Disclaimer: I hate this things If I owned KH I would have someone writing this things for me
Parings: Sora/Riku
Overall Rating: R
Chapter Rating: PG-13
Warnings: This fic is a YAOI and in case the paring didn't give it away it means male/male relationships don't like don't read. Really very simple. It's also an AU okay. Well having said that enjoy the story.
A/N: Umm Yeah I know it's been a while. Sorry!!
Sora sucked in a breath and froze. Riku on the other hand shot up from where he had been sitting on the floor and stalked up the two actors.
"Wow! Hold it right there!"
Hearing Riku's voice finally snapped Sora out of his momentary trance. Blushing he tried to pull away from Sephiroth. Sephiroth only chuckled at his efforts but dropped his hold on the boy.
"It's time I play my part"
Riku announced reaching the pair not taking his eyes away from Sephiroth. Tidus and Squall had returned in time to see Sephiroth speak his last line and had just heard Riku make the claim to play his part. Tidus frowned Riku didn't have a part in the play.
Which was the exact same thought crossing Sora's mind. Riku was still grinning. Sephiroth crossed his arms looking unimpressed.
"And what part would that be?"
Sephiroth asked the question in everyone's mind. Riku's grinned turned into a smirk, that, made Sora swallow. He knew that smirked well, too well. The smirk only meant whatever was to follow was not going to be a good thing. Slowly Riku turned his gaze from Sephiroth to Sora. Sora knew he was in trouble.
One second his feet had been on the floor, he had been looking at Riku, the next thing he knew his feet were dangling and he was staring at Riku's backside. And as nice as that view was he was not happy, and he gasped in shock and horror.
"Riku!"
Was the indignant yell that left Sora's mouth. Riku had just thrown him over his shoulder and had started walking away with him. Heading towards the stair of the stage Riku slowed down a bit and looked back at his stunned cousin. Who looked more amused than stunned.
"The part of the jealous boyfriend of course."
Riku answered the precious question and winked before walking off the stage with a cursing Sora on his shoulder. As soon as he walked off, everyone started laughing at the scene just played out before them unable to believe what had just happened. But very glad it did.
With eyes wide the only indication Squall was shocked he turned to Tidus.
"Has Riku always been so…"
"Yep"
Tidus answered nodding his head and smiled at a memory that came to his mind.
"Come to think of it he's been like that since the first day I met him"
Smiling Tidus let his mind play the memories of his childhood. A time when things were so much simple.
/Flashback/
A sigh escaped the blonde boy's lips and he scratched his forehead leaving some grains of sand in his hair. He looked up form his sandcastle to the other children playing around him. They all looked so happy playing together, well except for the boy on the swings. He looked just as lonely as he did and as much as he tried Tidus could not tell what color the boy's hair was. The boy wasn't swinging or moving much, but the light reflected off his hair making it change shades, so Tidus could not place a name to the color of the boy's hair. Squinting in the glare of the sun light, he sighed again giving up on giving a name to the boy's hair color and turned back to his task.
It was hot but he was determined to finish his sandcastle. He kept hoping some of the others kids would come over and play with him, but so far no one had approached him. Normally he would be the center of the fun, but he was new. He had moved to the his new town a few days ago and every day since came to the park hoping to make new friends. However he had, had no luck.
For the first time he found himself looking forward to the start of the new school year. That way he was sure he would make lots of friends. He hated playing by himself, it was just not as fun. Sadly for him the start of the new school year was still quite away. Feeling rather lonely in the big sandbox he set down to make his sandcastle perfect.
With his tongue sticking out from the corners of his lip in concentration he rounded the towers, squared edges all with careful precisions. His concentration was broken, at hearing giggling near by. He looked up to see a silver haired boy being chased by a brunette, they were playing, what he could only assumed to be a game of tag. They rushed across the sandbox close to his sandcastle but not close enough to touch it.
Tidus watched them for a while he didn't think the brunette boy would be able to catch the silver haired boy, since said boy was much taller but he did. And when the brunette managed to tag the other boy he looked surprised but smiled quickly and yelled.
"You're it Riku!"
And ran. Tidus went back to his sandcastle it was almost finished and it was so pretty. He almost hated to think soon he would have to go home and leave this sandcastle.
