Lemme guess, everyone has completely forgotten about this story by now::sighs:: I'm so sorry! I promise that this story will be done by the end of my summer vacation! And yes, you are all allowed to hit me for my lazyness xD;; Gwah. Well, chapter 21 is up now xD;;

Chapter 21

One week later, Kadaj found himself waking up to the sound of a little baby's laughter, though he used minutes to finally force his eyes open. All this days after birth, he'd only felt tired, it was like only sitting up would make him exhausted and he ended up just falling back towards the pillows. Once he had tried to even stand, though it had only made him fall back at Cloud who'd held him due to the pain caused by the birth. Now he woke up seeing Cloud holding the little one in his arms, talking randomly to him, although the baby couldn't possibly understand any of what Cloud said to him, cause after what Kadaj had realized, the kid knew no words. According to Cloud, they were supposed to teach the baby all words. Something that sounded very tiring in Kadaj's opinion, and he had no clue HOW to do it. He wondered if maybe it was exactly that Cloud was doing now.

"What are you doing?" Kadaj mumbled with a tired voice, looking sleepily at Cloud who tilted his head towards him.

"Talking to your son" Cloud stated simply, causing Kadaj to let out a huff.

"He's your son too" he mumbled, though asking further right after, "what are you saying to him?"

Something that could resemble a smile formed on Cloud's lips as he stood up to place their child back in his small bed, then turning to kiss Kadaj's forehead and sit closer to the tired youth.

"Just explaining to him why you're so tired" Cloud finally answered, making Kadaj look questioningly at him.

"And why's that?" Kadaj asked, slightly amused.

"Due to his stupid father" Cloud leaned down to Kadaj, so close that their noses touched, before he whispered an apologise, making Kadaj raise an eyebrow to give him a weird look.

"You're blaming yourself?" he asked, getting a slight nod as answer as Cloud kept looking right into his eyes, "why?"

At the question, Cloud sat up and looked up at the ceiling.

"Well, I'm the one who impregnated you, aren't I?" Cloud answered, looking back down at Kadaj, who for the hundredth time tried to sit up after the birth one week ago, only succeeding by the help of his own hands holding him up.

"That doesn't make it your fault" Kadaj stated firmly, glaring at Cloud, who actually gave him a true smile as he leaned forward to kiss Kadaj on the lips.

"Does that mean you forgive me?" he asked, and Kadaj once again was reminded of how much of a dork the man he loved sometimes could be, though too tired to put up some kind of argument. Instead he mumbled a yes, and for the hundredth time in a week; fell towards the pillows again.

Cloud stood up, tilting his head as he crossed his arms over his chest, looking down at Kadaj's tired, but still awake, body.

"You know, you do actually worry me a little, Kadaj" Cloud mumbled after a while, a more serious look appearing on his face as Kadaj looked up at him with eyes about to close for sleep, "I mean, are you really supposed to be this tired still, a whole week after? Shouldn't you at least be able to walk around a bit by now?"

Kadaj sighed, closing his eyes as he mumbled quietly "I guess not" as an answer to the last question, before he readied himself to go back to sleep once again, though he was denied it when Cloud continued talking to him.

"Yuffie claimed to me the other day that it wasn't normal, that you're supposed to feel better sooner" Cloud stated, believing Yuffie most likely knew more about pregnancy and birth than he did, since she, in fact, was a woman.

"Well, she's a woman and I'm not." Kadaj stated, only looking at Cloud with one eye open as sleep seemed incredibly alluring now.

Cloud sighed. Letting his arms fall back at his sides as he decided to let it go by that fact. Thinking it probably was true, a male body wasn't supposed to give birth after all, so it probably took longer for Kadaj's body to recover from it than it takes for a woman. Seeing Kadaj yawn, he heard the youth mumbling towards him.

"You worry too much, nii-san" and seconds later, it was obvious that Kadaj was back into deep sleep. Cloud couldn't help but lean forwards and kiss Kadaj once more on his forehead before checking if their son was fast asleep as well. When he assured that both were fast asleep, he walked quietly out of the room and back into the kitchen, finding Yazoo sitting by the table holding a cup with warm liquid. As Cloud walked into the room, Yazoo glanced up at him.

Ever since one week ago, when Kadaj had given birth, there had been no quarrels between them. They had both agreed to keep quiet for Kadaj's sake, and as that promise had kept them from yelling, they had found themselves actually talking to each other. Though still a bit on each others bad side, they finally had let their hatred go. At least that's what Cloud hoped, he still wasn't sure what kind of thoughts that actually lurked deepest into Yazoo's mind, as the silver haired man had a tendency to disappear into his own thoughts. But now, as he sat down at the table, he found Yazoo either had to be in a good mood, or his guessing was true, as Yazoo glanced down at his cup of coffee before looking back up at Cloud.

"You want some coffee?" Yazoo randomly asked, as if he actually cared for Cloud.

"That would be nice" Cloud replied, putting his head in his hands as he leaned forwards on the table, suddenly feeling exhausted himself. And Yazoo stood up and went over to where they kept their cups, grabbed one and poured newly made coffee into it, placing it down before Cloud as he sat back down.

"How's my little brother?" he then asked, taking a sip of his own coffee, hearing Cloud sigh.

"He's fine, I guess" Cloud mumbled, covering his face in his arms for a few seconds before reaching out for his coffee.

"You guess?" Yazoo asked with an edge to his voice while Cloud took a big swallow of his coffee. Setting the cup back down Cloud answered.

"Yes, I mean it's not like he feel any better than before. He's still just as tired, which kind of worries me" Cloud sighed again, "Yuffie claimed he should be better by now, though Kadaj himself says it's probably because his pregnancy was different, very different"

Yazoo looked at him. For more than a minute he just looked at him, before he in the end leaned back in his chair, stating calmly.

"Kadaj's probably right. As long as he don't get worse I guess we can stay calm"

Cloud nodded quietly, keeping his head back in his hands, staring down at the dark brown kitchen table, keeping quiet. He could hear Yazoo take another sip of his coffee before putting his cup down again, and suddenly he found Yazoo leaning forwards on the table to stare Cloud into his eyes.

"You seem stressed" Yazoo said just as calmly as always, and Cloud found he couldn't say anything against that.

"I guess I am" he just mumbled in reply, and for a little while they were just looking at each other, both leaned over the old kitchen table, before Yazoo suddenly stood up and began to walk behind Cloud.

"So what are we going to do when Kadaj gets better?" Yazoo asked. Soon after Cloud could feel a couple of hands on his neck, startling him at first before he leant into Yazoo's hands as they began to massage his neck and shoulders. He didn't care to react towards Yazoo's sudden change in actions towards him, being so kind one of a sudden.

"Well…" Cloud mumbled, sighing as he felt Yazoo's hands do wonders to his stress.

"When Kadaj gets better, we're heading back to Edge."

-End of Chapter-

And that is. I will hopefully get the next chapter up next week xD Yep. And, I'm sorry folks, the name of the little boy will not be revealed yet ;) hehe (but that is because Cloud and Kadaj hasn't decided it yet ;P)