Cloud once thought of Sephiroth as the moon, hanging high in the sky.
He trained desperately every day just to get a little closer to the hero everyone adored. He had never even thought of claiming that moon for himself.
Until one day, the moon came straight for him: immense, transformed, terrifying, bizarre, and beautiful.
Only then did Cloud realize:
Some things have good reason to stay up in the sky.
*
In the dorm, Cloud's roommate asked him what kind of person Sephiroth was.
Cloud: "Sephiroth is a great, good man."
His roommate's lips curled slightly.
Cloud looked at his roommate. The boy's silver hair shone dazzlingly in the sunlight, his green eyes narrowed into slits, and his lips curved in a slight smile. When he smiled, he looked like a slightly terrifying cat.
This substitute sure was being served right to his mouth.
Cloud: "..."
Cloud: "Bro, have you ever thought you look a lot like Sephiroth's secret love child?"
His roommate smiled without saying a word.
Then Sephiroth spent eight nights in a row reading in the library. When he reappeared, he had abandoned his humanity, used Octaslash to smash all of Shinra, and planned to sail to the Promised Land aboard the planet.
As the world fell apart, Cloud thought: ...Bro, reading changes your fate. It doesn't change your species.
Cloud: Breakup. We have to break up.
*
And so Cloud the savior and his companions set out on their journey to save the world.
After countless hardships, they fought their way to the final stage, only to find Sephiroth absent from the throne.
He instinctively glanced at his roommate, his second lover, who was looking at him.
But the other's shadow was slowly growing taller, and a huge black wing unfurled behind him.
Sephiroth: When did you get a second lover? Why didn't I know?
I can't write a blurb anymore, so that's it! This story is also known as:
"I Tried a Substitute and Found Out He Was My Ex-Husband"
"My Idol Just Had a Scandal, He Didn't Get His Face Ruined"
"I'm Not the Only Person in the World to Fall for Two Aliens at Once, Am I?"
"I'd Rather My Wife Be a Widow Than Be an Ex-Husband Myself"
"I Cheated and Found Out the Other Man Was My Husband"
Reader's guide: A Final Fantasy fanfic. The pairing is Sephiroth x Cloud, no switching and no reversals.
I can't get through the game, the mechanics are too brutal. I'm a casual player writing whenever I feel like it. Don't expect strict adherence to the setting; the important thing is that I got my ship together.
An atypical change-of-love-interest story. Love interest 1 is Sephiroth, and love interest 2 is the roommate. It's called atypical because they're the same person.
Premise: Treat others with sincerity.