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Warning: Fluffy! Cute! And lots of other stuff!

Chapter four, Even Dolls Have a Heart

Never had he thought that swordsplay would be so very, very hard. Never. That's why he always asked himself if he could really trust Zelos every night before he went to sleep. It turns out that for a few hours every day, the red-head would go out into the gardens and practice with his sword. So first he would sit and watch Zelos basically showing off, and then would be forced to do difficult tasks to build strength and endurance and such. Finally he would get to hold his swords for a few seconds. Then it was time to go off and do whatever else Zelos had in mind, whether it be going places, or just following a few orders (they had gotten easier, though, for some reason). Always pulled between thoughts of his master, it was getting harder to understand what he really thought of him. Quite often was he put in positions like the other day...and slowly he was feeling himself begin to relax instead of tense up. That's what scared him the most.

Every morning now he seemed to get the same wake-up call. An obnoxious and overly hyper Zelos pounced on him like a dog and began licking every inch of his face with constant cries of his name, and that he should wake up. Well, today he had outsmarted that red-head! There was a pillow hidden under his blankets instead of himself, and he was safe outside the room, pressed against the wall with his own little grin. Praising himself, he didn't see the said male walking over with a raised eyebrow, until Zelos had pressed him up against the wall and stuck his tongue past his open lips to drag it over his teeth. Lloyd had squirmed violently in attempts to get himself free, and made quite a few noises in protest, however, he was not a match for the older male's strength. Not only that, but his resolve crumbled before he knew it. Just as he was preparing himself to kiss back, the lips were gone, as was the tongue, leaving his mouth feeling slightly cold and empty.

"Morning bedhead," Zelos murmured into his ear, ruffling his hair before winking and wandering off to go do...God knows what. Lloyd turned a peculiar shade of red, the proceeded to run off in search of something to do. Why were there butterflies in his stomach, and nothing similar to a coherent thought at all in his brain? Only that longing feeling to have lips upon his once again. Those two, warm lips...

Throughout the day he hid from Zelos, even when his name was specifically called. He couldn't have those feelings returning! Even if they did every time he saw those lovely blue eyes, or a lock of red hair...oh great. Now he was acting like a school girl, obsessing over Zelos' looks. He wasn't even gay! Nu-uh! No way! Guys weren't attractive at all! He wanted a wife and children, and...and...his name was being called again in that voice...

"Lloyd, I swear if you don't get out here already, I'm going to...do really bad things!"

Before he could stop himself, he moved out of his hiding place and waved with a happy smile.

"Zelos! I was looking for you! It gets really hard to find people here..." he was cut off as the red-head pounced on him and forced him to the floor. Lips tickled his neck and ear, causing his cheeks to light up, and blood to begin filling other areas as well.

"If you ever pull that stunt again..." one finger had been tracing down his back, and Lloyd emitted a bit of a yelp as it was pushed and fairly roughly into the crack behind him. It was enough to make him squirm and claw at the ground with a bit of a whimper of Zelos' name.

"It hurts, doesn't it? This is what it feels like, in my chest, to know that you were hiding from me. Why were you hiding, Lloyd?" There was evident hurt in Zelos' voice. In fact, there had to be more emotion in it than Lloyd had ever heard before. It surprised him, and he had hardly realized that he had been turned around, and was now cradled against the same chest that he had been when he had cried all those days ago. "I was worried that...maybe you had run away, and gotten lost out there and I wouldn't see you again. Don't...don't ever do that to me."

"Zelos, I" Stopping in his tracks, he noticed the butler looking at them. Of course, he didn't portray any emotion.

"Master Zelos, there's someone here to see you. She says that you called her about today..." Lloyd was surprised. Zelos hadn't had a girl over in a few days. But a kiss was placed quickly upon his lips, and the weight was gone, off his chest without another word. There was quite a bit of lonliness in him when he realized that Zelos had left, and hadn't said anything else to him. Nothing. Maybe that would have at least eased his pain, if only by a fraction. Visiting one of the maids, he got himself a sticky note and pen, scribbling down that he had gone out, and would be back later sometime, only to place it upon Zelos' pillow and leave without telling anyone else.

Names of the people he used to hang out with flickered through his mind as he placed his hands in his pockets and made his way to the nearest bus stop. No point in asking Zelos' chauffer to take him anywhere without Zelos by his side. No matter how he wished not to, he had to admit that it was really only that red-head that he wanted to see. But he was already on the bus, moving towards those familiar houses.

