"What took you guys so long?" Yuffie ran up to the door to whine in the men's tired worn out faces. Four miles across violent territory with lumber was not as easy as the expected.

"We had to walk." Leon said as Cloud trailed behind him up the stairs.

"Damn, you're all sweaty!" She pointed at Cloud's back, his muscles testing the shirts durability.

"Ooh, I get it. Hot and sweaty before and during sex. Smart." Axel commented before winking at his boyfriend. Demyx gulped with a nervous laugh.

"Shut-up." Cloud replied dryly over his shoulder before disappearing into Leon's room, shutting the door behind him with his foot.

The two set down the wood and joined the others downstairs for some food before they would build the bed frame.

"Hey! Why does Riku get an extra pancake?" Demyx pouted, eyeing it like it were gold to most men, or a limited edition CD in his eyes.

"I had an extra and he said he'd take it." Tifa explained sweetly. "Would you like me to make you another?"

"Demyx, I think three is enough." Axel said, not wanting Tifa to work harder because that would make him look bad for bull shitting his easy job of toast duty.

"It's ok Tifa. Thanks though!" Demyx smiled and Axel kissed his cheek.

The entire table ate in silence, a rarity, but Leon assumed it would be due to the unnatural hour that they were eating at. Sora's face was a prime example of the clear lack of energy.

"You still tired babe?" Riku asked, nudging Sora to try to keep him awake.

"Hm?" Sora looked up at his silver haired boyfriend, rubbing the sleep from his heavy eyes.

"I need you awake and alert Sora," Leon said, feeling slightly guilty for putting such a young boy through so much stress, but they were all under such intense pressure.

"Kay," Sora yawned, trying to stretch himself awake.

"Atta boy Sora," Riku kissed Sora's head lightly, the brunette boy wincing with a child-like smile.

"Once we finish I need the usual team to sweep through the city, assisting in the rebuilding of some shops and Heartless control. Yuffie and Demyx, you two are stuck together on citizen patrol, no complaining either." Leon instructed and everyone excluding Cloud nodded.

"What are you and Cloud guna do?" Yuffie rested her chin on her fists, elbows up on the table, leaning forward with too much enthusiasm for Leon's liking.

"We are going to test the security system. Once we are in the clear, I want to fix the bed."

"Oh, that doesn't sound too romantic." Yuffie sat back down into her backrest, Tifa's hand now fixing her short messy hair.

"Look today is going to be busy, so no fucking around ok?" Leon sighed, feeling like a single parent to all of these children.

"By no fucking around, do you mean like goofing off? Or like actually fucking?" Axel combed Demyx's Mohawk.

Leon slammed his fists on the table. "Dammit Axel I'm not in the mood!" He stood up and slammed his chair into the table, causing it to knock his water over and the chair to topple over. Everyone sat silent, Riku and Tifa giving Axel a death glare, and Axel sitting wide-eyed.

"I was just trying to lighten the mood." Axel admitted, trying to save his ass.

"Leon's tired. He needs you all to help him out. He's stressing." Cloud stood up to help Tifa clean up the spilled water and he went upstairs to join Leon.

"You ok?" Cloud rested against the door he shut behind himself.

Leon sat on his mattress, face in hands.

"This is so much more challenging than I thought it'd be."

"Leon, you're restoring a city while trying to keep peace. No one said it'd be easy."

"I know. I just wish I could get a break sometimes."

"You deserve it."

"How can I though? I'm right here and things are still taking longer to get back to normal! I can't stop until we finish. Only then will I be able to relax and my mind be at ease."

"You're a true leader, Squall." Cloud had heard Leon be addressed as that before and was curious to evoke a reaction of any kind.

"I haven't been called that in a while."

"Why not?"

"It's the name of my past." Leon said simply, and Cloud assumed that the brunette had as many secrets as he had.

"I like Squall." Cloud sat beside Leon.

"You don't like Leon?" Leon looked to his side to face the blonde.

"I like both." Cloud replied.

"I'd like to finish all this." Leon said, his innermost thoughts coming forth.

"In time." Cloud encouraged him and stood up, knowing that the busy day ahead of them was only just beginning.

Author's Note: So apparently none of the symbols I use from word transfer over, because I tried using extra spaces or dotted lines to separate scenes and its not working. So I could go back and edit it on here….or I can leave it. I cant decide . My classes are A LOT harder than I expected and I'm taking 2 extra classes, so it's pretty much social and academic suicide, so please be patient if my posts go missing for a day or two. I'm sorry in advance!

Thanks for reading and I'd appreciate any reviews or comments or even advice ^_^

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