...I suddenly have this crazy plot bunny of him bringing Aeris home and introducing the pack like so:
"This is Cloud -- I picked him up when I was six. He was clean and he has a nice apartment, so I decided to keep him."
Cloud looks amused and sips his tea.
Zack moves on. "This is Sephiroth. He's the mage; he likes fire spells. But that's not why I keep him. I keep him because his hair is shiny! See, grab a few strands" -- he pulls a wisp of hair from Sephiroth's bangs before the mage can dodge -- "and hold it up to the light. It sparkles!"
Aeris makes admiring noises. Sephiroth opens a newspaper and proceeds to ignore Zack.
Zack leads Aeris over to the twins, who are sitting at the kitchen table and shooting him vaguely betrayed looks.
"Don't even start," Chaos growls. "I don't want to know her."
"Yes you do; you'll love her," Zack says blithely. "Now, Aeris, these are Vincent -- he's the one with short hair -- and Chaos -- obviously the long-haired one. They're my elements, ice and fire. Everyone needs some elemental symbolism in their collection."
"Fuck you," Chaos says.
Zack grins. "Maybe later."
"Oooh! Can I watch?" Aeris asks, clapping her hands and sparkling at the twins. Chaos recoils, appalled. Vincent looks intrigued.
Just then Aeris's PHS rings, and she answers. "Hi, Tifa! Oh, Zack's just showing me his collection-- yes, Cloud and the rest of his coworkers-- oh, really? Yes, I will. See you tonight!"
She hangs up and smiles at Zack. "So, if you keep Cloud for the apartment, Sephiroth for his hair, and the twins for sex -- and Tifa says she has a place because you like her eyes -- what makes me special?"
"I keep you because you're brilliant and evil and you ran away with my heart," Zack says, picking her up and spinning around in the middle of the kitchen. "And I needed someone else with a sense of humor around here!"
"I don't count?" Cloud asks, having sneaked over to stand in the doorway.
Zack sets Aeris down and grins at Cloud. "I can't very well ask you to help me play tricks on yourself, can I? Besides, I already told you I keep you for the digs."
"He's incorrigible," Cloud says to Aeris. "Are you sure you want to keep him?"
Aeris wraps her arm around Zack's waist and says, "Yes, I think I do. After all, everybody needs something incredibly silly in their collection."
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Um. That seems to have turned into a ficlet without my permission. Ah well.
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Date: 2006-09-28 04:36 am (UTC)"This is Cloud -- I picked him up when I was six. He was clean and he has a nice apartment, so I decided to keep him."
Cloud looks amused and sips his tea.
Zack moves on. "This is Sephiroth. He's the mage; he likes fire spells. But that's not why I keep him. I keep him because his hair is shiny! See, grab a few strands" -- he pulls a wisp of hair from Sephiroth's bangs before the mage can dodge -- "and hold it up to the light. It sparkles!"
Aeris makes admiring noises. Sephiroth opens a newspaper and proceeds to ignore Zack.
Zack leads Aeris over to the twins, who are sitting at the kitchen table and shooting him vaguely betrayed looks.
"Don't even start," Chaos growls. "I don't want to know her."
"Yes you do; you'll love her," Zack says blithely. "Now, Aeris, these are Vincent -- he's the one with short hair -- and Chaos -- obviously the long-haired one. They're my elements, ice and fire. Everyone needs some elemental symbolism in their collection."
"Fuck you," Chaos says.
Zack grins. "Maybe later."
"Oooh! Can I watch?" Aeris asks, clapping her hands and sparkling at the twins. Chaos recoils, appalled. Vincent looks intrigued.
Just then Aeris's PHS rings, and she answers. "Hi, Tifa! Oh, Zack's just showing me his collection-- yes, Cloud and the rest of his coworkers-- oh, really? Yes, I will. See you tonight!"
She hangs up and smiles at Zack. "So, if you keep Cloud for the apartment, Sephiroth for his hair, and the twins for sex -- and Tifa says she has a place because you like her eyes -- what makes me special?"
"I keep you because you're brilliant and evil and you ran away with my heart," Zack says, picking her up and spinning around in the middle of the kitchen. "And I needed someone else with a sense of humor around here!"
"I don't count?" Cloud asks, having sneaked over to stand in the doorway.
Zack sets Aeris down and grins at Cloud. "I can't very well ask you to help me play tricks on yourself, can I? Besides, I already told you I keep you for the digs."
"He's incorrigible," Cloud says to Aeris. "Are you sure you want to keep him?"
Aeris wraps her arm around Zack's waist and says, "Yes, I think I do. After all, everybody needs something incredibly silly in their collection."
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Um. That seems to have turned into a ficlet without my permission. Ah well.