FFVII ~ 7 minutes in Heaven: Sephiroth

“Two?” You call over the noise. You know exactly who it is when Cloud stands up and draws his sword. He turns to you and says,
“____, you don't have to go in there with him.”

“Uuh, yeah she does!” I say with a grin on my face, “It's the rules!” I see the look on your face and add, “But Seph has to leave his weapons OUTSIDE the closet! Okay?”
Before you get time to answer, Yuffie appears behind you and gives you a shove, sending you into the closet. You stand up and try to get out of the closet, but Yuffie closes the door and presses herself against it. She giggles.
“If you start screaming later, we'll let you out!”
There's a muffled yell from your side of the door.
I grab hold of Sephiroth and take his giant sword, only to be jumped on and the sword ripped from my hands by Vincent. He mumbles something about “doing everyone a favour” as Sephiroth enters the closet after you.
-(In the Closet)-
You're sat down at the far end of the closet with your eyes closed, hoping nothing bad will happen. You can hear Sephiroth standing a little away from you, breathing gently. You curl yourself up into a ball and lean back against the wall, hoping he wont find you. Unfortunately for you, Sephiroth is very good at detecting people and realises you're hiding from him. He smirks,
“Now my dear ____, why would you be hiding from me?”
You don't say anything, but look up and see his large silhouette moving towards you. He stops just in front of you and crouches down. You look at him wide-eyed, not knowing what he's going to do.
You've met Sephiroth a few times, all of which having been rather unpleasant, but this was mainly because he and Cloud had always gotten into fights when you'd seen him. He seems to have a violent and sadistic nature, which he'd demonstrated by running Cloud's arm through with his sword. This is the main reason you're scared of him. You'd seen the look of joy on his face as Cloud had been struggling to remove the sword blade. You give a small shiver at the memory.
Sephiroth is still crouching down in front of you and you're still wondering what he's going to do, until suddenly he grabs hold of your wrist and pulls you towards him. You give a yelp and struggle, but Sephiroth moves his hand from your wrist to your throat. With his fingers, he puts a small amount of pressure on your windpipe, making you cough and splutter. He tightens his grip. You put your hands on the his, trying to prise him off. You try to say,
“Stop.. it! What are y-you... doin-”
“Be quiet.” He interrupts, pressing harder on your throat. You gasp for air, feeling it harder and harder to get a full breath of air. You look at Sephiroth. He looks back at you and smirks again.
“You didn't answer my question.”
“W-what que-”
“I asked, why were you trying to hide from me?”
You manage to prise a his top two fingers from your throat and reply,
“Well...because I didn't want to end up...in a situation like..this.”
Sephiroth smirks again. He drops his grip on your throat and gives you a shove so you fall back up against the wall. As you rub your neck, he says,
“And you wouldn't have gotten into that situation if you'd answered me.”
When you don't reply, he looks at you with a glint in his eyes. You reply quickly,
“Oh- uhh, Sorry!”
“hn.”
Sephiroth moves to sit next to you, resting up against the wall. He closes his eyes and...just sits there. You look over at him and cock your head to one side.
“W-was... was that it?”
Sephiroth opens one eye,
“Excuse me?”
“T-the choking me... and now you're sitting next to me...nearly falling asleep? Aren't you going to do anything to me?”
“You make it sound as though you want me to do something to you.”
“N-no!” You look down at the wooden floor, “I just thought...you know...that you're...” You fall silent, not wanting to voice your thoughts.
Sephiroth looks over at you, still only one eye open.
“That I'm evil and want to hurt you?”
“Well........” There was a pause, “Yes.”
Everything is silent for a moment, then you see Sephiroth pick himself up off the floor and walk over to the door. With one silent movement he takes the door handle, rips the door from its hinges and walks out. You look at him, watching as he walks across the living-room and up the staircase.
