He didn't know why he particularly liked the kid. It's not as though he were interesting, or had a great personality. Or a personality at all for that matter. Yet Barret found his eyes tracing the blonde's pale skin as though it were a puzzle in need of solving. The boy lay on the bed, asleep as he had been for the last 2 hours. As if it weren't bad enough that he had to endure this god awful ghost hotel, but he had had to do it by himself.
Yet as he sat there on the edge of his own bed, Barret couldn't help but notice the blonde's bare back, his blankets barely brandishing his hips as they fell loosely over what Barret suddenly suspected was Clouds bare behind.
It wasn't like Cloud to sleep naked.
Barret raised an eyebrow, what was going on lately with that boy?
Barret rose to his feet before pacing across the room towards the younger man. He stalled at the blonde's bedside, his brain telling his fingers to pull the blanket up, after all, Cloud must be cold right? Yet his fingers failed to respond to the demands of their master.
Cloud's body shifted slightly, as though it suddenly became aware that it was under observation. He arched his back slightly, causing the blanket to fall away completely from his hips.
The blanket gave away its secrets, revealing to Barret what he had indeed already suspected. Cloud was indeed naked as two perfectly moulded pale cheeks were put on sudden display.
Barret stood there as though paralyzed, what was wrong with him? Pull the damn blanket over the blonde already. Yet, his eyes remained fixed upon the pale mounds before him. His fingers took upon a life of their own, reaching not for the blanket but for the boy.
But it was too late to stop himself, or the potential fallout if Cloud were to god forbid wake up.
He suddenly shook his head violently.
Why was he even thinking such things? It wasn't appropriate to touch someone, especially not when they were asleep.
"Barret." Cloud stated suddenly, tearing the older man from his reverie with sudden horror. Was Cloud agitated? Barret wondered, it was hard to tell, he always possessed the same tone regardless of what situation arose.
"I didn't know you were awake." Barret all but stuttered, pulling his wandering arm back before securing it safely behind his own back.
"That much is obvious." Cloud continued, though his eyes remained shut.
"Uh," Barret was lost for words as he braced himself for the fallout he had so avidly wished to avoid.
But wait, Barret raised an eyebrow, wondering if the boy had been referring to his wayward hand? But how could he have known about that when his eyes have been closed this entire time?
Though he didn't have to wonder for long as Cloud waved his hand haphazardly at the room around them.
"How could I sleep through this nonsense?"
Barret glanced down, his eyes tracing the blonde's body until they reached his buttocks once more, wondering why, if Cloud was aware of his presence, he had made no attempt to cover up his naked body.
Surely it wasn't deliberate?
No, of course it wouldn't be.
"If not sleep, then what do you propose to pass the time?" The words had left Barret's lips before he had the chance to even register them. Cloud lay still, his back remained turned to the older male as he continued to rest on his side.
A silence fell between them, its presence growing more awkward with each passing second.
"Perhaps there is something you could do for me." Cloud suddenly severed it with his words.
Barret tilted his head slightly, curious as to what exactly it was that the blonde was implying.
No sooner had he begun to wonder, Cloud had pushed aside the remaining blankets, now leaving nothing to the imagination as he turned to face Barret.
"W-what?" Barret didn't come down in the last shower, he didn't need clarification on what exactly the boy was implying, even as his lips begged for it.
"Come on man, you can't be serious?"
Cloud laid back on the bed as a sigh echoing feigned defeat cascaded from his lips. He lay there, spreading his legs wider as though it were an invitation.
"When am I ever not serious?"
It wasn't as though Barret could argue the point as the blonde suddenly rose to his feet before striding across the room, seeming to have no care for the fact he was still completely naked.
"You can't tell me you're not frustrated." Cloud stated, glancing only momentarily over his shoulder to ensure his words reached their intended destination.
He soon reached his goal, the dining table.
Without hesitation he bent over it, making sure to have his back to Barret as he once again spread his legs apart. This angle was preferable, it would make for better viewing after all. The blonde arched his back without hesitation, his cheeks soon parted, revealing the opening hidden within.
Barret stood there, not bothering to mask the confusion fused with abject horror as it consumed his expression. But there was also another emotion in the mix, one that was getting harder and harder to deny as his eyes traced the mounds into the crevasse.
Desire.
No…
Raw desire.
He'd never seen this side of Cloud before, he doubted anyone else had either. Was he having another one of his moments?
"What's wrong big boy? Can't handle me?" Cloud taunted as he raised two fingers to his lips before consuming them with saliva. He wasted no time as he reached around, sliding his middle finger in and out of his opening with a concerning amount of ease.
"Why you!"
Of course Barret would fall for the taunt, that much was obvious to anyone who knew the man.
Barret strode across the room, though his expression was difficult to decipher. This could go one of two ways. Cloud knew he would wind up with a gun up his ass, he just wasn't sure if it would be the one on Barret's arm or the one between his legs.
Though right in that moment he didn't care either way.
He needed solid mass inside of him.
Cloud suddenly felt himself pushed hard against the table.
"I pegged you for a lot of things Cloud, but a wanton slut wasn't one of them." Barret's breathing had shallowed, he was panting. It couldn't have been from moving across the room so fast. The man possessed more stamina than that. Which meant… It had to be from something else.
