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Secret Gift of Life-Fanfiction

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*Secret Gift Theme, for SpikeyxSpikier. Cloud Strife/Zack Fair. Post Advent Children.

*This came waaaaaay too late. I'm glad I remembered at the last possible minute. Please enjoy :music:

And Happy New Year!

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Cloud's as breathless as the leaves on a stormy, helpless against torrents of wind.

For far too long, life was a binding contract of horror. An empty, meaningless terrain that once promised him the world, but left him without a dream to his name. The EX-SOLDIER tried to continue life without meaning, but existing without one's soul is impossible. Cloud was forced to reflect on that while Barrett and Cid entertained a jubilant, loud and musical Seventh Heaven. Loneliness shredded him while Tifa submerged herself in the company of Midgar's orphans. While Yuffie, Red XIII and Vincent chatted away at the bar. Life should've been just as beautiful for the Strife, but-

Zack was gone.

Days crawled off the calendar. While everyone he loved danced to the tune of life's euphoria, Cloud found himself longing for the Lifestream. Its sweet, serene embrace would chart him to Zack, his one, his only. Christmas vanished as quickly as moonlight. New Year's loomed over his head, but the strength or desire to greet the new year was absent. Cloud thought he was all right, seeing his beloved after the battle against Kadaj, but Zack's appearance only deepened his wounds. So he'd greet the new year without light, hope or dreams.

That's what he thought, until Reno came back from vacation.

"Hey there, blondie. Thought I'd bring you back a little New Year's gift."

Details were a blur. Reno, Rude and a few other TURKS were supposed to go off and enjoy their holiday break, but a certain redhead used the vacation period as a way to find a very special gift. They experienced their own adventure, complete with intrigue, mystery and Materia from another dimension. In the end, Reno and Rude got their hands on an ancient relic-one that had the ability to grant a single wish.

The wish turned out to be Zack Fair's revival.

It was a late Christmas AND New Year's surprise, planned by not only Reno and Rude, but by everyone else as well-Tifa, Cid, Barrett, Vincent, Red and Caith Sith. None of them wanted Spikey to meet the new year with a broken heart; the beginning of the new year was a time for joy, hopes and dreams. Christmas was already a time of tremendous loss for the Strife. So, because of life's most precious gift, Zack is now able to bring Cloud to life. He is able to give Cloud his own gift, a treasure the blonde missed, for so long.

The blue-haired, radiant swordsman brings a weeping Cloud into his arms. Divinity is solid flesh, no longer a torturous dream. Zack's warmth seeps into the Strife's once-empty soul, infusing it with life. "Hey, kid," he murmurs, as he did during their training days. "How's it goin'?"

Cloud is barely able to speak. "Good, good. So good."

"Great," the Fair replies, as if they're merely strolling through the park. Zack is glowing with pure happiness, and the cheeriness Cloud fell so madly in love with. The Fair's existence was a secret, but his presence is now alive, so real, so warm. The spirit of both holidays sweeps through Cloud's heart; he is filled with the sugary warmth of Christmas, and the brisk excitement of New Year's.

"Happy New Year, kiddo. And Merry Christmas too, I guess."

"Happy New Year, and Merry Christmas, " Cloud says breathlessly, and is promptly lost in a kiss. Liquified diamonds continue to pour from the blonde's eyes, and splash onto the floor. He is lost in the tenderness that is Zack, the pure, enriching light he missed, for far too long.

The year begins anew, with Zack's gift of love, life and air embracing Cloud's heart.
:bulletblue: :bulletpurple: Final Fantasy VII. Cloud/Zack fluff. Post Advent Children. :bulletpurple: :bulletblue:

For :iconspikeyxspikier: Secret Gift theme. :heart: Cloud's unbearably lonely, until a special someone gives him the gift of love.

The featured image was found on Google.

:bulletblue: Happy New Year :bulletpurple: (and late Merry Christmas)
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