~Tease~

Warning: A Zack and Cloud and possibly others (not telling) fiction yaoi.

Chapter 1- Train Ride​

Zack chewed his lip almost painfully.

He was extremely uncomfortable and he was scared to move. Oh, there was an easy way out of this problem, but he was not sure if he wanted to solve it.

The train screeched at it hit a curve and jostled him slightly.

He gasped and could feel the sweat beading down the back of his neck.

~ Damn it. ~

He hoped that was the last curve because if they hit one more bump like that, he was going to loose it! How could he have allowed himself to get into this situation! He knew that he could stop it, but he wasn't sure if he really wanted to now that he was in it.

The train car that they were riding in was empty.

Well, not completely empty. Zack and Cloud sat next to each other coming back from a night out in the slums and they were the only ones on the train at this still early hour of the night.

Zack was very aware of how close that the drunken Cloud was sitting, no, leaning, beside him.

Very aware!

They had gone down to go relax and unwind and the night was looking good that way. Hell, even Reno and Rude and joined them down at the bar. Of course, Reno being there had most likely been the downfall of the whole evening.

As usual.

He had walked away from the table to go talk with Kunsel who was sitting at the bar with some other SOLDIERS. Of course, it was more than a few minutes and he had left Cloud alone with Reno. He was not aware of how much the two lightweights were drinking until he returned to table and both were sickeningly intoxicated. The table was little with bottles of vodka cooler and alcoholic lemonades. They had been both giggling like silly school girls when he returned. He couldn't get a word out of the two but a snort and a chuckle for a good ten minutes.

The night was pretty much over when Reno was the first to have his head rest against the table. Cloud raised his hand in a victory pose and promptly joined the red head.

And it was only ten!

Rude had not said a word, grabbed the small red head and lugged him out of the bar. He had tried to wake Cloud but all he got was a grunt and a moan, even though he still had a smile on Cloud's lips and he put one of his arms around his shoulder to take him out of the bar.

Cloud had woken up slightly in the walk to the train and the cool air. All he would do was giggle and mumble words that were really more like sounds. The only thing that the could make out was, "I beat Reno." And "I am going to win." At least that is what it sounded like. He had asked the drunk how he was going to win, when he already beat Reno and had sent the blond into a fit of laughter with that comment. He didn't know what was so funny about what he said, but then, he didn't drink as much as he did.

He was grateful that Cloud wasn't puking his guts out and the train's movements seemed to lull him into a comfortable sleep as soon as the train started to move. He was worried that his little girly-drink-drunk was going to get sick with the movement, but Cloud seemed quite content where was sitting.

And that was why he was so uncomfortable.

He didn't mind Cloud leaning on him and that was quite cozy having the warm body next to him, it was where Cloud had his right hand.

He let go of his lip with his teeth and allowed a heavy sigh to leave his lips as he leaned his head back. He ran his one free hand through his hair and whispered, "Gaia." He didn't even want to look at the hand that sitting on his thigh.

Not near his knee.

Not in the middle of his thigh.

No it was near his crotch, just a few little centimetres away from where his body was reacting inappropriately. And his hand wasn't just resting on the top of his thigh. He could have probably have handled that. That would mean that he could have just moved it off with the bounce of his knee, but that was not where the hand was.

It was firmly placed in between his legs and every bump in the train cause his whole body want to either tear his hand away, or encourage Cloud to do more. He admitted to himself at the beginning of the train ride that he most likely would have taken advantage of him, if he wasn't passed out.

~ Damn it. ~

The train braked. The hand squeezed his thigh and pressed against his already painfully taunt crotch. He groaned and turned toward Cloud and took a deep breath of Cloud's hair.

He smelled like the bar. There was the smell of the annoying cigarettes that Reno smoked on him as well as the sickly sweet alcoholic drinks that he had been drinking that night. But then there was the smell of Cloud. He smelled like the Cloud that had comforted him after the tragic events in that ice covered mountain. A comforting and soft smell that he could only describe as cozy. Yeah. He knew that wasn't a smell, but that is what he thought of it.

He remembered how Cloud had sat so close to him and clutched at his hand, despite his own injuries, to ensure that he was okay. It wasn't quite as intimate as his current situation but it reminded him of that time. No one else in that truck noticed how Cloud pressed against him to make sure that he was okay.

At least he hoped that no one did.

He was grateful for his presence that day. It kept him quite sober and calm and he didn't break down until later because of Cloud. Cloud had helped him so much with out any judgement or questions. He was just there.

They were fast friends after that trip and he knew that he tended to drag Cloud around quite a bit, but he enjoyed it. Cloud could be nervous but usually loosened up for whatever activity they were doing.

He had pleaded with Cloud to join him tonight to go drinking and as much as Cloud didn't want to go out, he gave in. As he always did.

He was enjoying his evening and didn't really mind that his friend had a drinking match with Reno. It was quite humorous that the little blond had out drank Reno, if only by a minute. But the situation that he was now in was turning extremely painful for him. He knew that he could move the hand and that would have stopped the tempting rubbing from that sword calloused and glove-less hand that was pressing on the inner most part of his upper thigh.

~ Damn it, it felt good too. ~

Zack was grateful that the train was empty because his groan would have been heard by anyone in the car and most likely got him some strange looks.

~Would I stop it, if someone was in the train? ~

He wondered the answer to the questions he asked himself and before he could really string together his thoughts, he thought he felt the fingers that were already torturing him move.

Did they move? He looked for signs that his friend was waking up, but he didn't feel a shift in the body that was leaning so heavily on him. The fingers were still now, but he was pretty sure that the fingers moved. Of course, it could have been just the sway of the train or the fact that he was twitching in his alcohol induced sleep.

He knew that he could move that hand that was so close to him and yet still so far. The reason he couldn't move that hand was because he didn't trust himself to. He wanted that had to move close. He wanted to have Cloud move closer to him. He wanted to squeeze him and… and…

The fingers DID move. There was a soft moan that escaped the blonde's throat. Damn those fingers were pressing and massaging, his inner thigh. The blonde's head moved and his hair brushed against his throat. Zack couldn't help but involuntary shiver at the feeling as he was trying desperately to control himself.

"Cloud?" he whispered and rubbed the back of the infantry man to try to get him to wake up a bit more before he realized what he was doing. That could solve all his problems, if Cloud would wake up and realize what he was doing.

"Humm," was all he got and he just about jumped out of skin as the hand moved and was now pressed tight against his crotch and pressed against his thigh and the fingers moved in a steady motion. He found himself paying particularly close attention to the motion of the hand massaging his thigh.

~ Pinky, ring, middle, index and the thumb rubbing awfully close to his crotch and then back to the pinky, ring, middle, index and the rolling thumb. ~

"Wha…ya… st….lllleee," Cloud said. Again with words and sound that really didn't have any meaning to him.

"Cloud?" Zack pleaded with him. He was going to have to move that hand of his if he kept that up he was going to loose it completely. The alcohol was affecting him as well and he was way too excited now, especially when that thumb twirling against his hip.

"Llleee……tat?" Cloud mumbled and Zack found that Cloud other hand was no longer trapped between them, but was now snaking around his back, allowing his body to move closer to him as Cloud gripped him in a tight hug and that other hand was not letting up on its movements.

~Pinky, ring, middle, index and the twirling thumb ~

…and the pressure was increasing. He gasped at the increasing sensations that Cloud was creating. He knew that he shouldn't be turned on by this, but then… how could he not be?

"Cloud!" he said sharply. He reached his arm over to the blond shoulder and gave him a shake. That unfortunately moved his hand so that his thumb grazed the rise in his pants while Cloud was performing that circle with his thumb.

Cloud made a noise that was suspiciously like a chuckle. Then the hand stopped its maddening motion (but remained in place) and then Cloud was still and a small snore escaped his lips.

Zack had to take a couple of shallow breaths and swallow hard. "Tease," he whispered as the train announcer announced their arrival at the station.

 

Chapter 2- Train Station​

He looked down at the giggling Cloud as he lay on the ground. "Damn it, what am I going to do with you?" Zack whispered. He had managed to get Cloud off the train with little trouble, after all the Cloud was not that heavy of a man, but as soon as they starting to walk a few steps, he started to giggle and sway.

Cloud was giggling so hard that he was crying and gasping for air. Zack just hoped that he was going to puke.

Cloud reached up a shaky hand to him. "elp….up," he managed to say. So, he wanted help up. He was going to make Reno pay for this evening. He was still trying to compose himself from the train ride and seeing the giggling and wiggling Cloud on the ground sure as hell wasn't helping.

"Zaaaaa," Cloud mumbled and waved his hand at him and trying and unsuccessfully try to sit up but only ended up back on the ground, whining. "Cannnn't."

"I can see that. Whatever possessed you to get in a drinking contest with Reno?" he asked the blond.

Cloud started to giggle again, his hand covering his watering his eyes. He was pretty sure that he wasn't going to be walking any time soon. He hoped that the red-headed trouble maker was going to have a hell of a hangover.

He was going to kill Reno. Yep, in his sleep too!

"You are a defiantly a happy drunk," Zack chuckled as he shook his head at the blond.

"Appy," Cloud agreed as he leaned his head back onto the ground and turned his head to look at him with hooded eyes.

Zack crouched down beside him and grabbed an arm to haul him up. "Come on. Let's go get you cleaned up and some coffee."

He must have moved Cloud to fast. He made a small sound that scared him a little bit as he swayed on his feet. "Ooooh," Cloud moaned. "Too …faaass." He didn't want to deal with him puking but from the amount of bottles on the table, it most likely was inevitable.

He held the swaying man. Cloud pressed his hands against his chest and looked up at him with this watery blue eyes and a crooked smile. Zack swallowed, very aware of how close they were standing and how warm his hands were pressing against his shirt. He had Clouds upper arms holding him firmly place.

"You are so drunk," was all that he could manage to say. Of course, that was not what he was thinking.

~ You are so damn tempting ~

"Uh-huh?" Cloud said and his smile grew wider and Clouds hand moved in a slow move to his sides.

Zack thought he was going to explode. The way that those hands moved was making him twitch and burn. Cloud smiled at him as he swayed a bit and he had to hold him in place. He gripped the arms tighter and found that he was pulling the drunken Cloud closer to him.

~ You shouldn't be having these thoughts about your best friend ~

He was just starting to cool down and now the touch was getting him all anxious and tense again.

