ᴛʜᴜʀꜱᴅᴀʏ, ꜱᴇᴘᴛᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 18ᴛʜ, 2:19 ᴘᴍ☀️

it was the end of the day and you were fiddling around with your pen, wondering what your dad was making for dinner that night.

'mushroom and spinach casserole..? god i hope so..'

you felt a light tap on your shoulder that broke you from your little space out.

"y/n? are you okay?"

"yeah..just bored..kinda hungry."

he chuckled and gave a small smirk, "lucky for you, i already decided that i'm taking you out after school today."

"...huh?"

'WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK NO NO NO. DOES HE MEAN-'

his face reddened and his smile got a little shyer, "i mean, to make up for this morning."

he rubbed the back of his neck.

'oh fuck. false alarm...wait, am i disappointed-?'

"y/n?? you're just staring at me blankly.. it's okay if you don't want to-"

"wait! wait! i do! sorry.."

the dismissal bell rang as he chuckled, "it's okay, c'mon. i know a nice place down the street for coffee."

he stood up and you stood up with him, admiring how much smaller you were in comparison.

you smiled up at him, your breath shaky.

you were a nervous kid after all, so going for coffee with an extremely handsome guy was certainly nerve wracking.

as you both walked out of the school, you were stopped by vincent and zack.

"hey, n/n! where you going- oh hey sephiroth!"

zack smiled up at him, he who gave him a small wave, while vincent gave him a suspicious look.

"we were going out for some coffee or something, what's up?" you asked vincent as zack blabbered to an obviously tired and not-wanting-to-listen-to-blabbering sephiroth.

"we're all meeting up at aerith's house and we thought you'd want to come."

'aerith?'

"who's that?" you tilted your head.

"my ex girl-"

"tifa's girlfriend."

you nodded as you felt sephiroth's large hand lay on your shoulder.

he leaned in to your ear and whispered, "do not feel inclined to come with me, we can reschedule if you want to go with them."

you gave him a puzzled look and turned back to your now confused friends.

"maybe next time, i already have plans with sephiroth," you looked over and smiled to your silver haired friend.

he smiled back warmly.

"alrighty! see ya tomorrow!" zack waved and walked away.

vincent only nodded to you and gave sephiroth a protective glare.

you heard him mumble as he walked off,

"cloud is not gonna like this.."

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the both of you walked along the street to the café.

sephiroth couldn't help but look down at you, you who were humming some song.

you were walking partly on the sidewalk and the road, since the sidewalk was crowded.

he couldn't help but stare.

it may sound stupidly corny, but ever since your first day, he was infatuated with you.

you captivated him, without even realizing it.

the way your hair bounced and how you'd sometimes clumsily trip over your own feet while walking.

you were a nervous one too, so he felt pretty honored that you were coming with him, and proud of himself for being able to start the foundations of a nice relationship with you.

ahem- that relationship being entirely platonic, at least as of now.

he looked back at you, in which you were actually looking at him, quickly looking away, shyly.

he stifled a laugh, looking away too.

it would be certainly difficult to keep this just platonic.

he opened his mouth say something but was cut off when he saw the car speeding down the side of road, and immediately pulling you out of the way, onto the sidewalk.

you landed into his arms from the force of him pulling you as the car whizzed away behind you both.

he still had you in his grasp as he asked, "y/n are you alright-?!"

"y-yes.." you asked as you lifted your face from his chest and looked up at him, your cheeks a rosy color.

he found himself biting his inner cheek at this.

he moved his hands from your back to your shoulders and gave you a glance over as he sighed.

"good..please be more careful, and stay close to me. this city is dangerous as hell."

god, he just wanted to protect you.