Hello everyone.
This is my first fanfic so go easy on me.
Disclaimer: Well this fanfic is based on the anime Gravitation, as you'll notice. You can say that this is gravitation kh version lols. There are some dialogues which have been taken from the anime, but many things will probably be changed in the future chapters. Also the title 'Fateful First Encounter' is the name of the first episode of gravitation, therefore it's not mine. Of course I don't own anything!
Pairings: CloudxSquall(Leon), RikuxSora and others later.
Full Summary: Squall Leonhart is the lyricist and vocalist of a beginners' band named 'The Eagles'. Cloud Strife is the most successful author there is. When Cloud reads Squall's lyrics and tells him that he has 'zero talent', Squall starts to hate him. However, Cloud has a really mysterious past, something that attracts the brunet and will cause him big troubles.
GRAVITATION
FATEFUL FIRST ENCOUNTER
A brown haired boy with grey blue eyes, wearing a yellow shirt without sleeves ending a little bit above his belly, grey shorts which showed off his creamy white legs, a white jacket and with a bag on his back was walking—no, wait—was RUNNING as fast as he could, passing hundreds of people on his way that were going to their work. Squall looked at his watch without reducing his speed. Damn! He was at least half an hour late! He was supposed to meet Riku and Mr. Sanak (aka Axel) at 9.00, not 9.30—okay, 9.45...! Squall started running faster, stumbling into many people on his way. Oh well, the good thing was that he was in a good mood today... humming while running wasn't his forte!
"Well, for my last question," said a beautiful woman with black hair and deep brown eyes. "I want to know from the members of ASK..." the reporter continued fixing her glasses "How do you feel about your new album? Are you satisfied with it?"
"No," Kadaj Reuned, the lead singer of the new and already very popular band ASK, answered. "That was just the beginning. We are ambitious. We will never be satisfied. Being satisfied means it's the end."
Tifa was looking at the silver haired man with wide eyes. ASK, with Kadaj Reuned as lead singer, Yazoo Nite as guitarist and Loz Bikders as drummer, was a relatively new band which had gained so many fans that many believed it would be the new "Nittle Grasper" as they put it
Nittle Grasper was the #1 band in the whole world, with lead singer the sexy Tidus Blitzers, and two keyboarders, Vaan Tomashi and Selphie Tilmitt. The band had broken up 3 years ago, since each one of the members decided to give their private life a little more attention than before. However, the band's songs and albums still remained #1 in sales. Nittle Grasper was a band which was able to stay #1 forever!
However, ASK, the new "Nittle Grasper," although not giving that high hopes that will manage to surpass Nittle Grasper, was still considered the new "Nittle Grasper" because it'd probably become the #2 band in the world if it continued like this. It was really amazing how many things ASK had managed to achieve in such a short time.
After one or two minutes, Tifa managed to snap out of her surprise and broke contact with Kadaj's smiling face. She chuckled and continued, "You aren't satisfied with Vaan Tomashi as your producer, and with such good sales."
It was true that Vaan Tomashi, after the break up of Nittle Grasper, became the president of N-G records, and a renowned producer, the best actually. His talents were truly amazing. Not only was he the best keyboardist, but also the best producer.
Thinking of this, Tifa went on. "It seems that you have passion. I like that," she said smiling. The band of the three sexy silver haired men smiled back at her. "Pretty good, aren't they?" she asked the man behind the couch she was sitting on.
"That's a good thing to hear from you, Tifa-san," a blond man with light brown eyes, wearing a black hat and a black coat with grey fur answered. Vaan walked to stand next to Tifa, having his eyes closed, his hands in the coat's pockets and a smile on his pretty face.
"Aren't you being too modest for such a charismatic producer?" Tifa asked Vaan with a smile and then turned her attention back to the band. "I'm looking forward to your upcoming live concert. This will be your first big concert, yes?"
"Yes. It will be a huge success," Kadaj answered with confidence.
"Right on!" Loz said looking at the photograph who was taking pictures of the band.
"Yes!" Yazoo followed.
