Demyx pushed his way through the crowds filling Yuffie's house, looking for his friend. He didn't really care that he was knocking over a bunch of drunk people (and neither did they, being too drunk to notice that they were now on the floor). Finally, he found her laying across the pool table in her basement making out with a blonde kid he recognized from History class. He grabbed Yuffie's shoulder, detaching her from the blonde (Tidus? Maybe?) and shouted, "Yuffie! I'm leaving!"
"What?" Yuffie shouted back, not hearing him. She giggled as Tidus buried his head in her neck.
"I'm going home!" Demyx shouted.
"Okay, whatever, the ice cream's in the fridge!" Yuffie called back to him, turning back to Tidus to resume her earlier activities. Demyx rolled his eyes and pushed his way out of the house, finding his car in the chaos and getting as far away from there as possible.
When he pulled into his driveway to see both of his parents' cars there, he groaned. "Oh, perfect."
He got out of his car, locking it behind him and walking as slowly as possible up the steps. Unable to delay it any further, he opened the door, hoping to slip into his bedroom without his parents noticing he was home.
No suck luck.
"Demyx!" His mother called him from the kitchen, "Is that you? Come here!"
Demyx sighed, walking into the doorway that lead to the kitchen, "Yeah?"
"Demmy, tell your father that you'd rather stay with me." His mother said, not even bothering to say hi to him.
"Victoria! Don't coerce our son! Of course he wants to stay with me; you smoother him. Right, son?"
"Ha!" Victoria laughed, "Like you could raise him by yourself! You never did a thing raising him while he was growing up, I did everything! You don't know ANYTHING about raising a child! It's for Demmy's own good!"
Demyx clenched his hands, "I've told you a million times not to call me that. And I'm not a child-I'm 17. I don't need raising and I don't need you two fighting over me like this. No, mom, I don't want to stay with you, and no, I don't want to stay with you either, dad! Not until you two work this out and stop involving me in all of your fucking problems!" Demyx whirled around and walked down the hallway to his room, slamming the door behind him and pushing a box in front of it, hoping that would delay his parents even a little bit. Grabbing a bag that he'd had almost fully packed for weeks, he threw in a couple of things he was missing, grabbed his school bag, checked to make sure he had his cell phone and his car keys and opened his window, tossing the bags out before slipping out himself.
Fuck this. He didn't need to be stressing himself out because of his parent's shit anymore. He'd find somewhere else to live until they got over it. He knew that they'd catch on immediately if he used his car, so he hurried down the street without it, as silent as possible until he was far enough away that they wouldn't be able to find him immediately.
There were three things wrong with his plan.
One, he had no idea where to go.
Two, the one place he would immediately think of was filled with drunk teenagers, and the one person he could call was drunk and making out on her pool table with a random kid from Demyx's History class.
Three, he was sitting under a god damn tree and it looked like he might be spending the night there at this rate.
Letting his head fall into his hands, he sighed.
He pulled his phone out of his pocket, scanning through the contacts to try and find someone he could call. Drunk... drunk... Yuffie... drunk... he paused.
Maybe Zexion would be willing to help him out? He was a little hesitant, since he hated involving others in his problems, but he needed a place to stay, and the worst he could say was no, right...?
Making a decision, he dialed the number and held the phone to his ear, hoping.
"Zexion speaking."
"Uh, hey. It's Demyx." Demyx said, hesitating. He didn't know why he was always hesitating while he was on the phone with Zexion.
"Demyx? Is everything all right? Wait, sorry - I always ask that when you call. Of course you're allowed to call when everything is fine! Unless, something is wrong. Is something wrong?"
"I'm..." Demyx paused, unsure of how he should phrase his current situation, "Temporarily homeless."
"Temporarily? Demyx, do you need a place to sleep tonight? Where are you?"
"I'm just around the corner from my house, sitting under a tree. And yeah, kind of... I told my parents I'd had enough of their shit and I left." Demyx sighed, "Which was a stupid thing to do, since I now have nowhere to stay."
"I'm leaving my house now. I'll be there soon. Stay on the phone with me until I get there, okay? What happened exactly?" Zexion asked, grabbing his keys and rushing out of his house, ignoring the calls of his roommates. He quickly started his car and put his cell phone on speakerphone, dropping it into his lap, as he pulled out onto the road and headed to Demyx's house.
