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Title: Tired of Fighting Rating: NC-17Parings: Leon x Cloud (maybe some more later on, who knows)
Themes: Romance, Comedy, Angst, etc
Warnings: This is not only unsuitable for people under the age of 18, but it is a YAOI fanfic. Which means that I want all the homophobes to get lost because I DON'T want to read the flames. And believe me, if I get flamed because I'm writing about gay guys (shock horror), I will not hesitate to let those people feel my wrath. Also, all you people that hunt down yaoi fanfics just to flame them need to get a life or get over it. Gosh, times are changing, get used to it.
Also, swearing and violence too.
Authors Notes: Grr…Sorry for the late update…I had writers block. M'kay… More Leon x Cloud angst! Wooooh! I'll probably have some smut in a couple of chapters, depends how I feel and how you guys feel about this story.
Read on, fools!
Chapter Three: Agonising Arts
Cloud couldn't help it. He gave in completely. He could feel Leon's warm hands pinning his arms to the ground, his soft, hot mouth against Cloud's own. Cloud tried to stifle the inevitable moan from surfacing but failed miserably. The quiet, sexy mewl that came from Cloud made Leon shiver despite himself. The kiss ended almost as abruptly as it started. Cloud was looking up at Leon, somewhat confused. Leon looked down at the young man who he had just kissed, unintentionally paying close attention to the way that Cloud's eyes were hazy with lust, and the faint blush across his cheeks. Leon shot away like he had a firework planted on his ass. Without saying another word, he stormed off into his room and slammed the door shut, leaving Cloud on the floor even more confused than before.
Cloud got up slowly and fixed his clothes. He walked over to Leon's door and was about to knock the door when he heard a sound from inside. Suddenly becoming insatiably curious, he leant his ear to the door and listened.
"Oh, Tatsuya, what are we going to do now?", he heard Leon say, "I guess after this we definitely can't share a dorm, so I'll have to see if I can get transferred… You won't mind that will you Tat?"
Cloud couldn't explain it but he felt sad at the thought of Leon leaving. Despite what everyone else might have thought, Cloud had fun fighting with Leon. And he'd miss it a lot if Leon left. Cloud's hand, which was hovering near the door decided to knock against Cloud's will.
"What do you want?" came the monotonous voice of Leon through the door. Cloud swallowed and took a deep breath.
"Leon, can I talk to you please?" he said, his voice sounding feebler than he had wished.
"Aren't we already doing that?" Leon retorted. Cloud smirked. Even after all that just happened Leon was able to be his usual, smart-aleck self.
"Oh, I see. You're too scared to talk to me face to face now. Gosh Leon, I though you were more of a man than that." Cloud timed it. It took 2.4 seconds for Leon to open the door after that. Leon lazily gestured for Cloud to come in. Cloud had never been in Leon's room before; it felt like going into the lion's den. Cloud was surprised by what he found in Leon's room. He thought Leon was just a typical male slob, but he couldn't have been more wrong. Leon's room was a combination of red, white and black, with furniture to match. He had a lot of cultural things hanging from his walls as well as some very beautiful paintings. In the far left had corner was a small kitten basket and a food bowl. Despite the fact that there was a bed for the kitten, Tatsuya was sprawled out on Leon's bed like he owned the place. Leon sat on his bed and gestured for Cloud to do the same. There weren't any chairs in Leon's room so Cloud obliged and sat near him. Leon cocked his head to the right and looked at Cloud.
"So, what was it you wanted?" Leon asked, fully aware of what subject was going to be brought up. Cloud smiled slightly, just enough so that Leon saw it.
"I think you know what I wanted to talk about, but let's just leave that for a moment. I have something else I need to discuss with you first." Leon's eyes widen with interest.
"Well?" he said.
"Leon… Don't move out. Please?" Leon's mouth nearly hit the floor. Why the hell would Cloud want him to stay?
"Umm, forgive my stupidity but why do you want me to stay and how do you know that I was planning on leaving?"
"Well, um, I was eavesdropping on you and the cat, and I heard you say you wanted to get transferred. As to why I want you to stay… well, I have issues with change, and contrary to popular belief I like the arrangement we have. And if you didn't like it, you would've got transferred at the beginning. Am I right?" Leon didn't know how to respond to that. When he thought about it, Cloud was right, but being Leon, he didn't want to admit that to Cloud.
"If I stay, it's not going to be because you asked me to, you know that, right?" he said, averting his eyes from the dishevelled blond sitting next to him. Cloud smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I know." He replied. Leon stood up and shooed Cloud out of his room, closing the door quickly. After thinking it over, he opened the door a margin and called Cloud.
"Strife?" he said quietly. Cloud whipped around with a face of question.
"Hm?"
"I'm straight." And with that, he closed the door. Cloud laughed quietly.
"Just had to clear that point up, right Squall?" Leon pretended that he didn't hear Cloud's murmur through the door. Flopping down on his bed, he picked up a pillow and yanked it over his face. Their last year at university was DEFINITELY going to be the most interesting.
