#firstclasssoldier

Zack winced slightly at the other’s touch to his forehead. Cloud wasn’t supposed to see him like this. Injured…bleeding…pathetic. But, he couldn’t just tell Cloud no. He leaned his head into his touch and nodded before giving into the male’s request. Everything screamed pain, sore, bruising. He would have to show him that he was alright.

He nodded his head at Cloud’s words, and he wrapped an arm around Cloud’s shoulder and held onto his pauldron, keeping himself upright for now. Getting up and off the ground would be the hard part. His legs were fine, it was just his torso and arms that had taken the brunt of the beating. But, they were safe. That was all that mattered.

“Where are we going…?”

Cloud helped him up, holding onto his friend with a firm grip. “Don’t worry I got you...” This was his chance to show Zack he had his back too, so he couldn’t disappoint. “I’m taking you to the bathroom so you can take a bath okay?” He gave a small smile as he helped him over to where they needed to be.

At a nice slow place, they made it to the tub and Cloud sat Zack down on the stool. He got the water ready at a nice warm temperature and a towel placed on the side for afterwards. “Okay, you need help taking off your clothes? I can help you with that, then I will place you in and get you some new ones.”

Shydo noticed yet another person entering her room. Unluckily, she was only wearing a baggy t-shirt, boxers and tube socks. She stood up from her computer chair, having been dinking around on porn sites. She didn't even bother to minimize the window.

“Pffft”

"Hm, your outfit kind of looks like Cloud's! Do you know him? Oh! And I'm Bartz!"