the person in front of me. Seforoth always has... Everything is always hidden in every action.

“You can tell me exactly what you want from me. When there's only me and you here Except who are you hiding here?” I wonder why I dared to challenge him like this. From now on, you'll know. I continued to stare at the tall figure in front of me without fear.

"It's about the day.."

“Forget it, just think that nothing happened between us. We never felt anything. If there's only this matter...I'll excuse myself." He didn't finish his sentence before I interrupted. I don't want to hear anything. I turned and walked out of the gym. No matter what, he still called me. But I didn't turn around. one year ago

Sephiroth and I agreed to see each other quietly. Which only Zach and Angeal know. Looks like love is going well. I feel good with him. And just like him, too. We didn't have time together like other couples because a soldier like him and an ordinary soldier like me were too far apart in time and position.

But that's not a problem at all because we still have time to see each other. But two days ago He said he had to go out on a mission plus I didn't have any training. So I went for a walk outside the Shinra Company area where Zack had said that soldiers who had nothing to do went for a walk around there. It's not much different from the roads of tourist towns.

Both sides of the road are full of restaurants. The buildings around there are restaurants. Or taverns, pubs, bars. That day I gave up because there was nothing very interesting. So I decided to walk around the area once and then return, but I stumbled upon a bar where there was a familiar figure of a man with long silver hair kissing a beautiful, racyly dressed woman. I stood there staring like that for I don't know how long.

Then he seemed to know that someone was watching, so he turned away from the beautiful woman in front of him and saw me. His face looked very shocked. But I didn't wait for him to do anything more. So I took myself back to his dorm and the image of him kissing someone else stuck in my mind like I was standing there watching it. My heart felt like my eyes were being stepped on. Don't cry, I told myself.

After that, I just stayed in my room. Or go out and practice. Do everything you can to avoid meeting Sephiroth. But yesterday I received an order that today I must practice. which Sephiroth will come down to train Even though I wanted to escape, I couldn't. Now that I thought about it, there were still other friends training with him. But then again, I was tricked. Of course I didn't tell anyone, not even Zack or Angeal, what I was going through.

"Listen, Cloud." My arm was pulled from behind by the person running after me from the gym.

"Please let me go." I didn't even want to look back. A large palm under a leather glove grabbed my shoulder and turned me towards him. But I turned my eyes away anyway.

"That day, I didn't mean to, Cloud." I don't know why. I was smiling. Smiling with self-pity for believing that a First Class Soldier like him would be interested in such a lowly soldier.

“Yes, I didn't mean to. The whole thing about lying to me that I had a job. And about how I saw you in the bar. You probably didn't mean to kiss that woman." He said it as if tears were stubbornly flowing. I can't even guess what his face is like right now. I couldn't even look up at him or I would've gasped.

No words came out of either of our mouths for several minutes. If anyone walked up to me, they would definitely think that Sephiroth was chasing me.

".....I think...that's enough for us...." And finally I said the words I was most afraid to get from him but I gave them to him instead. But this was best for both of us. He was silent. I looked up at him, who gave him an incredulous look. Those green eyes looked at me in surprise. It widened like it was in shock.

And then my tears finally came down. I took his hand off my shoulder and walked away, barely able to stand.

It's been three years now. I resigned from Shinra's military service and returned to work at Tifa's 7-Eleven Bar for three years now...

After leaving there, Angeal and Zach would sometimes visit him at the bar.

The day I decided to resign Everyone was shocked because they thought someone was forcing me to leave. But I have made it clear that this path is not the path I really want.

When I come back Tifa gave me a job at a bar because she didn't want me to go anywhere else, plus Denzel was adamant about keeping him at Midgar. So she asked me to help her smash things in the bar. and help deliver items and had me stay upstairs in the bar to guard the bar while Tifa took the kids home.

"Cloud, please help me deliver something," Tifa said as she saw me walk down from the upstairs room of the bar. I went to get the box from Tifa and looked at the address she wrote for the Shinra Company. I looked at the address and was quiet until Tifa had to protest against me. But I agreed to send the item. It must have gotten windy by now, I thought. I put my things in the storage compartment at the back of the car and straddled the large motorcycle before grabbing goggles and putting them on and driving to the destination.

