Chapter 9 - Back to Work

Disclaimer: I don't even own my NAME! So how in the mightiest of hells do you think I own any of the characters?

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He felt warm and cozy. Yet his back was on something much stiffer than his bed. He could smell coffee and hear rain splashing against the window.



`Cloud'



He opened his eyes slowly, he didn't see anything blonde, he groaned softly, feeling a sharp pain in his back. He began to sit up when



“LEON!!!”



“Wha…oof!” Cloud landed straight on his stomach, knocking all the air out of his lungs.



“You're awake!” he exclaimed, still sitting on his stomach. Leon looked up at him and glared.



“You're heavy…” he growled out. Cloud looked at him skeptically, cocking his head to the side.



“What do you mean I'm heavy?”



“What does it sound like I mean. Let me put it in Laymen's terms. You…Are…Heavy!”



“No I'm not!”



“Yes you are…”



“No I'm Not!”



“Yes You Are!!”



“Am Not!”



“Are too!”



“Nuh-huh!!”



“Yeah-huh!!”



“Well you not so light yourself!”



“I'm not as heavy as you I bet” he scoffed, crossing his arms over his chest and closing his eyes. “Probably from eating all that fatty food yesterday”



“…”



“…”



There was a moment of silence. Leon didn't want to, but he did open one eye. There straddling his stomach sat Cloud with a shocked face and his mouth agape. Leon smiled at that, `Well that shut him up'. Then Cloud took a deep breath and let it out slowly.



“I ate one bowl of cereal and that makes me a lard @$$!?”



Now it was Leon's turn to gawk. He looked at Cloud in the eye, he had never seen the blonde upset or too angry. Cloud was still sitting there obviously waiting for an answer. He crossed his arms over his chest and furrowed his eyebrows.



“Well?” he asked



“Did you just say @$$?”



“…” He sat there for a second, dwelling on the question. His whole body seemed to release the tension that just happened in less than a minute. “I guess I did.” He said a bit awkwardly. Leon smirked.



“Wow, your first cruse word.” Cloud glared at him.



“I can curse whenever I want to” he stated, turning his head to the side.



“Really?”



“Yes really.” Leon rose and eyebrow.



“Than say `shoot'” Cloud blushed.



“shoot” he said softly. Leon's smirk turned into a grin.



“dog?”



“dog”



“Ha…frack…” Cloud blushed even more



“frack” he said softly. Leon paused, thinking of a new word to say. He smiled when one came to mind.



“How about cock.”



“Cock?” Cloud had a confused look on his face. “How's that a curse word. I use to raise cocks back at home all the time.” Leon sat there shocked.



“What!? Did you just say you use to raise cocks!?”



“Yeah, big ones, prize winners at the fair. I had a nice golden one before” Leon looked at him for a while, `did he say a golden one' then it dawned on him.



“Wait, wait, wait, I don't think we're talking about the same thing here.”



“What do you mean?”



“You're talking about game cocks, or birds I should say.”



“Yeah, isn't that what your talking about?”



“…” Leon remained silent.



“Boop…Boop…Boop” His alarm started to go off.



“Time to get ready for work.” he softly pushed Cloud off the top of him and began to make his way up stairs to start his morning ritual.





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They got dressed and ready to go to work. Leon sighed softly to himself, `Mondays' he thought. He pulled up into his parking space and walked, with Cloud right behind him into the building. Almost everybody had met Cloud, Leon had explained him in a way that would make one think Cloud was his protégé. Cloud followed him to almost all his meetings, learned all the protocols and even talked to the other scientist, designers, and key developers. Yes, one could say Cloud was Leon's right hand man, yet he wasn't. He felt himself as more of a new employee than a soon to be owner. Leon would ask of his opinion and have him cooped up in his office filling out worksheets and patens. Not that he minded or anything, he just wanted to do what the other employees did, and not get such special treatment. Leon was sitting back in his desk, with his thin reading glasses on the edge of his nose. He was skimming over an important document. Cloud on the other hand was sitting on the opposite side of the desk, looking out the window behind Leon. Watching all the workers work.



“Ya know all the other employees don't like me?” came a soft voice. Leon was currently indulged in the document he had in his hands, reading over the fine print. He let his blue-gray's lift to Cloud's softer baby blues for a brief moment, then they went right back to said document.



“Nonsense” was his only replay. Cloud rolled his eyes and huffed, slouching in his chair.



“They do, I heard them talking about me.” He began to fiddle with his fingers. “Saying I'm your pet project and sympathy case and not a real employee.” Leon again looked up but dismissed it after a while, going back to reading.



“So what are you saying, or should I say suggesting?”



“…” Cloud was silent in a moment of thought.



“I wanna train like the other employees.”



“Well you didn't graduate college, which means you don't have a G.E.D let alone a bachelor's degree. Yet you want to do a job that requires you to have one.” Leon looked up from his paper and gave Cloud a look that said just-stop-while-you're-ahead.



“But Leon” he whined. Leon sighed, taking off his glasses.



“Fine, I'll let you be trained in…assisting.” Cloud wrinkled his nose in disgust.



“Assisting? “



“Yeah.”



Leon leaned forward and pressed his intercom button, “Yuffie?”



“Yes Squally Wally?” he rolled his eyes



“It's Leon, anyway I want you to train Cloud.”