Demyx sighed and launched into the story of how his parents were divorcing and couldn't come to the decision about who should have custody of him, so they were essentially fighting over him every time he was home. It felt good to get it off his chest, since he hadn't told anyone the whole story yet.
"I'm sorry, Demyx." Zexion said solemnly. "I'm turning onto your street now - which way did you go to get to wherever you are now?"
"Right. I'll see you when you pull past." Demyx said, grabbing his bag and walking up to the curb so he could see the cars that passed.
"I think I see you." Zexion said once he turned right, slowing down even further and pulling to the curb so that Demyx could get in, shutting his phone in his lap and disconnecting the call. "I'm very sorry for what your going through - your parents are not being fair to you. You can stay at my house for as long as necessary." Zexion pulled away from the curb once the door was firmly closed behind the blonde and his bags tossed into the backseat, heading home.
"Thanks." Demyx mumbled, "I'll figure out some way to pay you back for helping me out so much."
Zexion shook his head. "Don't worry about it. This is what friends do, right?"
"Thanks." Demyx smiled at him, much more relieved about not having to deal with his parents than he thought he'd be.
"It's no problem!" Zexion said, slowing down as they pulled up to his house and turning the car off. "Before we go in, I need to explain a few things."
Demyx glanced at him, "Okay?"
Zexion took a calming breath before explaining: "I don't live with my parents. Once it became clear how smart I was, they distanced themselves from me, so I don't live under their guidance at all, although they are very very wealthy and generously allow me to share in that wealth. I share this house with my three best friends Axel, Cloud, and Larxene. They are about six years old than me. And yes, Larxene is a girl. Don't worry, they won't mind you staying, I just thought you should know before you go in there. They might be a bit rude to you, but they're only trying to protect me. In school, I... well, let's just say I was not very well-liked. So they are used to protecting me. Oh, also, Roxas might still be here. He is Axel's boyfriend. I really hope you are comfortable with people who are gay because you'll have to sleep in the garage for the night and find somewhere else to stay if you aren't - I won't leave you to sleep in the cold outside but I won't tolerate false judgment of my friends."
"If I wasn't comfortable with people who are gay, I'd be a hypocrite." Demyx said, "And I don't plan to give your friends any reason to be mad at me, since I wouldn't do anything to hurt you after you helped me out so much."
Zexion smiled. "That's good. They really are good people, underneath all the sarcasm and bluntness. And I didn't peg you as gay - have you come out yet or is it a fact you'd prefer I didn't share with anyone?"
"I'm not in the closet or anything, I was just keeping it to myself until I graduated. The less to offer people who want to put you down the better, right?" Demyx shrugged, "Yuffie knows, at least."
"Okay. Well, you obviously won't be judged here, as I'm pretty sure Axel is in there still making out with Roxas and Cloud is also gay. Larxene is technically straight, but I'm beginning to suspect she's asexual." Zexion chuckled, opening the door and climbing out of his car, grabbing Demyx's bags from the backseat before the blonde could get to them.
Demyx protested, "I can carry my own bags." he said, not wanting to feel even more indebted to Zexion than he already did.
"No, no. I've got them. Just remember," Zexion said, leading the blonde to the door, "they really are good people and don't mean any harm." With that, Zexion opened the door and strode inside, shouting "Guys! I'm back! With company! So put some clothes on before coming out to meet him!"
Entering the living room Zexion put down Demyx's bags and grinned at Axel and Roxas, who were still on the couch, although the small blonde was now in the redhead's lap.
"Zexion? Where the hell did you run off to? Don't just leave like that!" Cloud said, striding into the living room only to stop short when he noticed the young blonde standing behind Zexion. "Who are you?"
"I'm Demyx." Demyx answered, but didn't get a chance to go on since Axel spoke up.
"What are you, like Zexion's age?" he asked, leaning over the edge of the couch to get a better look at Demyx without dislodging Roxas from his lap, "LARX! GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!"
Larxene walked into the living room, looking a little annoyed, and grumbling, "Whaaat, Scarlet?" Her eyes fell on Demyx and she raised an eyebrow, glancing at Zexion for an explanation.
"Good, now that we're all here: this is Demyx. He's in the chemistry class I'm currently subbing for, so yes, Axel, he's my biological age. But really, I don't understand why you guys focus on age; technically there are three teenagers in this room right now and yet nothing has blown up. And really, I have never 'acted my age', so to speak. Yes, we're friends. No, that doesn't give you permission to harass him. He needs a place to stay."