Everyone else watches after him, then Yuffie and Tifa come running into the closet. They wrap their arms around you and ask in unison,
“Are you okay?”
You reply shakily,
“Y-yes, I'm fine.”
The three of you walk out of the closet, then a few gasps are heard. You ask,
“What?”
Cloud rushes over, hugging you. He lets go and holds you at arm's length, getting a better look. He asks seriously,
“What did he do to you?”
“Nothin-”
“Don't give me that. You have hand marks on your neck. Now what did he do?”
You raise your hands to your neck, hopelessly trying to cover up the marks. You say to Cloud,
“Hey, don't worry about it, I'm fine, reall-”
Cloud ignores you and draws his sword, heading for the staircase. As he's about to take the first step, you stand in front of him with your arms wide, blocking him. He asks,
“____, what are you doing?”
“Just stop it, okay? Nothing happened. It was just a little misunderstanding.”
It's a little unclear, even to yourself as to why you're trying to protect the man who had almost choked you, but for some strange reason, you seem to remember seeing something foreign in Sephiroth's eyes as he had walked out of the closet. Pain...or sadness. Either way, you had to check if he was okay. You never have liked upsetting people.
You look at me and smile,
“Would you?”
“Of course.” I reply. I run up and tackle Cloud to the floor, hugging him so tightly he can't move. You give me a nod in thanks, then head up the stairs.
At the top of the stairs you walk along the corridor, trying to figure out where Sephiroth has gone. It's only by luck that you find him in the first room you come to.
You open the door carefully and step inside. You see Sephiroth at the other side of the bedroom, staring through the window. You take another step forward, making a floorboard creek. Quicker than a lightning, Sephiroth has you pinned up against the wall with a sword at your neck. You yelp.
Sephiroth suddenly pulls away, looking shocked. He looks at his sword, then back at you, then drops the sword to the floor, stepping back further. You glance at him, then down at the sword.
Sephiroth sits down on the bed with his head in his hands.
You look at him curiously; this isn't how Sephiroth's supposed to act...
You walk over to Sephiroth and bend down in front of him.
“Sephiroth?”
“If I hadn't realised it was you, I would have-...”
You look at him, shocked.
“Hey,” You say, “I'm sorry if I upset you in the closet.”
Sephiroth looks up at you. He says quietly,
“But it's true... I almost killed you just now.”
You smile half heartedly. You sit down next to him and put a hand onto his. He doesn't do anything so you say, trying to comfort him,
“You're not cruel...all the time. I am sorry for what I said in the closet.”
Sephiroth sighs heavily.
“I am cruel. It's a fact. But...-” He turns his head and takes your lips in his. After a short moment he pulled back, “But I try so hard not to be cruel to you...because you seem to be the only thing I don't hate on this planet.”
Your stomach twists. Without him realising, Sephiroth has just taken your first kiss...and you'd liked it.
You look at him for a second, then lean over and hug him. He looks at your head buried in the side of his neck then slowly wraps his arms around you, pulling you into his lap. You pull back slightly and whisper to him,
“Sephiroth, for whatever you do in the future... I forgive you.”
He looks down at you in shock, but then slowly, carefully, a real smile crawls onto his lips. He leans down and kisses the top of you head.
“Thank you for giving me a chance.” He whispers into you hair.
Suddenly you hear a voice yelling, “Get back here!” Then someone's running up the staircase. Cloud appears at the door with his sword raised. He pants,
“Get off her, Sephiroth!”
You look at Cloud and go to say something to him, but Sephiroth places a hand over your mouth. His smirk is back. He whispers in your ear,
“Well you did say you forgave me for whatever I do.”
He laughs, then quickly throws you on the bed and pulls out another sword. He runs at Cloud, and they head out of the door, their swords clashing.
You run out after them, laughing. You yell,
“I meant within reason!”

You and Sephiroth decided to try dating, and it worked - apart from the occasional outburst, but he always seemed to make up for it. You ended up falling in love with him and you two became inseparable.