"Hmm, and the guest band will be..." Tifa wondered aloud looking over her notebook "...The Eagles? Who are they?"
"Ah! They are managed by Axel Sanak from our company."
"And? Are they any good?" Tifa asked with a smile.
"Well...We will have to see," Vaan replied with a smile on his face.
"Okay, then I'm looking forward to it," Tifa said and got up. After thanking the band and having a word with Vaan about them, she left the building, the photographer following behind her. Tifa put out her glasses when they reached the car and the smile on her face vanished.
"Ha?" Reno noticed that Tifa looked sad... oh well, the reason was obvious to him. After all, he already knew. " Tifa!"
The black haired woman was taken aback and looked at her coworker. She had been lost in her thoughts again ha...? "Are you thinking of him again?"
"Don't bother yourself with me!" Tifa snapped. Reno was a good guy but...well it wasn't any of his business.
The redhead rolled his eyes and got into the car. There was no hope in persuading her to give up on that guy. BILLIONS of women and men didn't; why would Tifa? Reno couldn't help feeling sorry for her though. She was a good person and he cared for her. He wished a good guy would show up and make her forget about him.
"Oi!" Axel looked at Squall running towards them with a... smile(?) on his face!? Anyway, he didn't really care if he cared for the kid to death, or if the kid was really pretty and he didn't hit pretty boys or pretty girls, HE WOULD DEFINITELY HIT HIM! ...Or, well, maybe not...
"Squall! You're late!" Riku said, sounding a little pissed. Well, he had the right to be; Squall had been late for almost an hour! Damn...
"Sorry!" Squall said but didn't really mean it. He was smiling instead of showing a guilty face or anything.
Riku smiled but Axel did NOT.
15 minutes later
"I was going to meet with the company president. I was going to show him one or two songs that you have written. You could finally be seen. It might finally have been your big break. All in one shot!"
Squall had started feeling sleepy. Damn...Axel hadn't stopped talking NON-STOP for fifteen minutes now! All about the same thing... The president, Squall's chance for a career, The Eagles' chance for career, Squall's awesome voice but not very good lyrics... It was obvious that Squall had a really good voice but he didn't want to sing other songs than The Eagles', which he was writing. But the point was that if someone gave 100 to Squall for his voice, he would also have to take a –10 to his lyrics.
Riku also had talent at playing his guitar but he too was only interested in the band his best friend and he had created. Squall's dream was actually to surpass the GREAT Tidus Biltzers and Nittle Grasper and although he wasn't working very hard, Riku was sure that he could do it. At least, someday he would.
Meanwhile, Axel's " lecture" to Squall was going on and on while the redhead himself was marching up and down the street in front of the stairs Squall and Riku were sitting on. But neither of them was truly paying attention to him. Riku was drinking his Pepsi while Squall had started having a headache.
"This was the plan that... that... you just ruined!" Axel finally turned to the two friends.
"Axel-san, aren't you exaggerating a little? Squall's been a little stressed lately," Riku asked coolly.
"Really?! I don't see him stressed at all! More like awfully relaxed!"
"Eh? Oh come on... We don't like to be ordered around"
"We have no choice!" Axel burst in front of Riku's sexy face making almost spill his Pepsi. "As you can see the new song is not doing well at all."
Riku looked at the direction Axel had started pointing at...! 'Oh, well, of course it's not doing well at all since Squall is sleeping...'
"SQUALL-KUN!!" Axel was on the verge of tears.
"Eh?" the brunet murmured opening one grey-blue eye.
Squall and Riku were sitting in a restaurant eating their lunch. Squall was feeling pretty tired but he was hungry too. Riku, on the other hand, was listening to the music they had composed for the song Squall had just written and was reading the lyrics—wait, the half-written lyrics. Squall hadn't finished the song yet.
"As I thought, you've kinda rushed it. It's not very good," he said to his friend with a knowing smile and showing him the lyrics.
"Whatever," Squall replied, pissed, while eating his hamburger.