"I'm in college, dammit." Roxas muttered from Axel's lap, but otherwise didn't comment as this wasn't something that concerned him, really.
Axel wrapped an arm around Roxas to reasssure him that he was fine with his age, and spoke again, "So you told him he could stay here? That's fine and all, but... where? All the bedrooms are being used."
"Anywhere but my room, and I don't care." Larxene said, "Ever since that cat, I haven't shared a room with anyone."
Axel gave Larxene a look, "That was when we were ten."
"Does it look like I care how long it was?" she raised an eyebrow.
Axel rolled his eyes, "My room's out too. There's hardly enough space to walk in there."
"I'm really fine with wherever." Demyx mumbled.
Cloud rolled his eyes at the two. He couldn't believe they were still talking about that cat! "Zexion will bunk with me so Demyx can have his room." Cloud stated.
Zexion thought about it before nodding slowly. "Yes, that will work. Thank you, Cloud."
Cloud nodded. "Those are his bags? I'll put them in your room." Cloud picked up the bags and disappeared into Zexion's room for a moment.
Demyx hesitated, "I don't want to kick you out of your room." he told Zexion.
Zexion smiled at him, waving his hand. "It's fine. Honestly, my room's probably the cleanest one in the place, so it's better for your safety if you just stay there. I just need to grab a few things... will you be okay out here by yourself for a few minutes?"
"Yeah, of course." Demyx nodded, still a little apprehensive, but mentally telling himself to just calm down.
Zexion turned to glare at his roommates, but mostly just glared at Larxene. "Behave yourselves." He warned, before turning and sending a small smile to Demyx as he exited the room, quickly heading into his own and being incredibly thankful that he was not a messy person as he gathered up what he needed to bunk in Cloud's room.
Demyx shifted awkwardly as he waited for Zexion to come back, but Axel was having none of that. Sending Larxene a glance that he knew that she'd be able to understand, he spoke, "Take a seat, you look exhausted."
Demyx blinked, a little surprised, but walked over to a chair and sat himself down.
"We didn't really introduce ourselves properly. I'm Axel, that's Larxene, and this is my boyfriend Roxas. Cloud's the one who took your bags to Zexion's room." Axel said, "We're really not bad people, I promise." he glanced at Larxene, "Well, most of us. She's evil."
"And proud of it." Larxene smirked. Looking over at Demyx, her smirk turned to a sincere smile. "Anyway, Axel's right, though. You're welcome to stay here as long as you want to, and we promise not to give you a hard time. We're a pretty open group, and we take care of each other, so you're safe here." she grinned, sinking onto the couch next to Axel and Roxas.
"Thank you." Demyx said, a little surprised, but mostly relieved.
Cloud chuckled. "If you need anything, don't feel bad to ask. We all know what it's like to be an outsider here, so we'll try our best to help. I'm gonna go help Zex now, though. Yell if you need us." Cloud sent a knowing look to Larxene and Axel before shaking his head and leaving to let Zexion know that Demyx had been officially adopted into their group.
Roxas looked incredulously from Larxene to Axel and back to Larxene. "Where the hell was that hospitality earlier today when you first met me, huh?" He demanded.
"You're different." Larxene said, shrugging.
Axel just tightened his grip around Roxas's waist and chuckled, mumbling in his boyfriend's ear, "Remind me to explain later."
Larxene glanced at Demyx, "So... tell us about you? Or do you wanna hear about us? Axel can talk about himself long enough to last for days."
"Hey, Sparky. That's mean." Axel glared.
"Your point?" Larxene raised an eyebrow.
"Uhh..." Demyx paused to think, "Well... Is there anything I should know, staying here?"
Roxas grumbled, not liking being out the loop but getting the feeling it was something he'd have to get used to when Axel was around Larxene. Satisfying himself with giving Axel a quick kiss, he answered Demyx before anyone got the chance.
"Axel's mine." He stated.
"Got that." Demyx nodded, "No worries."
Axel chuckled, "Stay out of Larxene's room and I don't think you'll have any problems."
"If you do end up in my room, have a good explanation." Larxene added, "It's not like I'll kill you for coming in there if you have a reason, but if you just go in for no reason, I'm liable to throw you off the roof."
Axel rolled his eyes, "Stop trying to scare him."
"I'm being serious."
Demyx just blinked, but was finding the entire situation rather amusing.
