Behind Closed Walls of My Heart
Intro- Hello fanfic, (^-^) this is my first fanfic on here. I'm excited for my story to be on here. This is a fanfic consisting of Cloud and Zach being the main couple. And there are countless other pairings that I will bring into the storyline. This is fanfic where Cloud is emo at one point of the storyline and his mother is a drunk and is abusive towards him and his brother Denzel. Ohh, opps noticing that I got carried away…xD… I didn't introduce myself. I am a dude, and no I'm not gay, if yall are wondering. My friend thought it would be cool to do a yaoi fanfic and I happen to agree with it..=O…I know, I made my own grave. Well, I hope all of you enjoy my first fanfic …I would be enthralled to have reviews to let me know what each of you think about this..=]…I don't own Final Fantasy nor do I own Square Enix…and warning if you don't like guyxguy relationship then I suggest you hit the back button and don't read, but if you're curious then enjoy the reading. It's rated M because later on in this fanfic there is hawt angst between your favorite couple- Cloud and Zack. And yes it's later on…muwahahahaa xDD…or is it? O_o Well anyways…onto the story, get your read on! =] ~heres a cookie~ =]
Pairings- Zack & Aerith (pair but brake up) Cloud& Zack (main pair); Reno & Rufus; Rude & Cissinei…and many others
Setting/Background- A/U takes place in High School; Cloud, Tifa and Cissinei are all freshmen; Zack is a junior and is on the football team, his friend Reno is a sophomore and is best friends with Zack who he constantly invites to the parties whenever there is one. Aerith is Zack's girlfriend and is Cloud's cousin, but they have no clue they are related...hmmm…don't jump ahead of me...=O.
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Chapter 1
Beep…Beep…Beep…Groaning at the irritating noise from the right side of his bed, Cloud right hand shoots out from the under the blankets and whacks the alarm clock slap off the top of the dresser, sending it to meet the wall across the room and braking upon first contact. Cloud, who is fully awake and aware of his actions can't go back to sleep. Waking yet again to another dreadful morning, "Cloud Strife, get your ass out of bed and get down here, your damn breakfast is ready!" yelled his mother from the kitchen area of their 2 story house. Wishing that his life was placed in a different setting, Cloud regretted the day he was born and brought into this world of his, but 6 years later, the arrival of his younger brother Denzel, gave him the fight to continue living, after their father had to go back to war. Cloud was left to be the man of the house, to protect his mom and brother, even though his mom is a constant pain in the arse, he can't seem to hate the woman who bore him into this world.
Deciding that it was best to not get his mother any frustrated, he shot out of bed, rushed into his bathroom and in record timing he was fully awake from the 5minute shower and rapidly dried off his body and put on his school uniform which he awfully dreaded the most. Deciding that the uniform looked better comfortable, he decided not to tuck in his shirt and have his necktie loosely hanging around the collar of the shirt and leaving his blazer unbutton. No matter how many tries, he never was able to tame that chocobo hair of his, he regretted it every single day, but he loved the way it made him stand out against the crowd. Seeing as it was time to go, he pushed his books into his backpack single handedly and mad dashed out of his room and down the stairs and walked slowly into the kitchen.
Finally, able to take a breather, he sat on the chair farthest from his mother but near his brother, who he swore to look after and made sure that he was happy and giving that big smile of his that could make any ones day turn from gloom to joy. Denzel who was gulping down the pancakes and sausage as fast as he could didn't notice that his hair was being ruffled. "Clooouuwwd, stup et, I dun wike muy 'air bein' wuffled!" said Denzel, mouth opening and closing like a cow, chewing and braking up the food that is inside his little mouth.
"What was that? I couldn't understand you, wait, you do know that it's bad table manners for you to talk and eat at the same time right?" Cloud said grinning at his brother and still ruffling Denzel's hair. Swallowing his food as fast as he could, "you're so mean Cloud seriously stop ruffling my hair, please?" Denzel said whining and giving that puppy pout of his which he knew would work on Cloud. "Sorry Den didn't mean to mess up that pretty head of yours," Cloud said laughing playfully poking at Denzel's sides to make him laugh also. "Cloud...hahaha…come on stop it…hahaha...please," pleading for his freedom for a breather so his body can relax from all the poking and tickling that he was receiving from Cloud.
