Oh jeez. For some reason the TAB didn't come in on this... I don't know why. :( And I'm too lazy to put the tabs in. Sorry! It'll probably be hard reading...
Um, this is fanfiction, so not all of the information is going to be true. So DON'T FLAME ME. You will be ignored. :(
There isn't any...action...in this chapter, if you know what I mean, but it's kind of graphic. Probably REALLY graphic. And also...this is YAOI. So if you don't like man x man, then go. Shoo. We wouldn't want your eyes to melt or your brain to catch aflame, now, would we? ;)
The X means sex. D
LEMON is so yummy. But there is none in this chapter. Soon to come, though, of course. )
SPOILERS
For both Advent Children and FFVII. Read with caution, I guess. :P
A Strange Kind of Love
After Sephiroth's final defeat, Cloud continued to be a mercenary. Tifa continued her bar "Tifa's 7th Heaven" in Midgar. Barret continued his job to help Marlene with paying for school. Red XIII went back to Cosmo Canyon to continue protecting his home in honor of his father, Seto. Cait Sith continued fortune telling at the Golden Saucer. Yuffie went back to Wutai. Cid…he went back to Rocket Town. The small town in which we first met. Where he helped us by becoming our pilot and flying us to safety in the Tiny Bronco. And I? I continued to wander.
Everything was calm again. After Cloud defeated Kadaj and his gang, after he faced Sephiroth the last final time, he smiled. He could finally face Aeris and Zack. He avenged their death. Life was good again. But I was still missing something. I was over the death of my love. She, too, had been experimented on. Hojo raped her. He made her the mother of Sephiroth. She died in giving birth to that monster. And in my rage and grief I locked myself up in a coffin in the Shin-Ra mansion's basement. I deserved death. I could not help her.
Again I had an empty hole. I did not want to continue wandering.
"Hey, Vince!" His familiar voice. I jumped in my doze. When I turned around, no one was there.
I missed that impish smile.
I had woken in the Forgotten Capital. I had come to pay my respects to Aeris. She was a wonderful woman. She saved us. Protected us… She helped Cloud kill Sephiroth. She saved the whole world.
"Wonderful woman, really…" I said as I looked into the lake Cloud had released her in.
"I can't believe she's dead… Vince, we have to do something!"
Unwanted memories. I did not want to relive the past. Things now were fine. Almost perfect. But I missed that blonde hair. I missed the constant smell of cigarette smoke. I missed that smile…
I stood up, sliding against the silver tree as I moved upward. Sighing, I took my blood red cape and covered myself within it.
I disappeared.
Having traveled quite a way, I stopped at the Golden Saucer. Perhaps the liveliness of the theme park would brighten my spirits. But even though I sought to escape that with which I had become so absorbed in, I found myself falling right back in the hole I had dug myself in. I went to the chocobo races as soon as I arrived at the main gate. I had flashed my golden ticket at the woman in the front and jumped down the tube that traveled towards my destination.
I slowly made my way up the steps, my cape flowing slowly behind me. My boots clinked against the concrete and then soon against marble as I stepped through the doors.
"Ci--…!" I found myself faltering. The man on the screen was Cloud. Not who I was wanting to see, but I hadn't seen Cloud in a while. I tried to find Ester in the jumble of people.
"Vincent! Hey, you!" I quickly found Ester waving her arms around to catch my attention. Her skin was flashing yellow, red, blue, pink… The lights made the whole room look like a big party. Drunks were throwing a fit because they lost the last race. Voices were loud and obnoxious. I ignored the voices easily because all I could think about was my obsession.
"Nice to see you, Ester," I said, extending my good hand. She smiled and gave me a good shake.
"Glad to see you're still alive, Vincent!" She put her hands on her hips. I nodded, agreeing.
"What brings you here?" she asked, her head canting some.
"Looking for old friends," I replied. I looked over at one of the screens. Cloud had won the race. Seemed like he was still a great jockey even after all these years.
"Looks like you found one," she said, motioning me into the back rooms to green the victor.
Cloud was petting his chocobo as I came in. When he saw me, his mouth dropped.
"Wow! Vincent! I never thought I would see you here…" He had become more cheerful since then…
"Has something happened?" Cloud chuckled and scratched the back of his head.
"It's scary how happy you've gotten lately," I said.
"Well, you know how it is… But when I go back to work I'm still the same old person. I still haven't changed much," his face grew calm and collected again like it used to be.
"I see…" I looked down at my feet for a moment and then I looked back at him again.
"Has Cid been around here lately?"
Cloud nodded and gave a half smile.
"Yeah, he was here about an hour ago. Probably went to visit Cait Sith… When are you going to visit us at Tifa's?" he asked.
I smiled slightly and closed my eyes for a moment.
"Perhaps I will soon. Holidays are coming up. You'll see me then like you always do."