When I got off, I stepped out of the car. Zach and Angeal, who were walking and talking, suddenly walked up to me. We talked for a while and then both excused ourselves to continue our military training. I picked up the paper and read the name of the recipient of the item I had brought here.

"S3Ph1R

What kind of name is this?” I looked at the name and took the box and walked into the company straight into the lobby and notified the employee.

“Wait a moment. The owner of the parcel said that he would come down to pick it up himself." I nodded in response to her. My cell phone rang, "Tifa."

"Hi..." I answered the phone. She called to say that Denzel had fallen and had to be taken to the hospital, so she asked me to put the spare key in the bag she hid after finishing the delivery.

"Sir, please give me the receipt," the lobby employee called out to me, causing me to hang up.

"This...." I looked at the person standing in front of me in shock. No...not ready at all. My hands are shaking

"Hi...Cloud, long time no see." He smiled at me. But I'm not ready to accept it right now. Please don't make it harder for me to forget. I stuck the receipt in front of him, saying that I didn't want to talk anymore. He looked a little shocked by my increasingly rude attitude. But he agreed to take the signature form and sign it.

As soon as he signed, I immediately walked out of there. Still...not ready to talk about anything right now.

I drove straight to the old church I liked to stay at before I went into the military. Here it still looks the same. Even though there weren't many people coming, no, no one came except Denzel and me. I looked at the few pews in the church that could only be seated because Zach had fallen during a mission and collapsed.

A hole in the roof allows sunlight to reach the floor of the church. In one corner, the wooden floor has broken and flowers have grown into a small garden. Beautiful...as always. A smile of pure happiness graced my face for the first time since that incident. I walked over and sat down on an old, unbroken wooden bench and looked at the flowers that were beautifully decorated with the light from the sunlight.

Even though it's been three years now, I haven't forgotten a single thing between me and Sephiroth.

In the afternoon I returned to the bar after several hours of sitting at church. I looked left and right and saw that there was no one, so I started searching through the door's potted plants until I found the key that Tifa had hidden for me.

All of a sudden

Everything suddenly went dark. I couldn't see anything but felt a gentle pressure on my eye area. Were you blindfolded? I thought it wasn't a thief because this touch was too gentle. I raised my hand and grabbed the thing covering my eyes. Hands...someone's hands were covering my eyes, but they were smooth and cold to the touch. They were leather gloves.

While I was thinking about who was teasing me The scent of that person that I was familiar with suddenly wafted into my nose. He always smelled this when they hugged. As soon as I knew who it was, I quickly moved out of his hand. The owner of the hand still stood there smiling, not knowing whether it was hot or cold. Why...why do you keep coming back?

"The bar isn't open today," I said. I don't want to remember that I ever had any memories with him. I turned my back on him and quickly unlocked the door. When the door opened Sephiroth pushed me in as he followed.

"What the hell are you doing?..." No words came out of my mouth. The warm touch of this mouth...he was kissing me. Long arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me close to myself. A hot tongue deftly entered my mouth. Forcing my tongue into a corner I don't know how long it has been. But right now I'm running out of air because of the kiss. He seemed to know so he opened his mouth to let me breathe air into my lungs.

"What the hell are you doing!!!!" I yelled at the tall figure as soon as I shoveled enough air into my lungs.

Sephiroth pulled me into a hug so tight I couldn't move away.

"Cloud....please, can you listen to me..." a low voice said in my ear. Those strong arms hugged my body tighter. I pressed my nose against that broad shoulder, thinking. I admit that I miss him a lot. For those three years, there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think of him. It was only when he worked hard that he stopped thinking.

But I keep coming back to thinking about it like before. Hugs like this, I miss you so much. I hugged him back without giving up. My head was filled with only Sephiroth. Since the first day we met The first time I felt like it. Including the first time you kissed.