"There"
He said triumphantly, dropping his shaping brush. Looking happily at his achievement. Only one thing would make it perfect. He looked around himself searching for the little flags he had brought with him.
"Hmm?"
Spotting the flags he smiled and reached for the items. Just as his hand hovered above the flags, his peripheral vision caught movement and he turned. He watched the brunette boy from earlier running towards the sandbox, he jumped over the wooden beams surrounding the sand box but lost his footing. Helplessly Tidus watch in horror as the kid landed on his sandcastle.
Time stood still, tears formed in Tidus's eyes. He watched the boy get up and kneel where his majestic sandcastle had been. Nothing remained of his sandcastle but, just a lump of damp, shapeless sand. All traces of his hard work gone.
Tidus looked up at the boy who had destroyed his sandcastle. The boy was looking at him with a sand expression, Tidus felt his breathing quicken, his lip trembled, he was about to cry. He knew boys didn't cry, but he reasoned it was okay in times of crisis and this was definitely one. Unfortunately for him, the boy in front of him had the same idea and started crying.
Startled, Tidus forgot about wanting to cry and cocked his head to the right in confusion. Tidus frowned momentarily forgetting his loss. Perhaps the boy had hurt himself when he had fallen. Before he could voice his question the silver haired boy came running up to them and knelt next to the crying boy placing his arms on his shoulders.
"Sora are you okay? Did he trip you?"
The boy asked glaring at Tidus. Tidus eyes went wide hearing the accusation. Now it was his fault. He hadn't even done anything and besides shouldn't it be him the one to be crying after all it was his sandcastle that got destroyed. To his relief the crying boy shook his head.
"No I.. I"
He sobbed pointing with one hand at the lump that used to be the sandcastle and rubbed furiously at his eyes with the other hand.
"I tripped, fell and ruined his sandcastle. And it was so nice, just.. just"
His small shoulders shook.
"Just like that time when we went to the beach and spend all day building that really great sandcastle and than the waves just washed it away. All our hard work. I'm sorry"
He said crying while the silver haired boy kept patting his back. Tidus felt bad the boy's sandcastle had been washed away by the waves. An idea suddenly popped into his head, he hated seeing people cry, and he had just thought of a solution to the problem.
"I know! You guys can help me build a new one."
The brunette boy sobbed sniffed and rubbed his eyes.
"Really?"
"Uh huh"
Replied Tidus nodding his head enthusiastically. The crying boy suddenly stopped crying and smiled brightly, Tidus was a bit surprised at the fast change in his mood.
"Yay"
He squealed throwing his arms around the silver haired boy. Who didn't even flinch as he caught the other boy. It seemed he was rather used to the sudden change in moods from the other boy.
"Riku isn't that great? We'll build a great sandcastle the three of us and it'll be so cool. And this time there are no waves to wash it away"
The boy Riku smiled and nodded his head. The brunette than released his death grip on the silver haired boy only to throw his arms around Tidus. He had lounged at him, Tidus was taken by surprised and being unprepared for the sudden attack lost his balance and fell back with a laughing brunette on top of him.
"Don't worry we'll make the best sandcastle ever you'll see"
He said with his arms on either side of Tidus's head. Tidus just blinked up the smiling boy.
"Oh!"
The boy said as if just remembering something.
"I'm Sora and that's Riku who are you?"
/End Flashback/
"So yeah I think it's safe to say Riku's always been 'protective' of Sora"
Squall chuckled uneasily shaking his head.
"You know what's… weird"
He paused not looking at Tidus.
"I remember that day"
A frown played across Tidus's features. And he waited for Squall to explain, and the slight tilt of his head was the only indication Tidus had that Squall was uncomfortable.
"It was the day Ellone told me I would never be alone. That day before she arrived. I was on the swings and I remember watching a brunette boy trip and fall on a blonde boys sandcastle and than start bawling. I though it was funny how the silver haired boy glared at he blonde as it had been his fault."
Squall was still not looking at Tidus but at a space across the stage.
"Hearing your story I guess that was Riku, Sora and you who I saw"
Tidus's frowned deepened and than his eyes went wide as he realized something.
"You were the boy on the swings!"
