I hope you guys like this chapter. It's kinda weird.
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When Leon get back to Cloud's house the next morning, he saw yet another moving truck in the front yard, and two feet sticking out the end of it. They were too big to be Sora's, and they had those shoes of Cloud's that Leon noticed. He smiled (Yes, smiled) and walked up to the truck.
"Cloud?"
"I'm here!" Cloud yelled, springing to a sitting position and looking around. When he noticed that it was only Leon, he rubbed his eye and yawned, "Don't scare me like that,"
"You were sleeping, weren't you?" Leon said, tilting his head to the side and leaning on the edge of the truck.
"No, I was resting my eyes," Cloud said, then suddenly, his eyes widened. He jumped off the truck and lunged for Leon, grabbing the taller man's shirt and pulling.
Leon felt the air of a car going past behind him, and he looked down at Cloud, wide-eyed, "Did I almost get hit by a car?"
"And you almost did! I saved you though! You owe me! Look at that! Finally I get you to owe me something. Although I just met you yesterday. And You're my boyfriend. But...what? Oh, why are you looking at me like that? You're looking at me weird! OH GOD! I'M RANTING!" Cloud yelled, then hid his face in his palms. He turned around, not wanting to face Leon.
"I'm going to call some friends to come and help us out," Leon said with a laugh, watching Cloud lazily start walking toward the truck. He didn't want to see Cloud so tired and flustered at the same time, so some back up wouldn't hurt.
He flipped open his cell phone and immediately dialed a number, knowing at least two people would be there.
"Yo, what's up?"
"Not a very nice way to answer the phone," Leon said with a laugh to his friends answer. Of course, this was Axel's phone, and Axel was the first person that Leon always called.
"I saw the caller ID. And plus, I have your number memorized," Axel answered with a lazy tone, "What did you need, anyways?"
"I need you and Roxas to some down and help Cloud with unpacking," Leon said, placing his free hand in his pocket and leaning a bit, "Will you?"
"What, exactly, makes you think that Roxas is here?" Axel wasn't really expecting an answer from Leon, so he just went on, "Yeah, he's here. So is Tidus and Yuffie. Want them to come too?"
"The more the merrier," Leon said, then smirked, "his house is right across from mine, so you'll know how to get there. Bye,"
Before Axel could answer, Leon snapped his phone closed and looked over when he heard a commotion. Leon nearly laughed out loud (But, no, Leon did NOT laugh out loud!) When he saw that Cloud was carrying a rather large box, and looked like he had already dropped it once.
"Need any help?" Leon asked, walking next to him, hands in his pockets,
"None whatsoever," Cloud said, then grunted as he walked faster, almost falling. Leon caught Cloud's shoulder and pushed it a bit. Making Cloud wobble to the other side. Cloud glared at Leon, then walked strait for the house with new found vigor.
Leon looked surprised, then heard the sound of cars screeching to the stop. A few angry yells, and a big 'woo hooo!' yup, his friends were here. He watched as Cloud walked back to the moving truck, after successfully taking the box to the house. And Cloud looked absolutely adorable when he looked to see what the sounds were. There was that sound of slamming doors, then a few feet walking across the street.
Cloud's eyes widened when he saw four people walking across the street, all looking contempt with their situation. He instantly put the box that was in his hands in front of his face. Ahh! When I said that he looked like the most popular guy in the town, I was just kidding! Even thought it was only four people, Cloud didn't like being around big crowds. And with him, Sora, Leon, Riku, and these four people, it would make eight people! And Eight people to him was two people too many!
"Hey, guys," Leon said, walking up next to Cloud, greeting his friends, "This is Cloud,"
"The box?" Roxas asked, pointing to make his point clear. Cloud, in fact, was holding a box in front of his face. Leon found that blush on Cloud's face rather amusing.
"No, not the box," Leon said, nearly wrenching the box from Cloud's hands, who barely let it go. Cloud wiped the blush off his face and tried a shaky smile.
"Is he okay?" Axel asked, pointing at Cloud, "That other night, he didn't look fine either,"
Cloud looked angrily at Axel, "I'm perfectly fine, thank you very much,"
"And you are very welcome," Axel said, mockingly, making Cloud cross his arms and look away.
"Nice job, Leon. He's really cute," Yuffie said, looking Cloud up and down, obviously making Cloud uncomfortable.
"Yeah," Tidus said, walking up to Cloud's side and slinging an arm around his shoulder, "What's your name, sweet stuff?"
Cloud looked confused over at Tidus, wait...this person he did not know, and opened his mouth hesitantly to blurt out his name.
