The restoration committee of Hallow Bastion, working on its way to becoming Radiant Garden as it once was, had spent the entire day sitting around a giant computer to fix the faulty security system. Leon, the leader of the committee, allowed his fellow members to stay in his house, which meant that his three bedrooms were taking by three couples, forcing one remaining couple to stay on the couch while they worked extra hard to making the last finishing touches as quickly as possible.
He gave one room to the only girls in the house, Tifa and Yuffie, both a pair of ninja's that were highly trained, and highly in love with each other. To another room he gave to a new but growing couple, Sora and Riku. Sora was a giant help in restoring the lost city, and Riku contributed just as well. The two had loved each other since child-hood, but had just recently confessed their mutual feelings. They began dating just a few weeks before Leon invited them to stay, with this week being their third there. Leon was not about to give up his privacy and comfort of his own room, but he allowed a quiet shy man named Cloud to share his room, taking turns each night on who got to sleep in the bed versus the floor. The last duo staying in cramped house was the longest lasting couple so far, Axel and Demyx, who had been dating for about two years when they abandoned their old alliance to help the committee save the city they once tried to destroy.
Leon wasn't used to have so much company around twenty-four-seven, especially since the younger ninja, Yuffie, and the younger Nobody Demyx had enough energy for all eight of the 'elite team', as the two often referred to themselves. But he was beginning to adjust to all the noise, cheer, fights, and love in the air as the time passed. In fact, he had been adjusting a little too well when he got ready for bed one night.
"You want bed?" Cloud dryly asked, his usual monotone voice that seemed to fit any occasion he found himself in.
"It's your turn." Leon reminded Cloud, both boys changing shirts with their backs to each other.
"I wont be able to sleep tonight." Cloud stated, the sound of his pants lowering down his legs and off of his feet filling the stale atmosphere.
"You ok?"
"Yeah. Just not tired." Cloud pulled his pajama pants up and Leon quietly did the same, neither one turning around until they were sure the other had finished.
"Oh, well I'm sure Axel and Demyx will be up watching TV." Leon turned to face Cloud, who turned to face Leon.
"Ok." Cloud walked past Leon, out the door, down the hall and some stairs to the living room.
Leon shook his head, climbing in his bed earlier than he usually did, knowing that the next day he'd have to be up super early. He would never understand this subtle quiet roommate of his. He was nearly asleep hours later when he heard his door open and slowly close and the pads of Cloud's feet lightly stamp the hardwood floor as he made his way to the bed.
In the dark of night, Cloud climbed in the bed and quickly drifted off to sleep, clearly unaware that Leon was in bed as well. Leon contemplated moving to the floor to give Cloud more room, but it was nearly one in the morning and he was tired, so he figured one night would be harmless and if Cloud woke up upset….well that would be the first time he'd ever seen the man feel anything. Leon decided to take his chances and remain in bed, trying to catch up on much needed sleep.
But his attempt was futile. Just after he fell into the deepest stage of sleep, he angrily awoke to an arm suffocating his chest and another squeezing his abdomen like a boa constrictor. Leon gasped for breath and tried to pry the arms off of him, until he realized that it was Cloud's sleeping arms. Confused, Leon laid thinking of his possibilities. He didn't want to wake the intimidating man, but he needed air like it was….air. He twisted his body and turned to face Cloud, who snored lightly in his sleep. At the movement Leon made, Cloud pulled Leon towards him and held him, releasing his firm grip in exchange for a gentle yet possessive hold.
"Cloud?" Leon whispered, hoping to stir him enough to break free.
"Mm-dub-lub-Leo." Cloud murmured in his sleep and Leon sighed helplessly.
"Cloud, let me go." Leon whispered, much harsher this time.
"I'll protect my dub-lub-Leo." Cloud grabbed Leon's shirt from the back of it and held it in his fist.
"Huh?" Leon never remembered Cloud talking in his sleep before, but he had always been a heavy sleeper himself, thanks to the long days where he overworked himself.
"Protect my love, Leon." Cloud said again and Leon thought he was talking to him and not about him.
"Who's your love?"
"Leon." Cloud smiled in his sleep, the first time Leon had ever seen him smile, only visible by the moons rays that pierced through a cracked window.
"I'm listening. Who's your love?"
"Leo my dub-lub." Cloud said, his smile gone.
"What? English man!" Leon grew impatient.
"Leon is my dub-love." Cloud repeated, seemingly frustrated for having to do so, even in his sleep.
"You, you love Leon?" Leon asked Cloud, shocked and wondering what the hell was happening and maybe if he were the one asleep. But suffocation couldn't be this real in a dream, could it?
"Leo my dub-lub." Cloud stopped snoring for a brief moment before continuing in his heavy breathing, releasing Leon as he did so. Leon inhaled as much oxygen he felt he had lost and rolled to his side facing the window and away from Cloud, trying to decipher what had just happened.
That morning when Leon awoke, he sat up, which woke up the blonde beside him in a rather violent attempt to get out of bed.
"You ok?" Leon asked when Cloud went immediately from sleeping to jumping out of the bed in one clean movement.
"How long were you in the bed?"
"All night."
"With me?" Cloud asked, still standing in the borrowed pajamas that Leon lent to him, a tight white T-shirt and flannel pants.
"Yeah." Leon said, hoping not to anger him.
"I can't believe I didn't notice, I'm such a light sleeper." Cloud whispered so quietly, almost as if talking to himself. At Clouds words, Leon laughed, causing Cloud to look at him confused, so Leon explained.
"You talk in your sleep."
"What?"
"You talked last night, in your sleep."
"What did I say?' Cloud sat on the edge of the bed.
"A bunch of gibberish really. I caught something about love."
"Love?"
"Yeah you were talking about your love."
"Did I, say any names?" Cloud's face finally showed emotion, nerves.
Leon thought for a moment, and thought it best not to embarrass the blonde or make things weird between them, so he lied. "Nope. I was half asleep myself."
"Oh."
"Well, we have a big day ahead of us. Do you want the shower first?"
"I'll be fast." Cloud stood up and went straight for the bathroom.
Author's Note: So I wrote this Cleon, which continues so please follow it to read more about Cleon, akudem, and soriku, mainly for my readers of my Akuroku Let Me Be Your Popsicle while I work on its sequel. Feel free to check it out, as well as anything else I have up, as more KH yaoi is on the way!
