Summary: After Cloud lost a fight with Sephiroth, he gets taken care of by Squall Leonheart. First they don't match at all but then they slowly fall for each other. Only Squall has a girlfriend called Rinoa. Will they ever be together? Or will they have to begin an affair?

Disclaimer: I don't own any final fantasy characters, cause the world hates me ^^

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My heart only burns for you

Chapter one: You understand me?!

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There was only darkness around him. No light, not even a little ray or spot of it. He could feel the darkness around his body trying to take a hold of him.

"The little light that is left is always the hardest to erase"

He heard the voice say, the same voice that had tortured him for so long. He moved his arms and legs trying to get the choking darkness off him, but he felt that it was useless.

"Maybe all I've done.. maybe it was all for nothing"

He heard himself say before he saw that his sight was turning black.

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He could feel warmth on his face, opening his eyes he noticed that it was light that came through a small window.
"Light?" He wondered. It was something that became rare to him the last few years.

"Where am I?" He spoke out loud, he was surprised that someone answered him.

" You're in Balamb Garden, we found you lying on the ground wounded not too far from here." A young man said.

"Can you tell me your name?" The man spoke again.

"It's Cloud Strife" He said while he took a closer look at the young man who was standing against a white wall. He had brown hair that covered his face slightly, he had an scar between his eyes but that didn't hurt his looks ,three belts holding his black pants that seemed that they we're made for him,and It was matched with a black jacket and a low chest white shirt. Then Cloud looked at his face and saw a pair of stormy grey eyes staring at him.

"Do you remember anything Cloud?" The man with the stormy eyes asked him.

Cloud remembered fighting with his other half, hoping that the darkness would fade away once he had beaten him. Only Cloud was caught up into the darkness and lost that important fight. Only he could not tell this stranger that, why would he trust him?

"I don't" Cloud answered turning his head from the other men, not wanting to continue this conversation.

" That's to bad.. maybe you suffer from memory loss?" The man spoke out loud, wondering what could have happened to the wounded man.

"Right.., all I know is that I'm leaving right now." Cloud said as he tried to get out of the infirmary bed but failed miserable as he felt the hard floor.

"Watch it! , you can't go yet! your still to weak." The man said only to get his hand smacked by the young man as he tried to help him up.

"I told you that I was leaving." Cloud said trying to get up on his own.

"Okay, if you do manage to get up, then where are you planning to go?" He heard the man say, Cloud did not like that question, he knew that he wouldn't know where to go. But he just wanted to get out of here, he wasn't the type for standing still.

"That's what I thought." The man spoke when he noticed that the other was not planning to answer. So he put Cloud back on the bed without being slapped.

"So what's the name of my kidnapper? " Cloud asked while he looked at the man's face.

"I'd rather call it helper of the wounded. But if you must know, it's Squall Leonheart." The man said while he took a glass of water and handed it to Cloud.

"Don't get too full of yourself Leonheart." Cloud said while taking a sip from his water. Squall just smirked, Cloud couldn't help but to smirk back, liking the young man's attitude.

"Squall how's the young man doing?" A woman said who just entered the room.

"Oh, I see that he's awake" The woman said as she looked over to Cloud.

"I have a name you know" Cloud said being quite annoyed with the woman already, who had an insulted expression on her face.

"This is Cloud Strife, Cloud this is doctor Kadowaki, she is our private doctor here. Squall said as he crossed his arms.

"So when can I leave?" Cloud asked her. Wanting to get out of here as soon as possible, he needed to train more and defeat Sephiroth.

"That's probably going to take a while young man, you've broken your rips, so I'm afraid that you have to stay put for now." She said while checking his bandages.

"For how long?" Squall asked taking Cloud's words out of his mouth.

"Probably for a month of two, than he'll be free to do what he pleases." She answered as she walked towards the door.

"Two months?!" Cloud said not being happy about the situation.

"Make yourself comfortable Cloud, and Squall isn't it time to go on your mission? " She said and she walked through the door.

"Oh, right" Squall said as he realized that he's been here to long.

"I'll see you in a few days Cloud, try to rest a little." Squall said, Cloud just nodded his head, then he saw the brunette walk through the door also.

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"It's been freaking three days since I woke up here, I'm bored and I can't get out of my bed according to our friendly doctor Kadowaki who I could strangle right now, who does she think she is? Sticking a needle in me just like that! I was freaking sleeping!" Cloud thought while looking through the window with a frustrated expression on his face. Then he heard the door open.

"So how is going?" He heard, when he looked towards the door, he saw that Squall was looking at him with his hands on his hips.

"Couldn't been better" Cloud said with sarcasm.

