Chapter Two

Squall was beginning to seriously regret his decision to bring Cloud home. The blonde was easy on the eyes but killer on the ears. He had not shut up since they had started walking. He was babbling on about his life, and how he had been kicked out, about what he done that day, about breakfast… Squall was ready to strangle the damn teenager. He finally spoke, his voice dangerous. "Cloud? Cloud. Cloud!"

Cloud looked at him and shut up. He finally spoke, his voice meek. "Yes?"

Squall ran a hand through his hair, forcing a smile. "Cloud, honey, will you shut up if I promise to bring you to work tomorrow? There are other men like me there."

Cloud's eyes widened. "Really? Where do you work?"

"You'll see when we show up tomorrow night, okay? As long as you keep quiet until we get to my place, you can come. Do you think you can do that?"

Cloud nodded, smiling and bouncing along beside the brunette. Squall sighed in relief. The kid was finally quiet… He wouldn't be tearing anybody's head off yet.

After about ten more minutes of walking, Squall stopped in front of a large, expensive looking town house. He smiled at Cloud. "This is my place. You can either sleep on the couch or come sleep with me if you swear to keep your hands to yourself."

Cloud grinned. "I want to sleep with you!"

Squall laughed and opened the door to his house, leading Cloud inside. He set his keys and wallet down on a table in the front hallway and smiled at Cloud. "You wanted to see me change, right?"

Cloud nodded and Squall took his hand. "Okay. We'll do it in the bedroom, then."

Cloud blushed and followed Squall upstairs. Squall set him down on the bed and smiled. "Okay… You ready?"

Cloud nodded. He had been waiting for this moment his whole life. He had always wanted to see a werewolf shift, although his goal had been to actually see a werewolf in the first place, and this totally hot guy was going to show him.

Squall nodded and closed his eyes. His body began rearranging itself and suddenly his human form literally exploded outwards in a geyser of hot goop. Cloud felt the stuff cover him and fought the urge to scream. That would be so not cool.

Where Squall had been standing was a dark brown wolf, which shook out its fur and looked at Cloud, blue eyes blinking slowly. Cloud wrung the stuff off his hands and slid off the bed, crawling over to Squall and speaking slowly. "That was really cool, Squall…"

Squall moved forward and nuzzled Cloud's hand slowly, licking it slowly. Cloud giggled. "You're such a cute wolf…" He scratched behind Squall's ears and frowned. "But you like exploded…"

Squall nodded, or at least that's what it looked like, and Cloud hugged him around the neck. Squall's wolf form was about as long as human Squall was tall, and his fur was gorgeous. He had those enigmatic husky eyes and Cloud absolutely loved it. He smiled at Squall. "Are you going to become human again or can I sleep with you as a wolf tonight?"

Squall jumped up on his bed and paced around, making three circles and then curling up. Cloud pulled his goop-covered shirt off and lay down beside him, running his hands through Squall's fur and smiling. "Thank you, Squall…"

Squall bared his teeth in the wolf equivalent of a smile and moved closer to him. Cloud wrapped his arms around the wolf and swiftly drifted off to sleep.