Cloud walked down the hallway and leaned against the doorframe leading to the living room. "Still here?" He asked the blonde teen, amused. "I'm surprised they didn't scare you off. Zexion's just changing the bed for you, he'll be done in a minute."
Demyx nodded.
Axel rolled his eyes at Cloud, "We're only scary when we want to be."
Cloud just gave him a look. "I know that. Which is why I also knew that you'd either attempt to scare him off like Larxene tried with Roxas or you'd end up adopting him like that damned cat you love to bring up."
"Why would they scare him? And after I told them to behave." Zexion said, entering the room and going to stand next to Demyx, shaking his head at his roommates. "Be honest - how bad were they?" He asked the seated blonde.
Demyx laughed, "They were fine." he promised.
"Told you." Axel rolled his eyes again. "And, again, the cat was when we were ten."
Zexion shook his head, but smiled at Demyx. "It's getting kind of late. I'm not saying you have to go to sleep right now, but I'd better show you around. Come on!" Zexion offered his hand to Demyx, pulling him out of the chair and down the hallway.
Cloud shared a look with Larxene and Axel. "He's awfully friendly with that kid. I really hope he doesn't get hurt, for both their sakes."
"Yeah." Axel said, "But I don't see it happening. Zexion's careful, and Demyx seems nice enough." He leaned back against the couch, pulling Roxas with him.
Larxene shrugged, "Either way, until or unless that happens, he's under our protection. Think Zexion will tell us what happened?"
"No harm in asking." Axel said, "But we might have to get it out of him ourselves."
"I think Axel's right, for once. He wouldn't talk about it when I was helping him before." Cloud said, looking thoughtful.
"He's in high school, right? Don't high schoolers usually have problems with their parents?" Roxas asked, leaning his head into the crook of Axel's neck, his eyes growing heavy as he half listened to the conversation.
Cloud shrugged. "Most, but not all. We'll just have to ask."
"Yeah." Axel said, ignoring Cloud's comment and readjusting himself so that Roxas was less likely to slip off his lap.
Larxene pulled her legs up so that she was lounged more comfortably on the couch and spoke, "Well, whatever happened, it was enough to make him run away from home, so if there's anything I can do to help, I'd like to." she sighed, "From the fact that he came here, it doesn't look like he has his version of the two of you to help him out."
Axel gave her a comforting smile, "Well, he has Zexion."
"True." Larxene smiled.
Cloud frowned. "Don't worry, Larx. We'll all take care of him." He glanced at Axel, smiling suddenly.
"Ax? I think we wore your boyfriend out. He's sleeping." Cloud pointed out.
Axel glanced at Roxas, and sure enough, he was fast asleep. Chuckling, he scooped the blonde into his arms, "Well, looks like he's staying the night. I'll go put him in my room and then I should probably call his brother."
"Have his number? I can call." Larxene offered.
Axel gave her a look.
"Honestly!" Larxene said, "I'm capable of doing nice things!"
"No. Besides, Sora at least knows who I am." he said, "Thanks for the offer, though."
Larxene grumbled.
Axel rolled his eyes again, "See you guys later." he said, walking down the hall carrying Roxas.
Cloud shook his head. "Axel sure fell hard for the kid, huh? Well, g'night, Larx." With a smile and a wave, Cloud headed down the hall to his own room passing Zexion's and glancing in to see his roommate helping the blonde find an outlet to charge his cell.
"Ah ha! Got it!" Zexion proclaimed from half under the bed, plugging the cell charger in.
Demyx chuckled, "Thanks, Zexion." he said.
"No problem." Zexion said, crawling out and standing up. "So, the kitchen is right behind the living room down the hall. Feel free to help yourself, although we don't have much actual food here since none of us can cook well. Still, there should be some leftover pizza in the fridge. There's a TV in the living room if you're not tired, or you could borrow one of my books to read. Oh, and the bathroom is the third door on your left down the hall that way. Don't worry, the door's left open if it's not in use, so you should be able to find it quickly."
"Thanks." Demyx repeated, "For everything. You've really helped me out a lot the last few days."
"We're friends, right? Stop thanking me." Zexion said, smiling. He cleared his throat, smile fading. "Did you... did you want to talk about it more, now that you're here and calmer? I can't imagine it's easy, feeling like you can't go home."
Demyx sighed, "Actually, it's kind of relieving." he said, "I was trying to spend as little time as possible there before, so knowing I don't have to go back is better." he said, "Do you mind if I don't tell Yuffie, though? She'll just get mad at me not coming to her."