"Thanksgiving," Cloud mused. "Okay, I'll see you then. Come around sometime and say hi," Cloud turned around and continued to groom his chocobo.
"By the way, Vincent… Cid blew everyone out of the water in the last race. Unfortunately I didn't get to race him. Congratulate him," he waved goodbye. I smiled slightly and left.
I felt nervous. Sick almost. I felt like I didn't deserve to see him. I grimaced and walked to the hotel instead. A ghost popped up in my face as I walked through the old rusty wooden door. The hinges creaked.
"Mr. Valentine, you have a reserved room. Please proceed to A13," the ghost disappeared.
I wondered who know of my arrival. I had been walking slowly through the park. Maybe whoever it was saw me… I was tired.
The stairs creaked as I began to walk them. My heart was beating fast. Up on the balcony, I found my door with ease. I turned the knob slowly and opened the door.
It was empty…
There was a brown jacket on the black bed that gave me a start. I could not resist the urge to take it in my arms. I felt like I was going to melt. This feeling was so intense! What was this? I smothered my face in the jacket, breathing in its very fiber… I sat down on the bed to keep myself from collapsing.
I did not hear the shower go off in the bathroom.
"Vince…?"
I quickly pulled my face out of the jacket and threw it back on the bed. I stood quickly. My face flushed a deep red but I could not yet turn my head away.
Cid Highwind was naked.
He stood in the doorway that led to the bathroom. One hand held the tower that hung on his head and shoulders and the other hand holding onto the door frame.
"Vince…" only Cid called me Vince, "is that really you?" (Also the only one who called me Vin and Vinnie and Vincey)
I turned my head away and cleared my throat as I looked at the hardened flesh between his legs.
"Oh! Oh, damn! I'm sorry Vincey…--Er, Vincent…" I could hear him scrambling over things in the bathroom. Bottles seemed to be falling all over the floor. If my pants hadn't felt so stiff I'd have loved to help my nake-… No, I won't finish that.
I felt ashamed of myself. Even if I could not control it. Oh how I longed for the touch…
It wasn't very long until Cid came back out from the bathroom with pants on. He still wasn't wearing a shirt… I wished he was wearing one while at the same time I was glad… I had sat myself down on his bed and I looked up when I heard him come out from the bathroom. His face was still beat red. Mine, too… Why was I feeling this way? I didn't understand anything.
"I'm really sorry about that, Vince…" Cid said. "We aren't back in the old days, right?" he laughed.
I furrowed my brow, taking in that statement. Back in the old days?What old days? What is he talking about? Did we do…something?
"What do you mean?" I asked, a confused look on my face.
"Ya don't remember?" He looked shocked.
"Remember what?" I was becoming frustrated.
"…Nevermind. Maybe it's for the best." He sighed and walked over to the bed. He sat down beside me.
"So how are things?" he asked, rubbing his chest a little, scratching it. If it were anyone else I would not have noticed it. What was wrong with me?
I shrugged my shoulders and looked over at him.
"Things are OK, I guess…" but I did not believe so. And Cid seemed to be able to pluck it right out of my broken heart because he knew something was obviously wrong. I could tell by the look on his face. I could not hide from this man.
"Say, would ya like tah stay here with me for a while? I mean, we don't hav-tah stay here for a week or anything… We can even leave Golden Saucer… You know, go to Midgar or Kalm or even Nibelheim…"
"Or Rocket Town, if you'd like…" Cid looked down at the floor, furrowing his brow. He looked uncomfortable or confused. I couldn't tell which.
I smiled. Really smiled.
"Yes, I can do that. Stay with you. If you don't mind... I'm just a little tired of wandering around all the time…and I miss…y-"
There was a knock on the door.
"Room service…" said an aggravated voice. Cid looked at me intently as I stared at the floor. He was waiting for me to finish but I was not going to. He got up and went to the door.
"Yeah? What the hell do ya' want?" Cid said, cracking the door open.
"Here are some towels, sir…" said the voice. It was a ghost.
Cid sighed and grabbed the towels. He closed the door and locked it. Walking into the bathroom again, he set the towels down and then came back into the bedroom.
"Man, Vince, I missed ya! I've seen everybody else in all these years except for you… Have you been wandering this whole time?" he asked, lying down on his back beside me.
"Yeah… Wandering. I've been…depressed…" I said, working on my boots to get them off. "I'm still so tired…"
Cid got up quickly and brushed my hands away.
"Man, you're tired. Let me…" He swiftly took my boots off. Even with how complicated they were. He got them off like I did. Fast as lightning! I blushed lightly and nodded my head.
"Thanks, Cid," I said.
Cid merely shook his head.
"Don't worry about it, you're my friend! Now maybe you should take that cape off, too… Isn't it uncomfortable?" he asked, sitting down on the bed again.
I nodded, chuckling.
"It's uncomfortable to sleep in…" I began to take it off. I didn't want him to do it for me… He was already doing too much. Paying for me to stay here, actually conversing with me when we haven't seen each other in years… And being alive.
