Chapter 3: Who Is This? Part 2

(Cloud's P.O.V)

The boy had screamed.

He had screamed and he had immediately sat up, grimacing only slightly at the lesser pain he was still feeling. He gripped the blanket close to him so tight that his already pale knuckles were going to crack in the skin. He stared at them like a terrified deer in the headlights, and he was shaking.

Everyone was quiet for a moment, not really expecting his reaction to be so grandiose. Cloud took a step forward with his hands in front of him in a surrender position, but the boy still slunk deeper into the couch. Cloud could see now that the boy's eyes were a beautiful shade of blue, like the sky on a blessed day, and they were big eyes too, even now when he was absolutely petrified.

"Hey, hey" Cloud said slowly, "It's alright...everything's okay...we're not going to hurt you."

The boy's breathing hadn't slowed down, but Cloud was relieved to see the tension in his knuckles loosen but only slightly.

"You're okay...everything's fine" Cloud said. He slowly picked up the glass of water that was on the floor and held it out for the boy, "Do you want some water? You probably have the taste of vomit in your mouth right now."

The boy stared at the water and then back at Cloud, too afraid to take it.

"Go on," Cloud urged. Demyx, Roxas, Axel and Leon all made a notion not to move. If the boy was having this much trouble with Cloud, the "mother" of he and Leon's relationship, then how was he going to react to the rest of them? The boy looked at the glass again.

"W-w-what's in-in it?" the boy stammered quietly. Cloud looked confused for a moment before he realized that the boy thought the water was drugged.

"Nothing's in it, it's just water" Cloud said reassuringly. The boy still wouldn't reach out for the glass, so to prove its purity, Cloud put the glass to his lips and took a sip of water. He held the glass back out to the boy. "See?"

The boy stared at the glass for a minute longer before he finally uncurled one his fists from the blanket and took the glass away from Cloud, careful not to actually come in contact with Cloud's skin. His hand was shaking terribly, and Cloud was glad he didn't fill it to the brim or else the boy would've probably spilled it at this point. He rose the glass to his lips and even though he was still shaking, Cloud could see the relief in his features when he actually drank the water. Rather than give the glass back to Cloud, the boy only bent down as far as his damaged body would allow him and he set the glass back on the floor, never taking his eyes off all of them, mostly Cloud since he was the one talking to him. Cloud held in a sigh. This was going to be more difficult than he thought. But something about staring at his terrified face made Cloud want to keep trying.

"Wh-who are you?" the boy asked, his free hand going back to clutching the blanket.

"I'm Cloud," Cloud announced, and he turned slightly to the people behind him, "This is my husband Leon, and our friends Demyx, Axel and Roxas." The three boys waved a little uncomfortably while Leon stepped up to join Cloud at his spot. The boy moved back in the couch again slightly when Leon moved.

"There's five of you," the boy stated. Cloud nodded, not really sure why he pointed this out.

"Uh, yes, there's five of us?" Cloud repeated. The boy looked at all of them in new fear, and nobody understood why.

"Th-that's t-too many" the boy stammered, his voice beginning to crack, "I ca-can't, I can't do th-that...I'll r-rip," he choked on his own words, trying to hold back a sob.

"You'll rip?" Leon repeated, "What are you-oh. Oh! Oh my god, wait. No, no no."

"What's he talking about?" Axel asked, clearly confused.

"No, no, son, you've got it all wrong" Leon said, careful not to move any closer towards the boy, "We're not-you're not here for sex."

All at once, Cloud and the three boys' faces were in shock as it hit what the boy was referring to.

"Wow, didn't he jump the gun a little bit," Demyx said.

"Yes, what Leon said, you're not here for that," Cloud said.

"Th-then why am I h-here?" the boy asked. He kept glancing around the room as if looking for something. Or someone.

"Let's start over" Cloud suggested, "What is your name?"

"Slut."

Cloud blinked and leaned back a bit and then he looked at Leon to see if he had heard the same thing, and judging by his expression, he must have.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Cloud asked slowly.

"Slut," the boy answered again, confused as to why he had to repeat it. Cloud couldn't believe what he was hearing. Did the boy just recall himself as a slut? Why would he say that?

"Um, do you have...anything else that we can call you?" Cloud tried. The boy shifted under the blanket, clearly uncomfortable with the question, "I just don't want to call you...that."

"There's w-whore, little shit...cum-bucket-" the boy choked up on the last part, his eyes teary as he went down the list and he looked away.