"That bad huh?" Squall asked while he let out a sigh.

"It's nothing" Cloud said as he looked at his bed with disgust.

"You want me to give you a little tour of the garden?" Squall asked the blond.

"What's the catch? Did Kadowaki send you to check that I was a good boy or something?" Cloud asked while he eyed Squall, not trusting the offer.

"No that's not the case, Kadowaki isn't even here, she was send to a battlefield to help the students who are taking the Seed exam, besides I"m free for today." Squall answered as he suppressed a little smile.

"fine, at least it's better then staying here." Cloud said being sick of the small room. Then he saw Squall walking out of the room.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Cloud asked being stressed, wondering if the offer really was real.

"Getting your wheelchair of course" Squall said as he wield the chair inside the room. Cloud's only thoughts were..

"Great.."

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"So this is a school huh?" Cloud softly asked as he looked his eyes out, it had been a while that he was around so much people. Everyone seemed to chat with each other or looked stressed probably because they had some kind of test coming. But the all seemed so at peace, it aroused Cloud.

"Yeah, a school that trains you to become a SEED" Squall said as he wield the man through the school.

"What are SEED anyway?" Cloud asked as he turned his head around to look at the handsome brunette.

"SEED are military forces that go on mission to protect many people, these students you see here are trying to become a SEED." Squall answered explaining the matter.

"Are you a SEED Squall?" Cloud asked still looking at Squall. He saw Squall turning his head to meet Cloud's face.

"You could say that" Squall answered while he nodded his head. Cloud looked around some more as Squall leaded him through the school. He noticed that many people we're looking at him with some curious stares, he dropped his head a little lower to look at his hands, a sign that made clear that he wasn't comfortable, at least it was to Squall.

"You alright?" Squall asked as he looked at Cloud who still didn't look up. Cloud being surprised that Squall could see so easily through him lifted his head.

"Can we go somewhere private?" Cloud asked not making eye contact. Squall nodded and lead him towards the elevator.

"Where are we going?" Cloud asked while Squall pushed the button to make them go up.

"Somewhere private" Squall answered as social as he was. Cloud understood that, the brunette could at least be more specific. Then he was wheeled into a large office.

"You sure that you won't get in any trouble for this? It looks pretty fancy." Cloud asked not wanting to put the other man in any trouble because of him.

"Of course not, this is my office" said while he seated Cloud in front of his desk and himself in his chair.

"Your office?! Who did you sleep with to get this?" Cloud said as his mako eyes went wide.

"I didn't sleep with anyone you idiot!" Squall said trying to hide the blush that was taking over his face.

"Then how did you pull it of?" Cloud asked eying the young man.

"Well, I'm the commander here." Squall said as he felt that his blush was leaving his face slowly.

"Wow, aren't you mister big shot." Cloud mocked with a small smirk on his face.

"What's your job then?" He heard the other man say. It made Cloud quiet for a while, he couldn't say that his job was to defeat a certain man that had made his life hell.

"I deliver" Cloud said softly.

"Do you have any family?"Cloud heard the man again.

"What's with all the questions anyway?" Cloud said as he crossed his arms being quite annoyed.

"Sorry, my friends told me that I should be more social, only I'm not very good at it, I rather listen than talk." Squall sighed and looked at Cloud with an apologetic smile.

"You should be who you want to be, don't let anyone change the way you are." Although Cloud wasn't the one to talk. But he decided that he would forget about that for now. He saw that Squall looked at him with eyes that looked like he agreed with Cloud, Cloud attempted a little smile, already liking this Squall more.

"Squall I have more paperwork for you! It's been hell to get it up here.." The person stopped talking when she saw Cloud.

"Oh, hello it's nice to meet you! I'm Rinoa, Squall's girlfriend. She said while left the papers on Squall's desk and held her hand out to Cloud.

"Cloud" He said while he shook her hand.

"Oh, Squall told me about you! Your the one they found not far from here right?" She asked with a big smile on her face.

"Right" Cloud answered as he looked at Rinoa, she was a pretty girl but way to pushy for his tastes. He wended of his eyes from the girl to look at Squall again.

"Rinoa, shouldn't you be studying for the SEED exam?" Squall asked, understanding Cloud his attitude.

"That's not very nice Squall! It's like you don't want me around" She said with a pout on her face and her hands on her hips. Squall put his hand on his forehand as always being quite irritated with his girlfriend. Why didn't she understand him?

"Fine, I will see you later" She said as she walked through the door not being happy.

Cloud looked at Squall smirking, when Squall looked up he shrugged and smirked back at him. Both fascinated that they understood each other so well.

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End of Chapter one! Hope you liked it so far.

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