Whew, it's been a while! Sorry, I had some writer's block, school decided to kill me, I think I may have failed my algebra test, and I am now running an RP on Gaia Online. Oh, boy. My screwy life, nonexisistant life aside:

andromeda90: Oh yes. Perhaps a one-shot'll come out of that, or something. Haha, yes, Leon and his uncontrollable hormones. XD Interesting… Thanks for reading! You're my most frequent reviewer! Yay! I'm going to take a leaf from another author's book here, and say you can request a one-shot or a certain scene you'd enjoy seeing!

SquallLeonheart1113: Whoot, I got your name right! Thank, you thank you, and thank you! XD

Fushica: Oh, yes. evil laughter played in background Yes it is!

Disclaimer: If I owned anything besides the plot, I wouldn't have to save my money for five months to spend at an anime con.

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As the days passed, not much seemed to have changed. Cloud and Leon still fought, they still avoided each other, but the trained eyes of the Committee didn't miss how the fights got shorter, how Cloud disappeared less, and the blushes the two had every time there was physical contact. For the two men's pride, however, they never said anything.

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About a month after the Sephiroth incident, and numerous failed matchmaking plots by Tifa and Yuffie, Leon, not Cloud, was surprisingly missing. No one was too worried, but by five o' clock, they were starting to get anxious. A few of them decided to go search, and on the way out, Riku stopped by Cloud, whispering in his ear, "The cliff..." He smiled and walked out, Cloud glaring at him.

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'Which cliff? Do you know how many cliffs there are here?' thought Cloud irritatedly. But as much as he didn't want to admit it, Cloud knew which cliff he was talking about. And since Leon had been the only one who came after him, he was the only other one who knew how to get to it. Cloud sighed and heaved himself out the door, dragging his feet to the cliff he fought Sephiroth on.

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He slowed down when he was close, not wanting to alert Leon for some reason. He crept quietly towards the opening in the rock face (if you can do that in huge boots on a dirt path XD) and came upon Leon perched on the edge, one foot dangling off, the other one hugged to his chest. Now quite curious, he walked towards Leon normally, and sat next to him, staring out at the horizon. "They're worried you know," he said casually. "Sure they are," he said sarcastically, and Cloud jumped at the venomous sarcasm. Leon saw this and looked at him apologetically. "Sorry, today's just not...it's not really any of you in particular...I mean..." Leon sighed, running his hand through his hair. "It's just...today's the anniversary of when my world was destroyed…and since I was the only survivor, I just couldn't..." he broke off, looking away. Cloud looked at him sadly, and put a hand on his shoulder to let him know he understood. Suddenly Leon said quietly, "I let them down...all of them. They got killed because I was too weak." Cloud's eyes widened at Leon's guilt, immediately thinking of Aerith and Zack. He stood up, Leon flinching as if in fear of Cloud's disgust. Imagine his surprise when Cloud sat behind him and a pair of warm arms wrapped around his waist and body settled against his. "It's okay...to feel guilty," Cloud replied softly, "But there isn't any way they died because you were too weak..." he smiled slightly, "Because you're far too strong for that to happen," he whispered into Leon's ear. He decided his words weren't enough, and leaned forward slightly, gently kissing Leon's neck. One thought ran through Cloud's spiky head-'What the hell did I just do?'

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Haha, I'll leave you there! I know, I know. Reviews, please!