AN; huh....been a while....

Disclaimer; Still not making any money on these babies.....they belong to Square Enix

Chapter 4

Squall woke up to roaming hands on his body. He moaned and turned around so he was facing Seifer. This one had a cocky smile on his face. Squall just kissed it away as he moved closer and placed a leg over Seifer's, giving a welcoming trust of his hips.

"Papa! Daddy! Up!" came Samael's voice, fully awake, from outside of their room.

Both men groaned, exchanging one last kiss before getting up.

"Daddy!" said happily the dirty-blond boy as he jumped into Squall's arms once he left the bedroom.

"Hello, baby. Ready for breakfast?"

"Yep! You gonna make me green eggs and ham?"

"No; we have to eat in the Cafeteria."

Samael fell silent. Squall understood why. His son tended to go quiet like him when in really crowded places, like malls, school yards or popular restaurants and obviously the Cafeteria would be full.

"No worries my little princess; Chaos is coming with us," said Seifer, knowing his son and lover well.

"Really?" asked hopeful Samael.

"Yep. Gotta feed him, after all. Ready to go?"

Samael nodded and took Squall's hand while Seifer took a hold of Chaos' leash. People stared at them when they entered the Cafeteria, but the two gunblade masters didn't pay them any attention, going in line to get their food.

"Do you want to eat anything other than eggs, Sam?" Squall asked gently.

"Pancakes?"

Squall nodded and picked up Samael so he could order himself.

"Yes? How may I help you today?" asked the lady behind the counter.

"Do you have pancakes?" asked confidently the boy, if only because his papa was there.

"Yes we do, little sir."

"Do you have blueberry ones?"

"That we do. One, two or three for you?"

"Me two and me daddy three! Papa would like six, please!"

"Who's daddy and who's papa?"

It was clear that the lunch lady was amused. Samael pointed to Squall.

"This my daddy and," he said, pointing to Seifer, "that's my papa. Me papa needs to eat lots 'cause he's such a big boy."

Seifer rolled his eyes, Squall staying impassive as the lunch lady prepared their food.

"And what's your name, darling?"

"Samael! Me big boy! I'm four!"

"Wow, you really are a big boy. And because of that, you can come ask me for anything you want to eat and you'll get it, okay?"

"'Kay!"

Neither of the boy's fathers objected, so the lunch lady added sugar and syrup onto the boy's pancakes. Samael was given his, but Seifer tool Squall's, seeing as the brunet still held the boy. They then reluctantly had to sit with the others, Rinoa making sure to have Squall besides herself. Fujin took Samael into her lap, leaving Seifer to sit between her and Squall.

"Does your dog have to sit by the table, Seifer?" asked Rinoa, annoyed.

"Unless Samael will give him food, Chaos won't move an inch, which is not the same for your own dog," replied sharply the blond.

"Angelo is well trained! He wouldn't hurt a fly!"

Seifer didn't reply, cutting one of his pancakes in half before giving it over to Chaos, which patiently waited for Seifer to give the okay before taking it. He didn't even make a mess or drool at all, which Angelo was doing at the moment as it watched Samael eat.

"Samael, we're not at home. Do not make a mess with your food," scolded Squall.

"Oh, let him Squall. It's cute," replied Quistis.

"Maybe, but it won't be when Chaos jumps on Angelo for daring to approach Samael. Better to avoid an accident before hand."

"Angelo would not approach your son," replied Rinoa, offended.

"So you say, but I do remember that you let him get away with stealing food from the table. Samael only makes a mess so Chaos gets to eat a bit more. With Seifer also feeding him, it's a wonder he's not fat or in bad health," sighed Squall.

"It's because I make him work it out. And he has a very solid metabolism. He'd need really bad food to make him ill," replied Seifer, patting the dog on the head.

There wasn't much of a conversation after, everyone busy with eating. Samael only ended up eating one pancake, either Fujin or Chaos having pieces.

"So, what will you do today?" asked Quistis.

"Have sex," replied impishly Seifer.

"Might I remind you that specific activity was cancelled by a certain boy this morning?" interrupted Squall.

"Damn. You just had to be hungry this morning, didn't you, little princess?" Seifer accused, making Samael giggle.

"Don't call him princess. It's degrading, not to mention other children will make fun of him," scolded Squall.

"Aren't they already because his best friend is a monster?"

"Chaos is not a monster!" exclaimed Samael, pouting.

"No, other kids don't make fun of him. And I would like it if it stayed that way."

"PB, there will always be someone around who will make fun of others. And you got bullied by people because you looked so much like a girl, it'll probably to him too since he already resembles you so much. I'm just trying to make it easier on him."

Squall turned around and proceeded to ignore him lover.

"Seifer, your logic doesn't work too well. Calling your own son a girl will only make him more edgy about it," replied Irvine.

