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Kingdom Hearts › Slash/Yaoi - Male/Male
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
7
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2,440
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4
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Epilogue
Epilogue.
Leon sat hunched up in his bathroom wedged in between the toilet and the sink, the cool porcelain refreshing against his heated skin. He had turned the shower on and the small room was filled with steam but he had not yet climbed in, unwilling to wash away the last remaining traces of Cloud from his body no matter how macabre it was. The patches of dried blood stuck his tee shirt to his chest and his hands were crusted with the stuff, yet it was weirdly comforting. Cloud was still with him.
As he breathed heavily on the warm, misted air the sound of his door opening and closing in quick succession didn’t even make him flinch. He was dimly aware that there was someone in his apartment.
“Leon?” a familiar voice called out but Leon didn’t have the heart to respond.
The sound of someone approaching came closer and even when the door to his bathroom was swung open slowly he didn’t even look up.
“Leon?” Zack called again, this time more softly and hesitant.
Leon’s eyes were still fixed on the tiles between his feet, his gaze unseeing, even though he knew Zack was standing there, hovering over him.
“Leon, buddy?” Zack asked tentatively again as he crouched down. “Hey, you in there?”
Leon lifted his gaze, his eyes filled with hollowness and unshed tears. His face was expressionless yet even so Zack could read the swirling emotions that were fighting in Leon’s heart.
“I heard...Some of the guys...saw you walking ...I thought...” For a moment Zack looked just as traumatised as he tried to convey what he feared had happened to his friend, but it was quickly replaced with concern once again.
“What happened?” He asked, unsure if he really wanted to know.
Leon could have laughed then. He felt the humourless chuckle rise up in his chest and bubble before it fizzled out to nothingness and pain.
“He’s gone.” He croaked out.
“Who?”
“Cloud...He’s...” He couldn’t say it.
Without another word, Zack all but swooped in and collected Leon into a hug that was so tight Leon felt the tears that were standing out in his eyes fall and the sound of a gut wrenching sob escape his lips.
Zack held him like that for a long time.
XxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxX
“I...I don’t understand.” Tifa said for the second time. Her head shook from side to side, refusing to believe what she had been told. The man sat opposite her was sympathetic, his kind but sad smile knowing all too well the trauma that this particular person’s death could bring.
“I’m sorry.” He offered. Truly he was. Tifa seemed like a nice girl, she didn’t deserve this.
“I...I...don’t...What am I supposed to do?” she asked desperately.
Zack shrugged, that was something that he couldn’t answer.
There was s few more moments of charged silence, the sounds of the cafe around them buzzing unobtrusively into their little world of heart ache and sympathy.
“But you know, if it makes it any easier, Leon he... he really did care about him.” Zack offered not knowing how to put into words the feelings and emotions that were so alien to him. He didn’t really know what had been between Leon and Cloud, he’d never seen it for himself, but he knew heart break when he saw it and he had seen Leon last night.
“I...I guess.” Tifa said weakly.
Zack checked his watch and knew that he had to leave, sorry that he couldn’t spend more time with Tifa, just to make sure she was alright.
“Listen, I ah... I gotta go.” He said, standing up from the booth. “You’ll be alright, right?” he asked hating the awkwardness of the situation. He felt like such a shit.
“Sure...why not?” Tifa said as she threw up her hands, a mockery of the phrase ‘alright’.
“You’re free now Tifa, you can do anything you want.” Zack reminded her gently as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
She nodded pathetically.
“Oh hey, Leon said I should give you this.” Zack remembered as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a brown paper envelope. He set it on the table and watched at Tifa picked it up dejectedly and looked inside. He almost cracked a smile as he watched her down cast expression turn to one of confusion and disbelief.
“Oh my...What’s this?” She asked looking up at the Soldier in bewilderment.
Zack just shrugged, allowing himself to give her a small cheeky grin before replying.
“Freedom.”
Leon sat hunched up in his bathroom wedged in between the toilet and the sink, the cool porcelain refreshing against his heated skin. He had turned the shower on and the small room was filled with steam but he had not yet climbed in, unwilling to wash away the last remaining traces of Cloud from his body no matter how macabre it was. The patches of dried blood stuck his tee shirt to his chest and his hands were crusted with the stuff, yet it was weirdly comforting. Cloud was still with him.
As he breathed heavily on the warm, misted air the sound of his door opening and closing in quick succession didn’t even make him flinch. He was dimly aware that there was someone in his apartment.
“Leon?” a familiar voice called out but Leon didn’t have the heart to respond.
The sound of someone approaching came closer and even when the door to his bathroom was swung open slowly he didn’t even look up.
“Leon?” Zack called again, this time more softly and hesitant.
Leon’s eyes were still fixed on the tiles between his feet, his gaze unseeing, even though he knew Zack was standing there, hovering over him.
“Leon, buddy?” Zack asked tentatively again as he crouched down. “Hey, you in there?”
Leon lifted his gaze, his eyes filled with hollowness and unshed tears. His face was expressionless yet even so Zack could read the swirling emotions that were fighting in Leon’s heart.
“I heard...Some of the guys...saw you walking ...I thought...” For a moment Zack looked just as traumatised as he tried to convey what he feared had happened to his friend, but it was quickly replaced with concern once again.
“What happened?” He asked, unsure if he really wanted to know.
Leon could have laughed then. He felt the humourless chuckle rise up in his chest and bubble before it fizzled out to nothingness and pain.
“He’s gone.” He croaked out.
“Who?”
“Cloud...He’s...” He couldn’t say it.
Without another word, Zack all but swooped in and collected Leon into a hug that was so tight Leon felt the tears that were standing out in his eyes fall and the sound of a gut wrenching sob escape his lips.
Zack held him like that for a long time.
XxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxX
“I...I don’t understand.” Tifa said for the second time. Her head shook from side to side, refusing to believe what she had been told. The man sat opposite her was sympathetic, his kind but sad smile knowing all too well the trauma that this particular person’s death could bring.
“I’m sorry.” He offered. Truly he was. Tifa seemed like a nice girl, she didn’t deserve this.
“I...I...don’t...What am I supposed to do?” she asked desperately.
Zack shrugged, that was something that he couldn’t answer.
There was s few more moments of charged silence, the sounds of the cafe around them buzzing unobtrusively into their little world of heart ache and sympathy.
“But you know, if it makes it any easier, Leon he... he really did care about him.” Zack offered not knowing how to put into words the feelings and emotions that were so alien to him. He didn’t really know what had been between Leon and Cloud, he’d never seen it for himself, but he knew heart break when he saw it and he had seen Leon last night.
“I...I guess.” Tifa said weakly.
Zack checked his watch and knew that he had to leave, sorry that he couldn’t spend more time with Tifa, just to make sure she was alright.
“Listen, I ah... I gotta go.” He said, standing up from the booth. “You’ll be alright, right?” he asked hating the awkwardness of the situation. He felt like such a shit.
“Sure...why not?” Tifa said as she threw up her hands, a mockery of the phrase ‘alright’.
“You’re free now Tifa, you can do anything you want.” Zack reminded her gently as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
She nodded pathetically.
“Oh hey, Leon said I should give you this.” Zack remembered as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a brown paper envelope. He set it on the table and watched at Tifa picked it up dejectedly and looked inside. He almost cracked a smile as he watched her down cast expression turn to one of confusion and disbelief.
“Oh my...What’s this?” She asked looking up at the Soldier in bewilderment.
Zack just shrugged, allowing himself to give her a small cheeky grin before replying.
“Freedom.”