You and Cloud walked into the bar as quietly as possible. You were surprised that it was only 3am considering the last time you went for a walk with Cloud you were out all night. At least this time no one was waiting up for you. As you walked up to your room you said goodnight to Cloud and realized that Alyssa and Jeremy were sleeping in your bed. You sighed and decided that sleeping on the couch downstairs was better idea.

Cloud was about to walk into his room when he noticed you walking down the stairs.

"Autumn?" Cloud asked from the top of the stairs. You stopped and looked at him "is everything alright?" he asked.

"Yeah, I just don't want to wake Alyssa or Jeremy up, so I'm going to sleep on the couch"

Cloud thought for a moment then said, "you can sleep in my room, I'll sleep on the couch"

"I've slept on worse, I can handle sleeping on a couch," you said as you walked down the stairs. Cloud followed you.

"Which is why you should sleep in a bed, I'll sleep on the couch"

"Cloud I'm not going to keep arguing with you about this" you said, "why is it such a big deal?" you asked in a softer voice.

He paused "I'm worried about your scar" he replied looking away.

Your scar had been hurting you all day; you didn't think anyone would notice, hell you barely noticed you were so used to it. Speechless you looked into his blue eyes, you could tell there was no changing his mind. You smiled, "you won't sleep in the church right?"

"I won't sleep in the church."

Cloud sat on the couch and took off his boots as you walked up the stairs. It felt strange walking past your room, you had never been in Cloud's room before. It was pretty plain, nothing on the walls. There was some dirty clothes tossed in a corner but it wasn't really messy. A few deliveries were stacked on the desk among some papers, invoices probably.

You noticed two pictures on the corner of the dresser. Normally you wouldn't look but you couldn't resist, Clouds is still a bit of a mystery to you. The first one was of a younger Cloud, Jace and Zack; they looked like they were about 16 and were all wearing the infantry unforms. Cloud was actually smiling. The second picture was of Cloud when he was little; he was hiding behind a woman who looked like his mother. She looked vaguely familiar but you dismissed the thought. You put the pictures back where you found them feeling a bit guilty that Cloud is letting you sleep in his room and you repaid him by going through his stuff.

Cloud's bed was pretty plain, black sheets, black blanket and two pillows.

"I hope Cloud doesn't get cold," you mumbled to yourself as you picked up a pillow and the top sheet.

When you walked downstairs you noticed that Cloud was now lying on the couch with one leg bent, his arms behind his head and his eyes closed. He was fully clothed, at least he bothered to take his boots off. He didn't notice you were in the room. Once you got closer you stepped on a squeaky floorboard and Cloud opened his eyes slightly startled.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you" you paused "I just thought you might want a pillow and blanket" you offered them to him.

"Thanks" Cloud said as he sat up and took them.

You stood there awkwardly for a few moments, "well I'm going to go to bed, thanks again for letting me sleep in your bed"

Cloud nodded and you could have sworn you saw his lips twitch into a smile for a second.

"Goodnight Cloud" you said then scurried up the stairs.

"Goodnight Autumn" but you were already gone.

Cloud's bed was surprisingly comfy. It had a strange scent that was oddly comforting. It smelled sort of like the fresh air of Hazelton mixed with a scent you couldn't quite place and a hint of motorcycle exhaust. You fell asleep almost instantly thinking of a certain spikey haired blonde.

(Cloud's POV)

Falling asleep proved to be a bit more difficult than you expected. Tifa really needs to get a new couch considering that the floor of the church is a lot more comfortable. Though its better that you're sleeping on the couch and Autumn isn't. You couldn't stop thinking about Autumn, it was bad enough that you thought about her all day but dreaming of her too, maybe it is better that you never met her while Jace was alive.