~ You can't take advantage of him like this, even though he is licking… oh ~

He had to look away as Cloud licked his lips. It wasn't just a wetting of his lips; it was a motion that made him shiver as just the tip of his tongue rolled over his upper lip and the smirk returned. Cloud must have felt him shiver and he chuckled.

"Damn it, Cloud," he muttered in a breathless whimper. That was almost becoming his mantra tonight.

He so wanted to kiss him. He had never wanted to do that more in his life. He wanted to kiss him and pull him close to him, but he wasn't going to take advantage of his friend while he was like this, as much as it seemed that Cloud wanted it also. He could feel how excited Cloud was and it wasn't helping him keep him calm. Cloud was drunk and would most likely hate him in the morning if he did something like that and then hate Reno too, for getting him drunk.

Cloud blinked his bright blue eyes at him and then the blinks seemed to become the frantic control to keep them open. Zack sighed as he had to hold up Cloud as his knees gave way and he passed out again.

"Damn it," he grumbled. He had to get him home but he wasn't going to take Cloud to his room in the barracks. Going to the barracks this early in the night drunk was a bad idea. Zack did not want Cloud to end up with a shaved head and make up all over the place and most likely naked in the cafeteria. There seemed to be one of those every weekend. He remembered those times and was grateful that he had never been the first one to pass out. Hell, he was the one that usually place the naked drunk in the cafeteria or quad or, once (and he couldn't believe he didn't get caught) Hojo's labs. He didn't want Cloud to be one of those.

He knelt so he could place his shoulder at Clouds belly and then lifted. He slung his sleeping drunken friend over his shoulder, wrapping his arm securely around his legs to keep him secured. Thankfully he wasn't laughing any more, if he was, he most likely would have wiggled himself off and fallen to the ground again.

Cloud made a small sound as he put him in that position.

He heard a giggle and this time it wasn't from Cloud. He saw two women looking at him and Cloud. It looked like they were just going out of the evening and getting onto the train that he just departed from.

He did feel like quite a fool with his friend slung over his shoulder like a burlap sack. A drunken burlap sack.

He would defiantly have to strangle Reno when he saw him next. He hoped at least the imp was suffering from alcohol poisoning and had to get his stomach pumped. He smirked as he realized that he was wishing worse things on the Turk. He was pretty sure by the end of the evening he will be wishing he could draw-and-quarter him and feed his pieces to a dragon.

The two girls got onto the train and he had to have a plan of action and the other thing that he could do was take him to his place.

Part of his mind was jumping for joy and another part was groaning. Cloud in his place. So, it wasn't the first time that he thought of it. He couldn't deny that of himself, but he never really thought he would be brining home a drunk Cloud.

~Liar~

Okay, so he had thought about it, but he thought it would be a lot more enjoyable than having him draped over his shoulder and getting laughed at by some women who were going out on the town for the evening.

"Damn it," he muttered again.

He started walking towards his apartment, with a heavy sigh and a wiggling weight on his shoulders. The quicker he could get the weight off his shoulders the better. The quicker he got out of public.

"Urgh," Cloud made a sound and then giggled. He was conscious again.

Zack shook his head and kept walking. He tightened his grip on the giggling boy. He doubted that he had ever seen such a giggly drunk before. He stopped sharply as hands pressed against his backside, followed by a sharp slap, with increased giggling.

"Damn it Cloud," he said and gave Clouds ass a slap as well. "Behave will ya."

Cloud giggled some more and made some more incoherent sounds that could have been words. Cloud didn't listen though. He felt another slap and then a hand squeeze into his back pocket before Cloud's giggling stopped again.

"Damn it!" Zack groaned, realizing that his hand was still on Clouds bottom and moved it back to around the back of his knees.

He was pretty sure that this night was going to kill him.

 

Lol Oh gosh.

Chapter 3- Apartment​

The rest of the walk to his apartment was uneventful, other than the fact that Cloud's hand was firmly embedded in his back pocket! He cursed Reno and Cloud for their little drinking contest, even though he was a little bit proud that Cloud out drank Reno. He didn't think that was possible, but the hand his back pocket was… was…

~ tantalizing~

…irritating.

Damn his inner voice.

He carried his drunken friend into the his little apartment.

Now what was he going to do?

He only had a chair and a loveseat in his living room and he could drop him on the floor, but, even if he was an extremely happy drunk, he doubted that he would be so when he woke up with his hangover.

The only other option was the bedroom.

He closed his eyes and found that his hand was on Cloud's backside.

Again.

He jerked his hand back down to the back of Clouds knees.

He had caught his hand doing that a couple times on the walk over.

His ass felt good.

~really good~

"Damn it," he muttered and walked to his bedroom and laid down the drunk on his bed. He nearly fell on top of him as Clouds hand had been hand imbedded in his pocket but he ended up bouncing beside him.

Cloud made a happy little groan but remained asleep.

He wondered if he would be so happy when the hangover hit or would the normally broody self emerge with a vengeance. Laying beside him and seeing the silly, almost goofy, smile on his friends face and the sight of a small driblet of drool that left the corner of his mouth.

~ Damn tempting ~

He shook his head and got off the bed and looked down at him with a smile. "You are such a trouble maker, do you know that Cloud?"

Now, there was another problem. He frowned.

Should he just cover him with the blanket or remove some of his clothes. He should at least take off his boots and maybe his shirt….

"Damn it," he muttered. He was getting all tense again thinking about removing Clouds shirt.

He had seen Cloud without his shirt before. They had trained together quite a few times and had removed their shirts. Cloud had a pretty chest…

~ and you could see it again in your bed ~

He rubbed his forehead with a sigh. "Okay, just the boots then."

He reached down and undid Clouds boots and threw them aside. His legs were hanging off the edge of the bed. He would have to move him up on the bed, so he would wake up more comfortable.

~ and where are you going to sleep? ~

That was a good question. He forced all the inappropriate thoughts down, despite the fact that his body was betraying him again. He was going to need to have a very cold shower soon if his head didn't stop with the spine tingling inappropriate thoughts.

Of course, seeing Cloud stretch in his sleep didn't help his thoughts. Zack closed his eyes, counted to ten, and took some deep breaths. Okay. He had a little bit of control.

"Zaaa…" Cloud mumbled in his sleep. Clouds hands grabbed the sheets beside him and then rested again with that same silly smile.

At least he wasn't giggling.

He gathered himself up his courage and tried to think of thoughts that weren't going to make him all uncomfortable. He pulled down the blankets on the side that Cloud was not lying on. He grabbed Cloud under his arms and tugged him. He was thankful that Cloud was not a heavy man. It took him a great effort to control himself as he pushed and rolled the blond under his blankets.

Zack was panting and shaking by the time that Cloud was all tucked in. Not because it took a lot of effort to move Cloud, but hanging onto what little self contro that remained.

~a little feel would only be fair, he had your ass in his hand all the way from the train station ~

"Damn it." Yeah, cold shower was a total necessity right now. Having to touch Cloud to get him under the blankets like that…

~ you can touch him more if you get in beside him ~

He walked stiffly to the bathroom and turned on the shower. He stripped off quickly and tried not to think of the giggly drunk in the bed.

It was just because he was drunk that Cloud was acting like he was. It was just because he was drunk. Yeah. He jumped in the shower and cursed. The water was damn cold, but he endured it and it got rid of the unattainable desire. He stayed in the shower until he turned nearly blue.

He put on a simple pair of his house pants as he got out, still shiver from the enforced cold.

Cloud had not moved from where he tucked him in the bed but he was snoring lightly now. He looked quite peaceful…

~ sexy ~

…in his sleep.

He slapped his own forehead. He hoped that he didn't need to go back into the shower.

He was about to go and curl up on his small loveseat when he heard a phone ringing. He went to the bathroom to retrieve his phone from his discarded pants. He looked at the number.

Reno.

He answered the phone. "Yeah." He said simply.

"Reno wants to know if Cloud is okay." It was Rude's voice. Sharp and curt. He could hear some very unpleasant sounds in the background. He couldn't help but smirk at the thought of Reno puking his guts out right now. It actually made him feel a little better knowing that the imp was suffering right now.

"He is fine," he responded.

"He is with you?" Rude said.

"Yeah, well, I wasn't going to drop him in the barracks."

"Okay." and then the phone went dead. Rude was not one for long conversations.

Zack shook his head and clicked his phone shut. Whatever.

He looked back to the bed and saw sleepy blue eyes peering at him and a silly bright white grin. The phone must have woken him up and he was still being a happy drunk from the looks of it.

"Hey, are you thirsty?" he asked. He had to make sure that he got hydrated or his headache would be even worse in the morning.

"Lemonade?"

He was able to get that word out without slurring.

"I'll get you water," Zack said. "I think you had enough Lemonade."

There was a pout on his face but that was brief. Lemonade quickly leaving his thoughts, "I won!"

"Yes, I was there when you drank Reno under the table." Zack said. "I had to carry you here too because of it."

Cloud giggled now. "Thirrr…sss," he gurgled.

Okay, he was slurring his words again. Zack quickly got an Advil and some water. Those blue eyes blinked at him. "Here. Take this." He sat on the side of the bed so that he could give him the water and pain medication.

Cloud blinked at him and opened his mouth.

Zack eyes grew wide. He held the pill and felt his heart beating faster. Could he do that? His fingers began to move before he could even really think and placed the pill against Clouds lips.

He was not prepared for Cloud to close his lips around his fingers and how his tongue lapped at the tips.

He pulled away with a gasp and brought the straw to Clouds…

~ very plump and kissable ~

…lips.

Watching him sip from the straw was just as bad. He was going to have to go into the shower again if this kept up.

Cloud opened his eyes slightly, hooded slightly. "Thanks," his voice a little huskier than normal.

He tried to keep in light. Hell, he didn't want Cloud thinking that he was taking advantage of him in the morning. "Anything for you, bud," he said.

Cloud smiled at him again. He didn't know if he liked that smile, because it sent shivers down his spine.

"Hey, get some sleep," he quickly added.

"Zaack," Cloud said in that husky tone, drawing his name out in a way that made his heart skip a beat. Zack felt a hand on his thigh as Cloud's hand left the blanket that was covering him.

He jumped back and made a horrible laughing sound. Damn. He felt like a giddy teenager.

Cloud giggled.