A nod confirmed his statement. And they were both quiet. That day had changed both their life's so much. But it was too much to think about. They had already met, in a way and here they were years later together. Neither Tidus nor Squall wanted to think of the implications of their 'meeting' if there were any implications to begin with. Wordlessly they decided the situation had been nothing more than a mere coincidence.
Neither wanted to give the occurrence a more complex thought. The implication those thoughts would bring would be too confusing. As if they had been already fated to meet or something of the kind. And neither wanted to think they had been 'meant' to anything.
"That is pretty weird"
It was the only safe reply Tidus could come up with, anything else would be even more strange.
"Tidus!"
Happy to have a distraction from his thoughts Tidus looked up. Sephiroth had been the one who had called his name. Forgetting his current thoughts, he smiled and waved at Sephiroth. In his haste to find Squall he had forgotten Sephiroth had arrived with Riku.
It had been awhile since the last time he had see Sephiroth. Unlike Sora, he liked Sephiroth, he wasn't sure just what exactly it was about Sephiroth he liked but he felt at ease when near him.
"Sephiroth hi"
Tidus greeted when Sephiroth had reached them, and was standing in front of Tidus. Squall cleared his throat not liking to be ignored.
"Oh this is Squall Leonhart, Squall this is"
"Sephiroth"
Squall interrupted not letting Tidus finish the introduction. Which made Tidus frown. Squall however ignored the frown and continued.
"I think Cloud and Sora made that quite clear"
Despite having broken up with Cloud, Cloud was still his friend and he looked out for his friends. He was also not blind he had seen the looks exchanged between Sephiroth and Cloud. They had know each other, how? Squall wasn't sure. Cloud had never mention Sephiroth before, now that he thought about it Squall had never asked Cloud much about his life before he had moved to Heartsvale.
Regardless, of that, whoever this Sephiroth person was Squall hoped he wasn't there to hurt Cloud.
Seeing the fiery glare and the mounting tension between the silver haired man and the brunette Tidus decided he needed to do something. Even though he wasn't sure what was going on.
"So Sephiroh what brings you here?"
Sephiroth tore his gaze from the brunette who seemed to want to tear him to pieces and scattered his limbs to every corner of the world and Sephiroth wasn't sure why. But he had a theory. Cloud.
"Same old, same old"
Frowning at Sephiroth for not helping with his short answer Tidus thought of something else to ask.
"Hey so you know Cloud?"
At that question Tidus felt Squall tense. He didn't actually see Squall tense he sensed it, funny how little he knew the guy and already he was able to pick up the small changes in him.
"I suppose you could say that"
Sephiroth answered with a teasing glint in his eyes that suggested he more than just knew Cloud. And immediately Tidus knew that had been the wrong question to ask. Squall was glaring daggers and Tidus's only consolation was that looks could not kill.
On recognizing his mistake Tidus quickly raked his brain for a change of subject. Unfortunately he didn't get far as he heard Squall speak.
"How, exactly do you know Cloud?"
Squall asked in a seemingly none threatening voice. Tidus knew better. Squall only used that voice when he was very angry or bored and he knew Squall was most definitely not bored. But than, why would he be angry?
Fortunately for all of them Sephiroth chose that moment to look up at the balcony. Spotting the subject of their rather uncomfortable conversation. Cloud was sitting in one of the balcony seats with his hands behind his head looking up at he ceiling with a bored expression. Sephiroth decided they're reunion had been prolonged long enough.
"Perhaps another time Squall. Now. Tidus how do I get up there?"
He asked motioning with his head up towards the balcony. Tidus turned in that direction and spotted Cloud at he same time Squall had and Squall clenched his fists.
"Uh you go through that door at the end"
He pointed to one of the back exits.
"There's a hall, you turn to the right and there's a door that leads to the stairs to the balcony"
"Thanks"
Was all Sephiroth said. He turned to Squall who was still glaring at him and his only guess was that Squall liked Cloud. That was the only possible reason for his dislike. Though Sephiroth was certain they were not together or else Squall would have said something, too bad for Squall. Besides the proximity in which Tidus and Squall stood was a little too close to just be friendly.
"Squall nice meeting you. Good play and do say hello to Laguna for me"
And with that he turned from them and hopped off the stage and headed for the middle isle straight for the back door.
