LazyLuck13: i am really glad that you are liking some of my stories. ^^ i also have another Cleon one that you might enjoy called Mother's Day. and i agree, Chibi Cloud and Chibi Leon are just too cute.

okay, so here is the second chapter! yay! and big chuncks in italics are Leon's dream.

disclaimer: I do not own kindom hearts, final fantasy or its characters. Thank you and have a good night...day...or...whatever.


Cloud sighed as he made his way through the school library, flipping through different pages of countless books that he thought might contain something that would help him with his history project.

"Dammit…" he grunted out. He read through every single book he could find about weapons, but none of them contained the one weapon that he needed to research for his history project, the gunblade.

Cloud continued his search through numerous useless material when he felt a body suddenly tackle him to the floor. Why did people like doing that to him?

"Heehee hiya Cloud!" Sora said giving the older blonde his signature grin.

Cloud grunted and shrugged Sora off of his back.

The younger boy gave a sheepish smile and rubbed the back of his head, "So, uh. Watcha doin?"

Cloud turned to him, "I'm looking for a book about a historical weapon called a gunblade." He turned back to the bookshelves, "You?"

At this Sora blushed and started tapping the ground with one of his navy blue converse, "Um…well I need your advice."

Cloud glared at another book that again, did not contain the material that he wanted. "Yeah? What kind of advice could you possibly need to come to me for?"

Sora bit his lip, "Well…I kind of have a crush on someone…a-and-"

"You do know that I'm not the only guy at this school right? Why don't you just ask Axel? He's my roommate, so I should know what I'm talking about when I say that he's comfortable with talking about this kind of stuff. More than comfortable actually."

"But, you just seem so mature." Sora grinned up at him.

Cloud chuckled, he liked that compliment. Of course, everyone he knew was more mature than Axel. "Alright, so what about this crush of yours?" he asked, taking another book from the shelf.

"Um well I…" Sora scratched his cheek with his index finger.

"Dammit! Come on. We can talk about this on the way to the main library. Our school's library has jack shit."

"Huh?" Sora was startled by Cloud's sudden outburst, before realizing that the blonde man was already walking out the door. "H-hey! Cloud wait up!" he yelled, taking off after his friend.


"Hey Leon?"

Said man turned from the pile of books that he was alphabetizing to his addresser.

"I need you to run these couple books up front for me and check them back into the library."

Leon's eyebrow twitched. He was already in the process of alphabetizing, and that took a lot of work, considering how many books he had stocked up on the table. He nodded nonetheless and took the two books from his coworker and headed up to the front desk. The only reason he decided to work at a library was because it was quiet and no one bothered anybody, except for his fellow employees, who absolutely loved to mess with him.

Leon sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose while scanning in the books that he was given. At that moment, the door jingled, signaling another customer. Leon didn't even bother to look up, but he was already getting annoyed by one of them that didn't seem like he wanted to shut up anytime soon.

"But I just don't know how to talk to him! I mean he's a year older than me and he's my best friend, but when it comes to stuff like this, I just-"

Leon inwardly growled.

"Hold that thought Sora."

Leon thought for a moment, that voice sounded familiar.

"Excuse me sir." The voice said to him. Great, now Leon had to talk to customers. The older brunette turned around and faced him. His eyes lit up a little with recognition when he recognized it as the pizza employee from the night before. "Yeah, can I help you find anything?" Ah, the almighty Ice Prince has spoken!

Cloud softly smiled at him, being already somewhat familiar with whom he was talking to. "Hey," he looked once again in those grey eyes and at the familiar tan color that adorned his skin. He felt the smile tug more at his lips, but he immediately forced it back down. "I was wondering if you had any books on gunblades."

Leon's ears perked up at that word. He's been reading the same documentary over and over on that weapon. It was his all time favorite. "Huh? Oh." Leon looked over to the isle where said book was. He had it memorized. "Yeah, we do. Follow me."

Cloud nodded and followed behind the tall brunette. Sora was still tagging along, waiting for Cloud to give him the go ahead to keep talking.

"It's right here." He said, reaching up high. Leon purposefully put it at the top so no one else would see it. But unfortunately, for this one time, he would have to give up the precious book.

"You seemed to know where it was pretty fast." Cloud said, taking the book away from the other's hand.

Leon smirked, "I've read it a couple times."

"Oh?" Cloud smirked back, holding the book down to his side. He again, looked back up at the other man, "Cloud." He stuck out his right hand.

Leon looked down at it and furrowed his eyebrows as his eyes caught something. He stared at the piece of jewelry that adorned his wrist. That bracelet, it looked almost exactly like the one he had at home that he kept on his nightstand. Though, his own was a lot prettier.

