Disclaimer: Don't own them. What else do you want me to say? -_-;
A/N: Well, I guess here is another installment. Heh. Yeah, I know the end of the last chapter was… suck. Oh, well. I've been In this mood and whatever comes out… does. And I don't feel like fixing it or… meh. Heh… yeah… maybe this one will be somewhat "decent."
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Chapter 7
It Happens Every Day
There was a pregnant silence in the room, holding so much more emotion than either would admit. Neither wished to speak as it could shatter what precious life they had. They knew, though, they would not sleep in either's arms tonight. It wasn't what fates had planned for this pair. The night was too dark, too still. It wasn't right.
"Why me?" the blonde asked his companion as he closed his eyes and rolled away from the warm embrace. He felt so chilled when he lost that contact of flesh, but with that question… he lost the right to touch the beautiful man he had just given himself to.
Squall sat up slowly and looked at his beauty next to him. "What do you mean?" he asked in a tight voice. "I could not have picked any other, Cloud… I… I love you," he admitted in almost silence. He couldn't let hardly any hear this news as it could be turned against him. Even his own heart could betray him.
The stoic man stood up and shook his head lightly, a blank expression resting on his features. "This wasn't meant to be. You can't love someone your heart was never meant to meet again. We lived in different places; seemingly different times… after our childhoods we weren't supposed to encounter… this is wrong… so wrong…" me murmured in a flat voice.
"It isn't wrong. You just are trying to make it seem wrong. If we weren't supposed to meet again, we wouldn't have!" he commented in return, grabbing the man who was seated near him, but mentally so far away. "You don't care anymore, do you?" he asked in a shallow voice.
"No… I don't. I can't be with you… it's better to part now. We must lead two very different lives and once these worlds are sealed off again… I'll never see you ever again," he told Squall as he stood slowly. His feet took him to the window, making him look on the sullen grounds.
Brown hair fell slowly into the man's eyes that remained on the bed, trying to hide his tears. "Fine. Then leave; just leave. I won't care, either. If you can just shrug me off like that, then it wasn't meant to be. I guess it was stupid to vow to protect someone like you. Cold hearted…" he trailed off and bit the inside of his mouth.
Cloud nodded to Squall's words and slung his blade over his shoulder. "This is good-bye. Forever," he stated in his cold and emotionless voice, covering the tears that ran down his face. He left without another word, leaving loneliness as a companion for his one-night stand.
It seemed as if in that moment, darkness befell everything. What light remained seemed to dim. Those creatures that were of the night began to fall, being summoned back to their master, and if they had none, their bodies gave into nothing.
Cloud tried to hold on. He knew he felt his soul being ripped from his body. He was fading to the black. Everything was being shattered around him. Buildings were fading. Light was dimming. The end of the world had been breeched and now they were all to fade to darkness. It was all to be gone. He just wanted to survive. He wanted so much to see that face before he joined the nothingness.
Silver tears fell from his eyes as he started to feel himself losing his mind to black. He gasped out, trying to take in what was left of the delicate atmosphere. His strength was bleeding from his body as the darkness seeped in. His whole body seemed to be shutting down on him.
A voice cracked through the night. It was his name that was called out, but it was too late. He found himself being too rapidly consumed by the darkness. It hurt so much in his chest, he just wanted to touch the man who cried out his name. Though, he knew his last touch would be that bitter one that passed between them.
Just as his lover was about to take him in his arms, his mind slipped away. He was no more. His being united with the darkness and his body would decay to one against stardust… stardust that would fade into black. Everything would be of nothing in time. It was only a matter of time.
Squall panted as he fell to his knees at the lifeless body of Cloud. He grabbed the man and pulled him into his arms, sobbing. He couldn't hold back his tears anymore and it all escaped. He couldn't believe it… the one he vowed to protect was gone. He, too, would join him soon, but it just wasn't soon enough.
He pulled phoenix down from his pocket, knowing it wouldn't help, but desperate. He pressed it against the man's breast as hard as he could. He felt like a fool doing this, but he didn't care. He needed Cloud back. He wanted him. He was the only thing he had left in his life.
The brunette placed his forehead on the other man's body and felt his own tremble in pain and anger. He was so mad at himself for letting this happen. He had vowed… He had broken it. Nothing was left but to embrace the darkness now.
Pulling himself around the blonde man, he let the phoenix down fall to the ground, getting muddy and damp from one last puddle that rested there. He felt the planet tremble as it started to break up and lose its mass. He would be the last left. He knew that. He would die completely alone in this place because his heart was too bright to fade so quickly.
Even as his soul was ripped from his body… he would never let go of the other body. He would hold him in an eternal nothing. They would rest without distraction or anger. It was perfect. A world of no hatred, anger, fear… but it was also a world of no joy or happiness. It was just… blank.
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A/N: Sorry this chapter is short. And sorry it took forever to get out… I wanted to leave it at this because… I don't know, but I just do. The next chapter will hopefully get out faster *and* I hope for it to be longer than this one. I'm finally on summer break, so, my life is settling down a bit more and I'll have more time to write. I've just been mass busy.
