Cloud stared blankly at the page in front of him. He, Reno, and Zack were in English where they were supposed to be reading this book. Now Cloud had really tired, but the book was so ultimately boring that every few sentences he would zone out. Finally he quit trying and opted to just stare mindlessly at the page. He looked down as he saw two pictures being slid face down onto his desk. He looked up at Reno who sat back in his seat smiling. He mouthed the words 'Give one to Zack' jerking his head towards the boy sitting behind him. Cloud turned around in his desk to face Zack. Zack had his hand propped up on one arm trying hard not to fall asleep. Cloud slid one of the pictures onto his desk as he turned around to look at the other. He slowly lifted it the picture only to slam it loudly back onto the desk his face turning bright red. A few students looked at him before going back to their books. He heard Zack snort before making an 'awww'-ing sound behind him. Cloud picked up the picture again. Apparently Reno had gotten a picture of their New Years kiss without him knowing. Both of their faces were flushed, Cloud smiling against Zack's lips. The sparkly purple 'Happy New Years' tiara didn't help either. The picture had been taken at an angle giving it an almost artistic touch, of course that was probably only because Reno had been drunk off his ass and wouldn't have been able to hold a camera straight if he had wanted to. He felt Zack lean over his shoulder to see if his was the same.
"I think it's nice." Zack said quietly in his ear sitting back down in his seat. Cloud stared at the picture in his hand. Despite how embarrassing it was, it really was a nice picture. He smiled at Reno who smiled brightly before going back to his own book.
Reno set his lunch down on the lunch table sitting down in the seat next to Sephiroth.
"I come bearing gifts!" He announced pulling out a stack of photos. He spread them out on the table so they could all look at once. Cloud snorted at the one of Roxas passed out on Axel. Now that he thought about it, he probably shouldn't have let his little brother get so drunk but at least he was with him and not alone at some party. Was that one of Sephiroth giggling?! Sephiroth snatched up the picture glaring at Reno,
"What the hell is this?" He said in a threatening voice. Reno looked at the picture smiling,
"A picture of you in an undignified, drunken moment."
"I am destroying this picture." He said ripping it in half.
"Go ahead." Reno said with a shrug, "Digital camera, I can just print another one." Sephiroth gave Reno a murderous look. "Aww, cheer up Honey. It makes good blackmail." Reno said reaching over to pat his cheek. Sephiroth jerked away from Reno's hand.
"I told you not to call me that in public." He mumbled out causing everyone else to pause and stare at him. Sephiroth pretended not to notice as he picked up another picture taking a bite of his food. Reno snickered to himself. Roxas finally snapped and slammed his fist onto the table,
"Goddamn it! I can't tell if you are joking or not!" He screamed loud enough for the entire cafeteria to hear. He got up and stormed out of the cafeteria shoving some poor freshman causing them to drop their food on the floor. They all stared after him until Cloud turned to Axel,
"That's you're boyfriend." He said in an almost accusing tone. Axel stared at him for a second before saying,
"That's you're blood."
After lunch had ended they all headed off towards their own classes. Cloud walked through the hall looking at his schedule; the semester having changed he had some new classes. He groaned as he read his next class, Government, joy. He walked into the classroom and looked around. He noticed a sheet of paper taped to the bored with 'Seating Chart' written above it. He rolled his eyes as he walked over to it, he just loved seating charts. He scanned the list find a number seven written next to his name. He turned to find his desk happy to see it was somewhat in the back. He slid into his desk slumping in his seat. There were a few other students in the room but no teacher. Sighing he hunched over to lay his head on the desk. He was staring at his shoe when he noticed another pair of shoes enter his line of vision. They looked normal enough poking out from their owner's jeans except for the fact that they weren't moving. Cloud looked up from the person's shoes to the person's face, or more specifically, the face of Leon. They stared dumbly at each other almost a little shocked. They hadn't had a class together since, what, freshman year? Leon didn't say anything as he slid into the desk in front of Cloud. He stared at the back of Leon's head thinking that his hair wasn't nearly dark enough. He looked up as the bell rang and their teacher walked in.
