Cloudarella

Sorry for the long wait….Summer/Fall school got hugely in the way, then my computer crashed uggggggh! But here ya go!


Chapter 12


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In his mind he was panicking; not only was this breaking every rule he knew of, but also it seemed so impossible. He was worried about Cloud. He was worried about what was going to happen to him…but most of all, he was worried about the reasons and circumstances that got him here. The ‘how’ was a big, big, problem…


Reno stepped forward, pressing both palms against the large glass surface before him, his small wings beating at a pace that visibly showed his worry. His blue-green eyes, large and wide with a fear none of his kind had ever experienced before, scanned the empty dark grey room before him…only seeing a large table with nothing on it, and a massive contraption with blinking lights…but he couldn’t hear a thing. Partly he thought it was the tank-like cage he was presently in. He had woken up several hours earlier to the same quiet room, had tried his fairy magic to get out, and found that nothing worked. Frustration and fear slowly started to ebb its way deeper and deeper into his mind, especially when he saw someone move past a window that looked into his room and look his way…Reno gasped, they could see him!


“Oh, God! This can’t be good, yo….no good!” Reno gasped aloud, slowly stepping back towards the other end of the glass cage and falling to the floor, bringing his knees to his chest and wrapping himself up in a tight ball. His eyes never left that window after that.


He felt like an animal and that wherever he was, wasn’t such a good place to be, his every fiber told him that. He slowly picked up that he was being monitored when he noticed the same dark haired, ugly, glasses wearing sort of a man, who kept stopping at that window to stare at him and write something down on a pad he was carrying around. And again, Reno didn’t feel right about any of this…so every time that figure left the window, he started looking for a way out.


“I gotta get out of here!”


An hour later, he realized that there was nothing he could do to any of the solid glass walls surrounding him, and that the ceiling of his cage was a no go as well. Whatever it was made of wasn’t anything that could be penetrated easily. It was some kind of energy field and it was hot and although it was moveable, it hurt like hell to touch it. Even if it gave, Reno still couldn’t push against it long enough for it to matter, not to mention the burning sensation that followed made his eyes tear up terribly. Frustrated again after another hour or so of trying to get out, Reno slumped back down to the floor and curled into a corner. He honestly didn’t know what was going to happen…all he knew was that whatever it was, wasn’t good, and he had no way to get to Cloud to see if he was alright. His only hope was that the blond was still with Sephiroth, because he knew that the Prince would be able to protect him if anything happened.


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Warmth was the first thing Cloud realized beneath his closed eyes. Then the sound of soft steady breathing, and finally the feeling of a steady dull thudding beneath his hand, a heartbeat that he knew, without a shadow of a doubt, who it belonged to. Blue eyes fluttered open and he found himself staring into the sleeping face of a man he had only dreamed about before. There was his prince, his Sephiroth, his love, the man of his dreams, resting and sleeping peacefully before him. All of the memories of the night’s previous encounter flooded back into his mind and he found himself blushing because of it.


One of Sephiroth’s hands covered Cloud’s over his chest and it made the blond smile at the sight of such simple affection. He didn’t have the heart to wake him, so he just tilted his head back down upon the man’s shoulder and stared, unable to wipe the gushing, first crush, schoolboy expression off his face.


‘I love you…’ he thought in his mind, ‘…I want you forever Sephiroth. I never want to be without you. Will you always have me? Always protect me? Will you always love me? Can it be this perfect with you?’ Cloud continued to muse, unaware that his eyes were slowly starting to glisten up with emotion and adoration he felt for the silveret before him.


“You’re so beautiful…” he said aloud, before he caught himself.


The Prince’s eyes fluttered open, blinked a few times, then turned down to focus on the blond whose eyes were boring into his face hard enough that it could have created a hole in it.


“What was that?” he asked softly.


Cloud flushed and lowered his lashes to hide his eyes. “Nothing…” he said in a small voice. Sephiroth wasn’t buying that and reached up to thread his fingers through feather soft blond hair.


“I know what you said. I’ll repeat it if you don’t come out and tell me…” he teased, his lips finding Cloud’s forehead and giving the skin there a gentle loving kiss.


Cloud blushed further and moved to bury his face quickly within the crook of the Prince’s neck. “…Ith…twhink wore buefafful…” he murmured back.