Cloud tried to sit up but it must have made him dizzy because he collapsed back down in the bed. "J…just a – a- a," Cloud licked his lips and Zack decided that he was going to have to stay in that cold shower until Cloud became his normal gloomy self. "kiss."

"Cloud," he said and cleared his throat. "Okay. You are drunk. Very drunk and as much as…"

"Kiss?" Cloud said ignoring anything that he was saying.

"Cloud. I don't want to take advantage of you in this condition," Zack said.

"Why not?" Cloud said as he pouted again. "I… kiss?" He tilted his head a bit and his lips were in such a kissable position that it caused him to groan.

He turned his back from him. He couldn't look at that cute face right now because he did want to kiss him. He wanted to do more than kiss him. "Cloud. You are drunk and as much as I want to, I can't just take advantage of you. If you were sober right now Cloud, I would take you up on the offer, but you aren't."

He turned back and… Cloud was passed out again.

This waking and passing out thing that Cloud was doing was getting really annoying.

Then he realized what he said.

He just confessed that he wanted to kiss him.

He hoped that Cloud wasn't going to have any memories of this night.

~if he forgets you will have to remind him~

He really was beginning to hate the voice that was inside his head.

 

Chapter 4- Phone Call​

Zack could not sleep. He sat on the loveseat in his living room and just kept looking to the bedroom; his bedroom with Cloud sleeping in his bed. His mind kept coming up with unwanted thoughts.

~ He wants it too. ~

~ You could just cuddle with him. ~

~ You could squeeze his ass again. ~

Yeah, sleep was not coming. It was four in the morning and he couldn't even close his eyes. Every time he closed his eyes he kept thinking about how Cloud looked in his bed and…

~ how he would look if he was naked ~

…had to open his eyes again.

He thought of more ways of torturing Reno though. He never knew that he could be so inventive in the ways of torturing people. He didn't know that he had Turk tendencies.

He heard a phone ringing.

It wasn't his.

He checked.

It must be Clouds phone and he knew that Cloud kept his phone in the thigh pocket of his cargo pants when they were training, but…

~ He is wearing some rather tight jeans ~

He hoped that the phone was just on a clip on the side of his pants and not in his back pocket…

~front pocket ~

…or something. He had not paid attention to where he was keeping his phone last night on top of all the other distractions that had been presented.

The phone stopped ringing for a moment. He hoped that they would leave a message. After all, it was four in the morning, who would be phoning Cloud anyway?

No such luck.

Clouds phone began to ring again.

Zack sighed and walked slowly to the bedroom. Cloud had obviously been tossing in his sleep, because he didn't have the covers over him anymore. He wasn't all huddled on one side of the bed and now sprawled at an angle across the sheets, his blond hair even more wild than before.

But since he was no longer under the covers, he could see that his phone was indeed in a clip on the side of his pants and ringing again with soft set of bells. Cloud wasn't even flinching at the sound.

The phone stopped ringing.

Hopefully, he wouldn't call him again. Cloud looked so peaceful sleeping there, with his mouth slightly open with one arm spread wide, one arm wrapped around a pillow and with one of his legs dangling over the edge of the bed.

~ more than adorable ~

The phone started again. Haven't people heard of voice mail? That is what it is for. Messages.

He sat on the edge of the bed, careful not to get to close to him and pulled the phone off his belt and looked at the call display.

It read, Red Menace.

He was pretty sure that meant it was Reno.

He was beginning to wonder what they had been talking about when they had been having their drinking contest. He contemplated shutting off the phone and leaving it at that but decided that he would answer the phone. After all, it was the red menace's fault that he was having sleepless night with a giggling Cloud snoring…

~adorably ~

…in his bed.

He opened the phone and placed it by his ear.

"…pick up already Cloud. Man, you can sleep like a log, you need to send the volume higher. Hey, Cloud, you there!"

Zack just made a small grunting sound.

"You alive man? I don't even remember leaving the bar. Rude said that Zack was taking care of you. You still with him, man?" Reno's hurried voice said over the phone. Zack frowned slightly. Reno did not seem to be suffering from much of a hangover. That was not right. The man could drink like a fish, throw up, and then be right as rain in the morning. He would have to find other ways to torture the menace. Zack made another grunting sound.

"Hung over, hey?" Reno laughed. "Oh, and by the way, I Let you win. There is no way that you really could have beaten me in a drinking contest."

Zack made a little snorting laugh at that. No, Reno was toasted and Cloud had won and that was all there was to it, even if he didn't last much longer than Reno.

"Don't you dare go bragging that you won, because you didn't you spiky headed SOLDIER wannabe. No one can drink me under the table and you still sound like crap by the way."

Zack chuckled lightly now. "It was just because I was tired, that was all. If I was fully rested up, there was no way you can match me!"

Zack was greatly amused by the conversation. He laid down on the bed beside the sprawled Cloud, smiling at his friend and listening to the rambling red-head. Cloud smiled in his sleep. He was adorable when he was asleep.

If only he could get him to smile more when he wasn't …

~ sleeping beside him in his bed ~

…drunk.

He didn't realize the sound that he made at that thought, but Reno's words on the other end of the phone brought him back to reality.

"Hey, man, is Zack still with you! Way to go man! Was he good kisser? How far did you go?"

He just made another grunting sound, more out of shock at the statement and trying to suppress the words that were threatening to come out of his mouth.

"Hey, am I interrupting a critical moment?" Reno said with a chuckle. "That is so cool, but hey! No way! That means… Hell, I swear you cheated. You must have, how far have you got Fair Prince Zack and to even kiss you man. The guy may look at you with fire in his eyes but the man is a pillar of virtue man. How did you do it?"

Is that how they saw him? Did he look at Cloud like that? He thought he had concealed those looks from the others around him. He knew that he did pay a lot of attention to Cloud because he really did like the often moody guy but… was it painted on his face like that?

"Did you get to grab his ass? I mean, that was all you talked about last night? Did you?"

He made a chocking sound and sat up on the bed. Cloud had been talking about his ass? He had certainly had his hands on it enough!

"Oh my, you did!" Reno laughed on the other side of the phone. "What did he do? Did he yelp like a puppy? Did you goose him? Man, I would have loved to see that. Zack Fair jumping and yelping like a silly puppy when Mr. Emo King starts to feel him up."

They had talked about this! He was never going to leave the two alone again. Why the hell were they talking about his ass?

"You still there?" Reno asked. "Cloud?"

He made a small grunting sound, a little shocked at what he was learning from Reno.

Reno made a sigh. "Man, that means I lost two bets to you in one night. Hey, are you in bed with him?"

Well it was technically true. He made a small affirmative sounding noise.

"Ooooooooh," Reno said. "Okay, that is just so hot. You are so lucky man. I didn't get anything but kissing the porcelain throne and you got to a Fair prince. Hey, I gonna go crash for a couple more hours. I guess I owe you a bunch, eh. Give me a call when you can stomach food and I will set up a time for you and your prince-y." Reno chuckled and hung up the phone.

"What was the second bet?" Zack whispered at the now silent phone.

Cloud thought about him like that. It wasn't just a drunk induced action; he actually thought him more than a friend. Those thoughts made it difficult to breathe.

They had been talking about how his ass looked. On one level it felt odd but on another, it made him feel very, very warm.

He lay back down on the bed lying down so that his side so that he could look at Cloud. Cloud still had a smile on his face as he moved slightly and licked his lips.

~He won't get mad if you touch him. He wants you to. ~

Zack smiled at him and slowly feel asleep with the thoughts that Cloud was not just doing it because he was drunk.

It was a restful thought.

 

Chapter 5- Waking Up​

Cloud didn't recognize the room that he was in. He blinked a few times and was grateful that the room was somewhat shaded. The amount of light that was coming in the room was bright enough to hurt his head. He looked around and knew that he wasn't in the barracks. He was pretty sure that if had been deposited in the barrack he would have been deposited somewhere else with either a heavy dose of make up or naked.

But he was in a strange room. Did something drop him in the barracks and this was some sort of sick joke?

His head hurt. His throat was dry. His stomach clenched. He was never having those damn lemonades again. He looked down and saw that at least he was fully dressed, well, almost, someone had removed his shoes at least. That was okay, but where was he?

He moved his leg and kicked something.

He looked down at what he kicked and saw a leg. A leg that was only garbed in a pair of slim cotton pyjamas bottoms that were standard issue for ShinRa SOLDIERS and infantrymen.

He made a little yelping sound and jumped out of the bed. Oh and that was a bad idea. The whole world swam and he fell to the floor with a heavy thump.

He swallowed hard. What if he was in some stranger's apartment? He was almost scared to look up at who was in the bed he was in! He was going to kill Reno for tricking him into that drinking contest! Never mind all the other topics of conversation that would be completely embarrassing if Zack found out.

~ Completely embarrass you, you mean ~

He felt like he was going to throw up. He scanned the room and hoped the door that he was swaying towards was the bathroom, because if it was the closet, he was going to make a mess.

Thankfully, it was the bathroom and he made it in time.

He puked what little was in his stomach out and wretched painfully. Man, he hated puking. He felt hot and cold at the same time. He hoped Reno was just as sick as he was. The man seemed to recover from his regular bouts of drinking way too easily. He seemed to remember that he won the drinking contest that they had. Oh, the thought of drinking made him have a couple of dry heaves.

A hand touched his back and rubbed it gently. "You okay Cloud?"

He closed his eyes and groaned. That was Zack's voice, which meant that was Zack hand that was rubbing his back. He sat back slightly from the toilet but didn't open his eyes. The realization that it had been Zack that had been lying next to him made him shiver all over.

He started to remember some of what he had done last night.

~ Oh man, what did Zack think of him? ~

It was all Reno's fault.

He had been enjoying himself at the bar. It was a relaxing place and already had two ciders under his belt. The conversation between himself, Zack and Reno had been civil until Zack had left the table. He was quite relaxed and felt quite content for a change, and when Zack left to go talk to Kusnel, he watched him go.

It was Reno's comment that set him back. "Easy there, blonde," Reno chuckled at him. "If he sees you looking at his ass like that, he may give you a spanking."

He had turned so red at his comment. "It is not like that!" he quickly said and took a drink of his cider and realized that his bottle was empty. He knew that he was blushing.

Reno chuckled some more. "It's not like he hasn't looked at your ass like that," Reno said and then made a sharp whistle. "Two more here toots!" Reno waved his bottle of vodka laden lemonade at the waitress. She nodded and walked over to the bar.

