Warnings: Language, sexual situations, M/M (Yaoi) If any of that turns out off, please walk away
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII, and Kingdom Hearts belong to Square Enix and Disney. Sadly, they do not belong to me.
"So tell me again why we aren't taking the car?" Cloud questioned while walking down the street.
"Because bringing and parking a car in the school parking lot is just begging for it to get keyed, especially a fancy beautiful car like Jenny." Reno answered while walking beside Cloud.
It was there first day of school at Applestate Academy and Cloud was a little more then nervous. It didn't help that this was the first time he had to wear a uniform to school. He had always gone to public schools, but with the move came a new Academy close to Cloud's new house.
The uniforms weren't too bad. The jackets were black, as were the pants, while the vest and tie were forest green. Cloud wore his exactly as regulation stated, but had loosened the tie slightly. Meanwhile Reno had barley tucked in his dress shirt, his tie was loose and almost falling off his neck, and his shoes were untied.
Cloud looked behind him to see how Roxas was coming along. It was going to be Roxas's second year at High School, and he was nervous as well. He made sure to shine his shoes, do his tie just right, and even took off the little checkered wristband he wore all the time. Cloud thought he looked like a complete dweeb.
But he didn't even compare to Demyx, who was walking beside Roxas with an...unusual backpack. On his back was a small plush Jigglypuff backpack. It was a flash back in time, when Cloud used to watch Pokemon religiously. He would have been in awe of the backpack back then, but now it just creeped him out.
"Carry my books." Demyx told Axel while almost dropping one.
"Why should I carry your books? I told you that backpack was to small." Axel while poking it.
"I think it's cute! Anyways you should carry my books because thats what good boyfriends do!"
Axel heaved a heavy sigh and grabbed the books out of Demyx's hands.
"What class do you have first?" asked Reno while they turned a corner.
"The schedule says I have math first, and holy crap." Cloud said after he finally looked up to see what they were walking towards.
It was an amazingly beautiful school was the first thing that popped into Cloud's head. It was made of large, weather worn stone and was covered in ivy that crept up the walls of the school, covering almost everything, except for a few windows. Large oak tree's were lined up the long walkway, their strong broad branches loomed over the sidewalk, letting very little light through. There was a large courtyard with a few stone benches, and a fountain. It reminded Cloud a lot of a castle.
"It's a nice place yo," Reno drawled, "But you gotta watch out for the grounds keeper. I know it sounds cliche, but he will cut you up and use you as fertilizer if you do anything to mess up his rose bushes."
They walked towards the courtyard, and Cloud watched all the students run around. It was so odd to see everyone wearing the exact same thing, yet he could already tell what kind of people they were just by looking at how they wore the uniform. Some girls had rolled the tops of the skirts up to their waist, to make the skirt look shorter, while some guys had completely abandoned there ties and unbuttoned the first few buttons of there shirts. Reno looked fairly put together compared to some of the other people.
Cloud looked behind to see Roxas following Axel and Demyx as they trudged off to a group of people, two of whom were Sora and Riku, and a few other people he had never seen before. One had incredibly pink hair, which hurt Cloud's eyes to look at for to long.
" Hey hey hey!" Zack said coming up to Reno and Cloud, his trademark goofy grin plastered on. " Now don't we look smashing in our uniform." He laughed stopping in front of the two and directing his attention to Cloud.
"Oi! What about me?" Reno asked puffing his chest out slightly.
"You look pretty as always." Zack said patting Reno's head in a patronizing way.
Suddenly Reno's eyes got incredibly wide and his mouth curved upwards into a cocky grin as a blond girl walked by. Her skirt was slightly hitched up, but other then that she looked fairly normal.
"HEY ELENA!" Reno screamed across the sidewalk, successfully grabbing the attention of said blond.
She mouthed back a 'what' and stood there looking impatient. Reno then made an incredibly sexual gesture with his hand and his mouth, causing Cloud's eyes to bug out in an alarming way.
"GO SUCK ON A DICK AND CHOKE!" She screamed back, throwing a half empty coffee cup his way. She stormed away while a few passer byes tried to pretend like they hadn't seen nor heard what had just gone on.
"Dude..what the hell?" Zack finally said hitting Reno on the back of the head. " You always make all these sexual comments, yet your still a virgin."
Reno suddenly pounced Zack, causing them to fall down to the ground. Cloud backed away slightly as he watched with mild amusement as Reno tried to muffle Zack from yelling even louder that he was indeed still a virgin.
"Ass..." Reno muttered getting up quickly and dusting off his jacket. "Your not suppose to reveal stuff like that."
"Sorry...just don't be a dick to all the girls okay?" Zack said, still lying on the ground. " Hey Cloud, a hand?" He asked holding his hand upwards.
Cloud walked forward, intending to help him, but only managed to trip on Reno's shoe, and fall down...right on top of Zack.
His head almost collided with Zack's, but he somehow managed to keep it from actually connecting. His eyes had snapped shut in the process but when he opened them, he immediately regretted doing so.
He was staring right into Zack's eyes.
' Fuck.' Cloud thought as he found himself unable to tear his gaze away.
He just stayed there, not daring to move, even though he knew he should have. But the interesting thing was, Zack wasn't making any movement that indicated he was uncomfortable. He just stared right back.
