Re: (for Princess Moka)

[PrincessMoka]

Cloud looked at Zack lazily, not sure why the sudden exhaustion. "It suits you," he agreed with a small laugh. He squeezed his eyes shut to fight back a yawn. He didn't want to seem too tired to even talk. Cloud tried to find something they could talk about that wasn't about the figure haunting him all of the sudden, but he found himself blurting out, "Sephiroth!" anyway.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack blinked at the name Cloud blurted out all of a sudden, he frowned, "Sephiroth?" he repeated, "Did you know him?" Zack asked relatively shocked, having not expected that name to ever leave Cloud's lips. He let his legs stretch out in front of him as he looked at Cloud his arms crossed over his chest, an eyebrow high on his forehead as he waited for an answer.

[PrincessMoka]

Cloud eyed Zack, but he couldn't tell if the man was angry or just surprised. "I...knew him," he admitted. "We, uh, we sort of... It's more of a..." Suddenly, Cloud didn't know what to tell Zack. He and Sephiroth had been...not really an item, but not really not an item... They weren't even a couple. It was more like Sephiroth played the part of a rapist, and Cloud the part of the victim. "We knew each other from work," Cloud finished lamely, knowing it sounded fake.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack waited as Cloud seemed to struggle with an answer, knowing the final answer he was given was a lie. "Oh really, that's where I knew him form..." Zack said moving closer to the blond sinking lower onto the bed so he could drape an arm around his shoulders. "Come on Cloud you can tell me the truth can't you?" he said with a sincere smile wanting Cloud to be able to tell him the truth, he did wonder briefly if maybe this was the reason why he seemed to scared to have sex. But what could Sephiroth have possibly done to affect Cloud so much that Zack hadn't heard about already.

[PrincessMoka]

Cloud felt his mouth open a little bit as if he were really going to give the answer. The real one. "We were close," Cloud sighed, but he made it up in his mind that that would be the only hint Zack would get. "And we were close friends." Cloud was digging his own grave. "And Sephiroth wanted to become something else. But I didn't let him. And nothing happened after that." He gritted his teeth and ignored the warmth of Zack's body against his. "We were just friends, and then he died, and I'm okay with it. I'm over it. Nothing bad happened between us." It sounded like Cloud was convincing himself more than Zack.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack was silent as he let Cloud work through his answer. Nodding slowly as the blond finished. "Alright." He was pretty sure he understood, even pretty sure he understood some of the very clear underlying message that Cloud was sending him. "If you ever want to really talk about it you know I'm here for you." he said finding it very clear that Cloud wasn't all that up to talking about what exactly had gone on with Sephiroth and Zack was alright with that for now he had to acknowledge Cloud's boundaries, he knew that. "How about you try and get some sleep right now, okay?" Zack suggested with a smile, "Try sleeping it off, alright?"

[PrincessMoka]

"You need rest too," Cloud reminded him, slowly raising his fingertips to brush underneath Zack's eyelids. "I didn't want to say anything earlier, but you look like crap, like you haven't been getting enough sleep."

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack blinked a couple times frowning at the comment but he guessed it was true, he hadn't been getting enough sleep; aside from work keep him busy these off and on headaches hit even worse during the night and have been driving him crazy. "You're right, we both need sleep." He pulled himself under the covers and draped them over Cloud as well sinking down so his head rested comfortable on his pillow. "So much for having fun tonight." he muttered under his breath not really caring whether Cloud heard him or not.

[PrincessMoka]

Cloud tried not to let the simple flicker of hurt he felt flash across his face. It was his fault that his body shut down, refusing to let Zack do with it what he wanted, but it also wasn't. Man, Cloud thought as the guilty blush slowly started to spread across his cheeks. I feel really bad now.... Cloud always wanted to give Zack what he wanted, and now that he didn't...it felt like he messed something up somehow. Instead of letting Zack see the heated flesh on his cheeks, Cloud snuggled closer to the man, knowing in his heart that maybe the mental breakdown earlier had hurt Zack.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

"Well, good night Cloud, love you." he said kissing Cloud on the top of the head and wrapping his arms around him. At least they could be close, he knew he shouldn't be complaining, just being with this man was enough right? He sighed as he closed his eyes a content smile, but he knew he wouldn't be able to get to sleep. He hated having the headaches wake him up, and for the past few minutes his head has started throbbing again.