He was still stunned by the other comment. "What do you mean?"

"What do you think I mean. It means, that I have seen him give you the once over a couple of times now and I have seen you do the same to him," Reno chuckled. "He is just too nice of a guy to make the first move and all."

"You are imagining things!" Cloud said. "He likes girls."

"Yeah, well, you are a little girly," Reno said frowning at his own empty bottle.

"Hey!" Cloud said. "What the hell! I am not girly!" He slammed his own empty bottle on the table. "You have more of a girly body that I do. At least I have some muscle tone!"

"I am just lanky," Reno said, "hardly girly."

The drinks arrived.

"Well, you sure order girly drinks!" Cloud said put took the bottle into his hand. "What the hell is up with this stuff?"

"Hey. It has more alcohol in it than the beer or that silly cider that you have been drinking. Can't handle it tough guy?" Reno said and took a swig.

"Pfft. I could drink as much as you," Cloud countered and regretted it. Challenging Reno was never a good thing, but it was done.

"You're on. We shall see who the better is. Hey. I am already a drink ahead of you, you better down that and hurry and catch up already," Reno chided. "And I am a drink ahead with this stuff and not that weak ass cider that you are drinking."

"What is the prize if I drink you under the table?" Cloud asked and took a large swig of his drink. This lemonade stuff wasn't that bad, a little sweet, but he could drink it.

"Like you are going to," Reno snorted and waved to the waitress again. "He needs to catch up and bring over two of those gladiator shots too." The waitress just nodded and turned to gather the drinks.

"Yeah, well, what do I get if I beat you?" Cloud said again.

"I won't tell Zack that you keep staring at his ass. I mean, your eyes keep wandering there. I mean, you should be more subtle." Reno laughed.

"I am not staring at his ass." Cloud counted and felt that he was blushing. He may have glanced at it a few times, but that didn't mean that he was staring at it.

"Oh, yeah. You are. I mean, can't blame you and all. It is nicely rounded and all…shut up!" Reno said.

"You look at his ass too!" Cloud laughed.

"It is because you keep looking!" Reno said. "Drink up," he said and took a drink of his own lemonade. They both took a deep swig.

"Okay, so we both look at his ass," Reno said. "The poor Fair Prince will probably die of embarrassment if we tell him. And never mind you. You look like a beet."

Cloud laughed again. "Fair Prince? When did you come up with that one?"

Reno even blushed a little at that one. "He is just so chivalrous. I mean, did you see how he helped out that chicky who dropped all her papers. He was tripping over himself to help her get all her documentation in order that caused him to be late and Sephiroth ended yelling at him for being late for a meeting."

Cloud laughed. "Chicky?"

Reno smiled, "You are a silly drunk Cloud. We are gonna have to get you drunk more often."

Cloud continued to chuckle, "How about you will have to clean and iron all my clothes for a month?"

Reno laughed. "Really?" He leaned back in his chair showing his own unkempt clothing. "Would you trust me with that?"

They argued for a bit and settled on paying for the current bill, and the next excursion.

It was a few drinks later, Reno laughed at him again. "What?" Cloud said.

"You really have it for him," Reno said. "You keep staring at him and not just his ass."

"I do not!" Cloud said. "He likes girls. You even said that he helped that chicky out. He would have no interest in me." He took another drink of the lemonade that was going down way to smoothly.

"I bet you that I am not imaging things. I bet he has the same hot's for you as you do for him," Reno chiding. "I bet if you made the first move, you could get him to kiss you, or more."

Cloud remembered how flustered he got at that and how hard Reno laughed at him. "Oh yeah. You want it."

"Shut up!" Cloud stammered but had found that he was giggling at the thought that maybe Zack would. Zack was wearing his usual cargo pants and they hugged his hips nicely and…

"If you kiss him tonight, I'll pay for dinner at Monteno for you and Zack," Reno said. "Exclusive restaurant and I can get us in, but he has to kiss you back, not just you pushing your tongue in his mouth."

Cloud nearly spit out his drink at that comment and continued to giggle with that statement. Of course, that was when Zack had come back to the table and then he really couldn't stop giggling. Every time that he thought about kissing Zack, or even touching him, he would break down into a new array of giggles and of course, Reno's laughing sure as hell didn't help.

And now he was sitting on the cold bathroom floor of Zack Fair's bathroom, with a hand rubbing his back, trying to comfort him and another hand placing a cool cloth on the back of his neck. "Do you think you have it all out now?" Zack said. Cloud leaned against the toilet and groaned. "Do you want some water?" Zack's kind voice said. "It has been couple of hours since your last Advil. I bet your head is pounding."

Cloud nodded.

Zack's hand left his back and he heard the water running and a cupboard opening. His battle calloused hand pulled him back so that he was leaning against the wall. Zack sat on the floor next to him. He had a small white pill in his hand. Cloud reached out to take it but Zack didn't see his hand and instead he reached up and place the pill against his lips.

Cloud thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head when he remembered what he had done earlier when Zack had offered him a pill. There was a small smile on Zack's lips as he put the pill into his mouth and offered him the cup with the straw.

Zack smiled at him. "You know Cloud; you are rather silly when your drunk."

 

I'm glad that you think it is.
Ha ha ha.

 

No it's not. Lol You guys are funny.

Chapter 6- Bedroom
​

"Better," Zack said as he pulled the glass back from the tired looking blond. His blue eyes were rimmed with red and he looked a little pale. "You have given me a very…

~ frustrating ~

…active night."

Cloud looked at his lap. He was trying to avoid looking at him. He wondered if he remembered some of the stuff that he had done. Half of him wanted Cloud to remember and do it again now that he wasn't a giggly drunk and half of him was scared that he would.

He didn't know which was worse.

"Sorry," Cloud muttered, rubbing his forehead and groaning. "Got carried away."

Zack laughed. He saw Cloud shiver at his laugh. "We should get you back to bed, so you can rest."

Cloud looked up at him with a startled look. His breathing quickened and he looked like he went a little paler. Yeah. He was remembering what he did and Zack was quite sure that he was wondering what he was thinking of him.

~ wishing he would start his giggling flirting again ~

He offered him his hand. "Come on," Zack said. "Sleep is the best cure for a hangover."

Cloud swallowed and with a shaky hand reached up to take his. His hands were cool against his warm one. He was so nervous. Was he waiting for him to say something? Zack didn't know what to say though.

He pulled Cloud up.

Cloud's eyes fluttered as he did so and pressed against his chest…

~just like at the train station ~

…and pushed against him. A weak little, "Sorry," was heard from Cloud's lips. He wondered if Cloud noticed how quickly his heart was beating when he touched his chest…

~which is bare right now, so unlike the train station ~

…and leaned into him. Cloud made a soft moaning sound and leaned against him, not just his hands, his forehead.

"Damn it Cloud," Zack whispered and closed his eyes. He could feel that Cloud try to pull away, but Zack wasn't going to let him. He couldn't. "I…I don't mind."

Cloud made a small strange noise. His hands were shaking against his chest and so were his shoulders. "Zack."

"It's okay." Zack said. "Let's get you rested. We can talk more later."

Cloud head moved in an affirmative motion against him. His hair was tickling him. He refrained from cursing, but he couldn't help but pull in a hissing breath.

Zack took a couple of deep breaths and then started to lead Cloud into the bedroom. Cloud leaned against him with some hesitant and shaky steps and was giving him a confused look.

"Do you want to get more comfortable?" Zack asked and felt his heart jump into his throat. "I have some training clothes that are clean, that will be more comfortable to sleep in." He can't believe that he was asking that! He was asking Cloud if he wanted to strip.

He sat down on the edge of the bed. Cloud still looked so pale. His hands twitched as he wanted to lift up the man's chin and force those blue eyes to look at him.

"Cloud?" he whispered.

"Yeah," Cloud whispered. "Thanks, Zack."

Zack got him the clothes and handed them over to Cloud with shaking hands. "Can you get…

~naked~

…changed on your own?" Damn his inner voice.

Cloud nodded and still stared at his lap. He was shaking to. Was it because of the booze or something else.

"You sure?" Zack asked. He really didn't want to leave. He had been quite cozy sleeping next to Cloud before he startled awake. He wanted that back again and he wasn't to sure if he was truly comfortable with it, but staying in his little living room made him even more uncomfortable.

~it is not just his bod you want ~

Cloud cleared his throat and swayed a bit on the bed, looking like he was going to fall over. "I can help you," he whispered.

Cloud breathing increased as he said that. Zack felt a little like he was pushing him probably a bit to hard, but with all the flirting that he had done…

~ you should have acted sooner~

… he was feeling a little frustrated. He was going to have to have another cold shower.

"I can't seem to…" Cloud started and ended with a sigh. He realized that Cloud looked like he was trying to undo the buttons on his shirt. "My fingers are not working," he said in a soft voice.

Zack smiled and knelt in front of Cloud. He saw the startled look on his friends face and he knew that his grin grew wider. He couldn't help but grin as he knelt between his legs. "I didn't push you away with all your other teases, why do you think I would turn you away now."

Cloud flush and gasped. Man. He was cute like this too.

He was a cute giggly happy drunk and now he was a cute confused and slightly ill hung-over recruit.

~ he is just all around cute~

Zack unbutton the shirt and tried not to look at Cloud's face. He could see that his hands were shaking and how he was taking in shorter breaths. He had to control himself too while unbuttoning the shirt. A lot of control as he pealed it off his shoulders.

Next, was the pants.

"Damn it," he muttered under his breath and swallowed hard. The thoughts of unbuttoning those pants and pulling the pants off and seeing the treasure …

~ seeing him in a whole new light ~

…that lay underneath those tight jeans. Cloud made him a small groaning noise and his hands went to his head.

"Zack. I need to lie down," Cloud said and started to lean over. "My head hurts. The room... it... it is moving."

"Okay buddy," Zack said and watched Cloud lay down. The now shirtless man lay there with a small groan.

"Are you comfortable enough?" he asked, still kneeling beside the bed. He found his hands were pushing on to Clouds thighs and it seemed that his own hands wanted to betray him.

~ your body knows what you want ~

Stupid inner voice.

"Somewhat," Cloud mumbled a little bit. Clouds had his hands reaching down to his pants and he wiggled his hips a bit as he attempted to try to undo the button of his pants. "Just…want to curl up and sleep."

