Silver Lining

Leon/Cloud

Rating- No sexual content. I'll rate higher if need be.

"I tried to stay positive about life most of the time, and with two vibrant brothers life didn't seem too bad for someone broken like me. My repetitive, everyday the same as before life. After the accident it seemed like I was only half of myself. Well that half of me was shocked out of my mind. Who would invite me to their wedding?"

Disclaimer : I dont own Kingdom Hearts, or Leon, Cloud, Sora and Roxas any any other characters i feel the need to use in this little fic. This is only a starting chapter and to see if anyone actually likes the writing. This fic will hopefully have a future.

I struggled with the sheets. Damn alarm clock beeping at this time in the morning. The sheets were wrapped around my legs and my pillow was flung across the room. What had I done last night? Wrestled a bear? Most likely from this mess.

I pulled myself from the bed and struggled to my feet…if you could call it that. I was slouched over the side dresser, clinging on like it was the only thing keeping me alive. More realistically, it was the only thing keeping me standing. I looked across the faded blue carpet of my room and there in the corner lay my mode of transportation. My wheelchair lay folded up against a faded cream wall. I was determined to move around without it. If I somehow managed to move around by myself…I felt I was somehow less broken.

Using handrails, doorframes and oddly placed pieces of furniture I managed to drag myself into our accommodating kitchen. Using up what was probably my last bit of upper arm strength that day I managed to get myself into one of the dining chairs not already occupied. The other two chairs we owned, all three mismatched and of colours that clashed horribly, were occupied by two of my favourite people in the world. My two little brothers. Stress the little as they were both short-asses. Neither of them had inherited my lovely height.

Roxas and Sora. Roxas a little older by about eighteen months. The two people that looked out for me day and night. Even when I really didn't need the help, really sometimes I can managed to do things on my own. Yeah it was only the three of us in our little family, we all managed somehow and usually things we a pretty happy affair for us. Both of them both still go to our local high school...still trying to grasp that complex thing called an education. I had graduated…good thing it did now. There was no way I was able to work. It was either that I was too-disabled for the job or that the job was only available for a person of whom was more disabled than me. So all I had to look forward to these days was breakfast with my little brothers and endless hours of either surfing the internet or bad mid-day TV soaps. Of which I needed to remember today that Charity was getting married to Michael who was actually his evil twin Benji. I couldn't miss this episode other wise id be off track next week. And that would really upset my week.

"Morning Cloudyyy" called my littlest and most hyperactive brother, Sora. I will never understand how anyone can be that happy early on a Friday morning. And I mean early, Radiant High starts before even the roosters have bothered to roll out of bed. My other little darling, Roxas was over by our stove whipping up some culinary masterpiece. Oh…it was just pancakes. Roxas was the households currently employed chef, seriously that boy could whip up just about anything. So it was understandable why me and Sora shirked off cooking duties and left them to Rox. Well it made sense to the two of us. And with a "pop", plates of pancakes were suddenly in the space in front of our noses. With all the trimmings…which really included sugar and maple syrup. But no-sadly our little Roxas possessed no magic powers and was only extremely loud at dumping out plates on our most beloved kitchen table.

Friday morning breakfast was as eventful as ever. Each of us were absorbed in our own plates and we all had our heads down. So as you could pretty much already tell the conversation was pretty much dazzling. After Rox and Sora finished inhaling their lovely made pancakes they left our tiny house in what appeared to be two whirlwinds. Oh-must have forgotten that Friday's are early start days. Luckily Sora had the decency to take the dirty plates and dump them in our already nearly full sink for someone to wash later.

I managed to move myself back to my sanctuary that was called the couch. Glancing at the time…no soaps were even thinking about starting for about another couple of hours. Having to find something to do I picked up my laptop from were it lived down near the side of the couch. Maybe I could check emails or something. I set my beloved laptop balanced on top of my knees and booted it up. Seemed I had a couple of emails since early Thursday morning when I had last checked. Goody, one from another tv company and another advertising beautiful busty babes in bikini's. Sad that I wasn't interested in either. Also a couple of friends that I was still in contact with even if we hadn't seen each other since high school. After replying to Vince's and Tifa's emails I scrolled down to the last new one in my inbox. Hmm…seems that I didn't know that address. I wonder who it could be from…I mean its not like I frequently get emails from people I don't know personally.

"Take a chance"

Why not? I clicked to open the email. And if I had been able to move I would have toppled off the couch in shock.

Dear Cloud Strife,
You are hereby invited to the wedding ceremony of
Squall Leonhart
And
Rinoa Heartily
The ceremony will be held in the Radiant Garden Golden Wishes Hotel on the
16th of May
You presence is requested
And we all hope that you will able to attend this joyous occasion,

Yours sincerely
And please RSVP ahead of time

Rooms are also available to hire especially for the wedding guests.

"Leon?"