"Okay, okay, stop" Leon said. This was unbearable, "What was the name you were born with, son?"

The look that came across the boy's face when he looked at Leon was almost enough to break Cloud's heart. The boy looked completely confused, but it was a look that clearly said not only had he been asked this question before...but that he couldn't answer that question either. He looked extremely hurt at his lack of not being able to answer. He bit his lip as two tears came down his face.

"How about Nathan?" Cloud cut in, not being able to bear the look on the boy's face anymore, "Do you mind if we call you that?"

The boy sniffled before answering, "What does Nathan mean?"

"Nathan just means Nathan. It's just a name. Are you okay if we call you that?" Cloud asked. He didn't right out give an agreement, but he gave a small few nods and Cloud smiled.

"That's great. We'll call you Nathan," Cloud sighed.

"You didn't answer my q-question," Nathan said.

"I'm sorry, what did you ask?" Cloud asked.

"Why am I here? If it's not for sex-"

"You're here so we can help you. You were in a lot of pain when they brought you here-"

"Who?" Nathan asked, suspicious. Cloud motioned behind him.

"These three gentlemen over here brought you here. They said you were in... a bad situation," Cloud explained. Nathan looked over at the three boys and he vaguely remembers seeing the red-haired one in the middle, but only the color of his hair.

"Are you still in pain? You have a lot of bruises," Cloud said softly, taking a few steps closer to Nathan. He only realized his mistake in asking that question when he saw Nathan's face twist in confusion. As if only noticing just now that a certain "disturbance" was gone, Nathan immediately pulled up the blanket, and he sucked in a horrible gasp when he realized that he was naked. Cloud wanted to kick himself for not redressing him.

"Nathan, wait-"

"Stay away from me!" Nathan suddenly shouted at him.

"Nathan-"

"No, stay away from me, you're lying to me!" Nathan interrupted. He was back to where he was when he woke up, a terrified deer in the highlights reborn.

"I'm not lying, we're here to help you," Cloud tried.

"Then why am I naked?! Where are my clothes?! You lied to me, you touched me when I was unconscious, didn't you?!" Nathan cried.

"Nathan, Nathan! Slow down! We did no such thing!" Leon cut in.

"Did you, or did you not take off my clothes?" Nathan asked, though he already knew the answer.

"...Yes, we did but it's not for the reason you think," Leon said.

"We took that monster dildo out of you," Cloud said. Nathan's eyes widened, and Cloud had a feeling it was because he might've just realized that there wasn't a huge phallus currently stuck up his ass. He looked back to Leon and Cloud, looking for any fault in their confession, and when he found none, he relaxed a little.

"T-thank you," was all Nathan said.

"We're telling you the truth, Nathan" Cloud said, "We're only here to help you." Leon suddenly turned to Axel, Demyx and Roxas, who looked unsure of what to do next.

"Axel, Roxas, Demyx, love you all, but I think it's best you leave," Leon announced.

"What?!" Roxas asked, "We brought him here!"

"Yes, but I believe this a little too much for him, right now and you all have school tomorrow," Leon said.

"It's Friday," Demyx pointed out.

"Guys, go home," Leon said, ending the conversation. There were sighs of complaints but the three of them eventually grabbed their stuff and Nathan watched as they left the house.

"W-why did you send them away?" Nathan asked.

"Because we need to get you settled in," Leon said. Nathan cowered into the couch, uncertain.

"What do you mean settled in?" Nathan asked. Cloud took a step and sat down on the couch next to Nathan, ignoring that Nathan looked incredibly uncomfortable with him being so close now.

"What we mean is you're going to be staying with us for a while and we just want to make sure you're comfortable," Cloud explained.

"In exchange for what?" Nathan asked.

"In exchange for your health, Nathan" Leon said, "We just want you to get better. You're deadly pale, and underweight, and there's a lot of bruises that need proper healing."

"They won't," Nathan said.

"Why is that?" Cloud asked.

"H-he made sure they wouldn't," Nathan said softly. Cloud only nodded in understanding, but he looked over at Leon and made sure that Leon caught what Nathan had said. So the culprit of this boy's condition was a man.

"We'll see about that" Cloud challenged, "But first, let's get you settled upstairs okay? How about some clothes? I think we can all use some of those."