"Anyway I hope you finish it soon. Squall... Were you late on purpose?"
"The truth is..."
"Hmm?" Riku said, urging him to continue.
"I feel a little scared," Squall confessed with his head looking at the floor.
"You? Scared?"
"Yeah! I mean, I don't think we're ready for this..." Squall said with a serious face and a "you know I'm right" look.
"Oh my, oh my."
"Whatever... Anyway, it's wonderful that Axel-san is taking such good care of us. And Vaan-san is an awesome producer. He was in Nittle Grasper after all. Still..." Squall trailed off, sipping his coffee.
"You should find a companion."
"Eh?"
"And I mean a guy or a girl. Actually it'd be better if you found a handsome, cool guy, older than you who will be able to take care of you. You won't have a problem with most men being bisexual, many being gay and your looks. I mean who wouldn't want to fuck you?"
"RIKU!"
"What?" the silver-haired man chuckled.
"What the heck are you saying you bastard!? That's not our subject!"
"For your own mental stability," Riku said seriously.
"Eh?" Squall seemed more relaxed now. Had Riku been worrying about him that badly?
"I trust you. And I think you are really talented. You have an awesome voice, you always feel what you're singing and pass the message to those around you with great ease. It's like you were born to be a singer. You believe in your dreams and you do try so hard to accomplish them. But you probably feel frustrated sometimes. At least give it some thought." Riku smiled and stood up to leave.
"Riku"
"Hmm?" Riku turned to face his best friend.
"Isn't it good enough? Aren't I good enough?"
"Eh?"
"Talent, I mean. I have a talent for this...Right?"
Riku smiled. "Well then, I'll see you later. Don't be late." Riku waved and walked out of the store.
Squall smiled. Riku had already answered his question.
21.00. He had met up with Riku to practice and he was exhausted after singing for five hours. His throat even hurt a little. The practice was supposed to last four hours, but he insisted on singing for another hour or so. Riku had work to do so he couldn't stay any longer.
Squall sighed as he walked down a deserted path to reach his home. The things Riku had told him earlier had put him to thought. Not that he wouldn't make the bastard pay for what he had said!
"Who wouldn't want to fuck you?" Riku's words were ringing in his head. But he couldn't be mad at Riku.
Squall stopped walking and looked at the full of stars sky.
"Innate talent," he murmured to himself. "Reasonable effort. But, that's not enough for success." He searched in his shorts' right pocket and picked up the half-made song he had written. "A guy, huh?" he wondered, remembering Riku's words about him needing to find a companionship and preferably an older guy. "Just...maybe..." he said half smiling.
While he was gazing at the lyrics and replaying Riku's words in his head, the wind blew harder and the piece of paper he was holding left his hands. "Oh shit!" Squall started running trying to reach the paper when he suddenly stopped. A really handsome man was standing half a meter away from him and was... READING HIS LYRICS!? Squall's eyes widened. The man was half a head taller than him with spiked blond hair. He was wearing a suit and had a cigarette on his lips.
"Is this your writing?" the blond man asked and his eyes met Squall's. Squall's voice caught in his throat. He wasn't the type to be easily frightened or shocked but this stranger with his sex—WAIT NO!—deep voice was giving him the chills!
"Ah...eh...ah...y-yeah," Squall said trying to find his cool.
"Worse than an elementary school student," the blond man murmured loud enough for Squall to hear while looking back at the paper in his hands. The younger boy's eyes widened. What the...? "You shouldn't try to write love songs with your lack of skill."
'What the-?!' The blond man continued walking, not before he let the piece of paper flow in the air. Squall's eyes widened even more. 'That bastard!' He wanted to reach the paper with his lyrics on it but he couldn't, the things that asshole had just said.
Squall was so shocked that he didn't notice the stranger stopping next to him until he heard his deep voice again. "You've got zero talent. Give it up," he said, without even looking at Squall. Then he put the cigarette back in his mouth and started walking away.
Squall caught a glimpse of the other's eyes. They had the colour of the sky...
