"What a night." Leon sighed to himself, going downstairs to give the orders to anyone who was awake, which he already knew would be Riku, Axel, and Tifa. Those were his favorite three among all of his housemates, mainly because they were the calmest of the bunch. Axel was the least of the three, but Demyx was so hyper that often times Axel had to be calm just to balance the couple out. At first, Axel was just as much of a pain in Leon's eyes, but he got the not so subtle hints of Leon's aggravation and limited his energy for when he was out fighting heartless.

"Morning," Riku greeted, running his fingers through his long and still growing straight silver hair.

"Morning," Leon greeted back, pouring himself some black coffee.

"Whats the agenda for today?" Tifa asked, eating a banana and Axel laughed at the irony, showing his not-rare-enough immature side. Tifa rolled her eyes and threw away the peel as Axel tied his long beautiful red hair into a pony tail.

"Cloud and I have to go pick up Cid and bring him here so he can fix the stupid computer so we can work on the security system. We can't get much progress done until the computer is up and running without all the virus'."

"Yay! So we're off the hook for today!" Axel stood up, stretching his long arms above his head.

"Not exactly. I need you all to clear out the Borough of any lingering Heartless. The rest can stay here and clean. Just remember, no one goes anywhere alone." Leon headed back upstairs, hearing Axel and Riku sigh while Tifa tried to cheer them up with encouragement.

Leon could hear the shower water running as he neared his bedroom door, and with the assumption that Cloud was still showering, he opened the door. His assumption was wrong, as a naked Cloud stood at the foot of the bed with a pair of clothes set out in front of him. Leon paused, wanting to stare a bit more but feeling embarrassed for himself and for his roommate.

"Sorry!" he blurted quickly as Cloud held his shirt over his lower abdomen. "I'll uh, I'll wait out here." Leon pointed behind his back, shutting the door as he exited his room, sighing and wiping the sweat off his brow as he leaned against the door. He looked down to realize that Cloud's exposed body had indeed turned him on and wished more than anything to get into the shower to relieve himself.

Cloud opened the bedroom door to let Leon in, shirtless but with it in hand, as he walked back to the bathroom to shut off then water, then to the bed to sit on it.

"I thought I heard the shower running, I didn't know." Leon sat on the bed as well, trying to beat the awkward silence by creating a different kind of awkwardness.

"It's ok." Cloud looked down at the floor then sideways, when he caught a peek of Leon's small but existent bulge in his pants.

"I'm guna go shower." Leon excused himself, catching Cloud's stray eyes just in time to save himself. He quickly hopped into the shower, stroking himself and letting everything leak out as he uttered Cloud's name as quietly as he could. He finished cleaning himself up, dried off, and wrapped a towel around his waist, entering his bedroom, shocked to see Cloud still there and shirtless.

"Want me to leave?" Cloud asked as if it were any other normal question.

"Umm, I don't care." Leon lied, moving to his dresser to fetch some underwear and pants.

"What are we doing today?" Cloud asked, not directly looking at Leon as he pulled his boxers under his towel.

"Getting Cid to fix this computer. It's too dangerous for anyone to travel alone until we can get the system up and running."

"So what will the others be doing today?"

"Clearing out the borough and cleaning. I divided them into two, so hopefully they can survive without their lovers long enough to focus." Leon rolled his eyes as he pulled his pants up.

"Relationships can be distracting."

"Have you ever had one?" Leon didn't want to sound as surprised as he was, but he just couldn't picture the intimidating man to have a romantic interest.

"Yes, but that was a while ago."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Zach. He was…perfect. But he died, and that ended everything." Cloud added quietly and Leon realized how much that explained the blondes solidarity.

"I'm sorry for your loss. All these battles are tearing the worlds apart, but if we can get this system up, we can save this world and the lives in it."

"You're brave to have been willing to lead all of this."

"Someone has to." Leon sat next to Cloud.

"The heartless claimed Zach's life nearly three years ago; he died saving my life. So I dedicated my life to avenging his death with my actions. When I heard about what you were doing, I knew I was meant to help."

"Thanks Cloud, every little bit helps, and you're a very skilled fighter."

"Thanks. You're a talented leader." Cloud said as Leon put a shirt on.

"We make a good pair." Leon laughed and Cloud smiled.

"Yeah, the perfect pair." Cloud said, staring at Leon, dedicated to such bold eyes.

"Perfect, like you." Leon said and Cloud chuckled.

"Cheesy, but sweet." Cloud put on a shirt as well.

"And true." Leon pushed a random strand of Cloud's hair out of his eyes.

"L-Leon?" Cloud asked as Leon drew closer.

"Sorry," Leon looked away quickly, standing up when a screaming noise could be heard downstairs.

Author's Note: Thanks to the fans reading this and/or following it! And thanks 18plusforme, Cloud is adorable! Yes, so excited for my Akudem, although this isn't my best fanfic of this couple (the good one isn't anywhere near finished and is still up in the air as to whats going on, but hopefully it'll be up in the near future!) Aww, thanks! I wrote this as a break from the other more intense fanfics, and I've been a bit lazy with the editing for this, but I will work harder, since it's what you as readers deserve!