"You think so? Why do you think Squally-boy here ignores comments people make about him, hmm? It's 'cause I already said them all more than once. He's learned to shut it out. Samael's already started to do it, so he'll be fine once he goes to school."

"That's cruel Seifer! Calling a little boy names is the worst. Squall, how can you let him close to your son?" Rinoa asked, standing up.

Squall didn't answer, watching outside the window behind Zell. He clearly wouldn't have any more parts of this conversation. Rinoa huffed and moved so she knelt in front of Samael, Fujin holding herself back from kicking the bitch in the face.

"Hello Samael. I'm Rinoa. You can call me Rinny."

Samael looked at her, eyes guarded. He even leaned more into Fujin, the red eyed woman glaring even more at Rinoa.

"I don't talk to strangers," said loudly enough Samael so everyone at the table heard, but only them.

Rinoa's smile fell, but she brought it back up. Now it looked strained.

"I'm not a stranger; I'm your father's friend. I even used to date him."

Samael blinked, as if confused. Raijin noticed and laughed.

"She kinda dated your daddy, little bud. And she did date you papa, but it didn't last long, ya know," clarified the big man.

"Oh! Okay."

Raijin just smiled at Samael's huge smile. Rinoa frowned at the references; it didn't make much sense to her.

"Samael, let's go take a walk. Come Chaos," Squall said as he stood up.

The little boy immediately followed, taking Squall's hand.

"Aren't you going to follow them?" asked Selphie to Seifer.

"What for? He'll just bite my head off. If he wanted me with him, he woulda said so. But you are free to follow him. I might as well go train a bit in the Training Area. You guys wanna join me?" the blond asked to Fujin and Raijin.

Fujin just gave a nod and the three of them left the Cafeteria, almost as they did in the past when they were all students at Garden.

"Well, I'm off to join Squall. I also want to play with Samael! He's such a cuty!" giggled Selphie, jumping up.

"I'll come also," said Quistis, getting up.

They ended up all going, Rinoa a bit at the back. They found them in the Squad, Samael racing Chaos to get the ball Squall threw from his place, sitting on a bench. He didn't even look up as they moved to his side.

"Can we sit with you?" asked Irvine, tilting his hat back.

Squall only picked up the ball Chaos brought to him and threw it once more. Irvine shrugged and sat down, the others taking his lead, though Selphie joined in the ball running task.

Rinoa once more took the place besides Squall.

"Are you just going to ignore us?" asked Zell, getting bored.

No answer.

Pick up the ball and throw it.

Not looking at anything other than the little boy and huge dog.

"Well, at least he's still got a good arm," joked Quistis after about ten minutes of silence.

"Wonder if he can still throw a punch though," added Zell as he jumped up to do a bit of kick-boxing.

No reaction.

"Probably not. Seifer must keep him locked inside the house and never let him out. He probably doesn't want a rival anymore but a-" Irvine stopped himself as Samael came close to them before whispering out once the boy moved away again, "-sex slave."

Now they were really getting annoyed at his lack of attention to them.

"Squall? Why did you leave me?" Rinoa decided to ask, not caring if the others heard her.

Squall looked at her, raising a brow.

"Because I lost interest in you. At first, I found you to be a mystery, with the way you worked and all, but at the end, I realised you were only a girl with too much ideal and no ways to act on them, even if it's just to stand before your father and tell him he's wrong. You would rather run away and believe it's the right thing. I need someone more respectable, who won't run away from confrontation and will be able to help me up when I can't stand anymore."

"So, you chose Seifer Almasy?! Someone who's been bullying you and even tried to kill you?"

Squall turned back to look at his son, not about to explain himself anymore.

Seifer felt the bed suddenly shift and he opened his eyes to see that Squall wasn't there anymore. The sound of retching soon connected with his ears and he sighed. As expected, he found his lover with his head in the toilet.

"Hail to the porcelain God! Do not leave anything in that stomach for fear of the all mighty striking once more," joked Seifer as he wet a washcloth to hand it over to Squall once he was done.

"What time is it?"

"Five forty-two. Are you getting nervous because we've been here so long? Or did you catch a bug?"

Squall not answering meant it was the first of the two options.

"Do you want to go back to bed or get up? We could go train a bit," suggested the blond, passing his hand into the other's darker locks.

"I don't have my gunblade," he sighed, relaxing at the light touch.

"You could just use magic. Hyperion is a bit too heavy for your style of fighting, so I can't pass it to you."

"How about just going for a walk?"

"As long as I get to hold your hand."

Squall rolled his eyes, but they did go get dress and then left, telling Chaos to bring Samael to the Cafeteria once the little boy was awake. Seifer took great delight in holding Squall's hand in public while Squall enjoyed the still air of sleep, only a few out of bed at this hour.

