Once upon a December

~Once Upon a
December~

By:
Aerys Krystie/Schwarz tot schwarz das Bloot.

Theme:
AU.

Plot:
It’s December, and Leon only wants one thing for Christmas. The gorgeous blond
he is sharing a bed with…

Warnings:
Yaoi, sexual content, language, semi non-consensual sexual intercourse, OOC-ness.

Disclaimer:
The characters of Kingdom Hearts do not belong to me.

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The smell of
pancakes was throughout the house. The scent of coffee joining it. They were
usually what got people out of bed in the mornings, especially if they had a
wild night before. As it had been for Cloud, much to everyone’s shock.

Everyone thought
that Cloud was a cold-hearted bastard that only had sex with Sephiroth. They
were half right. But from time to time, Cloud enjoyed getting completely drunk
and screwing the first woman he set his eyes on. He usually regretted it in the
morning. The women he brings home usually had scratchy voices, and did not go
well with his hangover.

Except, last
night, he did nothing like that. He had been out with Leon. Not generally a
mistake, if he didn’t remember what he did. Though, this time he did remember
what he did. And waking up in Leon’s arms didn’t help much.

Though he would
never admit that he enjoyed being wrapped up in those arms, Cloud liked to be
the one who cuddled. It was some weird habit he had picked up from when
Sephiroth had been human and allowed Cloud to take him. He had always wanted to
cuddle the person from that night on.

Right now, he was
staring a lightly tanned chest. Leon was groaning and pulling away, rolling to
his back. For some reason, that was how Leon always woke up. Cloud knew this as
he watched Leon on more than one occasion. It was fascinating, albeit a little
disturbing, to Cloud anyway.

He actually
wasn’t sure why he was so intrigued with Leon and his habits. Or even how and
when it happened. Not that it mattered. Everyone knew that Cloud was as straight
as they came now. After the whole “Sephiroth trying to destroy the world”
incident, Cloud refused to sleep with another man and converted back to the way
he was before joining Soldier. Well, more like before trying to join
Soldier.

‘Why are you
watching me? Are going to do a documentary or something?’

Cloud came out of
his thoughts at the sound of Leon’s voice. He gave a grunt and stood from the
bed, stretching. He was sure someone was playing the bongo drums in there, and
he was sure he was going to kill the beatnik that was doing it.

Leon snickered.
‘Is something wrong, Cloud?’

Cloud shot Leon a
glare over his shoulder before leaving the room. He went down the hall to the
bathroom, knowing that there would be no-one in there. He could hear Aerith and
Yuffie talking in the kitchen, and, well, he knew where Leon was.

He yawned as he
entered the bathroom, closing the door behind him. He removed what clothing he
was wearing, which was everything, aside from his shoes. He dumped his clothes
into his basket and turned the water on in the shower. He closed his eyes as
steam came up and brushed his face.

Knowing that Leon
would be in shortly to brush and wash his face, Cloud stepped into the small
cubicle and closed the door. He tilted his head towards the current, smiling
softly. When the bathroom door opened, he watched Leon come in and go to the
basin.

‘You’re doing it
again, Cloud,’
Leon
called as he got his toothbrush.

Cloud frown, and
started washing his hair. When he had the conditioner settling, he washed his
body. By the time he rinsed the conditioner out, Leon had left, closing the
bathroom door. Cloud turned the shower off, watching the water going down the
drain. He sighed, shaking his head, riding his hair of the water, and then
stepped out.

He dried his
body, wrapped the towel around his waist and left the bathroom, going back to
the bedroom. His headache had gone down a little, and was not surprised to see
two aspirin and a glass of water on the bedside chest. He took the tablets and
dressed in black jeans and a dark blue sweater then joined the others for
breakfast.

He sat at the
table, beside Aerith and across from Leon, who, as usual, paid minimal attention
to him. True, when they first went out together, whatever happened that they
might regret the morning after, they would blame on the alcohol. And that was
what upset Cloud the most. The fact that Leon wouldn’t say a thing to him.

Cloud ate his
pancakes quietly. The aspirin had taken enough of an effect to allow him to
think without causing too much pain. Why do I even care about this? When and
why did I become this complicated? I don’t even know what’s going inside me
anymore.

Cloud looked at
the three pancakes still on his plate, before pushing them away. He drank his
coffee in silence, staring at the top of Leon’s hair. Did he always have that
amount of lighter brown? God, why am I asking you? He finished his coffee,
taking it to the sink. 

It was customary
that whoever cooked, the other two would do the dishes. It was always the same.
The girls cooked, and the guys cleaned up. It was a good routine, although there
was one time that Cloud wanted to cook and after that night, was banned from
ever thinking of cooking again. That suited Cloud just fine. He didn’t
want food poisoning again, and knew the others didn’t want it as well.

The girls took
the dishes up to the sink and left the kitchen, discussing something to do with
the little garden they had. Leon sat in his chair, lazily swirling the last of
his coffee before drinking it and standing. He picked up the tea towel and
waited for Cloud to begin the dishes.

*   *   *

Cloud collapsed
onto the sofa, groaning. It had taken over two hours to get the dishes done. It
wouldn’t have taken that long with Leon had just kept quiet and done his job.
The girls had come in to see what the commotion was, and had ordered them to
clean the water off the counters, table, chairs, windows, fridge, walls,
ceiling, floors…To clean all the water up and finish the dishes.

Leon was
currently sitting on the arm of the sofa, resting against the back; head tilted
back, eyes closed. Cloud couldn’t help but study the brunette’s portrait. He
quickly looked away when
Leon
sighed, moving to stand.

‘I’m going for a
walk. I’ll be back a little later.’ Without waiting for a response, Leon grabbed
his bolero and left the house without another word.

‘You like
him, don’t you?’

‘Holy shit!’
Cloud jumped to his feet, staring at a grinning Aerith. ‘What the hell are you
trying to do? Give me an early death?’

Aerith giggled.
‘Actually, I’m just trying to help you with your man problem.’

Cloud’s eyes
narrowed dangerously. ‘I do not have a man problem, Aerith. If anything,
it’s just a man crush. Oh, god! That sounded worse.’

Aerith moved
around the sofa to sit on it. ‘So what’s the problem?’

Cloud laughed
harshly. ‘There is no problem, Aer. There never has been, never will be.’

‘Cloud, how many
times have you been able to lie to me?’ Aerith looked at the blond.

Cloud thought of
all the times he tried to lie to her. ‘…Never.’

‘Exactly. Now,
sit down, don’t complain, and just tell me what the problem is.’ Aerith patted
the place beside her, and waited for Cloud to do as he was told.

~ * ~

I know this one
is taking a different turn to the original, but I actually am hoping it will
turn out better. Please review! It would be much appreciated.

::.Beat of the
rising sun, beat of the rising sun,

    You gotta
feel the dance, it’s always in your heart.::

~*Peace*~

^^ Auska.