I quickly got my cape off and touched my clawed hand. No one knew about it…but me. I never took it off in front of anyone. I liked the suspense. Cid raised a brow as he watched me, wondering what I was doing. I twisted the gauntlet and slid it off.
A completely normal arm.
"Vince! I thought that was there because of an experiment! I thought it was your actual arm…" he exclaimed, his mouth agape.
"Well, Cid, it was…part of experiments… But it's all on the inside… It was the beginning of my transformations," I said, shaking my head. "It's harmless now. I'm just surprised it isn't mutated… My arm, that is."
Cid laughed and slapped me on the back.
"Oh wow! I'm happy for ya, Vinnie! I'm sorry if I offended you with what I said…" he said, shaking his head. "I really didn't mean any offense at all…"
I wanted to grab him right then and there and…
"Cid, don't think I'm crazy or weird or gross or just anything like that…but…" I sighed. How was I to say this? We had only just met again almost a half hour ago.
"Vince… Don't say anything. I know…what you're going to say. And I just wanna let you know…that I feel the same way. But you don't remember…so we're going to have to take it slow. Okay?" Cid sounded depressed.
I removed the rest of my accessories and then turned to face him.
"Cid, I'm sorry if I've hurt you," I said, grabbing one of his hands into my own. "I don't want to hurt you."
Cid smiled at me. God how I loved that smile.
"You should get tah' bed, Sunshine," he said. I began to slump against him, breathing in the cigarette smell that was still, even after a shower, soaked in his skin. There was also a hint of cologne. Thankfully not much. I can't stand too much cologne…or perfume. He put an arm around my back and hugged me. I hugged him back, tighter.
"All I did was think about you. On every road I walked. Every tree I saw. Every plane in the sky… I was afraid to see you, too. I didn't know what you would think."
"Vince, let's just take it slow. You're taking too much in, you—…" Cid smiled right as I began to fall asleep.
I was out.
When I awoke I was completely stripped of all my clothes and in the arms of a strong man… I could feel his limp member against my inner thighs and his face within my hair. I couldn't help but press myself against him. And so I did. Oh, it felt wonderful… But as I heard him moaning in his sleep, I stopped. I did not want to start anything bad for either of us… One of his large hands came up to my chest, caressing my nipples. I knew he was asleep, I could tell by his breathing. I wondered what he was dreaming about, but it wasn't very hard to guess.
He began to speak my name. Softly at first. Gradually louder as he began to thrust slightly against me. Dreams make you do wonderful things sometimes, I thought to myself.
His other large hand moved downward, into a forgotten land. I gasped and closed my eyes. How I wanted more! But my gasp had woken him.
Cid was startled as he awoke. The hand on my chest was not removed, but the hand down in the forgotten land was quickly brought up to my chest. "
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he said, hugging me tightly. "I was…"
"You were dreaming," I said, smiling. His member was hard against my butt, sliding almost in the cheeks. I gasped quietly, rolling my head back into his neck.
"Cid… Last night, I wanted to tell you… I fucking love you," I said, wrapping my arms around his. He kissed my neck, licking it a little, nibbling on my ear…and then he stopped.
"I don't want to do anything that will hurt you," he said, pushing himself away. "I don't think you're ready, yet," he pushed himself up and out of bed. As I sat up, he walked towards the front of the bed and then grabbed his member.
"Believe me, I would love to stick this in you," he said, caressing it slightly. "But I can't. Not yet. Too soon! No idea how painful it is for me," he said, putting his hands on his hips now. "All I ever do is think about you. Day and night. Kiss you, caress you, love you, make love to you… Vince, ever since we met, I've always loved you." Cid turned around and went into the bathroom to get some clothes on.
"If you want, we can go do some traveling," he called out to me.
"That'd be nice…" I said. But truly I wanted to get rid of this aching in my crotch and so…
"Vince?" That familiar voice. I awoke from my slumber. I was dreaming! Idiot. Chaos… Shut up! Chaos didn't usually come to me. He mostly slept, loving the fact that I was so desperately alone in my wandering. How I hoped he wouldn't try to mess anything up… But he seemed…to respect me after Sephiroth was taken down… I hoped that he wouldn't talk to me ever again...
Cid was naked. I was lying on the bed with his jacket in my face. I couldn't believe it was all a dream… I blushed deeply and sat up.
Oh shit oh shit oh shit! Idiot! Now he's caught you, naked AGAIN, and this time he's real! This time there is no fairy land to turn your head to and this time he really will turn you away, thinking you're nothing but a monster! He was certainly a friend…but he would never… I tried to block my thoughts out. I felt like I was going to cry…
Oooooooh! Quick twist! Haha. ;) I made it all into a spur of the moment kind of twist, too. I didn't even know I was going to do it myself!
Vincent: -Moans!-
Hope you enjoyed it! More to come!
