Building Bodhum

New Bodhum 0AF Part 1

''It was everything we'd been fighting for freedom, Cocoon, Serah, Dajh… but there was still a glimmer of hope inside of me that thought when I looked upon the horizon I'd see my mother running towards me… but when I looked there was no one else… just Serah and Dajh. I have nobody, my mother is dead, my father is missing, Lightning is gone, Vanille and Fang are trapped in crystal and now Serah's back Snow will forget about me, he'd forget about us.''

A few months after the fall of Cocoon, Snow and the rest of NORA began to work on a new settlement upon Gran Pulse. It was located on the coast, in what seemed to be a relatively safe area, even with the minor monster attacks.

''Snow! Monsters have been spotted to the north!'' Lebreau screamed, at the top of her lungs.

''Get the others! We need to defend this settlement and show these monsters what heroes can do!'' Snow cheered in his typical cocky manor. Snow sprinted towards nearby hills to get a good view of the surroundings. When he got there, sure enough, there were several Gorgonopsids heading their way.

''Where are they? Lebreau should have found them by now.'' He thought aloud.

''Arghh… forget it, let's get this over with'' Snow sprinted towards the group, fists clenched. Punch after punch, dodge after dodge, the battle went on for at least 10 minutes before only Snow and the largest Gorgonopsid was left standing. Snow ran straight at the large beast but the beast leapt forward and pinned Snow to the ground. As Snow struggled, he got more exhausted and so the beast seemed heavier and heavier. At what Snow thought were his final moments the sound of a machine gun filled the air. There was no doubt about it that sound was a PSICOM standard issue assault rifle.

''Yeah! No monster is a match for NORA!'' Yuj cheered, rather impressed with himself.

''You shot one stupid monster… wow.'' Taunted Lebreau.

''If it wasn't for me that old rifle wouldn't even work!'' Maqui boasted.

''Maqui we know you work hard, don't worry about us forgetting you kid!'' Gadot said as he ruffled Maqui's hair.

Snow got himself up and dusted himself off. He wasn't hurt, not even a scratch. He did, however, know he was about to get a lecture of Yuj about his heroics.

''If I've told you once I've told you a thousand times, you can't just run off like that! You're a part of a group! If we weren't here you'd be toast!'' complained Yuj, who at this point was rather annoyed.

''Calm down mom, I was just saving him for you guys. Couldn't have you missing out on some action.'' Snow was obviously in trouble but he'd never admit that, he was supposed to be a fearless leader after all.

''Well anyway… who fancies a plate of the NORA special?'' Lebreau loved to cook for the guys.

Maqui couldn't hide his hunger and just shouted ''Yes! I'm so hungry I could eat a chocobo!''

''Dude… that's just sick… who eats chocobos?'' Yuj teased Maqui, but it was usually just friendly banter.

''Yuj… it's just an expression, let's get going.'' Lebreau always defended Maqui because he is the youngest member. The group headed back to the nearly completed NORA house, it would be the centre of their new village, which still needed a name. The group sat down quietly and they devoured anything and everything Lebreau put on the table. It was a hard day's work; they had nearly completed the NORA house and had set the foundations for the rest of the village.

''Right… I'm off to bed, not much of a bed, but a place to sleep none the less. Goodnight'' Lebreau went to her own tent, as the NORA house was not liveable yet.

''I'm going too, night.'' Gadot retired to his tent. His tent was furthest from the house, along with Snows, so they could keep an eye out.

''I'm really tired too, night guys.'' Maqui's tent was the closest to the house, he was never really a fighter, but he still tried.

Yuj stood up from the table and went to sit in what would be the living room. The living room had basic furniture two fold up chairs and a small table in the centre. Yuj wasn't that tired, he just wanted to relax and stare up at the Gran Pulsian sky.

''Yuj, you alright?'' Snow wondered what Yuj was staring at.

''Erm… yeah I'm just thinking… about Cocoon. I miss seeing the ground above us, I miss how secure we were… even with the Sanctum fal'Cie.'' Yuj often thought too much, often bringing his mood down even though he's normally the one lifting everyone else's moods. Snow realised he had annoyed Yuj earlier with his heroics, he had hoped it wasn't upsetting Yuj.

''Listen Yuj… I'm sorry about the monster attack earlier.'' Snow began.

''Snow, don't apologise, it's fine, I just panicked. It was just the thought of you getting hurt…'' Yuj immediately stopped, realising how odd it had sounded. Snow noticed this but he quickly changed the subject, as he didn't want to make Yuj uncomfortable.

''So where'd you get that PSICOM rifle from?''

''You remember the Purge? Well the rifles we used to fight the PSICOM forces… I kept a few, turns out we actually needed them after all.''

''Smart move, I would've been 'toast' if it wasn't for you.'' Snow laughed.

''Too right, anyway It's getting late, I better turn in.'' Yuj wasn't tired; he just really wanted to be alone. He didn't want to get away from Snow; he just found it easier to not have to talk about his feelings.

''Yeah, me too, well goodnight'' Snow replied. He stood up and removed his bandana; he didn't like to sleep in it. Yuj barely ever sees Snows hair, he liked it though. Just as Yuj walked away, he wasn't looking where he was going and tripped down the steps of the house.

''Yuj! Are you okay?'' Snow leapt up and rushed to his side, he helped him up and Yuj's face met Snow's chest. He looked up and his gaze met Snow's, he stared for a moment. Snow leant down and his lips met Yuj's. Yuj immediately relaxed and gave into temptation. Yuj had never realised how attracted he was to Snow, he had never realised that he was attracted to boys. In this moment he realised, he realised that he was really attracted to Snow. This scared him a little, but, at this moment it felt right. Once the kiss broke, Yuj looked to Snow who seemed fine, maybe a little shocked about the kiss, but fine none the less. Then realisation hit him.

''I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! What would Serah do if she found out? I've ruined your relationship. Oh God!'' Yuj began to panic, he didn't know why he was so attracted to Snow, he had no idea what possessed him to kissed him.

''Yuj… It's fine, seriously. It was just heat of the moment…'' Snow tried to comfort him, but Yuj ran off to his tent before Snow could stop him.

''Yuj... Yuj!'' Snow called after him. Yuj had gone; Snow was just standing there at the base of the steps alone. He knew what he did was wrong, but he had no idea why it felt good. He'd only ever experienced this with Hope, but that's over now, never with someone as close as Yuj though. But Yuj was right about one thing, what would happen if Serah found out?