"Sure. It'd probably be awkward, anyway, to tell her you're living with the substitute chemistry teacher." Zexion said, smirking slightly. "And I know it's pretty boring here and I'm not very entertaining company, but I hope you like it here."
"Yeah, not sure how she'd take that one." Demyx laughed, "And I'm sure I will. You're more entertaining company than you think." he smiled.
Zexion blinked, then chuckled. "You know, you don't have to compliment me in order to stay here. I'm well aware of my social shortcomings. And I'm adding to them right now by admitting that I'm getting tired. Not of you," Zexion hastily added, "I'm just usually asleep by now so my body's fatigued."
"I haven't noticed any social shortcomings." Demyx assured him, "And get some sleep, then. Sorry to keep you up." he smiled.
"If you're sure..." Zexion said, sounding indecisive.
Demyx nodded, "I still say you should sleep in here. I'm more than happy to take the floor."
"There's no way I'd let you sleep on the floor. This is fine, trust me. If you need anything, don't be afraid to ask. Or text me, if you don't want to disturb Cloud. I'll keep my phone on vibrate all night. See you in the morning. Good night, Demyx." Zexion said, heading to the door.
"G'night." Demyx smiled.
Zexion left the room and headed to Cloud's, intent on falling asleep as soon as he got comfortable.
XXXX
Leon leaned back on the couch, flipping through the pages of a book, trying to figure out where he'd stopped reading. His phone rang as Seifer walked through the room, acknowledging him with a nod.
Leon pulled it out, answering, "Hello?"
"Guess who?"
Leon smirked, "Hmmm, I wonder who would randomly call me that doesn't live in my house?" he asked.
"Maybe it's that extremely hot guy you were making out with Friday...?"
Leon chuckled, "Could be."
"So I was wondering if you wanted to grab lunch or something today? You're off right? Larx was under that impression, anyway..."
"Sure." Leon said, "Yeah, I've got the day off. Finally."
"Good. You want to meet somewhere or should I show up with flowers and sweep you off your feet in front of your dumbstruck roommates?"
"Maybe no flowers. Don't want to kill them in shock." Leon smirked.
"Kill who in shock?" Seifer asked, walking back into the room from the kitchen.
Leon covered his phone, "Does it look like I care enough to tell you?"
Seifer shrugged, "Dunno. Do you?"
"No." Leon said, uncovering his phone as a dismissal.
Cloud laughed. "I don't know - I think it'd be funny. Maybe something besides flowers? Candy? A teddy bear? What would you like?"
"Surprise me." Leon decided, "But keep in mind that if it's alive, someone here will manage to kill it."
"I would never get you a new pet for a first date gift! That's at least third date material." Cloud said with a chuckle. "See you around noon?"
"Sure, sounds good." Leon said, "See you then."
"Bye, Leon." Cloud said, hanging up without waiting for a reply. Glancing at the clock, he saw he had just enough time to drive across town to get what he needed before heading to Leon's. He grabbed his keys and left his room, carefully shutting the door behind a still sleeping Zexion, rolling his shoulders as sleeping on the floor had made them a little tense. He headed into the living room, noting that it appeared no one else was awake yet. Scribbling a quick note and leaving it on the table so they wouldn't worry about where he was, Cloud left the house.
Once Leon hung up, he called for Seifer, who walked in, giving him a look. "You asked me to leave and now you want me here? Make up your mind."
"I didn't tell you to leave. You just left." Leon rolled his eyes.
"What?" Seifer asked.
"Xig around or is he at work?"
"He's here somewhere. Why did you call me to get him?" Seifer glared.
"Don't complain, I haven't killed you yet."
Seifer rolled his eyes, "You're never going to." he grumbled, "What do you need Xig for?"
"I don't need him, I was just making sure he was here." Leon shrugged.
Seifer raised an eyebrow.
Leon just opened his book again, ignoring Seifer's presence.
XXXX
Cloud couldn't keep the grin off his face as he juggled the white teddy bear with pink hearts on it under one arm and the bottle of chocolate sauce under the other as he rang the doorbell of Leon's apartment at exactly twelve noon.
Leon answered the door a moment later, opening it and raising an eyebrow at the bear.
Cloud's grin widened. "You didn't say which you wanted, so I got both. Well, I grabbed the slightly more adult version of candy, but I think that can be kept until after the third-date pet."
Leon chuckled, "Sounds like a good idea." he said, letting Cloud into the house and shutting the door.
