Kingdom Hearts II
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Sora giggles and lands a kiss on Roxas's cheek.
"As expected, you know me the best. Alright, here's my plan."
Leon's POV
Alright now…This is really getting weird. For the whole morning, I can't keep myself from trying to steal glance at him!! WHY?! And those two brats seem to notice that. I will really be having a hard time at breakfast if those two did not sit between me and Cloud. I notice that the two of them are exchanging glances with each other and giving us brief looks. They are definitely up to something, and I bet it is nothing good.
As if right on cue, Sora looks up at me. "Hey Leon! Roxas and I plan to go and check out about the Heartless. You wanna come with us? If anything happens, we could really use your help!"
Why would you need my help when that 'boyfriend' of yours can summon a bunch of Nobodies and wipe them out?! "Ermmm…"
"What's wrong, Leonhart? Scared of a bunch of heartless?" Wait a sec! Did Cloud just say that in a mocking and rather… seductively? Man, I must get a grip…
"I did not say anything yet, Strife," I reply and look at Sora. "Alright, I'll go with you two."
Roxas turns to Cloud. "You wanna come with us too, Cloud?"
Wow…Is that a smile I just saw on Cloud's face? He smiles and pats Roxas on the head. "Yeah, sure." Even I could not get him to smile at me like that…Wait! Am I jealous?! I really need to fight some Heartless to clear out my mind…
二人の約束
The Promise Between the Two of Us
Season 2
Chapter 4:
Being With The One You Love
Normal POV
After their breakfast, Sora and Roxas went back to their room to get ready. "Haha, did you see the look on Leon's face when you and Cloud are talking to each other?! Actually I was quite amazed that the two of you spoke so casually to each other, even though you only met for like…a day?"
"Let's just say, we are somehow similar."
"Is that so…Roxas, you go ahead with Leon and Cloud to Tron's computer lab, while I get ready the thing."
Roxas nods before grasping the brunette's hand within his, making Sora stop in confusion. "Are you going to be alright?"
It is then Sora realises what Roxas means. If the blond went with the other two, he would be alone along the way. And without knowing when or where the Heartless would appear again.
Sora smiles and squeezes his lover's hand in turn. "I will be alright." Roxas tries to say something but Sora intervenes. "And if anything really happens… I know you will find me. Just like you promised."
Roxas frowns a little before pulling Sora into his arms. "I will. No matter what…"
With that, Roxas left the room after planting a light kiss on the Sora's forehead. The brunette smiles as he looks around, murmuring to himself distractedly, "Hmm…I wonder where Merlin had kept it…"
Meanwhile, Roxas, Leon and Cloud are walking towards Tron's computer lab. Leon is leading in front while the two blonds are chatting behind. Roxas can see that this is getting on Leon's nerve, as the brunette is groaning a little every now and then. Finally they reach the lab and Leon operates the computer while the other two stand to a side.
"Looks like the area is clear for now…By the way…" Leon turns around. "What's taking Sora so long?"
Roxas wants to say something but smiles instead. "He's here."
And just like he said, Sora appears at the door, panting to get air into his lungs. Roxas smiles and walks towards him as he chides gently, "You really didn't need to rush."
The brunette grins widely, replying jovially, "Hehe, it's because I can't wait to start!! Leon, Cloud, come over here!"
The two older teen come forth as Sora suddenly takes out a hard object and taps them with it. They look closely to see that the object resembles a book before a bright light covers their vision.
Roxas and Sora grin as the light disperses and the other two were gone. Sora flips the book over to its cover, showing a picture of Sora and Pooh watching the night sky. "They will be angry with you, you know? Especially Leon," Roxas informs lightly.
Sora looks at his lover and chuckles. "Well, let's not make them wait for us, shall we?"
The blond nods as Sora taps the book on himself and Roxas. The same light appears from the book as they disappear into it. Once everything is clear, Aerith steps in and picks up the book.
She smiles and runs her hand over it. "Hope you guys have fun."
Inside Hundred Acre Woods
Leon groans as he slowly opens his eyes, but shuts it almost immediately at the sunlight. He tries to sit up when he realises that he is lying on his back and there is a certain weight on his chest. He opens his eyes again and looks towards below his neck to see the face that always makes his heart skips a beat.
He would have jerked himself up if he had not controlled himself. Leon looks around to see that they are lying under a tall tree in a wide meadow. He thinks about what happened earlier as he curses in his mind that he will get the two brats for it. But now, all his attention is focused on the sleeping blond, who is lying on the top of his chest.
The gunblader gulps as he raises a hand. Slowly and quietly, he runs it through the spiky blond locks. It feels so much softer than it looks. Next, he turns his attention to the blond's face. The skin colour is very fair, like a woman; so smooth and fragile like a porcelain vase. The bright blue-green mako eyes (well, that is what Cloud said since he did not explain much about it) are hidden behind the closed lids. A long, smooth straight nose. Last but not least, the lips…that is parting a little.