Cloud brought his hand back down to his side. He gave the brunette an awkward look, moody much? He just wanted to introduce himself, and all the other man could do was stare at the bracelet Squall gave him.

Cloud turned on his heel, almost bumping into Sora who was too stunned at this interaction of awkwardness to even move before Cloud tugged his hand for him to follow.

Leon shook his head, clearing his mind from his stupor. It was just a bracelet. They probably made hundreds of them. But still, that was the one thing that he woke up with still attached to his body after the accident. Maybe this Cloud knew where they could find them, and maybe it might help him piece things together about why he still wanted to hang on to it after all these years. He doesn't even remember how or when he got it.

His eyes quickly found that set of blonde hair at the check out counter where a red head, Kairi, was scanning out the book to be rented.

Cloud nodded his thanks as he walked out the door, Leon ran after him, "Hey!"

Cloud turned around, right when Sora was beginning to talk again. The younger brunette pouted. Cloud turned his head to the side as the employee just stared at him. "It's Leon." He stuck out his hand for the blonde to shake, "My name is Leon."

Cloud looked at the hand then back up to the man's face. He bit his lip before taking his hand in his. Cloud's breathe hitched. That touch, it was so warm…so much like his from his childhood. He couldn't do anything but nod silently. This Leon was so much like him.

"Hi! I'm Sora!" the human form of annoyance popped in, quickly grabbing Leon's hand in his own. "I'm Cloud's friend! We go to Hallow Bastion University."

Cloud glared over at him.

Leon just stared at the hyper ball of brown hair and tanned skin before re-focusing his attention back on the blonde. "Maybe I can help you with whatever you need that book for."

"Oh, what?" Cloud looked back at him. Did he hear that right?

"I told you that I read through that book a couple times before." he smirked. He's actually read it a lot more than just a couple times. "I've also done some research on it. So if you need my help, just stop by here and I'd be more than willing to assist you."

Cloud's eyes sparkled up at him, totally grateful that there was such goodness on this Earth for a person to actually be willing to help him with a history project.

Leon's stomach knotted when Cloud's eyes were filled with joy. It was like they were tidal waves of glistening ocean water sucking him in, and he was more than willing to dive head first into those shimmering pools. He didn't know how to explain what he was feeling, but it made his head hurt trying to remember.

Cloud let out a genuine smile, "Thank you."

Leon quickly looked away, that smile was not something that he was expecting to affect him this much. "Yeah, no problem. Just come by anytime."

Cloud gave a swift nod and waved behind him at the emotionally confused man, "So Sora, about Riku, have you decided what you are going to do?"

Sora grinned up at him, "Hm, I don't know yet. But I'm starting to think that pretty soon, you are going to be the one coming to me for advice." The sophomore winked over at his companion.

"Oh? And why's that?" Cloud deadpanned. Now he was just confused and kind of irritated at Sora's observations.

"Hello! I may not be the smartest kid out there, but I can definitely tell when two people have the hots for each other."

"Yeah? And who might those two people be?"

Sora made a 'duh' face and put a hand on Cloud's shoulder, "You and that Kairi chick."

Cloud mentally face palmed. "Sora, you do know that I'm gay, right?"

"Huh? You are?"

"Ugh…"


Leon looked around for a couple seconds. He didn't know where he was. He tried to determine his surroundings, but nothing really caught his eye as to where he was located. It was all white, pure white.

"Hello?"he called out, but no one answered. He turned around a couple times and still saw nothing but white. He started walking straight for a couple minutes until he heard what sounded like crying. At the sound, Leon started frantically looking around and searching for the source of the sobbing. He started jogging toward the direction of the sound; slowly, a silhouette of a hunched over body came into view.

He quickly ran over to the crying figure, it was a little boy, maybe about eight years old.

"Hey." he spoke softly to the child, he never really was good with kids. "Hey, why are you crying? What happened? What's wrong?"

The little boy kept sobbing, like he wasn't hearing a single word Leon was saying. He tried to reach out to touch him, but his arm just went straight through. He pulled himself back, realizing that the kid couldn't hear, nor feel him. But he still jolted forward when the young boy finally talked.

"Why-hic-why did he have to leave?" he sobbed.

'Why did who have to leave?' Leon thought. Just then, another figure came into the picture, a woman with delicate features and brown hair, pulled back from her face by a head band. She lent down to comfort the little boy, "Shhh, Squall it's ok." She started stroking his back. "You are going to see him again. I promise."

The little boy, Squall, Leon assumed, turned into the woman's embrace, "But mama…" he couldn't continue as more cries of loss poured out of him.