Tidus and Squall watched in silence. Squall wanting to go after Sephiroth and demand some answers but decided whatever was between Cloud and Sephiroth was between them. If Cloud needed him he would be there, like he had promised.
Say hello to Laguna? Laguna as in Squall's father Laguna? Tidus wondered how Sephiroth knew Squalls father. They couldn't have known each other, from the way they acted it seemed they weren't even acquaintances. These were important question he wanted to asked and he opened his mouth and asked.
"Are you Jealous?"
That was most certainly not what he wanted to ask, sure he had been thinking about it but he hadn't meant to voice those particular thoughts. His mouth it seemed had a mind of it's own. And sure he wanted to know how Sephiroth knew Squalls dad, but there was just that nagging feeling telling him stupid things. Telling him the only reason Squall acted so angry about Sephiroth and Cloud having a past together was because he was jealous.
Squall however was surprised by the question. After what they had just agreed to a few minutes ago, and still Tidus had doubts. Than again he couldn't blame Tidus for thinking he was jealous. He could be over protective over the people he cared about.
"Would you ever like seeing Sora get hurt by anyone?"
Answering a question with a question was something Tidus hated to have done to him. So he frowned.
"Of course not but what does that"
"Why not?"
Squall cut in not letting him finish his sentence. Tidus glared at Squall, he didn't know exactly where this was going but he would play along for now.
"Because Sora's my best friend I care for him as if he were my brother and I would never like to see him get hurt"
Tidus spat out angrily. Squall smiled.
"That's exactly how I feel about Cloud. Nothing more nothing less. Don't mistake my concern for jealousy."
Blushing, Tidus gave Squall a bashful smile. Squall was only worried for Cloud and here he was jumping to conclusions, very wrong ones at that.
"I'm Sorry"
"Don't apologize"
Squall said with a shake of his head and turned to Tidus. Tidus gave him another small grin.
"But why are you worried about Cloud?"
"I don't trust Sephiroth"
Was his answer. Tidus frowned.
"You shouldn't worry too much. I've met him before when he's come to visit. Sephiroth's a good guy. I don't know what it is about him but I like him, he's like that one person that always makes you feel like it's okay to be you."
And hearing Tidus praise Sephiroth did make Squall feel something. Was it jealousy? Squall mentally scoffed, that was not possible because he simply did not get jealous. Than again he didn't go around telling people he's deepest secrets either. Who knew maybe he was jealous. But regardless of his feeling Squall ignored them and replied in a very Squall like fashion.
"Whatever"
Tidus raised a brow and suppressed a smile because he was sure Squall was not pouting. Squall Leonhart did not pout. Squall gave him a nod and moved away form him. Nope. Tidus was convinced Squall was not pouting he was brooding and at that he snickered.
"Okay break's over. Everyone back to work"
Hearing Squall speak, everyone gave a sigh and moved to their respective places. Which meant Tidus walked off the stage with a smile on his face as he made his way back to Wakka and Selphie he couldn't wait to tell them the good news.
Before Squall called the break over, Riku was carrying a struggling Sora down the stairs out of the stage and to the dressing rooms.
"Riku put me down!"
Sora demanded trying not to struggle too much since he did not want to be dropped, but enough to let Riku know he was not happy. His demands however seemed to fall on deaf ears as Riku merely continued to walk.
And finally he set Sora down, stopping a few feet from the door to the dressing rooms. As soon as Sora felt his feet on solid ground he stepped back from Riku and crossed his arms angrily.
"What did you do that for?"
Another demand, one which Riku could not ignore. Riku now stood staring at an angry Sora feeling rather stupid. He blinked, had he really just done that? One look from Sora told him that he had in fact acted in a whim of jealousy. He would have to thank Sephiroth later.
"I…well… you see"
Sora raised a brow and leaned back on the wall arms still crossed. He gave Riku and goaded look waiting for him to continue. Riku gave a frustrated sigh and launched forward pulling Sora by the shoulders to him.
"I just can't stand the thought of another person holding you. And seeing Sephiroth was about to kiss you, just made me want to rip his hair out. I'm really sorry"
He finished leaning down burying his hair in Sora's neck nuzzling his hair. Sora bit the inside of his cheek he was not going to give into Riku just because of the way he was placing small kisses on his neck.