Leon blushes as he carefully brushes his fingers over the delicate lips. He blushes harder when he feels Cloud snuggles his face harder into his chest. Wait…Cloud? Snuggles? Who will believe that? But the blond is definitely doing so currently. Leon chuckles softly at this before he notices two shadows above him.
He titles his head up to see Roxas and Sora grinning down at him. "Aww…You two look so sweet…" Sora giggles.
"You two…!" Leon shouts but cuts himself off instantly when he notices that Cloud is stirring. He looks back at the blond, whose eyes flutters open, trying to blink the sleep away from his eyes. Leon chuckles in his mind, Cloud looks like a child when he is doing this and he looks…cute… WAIT!!! No!! He is not!! No!! He can't be thinking like that!! "You awake now?"
"Mmm…" Cloud slowly sits up and rubs his eyes. He blinks and looks around. "Where are we…?"
Sora grins at them. "Inside Pooh's storybook! The Hundred Acre Woods! Come on, let's…!"
Leon suddenly stands up and glares at Sora, who startles at the sudden movement. Roxas notices the action faster than anyone and he steps in front of his Other. Cloud too, stands up at the commotion but with a worried face looking at them.
"Le…Leon…?"
"How can you bring us here?! How can you be so irresponsible?! What happens if the enemies appear at the town while we are here?! You…!" He pauses when he notices a hand gripping onto his shoulder tightly, turning around to see Cloud staring at him.
"That's more than enough…Leonhart," Cloud bites out in his usual cold tone, sending a shiver down the brunette's spine.
The gunblader looks back at the other two, Roxas is still standing in front of Sora glaring at Leon, with one of his hand circling behind him to hold onto his Other, who is on the verge of tears. Leon snorts as he treks off in another direction, leaving the other three behind. Cloud looks at the back of the gunblader as he left before he looks back at Roxas and Sora. The Nobody is currently hugging Sora, who is sobbing softly on his lover's shoulder.
"Sora," Cloud whispers and he notices Sora's body jerks at his voice, his face pale from fright. Roxas too, turns around a little but kept his Other shielded from the older blond. Cloud shakes his head slightly and smiles down at them. "Don't worry, I understand."
Roxas lowers his guard and returns the older blond's smile, but he can still feel Sora trembling behind him. Cloud notices this too as he steps forth and reaches out with his hand to wipe the tears off. Sora flinches at the touch but gradually relaxes into it. "I know that you have a reason for doing this, Sora… I won't blame you. That Leonhart is just being tense."
"Actually Sora and I were planning to get the both of you to let go of your stress here… But it seems that we have planned has the opposite effect…" Roxas explains.
"He's just being too responsible. Don't worry, I'll help you in your plan. Anything I can do, just tell me."
Roxas smiles and nods at the older blond's understanding. "Could you go find Leon while I…" he drifts off as his eyes shift to the brunette behind him, who has his head bowed. Cloud gets the point and nods before he leaves to find Leon. Roxas turns around and looks at his lover. "Sora."
"…………"
Roxas sighs at the silence from the usually hyper boy, as he suddenly scoops Sora up in bridal-style. "W-Whoa!! W-What are you doing?! R-Roxas?! W-wait!! Stop- Ha ha ha ha!!" Sora could not control his laughter as Roxas tickles him under the armpit while maintaining his hold on him.
Sora pants to catch his breath the moment Roxas stops tickling. He pouts at the blond and whines, "What did you do that for?!"
"Feeling better?"
It is then Sora notices that he has stopped crying and looks at Roxas who is smiling softly at him. The brunette mirrors the smile as he leans in and circles his arms around his lover's neck. "Thank you…"
"You're always welcome. Shall we go and find them?" He immediately notices the teen tensing up at the idea and he rubs Sora's back gently to calm him. "It's going to be alright, Cloud's there to help us too."
"But…"
"Shhh… Don't worry, everything is going to turn out just fine…" Roxas smiles when Sora nods his agreement, leaning forth to catch his lover's lips in a soft kiss. "Come on."
"S-Sora?"
They both halt their steps at a soft timid voice. Looking down, they see Piglet staring at them.
On Leon and Cloud Side
Leon runs a hand through his locks of hair and sighs to no one in particular, "I think I was a little too harsh back there…"
"You bet you are, Leonhart."
Leon's heart skips as he turns around quickly to see Cloud standing a few distances from him, with his arms cross over his chest. How did Cloud know how to sneak up on him? "H..How is he?"
"And who are we talking about here?" Leon groans at this as Cloud smirks at this. "If you are so worried, why don't you go and find him yourself? Oh, and one more thing. Apologise to him."