"Ok, come on its time to get to school, cause I think I heard you told a certain someone…" upon hearing those words Denzel reaches with his hand and stuffs a piece of sausage into Cloud's mouth. "Ok I'm ready for school, come on slow poke! We shouldn't be late, Hurry up Cloud." Denzel said running to the front door and waiting anxiously for his brother to hurry up and follow him so they could meet up with Tifa and Marlene at the corner where they usually meet. Finally heading out of the house both Cloud and Denzel said their goodbyes to their mom, who could care less where her sons were going just as long as it wasn't on a school night. Walking together side by side, Cloud couldn't help but notice that he felt like he was forgetting something but couldn't place his finger on it. Deciding not to let it bother him throughout the entire day, he pushed the thought in the very far place of his mind, until he wanted to come back to it…that is if he wanted to.
Looking over his right shoulder, he saw Denzel walking with a slight jump in his step and kicking a stone over the cracked side walk. Seeing as to how happy Denzel was, Cloud couldn't help but smile, the only thing that mattered to him most in his life right now and forever was making sure that Denzel was happy and well protected harm. Gazing towards the sky above them, Cloud just wished that one day his father would come back for them and get them out of this hell he and Denzel had been living ever since their father left to go back to war. He knew his father didn't want to leave them, but protecting and even his country was important, and Cloud could tell that his father loved him and brother so much, it showed in his eyes; he could see the love and compassion his dad showed had for him and his brother. Just a few days after their dad had left them, things started to get out of hand…really out of hand. Their mom would drink every night and go out late at night. It hurt Cloud to see his loving mother turn into this monster, after their dad left. The drinking and abuse just seemed to be getting worse each and every day, it was when his mother had hurt Denzel, brought Cloud to his senses and swore to protect Denzel, he didn't care what happen to his distraught mother, only Denzel and the safe return of his dad were important to him.
Sighing to relieve himself of his senseless daydream, Cloud finally snapped into reality and saw that Denzel was nowhere him. Panicking and having the sense of trying to stay calm in this situation left him in the blink of an eye. "Denzel, where are you…" said Cloud yelling into a full sprint and turning on the upcoming corner, he heard a slight hint of laughter and giggling. Walking faster, Cloud began to hoping that this laughter was Denzel's as soon as he turned the corner he was knock off his feet and landed his butt on the ground. Getting back up and rubbing the dirt off his school uniform, when he lifted his head towards the person who knocked him down, he was suddenly brought into a warming embrace. "Good morning sunshine, hey, what's with the face?" suddenly realizing who had knocked him, it was none other his best friend, Tifa, who he knew since they were little. "Morning Tif, and don't call me sunshine! And have you seen Denzel, I was caught up in something and lost sight of him," said Cloud giving a somewhat affectionate smile to Tifa, who knew that he never really did like smiling no matter what time it was during the day. "Yeah, I saw Denzel, him and Marlene ran off towards school already, so c'mon slow poke, we don't want to be late for school do we?" said Tifa giving a warm smile towards Cloud to reassure him that everything was going to be ok. Taking the small smile on Cloud's face, Tifa suddenly grabbed his hand and they ran off towards the school. Upon reaching the gates on the grounds of the school, they reached their destination at MidGuard private Academy; this school is an all age school from kindergarten on up to 12th grade. And the students have a choice to continue onto MidGuard Institute or go to another Institute of their choice.
Walking to his locker, Cloud couldn't wait until this day was over. He knew everything was going to be the same as always; gets shoved against locker, late for homeroom, then its lunch after a few classes, then a few more classes, and at the end of the day gets bullied. Ain't life just grand? Cloud thought to himself as he began to organize his locker and school bag. Just as he closed his locker shut and tried to make his way to homeroom, he is suddenly shoved against the lockers. "Hey there, Cloudy boy, how was your weekend?" Kyle said laughing and getting approval from his groupies who only hanged out with him cause they don't want to be on his bad side. "Kyle get off me, please.." Cloud said pleading and hoping for a sign to get some air into his lungs. From all the weight that is being put on him into the lockers, is not doing so good on his ribs and sides. "Fine..loser, just beg more pathetically next time...on second thought, I'm not leaving. Boy's take him" said Kyle grinning like a chester cat and keeping Cloud in his sight like he is some trophy that he just won from a competition. The said boys grabbed Cloud and started making their way to the bathroom, so that they continue this mantra of theirs without any interruption from students or the school faculty. Upon entering the destination, they shoved Cloud against the wall and start punching his sides, after a few punches and kicks, the boys then turn Cloud around and hold Cloud's arms out, leaving him defenseless for Kyle. Looking at the body right in front of him, Kyle goes in and punches Cloud in the jaw, the lays out a few more punches to his nose and right eye, then punches and lays out a few kicks to his gut. Seeing Cloud fall to the ground gasping for air, he then grabs a handful of his hair in his hand and pushes the left side of Cloud's head against the wall.