"I'm sorry"
Riku mumbled into his ear and continued placing kisses on Sora's neck. Sora's resolve crumbled with a sigh, he uncrossed his arms and wrapped them around Riku's waist.
"Riku I'm not even going to kiss anyone, when the kiss part comes the lights fade and we change scenes. Doing a play of two guys liking each other is one thing, actually seeing two guys kiss is an entirely different matter. So you don't have to worry about it."
A groan was Riku's answer. A groan which sent a ticklish sensation down Sora's neck and he bit his lip to fight down a giggle.
"That's not he point it's just that you look like you mean what you say"
That was possibly the best compliment Riku had ever given him.
"Really? Thanks"
Riku pulled away form Sora's neck, well a little just enough to glare half heartedly at his boyfriend.
"Well that is my job Riku to make people believe I mean what I say and do. It's called acting. And I'm glad I'm convincing"
"Too convincing"
Riku protested. Sora bit his lip, Riku had a problem with him being convincing, and he didn't even have to kiss anyone. What would happen when he eventually had to?
"Riku you know you can trust me right? I'm not kissing anyone in this play, but one day I might and I want you to know it's just an act. Nothing more than a pretend emotion and no matter how convincing I might appear it's nor real. It will never compare to you and me. To the way you make me feel, to the way you look at me, to the way you touch me to the way fell for you"
At the risk of looking stupid, Riku gave Sora a silly grin. Of course he knew he could trust Sora, but hearing Sora reassure him made him feel so much better. Though he wasn't exactly ecstatic about Sora being affectionate with anyone else but himself he understood it was only an act. Sora acted, Sora was an actor it was what he loved to do.
And he wasn't about to tell Sora to stop, he couldn't and he wouldn't. It would be the equivalent of having Sora ask him to stop playing Sora couldn't and wouldn't. The things they did, that made them so different, were not just hobbies or extra curricular activities. It was a part of themselves just as much as they were to each other.
"I know Rah, I'm sorry I sort of hauled you off"
Sora rolled his eyes and shook his head. He had meant what he had said, though, there was still something Riku still didn't know. He moved his hands from Riku's waist to wrap them around his neck.
"You know something. No matter how convincing I might appear when it comes to showing my affections I do have trouble being convincing. You know why?"
Riku smiled and pulled Sora closer to him. Slowly they began to sway slowly almost as if dancing to a song heard only by their ears.
"Why?"
A whisper.
"Because when I try to show an emotion I feel towards another character I search for something they'll never have"
Sora paused, Riku watched Sora's lips forming a small smile his eyes closed halfway his dark lashes fluttering slowly with every blink. Riku swallowed, God Sora always looked so irresistible.
"They'll never have you eyes"
With that he finished and stood on his tip toes to kiss Riku, who eagerly pulled the Sora as close as he could crushing their bodies together in a blazing embrace of burning feelings. Their lips exploring each other tasting, feeling never getting enough, just always wanting more and the more they wanted the hotter it got.
Just one touch from Riku left Sora's skin burning, with a tingly sensation leaving him to want more of Riku's touch. Just like every caress Sora gave Riku made him feel like he was melting into Sora.
They kissed, furiously as if it were the last time they were ever going to see each other. Sora's breath became labored and he gasped for breath. Riku loving every mewl, moan, and gasp that left Sora's lips. Sora felt Riku's hands between their bodies until he slipped his hand inside his shirt.
Touching Sora's skin lightly with the tip of his finger tips, Riku skimmed the hot skin beneath his finger slowly working his way up and up, until he found one of Sora's now sensitive nipples and gave it a light pinch.
Sora's eyes snapped opened and he gasped, staring at Riku who caught his bottom lip with his teeth and smirk. And just as quickly he shut his eyes again and leaned more into the touch, which reminded him he too had hands and began moving them over Riku's chest.
"Mm Riku"
He moaned playing with the hem of Riku's shirt, while at the same time trying to pull Riku closer to him, to feel every inch of hard muscles against him, but there was just too many clothes.
"What do you want Sora?"
Riku asked kissing Sora's neck his hands still busy inside Sora's shirt now making their way lower to Sora'a waist.