"Apologise?! Why must I…?!"
Cloud cuts him off by grabbing the brunette's collar, snarling as Mako eyes glare at gray-blue eyes, "Because if you don't, I will shove my sword up your ass!"
Leon's eyes widen at the threat, this is his first time he heard the blond swearing. "Those kids did all of these just for your sake, and that's how you repay them? You don't know how your words hurt them, especially Sora," Cloud snatches his hand back and turns his back to the brunette as he scowled. "I know that you are worried about the town. But sometimes…"
Leon blushes as Cloud turns back around and steps close to him. The blond smirks as he continues, "You should really try to give yourself a break and have fun. And now is that time to do so." He gives a wink before walking back to where Roxas and Sora were. The gunblader sighs as he follows the blond.
When they arrive, they notice that the duo weren't around. "Che, where have those two gone to again?" Cloud glares at Leon's remark before he calls out for Roxas and Sora. When they heard Roxas's voice at a further distance, they rushed towards it.
With Roxas and Sora
"Sora! Are you sure you're alright up there?!" Roxas shouts with Piglet standing beside him as he anxiously watches his lover stand at the top branch of the honey tree. A very tall honey tree.
Up above, Sora looks back down and grins widely as he hollers, "I'm alright, Roxas!"
He turns back to the tree, happily chirping, "Well then, back to where I've stopped. Pooh, you really need to control your appetite sometime."
Winnie the Pooh smiles even with the top half of his body stuck in the tree hole while his legs dangle outside where Sora is standing. Sora hears a mumble of apology and he waves it off with a grin as he responds, "Don't need to be sorry. Alright, I'm pulling you now. Breathe in hard!" Sora grabs hold of Pooh's legs as he pulls while maintaining his balance.
With a 'poh' sound, Pooh is pulled out but the force causes Sora to lose his balance and the both of them to fall off the branch.
"SORA!!" Roxas cries out and summons one of his keyblade in an instant and uses Aero to blast himself up. Reaching out with his other hand, he grabs hold of Sora who has Pooh in his hands. Due to the sudden weight, Roxas loses his concentration on the magic but Cloud and Leon manage to arrive and back him up in time.
All of them lands safely as Piglet runs up to Pooh, his words stumbling in worry, "Pooh, are you alright?"
Pooh nods and turns to Sora. "Thank you very much, Sora. And all of you."
"Try not to get yourself stuck in the tree hole again, Pooh," Sora replies, grinning as pats the bear on the head. "And…" The brunette notices the honey that Pooh had on his body which stained his outfit and face when he was hugging the bear tightly while they were falling off the tree. "Hehe, I'm all covered in honey."
Roxas chuckles as he reaches out and wipes some of the honey off Sora's cheek. He licks it, making the brunette blush madly. "Looks like all of us need a bath," he comments as he points to himself and the other two, who were stained with honey on their body too during the rescue.
Sora immediately directs his glance to the ground when Leon looks at him. Cloud gives Leon a nudge on the arm, causing the older brunette to sigh as he moves forward to ruffle Sora's hair. Sora blushes lightly at the friendly gesture from the stoic gunblader and grins widely, knowing that he had been forgiven. Pooh tugs on Sora's pants and informs, "I know of a place where we can clean ourselves."
"That's great! Show us the way, Pooh."
The little bear proceeds towards the location as the others follow. After about a two minutes walk, they reach a beautiful waterfall that Sora has not seen before. "When was there a waterfall here?" he asks Pooh, tilting his head in puzzlement.
"It just suddenly appeared after the last time you were here, Sora," the bear replies, not seeming to care that it had appeared out of nowhere.
The group turn around to see the rest of the members of Hundred-Arced Woods. Sora is about to run and hug them, but Roxas stops him before he could, pointing out the fact that they are still covered in honey. Sora grins before he pulls Roxas along to leap into the pond, while the older two shakes their heads before they jump in too.
Sora rises up to the surface with Roxas by his side. "The water feels great!" he cheers as he runs a hand through his hair, "Looks like most of the honey is gone. What about you, Roxas?" He looks at his lover, blushing a little how Roxas's usual spiky hair was flat and wet, sticking to his face. The blond smiles at him and gives him a thumb-up.
They look at the other two who were also washing of the honey off their clothes, noticing Leon blushing a little when he looks at Cloud. Sora chuckles as he waves at Pooh and the others and yells, "Come on, Pooh, you need to wash up! You guys come on in too!"