Sephiroth chuckled and stroked the back of Cloud’s head, hearing the blonde’s muffled words loud and clear (of course he’d already knew what had been said).


“Oh, I see…so I am beautiful huh?” he whispered, his insides swooning at those words. He had thought for sure if anyone had ever called him beautiful he would have cut their tongue out for it, that that kind of compliment was reserved for girls or sissies…yet, when Cloud had uttered those words, he found himself melting at their honest meaning.


“Hey now stop it…” Sephiroth purred, gently tugging on the blonde’s hair to urge him to face him. “…I think you are more then beautiful to me, so there is no harm in admitting that fact…” he stated boldly, giving a small smile back in hopes to calm his lover’s nerves when their eyes had met.


Resting and rolling onto his back, Cloud folded his arms behind his head and smiled up at the ceiling. “Fine…you win…” he said softly.


“As I always should…” Sephiroth grinned back smugly.


Cloud rolled onto his side and gawked at the man, shaking his head but not able to stop the small chuckle that shook his chest.


“Not big headed at all are we?”


“Oh I most certainly am, I’ll admit it.”


The both of them smiled and then in unison, laughed together – there was an inner joke to that, but neither spoke of it.


“So….” Cloud started.


“So…?” Sephiroth questioned back, his green eyes lowering as he watched his lover. He was fully and utterly smitten with Cloud, and nothing had ever felt so right until now.


“So, I can stay right?” the blond asked hesitantly.


Sephiroth smiled and affectionately brushed his fingers along the blond’s cheek, “Of course you can. I will have it arranged that your contract be dismissed and if I have to, I will personally purchase you.”


At this Cloud made a face but was still positively swooning at the man’s touch and lightly turned his head to place a kiss to the Prince’s palm.


“You know, as bad as being bought again sounds, for some reason if it’s you doing the buying, I don’t think I mind so much. I feel safe with you…” he whispered.


“As you should, but of course you know that that means I will own you and everything that is you…your body, “ he purred, tracing his thumb along Cloud’s lower lip, “…all your possessions, “ brushing his finger along his jaw, “…and your heart….” He added, leaning forward to press their lips together in a sweet chaste kiss.


Cloud fully blushed and felt his heart melt further. “You can have those things….you already do.” Parting his lips and welcoming the Prince’s, losing himself in a kiss that had started out as small and sweet, but instantly turned up the notch in hotness when Sephiroth plunged his tongue into his mouth and teasingly twined theirs together. Cloud moaned, trying to hang on to any sense of dignity, before failing miserably and clamoring onto his lover’s chest again without breaking from the kiss.


Sephiroth groaned right back and lifted both arms and curled them around the blond’s body. They continued kissing for several more minutes, each losing themselves in soft, warm, loving caresses.


“Seph….if we continue, I won’t want to move.” Cloud panted, finally coming up for air.


Blue eyes, now slightly hazy with desire, flitted up and found electric green before him.


“That wouldn’t be such a bad thing.” Sephiroth purred, desire now intense in his eyes.


“I don’t think we can spend all day in bed though?” Cloud breathed, trying to pull back but found himself instantly stopped by two strong arms tightening around him.


“Why can’t we?” Sephiroth purred again, licking his lower lip and arching up to nibble at his lovers. It was an insanely cute gesture that Cloud found hard to resist.


“Don’t you have Princely duties?” He whimpered, feeling the slow burn of desire start to work its way from where Sephiroth’s lips met his and traveling all the way down to his groin.


“Fuck that…I am the Prince.” Sephiroth insisted firmly, sighing when he felt something push into his stomach, “…I can do what I want…” He added.


Cloud shuddered, failing again to fight the man and he let lips be consumed by the Prince’s again. It was at that moment, that Cloud’s stomach chose to grumble loudly in demand for food.


Sephiroth broke the kiss and grinned widely, catching still, a very flushed blond before him. “I do suppose we could get something to eat, then we can address the matter of making sure you never have to go back to that other home again.”


“I like both those ideas.” Cloud joyfully murmured back, giving the silveret a quick chaste kiss before rolling off him again.


“I do, too…” Sephiroth whispered, watching his lover slide off the bed and walk (completely naked of course) around the end of his bed to find his pants with fond, loving eyes. It was safe to say that the Prince quickly followed suit, swinging his feet off the bed and finding his robe.


Then there was a knock at the door.