After some seconds, Squall found the energy to turn around and look at the blond man walking away. "You—You bastard! You didn't have to say that! And even if you didn't like it or if you're right you could at least give the paper back to me you ASSHOLE!!" The blond man didn't even stop at Squall's words. Squall clenched his fist. He knew that he didn't have a talent at writing lyrics but this was TOO MUCH! "YOU—" He went to catch up with the blond ASSHOLE but the ringing of his phone stopped him. "Wha—" He picked up his phone and answered. Even without looking at the screen to see who it was, he knew.
"Damn it, Squall! You told me you wouldn't be late! You should have been here half an hour ago! What's the matter with you!? You DO know how— Squall?" his sister had stopped shouting and had said his name in a very gentle and worrying tone. "Are you ok? You didn't even talk back to me."
"Ah... Yeah, Paine, I'm fine. Sorry. I'll be there in fifteen minutes. Bye."
"Wait Sq—" Paine looked at the phone in her hands. Her brother had hung up.
Normally she would be really pissed at him, but she knew that something was wrong. She swore that if she found out who had hurt her brother, she would KICK THEIR ASS. Paine sighed and put the phone back in its place.
Squall was everything to her. Even though he was the older than her, she was the one who was more protective. Not that Squall wasn't, he was A LOT actually, but she was even more.
"Not!"
"Not!"
"Not completed yet!?" Axel shouted with tears gathering up his beautiful eyes and started panicking running up and down the hall. Riku and Squall were sitting on the couch. Squall had his legs on the couch and was hugging them. The redhead stopped panicking and talked calmly at Squall. "Well, I don't mean to scold you, but if you don't hurry up, then I can't get you promoted. I don't deserve being a manager! Only one thing to do. Please forgive me for letting you down!" Axel said and rushed to the window and opened it ready to jump.
"OI! Axel-san!" Squall and Riku ran and stopped him. Okay, he hadn't stopped panicking. Axel was trying to jump but the two friends were holding him back. Oh, well, Axel praised Vaan Tomashi and wanted to please him; not tell him that Squall was slacking or didn't have the inspiration.
"No, that's not it! Something happened yesterday," Squall explained.
"Yesterday? After I left?" Riku asked worried. "What?" he said, releasing his hold on Axel and turning his whole attention to Squall.
"Well..." Squall said with a sad face, also releasing his hold on Axel, which caused the redhead to fall from the window.
Of course nothing happened to him. They all knew that they were on the first floor. But still, Squall and Riku didn't want to let him 'jump' that easily.
"It was seen," Squall continued "By an idiot. He was an asshole to me!"
"Wait, wait! What was seen?" Riku asked his friend.
"The lyrics, Riku! I'm talking about the lyrics! The lyrics for the new song!" Squall told Riku and Axel exactly what happened the night before.
"Don't you think he was an ASSHOLE!?" the brunet asked when he finished.
"Eh. Was that all?" Axel asked finally getting up and jumping inside the building through the open window.
"What do you mean 'was that all!?'"
"N-N-Nothing! He he." Squall was really scary.
"Relax Squall," Riku said calmly.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN RELAX!?"
"Relax. I don't think it would have affected you that much if someone else had said it."
"Wh-What do you mean by that!?"
"I mean that you're not the kind of person to be affected by what others may say. Still, this man's words affected you THAT much that you didn't even complete the song."
Squall's eyes widened and the angry look faded from his face. Riku was right. Why was he affected that much by what that guy had said...? Sure, he would have still been angry if someone else had said it in that way, but... not that much...
"You know what?" Riku said "That guy acts just like Tidus Blitzers. Talented people aren't always polite."
"Tidus Blitzer is something else. Don't compare that ASSHOLE with him!"
Riku chuckled. "Okay, okay, just forget about the whole incident."
"That's not it!"
"Eh?"
"It felt like he hated me even though that was the first time I ever saw him in my life."
"You shouldn't be worrying about that," Axel told him gently.
"I'm not worrying about it!" Squall exclaimed with an angry glare.