Zack had to close his eyes for a moment at the sight. Did Cloud even know he was doing this now? "Damn it." He opened his eyes again. He was going to need a cold shower after this for certain now.

"Pant's won't come.. off," Cloud said arching his back slightly and lifting those hips. He clenched his jaw at the sight of his trying to pull off his pants without out unbuttoning them. "Stubborn things."

~why don't you help him with that ~

"You have to unbutton them silly," Zack said and reached to the waist band of his pants.

"Unbutton?" Cloud whispered and tried to look at his pants. He had a cute little frown on his lips. Damn cute lips that he wanted. He was getting sleepy again and Zack…

~ kiss him ~

…could hardly contain himself being so close to him.

Clouds hand continued to tug on his jeans. "I can unbuttoned them," he said and let his head fall back with a groan. His fingers were playing with the hem of his pants, but he wasn't even close to unbuttoning them.

"Damn it," Zack muttered again. He let his shaky hands reach touch that waist band and undo that button Clouds pants. Cloud gave out a sigh as he did so and then continued to tug down on the pants. "Damn it," came out of his mouth again as he tugged the pants down. He was…

~disappointed~

…relieved to see that he was wearing boxers underneath.

Cloud wiggled his hips and grunted as the pants were removed. "Better," he mumbled and grabbed at the blankets surrounding him. With shaking hands he covered up the blond.

"Thanks Zack," Cloud said in a sleepy and dreamy voice with a silly smile on his lips as he went to sleep.

He stayed kneeling beside the bed staring at him, holding the pants that he stripped off his friend and staring at the dark blue boxers.

~ why don't you join him? ~

He took a deep breath and stood and walked to the shower. It was time for another shower.

 

Lol wow

Chapter 7- Shower​

The second shower of the evening and all thanks to that man…

~nearly naked man~

… that was now sleeping in his bed, getting over his drunken stupor. Zack was tormented with his own inner thoughts tormenting him and they all rotated around Cloud. Images of how Cloud had moved his hips when he wiggled out of his jeans made him lean against the wall of his shower and gasp. All the movements and words and …

~teases~

…giggles from the normally stoic man.

He was beginning to wonder if he had to thank or kill Reno for tricking Cloud into that silly drinking contest.

He thought back to the phone call. Did they really talk about his ass? What else did they talk about? What did Reno call him? The Fair Prince. Where did that come from?

~ your last name you idiot ~

He frowned at himself and grabbed the soap. He didn't clean himself in his last cold shower and he was still hurting from all that teasing and then kneeling in front of the wiggling and nearly naked Cloud.

~all you had to do was remove his boxers and he would be naked ~

"Damn it," he whispered and looked down at his painfully erect groin. Everything that Cloud had done tonight had made him all the more tense.

~the word is aroused~

Yeah. He defiantly aroused. He reached down with the soap and touched himself. He used one hand to lean against the shower and moved his hand in practiced motion on his arousal. Of course this time, he had images and memories of Cloud's touches running through his head.

"Damn it," he muttered as he thought about how Cloud's hips had moved when those jeans had been removed…the ways his lips felt when he gave him those pills… the way his hand massaged his thigh… the way he chuckled and giggled…how his breath hitched when they were talking in the bathroom…He groaned heavily and leaned more heavily against the wall and increased the pace with his other hand. He closed his eyes and imagined how Cloud's hip bone…

~ that's not the bone you are thinking about ~

… would taste. How his lips would taste if he were to kiss them and how he could make some more adorable moans and groans come out of those lips.

~ you could make his scream your name ~

His inner voice took him over the edge. His belly was so tight as the rush of his own orgasm came. He whimpered Cloud's name as his knees buckled.

"Damn it," he muttered in a breathless tone.

He did admitted that he had thought about Cloud in the past but now as he sat gasping in the shower, trying to get enough strength to stand again. How did he start thinking about Cloud as a sexy…

~ wants you to take advantage of him ~

… damn giggly drunk. Cloud had gotten under his skin completely now.

How could he ignore the feelings that he was having now? Hell, he had already confessed them, even if Cloud was snoring.

He got enough strength to stand now and allowed the cooling water to rinse him off. He rushed to wash his hair and then got out and got dressed back in those simple cotton pants.

He looked at the door to his bedroom and the small loveseat in the living room.

He decided on the bedroom. It made him all nervous with these thoughts running through his mind, but he knew that he didn't want to not be beside Cloud.

~ damn it ~

Even his inner voice was cursing now.

Cloud had not moved for where he had left him. He was still cuddled under the blanket and looked so …

~ kissable~

…relaxed and calm.

Zack approached the bed and crawled in on the other side, being brave by crawling under the covers. He had fought monsters, dealt with a grumpy Sephiroth and he was reduced to a quivering fool around a young infantry man, who had been being a terrible tease.

He wanted to touch Cloud's back but held back. Was that too much…

~he kept grabbing your ass, you can touch his arm at least.~

… to quick? They had not talked about anything yet but he wanted to touch…

~ his ass ~

…the man that was giving off such warmth.

He couldn't move. He couldn't have moved even if someone had been trying to skewer him with a sword. He wanted to but he found that his breath was coming too shallow and he was uncertain of how Cloud would truly act when he was sober.

He didn't have to move though.

Cloud moved, which stopped his inner turmoil. Cloud reached for him in his sleep and turned towards him. He quickly took the hand in his own. He knew that he probably should turn down the hands that were clutching his. He should go sleep on his uncomfortable loveseat. He should be the good and caring commander and just make sure that he was okay in the morning and send him back to the barracks. Cloud's face turned to him and he was still sleeping and smiling.

He clutched the warm hand tightly in his own.

It was such a warm feeling and he realized and he could get used to this.

Most definitely.

Reno knocked on the door. He had tried both Zack's and Cloud's cell phone but they had shut them off after his fifth try of each. He couldn't help but grin widely. It was nearly noon now. He knew from the last conversation that they were in Zack's place. He knew that Cloud was in there and he wanted to know what had happened. He knew curiosity killed the cat and all, but there was no saying involving Turks.

"Hello?" He knocked again. "Are you two awake yet?"

The door opened and Zack stood there, just wearing his pyjamas bottoms. He looked quite annoyed.

"Turk," Zack said in a curt voice.

"SOLDIER," Reno said and pushed his way in. "Is SOLDIER wannabe here?"

"He's here," Zack said.

"I brought the ultimate hangover remedy!" Reno said as he held a tray of drinks in thermal paper cups. "You look a little tired, there Zacky."

Reno smiled as he walked in and saw Cloud sitting on the couch and giving him a bleary and slow smile. "Coffee." A shaky hand reached toward the tray that he held. Reno handed the very hung-over looking infantryman a cup. He sure looked shaky. Man, he was grateful for his almost supernatural power from recovering from a night of heavy drinking.

Tseng was the first to comment on how quickly he recovered from his drinking like that and it was greatly amusing to have it referred to as a superpower. It was a damn cool superpower to have and he planned on flaunting it as often as possible.

He watched as Cloud held the cup like it was full of the most precious thing in the world. He also was not looking up. Was there a flush on his cheeks? Oh yeah.

He watched as Zack sat beside him and grabbed one of the cups and leaned back into the small couch.

He wondered what had really happened last night between the two. He was going to have to dig for details. If only he had been more coherent in the phone call he could have got more answers.

"You seem to be taking your defeat well," Zack said. "Getting defeated by a half-pint like Cloud."

Cloud frowned at the comment but didn't say anything. Reno smiled at how closely they sat to each other. He made himself comfortable on the chair and took his own cup of coffee. They were almost touching.

"Hey, I'll beat him next time. I was just tired from my last mission, is all," Reno defended.

Cloud groaned at what he said and took a sip of the coffee. He winced slightly at the taste but said nothing. After all, it was his hangover remedy.

"Next time. I don't think so," Zack said and took the lid off of his coffee, but he hadn't taken a sip yet. "You have done enough damage already." Wow. Zack was already acting overprotective. Cloud wasn't even noticing.

"Pfft," Reno said. "Aw, come on. I know you had a good time last night."

Cloud groaned a bit and rubbed his forehead. "If you call puking and having a monster headache a good part of the night a good time."

He watched as Zack put a comforting hand on Cloud shoulder, gave it a small rub and then pulled it back.

Reno noticed how that Cloud hair was messed up and he was wearing a pair of what looked like a pair of Zack's pants for they hung to low on his hips that you could see that was a pair of dark blue boxers beneath. He looked a little pale and his eyes looked like they wanted to collapse shut. He was even swaying a little bit. When Zack touched him, Cloud had moved toward the touch, ever so slightly.

Oh yeah. Something happened. He would just have to figure it out what. He knew he was grinning and didn't bother to hide it.

Zack turned his back to him. "Yeah. Great. A dunk Cloud, correction, a drunk giggly Cloud was quite a handful to deal with."

"Hey," Cloud said. He looked slightly offended but seemed to be content to take another drink of the hangover remedy.

"Well, you were!" Zack said in a slightly softer tone.

"Oh, I bet," Reno chuckled.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Zack said as he turned back to look at him. Yep, overprotective.

Reno shrugged his shoulders. "Just saying, is all."

"You are a pest, you know that, right?" Zack said.

Reno laughed. "So. What happened?"

"Thanks for the coffee Reno, you can go how," Zack said. He was getting that annoyed look. He leaned forward a bit. Did Zack even realize that it looked like he was protecting Cloud from him?

"I don't have to be at work until 2, yo," Reno said. "How ya feelin' there Cloudy? You look a little bleary eyed."

"Huh?" Cloud said and looked at him; he blinked a few times at him as if he had not been listening to the last bit of the conversation. "I beat you." Cloud said with a crooked smile. His mind was still a few sentence back.

"Pfft! I told you, I was just tired. That is all." Reno defended.

"Yeah, right. You paid last night bill right?" Cloud said and took a sip of the coffee and grimaced. Reno wondered if he had mixed it to strong. Cloud was not protesting though. He held back a grin as Cloud brought up the bets that they had made. It was the opening in the conversation that he was going to need to get more information out of him.

"I paid," Zack said. "I was the only semi sober one there. Rude took off with your lame ass."

"Reno needs to pay you then and the next time, he pays too," Cloud said and took a deeper drink of the coffee. Cloud pinched his nose as if a headache was taking over him.