Leon knew it wouldn't do anything to help but, he leant forward and touched the boy's shoulder. He was surprised to see it not go straight through, and the little boy looked up at him with sad, tear stained eyes.

"Why did you let him go?"

"What?" Leon asked.

"You let him go! You let him get away!" The boy turned from his mother's hold and started throwing little kid punches at his legs. The woman didn't say anything to stop it; she just got up and walked over to her son.

"You let - get away!"

Leon's brows furrowed, the name was muffled when Squall screamed it. "Who? Who did I let get away?" Leon then got a closer look at the little boy's arms, on his left wrist he wore a bracelet.

"I loved him and you let him get away."

"Who!" he now shouted, "Who did I let get away!"

"You don't remember?" a new voice asked. Leon turned around and saw another little boy, but the face was totally blurred out. "You promised…" Then out of nowhere, the new child that entered his dream got ran over by a car, leaving smears of blood stains where he previously stood.

Petrified, Leon managed to look back down at the little boy in front of him when he felt a tug on his shirt. Squall looked up at him menacingly, his eyes filled with pain and hurt. Leon took a step back as blood started to pour from the boys head in the shape of his own current scar. "You broke that promise."


"Ah!" Leon woke with a start early the next morning. He found himself sitting up in bed, arms shaking and face pale. He unconsciously pulled his knees up to his chest and took long shaky breaths in and out. What the hell was that dream about? He hasn't had one that deeply affected him that much since right after the accident. Leon ran his fingers through his hair, then trailing one hand down to massage his scar. He leaned his head back and turned to his side. He almost tried to go back to sleep when his eyes caught something on the nightstand. It was the bracelet, the same one that Squall was wearing in his dream. Why did that little boy have it on? It wasn't his.

Leon buried his head into his pillows; he couldn't help it if he somehow thought that it was connected to his past. He shuddered again as he saw that little boy become road kill. It happened so fast, and just like that, he vanished, leaving blood in his wake. And then that scar. Why did that little boy have it? Leon got it in the accident, so, why did this Squall kid now possess it in his dream?

He let out a big sigh. Dreams are not real….no, but they could resemble something that was.


Leon didn't know why, but he had a feeling that he should wear his bracelet today. He hasn't worn it in three years. Once he started to question it's meaning, he let it alone. If it was precious, he wanted it to be protected, if it was a piece of junk, then he just didn't want to wear it, but if he was found with it on after the accident, he thought that it may contain some sort of significance. He delicately tied it around his left wrist as he made his way to the bathroom to get ready for work.


Cloud was frustrated. He stayed up reading the document at least twice last night about this historical gunblade. But it still didn't tell him everything he needed to know. It described how it was made, what purposes it was used for, and what circumstances it was best in. But Cloud needed more information than that. He needed personal experience. He needed fighting techniques, even though it may be going a little off topic in his essay, he thought that it might give him the extra push he needed to get an A.

Sighing, Cloud closed the book. He was glad that Axel was out on a date with Roxas this evening. It gave him time to think of all the ways he might possibly fail.

Pushing back his chair, he put the book in his bag and made his way to the library to return it.


Leon was on his break, not really like they have scheduled breaks for librarians, but still, he made his own break time. His eyes were closed, hearing the faint noises of people talking, the jingle of the bells on top of the door, and the quiet beeping noise that the scanner made when a book was being checked out or returned.

"So did you enjoy this book?" he heard one of the librarians ask.

"I didn't really enjoy it. It was for a history project." Leon opened his eyes. He recognized that voice. Sure enough when he turned to look at whoever didn't enjoy his beloved book, it was the blonde college boy. Cloud, he said his name was.

Cloud looked over, feeling that someone was watching him. He smirked as he saw Leon.

"Thank you and come again." The woman behind the desk stated.

Cloud nodded toward her and made his way over to the resting brunette.

"Hey."

Leon looked up at him.

"I thought you said that book was good."

That made Leon shuffle in his chair, trying to sit up more to get ready for a debate. "It is good. You just didn't appreciate it."

Cloud gave out a small chuckle and took a seat that was to the left of Leon. "It was very informative; it just didn't have all of the details that I needed."

Leon scoffed, "Well, sorry to disappoint you."

For some reason, Cloud was enjoying this playful bickering between the two of them. It was nice. He bit his lip and looked down, but not before noticing the bracelet on Leon's wrist. "Hey, where did you get that?" Cloud looked up at him, hopefulness in his eyes. Maybe this Leon new Squall from their childhood on Destiny Islands, that's the only place where the bracelets were sold…unless, he only visited there for a vacation.