“In what?”



“Assisting”



“Assisting?”



`Is there a fracking echo in here', “Yes assisting” he groaned out.



“Well alright.” She answered reluctantly.



“Thank you” He looked back over to Cloud giving him a small smile.



“Go ahead, I'm just going to finish up with the paper work here.” He began to go back to his papers. Cloud smiled thinking that this would be a fun new thing to do. “Oh yeah…” Leon started.



“After this I have a rather `exciting' meeting about the new way they make steel lighter for swords.” He again looked up from his paper to Cloud.



“What?!” Cloud looked at Leon in disbelief. Leon smirk, `It's so fun to punish him.'



“But you go have fun with Yuffie” Cloud opened his mouth to speak, but Leon lifted his hand and shooed him away. Cloud huffed, `The day they do something interesting in their stupid meetings, Leon, the @$$ of all asses puts me some where else. I should just keep my big mouth shut.' He walked out the door of Leon's office.



“Cloud!!!” Came Yuffie's bright and cheery voice. He couldn't help but smile.



“Hi, Yuffie”



“Why's Leon putting you with me?”



“Because, I asked him if I could do something new.”



“Oh, well I didn't think you would today, their having a meeting about swords and stuff.”



“Yeah, I'm aware of that.” Yuffie looked up at Cloud and smiled.



“Oh don't worry we'll have fun today! I Promise” She winked at him and began to teach Cloud about assisting.





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“Hello, Leonhart Technologies, This is Cloud Strife speaking how may I help you?” he looked over to Yuffie who gave him a thumbs up and a wide smile. Cloud listened to the callers question and answered it rather professionally, Yuffie couldn't help but be proud of him.



“Oh Cloud!! That was so good, you're amazing!” The blonde blushed and scratched the back of his head nervously.



“You think so?” Yuffie smiled and winked at him.



“I know so.” Cloud smiled back at her, he looked at Leon's office, which he had left a few hours ago, and sighed.



“When do you think Leon's coming back?”



“Hmm, I don't really know, on his schedule it says he is suppose to leave at 2:30, but he's been a little off schedule recently. Only by a little though, but still off.”



“Really? I would never have guessed he'd go off schedule.”



“Yeah, me either. But a certain blonde is the reason for it, ya know?”



“Who?” Yuffie looked at him a smiled.



“Don't play so coy Cloud.” Cloud was confused for a second, wondering who this blonde was, `Who is she, or he…' he looked at Yuffie.



“Who is this blonde Yuffie?”



“Well, he has the most beautiful blue eyes, hair as golden as the sun, perfectly tanned skin, a very nice body, and a smile that could stop a person in their own tracks.” She sighed and made a fake swoon.



“…”



“You do, know who I am talking about right?” Cloud shook his head `no'. Her eyes widened, “Wow, talk about your stupid blonde…”



“Excuse me?”



“It's you silly!!” Cloud looked at her for a moment, regarding what she had just said. He brought his hand up, pointing his index finger to himself.



“Me?”



“Yes, you.”



“But I haven't done anything.” Yuffie smiled



“You have.” She looked at her desk, to the left was a picture of her and her closest friends graduating from college, just like the one in Leon's office. She sighed, looking at Squall and his Ex. “Trust me you have.” Cloud looked towards Yuffie, he could see she was thinking and tell that her behavior had changed.



“What's wrong Yuffie?”



“Cloud, can I ask you something?”



“Sure, why not?”



“How do you feel about Leon?” Cloud smiled.



“I think Leon's a great person. I mean, I know he isn't the easiest person to get along with, or the kindest or funniest person, but I really think he's a great guy.”



“That wasn't my question Cloud, that's how you think not feel.”



“Aren't they the same?”



“No, I think Leon's very attractive and nice, give or take a few things. But I feel like he's my best friend.”



“Well, I feel like he's my best friend too, well I know he's my friend he said so…Is that what you mean?”



“…yeah, kind of.” She looked at Cloud and smiled. Yuffie began to type on the computer.



“Hey Cloud…do you find Leon attractive?” Cloud was sorting the papers in the filing cabinets that were behind Yuffie's desk, he turned his head to the side raising an eyebrow.



“Do I find him attractive? Well…I guess so. He's very handsome.”



“Oh?”



“Yeah, I love the color of his eyes. Did you know when he's angry they seem to turn more of a dark grey, and when he's thinking they seem a deeper blue?” Yuffie looked over at Cloud, with a raised eyebrow, turning her chair in his direction. He blushed, “well they are” Yuffie opened her mouth to respond when she saw what time it was.



“Its 12:30, time for lunch!”





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Ha told ya I'd have it by this week!! It's still Sunday dammit! Anyway, YAY!! Cloud and Leon are getting closer, Cloud's cussing and becoming a more open and a less sad person! And Leon's having fun!! A little…And Yuffie is going to have a big part in the Cloud Leon thing, oh and expect to see Sora and Riku in a couple of chapters after this one. And a special guest appearance of a FFVIII character in the next chapter. Who you ask READ AND SEE! Oh and I am not forgetting my other stories, they just will be postponed…SORRY! Read and Review.



P.S



Love you to



No don't stab me with that chicken.



Yes, it is yummy



And the apocalypse has yet to began )Winks(

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