"His name is Cloud," Leon said, gruffly pulling Tidus off Cloud with a hard pull of his collar, "And he's MY boyfriend,"
"Cloud," Tidus said, standing next to him and eyeing him up and down like Yuffie had, "Nice name. Almost as nice as you,"
Cloud blushed beet red and put the box back in front of his face, turning around and walking in the house, muttering, "I can't believe he said that. Why did Leon invite them anyway? I don't like crowds. They make me nervous, and when I'm nervous I tend to rant...to myself. And no one talks to me because they think I'm weird, but I'm not weird. Just nervous. AWW GEES!"
Leon laughed, then walked to the truck, pulling out a box, "Their color coded, so it's rather easy,"
"Why are we helping you exactly?" Tidus asked, placing his hands on his hips.
"Because if you help me I'll buy you that new Blitz Ball you've been asking for," Leon said with a smirk and a raise of the eyebrow, "And this time, seriously,"
Tidus looked starry-eyed up at Leon and nearly jumped into the truck.
"What about me?" Yuffie asked, not looking all that exited about helping some person she just met unpack.
"That new set of throwing knives that you've had your eyes on," Leon said, then leaned forward, "And don't tell me you haven't been eyeing them,"
Yuffie looked skeptically over at her friend, her arms crossed, but she walked stiffly over to the truck. But as soon as she was out of eyeshot from Leon, she tackled the boxed much like Tidus had.
"And Axel, Roxas, I know you'll be wanting something," Leon said, looking over at the two.
Roxas was about to say that they really didn't need anything, btu Axel clamped a hand over his mouth before he could say a word.
"Hmmmm...two tickets to Suki Rosuto Sono?" Leon said, smirking mysteriously over at them, a gleam in his eyes. Suki Rosuto Sono just so happened to be a theme park made especially for lovers. Whether it was a first date or a anniversary, they'd let you in as long as you had someone holding your hand.
Axel grabbed Roxas's hand and pulled him toward the truck , "come on, we have work to do,"
Roxas was blushing like a banshee and Axel had a wide smile on his face. The perfect couple, and they thought people didn't know about them.
"I don't believe in bribery, you know,"
Leon shot around to see Cloud standing there on the Strife lawn, his hands on his hips, a hopeless glare on his face. Cloud tapped his foot once and raised an eyebrow, wanting an explanation. But what he didn't know, is how adorable he looked. And he just so happened to have a light sky blue button-up long sleeve shirt on, with jeans that were too big. He still had his trademark black tennis shoes on. He had the two top buttons of the shirt undone, because it was a rather hot day, and he had the sleeves rolled up to the crook of his elbow. Leon didn't know how he failed to notice this before.
"Yes? What did you say?" Leon asked, walking up to him,
"I don't believe in bribery," Cloud said meanly, "You shouldn't bribe your friends to have them do work for you,"
"I'm not bribing, I'm just paying them for their work," Leon said, then smirked, "Why?"
"Nothing," Cloud said, then sighed, running a hand through his hair. He looked toward the truck and his eyes widened, "Wait!"
Leon turned to look a him and accidentally tripped over his own feet. Wait...since when did the big bambino turn into such a klutz? He looked up when he heard an infectious laugh, wait...he was a klutz, and Axel was laughing at him?
Leon ignored Axel and stood, brushing off his pants. He looked back up to where Cloud had run off to, and saw something that he never really expected. There...what Yuffie, holding a huge sword.
Cloud was forcing her to give it up, and he took it carefully, "Gees, it's a collector's item!"
He took the large sword from Yuffie's grasp and turned around,
"Where'd you get it!" Yuffie asked, skipping next to Cloud with a wondrous, exited look. Cloud blushed and looked down,
"Actually, my friend gave it to me. It was such a long time ago, that I don't remember that person. But I'll always keep this as a small reminder," Cloud said with very small laugh. He walked past Leon with a smiled. But Leon wouldn't let him off that easily.
"You know how to use that thing?" Leon asked, pointing to it while he and Cloud walked into the house,
"Yeah, why else would I keep it?" Cloud said with a 'know-it-all' laugh,
"I thought a friend gave it to you," Leon said with a smirk,
Cloud looked up at him, frozen in his steps, "Am I really that good of a liar? Gees, I was just saying that to say something else than I saw it in a store and it was half off,"
"Why did you buy it?" Leon said, not commenting on him actually being a great liar.
"Self defense," Cloud said, his eyes now hard. He walked away, but Leon kept on his heels,
"You said we would get to know each other, we're boyfriends, I need to know something," Leon said, taking Cloud by the shoulders. Cloud bit his lip and looked away, as if ashamed. He walked to the door, closed it, and locked it. He walked back to Leon and started to rub his arm, "I'm...I'm...being followed. That's why me and Sora moved here."
