A/N: Yes, I am still going. The song I have no idea who wrote/sung it, it just popped into my head. Just know, that the later parts were inspired by my grandmother.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kingdom Hearts I or II or its characters. I do NOT own Final Fantasy or its characters. I do NOT own the song used.
Riku turned his attention on them and blinked at their incredulous stares.
"What?" he asked curiously as he dragged Roxas to a chair and set him down in it.
Cloud sighed tiredly, running a hand through his hair for probably the twentieth time that day. He huffed and decided to just leave Roxas there for now.
Cloud was only planning on taking his clothes and belongings and nothing more. He headed upstairs with Riku as Sora stayed downstairs to keep an eye on Roxas. In the middle of Cloud transferring his clothes from his dresser drawers to his suitcase, the doorbell rang, but Riku assured Sora would open the door for whoever it was. This was proven when a few minutes later, a familiar face peaked their head around the door frame.
Zack Fair grinned at them with an air of excitement for some reason or another.
"Aerith finally said yes!"
Cloud blinked in surprise but finally realized what Zack was talking about.
"Oh, that's great Zack, congratulations," Cloud replied slowly, a small half smile lifting his lips.
Zack had been spending the past year trying to convince Aerith to get back together with him and evidently had finally succeeded. Cloud gave Zack a vague half smile and Zack's excited happiness immediately deflated. Zack frowned, remorse creeping into his blue-gray eyes.
"Oi, Spiky, sorry. I forgot."
Riku glared at him. "How could you forget idiot, he's the one that asked you to come!"
Zack sheepishly scratched the back of his head, giving an awkward seeming smile before trying to break the stiff, depressive air.
"Aerith is downstairs with Sora, she brought some flowers from her shop."
Cloud nodded before turning away, going back to dumping his clothes into his suitcase. Riku was putting his hygiene related objects into a black bag and, after a moment of just standing in the doorway, Zack went over to the closet to take out anything of Clouds.
It took an hour to get all of Clouds belongings into the suitcase and two bags but they managed it.
"Still dressing like me, Spiky?" Zack's teasing tone interrupted Clouds introverted thoughts and Cloud frowned at his comment.
Cloud was wearing his usual blue sleeveless turtle neck knit shirt and dark gray pants with his usual boots and Zack was pretty much wearing the same thing, the only difference being that Zack was wearing a belt and his pants were blue.
Cloud glared at Zack.
While he was wearing the same thing as Zack, it was only because the army that Zack and Cloud had previously been in had allowed them to keep their 'casual' clothes, even though they had both been discharged. Cloud due to a medical issue and Zack because he had decided that Cloud needed someone to look after him.
"Ah, you know I'm just teasing," Zack laughed, waving off the comment and subsequent glare.
Without answering, Cloud made his way out of the room and downstairs, his two helpers following him. When he reached the kitchen Aerith was talking with Sora about something and Roxas was still slumped in the chair.
Without having to say anything, Zack walked over to Roxas and picked him up in a bridle style hold. He turned back towards Cloud who was behind him.
"You're going with Sora and Riku, right?" Zack asked, wanting confirmation.
Cloud simply nodded and Zack nodded back with a small smile.
"I'm glad you're finally getting out of here Spiky."
Cloud rolled his eyes and looked away, crossing his arms in front of his chest. Cloud followed after Zack and Aerith, Sora and Riku following behind him. Aerith, who was the last out of the house, closed the door gently behind her, the flowers she had brought tucked neatly into a wicker basket hanging on her arm. There was two cars parked in front of the house. One was Aeris's convertible coupe and the other was a silver truck that belonged to Sora.
Cloud slide into the middle seat and Sora got in after him. Riku dumped Roxas across both Cloud and Sora. Riku shut the door and Sora lifted Roxa's s legs to make sure they wouldn't get caught in it. Riku climbed in a minute later and started the truck.
Just as they were pulling away, Larxene's car pulled into the driveway. They were gone before she stepped out of the car.
The first ten minutes were spent in silence but than Sora got bored and whined about it.
"Rku! I'm bored."
"What do you want me to do about it?" Riku chanced a glare at Sora as he asked.
"Something," Sora said plainly, a slight whine in his voice.
"I'm driving," Riku answered with finality in his voice.
Sora huffed, clearly unsatisfied with that answer. Finally, after a few minutes of sulking, Sora resorted to playing with the radio.
"I'M SO FREE. . ."
"GOD DAMNIT, SORA!"
Sora's eyes widened suddenly and Riku realized his mistake too late. Sora leaned away, pointing a finger at Riku with an incredulous gasp. Sora's outstretched arm was in front of Clouds face, and he glared at it, wincing at Sora's screech.
"DONT SAY THE LORDS. NAME. IN. VAIN!"
". . . I BELIEVE I COULD FLY!"
During all of this the radio continued to play.
With a frustrated huff, Cloud shoved Sora's arm away and reached forward to turn the radio down. Sora changed positions so his back was against the car door.
"Sora, stop leaning against the door, it'll fall open," Riku sighed tiredly.
Sora yelped and threw himself forward to cling to a once again stoic Cloud. At that instant, Roxas groaned, the jostling going on around him effectively rousing him out of unconsciousness. Suddenly Roxas woke, sitting up even before his eyes were open, nailing Cloud in the head.
"OW! FUCK!" both of them screamed in unison.
Cloud's hand came up to clutch his face, eyes scrunched up in pain, tears threatening to slip out, teeth clenched. His breathing produced a hissing sound as he squeezed out his breath, skin bunched up along his nose. Roxas was doing the same exact thing, making their father-son resemblance that much clearer.
"Roxas! Watch your language," Riku shouted, the yell having startled him, evident by the white knuckled grip he had on the steering wheel.
Sora suddenly decided that maybe hanging on Cloud wasn't the best idea at this point, so he slowly let go of Cloud's arm. Thankfully the rest of the hour ride was spent in silence. Sora made himself small as possible, Riku tried to calm down to hopefully lower his blood pressure, and Cloud and Roxas both clutched their faces, trying not to kill each other.
