Author Notes: Chapter Two!
Disclaimer: Me no own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy.
Story Notes: RANDOM! BOYS KISSING BOYS! Yeah...Some weird stuff going on. Main focus is LeonxCloud, with splashes of AxelxRoxas in there too. Have at you!
Pizza in the Park
Chapter Two: A Finalisation
"So if it's not Yuffie, then who?" Cloud asked, finally getting around to taking another slice of pizza. It was now rather cold, but that didn't deter him. Cloud actually enjoy cold pizza. It usually tasted rather good in a morning when there was little all else in to eat.
Leon shook his head, still smiling. Cloud seemed blissfully unaware that the crush was directed upon him. Obviously Aerith hadn't told him that. "Before you ask, its not Tifa either. Its a guy..."
Cloud mused on it while chewing on his pizza. "Vincent? He's your type; dark hair, pale skin. Long dark hair. It as silky as it looks too. Nice to run your fingers through,"
Brow raised as the other talked rather animatedly about his friend. "You know this?"
"Rebound," he stated simply. "We racked up a good five months too. I'd spend the weekend mornings just running my fingers through his hair. It was so soft; he took such good care of his hair. Would never let me wash it for him though. Said that he had a process."
Leon could imagine Vincent having a certain way of washing his hair to get it the way it was. The long hair seemed so well taken care of that he could not of had a desired way of cleaning it. "So...How long have you...You know, known?"
"About what? You? About a month."
"No, about being gay. But thanks for telling me that," At least he didn't know that it had been much longer than a month that Leon had harboured such strong feelings for the other male. He'd told Aerith some time ago too, so she hadn't blurted the secret (or hinted at) the moment she'd been told.
Cloud pondered the question for a few moments, then shrugged in defeat. "Always, although I never really thought about it until I met Sepiroth in high school. Then I just knew. My parents always said that I'd like girls eventually, that I just had to give it time. At fifteen I just gave up giving it time and had my first, proper kiss."
"Fifteen?"
Cloud nodded. "Yeah. Sepiroth was a whole two years older than me. Everyone in the school either wanted him, or wanted to be him, and I got to have him. Well, he had me. Then he left school and I never heard from him for a whole year. Then one day, totally out of the blue, he turned up on my doorstep, claiming that he didn't realise just what an amazing thing he'd given up and asked if I'd go back out with him. I told him where he could stick it and slammed the door in his face. After punching him in the jaw of course."
"Note to self. Never ignore you for a year," Leon joked.
Cloud nodded, crunching on the crust with a grin on his lips. "Got that right. I'm not a door mat. I have a heart, with real feelings. I do not like being treated like something you can use, throw to one side and then come back to when you feel like it."
It was getting late into the afternoon now, almost early evening. The trio still had yet to return from buying ice cream, and Leon doubted they would be back until Aerith felt her plan was well and truly in motion. Right now, Leon felt a little closer to the object of his desires, knowing much more about him than he did before he'd come to the park. But it just wasn't enough to make the first move.
And, the pizza box was still in the way. With four slices left.
"Who was your first kiss with?" Cloud asked, finally getting around to asking the other a personal question.
Hand moved to his head, fingers rubbing his forehead as he thought about it. "Her name was Quistis. We didn't last long though. A few weeks, then she told me that we just weren't working out. A week later, she was going out with some guy from her Maths class."
"Shame. Gave up a truly amazing guy. Now your guy kiss."
Eyes flew wide open. "W-what?"
Cloud tutted, rolling his eyes. "Aerith said you were bi, and I'm not an idiot. You've already told me you have a crush on a guy anyway."
Leon was amazed at himself at how he'd hinted at his sexual orientation, but not yet announced it aloud to the other. "Irvine. High school prom. I was just sitting at a table waiting for it all to finish and he slipped his cowboy hat onto my head and sat down next to me. Whispered into my ear that he'd liked me since he first met me, and despite his best efforts I'd ignored him almost all through school. He used to sit behind me in Geography, two seats infront of me in English and one seat behind and to my left in Algebra, and I'd never once spoken to him with anything more than a 'hello'," Leon smiled slightly as he thought back onto the memory of his high school dance. "He leaned over and kissed my cheek. I turned my head to ask what he was doing, saw beautiful lilac eyes and I guess I was just hooked." He shrugged, the slight smile drifting away. "We ended up going to separate colleges and we just drifted apart. I still talk to him from time to time, but we're nowhere close to what we used to be."
"So this Irvine was your first time with a guy? For everything?"
Leon nodded. "I had a few flings after, but nothing serious with a guy since him. Rinoa came along and I got hooked on her, but here I am now: single, with a crush on a guy I doubt will ever like me."
Cloud had pushed the pizza box aside while Leon had been talking and had shuffled himself closer. "What did he whisper to you?"
"Sorry?"
"After he'd put his hat on your head."
Cloud had an intent look on his face, Leon took this as his chance; his moment to strike. It was a semblance of an opening he'd been hoping for with the blond. He just had to take it now; there might not of been another.
He leaned in, bringing his lips towards the rim of Cloud's left ear, his warm breath blown over the skin. "You're so beautiful. I've watched you everyday since I met you. I can't help but to think of you, to want you, to need you. How you never seem to show anything towards me, it hurts deep inside. I just want to hold you. Is that so wrong?"
The hushed, soft spoken words whispered into his ear sent shivers down his spine, and Cloud found himself wrapped in the words Leon spoke to him. Eyes became heavy lidded, and he found himself craving the lips that spoke such sweet things "Its not wrong," he breathed.
