Warnings: Fluffles. And slight minor.

Pairings: Cloud/Riku

Sassy's Note: I wrote this today for Jediempress because she's been down in the dumps, and it's my turn to try to make her feel better. Hope you like it, my love.

All I Really Need

When Riku walked in the front door, he found Cloud wrapped around a glass of amber liquid. He didn't need to ask to know it was alcohol. The blond's face was strained and he had shadows under his eyes. Riku winced, venturing a guess that Cloud was not in the best of moods. The teen, however, fixed his face into a small smile and approached the other.

"Hey," he purred, sliding up behind Cloud and wrapping his arms around him.

"Hey." Cloud's voice was monotone. Riku grinned wider

"I'm not going to ask how your day was because apparently it sucked. I will, however, lather you in love and affection."

Cloud chucked, a bit dryly, but still made an attempt to smile. Riku playfully nipped at his ear. "I take it that means you don't want to talk about it?" he asked, resting his chin on the blond's shoulder.

Cloud shook his head and took a gulp from his glass. "Doesn't matter anyway…"

"So I guess it doesn't matter what you're drinking either?" Riku teased. Cloud snorted softly.

"It's strong. That's all you need to know."

"I'll be old enough to drink soon!"

"Feel lucky. Legal drinking age in Midgar was twenty-one, not eighteen."

"People still drank, though."

"Because no one cared; didn't make it any less illegal."

"You were drinking before you were twenty-one."

"Because no one cared."

"Yep. Now gimme a drink."

"No. You're too young."

"So I'm old enough to get pounded into a mattress, but not old enough to have a swallow of alcohol?"

"…"

Riku laughed and pressed a kiss to the back of Cloud's neck. "Sorry. Didn't mean to make you feel like a pedophile."

Cloud surprised him by turning and kissing him square on the mouth. "Maybe the best things in life really are all illegal," he said with a slightly smug look in his eyes. He pressed the glass into Riku's hands, stole another kiss, and wandered away to their bedroom.

Riku stood there for a moment. He lifted the glass to his nose and sniffed, then immediately recoiled. Yeah, that was strong. He poured it in the kitchen sink then followed Cloud to their room. Cloud was sitting on the edge of the bed, rubbing his forehead with a gloved hand.

"I can't believe you were drinking that crap." Cloud's lips quirked slightly. "You must have had a bad day."

"Bad week, more like." Riku sat down and cuddled against his shoulder. Cloud heaved a sigh, and Riku felt him relax a bit more. Feeling that now-familiar warmth in his chest, Riku reached over and took Cloud's hands in his. He pulled the thick, worn leather gloves off and threw them aside. The silver-haired teen locked his fingers with Cloud's and settled against him.

"I love you," he muttered.

"Love you, too." Cloud relaxed further. He closed his eyes and let his cheek rest against Riku's. There had been a time when while sitting like this Cloud could only rest against the top of Riku's head. Then Riku had hit one hell of a growth spurt. He was taller than Cloud now. It reminded Cloud of just how young Riku was. By all technicalities and legal jumbo, Cloud was a pedophile. Riku didn't care, though, and they had less than six months until he was legal. Cloud wasn't breaking things off now.

Not now that he was so deeply connected with the resident silvered sex-prince. Nothing could make him stop loving him.

"You hungry?" Riku asked, breath ghosting over Cloud's lips. "I can fix dinner."

"No," Cloud said quickly, clinging tighter to Riku to keep him from leaving. "Stay. Please, stay…"

Riku nodded, Cloud sighed in relief, and they stayed together. All they really needed was each other.

-end-

Sassy: Sooo… not too bad to have been written in between classes, huh? I love you, Jedi!!