Warnings: Language, Sexual situations, Yaoi (M/M)
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts belong to Square Enix and Disney, not me... it makes me sad.
" So you have been gone a week and haven't called me once! I'm surprised!" Tifa laughed over the phone.
" Yah, sorry about that, things have been kinda crazy. Registering for school, unpacking, dealing with some...interesting people." Cloud said while digging through one of the many boxes he still hadn't unpacked.
" Interesting people? As in new friends?" She asked. Cloud could practically hear her raising her eyebrows.
" Maybe..." he mumbled. " Hey how are Yuffie and Vincent?" He asked quickly, trying to change the subject.
" They're good, but don't try to change the subject! So you already have new friends! That's awesome, seeing how you kept complaining that you were never going to make any friends and how this was all so unfair!"
When she started giggling Cloud was tempted to throw the phone against the wall.
" Yah well...they're pretty cool guys I guess."
" What are their names?"
" Um well there's Reno, he's my next door neighbor. He's a little odd, very full of himself and in love with his car. Then there's Sephiroth...he's quiet, and stays out of your personal space which is nice. He mostly sits there and roles his eyes, so we get along pretty well. And then we have Zack. He's a nice guy, likes to tell jokes and always seems to be smiling...he's pretty cool."
No way in hell was Cloud going to mention the fact that every time he even so much as looked at Zack he would forget how to use his brain. Tifa wasn't the best person to talk to that about. She would give him advice and gush over how cute it was. She acted like a sister to Cloud, which was partly why they decided to break off their half year relationship.
" Huh, well I'm glad you met some people! Excited for school?" In the background he could hear her shifting around on her bed.
" No not really, it's school." Cloud turned around when he heard his door opening. Roxas wandered in and sat down on Cloud's bed. He started to distractedly kick his feet and seemed to be absentmindedly humming something.
" Uh, look I gotta go, I'll call you later...okay?" Cloud said, standing up and stretching.
" Sure! How about I call you, I know how forgetful you can be about that." And with that she hung up.
Cloud just stared at the phone and shrugged.
" What's up?" Cloud asked while walking over to his bedside table to put something away. " Didn't Axel and Demyx come over to help you unpack?"
" Yah they did and still are... I think. They found my old Lego sets and started to build castles, they wanted to see who could build the best one. I don't know, it got a little crazy after Axel tried to melt a piece of Lego so it would fit."
" So...you just left the pyro in your room?" Cloud asked stopping what he was doing. " Hey...is that a hair clip in your hair?"
Roxas quickly grabbed the butterfly clip and yanked it off.
" Demyx really likes my hair..."
It was the last day of summer vacation and Reno had convinced Cloud to come with him to the amusement park. Reno had decided to make a big day of it and invited Zack and Sephiroth while Axel had decided to invite all of his friends.
Now Cloud was sitting in the front of 'Jenny' listening to Reno and Demyx sing 'Bucky Done Gun' at the top of there lungs while Axel tapped his foot to the beat. Poor Roxas was squished in between Axel and Demyx trying to keep his butt from falling asleep.
" So how is everyone else getting there?" Cloud asked over the noise.
" Um, Zack borrowed his parents car so he's picking up a few people, and the others live close enough to take the bus... I think. We are taking Demyx because he lives a few houses down, and seems to live at our house anywa-GET CRACKIN GET GET CRACKIN!" Cloud jumped at Reno's sudden outburst.
" Sorry dude, favorite part of the song yo."
Cloud spent the rest of the surprisingly long car ride listening to everyone sing random songs by Lady Bouncer and other such artists. Roxas even started to sing along.
When they finally got there, the sun was high in the sky and gave off blistering and unrelenting heat.
They parked the car some ways away from the grounds under a small tree in hopes of keeping the car somewhat cool, but it looked like it wouldn't help that much. They wandered down towards the park and noticed a group of people waiting around the entrance.
Cloud recognized Sephiroth and Zack right away, but the other three were new. One of them was bouncing around, his brown hair going up and down, while another one with silver hair much like Sephiroth's, only shorter, was sitting on the sidewalk. Beside Zack stood a girl with long brown hair tried back into a braid. A large smile was plastered on her face as she watched Zack fling his car keys
in the air and try and catch them behind his back.
As they approached, everyone stopped what they were doing and watched as Zack ran over to greet them.
" Cloudy! Come here I want you to meet someone!" He flung his arm around Cloud's shoulder and steered him towards the young woman.
"Where did Cloudy come from?" Cloud asked under his breath. Zack didn't seem to hear.
" Cloud, I want you to meet Aerith!"
Aerith waved and smiled at Cloud.
" Hi Cloud." She said still smiling. Cloud smiled back and waved.
" Her mom drove her down yesterday to come see me! She moved out to the country a year ago, and we haven't gotten to see each other much, but now that she is in town for a few days I thought she could come with us to the park! I'm really glad she got to meet you Cloud." Zack kept his arm around Cloud and squeezed his shoulder a bit.
Cloud didn't actually notice how close he was to Zack until he felt the squeeze. How long had they been like this? Cloud just stood there trying to keep his heart rate in check when he heard...well he heard nothing.