[PrincessMoka]

"Love you too," Cloud mumbled. He never had much trouble falling asleep as much as he had trouble staying asleep. The constant dreams of Sephiroth always flashed behind his eyelids, sometimes leaning towards horrible moments in his life while others floated away into something strangely peaceful. Zack would probably calm dreams such as these, he assured himself. "'Night," he added, just in case Zack was listening, as his lids grew heavy and mind grumbled at him to sleep.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack sighed as Cloud said 'night' his eyes still closed but his mind far from tired. The throbbing in his head was very insistent beating periodically at his temples and ears but he didn't make a sound about it he didn't want to worry Cloud. He held Cloud tightly not wanting to let go of the blond he knew he would get up and get something for this headache during the night but he wanted to make sure Cloud was asleep before he did so, that and he was worried that maybe Cloud would have nightmares and he didn't want to leave his side.

[PrincessMoka]

The pressure around Cloud's body did not help his tired muscles. In fact, the warmth of the embrace made him even more comfortable, and you know that warm temperature right before you pass out that makes you absolutely swoon? Yeah, Cloud had reached that. The body heat from Zack's strong frame, and the warmth from the blankets seemed to swallow Cloud's body whole, tempting him towards those sweet moments of bliss when his eyes were closed and he didn't have to wrestle with them to keep them open. Cloud almost couldn't help it -- He let out a contented sigh and let sleep wash over his mind, clogging it from any other thing in the world, even Zack's steady breathing.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack felt as Cloud drifted off to sleep and smiled letting out another sigh hoping that it would be a dreamless, peaceful sleep for the blond not wanting him to be bothered by whatever was bothering him earlier which Zack was still very curious about. Cloud did seem to be very out though and Zack let got of him for a moment to rummage through the drawer beside his bed trying to find something for his headache, but of course it was not there. He sighed as he got out of bed heading into the bathroom. He downed a couple pills, chasing it was water before washing his face, he did look like crap, the bags under his eyes seemed much more pronounced then they had been a few days ago. He sighed shaking his head before heading back into the bedroom sitting down on the edge of the bed waiting for the medicine to take some affect.

[PrincessMoka]

And now... Cloud was positive he was dreaming. Sephiroth was standing there, in all his dark clothing and silver haired glory, and Cloud couldn't help but to think, What a creep... Lazily, he pretended the man wasn't there and peacefully waited for the image to change, only it didn't. He was in part of that sleepy conscious that didn't matter what you thought about, you were stuck with that one image, and Cloud was not very happy it was Sephiroth. Why wouldn't it be Zack? At least Zack was beautiful and... Zack...beautiful? Cloud was also at the point where everything was funny to you, and he giggled in his sleep. No, Zack wasn't beautiful. He was perfect. And Sephiroth wasn't. Cloud realized with startling awareness that all this time he'd been daydreaming and pretending that the image wasn't real that Sephiroth had slowly been coming closer, and so he forced his eyes open, blinking a few times before rolling over and once again falling back into the darkness that claimed his mind.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack looked over at Cloud with a cocked eyebrow as he let out a giggle, he frowned but couldn't help but let out a laugh of his own as he watched Cloud turn over and go back to sleep. Zack slipped back under the covers wrapping his arms around Cloud's waist, "What the hell is going on in your head?" he muttered to himself resting his cheek on Cloud's back and letting out a sigh closing his eyes and trying to get to sleep, the pounding in his head was slowly starting to fade away again and he was sure he would be able to get some sleep soon.

[PrincessMoka]

What the hell going on in Cloud's head at the moment was dancing tofu. Cloud had never eaten a bite of tofu in his life before, so what the crack was this for?? He'd never felt so amused in his life before, and he couldn't help but to let giggly laughter out. He had to be drunk, or high. The funny thing was, he couldn't remember ever smoking anything or drinking anything that made him this way. Maybe he was in some other weirdo's head, like Aerith's. Aerith was pretty freaking weird, but then again, she didn't eat tofu either... Did Zack eat tofu? Nah, Zack liked meat. The thought of Zack enjoying meat made him giggle even more at the double meaning. Jeez, he thought with a sleep smile. I'm not gonna get any real sleep if I keep up all this weirdo giggling.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack was a bit confused as to why Cloud kept giggling the way he was, he had never heard this before and it was kind of freaking him out. "What the hell are you doing?" he muttered into Cloud's ear with a sigh his eyes still closed as he tried to get to sleep, eventually though he did drift off his headache was bothering him less and less so he was feeling better and he really did need the sleep.