Before he had always thought that his best friend's house was the biggest ever. Especially compared to his house, that is. Having only a sister to take care of him, the house that they lived in was a pretty big accomplishment as well. Moving up to the friendly white door, he could only stare at it for the longest of moments before pressing the doorbell. It was one of those real sounding ones. Not the annoying machanical ones. Memories of how they used to play with the doorbell flooded back, and he couldn't help but smile. Then the door opened with the sound of,

"Don't worry Raine, I've got iLloyd!" Of course it was the silver-haired boy from class. His best friend. But the surprise in his voice wasn't only because he hadn't seen Lloyd in a while, but because he had forgotten to change out of his outfit.

"What in...what are you wearing!" That caused Lloyd to blush heavily, and he looked away and sighed.

"Just let me in. I'll explain."

"You better..." was his answer as he was allowed inside the house. Raine, their teacher, as well as the younger one's sister, had come to see what was going on after the exclaimation. As Lloyd stepped into the house, she placed a hand over her mouth to surpress her giggles.

"Wh-why Lloyd...it...it's a pleasure to see you." she managed, obviously trying very hard to keep a straight face.

"Yes, and you too, Raine..." Lloyd murmured darkly, sitting down upon one of their nice couches while Raine's brother gave his sister a bit of his own cross look.

"Lloyd, where have you been? It's been ages since you've gone to school, and everyone thinks you've died." sitting next to Lloyd, the silver-haired boy got a serious look, while Raine nodded and placed her hands on her hips.

"It's really harming your grade, if that's even possible..."

"Well...my father...died. So...I've been looking for work to keep the house, because I don't want to move away from you guys. The only job I could find was one involving becoming a servant for this really perverted guy..." he was going to add in how handsome the guy looked, but decided against it, instead looking away. "Now he's also my gaurdian, I guess, or that's what he says. I can't stand him, though."

"Has he done anything really bad to you? Lloyd, we can call the cops and have him arrested. You are underage, you know."

"That's the whole reason why I can't, Genis!" Shaking the silver-haired boy by his shoulders, he sighed, releasing him when Raine threatened to hit him. "They'll put me in a foster home...and he really hasn't done anything that bad." Not counting the fact that he...no! He hated it! It was horrible! He was just saying that so they would drop it.

"This is a really bad situation to be in. We'll adopt you and everything, but..." Genis began, but was cut off by his sister.

"Adopt him? I don't think there's enough room in this house..."

"But Raine! What'll Lloyd do? We can't just leave him..." Silence filled the house, and Lloyd shifted uneasily on the couch. Perhaps it was a bad idea to have come here, or to at least have told them about what was going on.

"Come on guys, drop it. I'm fine. And I need to go catch a bus back, so I'll talk to you later." Without waiting for a reply, Lloyd hurried out of the house, and into the street, not running to the bus stop, but instead towards where he knew his empty house would be standing. While he was out and roaming, he wanted badly to check on it again. Maybe...he'd wake up, and this would all be one really long, really bad dream. Dad would be downstairs with his coffee and the newspaper, telling him that it was time to get his lazy butt to school before he was late. Like his dad always said, if he couldn't get good grades, he might as well just get grades. Someday he would learn something useful. The old shack-like house came within sight, and he stopped in front of it. Just like how he left it. Smiling a bit, he wondered when they would notice that he wasn't paying those bills, and come to evict him. Only, he wouldn't be here, and they would be confused. How fun that would be to watch. A sigh escaped his lips, and he felt that it was too painful to go inside. The picture wouldn't be in there, dad wouldn't be in there...it just wouldn't be his house anymore. He...didn't have a house anymore...the thought made his heart wrench inside his chest, and his eyes become hot. Slowly his lithe body began to crumple underneath its own weight and he fell to his knees in the half-dead grass, hardly noticing the few cuts he got on his knees through the pantyhose, too busy covering his eyes as he began to cry like a little baby. Luckily the street was hardly busy, and people hardly went out of their houses.

"I...I have...no home...there's...no where I can go...anymore...D-dad..." he whimpered, trying his hardest to be quiet. Through this whirr of thoughts and feelings, he didn't even notice the sound of a car pulling up.

"Lloyd?" the call evaded his ears, and still did he just sit there crying, and murmuring over his loss of a home. But soon, he felt very familiar and comforting arms around him, and a cheek atop his head. No questions needed to be asked about how he was found, he only knew that he was cared for enough to be found. And that filled him with warmth, despite the feeling of the blanket of night closing in, and chills pushing past his skimpy clothing.