Zack looked at him with concern but didn't move to comfort him. His hand twitched like he wanted to though.

"Oh, you will defiantly pay," Zack said as took a sip of his coffee. He made a gasping sound and then laid on a terrible glair at him. "What the hell! There's bailey's in here! Can't you lay off for a couple of hours?" Reno tried really hard not to smile that was threatening to break across his face. He didn't succeed all to well from the increased glare that Zack was giving him.

"Umm, baileys," Cloud said with almost a hum in his voice and took another drink. "Good stuff."

"Hey. You know, a little hair of the dog…" Reno stopped at the now death look that he was getting from the SOLDIER. "Hey, yo, it is all …"

Zack put own cup down and took the cup from Cloud. Yep, overprotective all right.

"Hey!" Cloud protested. "I need that!"

"I will make some coffee without Reno's hangover cure," Zack said and stood. "Don't drink anymore of that. Really!" The last word and an accusing finger were directed at him as he went into the kitchen to make some boring old plain coffee.

Reno smirked and drank his own coffee. Baileys was the best for hangovers, he drank it in his coffee all the time. He had given the flavoured coffee to Cloud a couple times now and he knew that Cloud enjoyed it. Of course, this was a little stronger than what he normally gave him.

He could see the frown on Cloud's face as he looked at the cup that was no longer in his hand.

"So?" He smiled at Cloud, drawing out the word as he spoke.

"What?" Cloud said looking at him with an innocent look that he should defiantly patent because he had it down. And he knew that Cloud was not that innocent of a guy. Especially after the conversation they had the bar last night.

Reno moved into the spot that Zack just vacated and leaned in towards Cloud. Cloud flinched slightly and then blushed something fierce. Oh yeah. He needed to know what was going on for certain. He needed to know what happened.

"Did you?" he said in a hushed whisper.

"What?" Cloud said again.

"Did you?" he said again and raised his eyebrows and puckered his lips. "With Mr. Fair Prince over there? Huh? The second wager?"

Cloud cringed a little in the couch, "I… I… don…don't really…"

"Don't bullshit me, here. I can see it all over your face." Reno said. "How far did you go?" Reno leaned a little closer to whisper. "Did you at least squeeze his ass?"

He swallowed and chewed his lip that showed that there had been definitely something that happened. He most defiantly had his hands on Zack Fair ass at some point in the evening.

"Spill or you forfeit your second bet, man," Reno said. "Did you guys kiss? Did you guys fool around?"

Cloud sputtered and looked to the kitchen where Zack was still working on getting his coffee machine to work. "Reno." His voice was low and a little tense.

"If you want to have that reservation at Monteno, you will have to kiss and tell, bud," Reno said. "And you will tell me. I want details."

Cloud's eyes darted to the kitchen.

Cloud opened his mouth, but then snapped it shut again with a groan. Reno was even more curious than before. He was quickly turning back into the brooding skittish Cloud. He had to get the information out of him before he was going to close up again.

"No way, blonde, I need to see proof," Reno said with a tease.

"Proof of what?" Zack asked as walked out of the kitchen. He could hear a coffee maker sputtering in the kitchen. Man, he needed to update his appliance, the thing sounded like it was going to die.

Cloud looked over at the cooling cup of coffee that he was no longer drinking. "What kind of proof?" Cloud asked looking a bit nervous.

Maybe they didn't go as far as he had hoped they had. Man, he couldn't read them at all, they were so guarded. There were so many mixed messages they were giving off.

Reno chuckled though at how red his face was. Oh, there was something that was getting to him. He needed to loosen up a bit more. He should have just brought the bottle of Baileys. Thing would defiantly get interesting if he had brought that. That is if Zack would let them drink it.

"Reno? Proof of what?" Zack said his voice low and calm and more than a little threatening. Reno was about to answer, when Zack placed a hand on his shoulder and leaned closer to him. It was a little bit intimidating. "Does it have something to do with my ass? I understand that it was a big topic of conversation."

Cloud gave a little groan and blushed even heavier.

"Well, ah, you know," Reno chuckled. Did Zack listen in on his conversation with Cloud that he had earlier. Maybe he had Cloud on the speaker phone. He couldn't tell if he was mad or what. Did he tell Zack that he liked his ass? Man, he wished they would be giving off clear signals. "We had another little side bet going on. That's all."

"Oh? And what was that?" Zack said.

"Just a little dare," Reno smirked, "but I need Cloud to give me proof," Reno smiled and looked closer to the very embarrassed blond who was now staring at his lap and looking like he really wanted that baileys infused coffee.

"A dare?" Zack said.

"Yep. Need some solid evidence," Reno said. "Wouldn't have any of that would ya?"

"Reno," Cloud whined. He was so red! He was damn cute when he was blushing.

"No compromising on this, Blondie." Reno said.

Zack suddenly had a big smile on his face and a strange sparkling in his eyes.

Zack sighed and walked around the loveseat and sat on the armrest beside Cloud. His arm casually resting behind Clouds shoulders, but not touching, and in a sort of leaning pose. "What kind of proof is he looking for, Cloud?"

Reno blinked and took a drink of his flavoured coffee. It hid the loud swallow that he just did. Zack without his shirt was damn sexy and the way he was leaning was nothing more than a perfect specimen of a man and the fool didn't notice that.

Cloud licked his lips, his eyes darted towards Reno and then toward Zack. He looked back down at his lap and chewed his lip in that cute way that he did.

"Solid evidence," Reno said. "I will not go out of my way to get you all set up, yo, without solid evidence. If you want to get a reservation at Monteno's I need the proof."

He looked at the two. Cloud was looking all nervous and refusing to look up from his hands and Zack looked like he was unsure of something or he was changing his mind.

They both looked a little awkward.

They both looked adorable.

Yeah. Something happened alright; he just wished they would spill the beans already!

"Well, I do have to be going, I have work to do and all," Reno said. "Just wanted to make sure that my two favourite guys were doing all right and all. Hey, well, at least I won't have to pay up on the second bet, yo?"

The indecisive look that Zack had once on his face, was now gone and was replaced with a smile and he wasn't hiding it. Cloud looked relieved, but then, he wasn't seeing that wolfish smile on Zack's face.

Reno stood smoothly, finishing his coffee. Zack smile, if it was possible, grew wider. It was a little unnerving. Zack cleared his throat, "I heard some great things about Monteno's."

Cloud's eyes grew wide at the words and looked up. He looked like he was going to say something but didn't get the time.

Reno was shocked as one of Zack's hands went to Clouds face and caressed it gently as he leaned a bit awkwardly but gracefully that caused the muscles in his bare back and stomach to ripple as he did so. In the same graceful motion he lowered his head at an angle and his lips touched Clouds.

~Holy shit, that is so fucking hot~

He watched as their lips moved together. Cloud's shocked eyes closed as he reached into the kiss and he could see that there was some tongue wrestling going on there.

"Wow," he whispered as he watched the kiss look like it was going to go on forever and he wished it would.

~so very hot!~

At the sound of his voice, Zack opened his eyes and looked at him and broke the kiss. Cloud leaned back on the couch. His flush was so different now, not embarrassed but…

~aroused~

…content.

Zack was off the arm of the couch and he felt a rough hand on the back of his neck and before he knew it he was thrust out the door in a quick throw.

"Hey!" he yelled as the door slammed into his face.

Zack opened the door and peered through. "Set up that reservation, Reno."

"Hey!"

The door stayed closed this time.

"Damn it," Reno muttered.

 

Chapter 8- Couch​

Cloud kept panting as he watched Zack thrown Reno out the door. He watched in complete awe and all he could think about was how amazing that kiss was.

His fantasy's had nothing on the kiss that they just had.

His mind could only think about how his tongue felt, pushing against his own. How his hand felt like it was almost burning against his face. How he didn't want it to stop! His whole body was tense and rigid in other parts.

The kiss was amazing!

Zack now stood leaning against the door and was looking like he was panting and staring at him with a light in his eyes that Cloud didn't know what to make of. "Damn it." Zack muttered.

Cloud smiled. "You have been saying that a lot." He was remembering all his muttering while he was in drunken stupor and 'damn it' was very prominent part of his vocabulary.

"Yeah, well, it is your fault," he said and moved toward him. "You are such a tease, Cloud," Zack was beside him on the couch again and leaning towards him. One leg folded under him and the other on the floor so that they were facing each other. Cloud twisted a bit more so that they were eye to eye.

Cloud could feel his face burning again, but he couldn't look away. "I'm sorry," he found himself whispering. He remembered how he had placed his hand on the train and groaned inwardly. It was embarrassing to remember all that he did to Zack and he didn't blame him for calling him a tease.

~but he kissed you, so it is all good~

He did tease him, after all.

Tease, groped and taunted.

~he must have liked it if he kissed you like that ~

"Don't be sorry," Zack said in a gentle voice and leaned closer to him. He could see the strain on his shoulders for being in that position. He was shaking slightly. "I didn't know…" he saw that Zack flushed a little. "Man."

Cloud licked his lips and was shocked at the groan that came out of Zack's mouth and how his eyes fluttered. His eyes grew wide at that. Did he do that to him by just licking his lips?

"Zack," he said.

"Cloud," Zack said focusing on him again.

Cloud stared at Zack who was staring back at him. Cloud wanted to say a million things to him. Cloud wanted to tell him that he wanted more than the friendship that they had. He wanted more than just their training sessions. He wanted more that the nights on the town and the separate rooms. He wanted Zack, but he couldn't say that. How do you say that!

~by getting drunk and feeling him up~

Yeah, well, he already did that. Now what do they do? That kiss was amazing and he wanted it to happen again. Did he do that just to annoy Reno? Zack wasn't moving and it looked like he was having difficult breathing. His whole body had a slight quiver. His normal still and calm happy self was looking tense. His lips were not in a smile or smirk and his eyes were sparkling with some weird mix of emotions.

He blinked and took a deep breath.

It was now or never.

He leaned forward and kissed him. Zack made a small grunting sound that sounded a bit surprised but joined the kiss immediately. Cloud let Zack take the lead now as his tongue forced his way into his mouth. Cloud put his hands on Zack's sides and he felt one of Zack's hands cup the back of his head and the other touch his thigh. His touch was so soft, even with his battle calloused hands. Zack's mouth moved so gently and urgently against his. He had to breathe heavily through his nose, because Zack was not letting him out of the kiss. Not that he wanted to stop.

