I do not own!! Please get this through you're seemingly very small heads. Thank you, and please check your bags at the door. No kleptomaniacs allowed. glares

Thoughts will be in italics.

Cloud was currently on the rooftop of Merlin's hut, thinking on how much life must hate him.

Cloud was having issues. Very large issues. In fact, his issues when so large that they had now evolved into one very large dilemma. Yes, like a Pokémon.

You are, right now, undoubtedly confused. If you are not, I'm afraid to have to tell you that you need professional help. It will help if I explain a few things to you first.

Clouds main problem was this. He had feelings for Leon. Yes, you heard me correctly. He, Cloud, had feelings for Leon. Leon, practically the only person in all the worlds who could possibly act more emotionless than Cloud himself.

And emotionally retarded Leon is sadly, or not so sadly, who Cloud had fallen for.

And the worst part about this situation? Well, that would be the whole being around Leon every second of his waking hours during the day, besides the time that he was in the bathroom, or the other had gone out to shop.

And even worse than that, Leon did not seem to understand the idea of 'personal space', or if he did, he just didn't exert any effort or energy to care. And being Leon's main working partner during the restoration, meant that Cloud had to spend many long, draining hours working incredibly close to the brown haired man, leaving Cloud very flustered by the end. Immediately after Leon announced that work was done for the day, Cloud would rush off to the showers to take care of some, ehem, personal business.

To make matters worse, he wasn't the only one interested in Leon either. There were many citizens of Radiant Gardens who had a thing for the mink haired man, both men and women alike.

And, contrary to popular belief about blondes and their intelligence, Cloud was not dumb. He was well aware of the others who liked Leon. Every time that one of Leon's 'fans' would come over to talk to him, Cloud's heart would break a little more, because he realized that with so many people pinning for his affection, Leon could have his choice of anyone that he wanted, so why would he want Cloud? It did not help, even when Leon would brush those off that liked him so much. Gently or otherwise.

Cloud shook his head. Thinking about that was not helping his foul mood in the least.

He sighed as he pondered the horizon. Cloud thought about many things, but he always seemed to come back to one sticking point. He had no idea what so ever of when he had started to see Leon like this.

At first, Cloud had been completely against working with another on his projects, stating that because he did not get along with others, pairing him with someone else would just bring down both the quality and the quantity of the work that he would get done. But the rest of the party, well, mainly the girls had 

said that because that destruction was so severe, that going in alone would be akin to suicide. That was hoe he had been partnered with the target of his affection. Everyone thought that because of the way that they both acted, they would get on fine.

The truly amazing part was that they were correct. After the first few days of getting used to the presence of another human being for extended periods of time, a new thing for both of them, there were no problems with the situation. Their silent nature was good for both the awkwardness of being around one another for extended periods of time. It avoided everyone of the awkward pauses in conversation that are caused by not knowing the person who you are conversing with.

Throughout their time working together, the brown and blonde haired men formed a bond that could loosely be described as friendship. In a single day, Leon and Cloud would get done with two to three times what the others did. They might not talk all that much, but having spent extended periods of time together, they were able to read each other fairly well.

Was this when I started to feel more than just friendship for him? Cloud wondered. When I could be close to him, and not feel the awkwardness that you get when people expect to have long and meaningful conversations.

Cloud could not tell. All he was completely sure of at the moment was that whenever he was around the other man, he would feel happy and at peace and happy.

Cloud sighed again. Today was not his day.