A/N: Well, I guess here is another installment. Heh. Yeah, I know the end of the last chapter was… suck. Oh, well. I've been In this mood and whatever comes out… does. And I don't feel like fixing it or… meh. Heh… yeah… maybe this one will be somewhat "decent."
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Chapter 7
It Happens Every Day
There was a pregnant silence in the room, holding so much more emotion than either would admit. Neither wished to speak as it could shatter what precious life they had. They knew, though, they would not sleep in either's arms tonight. It wasn't what fates had planned for this pair. The night was too dark, too still. It wasn't right.
"Why me?" the blonde asked his companion as he closed his eyes and rolled away from the warm embrace. He felt so chilled when he lost that contact of flesh, but with that question… he lost the right to touch the beautiful man he had just given himself to.
Squall sat up slowly and looked at his beauty next to him. "What do you mean?" he asked in a tight voice. "I could not have picked any other, Cloud… I… I love you," he admitted in almost silence. He couldn't let hardly any hear this news as it could be turned against him. Even his own heart could betray him.
The stoic man stood up and shook his head lightly, a blank expression resting on his features. "This wasn't meant to be. You can't love someone your heart was never meant to meet again. We lived in different places; seemingly different times… after our childhoods we weren't supposed to encounter… this is wrong… so wrong…" me murmured in a flat voice.
"It isn't wrong. You just are trying to make it seem wrong. If we weren't supposed to meet again, we wouldn't have!" he commented in return, grabbing the man who was seated near him, but mentally so far away. "You don't care anymore, do you?" he asked in a shallow voice.
"No… I don't. I can't be with you… it's better to part now. We must lead two very different lives and once these worlds are sealed off again… I'll never see you ever again," he told Squall as he stood slowly. His feet took him to the window, making him look on the sullen grounds.
Brown hair fell slowly into the man's eyes that remained on the bed, trying to hide his tears. "Fine. Then leave; just leave. I won't care, either. If you can just shrug me off like that, then it wasn't meant to be. I guess it was stupid to vow to protect someone like you. Cold hearted…" he trailed off and bit the inside of his mouth.
Cloud nodded to Squall's words and slung his blade over his shoulder. "This is good-bye. Forever," he stated in his cold and emotionless voice, covering the tears that ran down his face. He left without another word, leaving loneliness as a companion for his one-night stand.
It seemed as if in that moment, darkness befell everything. What light remained seemed to dim. Those creatures that were of the night began to fall, being summoned back to their master, and if they had none, their bodies gave into nothing.
Cloud tried to hold on. He knew he felt his soul being ripped from his body. He was fading to the black. Everything was being shattered around him. Buildings were fading. Light was dimming. The end of the world had been breeched and now they were all to fade to darkness. It was all to be gone. He just wanted to survive. He wanted so much to see that face before he joined the nothingness.
Silver tears fell from his eyes as he started to feel himself losing his mind to black. He gasped out, trying to take in what was left of the delicate atmosphere. His strength was bleeding from his body as the darkness seeped in. His whole body seemed to be shutting down on him.
A voice cracked through the night. It was his name that was called out, but it was too late. He found himself being too rapidly consumed by the darkness. It hurt so much in his chest, he just wanted to touch the man who cried out his name. Though, he knew his last touch would be that bitter one that passed between them.
Just as his lover was about to take him in his arms, his mind slipped away. He was no more. His being united with the darkness and his body would decay to one against stardust… stardust that would fade into black. Everything would be of nothing in time. It was only a matter of time.
Squall panted as he fell to his knees at the lifeless body of Cloud. He grabbed the man and pulled him into his arms, sobbing. He couldn't hold back his tears anymore and it all escaped. He couldn't believe it… the one he vowed to protect was gone. He, too, would join him soon, but it just wasn't soon enough.
He pulled phoenix down from his pocket, knowing it wouldn't help, but desperate. He pressed it against the man's breast as hard as he could. He felt like a fool doing this, but he didn't care. He needed Cloud back. He wanted him. He was the only thing he had left in his life.
The brunette placed his forehead on the other man's body and felt his own tremble in pain and anger. He was so mad at himself for letting this happen. He had vowed… He had broken it. Nothing was left but to embrace the darkness now.
Pulling himself around the blonde man, he let the phoenix down fall to the ground, getting muddy and damp from one last puddle that rested there. He felt the planet tremble as it started to break up and lose its mass. He would be the last left. He knew that. He would die completely alone in this place because his heart was too bright to fade so quickly.
Even as his soul was ripped from his body… he would never let go of the other body. He would hold him in an eternal nothing. They would rest without distraction or anger. It was perfect. A world of no hatred, anger, fear… but it was also a world of no joy or happiness. It was just… blank.
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A/N: Sorry this chapter is short. And sorry it took forever to get out… I wanted to leave it at this because… I don't know, but I just do. The next chapter will hopefully get out faster *and* I hope for it to be longer than this one. I'm finally on summer break, so, my life is settling down a bit more and I'll have more time to write. I've just been mass busy.