Zack's hand on this thigh squeezed him gently and he found himself rubbing Zack's sides so that his thumbs hooked into his pants. Zack leaned against the kiss and he felt himself being pushed back against the couch.

~Hottest. Kiss. Ever. ~

Zack broke off the kiss but still hovered over him. He didn't know how he could hold himself in that position. Zack was breathing heavily. "You better not be changing your mind any time soon," Zack's hand stroking his hair in such a soothing way. He could see sweat beading up along Zack's hair line.

He shook his head, causing his head to hurt a little bit, but the coffee that he drank was helping his head feel a little better. "I don't think I could," he whispered. He wanted to kiss him again.

~that will make me forget that I am still hung over ~

"You aren't going to tease me like that again, are you?" Zack panted.

Cloud tilted his head slightly and licked his lips. It was a test to see if he really did have that much of an effect on Zack. He saw Zack's whole body shutter and he lost a breath for a moment.

"I can't promise that," he whispered and surprised at how husky his voice was as he said it. He was a tease and he like how it affected Zack.

He watched as his friend closed his eyes and took a deep calming breath, before opening them again and looking at him with such a fierce gaze. "Damn it, Cloud, did you do that on purpose?"

Cloud smiled and gave Zack a small kiss and tugged on his lip with his teeth before parting again.

"Tease," Zack whimpered and came down for another deep kiss. Cloud smiled gently as he waited for the kiss.

That was when he heard Zack's stomach grumble. Cloud blinked and laughed as he squeezed the man's side. "You seem to be hungry."

Zack gave him a small sheepish smile. "Yeah. A bit. How about you?"

"Urgh," Cloud mumbled. The thought of food did not sit well with his stomach. He looking over to where Zack had placed his cup of coffee that Reno had brought. The coffee had surprisingly had helped settle down his stomach quite a bit. Zack must have seen him looking at the coffee.

"The pot should be done. Do you want a hot cup?" Zack said. He had his hand on his thigh and he was squeezing him slightly.

"Yeah, coffee, would be good," he said.

"Hey," Zack said. "I know. Why don't you go have a shower and I will make you my hangover remedy. It will guarantee to feel better." His smile brightened as he leaned in for a quick kiss and he stroked his hair.

~ask him~

"Do you want to join me... you know... in.. for... um... the shower?" Cloud asked and chewed his lips. Was he being to forward?

Zack gave a little chuckle. "I already had two last night."

He knew that he must have had a confused look on his face. Zack leaned close to him again whispering near his lips. "I told you, you were quite the tease," and those lips took his again.

"Ah, why the long face?"

Reno scowled as he looked over at Sissy who was looking at him with a large smile and glittering eyes.

"Shut up, Sissy," he snarled at her. He knew what she was going to say.

"Cissnei Quit calling me Sissy!" She said and threw her pen at him. He dodged.

"Whatever, Sissy," he called back.

"You are just a sore looser," she said with that stupid smile.

"I was just tired," he defended. Everyone knew! Absolutely everyone knew that he had lost the drinking contest to Cloud. It was Kunsel that had told everyone. He knew that Rude wouldn't tell, he wasn't the type to gossip. He should have known that Kunsel wouldn't keep his mouth shut. He would have to hunt that guy down later to teach him a lesson, even though the damage was already done.

"Excuses, excuses," Sissy said as she checked the monitors in the van again. "I can't believe you lost. It is almost like you lost your throne."

"Shut up, Sissy," he grumbled. He had been getting it all day. Even Tseng had given him a small smile when he asked him bout during his prior evening.

"Jeez, where is your sense of humour? And quit calling me Sissy already," she said with a glare.

It was Rude that gave a grunt and then said, "He is feeling left out."

He was ready to kill them all at that point. Rude didn't even look up from his monitors when he spoke that. Of course Rude would have to say something like that.

"I am not!" he snapped back at Rude.

"Left out? Of what?" Sissy asked.

Rude just gave a knowing smile and pushed up his annoying sunglasses.

~ I am going to kill him in his sleep ~

"Don't you have something to be watching there, Sissy," he grumbled. Yeah, he was grumpy and it was hard to put on a happy face.

"Yeah, yeah, but you are more interesting. And it's Cissnei! Get it right already. Just because you didn't win the drinking contest against someone who is more of a lightweight than you as well as a kid…"

Reno threw the notebook that he was holding at her. She laughed at him.

"Struck a nerve, huh?"

"Just shut up Sissy."

"Cissnei!" She hissed but went back to her monitor, looking greatly amused.

He frowned.

Well, so what if Rude was right. They didn't have to kiss in front of him like that. I mean, not that he wasn't egging Cloud and Zack on or anything, but they didn't have to kiss like that. At least not in front of him.

The way that they seemed so…

~hungry~

…passionate for each other was almost like they were purposely teasing him. Even though, it really wasn't on purpose. The way the two men with their…

~ naked chests~

…Slender bodies leaning towards each other in such a…

~ seductive ~

…casual way.

Why did he have to go over there with coffee, anyway?

"Focus, Reno!"

It was Rude that had said that.

"Yeah, yeah," he mumbled.

How could he focus when all he could think about was how the blonde and brunette had been kissing and were most likely…

~ screwing~

…kissing right now!

It was hard not to admit that he was not feeling left out, when he was stuck on a boring van with Rude and Sissy. He would rather be making himself a nuisance…

~joining the fun~

… in Zack's apartment.

Hell, he didn't even realize that he could feel jealous. He didn't need to have that SOLDIER flirting with him, or that pesky blonde SOLDIER-wannabe dragging him down. He had relationships and he was just fine with the way they were. He didn't have any commitments to deal with, it was as needed basis and that was that.

He didn't need…

~you just want~

… to be in a relationship that was no more than a one night stand.

Of course, he realized what he just thought. That meant that he would expect more out of the two than just a one night stand. Hell, Zack threw him out by the scruff of his neck as if he had the nickname of puppy instead of him. He was having some really messed up thoughts right now. Why was he even thinking of this stuff?

"Reno?"

He looked over at Rude.

"You are going to break you EMR if you grip it any tighter."

He realized that he was gripping his EMR rather tight, as if he were trying to break it in half.

He released his grip.

His inner monologue continued though. Fair Prince Zack wouldn't be that kind of guy to just jump from man to man or woman to woman. Hell, he was surprised that Zack had kissed Cloud at all. He was such a straight and arrow, type of guy. Hell, he knew that Zack was not had many lovers in his past. Two that he knew of. Cloud hinted that he had had experience beyond kissing but had not admitted to too much, but the boy was in the barracks, and a lot happened in the barracks.

"Damn it," he muttered.

He forced himself to take a deep breath, place his EMR on his hip and start to concentrate on his work instead of the stupid jealousy that was consuming him.

 

Chapter 9- Dining Room ​

Cloud really didn't want to have a shower but the grumbling in Zack's stomach, interrupted their kissing again. Zack's stomach was a menace. Zack promised him to make him hangover remedy to be ready when he got out of the shower.

And there it was. The smell at first made him a little nauseous as he looked at the greasy griddle cheese sandwich sitting on that plate in the dining room. Zack had apologized for eating already, put as he patted his stomach. "Stomach couldn't wait."

He had to stare at it for awhile before he had the courage to eat it. Of course, Zack was smiling at him with his bright violet eyes that were telling him to eat up.

He hesitantly picked up the butter laden bread and was surprised that his stomach accepted the food and wanted more. Of course, Zack's smile sure didn't help. The guy was hovering as he ate.

"Good, right?" he asked.

Yeah, they were good and even though greasy food normal made him sick, it surprisingly made him feel even better. He ate three of the things that Zack made.

"Feeling better?" Zack had asked as he took his empty plate from in front of him.

"Yeah," he said with a smile. "Much."

Zack smiled, ruffled his hair and went to walk into the kitchen, but there was no way that he was going allow him to walk away. As he walked by, he threw his arms around his waist, blushing a little bit at the thought that it was almost a desperate move. He didn't care though. He pulled the larger man into his lap and grunted at his weight.

"Cloud?" Zack said with a shocked look on his face and he put his arm around him.

"You're heavy," Cloud grunted. He felt like he was being crushed by a warm and wiggly weight.

"Hmmm," Zack said and wrapped his arms around him. "You shouldn't have grabbed me then." He said in a wonderfully seductive voice. "You are just going to get yourself into trouble doing stuff like that."

"With who?"

"Me," Zack said in a husky whisper. Damn, did he ever notice how sexy his voice was? "Want another kiss?"

~ damn right~

He was getting all excited again, just with the thought of him kissing him while he was holding the older man on his lap. He had his arms firmly around his bare waist. Of course, he couldn't talk. He just stared up into his eyes with a small smile on his face and waiting for the kiss to come to him and he knew it would.

He batted his eyes and licked his lips. He hoped he was doing it right. He was going to have to practice being a tease on purpose. Well, he did it right because one of Zack's hands cupped his chin, tilting it up and a gentle…

~not hungry ~

…kiss started. At first, it was just their lips moving together and then Zack tongue reached out to his. He shifted uncomfortably as his growing erection pressed against Zack's thighs.

Zack chuckled against his lips. "Hmm. You didn't take care of that in the shower?"

Cloud blushed as Zack pushed his thigh against him and made him even more…

~ aroused ~

… uncomfortable. He wasn't going to tell Zack that he had either. Zack's mouth moved to his jaw and to his neck. He couldn't help but gasp and moan as Zack sucked and nipped at him.

This was his every fantasy come true! Zack absolutely mauling him with his mouth and it felt so damn good.

Zack pulled away slightly and looked at him. "Wow, are you always that loud?"

Cloud looked down again as he felt his face burn up. "I'll try to keep it down," he whispered.

Zack chuckled again. "No. Don't." Zack's hand lifting his chin up again. "I like those sounds," his deep voice going into a low rumble that just sent shivers down his spine.

It was Cloud's turn to reach for the kiss. He liked the noise he made! He groaned as Zack gave him a hungry kiss now.

He liked the noises that he made!

He did not have a lot of experience in relationships but in the last two, when he got going, there was a hand placed over his mouth and they often whispered for him to shut up. It had always been so hard to be quiet. He knew that being in the barracks you had to be discrete and all, which is why he was the one that ended up on his knees with someone thrusting in his mouth.