"You mean...like stalked?" Leon asked, placing his arms back on Cloud's arms. He was worried, he was worried from the very second those words escaped his love's lips.
Cloud nodded and wrenched his eyes shut, "He's been following me for a while. His name is...it's...Solstice. (Bet you weren't expecting that, it's a made up character) Don't be fooled by his name...he's a bad person. He's the brother of Sephiroth and Ansem."
Leon had heard of these people, them being the biggest criminals in five states. But he hadn't even known that they had a brother, none the less them being brother's themselves.
"Well, I met Solstice in Traverse Town. He asked me out almost immediately, but I refused. He...wouldn't give up. And after a while, everywhere I went he was coming after me. Once, he even cornered me in a back alley...and...and..." Cloud said, but he didn't go on, clenching his teeth,
"You don't need to tell me," Leon said, pulling Cloud into an embrace. He already regretted asking about this,
"No, I need to tell you," Cloud said, placing his head on Leon's chest, "Then, me and Sora moved to Hallow Bastion, where I thought I could get away from him. But he followed me there. And that's why we moved here, it's far away from Hallow Bastion, and I was hoping...that he wouldn't be able to find me,"
Leon tightened his grip and lifted Cloud's chin so that they were looking in each other's eyes, "I won't let him get you, I promise,"
Cloud blushed again, looking away, "Well, you don't need to do that. Well, it would be nice if you did that. But Solstice is a very powerful guy. And yeah, that's the reason I bought the sword. And plus, it was half off, and it looked cool anyway. And I don't know why I went into that certain shop to get a sword. And Sora was with me and I didn't want to look like a wimpy guy that wouldn't buy a big sword, and Sora was right there! A-!"
Cloud was cut off by Leon's lips on his own. Dammit, he was ranting again wasn't he? Well, when he met Leon, Cloud learned to be nervous a lot more. And that was for some obvious reasons.
Leon's tongue begged for entrance, and soon, it had it. Cloud actually fought for dominance this time, though. He grasped the back of Leon's shirt and tugged a little, not really knowing what he was doing.
Leon tipped Cloud's head back a little, then leaned far forward like they were dancing. Cloud started laughing against Leon's lips. Leon smirked and looked into Cloud's eyes, "You want to continue unpacking?"
Cloud groaned, clenching Leon's back even harder.
"Me neither,"
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"Leon, why are we here?" Cloud asked, nearly being dragged by his boyfriend to the rink. They were going...dare I say it...ice skating. Cloud hated being cold, he didn't want to be cold, and he didn't look forward to being cold, so what was the point of going Ice skating? Well, for one, Leon wanted to go. And for two- nah, just Leon wanted to go.
It was calm, only having about two other people on the rink, and the music was soft and melodic. Cloud calmed a bit, then followed Leon to the rink and stopped at the edge.
"Come on, ice doesn't bite," Leon said, stepping on the ice and grasping Cloud's hand, "come on,"
"I can't," Cloud said with a blush, "My mom never let me learn how to ice skate because she said that it was a waste of money. I don't know how, but Sora knows how. Dad always let him go ice scaring behind mom's back, but I never wanted to go. I don't know how to Ice Skate and I'll fall if I do and then I'll hurt myself and...I want to shut up,"
Leon put a finger to Cloud's lips and pulled Cloud slowly on the lips, "You never have a reason to be nervous around me,"
Cloud blushed and moved, almost instantly feeling his legs slip from under him. He clung to Leon and nearly pulled him down with him.
"Calm down, you're so tense," Leon said, grabbing Cloud's hands and helping him strait. Cloud felt Leon pull him.
"You ever been roller skating?" Leon asked, and Cloud shook his head no. Leon sighed and then turned forward, "You know, it's like walking, but you let your steps glide,"
Cloud tried, but fell pitch forward, Leon grabbing him quickly. Leon laughed, then showed Cloud once, "Like this, ya' know?"
Cloud tried, and...didn't fall! He looked up at Leon with wide eyes and tried it again. A smile broke out on his face and he clenched Leon's hand tighter. Leon held it just as tight and let Cloud go forward.
Cloud jolted back when he was rammed into by a skater going the wrong way. He fell back hard, not on his butt, but right on his back, where it hurts. He grunted and let out a small, "Ow,"
"Cloud!" Leon exclaimed, kneeling next to him, "Are you alright?"
"I told you this would hurt," Cloud said, slowly pushing himself to a seated position. He winced, trying desperately to hide it. But Leon caught it full force.
"Here," He carefully grasped Cloud's arm and pulled him up, letting Cloud lean on him.
Cloud laughed a little, "and the worst part is, I'm going to be sore as hell tomorrow,"
Leon just laughed.
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I told you it was weird.