Pooh and the others jump in, joining them as Sora and Roxas help the bear to wash the honey off him. Leon was taking his jacket off to wash it properly when he was splashed at suddenly. He looks in the direction where the splash came from to see Cloud looking away, but he did not miss the smirk on the blond's face. The brunette's lips twitches as he scoops up some of the water with his jacket and threw it towards Cloud, who happens to turn back at the same moment. Leon tries to hold his laughter but fails as Cloud leans forward to tackle him into the water. The two keybearers notice the water fight as they swim over to join in, slowly followed by Pooh and the others. After a full hour of being in the pond, they decided to stop. The group sat on the grass field as Kanga came over to hand them each a towel.
Taking off their clothing, but leaving their pants on, the four starts to dry themselves up. Sora helps Pooh to dry while Roxas works on the brunette's hair. After Pooh was dried up, he points out to Sora that his 'boyfriend' is still wet, making Sora blushes before he pouts at the blond for not taking care of himself. Roxas was half-way through drying Sora's hair before a towel was thrown on his head as Sora moves to dry his blond hair while facing him. The couple chuckle as they lean their foreheads together while their hands continue working on each other's hair.
Watching the affection that was displayed between the two, Leon could not help but smile at it. He looks towards Cloud who was sitting not too far from him, and he, too, was smiling at the couple. The gunblader starts to reflect about his feelings towards the blond, did he really like him? He had always thought that he would be forever a loner, after his world was destroyed. "Maybe...I long to have someone to love and to be loved..."
"Leon?"
Realising that he had just said his thought out loud, Squall blushes as he turns to the source of his worries. Cloud is looking at him in confusion and concern. The brunette panics inwardly as he wonders if the blond had heard what he just said and not knowing what to do, he simply turns his back towards the blond.
Time seems to still for Leon as he felt his heart pound hard against his chest. Thoughts and worries are running wild in his mind, driving him insane. Suddenly he feel a weight and warmth lean against his back, making him tense yet relax at the contact. Turning his head around slightly, he realises that it is Cloud who has his back leaning against his own. The gesture brings a smile to the brunette's face, as the both of them sat there relaxed in each other's comfort.
"Cloud! Leon!! The Heartless appeared at the Dark Depths again!" The abrupt information jerks the two out of their comfort as they grab their things and run over to Sora and Roxas, who has one of his hand place on his temple. "Roxas senses them through the Nobodies."
"Is the number great?"
"Not really, Tron and the Nobodies should be able to handle it. But I think it's best that we check it out." All of them nod as they bid farewell to Pooh and his friends.
At the Dark Depths
Clearing the remaining few Heartless, the four scans the surrounding for any traces of the creatures left. Sensing none, they sigh in relief while putting away their weapons. Sora drops to the ground and lies flat on it, making the others chuckle at the sight but sweat-dropped when they realised that Sora is already asleep. Roxas kneels down as he picks his lover up bridal-style.
He looks back at the other two, noting that Cloud is swaying unsteadily on his feet. Leon manages to catch hold of him before the blond hits the ground. Roxas sighs, "He must be still tired from his arrival yesterday and the events today. Let's go back and let them rest."
Leon nods as he picks Cloud up the same way as Roxas did to Sora. Roxas was about to walk off first when Leon calls out softly to him. "Sorry about yesterday…" Roxas just smiles at him as they both walk back to Merlin's house with their precious ones in their arms.
The Next Day
The members of Radiant Garden gather inside of Merlin's house as they bid farewells to the two keyblade wielders. Aerith moves forward to hand them a bag of food for their trip, while the others hand over some other items. The couple give their thanks as they look at Leon and Cloud. Cloud walks up and pats them on the head, reminding them gently, "Take care of yourselves out there, do not lose the light in you."
"You both are always welcomed back here," Leon adds and smiles his rare smile at them.
"Why do I feel like the two of you are acting as if you're our Mum and Dad?" Sora jokes and grins while Roxas chuckles, making the other two to blush. "Anyway, thanks guys! We will be going off now~! See you guys again!"
With that, the two vanished in a light at the portal.
On the Gummi Ship
"WHOA!!" Sora looks at their newly upgraded ship, courtesy of Cid. Even though the outlook and size are still the same from outside, inside the ship was spacious. There is even a bathroom, bedroom and kitchen!
"Must be Merlin's magic that did this," Roxas murmurs and looks around the newly added features as he places the bag of food in the kitchen.
Suddenly the alarm sounds and they rush towards the control room. Sora yells, "Chip! Dale! What's happening?!"
"Sora! Look!"
Outside and right in front of them is a black swirling hole gravitating the ship towards it. Roxas grabs the wheel, trying to stir the ship out of the path but it was already too late. They kept their eyes shut and hold onto each other as the ship was suck into the endless oblivion.
Somewhere on a balcony
Deep ocean eyes glance at the night sky as a shooting star appears. The blond smiles as he moves back into the room and settles by the side of the bed, opening the bed curtain slightly to gaze at the sleeping figure.
"They arrived just as you had predicted, Sora."
TBC…
Hahax, not much fighting in here~!
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