Parings: Leon x Cloud (maybe some more later on, who knows)
Themes: Romance, Comedy, Angst, etc
Warnings: This is not only unsuitable for people under the age of 18, but it is a YAOI fanfic. Which means that I want all the homophobes to get lost because I DON'T want to read the flames. And believe me, if I get flamed because I'm writing about gay guys (shock horror), I will not hesitate to let those people feel my wrath. Also, all you people that hunt down yaoi fanfics just to flame them need to get a life or get over it. Gosh, times are changing, get used to it.
Also, swearing and violence too.
Authors Note: This fanfic is about the loverly Leon and Cloud from Kingdom Hearts (I & II) and Final Fantasy (VII & VIII). In this story, they are in university, and have to be dorm mates. But alas, there is no love between them, just hate. So, this story is to illustrate their relationship together and how it progresses. Oh, and in this story, Leon is 19 and Cloud is 18… M'kay?
Chapter One: Mixed Messages
He was tired. To be more precise, he was absolutely knackered. So upon entering his dormitory, he threw his grey rucksack into the far corner of the room and began to shed his clothes, getting ready for a short nap on the sofa. Cloud felt that he deserved a nap, what with all that he had been doing for the university over the past three and a half weeks. He'd done so much for them that he hadn't seen his dorm mate for two weeks, though, in Cloud's books, this wasn't a bad thing. It was public knowledge that Cloud and his dorm 'buddy' were on anything but gracious terms. According to their schedules, Cloud and his dorm mate weren't due to bump into each other until seventh period, so imagine Cloud's surprise when halfway through removing his shirt, he sees the stoic Leon, eyes closed, sprawled out in his napping place. Narrowing his eyes in dislike, Cloud picked up the nearest object (which happened to be a plastic cup with water in it) and launched it across the room, hitting the brunette square in the face.
"What the- !!?" Leon shouted, jumping up like a cat on Guy Fawkes. Cloud smirked from the front door whilst Leon tried to figure out where exactly he was and what the hell had just happened to him. He looked over to the culprit who was still sneering at him. Leon wondered to himself if Cloud realised he looked like a total idiot with his shirt halfway over his head.
"Hello Leon…" Cloud said, and if it weren't for the look on his face, it would have passed for amicable.
"…Why?" Leon replied, thoroughly confused. Cloud frowned slightly, his head tilting to the left.
"Why are you here? You have lessons don't you?"
"No…they were cancelled today. But what has that got to do with why you slung a cup of water at me." Cloud left it at that. He was too tired to think about having a useless fight with someone he didn't even wish to talk to most of the time. He picked up his belongings, and walked silently to his room, where in a matter of minutes he lay comatose on the bed. Leon knocked on the door gently.
"Cloud?" No reply. Leon was confused. First of all, Cloud obviously wanted to fight him, else he wouldn't have thrown the water at him, but then to just go to sleep without having it out? What was the point? Leon shook his head violently. He was not going to think about the manipulative son of a bitch in the next room and how he's feeling at the moment. He didn't give one iota about how Cloud was. He strolled over to the armchair and picked up the book on the side table. Settling down, he began to read the book, but not half an hour pasted until he let the throes of fatigue take over and he drifted into a deep sleep.
Cloud groggily opened his eyes and looked at the alarm clock next to the picture of Tifa, his closest childhood friend, and himself when they were about nine. The alarm clock read 6.54pm. And that only meant one thing.
"I'm late, I'm late…FOR CHRIST'S SAKE I'M LATE!!!" Cloud jumped out of bed and dragged on a clean t-shirt and jeans and ran out of the room. Bursting into the living area, he startled (and woke up) Leon for the second time that day. Cloud dropped to his knees and crawled around the room on all fours. Leon wondered if the blonde had finally gone psycho.
"Ahhhh-ha! I found you!" Cloud exclaimed, holding a black trainer above his head in triumph. And with that, he sprinted out of the dormitory, not having put his shoe on yet. Leon was thoroughly confused, but allowed it to pass without thinking too much of it. He felt dirty so he got up from his comfy resting place and headed towards the shower, scattering his clothes along the way. He turned on the shower and tested the water to make sure it was a decent temperature before removing his boxers and jumping in. The warmth of the water was great and did wonders for relieving the stress that had been building up in him over the past few weeks. He'd had a lot on his mind recently, and having to deal with an obnoxious little squirt for a dorm mate wasn't helping, in fact, it was making the situation ten times worse. He picked up the soap and began to wash himself, only to be interrupted by the doorbell. Why would anyone visit his dorm now, Leon wondered, stepping out of the shower and wrapping a towel loosely around his waist.