"Hellooo! The bell went you guys!" Reno said, successfully snapping Cloud out of his daze.
"Oh, sorry!" he blurted, jumping upwards trying to get out of the position he was in. "Really sorry." Cloud extended his arm down to Zack so he would actually help him stand up, rather then fall on his face.
"Thanks," Zack said when he was standing " Now it's off to class!" he yelled, now acting like nothing awkward had happened.
"Yah...class." Cloud spoke, pumping his fist into the air, with little enthusiasm.
"Where the hell is Seph?" Zack suddenly asked.
" Off eating babies." Reno replied.
"What?!" Cloud shouted.
Reno just shrugged and continued on his merry way, swaying slightly from side to side, and almost knocking over a few people in the process. Cloud wondered if Reno was constantly drunk, because he sure seemed to act that way.
" There will be no talking when I am talking, there will be no spitting, there will be no yelling, no food and no drinks in the classroom, and if I catch you cheating you will be given a zero on the test. No questions asked."
Cloud just stared up at the the front of the classroom as his new Social teacher, who went by the name of Mr.Saix, spewed forth random rules that he demanded be followed.
One rule was anyone found sleeping in his class would not be tolerated, which Zack didn't seem to have any problems breaking. His head was resting on the desk beside Cloud, his hands hanging down at his sides, while his eyes kept closing for longer and longer periods of time.
Cloud nudged Zack a few times with his side, hoping to keep him awake enough so he wouldn't have to endure the teachers wrath on the first day of school.
Thankfully the bell rang and Cloud grabbed his bag and poked Zack yet again, who seemed to have fully fallen asleep.
"Huh, whaaaa?" Zack garbled out. " Shit I fell asleep...cool." He slowly got up and grabbed his book, rubbing the side of his face hoping to get rid of the paper creases on it. " Heeey it's lunch!" He said looking at the clock. He grabbed Cloud by the arm and dragged him out of the class.
"Saix is a real hard ass, but he spends most of the class telling you what not to do, rather then teach, so it's pretty cool." Zack said, as he linked arms with Cloud and walked towards what Cloud presumed was the direction of the cafeteria.
As they walked farther through the hallways, Cloud realized they weren't heading towards the cafeteria, rather towards the back exit of the school.
"Trust me, you don't want to go to the cafeteria, it's worse in there then a fifth grade summer camp." Zack told Cloud as he unlinked his arm, pushed open the back doors, and walked out into the warm sun.
He wandered over towards a large tree and plopped down on the ground. Cloud looked around and noticed no one else was around.
"Are Reno and Sephiroth going to show up?" He asked Zack as he walked over and sat down so he was sitting beside Zack.
"Sephiroth unfortunately helps the teachers out and supervises the cafeteria. He commands more respect then most of the teachers here. As for Reno, he's probably catching up with some odd group or another. I would be with him as well, but I thought it would be nice for you and me to just kinda lounge outside," He smiled looking over at Cloud. " I know coming to a new school can be a bitch and a half, and even worse when Reno drags you off to go meet some more people."
"Thanks...thats really considerate of you." Cloud said, letting himself relax.
"So... do you like it here? Do you still want to move back to your old place?" Zack asked, rolling over so he was lying on his stomach.
"I would like to see my other friends again, and frankly the neighborhood I live in kinda creeps me out...but there are reasons for staying..." He glanced over at Zack, and saw him smile slightly.
"And those reasons would be?" Zack asked, looking up at Cloud still smiling.
"Well there is this new school, which I find absolutely beautiful, this place makes my mom happy, I met a few cool guys named Reno and Sephiroth, and...hmmm," He paused to think, watching Zack out of the corner of his eye, who still had a huge grin on. " Oh yah, and there's a Peters Drive Thu!" He said, laughing when he saw Zack's face go from a cocky grin into a scowl.
Before he knew what was happening, Zack had pounced Cloud. Cloud's arms went flying out trying to stabilize himself, as he fell down with a heavy thud.
Zack straddled Cloud's hip, his strong arms on either side of Cloud's head.
"Are you suuure that's the only reason?" He asked, bringing his face closer to Cloud's.
Cloud smiled up at Zack and closed his eyes. " Yup, I'm pretty sure!"
Zack jutted his lip out, and made a pouty face. " Awwww..."
Cloud started to laugh, and pushed Zack off of him. " Well there is one more reason. There is this awesome guy I met, who has one of the nicest smiles, and greatest personalities I have ever had the privilege of knowing."
Zack broke out into a huge grin, his eyes sparkling. Cloud was smiling as well when he noticed something.
"Um Zack...your nose is starting to bleed..."
"Shit!" Zack grabbed at his nose, trying to stop the blood from dripping on him. " Heh, yah I get nosebleeds all the time." His voice was muffled by his hand. He stood up and leaned forward slightly.
Zack started towards the school and Cloud followed, albeit slightly confused.
If it was such a common occurrence, what was with the flash of fear he saw in Zack's eyes?
Authors Note: As you can see, I decided to post a new chapter Monday nights! So yay, you get a new chapter slightly early this week! Anyways, nothing much to say about this chapter, just that next chapter holds something that a lot of you have been waiting for. Well I hope you have been waiting for it, otherwise I have no idea why you are reading this! Thank you to all the people who review, and to all the people who read it! You guys rock my socks!