Signed Sealed Delivered - Chapter 4
Main Pairing: Leon x Cloud
Warning: Male x Male Relationships, harsh language, AU, major OOC
A/N: Don't flame me, please. It won't get me anywhere. Critiques and advices are much more appreciated.
Leon was staring hard like a cat from his third floor balcony. His brain interpreted the scene as a yellow furry chocobo and a wicked raven having a friendly chat under a tree in the garden. "Who the hell is he?" He mumbled lowly, his eyes narrowed in annoyance.
His heart almost jumped out of his chest when he saw the chocobo one smiling lightly. He'd never seen it before. He'd never seen that kind of expression from him. Well, what did he expect? He hadn't known him that long. The first meeting was alright, but the times after that, every time they had met the blond never smiled at him. It's just a formal smile for his work, he thought. Lately he'd only seen a twitch on his lips, he still like it though. The expression the delivery man had shown him made Leon was to tease him more.
He took his cell phone out of his pants pocket and dialed a number fast. In less than a minute he saw the blond flip open his own cell, luckily without noticing the caller first, or he would have ignored the call.
"Look up." He hissed into the speaker.
The chocobo one finally found out who the caller was on his cell's LCD. He pouted then tilted his head to the balcony where the brunette stood and waved his hand at him. Without any response to Leon, Cloud turned his head back to his little conversation with the raven one.
Seeing this, the cat eventually decided to approach him.
"Hi, Cloud."
"Uwaaa!" The blond jolted sharply as he closed his delivery truck door and found Leon standing behind it. "You surprised me." He said, earning a chuckle from the other. Leon turned his head around to look for someone, but he didn't find him. He sighed in disappointment.
Cloud managed a medium sized box in one arm while he put the receiver's sheet on it with the other hand. "What?" He finally asked when he realized that the brunette still hadn't budged from his place, his eyes checking him out.
Leon shrugged, hands inside his pants pockets.
"I don't have any package to deliver to you today, you know." Cloud said stoically.
"I know. I don't expect one today either."
Without any response, the delivery man walked across the street to a small house in front of the apartment building. After a single push on the bell, the house owner came out. Leon saw him from afar, Cloud smiling to the customer as he handed him the package. But, he'd already seen that smile.
As the blond walked back to the delivery truck, he bumped into the raven one who rode his yellow pick-up truck. The truck stopped near Cloud and he approached the driver who waved his hand to him. That's it! That was the smile. That was the expression he saw before. In addition, he saw the aura that made an invisible barrier between them and people around them. He narrowed his eyes, hands inside his pockets turning into tight fists. What's their connection? He asked himself.
By the time Cloud came back to check the packages inside his delivery truck, a series of accusations awaited him.
"You seem to be quite intimate with him."
"Oh, is that so?"
"Who is he?"
"That's none of your concern."
"You never smile at me like that."
"Should I?"
Leon's lips pursed into a firm line. He exhaled fast before speaking in a sharp tone, "You should have told me you have a boyfriend."
Cloud's hand halted, he sighed deeply before slamming the truck's door close. He finally turned his eyes and glared at the brunet.
"What makes you think that? Zack's straight. He has a girlfriend, okay? And it's not your freaking problem who I get intimate with, whether they are my friends or not."
"But you like him," Leon cut in.
Cloud's mouth gaped slightly in shock. He felt like his heart had stopped beating and his throat had gone dry as he heard Leon's words. He forced himself so hard to control his eyes that were now suddenly welling with unwanted tears.
"Right?" He said again for emphasis.
"S-so...? For your information, he's just my friend." Cloud stuttered lowly before getting back into his delivery car.
The blonde's watery glare was still shadowing his eyes, and even Leon couldn't find an opening to talk to him. Leon watched Cloud drive his car away as if he was avoiding the brunet's last accusation. And it made his brain suddenly work on a mischievous plan.
"Friend, he said?" Leon muttered lowly on his way back to his room. He snorted, "Well… we'll see if I can use him."