Cloudarella

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Now after this chapter, hmm things are going to get very, very interesting.


Chapter 7


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Cloud was gone before even Reno had time to catch up and he was running fast. Reno quickly turned around and flew forward calling after Cloud as he did so. The boy was nearly halfway out of town, all the while attempting to tuck himself back in, before Reno caught up with him. His mind was in panic...he had literally ran away from the Prince...not a good thing of course....and he cursed himself for it. Would he ever be able to face the man again...he thought he wanted to see him again...did he? Yes, he did want to see the Prince again. He wanted the love he offered, the touch he offered, and the light he offered his heart. Sighing, Cloud shook his head, and not paying attention to his surroundings, nearly missed the gate that lead out of the city square.


"Hey! Hey Cloud...wait up man...I can help! " Reno yelled, finally catching up to him. He reached out yanked the boy up off the ground in order to halt him. Cloud gave a shout and shot a worried look back at Reno. He then felt his feet hit the ground again as Reno released him. He was sweating and breathing so hard now, a combination of the Prince's actions and his panic to get home, those reactions from his body, in it’s self, would make it plainly obvious he hadn't been home.


"Please Reno...I wish I were home." He asked nodding quickly. He hoped that like before the wish would work and he would instantly be back in his room. Cloud's eyes widened as he looked upon Reno with a hopeful expression.


Someone glanced their way and paused, green eyes watching with a curious, malice reflection in them.


Reno grinned back, the worry seeming to have vanished from his eyes at the request. "Oh yeah. I can do that....time to play!" He stated, grinning wildly as he pulled out something long, thin and white. With one swoop of his hand and a sudden closed tight eye expression from Cloud, the both of them poofed from existence right where they had stood. The feeling of such a movement was odd to Cloud. It felt like being weightless while at the same time not feeling the ground or the sky at all. It was white and blinding and very dizzying. Then just as quickly as it had started, it ended. Cloud felt the old wood of his floor beneath his feet and slowly he opened his eyes. He sighed with relief but that would quickly fade as his eyes averted towards the door.


A loud sound filled his ears and he was suddenly aware of the fact that someone was hitching a key into the door of his room and was attempting to open it. Cloud panicked...his cloths...his sweating...but...then, the more he became aware of his surroundings and himself, he soon noticed that he was not sweaty and his cloths were his normal daily wear. Cloud sighed and looked expectantly for his Fairy.


"Thanks Reno." He whispered.


A flash of red and white appeared before him beaming with a prideful smile. "No problem yo!" He said just before the door sprung open and in walked Kadaj and his two brothers. Reno vanished.


The look on their faces was pure hatred. Kadaj stepped in further and just eyed the blonde, thinking almost as if he wanted to ask something, but didn't just yet. Instinctively Cloud backed up, fear flooding through his body. He wanted to ask what they wanted or what was wrong...but that wouldn't be very smart right now...so he merely just watched them with steady but worried eyes.


Kadaj strolled forward quickly before the boy before him could react and reached for Cloud, lifting him off the ground by the collar of his old grey shirt.


"Where were you tonight?" He demanded in a spiteful tone. His words were cold and angry, and his eyes bore into Cloud’s with intense disgust. Cloud made a small sound in surprise and shook his head...it would be a lie no matter what he said now.


"I-I have b-been here...where you locked me in." He stated trying to stop the fear that was ebbing it's way to the surface.


"Is that so...?" He said meeting his slave’s eyes. Kadaj then jerked his head to the side, motioning at his brothers. "Leave us..." He ordered. Kadaj ignored the disgusted pouting faces they each made towards him as they headed back out the door and shut it.


"Why does he get to have all the fun?" Loz asked, looking at his brother for support, but just as usual, Yazoo seemed unfazed by anything and he merely gave his brother a slight shrug.


"He is Kadaj..."


"So..."


"Let's get some rest." Yazoo said in a smooth song like voice. Shaking his head he took a hold of Loz's arm and ushered him forward even when he received a spoiled look from him. He also wanted to play, but he also knew that Kadaj was in a bad mood and he didn't want to undo the pleasant feelings he had from the fun night, trying to argue his way into anything.