Leon was fuming! Not only had his Physics professor told him that he'd kick him out of class if he didn't do a performing arts activity, he had already enrolled him in the Drama club. Now, this wouldn't be so bad if it was just Drama club, but it wasn't. He was also enrolled into Art club and Dance club.
AND…
He had just been told that he got the lead in the school play. As Romeo. In Romeo and ROMEO. See, Leon's university was all about equal opportunities and all that jazz, so they thought that this year, they'd support homosexuals by making a play rooting for them.
But that's not the only reason Leon was angry. Guess who the other Romeo is? If you guessed Mr. Cloud Strife, you are one hundred percent correct.
"I'm not GAY! Don't you get this? I don't want to be in the stupid Drama club, I don't want to be the lead, and I DON'T want to have to get it on with a guy in front of hundreds of people!" Leon had made it his mission to get out of the play, but Mrs. Bluebell wasn't having any of it.
"Mr. Leonhart! I do not appreciate that tone of voice! You are in the play, you are Romeo and you WILL kiss Mr. Strife on stage in front of hundreds of people. Understood?" Leon had left the room by the time she had gotten to 'kiss'.
What the hell was he going to do know? He thought to himself on the way to Art Club.
When Mrs. Bluebell told Cloud that 'Mr. Leonhart' was going to be his opposing Romeo, he almost wanted to laugh on the spot. I mean, it's not like he was happy, he was far from it. But he had to admit it was pretty bloody ironic. When Cloud joined Drama club, he did so because he thought it was something Leon would never do, and Cloud was right. Leon would never voluntarily join the Drama club. He was told that Leon had no choice but to participate, and almost felt sorry for him. ALMOST.
"Mrs. Bluebell, I'll see you tomorrow for rehearsals!" he shouted as he dashed out of the drama hall and headed for the local supermarket.
'Guess this 'arrangement' is just going to get more and more fascinating' Cloud thought to himself. He picked up a basket and began shopping for dinner.
"Oi, Cloud!" Leon shouted as he came through the door to the dormitory. Cloud popped his head out of the kitchen, looking ridiculously adorable with a blue bandana and white apron on.
"Hm?"
"You hear about this damned school play?" Leon said, irritated. Cloud tried his best to look solemn as he nodded his head slowly.
"Can you believe they did this to me? I don't have time to prance around as Romeo for a gay role when I am STRAIGHT! And I went to talk to Mrs. Blue- … Hey?! What's that smell?" Leon said, suddenly feeling ravenous. Cloud raised the hand that was holding the wooden spoon.
"I'm cooking Enchiladas. I made some for you if you want it. Didn't know if you liked Mexican." Cloud looked so cute standing there like a housewife, if Leon wasn't such a 'man' man, he would have melted at the sight.
"Yeah, I like Mexican. When's it going to be ready?" he asked. Cloud quirked an eyebrow and looked at his wristwatch.
"About 10 minutes?"
"You need any help?" Cloud froze. Did Leon just as him if he needed help? What is the world coming to?!
"Um, sure. Can you grate some cheese please?" he suggested. Leon walked into the kitchen an place the large canvas he has been holding on the dining table. Cloud glanced at the object and was lost for words. The painting on that canvas was breathtaking. It showed a landscape of a beach at sunset, two dark figures in the distance walking across the shore. In the bottom right hand corner was the name of the painting. Leon had named it "Love found on the beach". He must have painted it today in Art club, Cloud thought.
"Leon, that painting is amazing! I never knew you could draw that well." Leon shrugged.
"Painting is a waste of my time. I'm only doing it because of my stupid Physics professor."
"But don't you think that if you're good at something, you should do it?" Cloud asked, slightly confused at Leon's attitude towards the subject.
"No. As soon as I pass Physics, I'll never paint again. Anyways, painting always… never mind…" Leon cut himself off before he could say anything else. Cloud cocked hid head to the right.
"Painting always what, Leon?"
"Gosh Cloud, why are you being so nosey? Painting brings out a side of me I don't like. Happy now?" Leon said, as he stormed out of the kitchen and into his room.
"What's eating him?" Cloud thought.
Meanwhile, Leon was lying on the floor, staring at the lighting fixture on his ceiling. 'Stupid Cloud', he thought to himself. 'Dammit, can't you see that I'm not like that. I hate painting because it brings out the Leon that has emotions. I've worked so hard to not feel, or at least not show my feelings, and then this! Damn everyone!'
I'm sure you would hate the reason I painted that picture, Cloud.
Authors Notes: Wooooh! Chapter three is complete! OMGEH! So yeah, sorry if you feel that Cloud and Leon are OOC, but alas, I suck at writing fanfics. Mmmm…I haven't had that much time to do the Doujinshi yet because I'm having exams until the end of June, so after that, watch out world. Yaoi doujinshi's all around!
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