"Wanna go see doc? She always liked to see us regularly."

"That's because we kept on sending each other there and she'd keep us a bit longer to make sure we didn't go after the other while still weak."

"But we were still her favourites," pointed out Seifer.

Squall didn't object. On the rare occasions they didn't need to go see her once a week, if not more, she'd seek them out to see if they weren't dead or just to talk about what they were up to.

She'd been the one scolding them the most after they arrived, easily taking Matron's role in their lives.

"Let's just go see her."

They both smiled as they entered the Infirmary to find her looking through files, scratching her head every once in a while.

"My, someone who is actually busy! How often does that happen around here?" joked Seifer.

Doctor Kadowaki jumped slightly before turning to them, a smile on her face.

"Well, nice to see you both. Here for an examination?"

"Nah, just a visit. Why would we ever need an exam?" asked back Seifer, smirking.

"Because you got here two days ago and didn't come to visit me once! Am I that low on your priority list?"

Seifer shook his head as he moved to sit in one of the chairs, giving a sigh of content.

"I always did enjoy this chair," he sighed once more.

Squall rolled his eyes and looked at Kadowaki with a smile.

"We didn't come earlier because we didn't want anyone bugging us while we talked with you."

"Not even your cute little son I have yet to see?" teased the elder woman.

"He doesn't need to hear about what we did in the past. God, he'd never let is live it down once he hit teenage years," sighed dramatically Seifer.

"Well, it is true you two did fight over the most stupid things. And you were the one to initiate everyone of them, Seifer."

The blond waved it away, not bothered by it all.

"Will I ever be introduced?" she asked Squall, more serious this time.

"Of course. It's been about thirty-six hours since he last scraped his knee. He'll do it as soon as he wakes up and you'll get to put a band-aid on it. He'll love you forever after that," said gently Squall.

"Hmm, sounds like what Seifer used to do. I still remember it as if it was yesterday. Nine years old little Seifer Almasy got a large splinter in his foot and couldn't get it out. Teachers tried, but he'd eventually kick them away. Took me five seconds to get it out and then I was his favourite person in the Garden until he next year, when Squall Leonhart was allowed to enter. Ah, the good old days," amused herself Kadowaki by saying that.

Seifer made a face while Squall gave a little smile.

"Say, you got any abdominal soothing medicine around that isn't too strong?" asked Seifer all of a sudden.

"I knew there was a reason why you came to visit!" accused Kadowaki as she looked for some. "Feeling sick lately?"

"Not me; Squall's been having a little stress induce stomach hurling. Thought I might ask when we passed by to see you," pouted Seifer, managing to look innocent.

"Squall? Do you need a check-up then? You rarely got suck before."

It was easy to tell she was worried about them both, which made it alright for her to fuss.

"No need to. I had one before coming and my doctor told me to try and avoid stress. It isn't working as well as I thought."

"Well, as long as you know, I don't have to worry as much, now, what's this I hear about you two being a couple?"

"We are. Actually, I left Balam Garden to find Seifer to bring him back at first, but it turned out we decided to just leave all together," explained Squall.

"Hmm, well, just make sure not to hurt each other, physically and emotionally. And I hope you don't let your son see anything other than your love."

"No worries; he's not seen us openly angry yet. I'd be damned if I let him see it too," replied Seifer, true to his words.

"Good. Now, I suggest you go get the little one. It's close to the time when any normal child will wake up. I doubt it's a good idea to leave him all alone in a new environment."

"Thanks doc. It was good to see you once more. We'll bring Samael as soon as he scrapes his knee."

Kadowaki simply laughed, enjoying Seifer's little quirks as usual. The two young men placed a kiss on her cheeks and left, going to the Cafeteria. It didn't take five minutes before Chaos arrived, a sleepy Samael holding onto his fur so he didn't get left behind and lost.

"Daddy! Papa!" exclaimed the little boy once he spotted them, sleep completely forgotten.

Seifer jumped up and hurried over to pick up his son, twirling him around.

"My little princess has finally awoken and come to join me! What an honour!" joked Seifer, making the boy giggle.

Squall didn't say anything, taking Samael into his arms one his lover came back to the table.

"Good morning, baby. Did you sleep good?"

"Chaos snored all night! I had to push him off my bed too!" pouted the dirty-blond.

"Really? Why didn't you come tell papa? He would have taken Chaos out of your room."

"But, I didn't want him out! He was just noisy and big!"

"Just like your uncle Rai, huh?" snickered Seifer.

The big guy just smiled, used to the blonde's jokes. Fujin decided to ignore the two low IQ of her best friends and went over to get her nephew some breakfast.

"Then you'll just need to sleep through the snoring, okay?"

Samael nodded with a smile and gladly went to Fujin when she came back with chocolate-chip waffles.