Getting that sense of accomplishment, Kyle and his gang decide that they shouldn't be late and run out before anyone could spot them. Cloud rolling onto his knees and keeping his left hand on the wall to steady himself and have leverage, decides to clean up the best that he could. After cleaning and drying his face off, Cloud heads to the door. But as soon as he reaches the door, it flies open and he is yet again sent flying back to the ground. Really...how many friggin' times am I going to be knocked back to the ground seriously? Cloud wondering when enough is enough! Trying to pick himself back up, he gets bumped into. "Sorry I didn't mean to...woah, hey are you alright? what happen? who did this to you? Hello, you okay?" said Zack looking down at Cloud and couldn't help but to feel sorry for the dude. Who the hell, will beat up someone as cute as this kid...wait...did I just call this person cute? Well, his hair does remind me that of a chocobo...but still, I gotta hand it to him, he is cute. Zack thought all to himself, hoping to hear this kid speak up, that is, if he could speak. "Nnnnoooo you don't...have to apologize. You did...nothing wrong, I should've watched were I was going, and I'm fine, nothing here to worry about it..." said Cloud blushing and looking down at the ground, hoping that the guy in front of him didn't catch his embarrassment that was spread all over his face. "Well, you don't have to lie to me, you're not fine. You can barely stand and you got bruises all over your face. C'mon I'll walk ya over to the infirmary wing, so you can get checked out, and to make sure everything is ok." Zack said reassuringly and giving that oh so award winning grin of his, that makes the girls fall for him every time it makes itself known. "Ok, thanks...just let me get...my..bag..." said Cloud as he falls towards Zack, passing out from the fight earlier. "Hey kid..wake up! C'mon kid..." Zack said rubbing his hand in a circling motion across Cloud's shoulder blades. I guess the fight might have caused him to pass out, I better get him to the infirmary wing fast. Zack then picks up Cloud and grabs his and Clouds bag and makes a mad dash towards the schools infirmary wing.
Finally done with the first chapter of this fanfic! So, tell me how you all like this. Like I said earlier this is my first fanfic, and if the characters in this chapter feel off, then I'm sorry, *bows apologetically* I hope I didn't make them sound OC...if I did then tell me nicely. And yeah, Kyle and his gang will probably be the only OC characters in this fanfic , I dont want there to be tons and tons of OC's in my fanfic, if there is then I might just go crazy and then I might end up making the other characters give off the sense of being OC. Oh yeah, this fanfic is dedicated to one of my friends from an online game, this person knows who I am talking about. So...HAPPY EARLY BIRHTDAY! THIS IS YOUR PRESENT! =D hope you like it! *sets off fireworks* this person helped me alot with making the characters and such, and has heard me rant for I don't know how long, but after many days of getting this done, this fanfic is your present...=] and I hope that I can get some nice reviews on this letting me know what your thoughts are and what not. Yeah...so thats pretty much it for now, wait, I mean there is going to be more chapters, just give me time to get them uploaded and such. As yall are probably aware, this is my first time uploading a story on fanfic, so if anyone is kind enough to give me the ropes on how things are done here, I would absolutely love the advice and kindness from fellow people...=] So, I'm glad you took the time to read my fanfic, well review or comment, whatever it is called here, and I will probably have the next chapter up and running sometime next week...maybe? IDK.. O_o well until next time, farewell! =D
*This is just an updated version, cause of an error in the first one I posted. Sorry, it took long to fix the error. The error that I'm talking about is with Denzel, I said in the first one that he was born 4 years after Cloud, well if that happened, why is he in the 3rd grade? Doesn't make sense right? That's why I am fixing it, I meant to type in 6 years, I more than likely made the error due to the fact that I was tired. So, just ignore this chapter if you already read it.