Cloud suddenly felt his head pushed against the hard wood beneath him, secured in place by a cold metal arm. That's when he realized it wasn't the only hard thing pressed against his body. A smile crept across the young man's lips, it was as though he had achieved a conquest he hadn't known he wanted until that moment.
Barret fumbled to get his trousers undone before yanking them down clumsily with his only free arm.
"You wait," Barret's hot, staggered breath forced its way into Cloud's ear.
"I am waiting, old man." Cloud knew even as the words left his lips that he was playing with fire.
But he really didn't care.
That's when it hit him like the Midgar express. The penetration. It seemed any restraint Barret possessed was now forfeit.
"Argh!" Cloud regretted the groan the moment it left his lips.
"What's wrong boy? Can't handle it?"
"You wish."
Barret pushed his way in further, watching as his member rapidly disappeared inside the blonde's tight opening.
Yet it still wasn't enough, he needed more. He pulled back before driving in harder, as though demanding another groan from the boy beneath him.
Cloud refused to deliver it. He would have to work harder.
He pounded him harder, faster, each action growing hungrier and more determined than the last.
Barret never realized how much he needed this until now.
It was only then that he realised Cloud tending to himself. He really should do the decent thing and help him out. The older man wasted no time contorting his wrist around the blonde's bare waist before grasping ahold of his throbbing member.
He was about to explode, he was sure Cloud was too as he struggled to contain himself. What had Cloud turned him into? It was never quite like this with Myrna.
"Barret, I…" Cloud muttered as he ground himself against the hardness inside him, as though he couldn't quite get enough of it.
"I know Cloud, I'm almost there too." Barret squeezed his fingers tighter still around the blonde's member, as though demanding of it its juices.
It was then that Barret got what he wanted as the boy accommodating his cock finally succumbed to the pleasure. The moan escaped his lips. It was as though it were permission for Barret to do the same. Cloud felt Barret slump over him as though consumed by a mixture of exhaustion and defeat.
If Barret was panting before, it was nothing compared to now.
"You know Cloud, being absolutely dominated suits you."
Cloud pried his lips apart as he prepared to bite back. Only then did he realize that voice didn't belong to Barret, but rather to someone else. His eyes suddenly shot open, pushing Barret off his exposed body as his eyes scoured the room.
They soon fell upon their target as he leaned against an adjacent wall, his arms folded across his chest.
"Vincent?" Cloud's eyes widened in shock as he stood there in all his bare glory.
"Hey! How long have you been standing there?" Barret yelled, obviously forgetting for a moment that he was in a hotel room as he quickly shoved his genitals back into his trousers, other guests be damned.
"Well this is my room too you know." Vincent stated dully, as though what he had witnessed was nothing new under the sun.
"That's not answering the question, I bet you feel right at home with all this tacky goulish shit." Barret continued his verbal defensive assault.
Vincent's lips parted as he appeared to consider his words carefully. Though, what he had to say, no one would ever know as the door to the room came flying open, without so much as a knock.
Cloud froze, a part of him was too afraid to turn his head and see who his latest uninvited guest was, though the only thing he hated more was the ambush potential of the situation.
His eyes darted cautiously to the door. His shock turned to horror as the rest of his party stood there, Tifa, Aerith, Red XIII and Yuffie.
Oh god not Yuffie. Her eyes were as wide as the golden saucer as her eyes shamelessly stared at his completely naked groin, as though she had never seen a naked man before. Her hand suddenly covered her mouth as she pointed at him and began to giggle.
Oh for fucks sake.
Cloud froze as Barret suddenly stood in front of him, shielding him from further unwanted viewing by the uninvited guests.
"Cloud, why are you naked?" Aerith began, though it seemed she was struggling to hold back her own chuckles.
"I sleep naked." Cloud lied, a lie that was recognized instantly by all other male members of the party.
"So, you were, sleeping?" Tifa tilted her head as though attempting to figure out a well worn puzzle.
"Yeah." Cloud turned so that he had his back to everyone, including Barret.
"Then why do you look so dishevelled?" Tifa continued to pry, yet genuine concern resided in her crimson eyes.
"A nightmare perhaps?" Red XIII chimed in as he trotted into the room.
"You weren't disturbing him now, were you Barret?" Aerith raised a suspicious eyebrow at the large man.
"Of course not!" Barret spat perhaps a little too defensively as he waved for them to leave before closing the door in their faces.
"Thank gaia they're gone." Cloud groaned, his words barely above a whisper as he strode towards his bed.
"Well now that you're both finished an all…" Another voice chimed in, only this time it was distinctive right from the get go.
"Cait Sith? Oh great." Cloud groaned, now Shinra would know all about his slutscepade.
"Is there anyone else in here that enjoyed the free show?" Barret growled, holding his arms in the air, not bothering to disguise his agitation.
"Well I suppose that's what they all get for not knockin first then isn't it?" Cait Sith chuckled as he climbed down from the bed assigned to Red XIII.
"I thought ye might want to know that your match starts in 12 minutes." Cait added as he headed towards the blond.
"Shit."
"Don't ye go worryin yourself none cloud, take this here elixir." Cait Sith winked, as much as the cat could wink, at the naked blonde before disappearing out the door.
"It could have been worse." Vincent began, not bothering to displace the amusement verging on his lips.
"Oh yeah? How could that have been any worse?" Barret stated, still using his outside voice.
"They could have barged in a few moments earlier, imagine their shock then."
He wasn't wrong.