Snapshot

YAY!!!! my first real kingdom hearts story!!!!! so anyway enjoy!!!!

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"Wow this picture is amazing! Did you take this young man?" Asked a curious buyer as he looked at the blonds picture.

"Yes sir." He answered.

"This picture is just breath taking. How much are you selling it for?" The potential buyer pulled out his check book was prepared to fill it out.

"I feel honored that your willing to pay anything for this picture I took. Um...$300? Is that a reasonable price for you sir?"

"$300? That's a great price! Are you sure you don't want to go hirer young man? I'm more than willing to pay you a little more."

"Thanks but I don't think I have the heart to do that to you. Especially after you commented my picture. That alone was enough for you to take it."

"Well, I appreciate doing business with you. Hope to see more of your pictures. Now it says your name is...Cloud Stirfe? Is that right?"

"Yes."

"Very well then." The man filled the check out for the price he was asking for and wrote his name on it. After he was done, he ripped the check out of his check book and gave it to the photographer.

"Please take good care of it." Asked Cloud as he got his picture down from display and gave it to his buyer.

"No problem." The man took his picture and waved good-bye to the blond.

The picture was a photo he had taken of the sunset shinning over one of the many gardens his town had been famous for. It wasn't one of his best pictures he thought to himself, but was glad that someone actually thought it was great.

Cloud Strife was a photographer who focused most of his work on landscapes. At a young age he found enjoyment out of taking his parent's camera and wasting the film on pictures of his dog or the sky. When he got to high school he took a photography class and found that he had a big talent in this field and pursued it after he graduated. He took a few college courses and got a job at a film industry. Radiant Films, was the name of the company he worked for. They were a huge company that focused on selling there pictures, that were taken from there photographers, to other companies that had a need for them. Like advertisement, ads in magazines, or just something to promote there companies.

Every once and a while, Cloud's boss, Xemnas Dark, would put on an art gallery for the public to view his workers greatest works of art. Xemnas enjoyed his workers dedication to there art and encouraged many of them to display some of there pictures. Today happened to be Cloud's first and lucky day for him to take place in there bosses little event. He had been meaning to display some of his work before but didn't really feel the need to participate. It took a lot of sucking up from his boss for him to actually do this. Cloud Stirfe was one of Xemnas best photographers. From the very first day he caught the young photographer taking pictures in the park, he knew that he had talent. What Xemnas didn't know was why the blond was so hesitant to share his work with any one? If it weren't for his encouragement, the blond would probably never had done this.

For the rest of the day more people came to the art gallery and viewed more of the blonds art work and was commented on how beautiful his pictures were. Not use to this much attention, Cloud would blush a little at the praise he was receiving and thanked them. Around 9 it was time to close, so Cloud gathered the rest of his pictures and decided to head home. Tomorrow it was back to work for him, so he had to wake up early.

He lived in a simple one bedroom apartment. It was a nice neighborhood and not that far from work, so he could just walk to work. Sure he could afford a better apartment since he had a great job. But he really had no use for a bigger place. He was pretty much a loner growing up and he was a loner now. Cloud had friends but he just liked living alone. Now as for transportation, he was saving up whatever money he could manage for the bike of his dreams. If he was going to buy a bike, he might as well buy a brand new one. He was so close to his goal that he could almost feel the wind on his face as he rode his bike. But for now he would just have to settle with walking to wherever he needed to go.

Cloud entered his apartment and placed his pictures on the dining room table. For some reason, he didn't like to hang his work in his apartment. So whenever he was done with a project he would either, give it to his boss and have him find some use for it, or just store it at his little studio at work. His stomach growled as he entered the kitchen to grab a bottle a water and decided to eat. Not really in the mood to actually cook, he decided to warm up some soup and make a sandwich to go with it. Cloud grabbed his food and sat at the couch while watching a little bit of tv. He really didn't care what he watched, as long as it wasn't so quite. He grabbed the remote and switched the tv on to find it on the news.

"Better than nothing." He said as he watched the latest headline. He watched tv for a little while after he finished his food.

"Shoot its getting late." Cloud looked at his kitchen clock as he got up to place his dirty dishes into the sink, to see that it was already 10:30. Since he didn't have time to shower, he decided to do that in the morning. Turning off all the nights in the kitchen and the tv, Cloud went to his room and changed into his nightgown. Which was a simple white t-shirt and some Pj pants he wore. He made sure that his alarm was set for the morning and laid down on his bed. Snuggling under the covers, Cloud closed his eyes and went to bed.