"Yeah sure..." Riku and Axel said ironically at the same time.
"Whatever! ...I just want to find him and beat him 'til he apologizes to me!"
"You are definitely worrying about it," Riku commented.
"Yes you are," Axel sighed.
Squall was walking home. Damn! He did worry about it, didn't he... Whatever. Not only was that jerk still in his mind, but it was also raining a whole lot and he didn't have an umbrella. Neither did Riku and Axel, whom had also taken their ways home running. Squall sighed. Paine would surely yell at him for not hurrying to get back home in such bad weather.
Flashback
"Forget about it, this isn't time for something like that," Riku advised him after Axel had left.
"But I can't!"
"Eh?"
"I can't get it out of my head. That jerk, cool guy!" Squall murmured.
"Cool!?"
"Eh...? AH! No! Whatever! See ya Riku gotta go!" Squall said in a hurry and left.
End Flashback
'Cool...? No way...'
"Oh! What a cool car!" someone from the so many people around him in the street said.
Squall looked indifferently at the car some people around him were looking with amazement at. "Ah!" It couldn't be. Inside the car was...he could faintly see that...that... "Jerk!" Squall exclaimed and ran towards the road. The cars had just started moving again. There was no way he'd let that bastard get away again! He stopped in the middle of the road and shouted, "STOP!!"
The driver stopped the car by turning the wheel fast so that he didn't hurt the brunet. The other cars stopped all the same, some lightly crashed with the others. The people in the street were looking shocked at the crazy youth. Horns and whispers filled the street. The driver of the car Squall had tried to stop got out and glared at the youth.
"If you want to run in front of cars, choose another car. You little brat," the blond man hissed. Squall returned the glare for all he was worth. The blond man ignored the horns and the whispers and took a good look at the... brat. He was really an eyeful... "Get in"
"Eh?" Squall was taken aback. Wha—
"I said get in," the blond man repeated, more harshly this time. Squall's blood froze. The jerk's eyes... they were like daggers on his body. He didn't know exactly why but he did as he was told. The blond man got also in the car and continued driving without sparing a second glance at the brunet.
"Wher—" Squall stopped talking at once. The blond had just needed to glare deadly at the brat for him to shut up.
Squall looked back in front of the road and he though he'd die when the blond man harshly ordered, "Put your seatbelt on."
Squall just did so. He didn't even dare to look at the jerk again. He almost regretted that he got into the car. Now he almost wanted to just run. Almost...
After ten or so minutes, which seemed like an eternity to Squall, the blond man parked his car in front of a big house. It probably had four or so big apartments in it. It had two floors. It was obvious that only rich people were living inside it.
Squall was looking at it and as he was lost in his thoughts, he breathed sharply when the jerk spoke again. "Get out damn brat."
"I'm not a—" Again that harsh glare... damn.
He, too, glared at people, but he was sure that if his glare meant 100 death, this man's glare meant 10000 death.
He gulped and did as he was told. The blond man needed only to look at the brat to make him realize that he wanted him to follow. They got into the building and into the elevator. Squall didn't glance even once at the blond man, not even when he felt his icy glare on him. The time during which they were in the elevator seemed a lot longer than it really was to Squall. He was feeling really uncomfortable. He was feeling the other's eyes examining his body. It was like... it was like he was undressing him with his eyes.
Squall thanked God and let out a deep breath he didn't know he was holding once he heard the ring of the elevator and its doors opened. The brunet hurried to get out of it, as if he was scared that the doors would close once again and he would have to stay longer in such a close quarters with the stranger.
The blond man smiled, but it was a half smile, which the brat didn't seem to notice. He put the keys out of his pocket and opened the door to his apartment. Then he motioned for the brat to pass, which he reluctantly did, and closed the door without locking it behind him. "Sit on the couch"
Squall flinched at the once again cold voice but did as he was told. He though of telling the jerk that he would wet his couch if he sat on it, but on second thought, the damn blond deserved it.
The older man then made his way to one of the rooms closing the door behind him. Squall was left waiting in the living room alone.
