Morning came and so did the first signs of daylight. A single beam of light reflected from the window to where Cloud was sleeping. Leon came out of the kitchen and silently made his way over to the couch to wake up Cloud. As he entered the room, he smiled at the sleeping image of Cloud. The sun was shining and a beam of light stroke Cloud, making him look angelic. It almost saddened Leon to disturb the young man's sleep but he knew Cloud had to wake up sometime, now was as good as ever.

Softly patting the blonde's back, Leon said "Hey Strife. Breakfast"

Slowly, the blonde started to get up, then he headed to the kitchen, where a stack of chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, bacon and milk awaited him. He sat down at the table and just stared at the food.

"Are you ok, Strife?" Leon asked noticing that Cloud hadn't even touched his food yet.

"Yeah….." Cloud answered distracted.

"….err…Then eat."

Cloud nervously took his knife and fork and started to imitate Leon. He took a piece of bacon and stuffed it in his mouth. Heaven he thought. He stuffed some more bacon into his mouth and swallowed.

"What is it?" Cloud asked excitedly.

"Its bacon…you've never had it before?" Leon asked surprised.

"Nope! And what's this?" Cloud said stuffing the eggs into his mouth.

"That would be an egg"

"Ugh. Egg. Bad. What's that?" Cloud said pointing at the pancakes.

"Pancakes and those little brown dots are chocolate chips"

"Chocoloate….hmm…" Cloud said having a bite of the pancake. His eyes opened widely.

"CHOCOLATE!" Cloud said eating some more pancakes.

"I'll just go get some more milk…" Leon said standing up and going towards the refrigerator. He sure loves chocolate. Somehow I knew he would. He's just like a little kid…except now he looks like a hungry dog…

Coming back to the table, he saw Cloud was not in his seat, and neither were his pancakes. He was now in Leon's seat eating the last pancake.

"Yes, you may have my pancakes. Please, help yourself…" Leon said, ignored.

When Cloud was done eating, he stood up and searched the area for more pancakes.

"Done?" asked Leon, leaning on a wall.

"More…" Cloud mumbled.

"No. Not until you get changed" said Leon, thinking that was the only way to get Cloud out of the kitchen. Anyway, Cloud was still wearing the same, torn, dark red cape and dark blue, warrior pants and shirt.

"This is all I have…" Cloud said lowering his head.

"Come with me then" Leon said. He started walking without waiting for an answer, obligating Cloud to follow. They made their way to Leon's room and stopped in front of the closet. Leon started searching inside and, after a few seconds, he had pulled out a dark blue shirt, much like the one Cloud was wearing now except it was tighter. One part of the shirt didn't have a sleeve and the other had a kind of cloth held to the shirt by a metal lion. It covered the whole left arm. Leon then took out a belt and some pants, which also resembled the ones he had on. (A/N: Think Advent Children)

"Yuffie made them for me. I never wear them so you can have 'em till you get new clothes. They should fit you." Leon said. He exited the room, leaving Cloud alone.

A few minutes passed, and Cloud came out of Leon's room, only to find him sitting on a chair waiting for him.

"More pancakes?" Cloud asked.

"No" was the reply.

Cloud put on his puppy dog eyes and started to pout.

He is like a kid... "N-O. No!"

Cloud's puppy dog eyes were replaced by an evil glare. He lowered his head.

"Strife?" Leon said standing up and taking a few steps back. Cloud started to growl. Oh shit!

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"What's taking those guys so long?" Cid asked.

"I don't know…I sure hope they're ok…" Aerith said worriedly.

"Oh come on! I know they're fine! It's probably just some o' that 'domestic violence', if you know what I mean" Yuffie said, winking.

"Looking for us?" Leon said from behind them.

Everyone stared at them. Cloud was wearing Leon's clothes. Cloud's hair was ruffled. Cloud was wearing a dog collar. Leon was holding the leash. Leon was scratched on his arms, and also had a few scratches on his face. Leon was missing a belt. Both seemed out of breath. Curious…

"See! I told you they were doing you-know-what! SEE! SEE!" Yuffie said, jumping up and down with excitement.

"Sorry to burst your bubble kid but if you wanna know what really happened then…" Leon noticed Aerith was holding a bag of cookies…chocolate chip cookies… "Say Aerith, are those for Cloud?"

"Why yes…Yes they are. Why?" she asked curiously.

"Just wondering…would you three step back a little? It's for your safety." Leon replied.

The three stepped back, confused expressions on their faces. Leon whispered something in Cloud's ear. The blonde's head suddenly propped up. He started looking wildly in every direction. Leon then pointed towards Aerith. Cloud had seen them. Good.

Cloud immediately started running towards the three. Cid, Yuffie and Aerith moved back a little more, quite dazzled. As Cloud was about three feet away from them, the leash stopped extending, bringing Cloud to an abrupt stop. Cloud started whining and lashing and pulling so Leon motioned for Aerith to give him the cookies. She walked slowly towards Cloud and nervously handed over the little bag. The blonde tore the bag in a matter of seconds and ate all the cookies.

"That is what really happened." Leon said.

The three were still in awe. Cloud recuperated and went over to Leon.

"What happened? My head hurts and… why am I wearing a leash?" Cloud said rubbing his head.

"He forgets everything after he's done, but whatever you do, do not mention it in front of him. Got that?" Leon asked.

"Got it!" the three answered.

"Don't mention what to who? And why am I wearing a leash!" Cloud asked.

"Hehe. All in due time Sunny. All in due time." Yuffie said laughing.

"What's so funny?" Cloud asked.

"Oh nothing! Well I gotta go…eat….HAHAHA!" Yuffie said running away.

"What's her problem?" Cloud asked confused.

"On just nothing…you know how she is…" Aerith said. "Well I'll be leaving now. See you later Leon! Bye Cloud…" Aerith said, going on the same direction as Yuffie.

"Well see you later. G'bye guys." said Cid, trying hard not to laugh. He shook Leon's hand and then shook Cloud's and burst into laughter. He then ran away, also in the same direction where Yuffie and Aerith had left earlier.

"That was a short reunion…" Cloud said.

"Actually…it was two hours long…" Leon said pointing to the clock at the gizmo shop. (A/N: I didn't put all the conversations in between 'cause my hand hurts . )

"Two hours? How? And why was everyone laughing at me?" Cloud asked, utterly confused.

"Well….err…..you see….Yuffie…yeah…Yuffie…she...she knocked you out and then she put this dog collar on you and gave me the leash…kids these days…that's why you can't remember anything and that's why everyone's laughing at you…yeah" Leon lied.

"I see….That's Yuffie!"

Phew!

Cloud looked at the time. It's almost 8:00. What do I do? Leon hasn't made this job any easier…

"It's going to rain." Leon said interrupting Cloud's thoughts. "We should go"

"Yeah we should…" Cloud said. It starts