"Beep Beep!" His alarm went off at 6:30AM. Groaning at the sound of waking up, he turned off his alarm and stumbled to the bathroom. He was still half awake and half asleep when he got out of bed. Cloud looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror to notice that his hair was even spikier than usual. Or his friends like to call it, "Sex hair". Stripping himself of his nightgown, Cloud jumped in the shower. He always seemed to wake up after taking a nice hot shower. It felt refreshing to him and it helped him start his long day. After his shower, he wrapped a towel around his waist and headed to his room to pick out his clothes for work. He wasn't a real picky dresser, so he just grabbed a pair of jeans, a simple black shirt that had his companies name in white cursive handwriting and a pair of black converse. With his outfit done, he went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and hair. Even after having his hair washed and brushed, it still stayed in the same spiky style. Cloud walked to the kitchen after he was done in the bathroom and made himself some breakfast. He made a cheese omelet with some bacon and drank a glass of OJ to go with it. Done eating, he placed his dirty dishes in the sink and decided to take care of them after work.

Since the season's changed to fall, it was already getting cold. He grabbed a simple gray sweater, his backpack that had his things and walked out the door. It was a nice bright day as he walked at a steady pace to work. He loved the cold and couldn't wait for the colder days to come.

"Good morning Cloud!" Greeted Kairi as he walked into the building. Kairi was young secretary they just hired recently and always managed to bump into him as he headed to his studio.

"Good morning." He greeted back as they got in the elevator together. She was heading to the 5th floor while Cloud was heading to the 12th floor.

"So how was the art gallery yesterday?" She asked the blond as she tried to start a conversation with him.

"Ok I guess. Sold one of my pictures."

"You did?" She said with excitement for the blond. "Which one?"

"The one of the sunset." He answered.

"That's great Cloud. This is my floor." She said as the elevator opened the doors to let her out. "Give me the details at lunch, ok." Kairi walked out the elevator and waved a small good-bye to him.

After a minute of riding in the elevator he reached his floor and walked towards his little studio. He walked in and started to unpack his camera from his backpack when Saix, Xemnas personal assistant, walked in.

"Cloud, Xemnas wants to see you." He said and walked out his studio.

"Wonder what he wants?" He said as he headed towards the elevator again. He could have taken the stairs since his boss was on the 15th floor but he decided to take the lazy way. Xemnas office was the last room down the hall. "Xemnas Dark. President of Radiant films." His door read. Cloud knocked on the door and entered the office as he heard him say "Enter".

"Shut the door please."

'Uh-oh.' He said to himself as he closed the door behind him. Every time someone was asked to closed the door behind them after they entered there bosses office was not a good thing.

"I just got a call from Destiny studios saying that they were asking me to transfer one of my photographers to there studio. They said they need a new photographer right away."

"Destiny Studio?" He was expecting a yelling from his boss as he braced himself for impact when he entered his office. But seeing that is boss was calm and rational let him drop his guard as he listen.

"That's right. They're a modeling studio and as I mentioned before they need a photographer right away. Which leads to why I asked you over here." Xemnas put his elbows on his desk and laid his face into his hands.

"They said that they wanted one of my best photographers. Out of the many photographers I have working for me, you're my best one."

"Me?" Cloud said with disbelief as he pointed to himself.

"Yes Cloud. I told you on the very day that I found you in that park that you had talent. Which leads me to a very tough decision that I have to make." Xemnas released a breath he was holding in and looked at the blond.

"I'm transferring you to Destiny Studio."

"B-but sir, if I'm not mistaken, they're a modeling studio. I don't take pictures of people. I only do landscapes."

"I know but it would be a great opportunity for you to try something new. Besides, look at it from this point of view, its still art. Just with people. This is a once and a lifetime chance. I ask that you take this."

He didn't know what to say. This was a new way for him to move up, but instead of taking pictures of objects, he would be taking pictures of people. Cloud wasn't much of a people person. He can't imagine taking pictures of someone he doesn't even know. The room was silent as he gathered his thoughts and for a second it look like the blond was about to decline the offer from Xemnas point of view.

"I-i....thank you Xemnas. I will gladly take the job." He said as he found his voice.

"Good." Said Xemnas as he smiled.

"So then I guess this means good-bye then?"

"Not yet. I told them that I would give you the rest of the week to finish off. So you start your new job next week. Which means we have to throw you a party on Friday!" Said Xemnas as he got up from his seat and walked over to the blond.

"Oh you don't really have to do that for me."

"Oh but I must Cloud. You're one of my important workers. That and you've been here for about five years. This is something I have and want to do." Xemnas patted him on the shoulder and walked back to his desk.

"Thank you Xemnas." Cloud looked at his boss and gave him a small smile as he thanked him. "If you'll excuse me, I have a project that I need to get back to."

"Not at all." Cloud exited his bosses office and walked back to the elevator to head back to his floor.

'A model photographer huh? Sounds interesting.' He said to himself as he walked back into his studio.
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Oh yeah!!! done with chapter one!!!! *applause* thank you thank you. ok well onward to chapter 2. Hopefully i can keep cloud into character. Its hard writing a story about him. anyway........let me know what you think!!!