"Shh, you have a home," was whispered in his ear, and he could only shake his head in reply. No, he didn't...and no, he didn't want to give in to those strong arms, those warm arms, those comforting arms...

"Yes, you do. Your home is with me, back at the mansion. Please, don't ever leave it again without me..." The voice was so soft...

"B-but...my home...my dad...everything...I don't belong with..." They were both guys! Of course he didn't belong with Zelos. As much as he felt like he wanted to, for now he could understand this feeling a bit more...It's desire, he thought. Desire to be with him, just as my thoughts always revolve around him.

"Of course you belong with me. Why ever would you say that you don't?" There was a lot of curiousity and worry in the voice, and one finger brushed away the tears. Somehow that stopped the rest of them from coming, and he felt better. But he knew it was wrong.

"Guys...we're both..." Lloyd took a shallow breath, shaking a bit in the process. Had he just given his feelings away?

"So? Liking a guy is just like liking a girl. You don't have to be gay to fall in love with a guy. In fact, you're only gay if you're attracted to only guys, and only get crushes on guys, and have no sexual interest in girls. Besides, there's nothing wrong with being gay. You like who you like. It's better to think that way then to force yourself to look at girls, and pretend you like them, and even to have sex with them just because you don't want to admit to yourself who you really like." There was a bit of sadness in his voice as he spoke, but it had to be one of the most mature things he had said since Lloyd had met him.

"R...eally...?" Lloyd asked, sniffling a bit and turning to look at those beautiful eyes he had grown to live for. That and his voice, and his smile, and just about everything else that involved Zelos. It made him want to smack himself, so he did it mentally.

"Yeah. So just chill." he smiled a bit and ruffled Lloyd's hair, getting the brunette to laugh a bit. Their embrace became tighter, and a few kisses was littered upon Lloyd's forehead.

"I may not be a daddy or anything, but I'm still a Zelos. Hopefully that'll be enough to please you." he winked a bit and laughed himself. Okay, so now he was starting to sound like the dumb red-head that he was. Lloyd stuck his tongue out at Zelos, but cuddled close to him.

"It's not like I'm a daddy's boy. Don't worry about me. I just needed to get that out of my system. I mean, I'm seventeen. I can live perfectly fine, all on my own." Suddenly two hot lips were pressed tight against his, and he made a slight muffled sound of surprise. But he didn't fight it this time, merely allowing them to caress his own in a bit of a firey manner. Slowly he began to relax even further, and this time he was able to kiss back before Zelos pulled away, but found himself breathless when he did so. Zelos was grinning widely at Lloyd for the longest of times...and then his expression became quite serious.

"You could live on your own...but...please don't. I want you to live with me, okay?" Surprised by the seriousness, and tenderness, of Zelos' voice he blushed slightly and looked at the grass.

"...It depends." he said after a moment, brown eyes meeting blue ones once again after a moment of pause.

"Yeah?" Zelos asked, cocking his head to one side and raising an eyebrow.

"Will you sleep with any more girls, even though you don't want to?" The red-head was obviously surprised beyond reason at this, his eyes widening...but after a few moments his surprised look turned into a smile.

"Of course I will." Zelos pinned Lloyd on the ground, licking at his neck. "But that means I get to touch you, and you can't tell me to stop." With a pout, Lloyd sighed. Really, he didn't mind, he was just a bit nervous about it.

"Sure, whatever." Looking away, he pawed at Zelos' nose.

"Hey...why don't we go back to our home...together?" the question caught Lloyd by surprise, and he felt his heart melt a bit.

"Okay! Race you to the car!" Both shared a laugh, and even if they didn't really race, they held hands all the way to the car, and all the way back to their shared home.

A/n: I could just end it there XD but you see, it is not the ending. For I have yet to include the lemon, and there are other things in store. Such as, they haven't said, "I love you" yet. But there might only be two to three more chapters left v.v I'm sad to say. Maybe I'll actually finish this one, though! However...I believe I've figured out a reward for one hundred reviews :3 how would you all like another story from me? This one has done so well that I think I wouldn't mind doing another. It would be a Tales of Symphonia one, and filled with yaoi (Lloyd and Zelos as the pairing, again) and probably an AU. And would be rated R, and have the lemon on the same site as I'll be putting this one XD think about it. Until next Monday!