Opening the door, he was greeted by the overly energetic Yuffie. She was standing there, bouncing from one foot to the other, with a sickening grin on her face. Leon was too tired to deal with Yuffie at the moment. She was one of those people that you can't be with unless you have 12 large White Chocolate Mocha's from Starbucks and two grams of sugar by your side just so you can keep up. Pushing her way in, Yuffie jumped onto the sofa and started yapping. And everyone knows, once Yuffie starts, it's physically impossible to make her stop. So, clad only in a bath towel, with water dripping from his hair, Leon sighed and sat on the armchair he had occupied earlier that day.
"So Leon, how have you been? I was looking for you all over the place today, but it was like you vanished! Oh, and I have a present for you, but it's outside, so I'll get it for you in a minute. Ooooh, you'll love it so much! I'm finding it hard to part with it myself. Oh, have you seen Aerith today? I was meant to meet her up for a study session but she was all like, 'I can't make it today, so how about tomorrow'. I just wanted to set up a time with her, so if you see her, can you tell her that I was asking for her?" Yuffie finally stopped for a breath, so Leon jumped in and answered all her questions chronologically before he forgot what she said.
"I've been fine. I've been in my dorm nearly all day, didn't you think to check here? What is this present you're talking about, because if it's something like shuriken, I don't want it. I haven't seen Aerith today, sorry. But I'm not surprised she cancelled on you, 'cause if it were me, I'd never be able to study near you. Yes. I'll tell her if I see her." Yuffie looked at Leon and pouted.
"You're always so negative Leon. I'll go get the present." She ran out of the door, and bent down to pick something from the left hand side of the door.
"Now Leon, close you're eyes." Leon frowned.
"Do I have to?" he asked. Stupid question really. Close your eyes or face the wrath of Yuffie. Simple really.
"I said CLOSE YOUR EYES!" she shouted. Leon obliged, and ten seconds later, was rewarded by a semi-heavy box being placed on his lap. Yuffie giggled.
"You can open your eyes now Leon!" she said, and Leon did so. In his lap was a shoebox-sized container that was wrapped crudely with a white bow. Opening the box, he was taken aback to find that where was a small grey tabby kitten in it, with bright blue eyes. Yuffie squealed and jumped around ecstatically.
"Isn't it cute? Oh, I found it near the dumpster and I couldn't help but take it in, except you're the one taking it in, right?" she said, all in one breath. Leon began to get irritated.
"Do I look like some pansy man that will just take in anything off the street?!" he said loudly, "I do not need another responsibility on my hands at the moment!" he stood up abruptly, forgetting that the kitten was in the box on his lap. The poor kitten was startled and ended up scratching Leon's bare chest.
"OW! Stupid flee-ridden cat, I ought to-" But Leon couldn't finish because the kitten looked so contrite that he couldn't feel angry at it.
"Okay, okay…I'll take in the damned kitten. But first, let me sort out the scratches this ferocious beast gave me." Leon started towards the kitchen to find the first aid kit when Yuffie pushed him down on the sofa and ran to get the first aid box herself. Leon just gave up and sighed. There is only so much you can do about the Yuffie situation, and today, he's done as much as he could stand. He looked over at the clock. It read 8.24pm. Yuffie bounced back in to the living area with an array of medicinal looking knick-knacks in each hand.
"Now, let me take a look at this, Mr. Leon!" she said, happily leaning over and eying the injuries. Leon pouted.
"I can do it myself you know!" he protested. The kitten, who had decided to sprawl itself out on the arm of his sofa, mewled in mockery of Leon. "Oh, the world is against me!" Leon cried.
"Quiet Leon! Now, if I just sit here, it'll be a bit easier to see" Yuffie said as she straddled Leon's lap and began applying the antiseptic cream to the scratches on Leon's chest. And we all know that antiseptic cream hurts like the blazes.
"Arrrrgghhh" Leon groaned quietly. It stung a lot. He vowed to get that cat after this.
"Come on, be a man!" Yuffie said, her voice strained from trying to keep Leon from moving.
"Ugghhhh" he groaned again as she applied some antiseptic to another scratch. The front door slammed. Both Leon and Yuffie turned around to see a very startled looking Cloud. Imagine this from Clouds point of view. There was Leon, laid back in the armchair in nothing but a towel, eyes closed with a look of complete concentration on his face. He had a petite brunette straddling him, doing something (and Cloud really didn't want to know what) that was making his roommate groan out loud.
"Sorry to interrupt." Cloud said quickly, and sprinted to his room. Leon looked up at Yuffie, confused with Cloud's unusual behaviour. Then it hit him.
"Oh shit!" he said quietly. He sighed and began to remove the brunette from his lap. Yuffie smacked his hands away.
"Look Leon, I haven't finished yet! Just let me fix you!" Leon smothered the smile that was forming. 'Fix me?' he thought. What was he, a chair of something? He allowed her to finish her ministrations and when he was all 'fixed up' she jumped off him and put away the first aid kit.
"Yuffie, you'd better be heading home now. If you wait any later, you may get into trouble on the way home." Leon said, a bit worried about her safety. Yuffie looked over at the tall man next to her.
