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Well, he'd been sorted. That meant that he'd finally gotten to leave the strange room he'd appeared in not so long ago. Which was good except that now Cloud had no idea where to go, or what he was supposed to do. He didn't know what being sorted into Hufflepuff meant or if he was supposed to go somewhere in search of it.

It didn't help matters that the only three people he knew at this place were nowhere to be seen. Somehow he and Zack had gotten separated and now Cloud had no idea where he was. The whole place with it's talking portraits and moving staircases was very confusing and he'd spent the better part of two hours wandering around. So of course he was now thoroughly lost.

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"Hufflepuff", Cloud responded, feeling slightly embarrassed by the frilly sounding word. He tilted his head to look up at Sephiroth, expression wary.

"What do you want?"

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"Hmm, loyalty," he said, wandering forward a little, circling Cloud.

"Do I need a reason to see how my favourite puppet is doing?" he asked, tilting his head and smiling. "I like you Cloud, you know that."

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Oh that was a trigger word. Cloud looked annoyed as he tracked Sephiroth's movement.

"If that's true you might stop referring to me as a puppet. Those days are over."

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"Are they?" he asked, amused. He clicked his tongue. "No, they're over when I say they're over."

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"I don't think so." He frowned. Maybe Sephiroth hadn't changed as much as he thought. "You don't have any control over my life now. I've grown up."

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Sephiroth had changed, he just didn't know any other way to act around Cloud, to show that he wasn't about to run away from Sephiroth now that he knew what he wanted from the other.

"More than anything, Cloud, I've noticed how you've grown." He reached out, pressed fingers to Cloud's shoulder.

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He flinched, as if expecting a blow, but when it didn't come he raised his eyes again to meet Sephiroth's uncertainly. Zack seemed to trust him so that had to be worth something, didn't it? He didn't bother no to shrug the hand away, instead peering into Sephiroth's face, searching.

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"Do you want me to hurt you, Cloud?" he asked, saying his name like a prayer. "You seem to be expecting it."

His fingertips travelled up to Cloud's collarbone, up his neck to his jaw, his cheek.

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"Couldn't be because that's what happens every time we meet." He raised his chin along with the fingers, still cautious, but appraising. His hands twitched in anticipation, ready to grab his sword.

But the need to do so wasn't arising and he continued to stand there dumbly, with Sephiroth's fingers ghosting across his face. "What are you...?"

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His thumb ran under Cloud's eyes, fingers cupping Cloud's cheek. He moved closer, tilting his head. "I only do so because you ask for it. Keeping me from my goals, standing in my way. When you're not in my way, like now, I'm free to pursue what I truly want. Aren't I?"

He chuckled lightly. "What am I doing?" He clicked his tongue, brushing his lips over Cloud's cheekbone, lips curving into a smile. "Surely you should be able to guess..."

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That was when Cloud finally moved. His hand snapped up to grab Sephiroth by the wrist, eyes wide and staring at him.

"I've got a good idea" he said. "But that would mean a rough estimation of what exactly it is that you 'really want'." Because wouldn't that just be something.

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Sephiroth hadn't moved at all once Cloud grabbed his hand, simply stood still and calm. Then he blinked slowly. "What I want is Zack. And you. What I need is Mother. But she's not here, and I intend to enjoy this purgatory until I may leave."

He stepped forward, wrapped an arm around Cloud's waist so he couldn't scuttle away, was stuck with Sephiroth's closeness, his intensity. "I intend to enjoy you."

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Too close! Cloud tried to pull back but it was too late. Their chests were pressed together, faces now so close he could feel the other man's breath as he spoke.

"And if I refuse?" It wasn't a rejection. Not yet anyway. He was just curious to see how far Sephiroth planned to take this. If it was another game or he was being sincere.

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"I hope that you wont," he purred, fighting against Cloud's grip on his wrist to draw fingertips across his lips. Cloud had responded to Jenova's call, though. He would, eventually, give in. Even if Sephiroth had to make him. He enjoyed Cloud too much to just simply let him be.

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Images of their last meeting flashed across Cloud's mind and he growled. His grip on Sphiroth's wrist tightened in warning though he had stopped squirming quite so much. There was a tingling on his lips where Sephiroth's fingers had been and without thinking he let his tongue sweep out to wet them. Had this corridor always been so warm?

"You can't just expect me to trust you after all we've been through because you're suddenly cut off from Jenova" he pointed out to distract from his obvious inernal conflict.

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"Hmmmm..."

Staring at Cloud with an appraising gaze, Sephiroth dearly wanted to chase after that tongue with his own. He considered it.

"Zack seems to," he purred, blinking slowly. Making up his mind, Sephiroth closed what little distance there was between them, urged Cloud's lips open so he could lay siege to his mouth.

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"Yeah, well Zack-" Cloud's response was cut off by the unexpected press of lips against his own. He grunted once in surprise and grabbed Sephiroth's shoulder, ready to shove him back when he found himself distracted. As much as he wanted to argue and fight with the other man, kissing him felt good. And it probably shouldn't have, but memories of a time when Cloud had admired him, even desired him, were rushing back quicker than he could stop them. It was a full minute before he realized he was kissing Sephiroth back and pulled away.

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Sephiroth didn't let him get far, but he didn't try and kiss him again, not yet. He tilted his head curiously instead, waiting for an explanation or a tirade. He was curios as to how Cloud would respond, honestly.

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Cloud tried to take a step back, but naturally didn't get very far. Embarrassed and annoyed, he ducked his head, trying to think of something to say. Sephiroth wasn't pushing things, which was both a surprise and a relief, although a part of him wanted to continue kissing. that part of him needed a foot in the balls.

"How.... how long have you wanted to do that?" Okay, so not quite the death threat he'd planned for but there was still time for that.

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Sephiroth tilted his head and his eyes wandered upwards as he thought. "Since the reactor. You caught my attention, then." It had taken a while to figure out why he'd caught his attention, but he had figured it out eventually.

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"That's... a long time." He wiped his mouth slowly on the back of his hand, the taste of the other man's lips still on his tongue.

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Sephiroth snorted. "Yes, and quite a lot has happened."

He looked up at the ceiling for a moment, making no move to release Cloud in the slightest. "Your point being?"

I'm not a flake! /determined

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"Don't really have one..." He'd just assumed Sephiroth had hated him. Why else would he try so hard to kill him every time they met? Not that, he hadn't tried any less... It had been his fault, after all. What happened to Zack- But he wasn't going to think about that now. He'd dwelled on it long enough.

"So where does that put us now?"

*snerk*

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Sephiroth's eyebrows went up and he tilted his head down to survey Cloud.

"I would believe that you're in the same position as Zack," he said, watching Cloud. "Think what you will of it, but don't expect flowers, chocolates and sweet nothings." Hell, on his better days, the best Cloud would get was the chance to be in his presence without the danger of being sliced to pieces.

xD

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"From you? That would be worse than nothing." He smirked ruefully. He didn't really expect that from anyone. He wasn't a woman after all, despite numerous claims by Barrett. What did he need with chocolate and flowers?