“Who is it?” Sephiroth asked, his eyes still watching as Cloud pulled on his shirt, completely ignoring whomever it was and not even looking at the door to see who entered when it clicked open. Though he most certainly noticed when three guards came rushing forward, two stopping before him and one going for Cloud.


The blond gave a shriek as he was grabbed and turned wide confused eyes towards Sephiroth as his hands were bound tightly behind him.


The Prince roared in anger, “What the hell is the meaning of this?” he hollered, nearly lunging forward to knock all three of the guards out of the way if it wasn’t for….


“Stop Sephiroth!” Zack warned, stepping between him, the two guards and Cloud. His large blue eyes were hurt, almost painful, but undeniably hard.


“Zackary?” Sephiroth hissed, making a start for Cloud again, who wasn’t strong enough to pull free from the guards hold. “What are you doing? Stopping me? Why?” He hissed.


Zack looked pained, but he kept his stance, his hand raised before the Prince hoping beyond hope that the man would remember their friendship (or what was going to be left of it after this) and not attack him.


“I am to take Cloud…” He stated, his blue eyes slowly starting to water with anguish.


“What?” Both Sephiroth and Cloud gasped in unison.


“By orders of the King….Cloud has been found guilty of breaking his contract, entering a private ward without permission…and, stealing…” Zack finished.


Sephiroth felt a lump swell up in his throat and for a moment he was too shocked to speak. His green eyes, furious with anger, left Zack’s and looked towards Cloud. They softened immediately when he saw actual wet trails of tears rolling down flushed cheeks that were once red in desire, but were now so in fear.


“I don’t understand? I didn’t do any of those t-things?” Cloud stuttered. “Sephiroth….please?” He cried out.


The Prince turned back to Zack, his expression almost unreadable now. “The King ordered this?”


Zack nodded. “ I am sorry Sephiroth….I…” But he was cut off as the guard who bound Cloud started leading him away.


“No! Wait….Z-Zack….I…didn’t….Sephiroth, Please! Please??” Cloud pleaded frantically, fighting the man pushing him towards the door with all his might.


Everything was happening too fast. This couldn’t be real, no, dear God, this wasn’t really happening. Sephiroth’s chest tightened and he felt as though every cry from his beloved was like a ragged dagger stabbing him in the chest…No! Nononononono! Sephiroth’s heart was pounding fiercely inside his chest. He wanted to react. He couldn’t lose Cloud. He had to help him….he had to act. Damn it, he wasn’t going to lose the single most important person ever in his life. His only love…the one who had saved his heart…his light…his only…Before he could think, Sephiroth rushed forward.


“Cloud!” Sephiroth breathed, moving towards him and even this time Zack didn’t stop him, he didn’t have the heart to. And just before Sephiroth was able to get close enough to touch Cloud, a face appeared before that he wasn’t expecting.


“I wouldn’t advise going against me this time Sephiroth…” Rufus purred, blocking the Prince from getting to Cloud as the blonde was pushed further out the door and out of his sight. “…you wouldn’t want to cause any family complications, now would you?” he asked slyly, his tone wicked and cruel and chilling to the bone.


Sephiroth paused, his eyes never leaving the vacant spot where Cloud once was. His chest boiled in anger upon hearing such a warning and inwardly, he knew at this point, there was nothing he could do, at least not yet.


“Maybe now, you will be more compliant with my wishes dear boy!” Rufus continued, lifting a smug, careless finger up to brush some hair away from his eyes.


Slowly Sephiroth’s hardened, cold green, glowing dangerous eyes lowered and he met the blue before him with nothing short of deathly hatred behind them.


“You harm one hair on his body and I won’t care what happens to me or my….my family. I will rip your throat out before you can speak another word. “ The Prince threatened.


Rufus just smiled. “I would be quite careful if I were you Sephiroth, what decisions you make now determine your fate and,” he paused, his smile curling maliciously wider, “…your father’s fate as well.” With that he motioned for the other guards to follow him and he left, giving the Prince no chance to say anything else.


Remaining where he was, unmoving, unwavering, stiff and hard with anger, Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, staring before him with dangerous clarity.


“We’ll see….”


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(*gasp* I can’t believe I wrote this…it honestly hurt truly bad…Ahh, but I hate sad endings….so who knows what will happen…only my mind does. Please enjoy and leave your comments…they are most welcome! Love you all!)

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