It seemed Aerith and Zack noticed the lack of noise as well, because Aerith glanced over Zack's shoulder and Zack followed the direction of her gaze.
Standing behind them was a small circle around Roxas and the boy with brown hair who had been bouncing around before.
Cloud approached the circle of people and looked at the brown haired teen, then Roxas, then back to the teen.
" Holy...crap." Reno whispered. That pretty much summed up everyone's thoughts at the moment.
They looked the same. If it wasn't for the different hair colour and style, you wouldn't be able to tell them apart. Maybe Cloud was right. Maybe Roxas really was adopted.
" Huh...well Roxas this is Sora." Axel spoke up, breaking the silence.
Sora seemed to snap out of it and smiled a big goofy grin.
" Hey Roxas! Nice to meet you!" He shoved his hand out towards Roxas and laughed. " Guess we kinda look the same eh?" Roxas grabbed Sora's hand and shook it a little to enthusiastically.
" Nice to meet you too." He said smiling slightly.
" And this is Riku!" Sora said, flinging his arms towards Riku and making 'jazz hands'.
The silver haired teen laughed and smiled. " Nice to meet you guys!"
" Come on everyone, let's go!" Demyx said hopping from foot to foot looking ready to pee his pants if he didn't get into the park soon.
" How about you little dudes go off and do what you want, and us big guys will do what we want. Will meet up at the cotton candy stand in...three hours?" Reno declared.
" Little dudes..." Axel asked giving Reno a death glare.
" Hey, you wanna run with the big dogs, stop crapping like a puppy." Reno shot back pushing Axel towards the ticket gate.
Cloud watched as Sora and Demyx bounded off towards the gate while Axel, Roxas and Riku wandered behind them with Axel grumbling about puppy poop.
The park was fairly large with rides for all kinds of people. There were the classic ones like the Tea Cups, the Giant Swings, and the Caterpillar, as well as newer ones like the Twin Flip, the Orbiter, and the Drop of Doom.
Cloud was dragged on almost all of them, that is until Zack tried to get him to go on the Roller Coaster.
" I don't do well with Roller Coasters..." Cloud said, eyeing it wearily.
" Awww come on, please?" Zack shot Cloud a look with huge puppy dog eyes and a pouty lip.
" Do you really think the eyes are going to work on him?" Aerith laughed patting Zack's cheek. " I don't feel much like going on it either. Do you mind coming and sitting with me while they go on?" Aerith asked Cloud.
" Um, sure." Cloud didn't want to actually admit that the puppy eyes would work.
" Have fun sitting and being boring then!" Zack said with a wink. He walked over to Sephiroth and Reno and dragged them to the line.
" Lets go sit." Aerith spoke walking towards a bench a few feet from them.
Cloud sat down beside Aerith and let himself relax. The air was cooling down as the sun started to set and he was grateful for that.
" He talks a lot about you," Aerith spoke breaking the comfortable silence surrounding them. " As soon as he met you, he called me up and started talking
about you."
Cloud looked at Aerith, a small blush creeping up on his cheeks. " Really?"
" Really. You guy's met a week ago right? I think it's sweet you guy's seem to connect so easily." She smiled slightly.
" Oh, um...yah he's a really nice guy." Cloud looked down at his shoes. Did Zack really talk to Aerith about him, did they really connect? Cloud hoped that they did, but that was probably just wishful thinking. But after what Aerith said...
" I think you guy's would be sweet together." Aerith giggled and looked ahead at the roller coaster.
" Wait, what?...together? As in..." Cloud's eyes started to get wide. Did she really say what he thought she said.
" Yup, together. He's a really great guy, and I'm a little jealous. He and I dated for a while but we broke up when I moved to the country. We both knew keeping up a long distance relationship was going to be hard."
" We've only known each other for a week, and he's not that way is he? I mean, he dated you, and I dated a girl and-"
" Calm down, your starting to hyperventilate," Aerith stated putting a hand on his shoulder. " I'm not saying you two will end up dating, just that you two are going to build a special friendship." She smiled again then stood up.
Zack, Reno and Sephiroth were heading back towards them. Zack and Reno both had huge grins on there faces while Sephiroth struggled with taming his now messy hair.
" I'm not sure if that was the best ride..." Sephiroth said while trying to untangle a clump of hair.
" Ill say! You almost choked me to death when your hair got in my mouth!" Reno answered.
" My hair got in...your mouth?" Sephiroth asked, inspecting a few strands. "I think we should leave soon. I need a shower."
Authors Note: Chapter three is up! I might have to change the days I post up the fic, possibly make it Monday or Wednesday. I work every Tuesday so going to school, then to work and then home makes me not want to post up stuff and do some last minute touch ups ( always messes with my chapters ;; ). But which ever day I post it I hope you read it! Next chapter is the start of school! O And thank you to all the people who sent me all those nice reveiws, and to those who are watching this fic! I really appreciate it. Hugs for all! Oh also, if you were curious the song and the artist that they were singing in the car is 'Bucky Done Gun' by M.A.I D