"Hello class. Welcome to Government." She said folding her hands over her large waistline. "Today you will be watching the news because frankly I don't feel like doing anything today." Cloud raised an eyebrow as she turned on the TV before sitting down at her desk to play around with her computer or whatever teachers did on those things. Reno swore they were all porn addicts. The class sat in silence, the only sounds being the teacher's obnoxiously long nails on the keyboard and the reporter saying something about out of control cheerleaders. He looked forward as Leon turned around to face him. They stared at each other for a moment.
"Hi." Leon finally said.
"Hey." Cloud said nodding his head slightly. Leon nodded and turned around and strangely everything was okay.
Later that day found Cloud lying in his bed with Zack. After school had gotten out Zack had come over to hang out which meant being lazy like they were now. Zack had his head resting on Cloud's shoulder while Cloud ran his fingers through his messy black hair rubbing his neck every so often.
"We end up in my bed a lot." Cloud said out of the blue. He felt Zack snort against his shirt.
"We do don't we." He answered softly. "Oh well, I like your bed." Cloud smiled as he tugged on Zack's hair a bit making him whine softly. The laid in silence for a bit as Cloud continued to play with Zack's hair.
"Leon is in my Government class." Cloud said a little hesitantly. Zack lifted his head resting his chin on Cloud's shoulder.
"Really?" He asked. Cloud nodded looking at him. "Is that…okay?" Zack asked not quite sure how to word the question. Cloud stopped to think before smiling a little,
"Yea, I think it is." He said nodding.
"Should I be jealous?" Zack asked with a small smile. Cloud snorted as he shimmied down the bed a bit so he and Zack were face to face.
"I don't know. Somehow I don't think Leon could kiss as well as you do." Cloud said in a joking manner.
"Oh really? Is that the only reason you keep me around? Because I'm a good kisser?" Zack asked as Cloud placed a hand on his neck pulling him down.
"Among other things." Cloud whispered before pressing their lips together in a simple kiss.
"Seriously, is it okay Cloud?" Zack asked after they had parted.
"Yea, I think we both have moved on."
"Good." Zack smiled as he kissed Cloud again. Zack pulled back slightly their lips still barely touching as they stared at each other through half-lidded eyes. Cloud ran his hand over the side of Zack's face to the back of his head pulling him into a deeper kiss. His hand clenched into Zack's hair as their tongues slid across each other in the most wonderful way. Cloud felt Zack's hands slid almost hesitantly up his shirt to rest shyly on his waist. As if to tell him it was okay, Cloud slid his own hand under Zack's shirt to rest on his stomach rubbing his thumb around his belly button. Zack pulled away from the desperate kiss resting his forehead on Cloud's panting slightly.
"Cloud." He breathed out. Cloud could feel the tension laced throughout Zack's body.
"Zack?" Cloud moved his hand from Zack's stomach to his lower back causing him to shiver. Zack's hands tightened on his waist as Cloud boldly slid his other hand in Zack's shirt dragging them across his chest.
"Cloud…I…:
"Shhh…" Cloud hushed him as he leaned up kissing him hard. Zack whined in the back of his throat as he kind of slumped down onto Cloud kissing him back hungrily. Throwing caution to the wind, Zack ran his hands over Cloud's chest touch every inch of skin he could. Cloud moaned loudly not only because it felt really good but also to encourage the boy above him. Cloud removed his hands out from under Zack's shirt reaching down to remove him own. Zack sat up and stared at Cloud with hungry violet eyes. Cloud tugged on Zack's shirt motioning that he wanted his off too. Zack yanked his shirt off over his head making his hair stick up a little more than it already did. Clouds breathe quickened as the sight before him. He reached up pulling Zack down on top of him kissing him frantically. They both moaned loudly at the feeling of their bare skin together. Zack ran his hands down Cloud's sides causing the blonde to arch up into his touch. Cloud broke the kiss throwing his head back as he felt Zack's hand pause over the button of his jeans. He thrust his hips up into Zack's hands clenching his teeth as Zack palmed the front of his jeans. He tried not to moan too loudly, his dad may have still been at work but Roxas was home so they had to be quiet. Cloud found this to be very difficult as Zack undid his jeans petting his lower stomach teasingly. Zack chuckled against his neck as Cloud panted harshly. He tightened his grip on Zack's shoulders as Zack began to slide his hand into his boxers. Cloud shifted his hips trying to make him hurry up.