"I want…"
What did he want? He wanted to touch Riku all of him, and he wanted Riku to touch him too. He felt like he was going to snap soon and he wanted Riku to do something about it. Yeah he was pretty sure that's what he wanted.
"I want y…"
"Breaks over!"
The words broke through Sora's passion filled mind like a bucket of ice water and he pulled away form Riku gasping and a little flushed. Riku gave him a frustrated frown. Sora smiled at him. They had almost forgotten they were in public place where there was a stage full of people just a few feet away. But it was so easy to forget all that when they got like this.
Things with them as of late where getting more and more intense but for some reason it was never the place nor the time. Sora was sure he wanted to explore all his feeling further and was sure Riku felt the same way. This session however had to be put on hold for the time being. Sora guessed it was a good thing Squall called break over who knew just how far gone he and Riku would have been if he hadn't.
"Sorry gotta go"
Riku gave a sigh and reluctantly let his hands fall from Sora's warm body. Slowly Sora turned and started climbing the stairs to the stage halfway there though he stopped turned and ran back to Riku throwing his arms around him pushing him back against the wall. Riku was taken by surprised but quickly stopped thinking as he felt Sora's lips on his neck sucking deliciously on his till hot skin.
Pulling away Sora stared at the spot where the had kissed Riku. An evil smirk forming on his lips and pulled away form Riku.
"I call that a little pay back"
Giving Riku a chaste kiss on the cheek he turned back and ran up the stairs away form Riku and to the stage, leaving a rather Stunned Riku to discover the rather larger bite mark that was slowly appearing on his neck.
Some people were lucky enough to fall in love and be with that person. Some people were lucky enough to actually recognize they were in love. Then there were people who could walk around and be with the love of their life and never realize it or know it and never do anything about it.
And then there was Sephiroth and Cloud. They had been young so young. Too young?
Love was said to know no age perhaps that was true. But Sephiroth and Cloud had in deed been young, maybe too young to really understand anything. Or perhaps too young to care to understand what they felt. What they had once shared had been passion an intensity a gravitational pull they could not understand. Had it been only lust or had there been some other feeling neither of them wanted to really understand? Had there actually been love?
Was that the reason Sephiroth now found himself walking to the blonde who used to occupy his every thought four years ago. Four years? Had it been that long, since he had last seen Cloud? He had missed him he knew that, but not until he actually saw him again had he realized just how much. Had cloud missed him the same?
Regardless of whether Cloud had missed him or not, it had been four years, they were now older and a lot of things had changed. But not Sephiroths's feelings. Just looking at Cloud brought back all the feelings he used to have for him. But was it love? No it couldn't be, but it was something.
"Cloud"
God how that name just rolled off his tongue it was almost addictive, like the taste of sweet vanilla ice cream melting inside his mouth. Cloud let that sultry voice wake every fiber of his being, just like it had done so a long time ago.
"Sephiroth"
A greeting which said not much but spoke volumes. A one word greeting, Cloud hadn't even looked at Sephiroth. He was looking down at the stage where Squall and the others had begun to rehearse again.
"That was some performance you and Sora gave. Hit close to home?"
Sephiroth frowned, seemed like cloud hadn't change he was still brutally blunt. But something was off. Than again he expected no less from Cloud, besides he had always preferred harsh honestly to sugar coated lies.
Looking at Cloud, Sephiroth noticed the blonde was not making eyes contact and suddenly he realized what was off. Cloud's tone was almost monotone which would seemed like he cared for nothing, but Sephiroth knew him better than that. Cloud was only playing it safe, he didn't want to reveal any of his feeling before he knew where Sephiroth stood with his.
Staring at the blonde Sephiroth cocked his head as if analyzing the other, than gave up. Cloud could be unreadable when he wanted to. Than again so could he. He didn't feel like giving up his feelings either anytime soon. He too could play the whole cat and mouse game.
Letting his gaze fall on the empty chair beside Cloud, he moved to sit down thinking of Cloud's question. Sitting down he brushed his arm with Cloud's and felt a little tingle go through him and wondered if Cloud felt it too, but quickly brushed the thought away.
"A little too close"
Was the bitter reply Cloud got from Sephiroth and they were quiet contemplating their thoughts.
