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Title: Orange You Glad
Author: rainbowserenity
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Claim: Zack/Cloud
Prompt Set: Orange
Prompt: 3 - Oranges
Type: Fanfic
Rating: T
Warnings/Spoilers: Boy lovin'
Disclaimer: I don't own FFVII because Squeenix owns my soul.
Summary: Cloud wasn't really much for that crazy orange toothpaste, but if Zack loved it, he'd totally deal.
A/N:



Cloud wearily blinked his eyes open before immediately closing them again to stretch languidly, sighing when he cracked his back. He snuggled back into the covers, feeling completely warm and content and ready to sleep for another day or so.

He sleepily mused that he must’ve stayed over at Zack’s again last night, because there was no way he’d be so comfortable at his own place. The fact that he wasn’t wearing any clothes confirmed it.

Cloud smiled in his pseudo-sleep, hugging a pillow to himself since Zack didn’t seem to be in the bed with him. He briefly wondered where the older man was, but was entirely too sleepy to think about it too hard. There were better thing he could daydream about...like the previous night, for instance.

For some reason, thinking of that made him realize that he really needed to go to the bathroom. He wanted to brush his teeth or at least gargle or something – his mouth tasted like an old sock.

There was a discarded pair of pants on the floor, so Cloud pulled them on before his trek to the bathroom, feeling a bit silly as he did so, but it was just weird for him to be naked while walking around, even in the privacy of Zack’s apartment. Zack thought it was cute, though, so he didn’t really care.

After quickly relieving himself, Cloud pulled his toothbrush from the holder – it still amazed him at how...well, loved he felt at something as simple as having a permanent toothbrush at Zack’s place – and grimaced when he found the toothpaste. Zack, always up for something new, had started using some new flavored stuff, so right now they were going through a tube of ‘Orange Citrus’ flavored stuff. Cloud didn’t really like it - toothpaste was supposed to be mint flavored, end of story. It defied all logic of everything ever for it to taste differently.

Nevertheless, he brushed with it anyway, deciding that orange flavored teeth were better than an old sock flavored mouth. The next time he glanced up from spitting in the sink, he nearly choked on his brush when found a pair of stunning blue eyes staring at his reflection.

“Morning, sleepyhead,” Zack murmured, tactfully ignoring Cloud’s flailing as he slipped his arms around the blond, grinning at the mirror.

Cloud quickly rinsed his mouth out before leaning against Zack, frowning at his reflection. “I’m not a sleepyhead,” he protested.

Zack burst out laughing, lacing his fingers across Cloud’s stomach. “Yes you are, if all the snoring was any indication.”

“I don’t snore!”

“Yes you do.”

The blond huffed indignantly, but didn’t push Zack away and instead leaned back into him some more, closing his eyes for a moment and putting his hands on Zack’s. “So where’d you go, anyway?”

“SOLDIER stuff,” Zack replied, resting his chin on Cloud’s head.

“Why didn’t you leave a note?”

“I told you I was leaving, but I guess you didn’t hear me with all that snoring,” Zack teased.

“Shut up.”

“Make me.”

Cloud’s eyes popped open at that and he smirked at Zack’s reflection before turning around to face the real thing. “Gladly,” he replied quietly, pulling the SOLDIER down for a short kiss.

...Or rather, what he intended to be a short kiss, anyway. Zack wouldn’t have any of that, especially since he hadn’t made out with Cloud for nearly eight hours now. Oh, the horror.

Cloud certainly didn’t have a problem with that, even though Zack had been a total jerk just now, with that snoring business and all. But it was really hard to stay mad at him, especially when his tongue brushed against his own in that way that always sent shivers down his spine. He stood up on his tiptoes, meeting the other’s lips better.

It was quite awhile before they parted. Zack grinned, chuckling a little after he’d caught his breath.

“What’s so funny?” Cloud wanted to know, still panting a little.

“You taste like oranges.” Zack was laughing now. “Did you already have breakfast or something?”

The blond rolled his eyes. “No,” he said with a frown. “It’s from your stupid toothpaste.”

“Oh yeah,” Zack replied, looking for all the world like he’d forgotten about that tube of toothpaste madness, like he hadn’t used the stuff himself maybe an hour or two ago.

Cloud rolled his eyes again. “When are you going to get something normal?”

“Never, as long as you’re here.” Zack grinned. “Besides,” he added, leaning down to give the blond another lingering kiss, “it makes you taste like mornings. Y’know, good ones, where we don’t have any work and we just lay around all day.” He gave a sheepish smile.

Cloud sighed a little, reaching up to nuzzle under Zack’s chin. As much as he hated brushing with something that made him feel like he was rubbing orange peels on his teeth...

“I think I can live with that.”


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Yeah, it was short, but well...not everything can be thousands of words of epic. xD
And I'm with Cloud on the toothpaste. MINT RULES! WOOOO~

I don't even know. I need to stop going to bed at four in the morning. Zzzz

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