Nathan nodded, still having a death grip on the blanket. Leon chuckled a bit, only now remembering that he and Cloud were in the middle of having sex when they were so abruptly interrupted. Cloud held out his hand towards Nathan, and it was the longest five minutes of his entire life before Nathan finally let go of the blanket and grabbed his hand. However, when he stood up, he let out a yelp and fell to his knees. Cloud and Leon were with him in a minute.

"Are you okay? What's wrong?" Cloud asked. Nathan was breathing heavy, and he swallowed a bit before he could answer.

"My...my legs just gave out. I-I haven't walked in a while," Nathan said.

"What?" Cloud said.

"I'm...normally confined...to the bed," Nathan admitted, tears threatening to fall at his confession. Cloud rubbed his back reassuringly.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. We're here to help, okay? C'mon, put your arm around my shoulder and Leon's." Nathan did as he was told and Cloud and Leon hauled him up to his feet but they were mostly supporting him. Cloud could tell that it was killing Nathan to be walking, and the images that were flying through his mind about Nathan being confined to the bed to the point where he couldn't walk were almost too painful for Cloud to realize. It was a very slow process, but they finally managed to make it up the stairs and go two doors down. Leon opened the door and Nathan looked inside and his eyes widened.

Inside the room was rather large bed, with two big dressers presumingly filled with clothes. There was a TV attached to the wall in front of the bed, and across from the bed next to the closet was a mini fridge.

"This will be your room while you stay with us. You need lots of fluid and your fridge is full of water so you should be fine," Leon said as he and Cloud helped Nathan into the bed.

"Wait!" Nathan exclaimed.

"You okay?" Cloud asked.

"Yes...um, it's just that...I would like to have some clothes," Nathan said. Cloud nodded, knowing that Nathan was probably extremely uncomfortable being naked in front of two men at the moment. Cloud sat him down on bed as he rummaged through the dressers, eventually pulling out a pair of boxers and a T-shirt.

"These are my old clothes so they might be a little big," Cloud said, handing Sora the clothes. When Nathan showed no signs of putting them on, he asked him why,

"I just wasn't planning on receiving a shift is all," Nathan said quietly. As he pulled on the shift, Cloud and Leon shared another look of utter shock. Cloud was not an angry person, but he was getting more and more angry after every sentence coming from Nathan. How dare a human being treat another human being like that?

Nathan struggled greatly with his boxers, but he did manage to get them on by himself. Then he laid back down on the bed because he was actually exhausted.

"I'm gonna make things a little easier for you," Leon decided. He went over and unplugged the mini fridge, picked it up, and placed it on the dresser that was within reach of Nathan's arms.

"This was you can actually reach your water," Leon said. He looked over at Nathan, and was surprised to find the boy shaking and crying.

"What's wrong?" Cloud asked, alos noticing the sudden change.

"You're being...overly nice-for no-for no reason...and I don't have a-a way to repay you. The only way I know how is-"

"Nathan, listen to me" Cloud said, sitting on the bed, "Cloud and I are happily married. We don't want anything from you, sexual or anything. You do not need to repay us. If you want to repay us, then just get better in your health. We're gonna help you, okay?"

Nathan nodded slowly, clearly shocked yet relieved at Cloud's words. Cloud smiled at him before getting up and heading towards the door.

"But he-"

"Is not going to find you" Leon finished, "I promise you that."

"No!" Nathan cried as Leon grabbed the door handle, "Don't-shut the door...please."

Leon nodded and left it open as he and Cloud went to their own bedroom while Nathan let sleep overcome him, feeling safe for once in his entire life.

"This is something else," Leon said as he and Cloud got back into bed. With who was only three doors down from them, they couldn't bring themselves to get back to sex.

"He needs our help. It's just gonna be a long journey" Cloud said, "My blood was boiling every time he spoke about his time in that house. He's only a child, Leon."

"Hey" Leon said, pulling Cloud towards his chest, "We're gonna help him, remember? But we have to be careful. I can see it in his eyes, he still doesn't completely trust us. It bothers me, but you can't blame him." Cloud only nodded before yawning.

"Day 1 starts tomorrow," Cloud said before falling asleep, Leon right behind him.

Alright, this is definitely the last chapter I'm posting before I see some reviews and rates. I just need to know someone is reading this lol. If you're with it, stay tuned! I'm finishing this eiher way because this story has been in my head way too long and I promise you, it's a long story that I may have to split into three parts alone but I'll think about it. Anyways, R and R! Poof!