Cloud tried to tell himself Sephiroth's presence was not effecting him. When in fact it was. He was uncomfortable with Sephiroth. When they had 'broken up' if it could even be called that since they hadn't actually been exclusive or at least Sephiroth hadn't been exclusive to him. But he had been okay with that arrangement. He hadn't wanted something serious. They had made a silent agreement to not be exclusive.
And somewhere along the line that agreement had been blurred. They had become almost like a couple with out the formalities of the title. Cloud had never actually given any thought at to why they seemed so pulled towards one another they just were. Back than it had been a different life style. Both himself and Sephiroth had always been different and the same. They could always have been with whom ever they pleased but always chose each other.
That however had not changed the fact that when Cloud's parents had decided to move he and Sephiroth had to go their separate ways. Perhaps that was what was troubling Cloud so much. They had never actually said good bye they had just parted, as if the next time they saw each other things would be the same they would still be together. Which was an inane thought because they had never actually been together to begin with.
Their not being together though didn't change how he felt now. Cloud thought he had forgotten Sephiroth he and even thought he was in love with Squall and while he had been with Squall, Sephiroth had never entered his mind. But now seeing him again he wondered if he had actually ever forgotten him and what he felt for him. But than he had been young he hadn't known what he felt for Sephiroth. But was certain he now had a fair idea what that was. The question now was, if he was willing to find out Was Sephiroth?
"Sephiroth?"
Cloud spoke. Sephiroth was surprised by the lost, uncertain, almost timid sound of Cloud's voice.
"Back than we were young and what we had it, uh was confusing but, we were young"
Cloud finished in a whisper looking down at the floor as if hoping to finds the words he wanted to say. Sephitoth frowned at Cloud's tone of voice. Cloud losing his nerve? That hardly sounded like the Cloud he knew and suddenly he didn't want to play any games, he dint' want to be the reason why Cloud sounded to confused.
"What if I told you I still feel the same way about you now"
Sephiroth said surprising himself with the confession but hoping to end the cat and mouse game. Cloud however was not surprised he had been expecting that answer.
"I'd say I feel like you do. But the question is what are we going to do about it?"
And for the first time since Sephiroth had sat next to him he turned to make eye contact. When their eyes met Cloud saw what he needed to see and Sephiorth knew that Cloud knew the answer to that question.
"Nothing"
Sephiroth answered. Cloud smiled.
"Nothing"
Cloud echoed the words. Nothing the same thing they had done the last time they had seen each other. Nothing. They knew they could be with different people halfway across the world live different lives never once think of each other but no matter what happened in the end it would always be the two of them together.
Looking into each other's eyes they made another silent agreement. They both knew they weren't like most people who fell in love and lived happily ever after. No that fairy tale didn't work for them. They weren't like people who fell in love and knew it and just accepted it.
They understood their relationship worked strangely. Things couldn't be planned where they were concerned they just had to happen and all they could do was let it happen. Leave what ever pull they had towards etch other to its own.
In the end the agreement worked perfectly no bounds no strings nothing except whatever happened, happened. And that's how Sephiroth and Cloud worked. Never pressuring each other because the slightest pressure would upset their bizarre balance and send the other away. When it was time to stay together they would know. Until than today was still today and day was still young.
"So Cloud how have you been?"
Cardel: What you guys actually thought Riku was going to sit idly by and watch his boyfriend get molest silly rabbit
Jin: /yawn/ Just shut up already I'm tired I want to go to sleep and this chapter sucked.
Demak : I disagree I loved it
Cardel: /sigh/ I know I know not the best chapter but there you have it. And as for Sephiroth and Cloud well..
Demak: In her head they're complicated /shrugs/ go figure.
Cardel: They are.
Jin: /YAWWNN/ Are we done here now?
Cardel: Almost I want to thank all the people who are still reading this story thanks a lot and don't worry about me not finishing this story 'cause I will.
Jin: Damn You!!
Demak: Be quiet Jin go be annoying somewhere else.
Cardel: /chuckles/ Any way even if it takes me a while to post I will finish this story, oh and by the way I just got Chains of Memories that game is so awesome. And I already met Riku but he made no sense like always so I gotta go keep playing. And um that's all.
Jin: /grumble/ 'bout time.
Demak: G'night all.