“I'm sorry I didn't tell you anything that day. It was because I was afraid...Cloud...I wanted to hug you at that time," he said, pressing his nose into the crook of my neck. I know what his hug means.

“But I'm afraid it's too soon. I'm afraid it will break our relationship. I'm afraid I'll lose you. So I had to lie to you and go to the bar that day. But I swear that day was nothing more than what you saw.” Sephiroth pulled away and looked deep into my eyes. They were steady, not wavering at all.

"I'm so sorry, Cloud." He squeezed my hand lightly through his thick gloves.

I didn't answer, but lowered my head and buried my head in his broad chest. That's my answer. I can't bear to miss him any more. I yearn for his touch. Tears suddenly flowed from my eyes when I realized that this person had come back to me. Sephiroth lifted my chin up to look him in the eyes. I haven't seen those green eyes in a long time. I really miss them.

"I love you, please forgive me." I nodded in response. Warm lips crashed onto mine again, but this time there was no invasion. There were just so many feelings rushing in. The feelings that had been missing for three years had returned.

He pulled away from my mouth. He took off his leather gloves and placed them on the counter. That white palm was rarely seen because Cloud normally wore gloves all the time along with that uniform. A warm palm rose to caress my cheek and then bent down to kiss my cheek.

“Is there no one with you today?” He looked around at the quiet place that didn't seem like anyone was living there.

“Uh...Denzel had an accident so he closed it quickly. And usually I'm here alone when the bar closes. Tifa took the kids to stay at her house.” I walked behind the bar and took out the beer that was in the cabinet and put it down for him. Suddenly he was quiet. His hands were clasped together and clenched as if he was thinking hard. I saw him biting his lip too.

“Do you have something?” He looked like he wanted to say something. But I couldn't decide, so I asked first.

"Well....I resigned from Shinra...I learned from Dr. Hojo that my mother didn't actually use a woman named Janiva...but I was cloned in a project that used genetics. Niva came to create....me..." His hand clenched so tightly that his slender fingers turned pale. I reached for his hand and squeezed it gently. He looked very worried, unlike the Sephiroth that everyone knew. That face looked up at me, a clear expression of worry on his face.

“I resigned when I saw you this morning. I know you're here. But... but I had to accept it for a long time before I dared to use Tifa's delivery service to meet you... When I met you, I decided to resign... You hate me...." I sat and listened to the words that... I was so worried that I couldn't stand it. He has carried a lot without me. I moved towards him and kissed him sitting across the bar from me to stop those words.

“Do you think I hate you? You'll be a human clone or whatever. As long as the person in front of me is this Sephiroth.” His face relaxed and he smiled.

“Where are you staying tonight?” I blurted out as I swept the floor of the bar downstairs. The next Sephiroth

“Is this a hotel around here? I resigned suddenly, so I didn't prepare a place to live when I came out." I turned to look at him, who didn't seem happy at all. It seemed like he had resigned a long time ago but had no plans for a life outside of Shinra.

“Then you can stay here with me for now. I'll tell Tifa." I offered to let him stay with me upstairs in the bar. He himself did not deny anything.

In the evening, we went to get food outside the bar instead because there was nothing left to cook. Along the way, I noticed that Sephiroth gave off a certain aura whenever anyone looked at me.

We arrived back at the bar around 8 p.m.

"Can I sleep with you? We weren't close when we were with Shinra." I don't know if I was imagining it or not. After leaving his position as a soldier, Sephiroth begged a lot harder. His sharp face was nestled on his stomach like a crying child whose mother had sent him to sleep in his own room.

"Alright..." I smiled for the millionth time that day after living the life of a lover for the first time with this person in front of me. The silver hair was still as soft and smooth as ever, having never changed since the last time I touched it.

Sephiroth crawled up to bed next to him, who was reading a novel and then popped up at me to see what I was reading and burrowed his face into the crook of my neck like a child seeking attention.

"You can act like a child." I put down the book and moved to lie on his broad chest instead. Hear the sound of your heart too.

"Cloud...can I kiss you?"

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