Cloud watched them go, thankful it wasn't the other two, but even still, with Kadaj he had to be cautious. Slowly he let his eyes roll back onto the face of the man before and he froze. What was that look in Kadaj's eyes? Strange, frightfully knowing...but why and how....then it hit him, hit him hard like a slap in the face with chillingly cold water. Had Kadaj seen him at the festival? Cloud shuddered inwardly. If he had, then he knew he was in trouble. He swallowed a breath and tried to speak again.


"I can't get out when you lock me in...even the windows are locked..." He stated, frowning a bit. He shifted slightly within the man's hold and tried to steady his feet upon the ground. It was a useless attempt, for just as soon as he finished speaking he felt his body fly backwards quickly and hit his bed hard. Cloud landed on his back, his eyes flashing with fear and anger back at Kadaj as the man moved forward again, leaning over him and pinning to the bed.


Placing a hand on either side of the blonde's head, Kadaj leaned in bringing his face terribly close to the boy's beneath him. A dark smile and a small humpf sound of disapproval came from his closed lips as Kadaj held his tongue for a moment.


"H-honest I..I..w-was here Sir!" Cloud said, hoping that being perfectly submissive and polite might earn him some points or a lesser punishment to whatever Kadaj had in mind.


The man over him smiled and then quickly backed up, taking Cloud by his collar and rolling him over. He then pressed his body over Cloud's again so he couldn't move and pushed his thumb into the crack of the boy's rear shoving in the fabric.


Cloud let out a cry as he was turned over but then froze at what Kadaj did next. His heart rate increased and his eyes widened. He didn't want this, the pain of the first time still so close in his mind. "Please....." He stuttered, trying to move out from under the man.


"Oh? Are you begging for it my slave?"


"No!"


"But you said please, shall I oblige?"


"NO!"


"To bad, you deserve a punishment. I know you have been up to something and I will find out, and when I do, you never see the light of day again, ever, your life, I will also make sure is cut terribly short!" Kadaj threatened. "You wasted piece of human dung."


Cloud gasped as hopeless panic filled his mind and the darkness, which had seemed fleeting, if not gone while in the Prince's embrace, returned as quickly as a flash flood. It consumed him, suffocated him, it was killing him.


On the outside, Cloud whimpered as he felt his pants slowly being removed, but on the inside he pleaded, calling out for the only thing he could. 'Reno....RENO! I want out of here, I want to be gone....I wish to be with the Prince. Wherever he is...I wish to be with the Prince. I WISH TO GO TO PRINCE SEPHIROTH!' He screamed in his mind. It had been the only time, with Sephiroth, that he had felt loved and wanted, and it was the first place of safety he thought of. If he were with Sephiroth, then maybe, maybe Kadaj wouldn't be able to get to him. 'Reno!' He yelled again in his mind, crying out in pain as he felt Kadaj enter him roughly.


Reno appeared then. He was silent, a dark look shadowing his eyes as he gazed upon the scene before him. He raised his hand.


A flashing white light....


Cloud took in a deep breath and then lost consciousness.


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The door to the Prince's room slammed open and a tall raven haired man stood there in the wake of the shallow noise of the door hitting the wall behind it. Sephiroth didn't look up. Zack pouted more, seeing the unresponsiveness in the Prince who he saw laying across his bed in something long white and silver. He moved forward and his frown deepened.


"You just left me...disappeared..." He said, the usual perkiness in his tone gone for the moment, replaced with more worry then it should have.


"Don't you know you had me worried sick...10 guards and I looked for an hour before someone in the crowd, to my surprise, told me he saw you head back on foot towards the palace." Zack said making it to the man's bedside as he finished his sentence. His blue eyes looked hurt and now a little irritated that the Prince was okay when all he had done the past hour and half was worry himself sick. "Well...?" He demanded placing his hands on his hips.


Sephiroth had his back towards the man until he had questioned him again. Rolling over he faced Zack, and although he was irritated at him, the minute he saw the look in the Prince's eyes it quickly left him.


"Sephiroth...what is wrong?" He questioned, climbing onto the bed and pulling the man up into his arms. Holding him, he looked down into those green eyes that seemed so sad yet full of something else at the same time. Sephiroth didn't stop the man from doing what he did. Out of everyone that tended to him, Zack was the only one he allowed to even touch him...no matter what. For a moment there was a pause and Zack tenderly stroked his fingers along Sephiroth's cheek.


