New Beginnings:
Cloud could not help but over hear the man's conversation with Leon and the boy Cloud assumed to be Riku.
"Come on boys, it's the first day of school. Have a heart and give an old man a break this year huh? I mean I would hate to have to call your mother on the first day of school. That poor woman has enough to deal with, without having to come all the way down here to reprimand you!" The principal finished with a big intake of breath. He had been speaking very fast, trying to maintain composure. Leon and Riku just looked at each other with slightly guilty expressions on their faces, thinking of their mother.
"We're sorry sir. We have both learned our lesson." Said Leon with a voice that sounded like it had uttered that very same line dozens of times, and a small sigh.
"And what exactly have you learned?" The principal gave a tired look at the two boys with a raised eyebrow and his arms crossed. Leon hung his head deciding that he could go first.
"I learned not to run down the hallway screaming profanities after my brother. Sir." He added the 'sir' quickly, trying to make it sound like he actually had respect for the burly man in front of him. Riku looked up when Leon had finished.
"And I learned not to run around screaming bloody murder, and not to disrupt classes and other people around me, and not to try to beat my brother with the janitor's wet mop." Riku did not even bother to add the extra 'sir' at the end. He just looked down and pretended to look guilty. At that the principal turned to Cloud and Sora.
"And what can I do for you two gentlemen?" He asked with a skeptical look at Cloud. Cloud just tapped Sora on the shoulder to indicate Sora to explain himself, but Sora just stood there looking at Cloud with a pleading look. Cloud rolled his eyes at Sora before he began to speak. By this time the principal looked rather irritated, but it did not phase Cloud. Cloud regarded the principal with a blank look on his face, showing no emotion what so ever.
"We are new here, and my brother got lost. He also lost his schedule and needs to find out where he needs to go." The principal just blinked a few times at Cloud's emotionless voice, followed by a few seconds of a confused look, then back into his normal exasperated expression.
"Sheryl, Can you please pull up this young man's schedule." He asked the receptionist at the front desk who wore way too much make-up and stale perfume. She just nodded and did what was asked after Sora gave her his name.
"As for knowing where to go…" he pointed to Leon and Riku. "You two will show them to their classes, that is if you think you can do this simple task without further incident." He gave an aggravated look at the brothers who sat there looking all too comfortable. The brothers just stood up and walked over to where Cloud and Leon where standing. As Sheryl printed out the copy of Sora's schedule and handed it to him, the four boys walked out of the cramped office.
Once they got a good bit down the empty hall they stopped to introduce themselves. Riku spoke first.
"Hey, the name's Riku. And this piece of shit is my big bro Leon." He shook both Cloud and Sora's hands as Leon smacked him on the back of the head. Sora giggled at the brother's antics. 'Awww, how cute!' Riku thought to himself while a slow smile began to form on his lips as he watched Sora. Sora introduced himself next, although his eyes remained fixed on Riku's.
"I'm Sora, and this here is my brother Cloud! We're new here!" Sora said in a very excited voice. He liked Riku already. 'He seems so funny!' Sora thought as he giggled again. Leon looked at Cloud for a moment, trying to figure out why he looked so familiar. 'Oh! He's the gorgeous guy I had the pleasure of running into this morning!' He was suddenly very happy that he would be leading this young man around.
"I believe we already met." He said giving Cloud a small nod. Cloud just nodded in return. They stood there for a moment just silently regarding each other before Sora broke the slight tension, drawing their attention back to him.
"You'll have to excuse my brother, if you looked up 'anti-social' in the dictionary, his name and picture would come up next to it…ow!" It was Cloud's turn to hit his brother on the back of the head, still not saying a word. Riku looked up at Leon before sniggering to himself.
"Man Leon, now you'll have some competition to be the most anti-social kid in school." As Riku and Sora began to snigger, well Riku sniggered, Sora giggled, Leon just rolled his eyes. While it was true Leon did not really speak that much, he was not anti-social. He was actually really popular. He had his whole tough-guy exterior, but really he was a big softy to anyone other than Riku. But Leon still did not know what to think of Cloud. 'Sure he's beautiful, but are there brains behind the beauty? And is he really as cold as he came across as?' Leon didn't think he was really all that cold. 'I mean he did help take his brother to get some help, and he seems rather protective of him, which is more than I would have done for Riku…I would probably laugh at Riku if he got lost' Leon continued to think about Cloud as Riku took Sora's hand, leading them to his first period class which happens to be the same as Riku's.
Now it was just Cloud and Leon standing silently in the hallway. Cloud cleared his throat, trying to get Leon's attention. When Leon finally looked up he noticed for the first time that Riku and Sora had left.
"Would you mind pointing me in the right direction of class 205?"Cloud asked in his quiet tone. Leon gave Cloud a slight smirk before standing up from where he was leaning against the wall.
"I can do you one better, follow me. I have the same class." And with that, they were off to officially start their first day of school.
(A/N: well here is chapter 2! I hope you liked it. I know its still going kinda slow but bear with me. I will try to make the next chapter a little more interesting. Please review with what you think about my story so far!)