"Cloud! Dad's home!" Both boys jumped as hey heard Roxas' voice ring through the house.
"Shit!" Cloud cursed as he pushed Zack off of him. He jumped out of the bed fixing his jeans before picking up their shirts off the floor throwing one at Zack and slipping the other over his head. Zack yanked the shirt on as he too climbed out of the bed. They turned as Cloud's door opened and Roxas poked his head in,
"Dad's home." He said before laughing.
"What?" Cloud asked looking down at himself. Since when did he have a…oh, he was wearing Zack's shirt. He looked at Zack who was wearing his shirt only it was inside out. Roxas laughed as he shook his head,
"I guess it's a good thing I gave you a warning."
They fixed their clothes so they wouldn't raise any questions from Cloud's dad. He started for his bedroom door when Zack stopped him by hugging him from behind resting his chin on his shoulder.
"You want to have dinner at my house tonight?" He asked tightening his arms around Cloud.
"Sure, why?"
"Well you said we end up at your house a lot so I figured this would a good excuse to go to my house for a change." He said letting go of him.
"Alright." Cloud said leaning to kiss Zack on the cheek before leaving the room Zack following behind. They found his dad in the front hall balancing himself against the wall as he toed off his shoes.
"Hey dad, I'm going to have dinner at Zack's tonight, alright?" Cloud said as his dad yanked off his socks.
"Whatever." He shrugged patting Cloud on the shoulder as he walked past. Cloud and Zack looked at each other sharing an amused look.
"Come on," Zack said heading to the door, "We can go ahead and head on over there." Cloud nodded as he followed Zack out to his jeep. The ride over there was quiet and uneventful. However, when they arrived at Zack's house, Cloud rolling his eyes at something stupid Zack had said, they reached the living room stopping in their tracks at the sight before them. Sephiroth was seated on the couch trying to comfort his mother who was sobbing on his shoulder, Xemnas talking quietly on the phone. They all looked up at them as they entered the room slowly. Aerith chocked back a sob as she rushed off the couch clinging to Zack.
"Oh Zack, I am so sorry!" she sobbed out as Zack held her up.
"Aerith, what happened?" He asked in panicked voice. She didn't answer, only cried harder. Sephiroth got off the couch and motioned for Cloud to follow him out into the hall. Cloud looked back at Zack before he went. Out in the hall Cloud looked at Sephiroth who looked a bit stressed.
"Seph, what happened?" Sephiroth ran his hand through his hair taking a deep breath.
"Zack's parents were in an accident." He finally said.
"…What kind of accident?" Cloud asked slowly.
"A car accident, it was a head on collision. They…they died upon impact." Cloud's jaw dropped. "Matthew is at the hospital now, but he seems to be fine." Cloud brought a hand up and clutched a handful of hair trying to process all the information. "Zack….Zack is his legal guardian now."
Whew... Okay before anyone takes anything to heart...I had planned to kill them since I began writing this... Anyway yet again I have forgotten everything I had planned on writing here so I will fill it with other crap. Have you ever had a thought that you had to stop before it got out of hand? For example the other day I was watching the Little Mermaid and as I was watching it I realized that Eric kinda reminded me of Zack (mostly the black hair blue eyes) which led to what if Cloud was a- cut off thought RIGHT there. And I had to walk away. The second I had today was I was think about how cool it would be to own a chocobo (shut-up) which led to all the things I have read about Cloud and Chocobos. Anyway that led to the image of Cloud surrounded by a herd of chocobos which led to the thought of herding chocobos which led to Zack and Clod being the 'cow' (chocobo?) boys. (insert 2 minute pause to admire Zack in a cowboy hat) anyway that led to the thought of brokeback mountain and yet again I had to cut off that thought. I. Am. A. Freak. Anyway I thought I would share that with you. Oh, and if you like you can go to my LJ (the link should be in the profile) and see the full extent of my loser-ness. Go to the post called "Clay Chocobos" Sorry I don't have anything to say about the update. I really do need to start writing that stuff down as I think of it. And don't forget to tell me how you like it (or hate it whatever.)