Seifer poked his head out of the hallway, "Who was at the..." he trailed off, seeing Cloud holding the bear.
"Seifer, you know Cloud." Leon said, not bothering to introduce anyone.
Seifer stared for a moment longer before snapping, "Fuck!" and escaping down the hallway.
Cloud couldn't help it, he laughed. "He'll be back right? Should we be holding hands while glaring at him?" Cloud said in amusement, shoving the bear and chocolate bottle into Leon's hands.
"Nah, he thinks Xigbar won the bet, so he's gonna pretend he never saw us." Leon said, "Lemme put these in my room."
"What a shame. Is Xig here?" Cloud asked, following the brunette to his room and admiring his ass before taking a better look around his bedroom, as last time he'd been a tad upset and hadn't really noticed much.
"Next room over." Leon said, putting the bear and chocolate bottle on his bookshelf.
Cloud grinned and grabbed Leon's hand, threading his fingers through his. "Shall we go say hi?"
Leon chuckled, "Sure."
Cloud headed out into the hallway, tugging Leon behind him, stopping in front of the next door and raising an eyebrow, silently asking Leon if this was the one.
Leon answered by pounding on it. A slightly disgruntled Xigbar answered a moment later. "What?"
Leon just shrugged, "His idea." he gestured to Cloud.
Xigbar turned from Leon to Cloud, and then realized that the two of them were holding hands. Sighing, he leaned against the doorway and was silent for a second before saying, "Just tell your roommate she can pick up the cash whenever," and shutting the door.
Cloud grinned, turning to Leon. "Did I mention that Larx owes me half the bet? Lunch is on me."
Leon chuckled, "I won't complain about that. Come on, let's go. I'm starving."
Cloud followed Leon down the hall. "Where to? You wanna take my bike or your car?"
Leon shrugged in answer.
Cloud shook his head and dropped Leon's hand in favor of poking him in the shoulder. "Which is it?"
"Let's take my car, since your bike got quite the workout last time." Leon said, "But you decide where. I'm up for anything."
"Are you always this indecisive and accommodating?" Cloud wondered aloud.
"Not usually." Leon answered.
Cloud glared. "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"
"Kind of." Leon chuckled, "Alright fine. You like Italian?"
Cloud stuck his tongue out at him. He actually stuck his tongue out and made that 'nyah' sound that five-year-olds make before answering, "Why, yes, I do."
"Then I know the perfect place." Leon said, ignoring Cloud's channelling of his inner-five-year-old and grabbing the blonde's hand again, "Come on."
Cloud grinned like an idiot, inordinately pleased that Leon was the one to take his hand this time, before following the brunette to his car. He decided that this thing between them might actually work. Stopping Leon from letting go of his hand to get in the car, he sent him his version of Zack's pout, a lethal weapon of a class of its own. "Don't I get a hello kiss?"
Leon smirked, "Didn't want my roommates dropping dead from shock." he said, before leaning in and kissing Cloud.
The blonde sighed, his eyes closing and his body relaxing as he leaned into Leon, very much enjoying the kiss. He tilted his head slightly, creating a better angle, before moving his lips more firmly against the brunette's, hands trailing up to wrap around his shoulders.
Leon pushed him back so the blonde was leaning against his car to get into a better position, and smirked.
Cloud shifted, pressing closer to Leon as he was pinned to the car. All too soon, the need for air became too much for him and he broke the kiss, turning his head as a blush crept across his cheeks, still holding tight to Leon and panting slightly. He licked his lips and looked up into Leon's eyes. "Damn."
Leon smirked and took a step back so that Cloud could step off his car, "Good enough for a hello kiss?"
Cloud smiled softly, still catching his breath. "Hell yes. I'm just gonna say this - you are a damn fine kisser, Leon."
"You're pretty good yourself." Leon smiled back. "Come on, lunch time."
Cloud shook his head, running his fingers through his hair, as he walked around the car and got into the passenger's seat, pressing his hands to his cheeks, still feeling the heat from his blush. He dropped them and sighed as Leon got into the car, getting comfortable in the seat and buckling up before asking, "So, where exactly are we going?"
"It's a small Italian place down the street. I know you'll like it." Leon answered, pulling out of the garage.
XXXX
Hi guys! Cami here. Short author note today 'cause I'm kind of in a hurry, but Alice, that scene was for you. :D
You know which one I'm talking about. See you guys next week!