Would it be different with Zack? Really?

Zack pulled away from the kiss and took a gasping breath. "I want to know what you like," he whispered breathlessly. "You don't need to hold back with me."

Cloud swallowed and involuntarily thrust his hips a little bit on the weight on his lap. He could see the amused look that it created on Zack's face.

"Tease," Zack whispered and tried to get off his lap, but he didn't want Zack to get up. He gripped him tighter and tried to pull him closer. Zack chuckled.

"I am comfortable," Cloud protested even though Zack's weight was hurting his legs quite a bit. "I don't want to let you go."

Zack shook his head and stood, pulling out of his arms. At first Cloud thought that he was upset at him, but he suddenly found the situation reversed. He was now in Zack's lap with his strong…

~hard pressing erection ~

… arms wrapped around him. "I had a lot to think about when you were in the shower and basically, I made up my mind."

"Made up your mind?" Cloud asked as those hands held him firmly in place. He wiggled a bit testing his grip, but it was firm. Zack just gripped him tighter as he wiggled.

"Damn it… you need stop wiggling," Zack said with a gasp and leaning his head back as he did so. Cloud wanted to kiss that neck of his and see if he could make Zack moan like he had been, but he wanted to know what he had made his mind up over. So, he stilled himself on the lap, place one hand on Zack's shoulder and another on his muscular side.

Zack looked at him again with that devilish smile on his face, a hand squeezed his side. "Yeah. I made up my mind." One of Zack's hands brushed his hair back from his face and his eyes softened beautifully.

"About what?" Cloud asked and leaned close to Zack, so that he could breathe near his ear. It caused the 1st class SOLDIER to shutter.

"Quit being a tease," Zack protested, but not that strongly.

"Tell me then," Cloud whispered against his ear. "What have you decided?" Zack shuttered slightly but kept caressing his face.

Zack smile grew again.

Cloud looked at him and waited for him to say something. But all Zack did was smile and stroke his face.

"Well?" he finally asked, getting a little frustrated at the silence. "What?"

"Or first date. We will use that reservation at Monteno's that Reno promised us. Eh? Next Saturday, huh?" Zack said and stroked his hair in a smoothing manner. "You know that we can't make this all official until we have at least one real date."

Official.

~officially official official!!~

"Really?" he said in a breathless whisper.

~really, really, real~

"Don't think I could let you go now. I know it will be a little difficult with my missions and all and with your schedule to, but I am pretty sure that I can even get things changed around a bit," Zack said. "We can train more often."

~don't want to just train with you, anymore~

"It won't be just…" Cloud voice caught in his throat. He had been afraid that it could be. "…today."

Zack gave him a startled look. "Of course not! Don't think like that!" He gave a light chuckle "I know that you will not be good for me, though."

~ not good for me? ~

He felt his chest hurt. Did he mean that? He wanted to pull away. How could he say that?

"Oh, no. Not like that. Geez," Zack said and pulled him tight. "Glad to see you are back your moody self. It's just that you are an incredible distraction. I mean. I wouldn't say that I wanted it official if I didn't mean it. Man. I am going to have to be careful with what I say around you."

Cloud looked at him again.

"Don't pout," Zack said and kissed him gently before looking at him with amused eyes.

Cloud narrowed his eyes at him.

Zack leaned against his neck. "I will make it up to you." His voice went all sexy and squeezed him tight.

"Make it up to me?" Cloud said. "How are you planning on doing that?"

Zack grin grew wider as Cloud felt himself being lifted and carried into the bedroom.

 

Look at the name of the chapter. BED…..*evil chuckle*

Chapter 10- Bed​

Zack carried the startled Cloud into the bedroom. He couldn't help but smile at the slightly bemused look on his face with his arms were around his neck.

He laid Cloud in the middle of the rumpled bed and hovered over him. He scanned the shallow breathing man, up and down. He was so young and so beautiful. He had looked at him before but had never really noticed how lean the boy was. How his waist narrowed perfectly before his hips and the lean muscles of his stomach from the heavy workouts to get the chance to become a SOLDIER.

He hovered over Cloud. He had placed his hands on either side of Cloud's shoulders and his knees on either side of his thighs. He like how he felt like he was dominating. Even if he knew it was only an illusion. Cloud was the one that had all the power to control him, even if it only took pouting lips and a bat of his yellow lashes.

He looked down at the pants Cloud was wearing and noted that he could no longer see the blue boxers beneath. They had ridden down slightly as he had moved him. He could see that wonderful line of his groin disappearing into the pants.

~he didn't put his boxers on after his shower~

"You look so good," he moaned and received a shy little smile in return as he wiggled a little bit to get more comfortable in the sheets. Zack leaned forward and gave his already kiss stung lips another kiss. "You taste so good."

"You…you said that you will…will… uh… make…it…up…oh… me," Cloud said. His eyes were fluttering a bit.

"Oh. I will make it up to you," Zack whispered near his ear. He was hovering close to him. It used a lot of strength to sit like this. He moved his mouth to the ear and tugged on the lobe. "You will regret teasing me."

He made some beautiful noises as he continued to his throat and then chewed on his collar bone. He went down on his elbows, and scooted down.

More beautiful noises.

~I bet you could make him moan louder ~

Cloud stretched his neck and arched his back and accompanied all that with a moan that made his stomach flip. He pulled up and looked down at the divine form before him.

Zack smiled brightly.

Cloud gave a dreamy smile back.

Zack pushed himself back up on his hands and now kneeled over a very excited Cloud. The tenting of his pants was more than enough evidence. He wondered briefly if Reno would have accepted that as evidence.

"Wha…"

He didn't let Cloud finish his words. He reached down and hooked his fingers around those loose fitting pants and tugged. He did it quickly, because he wanted to see how he looked naked.

~you waited long enough ~

He was not disappointed to see his bare hips…

~groin~

…and thighs.

He eyed the young man hungrily as his full arousal was on display in a soft crown of yellow.

~Oh yummy~

He moved so he could remove the pants completely from him and toss them across the room. He then pressed a knee between Cloud's legs and he eagerly spread them apart. Cloud made a small cooing sound and his hand grabbed the sheets beside him.

~I am going to soooooo enjoy this ~

He now had both his knees between Cloud's now wide spread legs and he rubbed those warm thighs with his hands. He took a glance at Cloud's face and saw the aroused flush that seemed to consume his whole body.

~he's a horny teenager and he is all yours now~

"Oh yeah," he whispered at his inner voice. He finally had Cloud naked on his bed. Those blue eyes of his were staring at him with what only can be called lust. His lips were parted slightly as he looked like he was trying to take deep calming breaths.

~will you be able to keep up with a horny teenager? ~

He smirked to himself as he moved his hands up from his thighs, to his sides. He was going to find out. He watched in great amusement as Cloud's member twitched. He wanted to touch it but he held back. He wanted to tease Cloud a little bit.

Just a little.

"Zack."

The way he said his name in and how he drew it out with his breathing was the most amazing sound in the world.

He didn't say anything back, but leaned forward, his hands firmly rubbing his sides. He licked his lips and then traced his tongue down on Cloud's chest and took his small hard pink nub into his mouth. He sucked and nibbled on his nipple and had to hold Cloud's sides firmly with his hands.

Not only was Cloud a moaner, he was a wiggler.

~ sweet ~

He switched nipples and had to grip Cloud tighter. He felt Cloud's hand start to roam his back and tug on his shoulders and hair, as if he didn't know what to do with his hands.

He lifted his head and looked up at the obviously flustered Cloud. "Why… did… you… stop?" It was absolutely adorable that he was already breathless.

He didn't say anything in return but he felt a large smile cross his lips. He took each of Clouds hands and settled them at his sides and held them there firmly. He started to kiss the muscular chest again and then move his way down. His ribs. His stomach. He stopped at his belly button and thrust his tongue into the inny.

Cloud wiggled, moaned and thrust his hips slightly. He felt Cloud's member brush against his chest and refrained from groaning himself. He licked his lips and continued to kiss and lick and moved to one of his hips. He nibbled there and on the other side. Cloud whimpered and made begging sounds, but nothing was coherent. His hips were wiggling, as if he were trying to get him to pay attention to his cock, and he most likely was.

He began to kiss his thighs when words actually came out of Cloud's mouth. "Please," he whimpered. "Please," he begged and thrust his hips.

"Please?" Zack said and kissed close to the golden tuft. "What do you want?" He purposely was not kissing the throbbing and twitching shaft that was right in front of his eyes. Cloud's hands strained against his as he wiggled his hips as if he was trying to hit him with his cock.

"Touch me," Cloud moaned.

He licked Cloud's belly again, "I am." He knew that he was being a bit mean but the low moan and the way that his eyes stared at him with pure lust and need.

"Damn it, Zack," Cloud hissed through his teeth. "Take it!"

He leaned back a little further and looked down at the straining, red, and twitching penis. He ran his tongue up the member in a slow motion that caused Cloud to gasp and stop his twitching. Zack was pretty sure that he stopped breathing as well.

~Oh yeah~

He wasn't going to let Cloud recover from that. He allowed his mouth to descend onto the overly aroused man. He let go of Cloud's hands and placed one on his hip and the other at the base of the penis. Immediately one of Cloud's hands was in his hair and he saw the other clutch madly at the sheets.

He revelled in how his tongue drew out amazing moans from Cloud. He knew that it wouldn't take long for Cloud to come. He was obviously way over excited.

Those moans became louder and more wonderful and then his hips rose from the bed.

"I… I… can…ah," he moaned and he knew from how he was moving that he was going to come soon. Cloud moved like he was trying to remove himself from his mouth, but he wasn't going to let him.

"Zack!" Cloud roared.

~He just screamed your name!!! SCORE!!!!~

Cloud's whole body tensed and his hips thrust into his mouth and he tasted Cloud's salty emissions. He kept sucking on the softening member and looking up at the gasping Cloud.

"Totally forgiven," Cloud moaned as he finally caught his breath.

Zack let the now soft member out of his mouth as he smiled and crawled back up the sated body. He kissed the droopy eyed man. "I told you I would make it up to you."

Cloud gave him a small and sleepy kiss and his eyes closed.

~NO~

"Cloud?" he whispered and gave a bare shoulder a shake.

~NO! NO! NO! NO! ~

Cloud just made a small satisfied little sound, but his eyes remained closed.

Cloud was asleep!

"Damn it!"