"Don't worry Leon. I'll be fine. 'Sides, I'm like, the greatest ninja ever!" she grinned. Leon smiled back (not a big smile though).
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. Oh, and thanks for the present…" he said. Yuffie nodded and left the dormitory. Once she was gone, Leon bent down and picked up the grey kitten that was purring against his legs.
"What should I name you little man?" he asked the blue-eyed kitten. The kitten just looked up at Leon fondly, his blue eyes shining. Leon smiled a genuine smile.
"Hmmm… I think I'll name you…Tatsuya. I've always liked that name. Do you like it Tat?" he asked the small kitten. Tatsuya mewed in agreement.
"Well, then, it's a done deal!" Leon took the kitten into his bedroom and plopped him on the bed. "Now you wait here whilst I get you something to eat. You like chicken?" The kitten just flopped over and mewed as if he were dying of hunger. Leon laughed quietly and went to the kitchen to get some chicken. He opened the kitchen door, only to be confronted with Cloud, who was quietly preparing something to eat. Leon made his way to the fridge and saw that they still had some chicken from the night before in a small plastic container. He took it out of the fridge and went to the cupboard to find a bowl. Cloud turned around and looked at him.
"So…is Yuffie your girlfriend now?" he asked quietly. Leon looked over at the slim blonde in the corner.
"No. Why?" he replied.
"No reason really. It's just that Yuffie is one of my good friends and I don't want people playing her around." Leon started to get really angry. Who was Cloud to decide that even if he was going out with Yuffie that he'd messed her about?
"Well, I'm not going out with her. Happy?" he retorted. Cloud just raised an eyebrow.
"That isn't the way I saw it. I saw you and her basically getting it on in the armchair." Leon snarled and lifted his shirt up so that the scratches were visible.
"This is why we were sitting like that. She gave me a stupid cat for a present, and it scratched me because I startled it. She was only putting antiseptic on it. And if you think I was moaning because whatever she was doing was that good, you're wrong. Antiseptic cream HURTS." Cloud looked at the scratches intently, but after a second, it wasn't only the scratches he was looking at. Leon had a perfect body. Not once ounce of excess fat anywhere, and chiselled muscles in all the right places. Cloud averted his eyes from Leon's chest, an almost invisible blush tainting his cheeks.
"She's not my type anyway." Leon stated as he pulled his shirt back down. Cloud looked up sharply.
"'Your type' had better not be Aerith or anyone else that is a good friend of mine. Do you understand? I don't have the time to go around picking up the pieces of broken hearts."
"Cloud you need to shut up before I shut you up. Your ridiculous insinuations are starting to get on my nerves. If you think I'm so bad, why don't you just save Aerith from me and go out with her yourself!" Leon shouted back.
"She's not my type." Cloud retorted. Leon sighed heavily and left the room with a little bowl of cold chicken in his left hand. Cloud left the food he was preparing on the side. Suddenly, he didn't feel like eating. Already clad in his pyjamas (which consisted of only grey joggers and a white vest top), Cloud sprawled out on the sofa and went to sleep. It had been a long day for him.
Leon woke up with a start. He could hear noises coming from the living area. He looked at the clock. 12.47am. He got up slowly, trying not to disturb the kitten that was sleeping at the end of the bed. Quietly, he stepped into the living room, and looked around. The only person there was Cloud, who was shifting restlessly in his sleep. Leon heard him mumble something and went closer to hear what was said.
"Mmmmm…just…there…yeah…" Cloud slurred. Leon took a step back. Cloud was having a sex dream. Leon could tell by the way he was moving. Leon was about to go back to his room, when he realised that Cloud was having a wet dream on their sofa. Damn it! Leon thought, I'm going to have to move him to his own bed. He leaned down to pick up the slim blonde on the sofa, but stopped in horror at the next thing he heard.
"Le------ooonnnn…" Cloud moaned arching himself off the sofa. Leon felt the blood rush to his face and ran to his room to get away from the writhing and panting blonde in the next room. Throwing the blanket over his head, Leon tried his best to get what he had just seen and heard out of his head.
He didn't go to sleep again that night.
Authors Notes: So, what did you think so far? I hope it's alright, I kind of suck at fanfics. Almost forgot, this story is just a written form of the doujinshi that I am drawing. When I've finished the first chapter in the doujinshi, I'll post up a link here in my story, and you guys can check it out. M'kay? Yay! Review please! I like reviews… they make me laugh. I'll try and take the time to answer individual reviews in the next chapter, so be nice!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I know how annoying it is when you want to read a fanfiction but you don't want to keep going to the next chapter, or you don't have much time on the internet and want to save it so you can read it when you're not on the internet…so I'm going to offer a zipped version of the story at the beginning of the story. So if you want to download it, go to the first chapter and hit the link! (Well, when I've done more chapters of course!)