"CLOUD!" he screamed as he watched his lover struck down. "NO!"

Kadaj smiled evilly and turned to Leon as he dropped next to the blonde.

"He wasn't strong enough to face me," he taunted. "And neither are you."

Leon felt tears burn his eyes as he spun to face Kadaj.

"You monster!" he yelled. "You knew where we were going to be and trapped us! We didn't challenge you! We were just trying to get away from the city for a few days!"

"You were running away so I stopped you," Kadaj said simply.

Leon picked up his gunblade and-

He sat up quickly, sweat pouring down his face.

Leon rubbed his eyes and realized he had fallen asleep.

He looked to his left and saw Cloud sleeping peacefully.

The brunette got out of his chair and walked over his unconscious blonde.

He brushed the damp bangs out of his eyes and stared down at Cloud.

Cloud's eyes were shut tightly and he was tossing in his sleep.

Leon lightly put his hand in Cloud's forehead.

It was burning up.

He walked into the bathroom and picked up a washcloth. After wetting it, he returned to the Cloud's side and laid it gently on his neck.

"Cloud…" he whispered. "You've been asleep for almost a week. When are you going to wake up?"

Cloud didn't wake up nor did he answer.

Leon sat back in his chair and watched Cloud for a few moments.

The blonde continued to toss and groaned a few times.

Leon knew he was having recollections of the fight just as he had had.

Cloud grasped his side again and Leon got up to change his bandage. Even in his sleep, Leon knew what Cloud wanted.

Leon pulled the sheets back and saw the bloody mess that he used to call a stomach.

He carefully took hold of the end of the red bandage after sitting Cloud up and pulled it off very slowly.

Cloud may be unconscious, but he could still feel pain, deafened as it might be.

With the precision of a surgeon, Leon cleaned Cloud up before wrapping a fresh bandage around his waist.

Leon felt a stab of pain and looked down to see the bandage around his hand was slowly turning red.

'Great,' he thought. 'Now I start bleeding.'

He finished with Cloud and pulled his own bandage off to find his stitches had burst open.

'I probably didn't sew them closed tight enough.'

The wound on his hand was only a few inches deep but it still hampered him slightly.

As he was tying the new bandage, he heard movement in the other room.

He stuck his head out the door to make sure that Cloud hadn't fallen out of the bed.

"Hmm…" Cloud muttered as he opened his eyes. He looked around in confusion. "Where am I?"

Leon ran to his side.

"CLOUD! You finally woke up!"

Cloud looked at him.

"What do you mean? What happened?"

"Kadaj caught us and attacked us. He nearly killed you, but I beat him back and managed to get you back home."

"Is he dead?"

Leon shook his head.

"He won't die. I tried my best but I was trying to protect you at the same time."

Cloud raised his head to look Leon in the eyes.

Small tears ran out of the corners of his eyes.

"I kept seeing you dead. Lying on the ground covered in blood while Kadaj looked on and laughed. I wasn't able to help you. I kept dreaming of him attacking you and there wasn't anything I could do. I just had to sit there and watch as he slowly killed you."

Leon hugged him gently.

"It's okay Cloud. I'm fine. He's not going to get me and he's never going to get you again."

Cloud buried his face in Leon's shoulder.

"Thank you so much, Leon."

"I wasn't going to let you die."

Cloud pulled his face away and looked at Leon again.

"I love you, Leon."

"I love you too, Cloud."

AN: Request for evilgrrlstrike. I hope you liked it! It was fun to write!

If you think it's OOC, YOU'RE WRONG! Leon was really worried and he can really open up around his lover and same with Cloud.

Anyone who wants a request, just contact me! :D

See ya!