"Does this have to do with why you kinda disappeared hmmm?" He asked, the lightness in his tone returning. He gently ran his fingers through the Princes silver hair, hoping to comfort the man.


"I found him, Zack." Sephiroth said softly.


Zack's eyes widened in complete surprise, then in understanding. "Oh...then what's the problem...oh um did he...he reject you?" He asked, not really wanting to know if it were latter, but if it was, then some blonde was going to have a talking to for breaking his Prince's heart…that was for sure…he thought. Sephiroth gently shook his head.


"No...but he left too quickly...we had a nice time...I could feel it in him, but still there is something he fears...something he can't shake caused him to pull from me." He stated, his eyes staring into the distance somewhere. Zack puffed his cheeks with air and then let it out slowly.


"Oh....hmmm...um Sephiroth I am sorry but, can I ask you something?"


"I suppose it can't hurt, what is it?"


"Why the sudden interest in the blonde...I mean I have never seen you like this for a while, sure I have seen you take lovers and what not, but this just seems odd...I mean, I guess..." Zack tried to say.


"Zackary..." Sephiroth said calmly, shifting in the man's arms so he could look into his face more. "...because I came alive when I saw him....my heart sped up...I couldn't breath...it was like I...I can't explain it myself...but...I think I love him, I feel our souls are meant to be together." Sephiroth said, averting his eyes, and though his face shown little of what he was feeling, it was all seen through his emerald eyes, which even if he tried could never hide his true feelings...well from Zack anyways.


Zack grew quiet. "I see."


"I have to find him."


"I will help you."


"Are you sure, because you and I..."


"It doesn't matter. I love you and I want you to be happy. I don't fully understand all of it, but I know what it feels like to have finally found your soul mate. You want them near all the time." He said, his voice soft as if he were remembering something himself.


"Zack...I..."


The raven-haired man shook his head and gently leaned down to kiss Sephiroth's forehead. "Don't...it's really okay..."


Sephiroth shifted in the Zack's arms so he was now sitting facing the man before him. The Princes' eyes were warm as he leaned forward and took Zack's face in his hands. Blue eyes stared into green ones, a mixture of feelings moving between them. Sephiroth then slowly leaned forward and brought his lips against Zack's. Softly he kissed Zack and felt his heart beat fleetingly for a moment. They both leaned into the kiss, deepening it and for a few minutes time stopped.


Then the kiss broke, by both instead of one. Sephiroth leaned his head against Zack's and gently caressed the man's face.


"Zack, we had our time, but that does not mean that I do not still care for you. " He paused, nuzzling his nose against the younger man's. "You know what the price would be for us to be together, I shall not risk it...but please never leave my side...no matter what, I love you and I need you...Zack." The Prince said softly.


Zack nodded and remained still in Sephiroth's hold. "I know...I love you too...." He said barely above a whisper. Then as if he wanted to leave the sorrowing thoughts behind him, Zack jumped from the bed and faced the Prince. He put on a cheery expression, quite normal for Zack and nodded his head. "Well, it looks like I've got some work to do if I am going to make your dreams come true." He stated with a small grin as he pointed at his own chest.


"Zack..."


"Seph....just smile, it will be okay. Zack is on the job!" He said quite cheerfully. Then he left not giving the Prince the chance to react. Sephiroth sighed and looked down.


Sephiroth eased slowly off the bed, heading for the bathroom to shower. He knew Zack was sometimes an overly cheerful person, but this time it felt like a mask to hide sore feelings. It had happened before, the intense feelings between them, and every time it still hurt. The only thing each had to comfort those times by was the thought that they still had each other...and that was what really mattered. Their love went far beyond just physical attraction but deeper, a bond untouchable by any, a deep friendship, a love that was unmeasured. They were close, close like family, even brothers.


After a few minutes, Sephiroth was in the shower, letting the warm water wash over him. He was unaware of what had just happened back in his room.


Some time later....


