Saw a picture of Gen with glasses. Damn. That is all.

These characters are property of not myself. I just enjoy toying with them.

Sometimes beating the shit out of everything wasn't sufficient stress relief. Sometimes one just needed some peace and quiet to clear their mind. When feeling like this Genesis would hole himself up in an old training room at the back of the ShinRa compound and read for a few hours. Usually LOVELESS, but every once in a while he picked up one of the books Angeal randomly brought him.

Today was a typical day and he needed to escape before he caused another scene. Sephiroth had promised he wouldn't be covering for the red-head the next time he burnt half the building down.

Genesis was sitting in the corner next to the door, hidden from any peeking eyes, his copy of LOVELESS opened to Act III. He'd been there for an hour at least and was finally starting to calm down; the tension easing from his shoulders, his frown being replaced by a soft, content smile.

His moment of serenity was shattered, however, by the sudden opening of doors. A blonde cadet stepped into the room, proceeded to the center of the mats and flopped down on to his back with a groan.

Genesis stared, open mouthed, at the cadet that had dared enter his sanctuary. Deep blue eyes narrowed and he snapped the book closed.

"Who the fuck are you?" He snarled. All traces of relaxation gone.

The cadet jumped up and whirled around, eyes finally landing on the Red Commander. He stared at the man for a long moment before snapping out of it and giving a quick salute. "Sir!"

Genesis reached up to massage his temples, trying to reign in his temper and let out a long string of curses. He grabbed the slim, silver metal of his reading glasses and yanked them off. "Son of a fucking bitch, Cadet, get the hell out!"

The cadet froze, whether it was in fear or just plain stupidity, Genesis wasn't sure. The Commander got to his feet and stomped over to the immobile cadet. He grabbed him roughly by his collar and jerked him close.

"Who the hell are you?" He hissed.

"C-cloud Strife, sir."

"Well Cloud, do you see these?" He waved the reading glasses next to the blonde's face and felt the boy nod. "These are the best kept secret in Shinra. Do you understand what that means?"

"I w-won't tell anyone, sir."

He dropped the cadet into a heap on the floor. "Good. Now, would you like to tell me what you are doing in here? I was unaware that this room was open to Cadets."

Cloud stood up and brushed his uniform off quickly, trying to smooth it out. "I come here sometimes because it's quiet. I've seen you leaving before."

Genesis paused. How had he not seen Cloud before? He took a step back and looked at the cadet. He was rather young, probably sixteen or seventeen, and an expressive face; pretty. The Commander had never been one for sharing but today he was willing to make an exception.

"Your side." He pointed to the right half of the room and then to the left. "My side. You can stay." With that said, he turned around and went back to his corner, putting his reading glasses back on and flipping the book open once again.

Cloud watched the man walk away and scrambled to the far wall. He was alive! He flushed, thinking about how he'd been openly staring at the man before. He was hot on a normal day, but with those glasses? Damn, that was sexy beyond reason. Even now he couldn't stop staring. He hadn't brought anything to occupy himself with like the Commander had and he just hoped the man wouldn't look up and catch him. He'd already escaped death once today, better not push his luck too far.

Genesis seemed pretty absorbed in whatever he was reading. Most likely, LOVELESS. He'd heard people talk about how the pretty Commander was always quoting it. Cloud's mouth fell open a little as he watched the man raise his hand to his lips and peel off the glove with his teeth, dropping it in his lap. He then licked his thumb and index finger, wetting them just enough to get a grip on the page.

The blonde wasn't sure how long he sat there watching Genesis repeat the action but when mako-bright eyes met his he knew he'd been caught. Cloud jumped up and hustled to the door. He snapped a quick salute to the First and was out the door and down the hall as fast as he could manage. He ran all the way to Zack and his shared apartment, barreling through the door and slamming it closed. His heart was racing and he was almost expecting the door to be broken down and then skewered by Rapier for staring so blatantly.

"You okay, Spike?" Cloud jumped and whipped around.

"Fine!" He squeaked.

Zack arched an eyebrow. "Right. So, tell me why you look like you got caught stealing from Seph's cookie jar."

Cloud stared at Zack and opened his mouth to speak. He shut it and pointed at his eyes and then proceeded to babble senselessly about sexy red hair and licking fingers to turn the pages.

"Whoa, whoa, kid. Slow down."

The blonde took a deep breath and let it out noisily. "I'm still alive."

"I can see that?"

"Zack, I'm such an idiot." He groaned, leaning against the older man. "I thought he was gonna kill me."

"Who?"

"The Commander."

"Angeal? He wouldn't hurt you, kid."

"Not him."

Zack blinked. "Oh. OH. What'd you do to piss Gen off?"

Cloud mumbled into Zack's shoulder, his ears going pink.

"I can't hear you, Chocobo."