[PrincessMoka]

Cloud wanted to snort at the hot breath of air that was huffed into his ear. Not only had it tickled, it had been rather uncomfortable and had disturbed his sleep briefly. Subconsciously, his body shifted this way and that to get comfortable. Zack's face was on his spine, and to keep from waking the man up, Cloud stopped moving. His dreams were coming faster now, just mere reappearances of images of the day. In a dreamlike way, he sighed. The nightmares weren't coming, and that was a good sign. Zack's being, strong and uniform, chased them away. Cloud smiled idly to himself. Zack was his dreamcatcher.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack slept through the night with no more bothers waking up in the morning glad that his headaches had not bothered him at all during the night. He glanced over at the clock which read 6AM, which was the time he normally woke up at due to work, even though he didn't have work today because it was the weekend, he couldn't stop his internal clock from waking him up. He had let go of Cloud during the night and was relatively sprawled out on top of the bed. He didn't get up though, he stared to his side at Cloud for a while as he waited for the blond to get up.

[PrincessMoka]

It was once again of amazing warmth that kept Cloud in his little dreamland through the night. There had been no more awkward visions of Sephiroth, or dancing food, for that matter, which had really calmed him down. He made a small groan and barely opened his eyes, glancing around before his eyes landed lazily on the angry letters on the clock. Freaking six? he thought to himself, but figured he'd woken up because of the weird lack of warmth around his body. The covers kept him warm, yes, but there was that feeling that something was missing. Cloud reached one hand forward, feeling along the covers with Zack before opening his eyes fully and looking over his shoulder at the man, lips itching to switch into a wide smile.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

Zack felt movement on the other side of the bed and turned his head to look at Cloud who was looking back at him, it didn't really look like he wanted to be awake right now. "Good mornin' Princess." Zack said turning onto his side getting himself closer to Cloud draping one arm around him, placing a kiss on his temple, "Sorry if I woke you up, you can go back to sleep if you want to." he said in a low clearly tired voice, he knew he wasn't getting back to sleep now that he was up, this happened all the time, and he was pretty sure it was normal so he didn't usually bother with trying to go back to sleep after anyway, but he might try if Cloud wanted to get more sleep.

[PrincessMoka]

"Princess...?" Cloud echoed, wondering why that was the one word that seemed to linger in his head. It didn't really upset him as much as it made him smile shyly. He stretched slowly, realizing how sleepy he still was. "Have you ever gone to sleep completely exhausted and woken up ten times worse?" he heard himself asking, but the voice wasn't really his. It sounded perky, and Cloud Strife was no feeling perky at this moment. If anything, he was still wiped from the fit from last night, not to mention the long day anticipating seeing Zack and trying to finish everything so he could leave early.

[Kaitou_Dark_Sama]

"Yeah, Princess...it suits you." Zack said with a smile and a short laugh under his breath. Zack didn't say anything about the tone of voice Cloud was using, it sounded weird, having him say what he did in such a perky voice, Zack almost laughed again at the sound of it but decided against it as he just answered the question, "Yeah, happens a lot. It's the weekend you can go back to sleep if you want to." Zack said running a hand through Cloud's hair idly as he waited for a response but he kind of wanted to get up right now he needed a caffeine hit right now, but he could wait if Cloud didn't want to leave the bed, after what had happened last night he didn't plan on leaving Cloud alone as much, especially when the blond slept over or something, he didn't want to have to worry about the young man all the time.

[PrincessMoka]

Cloud thought about it for a moment, but some part of his mind told him not to sleep anymore. It was as if some part of him clicked and was wide awake now at the thought of going back to sleep. More nightmares? More weird visions of that man in his head? "No thanks," Cloud found himself whispering. "I'm fine."

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