"Hm? You mean this?" he motioned toward the bracelet. "I actually don't know. I've had it on me as long as I can remember."

Cloud bit his lip, "Did you ever visit Destiny Islands? Did you ever live there?"

Leon shook his head. When he woke up from the accident, he was already in Hallow Bastion, as far as he knew, he grew up there his whole life.

"Oh," Cloud's voice fell. He gently picked up Leon's wrist and examined it. His breath hitched once he thought he recognized it, "It's…very pretty." Cloud's mind was going haywire. That was Squall's bracelet! He remembered, it was the prettiest one in the bunch.

Leon looked over at him and saw the turmoil that the blonde was going through, "Hey, Cloud. Something wrong?"

"Hm? Oh…no. Not really…it's just that," Cloud turned again and eyed the bracelet, then looked back up at Leon. "I just gave my best friend one exactly like that." He managed a smile at the memory, "His name was Squall."

Leon was taken aback, Squall…that was the kids name in his dream. He also had on his bracelet and had his scar. Maybe he needed to hang out with this Cloud guy. It seemed that the more they talked, the more he remembered. And, he was kind of cute.

"Squall huh?" Leon sighed, clasping his hands together and resting his chin on them, "I don't know him. But the name sounds familiar."

Cloud gave a sad nod. He knew that after all this time of him searching, he was probably never going to find him. He's tried everything.

"It's alright. He's the one that gave me my own friendship bracelet." He said, showing it off to Leon. "That night he gave it to me…" Cloud gave a soft smile, "He kissed me. Sorry if you're not okay with that but, I feel very comfortable right now talking to you."

Leon looked at him sideways and smirked, "I'm very okay with that actually. Don't worry about it."

Cloud blushed and looked over at him. 'Dammit.' Cloud thought, 'I never blush! Only whenever I'm thinking of him do I ever do that…'

Leon let a small smile break across his lips at how flustered Cloud was. Something was so enticing, a feeling that he couldn't place. He knows that he felt it before, but he just couldn't remember when. "Um, hey Cloud."

Cloud slightly turned to him, already embarrassed that someone saw him blush, "Y-yeah?"

"The Radiant Garden Carnival is coming up this weekend, I was wondering if you wanted to go with me and a couple friends."

"The summer festival of Destiny Islands is starting today! Did you want to come?"

Leon felt a shock go through his head as that voice spoke, 'summer festival of Destiny Islands? What?'

Cloud thought about this for a minute. This situation seemed really familiar, it comforted him in no other way that he thought possible. It reminded him of the time that Squall asked him to go to the summer festival back in their home town.

Cloud got up from his chair, the motion snapping Leon back into the present.

"Sure. That sounds like fun."

Leon smiled up at him, "Great." He watched as Cloud turned to grab his back pack.

"Do you mind if I bring some of my friends along as well?"

Leon shook his head; whatever made Cloud more comfortable…wait what? Why did he care?

"Great…it's a date." Cloud waved at him as he made his way to leave.

Leon was just stunned, not moving from his chair. 'A date?' He decided to get up and get back to work. Why was he talkative around Cloud? He wasn't talkative around anybody. But it just felt right, like he had nothing to hide. He thought for a moment as he went back to alphabetizing books. Cloud seemed really worked up over that Squall kid. Maybe he should tell him about his dream…or get Cloud to tell more about his childhood. This was making Leon stressed. He's been trying to remember what happened to him ever since the car accident that left him like this, with no memory. He was getting absolutely nowhere with trying to find out his past until he met Cloud. Even though he just met him two days ago, things started to come back, like that dream. No matter how bizarre it was, he couldn't help but think that it related to his life before the memory loss.


Cloud could not stop thinking about Leon and their conversation today, especially that bracelet. He knew for a fact that it was Squall's bracelet that he had given him; it was the prettiest one out there. But Leon wasn't Squall; he has never even been to Destiny Islands. This was all so irritating. Then he remembered that Leon talked about the carnival that was taking place the upcoming weekend. Maybe he could learn more about him there. "Great…it's a date." Cloud immediately blushed at what he had said. 'How could I have been so stupid?' It wasn't a date! He hardly even knew the guy! Cloud threw down his backpack on the floor when he got to his dorm room and landed face first into his mattress.

"Woah buddy."

'Great, my loud mouth roommate's back.'

"Tough time at the library? I didn't think that your report would be that hard."

"Shit! My report!" Cloud cursed himself, 'Damn you Leon.' No matter how mad at himself he was for forgetting, he couldn't stop smiling into his comforter.


ah, chapter two is done. they will learn more about eachother in the next one. Read and Review please. ^^ i really need to know how this story is coming along so far.