Ok, so I'm bored...*unleashes one shot fic* Its mostly AngealxZack..I don't write yaoi much, but a friend of mine is sucking me into it slowly. As for the plotline, I was basing it around the mission to Wutai in Crisis Core. Please review also! It'd be nice to find other fellow AxZ writers! Or just leave a comment

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"You just hang in there for me, Zack" Angeal was literally barking that out as an order to him. He sighed - what time was it? He wondered. Must be about four in the morning, he guessed. The older man looked over at his puppy. Zack laid there battered and bruised, in bed, a bruised arm under his head which lay on a pillow. He himself had barely escaped unharmed, his shoulder bandaged up by a bullet that skimmed across the flesh in the open firing at the base. Angeal hated himself inside for not having got to Zack in time back in Wutai. Angeal felt guilt trip him up. He was his mentor...he was there to protect him and most of all, to love Zack, but he had failed him. That was one thing though - he wasn't going to fail Zack again, he was meant to be there to save his ass over and over again!

Angeal reached over for the mug of coffee that sat on the dresser. He looked down into the dark liquid, knowing it had probably gone cold by now, and set it back down, refusing to drink it. Angeal gripped Zack's hand gently, his thumb stroking the skin on the puppy's hand, feeling the small nicks and cuts the grazed Zack's hand.

"Zack.." Angeal spoke up, remotly wondering if Zack could even hear him talking or not. "..I'm sorry for not getting to you in time..I know your safety is my most top priority, and I'd never ever forgive myself if something bad happened to you.." Angeal tried not to ramble, but still he worried. Angeal reached out, smoothing the hair away from Zack's forehead, and squeezed his hand softly, letting him know he was here.

"I promise when you're better, we'll go back to banora, and you can have all the dumbapples you want, I won't lecture you about stealing them." Angeal smiled warmly to him, resting his head on a spare pillow infront of him. "You just rest for a while longer, I promise everything will be alright.." Angeal assured him. He leant close to Zack, and sealed his words with a kiss to Zack's lips. Angeal deepened the kiss,making sureto promise his words, then pulled back, his cheeks reddening somewhat.

With those words off his chest, Angeal laid his head back onto the pillow infront of him, closing his eyes to rest some more...