Sephiroth opened the door to let out some of the steam as he gently dabbed at his hair with a towel. Wrapping another one around his slender waist he stepped out of the bathroom and quietly walked back towards his bedroom. His mind was deep in thought, not so much troubled, as it was just busy with thoughts. The thing with Cloud, with Zack, both he cared about, one for a long time and one he desperately wanted to care for longer. He just couldn't make his mind settle. He cared for Zack. That man had been the one to change him, to calm him after the traumatic event with his father. They had fallen quickly into a heated love affair, finding comfort and love with each other. But they had been threatened...shoved into a false sense of security and then blackmailed before either of them had realized it. Rufus Shinra....how he hated that man, thus the only way to keep Zack safe was to stop what was between them, leaving only a professional relationship. That had been nearly 6 years ago.


Sephiroth sighed and moved towards his closet. Pulling out a royal blue and silver robe, he tossed it upon the bed behind him and then sought out a pair of boxers in the lower drawer of his walk-in closet.


A soft moan came from behind him. Then the rustle of movement beneath sheets.


Sephiroth paused and turned on one heel to face his bed. "Zack?" He said softly. Surprised that he had come back, maybe having given up for the night and just wanted to relax. It was, as noted by his clock to his left, nearly 3 a.m., by now. The room was darker now so the Prince moved over towards the small light upon his nightstand and turned it on. The light filled the room with a warm dim glow and once his eyes adjusted Sephiroth froze, unable to move as well as breath. What he saw in his bed, curled up, sleeping, was not Zack. Again Sephiroth made no movement towards the person sleeping and he barely breathed for fear that he might wake the angel that was in his bed, or that he might wake from the dream he was having. Had he gone to bed and not realized it? Was this dream so lucid and real that he wasn’t able to tell the difference? Sephiroth shook his head and stepped a bit closer to the blonde that was now in his bed. Leaning over him, Sephiroth sighed softly.


“Cloud…?” He said reaching out his hand to barely graze across the sweet skin of the blonde’s cheek. Well one thing was for certain, Zack Fair sure works fast. He would have to thank him in the morning. Sephiroth, for the longest time just stood there watching over the magnificent creature that seemed unaware of where he was or hadn’t noticed the man over him, sleeping so peacefully.


“Hmm.” Sephiroth mumbled softly to himself. With great quiet haste, he changed into his royal blue and silver robe and moved to the other side of the bed. He made not a sound nor caused the bed to move in any way as he turned off the light, slipped beneath the silk sheets, and drew near to by boy. Sephiroth held his breath as he slipped an arm around Cloud and scooted in closer, spooning the blonde’s back against his chest. Gently he brought his lips down to the nape of Cloud’s neck and softly brushed them across the tender flesh. Taking a deep breath he sighed softly in the sweet scent of his angel and felt dizzy because of it. ‘Dear boy.’ He thought. ‘ How did you get here, well no matter, I will keep you safe and warm…my lovely,’ He parted his lips in a shallow sigh. “…delicious..’ Running his tongue along the skin just beneath the blonde’s ear. ‘…Cloud.’ He thought.


Cloud, though deep in sleep, felt a presence surround him but it wasn’t alarming, no, in fact, it was comforting and warm. He decided that waking wasn’t what he wanted, so instinctively he curled closer to the man giving him more access to his neck and sinking into his warmth.


Sephiroth nearly felt his heart stop as Cloud shifted closer seeking out his giving warmth. He smiled and drew his arms tighter around Cloud, moving his head back to rest upon the pillow just above the boy’s head. He chuckled lightly as the spiky blonde air tickled his nose. He adjusted his head back a bit and then settled down. Sephiroth had desperately wanted to rouse the boy, kiss him, caress every part of him, but this, this warmth, the tenderness, just the feeling of someone he desired so close to him, actually here, he changed his mind and he only wanted to hold him. Soon Sephiroth eased off to sleep, a gentle yet firm grip around his angel…his beautiful man. He didn’t question anything and hoped that if this was a dream…that he would never wake up.

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((Oh I read over this so late, please let me know if you see anything, but please be kind! Well how do you like my surprise ending. Reno is so tricky…just wait till you see what he did and how and why Cloud appeared sleeping in Sephiroth’s bed *winks *. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.))