Leon heard the words. Leaning in, he kissed Cloud's cheek, drawing a line of kisses towards the very corner of Cloud's mouth.
The instant they touched the very edge of his lips, Cloud quickly turned his head to capture the other's lips with his own. Hand reached out to slip his fingers instantly into the brown locks, his mouth hungry for Leon's lips.
It was a shock at how sudden the other replied and took over the kiss, but Leon wasn't going to relinquish control to the other male. Spurred on by the knowledge that such a gorgeous creature wanted him back had Leon claiming Cloud's lips and mouth with his own, tongue sweeping across the lower lip, then slipped into the warm, inviting mouth the moment Cloud parted his lips.
But Cloud's hands pushed him away before Leon had the chance to guide him down onto his back. His blue eyes searched the man's face. "So who's this guy you like? I don't want to be a second best here Leon."
Leon found himself chuckling as he sat back, mind still reeling from the wonderful kiss with the man he'd been desiring for so long now. "You won't ever be second best Cloud," he said tenderly, hand sweeping away a stray lock of blond from the beautiful face. "What Irvine actually said was if he had any chance with me. The stuff about wanting me; I said because that's how I feel for you."
"But what about your crush on Aerith's friend?" asked Cloud, generally clueless about the whole situation. As far as he knew, Leon had a crush on some guy and Cloud was a back-up plan.
"You're the guy!" Leon admitted loudly. "You're gorgeous, I can't get enough of you and you have no idea how much I've wanted to use my teeth to pull down that zipper since you got here!"
Cloud eyed Leon suspiciously. "You mean that?"
"No, I'm just screwing with you," replied the brunet sarcastically. "Of course I mean it. Why do you think I avoided you so much? I hardly knew anything about you, but I wanted you. I was scared you would never want me back"
There was a smile on Cloud's lips, and he leaned in, planting a soft, sweet kiss onto Leon's own lips. "Don't you just love irony?" he asked. "Aerith was almost devastated when you avoided me like I was a bad cold. She introduced us because she said it was about time I 'stopped stewing in my own despair and got a date', but you didn't seem to show any interest in me."
"I thought you two were dating!"
Cloud shrugged. "She's like that. Twisted in her ways."
Leon laughed at himself, running his hand over his hair. "I can't believe it. She knew all along!"
Nodding in agreement, Cloud turned back to the pizza box that had been pushed out of the way. Scrutinizing the leftover slices, he sighed in defeat and closed the lid. They were just too cold to eat now. "I'm out of pizza," he said as he looked back to Leon. "Ice cream?"
Leon grinned as he caught onto Clouds plan. Slipping from the picnic table, he offered his hand out to the other male. "My treat,"
Fingers laced with Leon's, and Cloud moved to his side, smirking like a cat with cream. "It'll have to be, I left my wallet at home. Why else would Roxas buy pizza and not eat it?"
"Because you're a cruel and sadistic older brother that enjoys tormenting his younger sibling?" Leon asked, brow raised in a sly manner as the pair walked towards the place where they thought the ice cream vendor would most likely be.
The trio were there, Axel feeding Roxas, while Aerith had finished her own by now. She looked up at the pair when they approached and smiled brightly at them. Clapping her hands together, she practically beamed as she saw them hand in hand.
Leon scowled at her, but it seemed half-hearted. "You're an evil witch of a woman," he said to her.
"Lust makes love grow stronger," she said sweetly.
"You're still an evil witch," he replied, Cloud releasing their hands as he took the seat beside her. "What would you like?" he asked him, feeling as if he was on top of the world.
"Strawberry," he said, reaching up with his hand and grabbing Leon's arm, pulling him down to his level to steal a quick, yet passionate kiss. Somewhere in the background there was a gasp from his younger brother.
Leon was almost grinning from ear to ear as he walked on air to the vendor, leaving the group to discuss the new revelation without him.
"That it not fair at all!" protested Roxas. "How come you can kiss like that but say that Axel and I can't!?"
"Yeah, hypocrite. I get threatened with a black eye when I give Rox' a peck on the cheek!" chimed in said red head.
Cloud said smugly in his seat, arms folded across his chest. "Oh, you're not allowed because I say so. I can, because I say so"
"Your word isn't law," stated Axel.
"It is if you want to keep looking pretty. Plus, I caught you feeding my brother, which constitutes you receiving a stomach punch. But I'm feeling rather generous today and might just let it slide" He was smirking as he spoke. "Might being the important word. Just because I've got a boyfriend now doesn't mean I'll stop bothering your relationship."
Aerith was smiling brightly, glad her plan had worked out, even if it had taken a year to finalise. "So you're going out now?" she asked curiously.
Cloud shrugged. "I think so..."
"I hope so..." said Leon as he set the bowl of strawberry ice cream on the little metal table infront of the spiky haired blond. "I'm not waiting another year to get a kiss out of you"
Cloud smirked back in return. "I'll think on it," he said as he leaned over and pulled Leon into another passionate kiss before the male had chance to sit down.
"Whatever..." he muttered into the kiss, eyes slipping closed. Whatever noises Roxas and Axel were making in the background were ignored. He was too busy kissing the man he adored to care.
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Author's Notes: All done!!!!! Heeehee, a two-parted one! I like writing about Cloud and Leon getting together, although lately I've been playing FFVIII and its making me wanna write a SquallxIrvine fic...