The younger shot him a glare as he stood up right. "I was staring at him. But, it's not my fault, he just had to sit there and lick his fingers, turning those pages, over and over and over and over and I just couldn't help it. It's his fault." Cloud huffed, crossing his arms over his chest. "And where does he get off having such pretty eyes? And using his teeth to pull of his gloves, what the hell is that about? Anyone would stare at that! And those glasses. Ho-ly. Planet. The glasses." Zack's outburst of laughter made him snap his mouth shut. He'd been rambling, about Commander Rhapsodos and how sexy he was.

"I'm…I'm so sorry….Spike. I just…can't help it." Zack said between fits of laughter. He was almost cackling by now and Cloud covered his face with his hands.

"Fuuuuck."

"Fuck is right." Zack choked out, wiping the tears from his eyes. "You've so got the hots for him, kid."

"Thank you for the newsflash, Zack."

Zack grabbed his hands and steered him over to the couch, sitting them both down. The brunette turned to him with a strange look.

"What did you mean glasses?"

Cloud eyes widened. "Shit! I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. Now he really will kill me! Zack, you can't say anything!"

"Gen wears glasses? Well, damn!" Zack smirked. This was going to be perfect.

"Zack! You can't tell anyone, please."

Zack rolled his eyes. "Okay, Spikey, this is what we're gonna do." He hopped up from the couch to stand in front of it. "You! Are going to tell him that you think his glasses are sexy and that if he keeps licking his fingers like that you're going to jump him right there."

"What?" Cloud shrieked, jumping to his feet. "Are you an idiot? I can't do that. I'm not fucking suicidal!"

"Ah, ah, ah. If you don't, I might have to mention to Gen that a little blonde chocobo told me that he wears glasses." Zack couldn't help the smug smile that spread across his face.

Cloud blanched at that. "W-w-w-what! W-why? Zack!" He spluttered but Zack was too busy shoving him toward the door to answer. With a final smile he kicked the blonde out the door, slamming it closed and locking it.

"Have fun, Chocobo!" He called through the door.

"Zack, let me it!" He yelled, banging on the door. Zack's loud and horribly off key singing was his only answer. Cloud scowled at the door, shoving his hands into his pockets and fishing around for his keycard. When he came of blank he kicked the door and stomped off down the hallway. There was no way Zack was good enough to steal it. It must have fallen out in his clumsy rush to get out of the training room.

He retraced his steps. Peeking around every corner to make sure that it was clear before hurrying down. When he finally made it to the training rooms, he stood up on his toes and peeked through the door windows. The room appeared empty and he spotted his keycard sitting in the corner he'd been in earlier.

Without further hesitation he pushed the doors open and trotted over to the card, swiping it up with a triumphant cry.

"I was wondering when you were going to come back." Came a lazy voice from behind him.

Cloud jumped and let out a decidedly un-manly shriek, once again, and whipped around. Genesis was leaning against the wall by the doors with an amused look.

"S-s-sorry, Sir."

The First waved a hand casually. "So, tell me, Cadet. Why were you staring and why were you doing it so obviously?" He asked, pushing himself away from the wall and walking to Cloud.

"I-um, I was just-I mean…" He trailed off, Zack's words echoing in his mind.

"You were just what, Cadet?" The red-head snapped, stopping directly in from of him.

"I-You…, well-Your glasses are fucking hot, okay?" Cloud said in a rush then gasped, realizing he'd actually said that out-loud, and felt himself blush. What the hell was he thinking?

Genesis was looking down at the blonde, eyes wide. "You think…my glasses are…hot?"

Cloud nodded not trusting himself to speak.

"I…um, thank you, Cadet."

"Cloud," he mumbled.

"What?"

"My name, it's Cloud."

Genesis felt himself smile. "Thank you, Cloud."

"I'll be going now, sir." Cloud said quietly, going to side step the First when a hand caught his arm.

"You know," Genesis said, leaning in close to Cloud's face. "I think you're….hot, too." He placed a quick kiss on the blondes warm cheek before turning and making his way to the door.

Cloud stood in stunned silence for a second. "Hey!" He yelled, finding his voice. "You can't just walk away like that."

Genesis looked over his shoulder, arching an eyebrow. "I can't?"

"No." Cloud said. Making up his mind, he walked over to the red head, grabbed the collar of his shirt and jerked him down into a rough kiss. He felt the man tense for a second then relax and push Cloud roughly into the wall, pushing his tongue into the younger man's mouth. Cloud moaned into the kiss, reaching up and threading his fingers into auburn hair. They finally broke apart, both gasping for air.

Genesis brought a hand up to Cloud's cheek, pushing a few stray strands of light hair out of the way. "I think…I need to wear those glasses more often."

Cloud gave him a odd look and then burst into laughter. "Yeah…you fucking do."

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And, done. I was playing around with Cloud's thought process a bit. I wanted him to seem a little bit more…teenagerish I guess. Hence the spluttering and rambling.