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Rewritten Oct 25.

Zack watched Leon for a long moment. He was unable to let himself believe the other man's words. Did he really mean…?

Leon held out his hand. "Come here."

Zack's feet were moving before he told them to. He crossed the room and he sat on the coffee table just before the sable-haired man. Blue-gray eyes studied him intently as Leon took hold of Zack's hand.

Leon slowly drew his gaze away to look down at their clasped hands. "That first time I saw you, my very first thought was you had amazing eyes."

"They do seem to catch people's attention."

"You catch people's attention." Leon countered softly. "When I look at you, I'm afraid to look away because I might miss something. I don't want to miss you."

Zack did not know how to react to that. It amazed him how easily Leon rendered him speechless, especially considering how little he spoke. No one in his life before this had that ability.

The former SeeD returned his eyes to Zack's unnaturally bright ones. "I'm sorry for what I've been putting you through."

"Well you should be."

Leon narrowed his eyes for a moment before blowing out a breath. The corner of his lip curled up. "You are an arrogant bastard, you know that right?"

"Sephiroth has made that comment a few times but I never really believed him." Zack grinned slyly.

With a slight shake of his head, Leon continued. "I'm no good with any of this… talking about my emotions. I never have been but I want to try to…"

Zack could not help but laugh. He scooted to the edge of the table and leaned forward. Now their knees were touching and violet-colored eyes fixed themselves upon steel blue.

"I'm going to make this really easy for you, Leon," declared Zack with absolute sincerity, taking hold of both of Leon's hands. "All you have to say is one little word: yes or no."

…And with that simple sentence, everything was laid out on the table. Zack willed himself to remain relaxed, telling himself that no matter what Leon's next word was, he would accept it and move on. He realized it was going to hurt like hell for a while, but he would eventually get over it. That was just the kind of guy he was.

It was not as if he had gone into this wanting a long time relationship anyway.

Leon was searching his eyes carefully, his own expression guarded. He was nervous and still uncertain but no longer afraid. He allowed himself a faint smile and there was no hesitation in his low voice. "Yes."

Zack felt infinitely lighter at that word and his heart lifted. His only visible reaction was the slight angling of his head and a large smirk. "I knew you couldn't resist me."

Leon kicked out a bare foot. The faint smile increased; "Bastard."

"Keep talking like that and I might begin to think you actually like me."

Leon snorted softly. He again looked at their held hands. "I can't promise you that this is going to last. I know I still have a lot of things I need to deal with and honestly, I don't know…"

Squeezing his hands, Zack released one and reached over to brush at Leon's hair. Leon met his gaze once more and the older one looked at him sincerely. "I don't know how this is going to work either. All I know is that I want to be with you. As far as I'm concerned, we make it up as we go."

Leon nodded. "That works for me."

Zack leaned forward, capturing Leon's lips in what was meant to be a brief kiss. Leon, however, tugged him closer. The raven-haired man half-stood, leaving the table and sitting beside Leon…Their mouths never parted.

Leon placed his free hand on Zack's thigh, Zack's hand pressed to the side of the other man's face. The other hands were still clasped tightly and they remained like that even after the kiss ended.

Zack smirked lightly, their faces still close. "So do we go find the others and ease their troubled little minds or do we take this upstairs and make them wait?"

"As much as I want to do the second," Leon shifted his hand further up Zack's leg and squeezed, earning a hiss from the other man. "I really want to get out of this house."

Zack nodded in complete understanding, pressing another lingering kiss to Leon's lips. "So let's go for a walk."

He stood, pulling Leon up with him. The sable-haired man went to retrieve his boots from his room, Zack watching him climb the stairs intently. He bit his lip and resisted the urge to follow Leon and corner him in the bedroom.

Leon returned, boots in hand. He sat at the dining table to pull them and he flicked his eyes up to look at Zack. "How do you think Sora's date is going?"

"Well," Zack folded his arms thoughtfully. "I hope for the kid well…Though it'd be funny as hell if he somehow managed to completely fuck it up."

The younger man snorted and coughed once, standing up. Zack got up also and the couple met at the door. Their eyes looked for a moment and they simply smiled at each other. Leon opened the door and the pair walked out together.

--0—0—

"…So then Irvine just walks up to the woman, winks at her while tipping his hat to her and casually says, 'I'm sorry, ma'am, Squall just can't appreciate fine beauties such as yourself'." Zell laughed out. "I swear Selphie was going to kick his ass and then let Squall have the follow through."

Riku snickered, bringing his glass to his face. He paused when he saw the heavy wood door of the bar open. "Damn it. Looks like Seph wins."

Zell, Cloud, and Reno looked over, all frowning. Sephiroth simply took a languid drink. Reno turned back in a huff, fishing in his pocket. Cloud tossed some Munny in Sephiroth's direction, as did Riku. Finally, the Turk produced his and scowled as he set it before the former general; "Should've known better than to bet against you, yo."

Zack gave the group an inquisitive look as he and Leon brought chairs up to the table. "What were you betting on?"

"That you and Leon would be fucking for the rest of the night," Riku answered easily, retaking his drink.

Zack snorted, glancing at Leon. He dropped a hand to squeeze the younger man's knee. "That's not all there is to a relationship, Riku."

The teen's jaw dropped in a shocked manner as he stared at Cloud. "You lied to me!"

Cloud sighed in defeat. "Yeah, I'm such a terrible person. I've just been completely taking advantage of you for the past three years."

Zack angled his head. "Wait. Riku's eighteen, right?"

"Barely;" Leon grinned, coughing a bit. "Cloud jumped him the minute he turned sixteen."

"Ah, he jumped me!" Cloud protested.

Zell stared at the couple, clearly disturbed. "Wow, and I thought the pedophile comments were just a mean joke."

"Oh, no." Reno stood, removing the few empty bottles from the table. "Strife is a sick fuck but hey, I probably would have tried hitting that too, yo."

"I really do not need to be hearing all of this," interjected Sephiroth calmly.

"Oh, get used to it, Seph. Spike is about to become your brother-in-law." Zack laughed. "And I'm sure you haven't forgotten me and Cloud's little exploits."

"Both of you still owe me for intercepting that report Lazard wrote exposing your relations."

"I totally forgot about that!" The First Class slapped his hand against the table. "We so would've been court-martialed for that."

Cloud was beginning to look like he wanted to disappear. Riku, however, was listening attentively. "Oh, do tell."

"Tell what?" Reno returned, dropping a beer bottle before Zack and a tall mug in front of Leon. The redhead grinned at him, "From Tifa."

"Did you know Cloud and Zack were together?" Riku leaned forward to look at the Turk.

"I thought everyone did." Reno shrugged. "They were caught making out enough times. The roof seemed to be their favorite place."

"More often than not, if I could not locate Zackary, he was with Cloud up there." Sephiroth agreed, drinking from his own glass.

Zell shook his head in bemusement. "Man, we didn't have anything nearly this entertaining in Garden. It was pretty damn boring."

"Seifer and his buddies were entertaining at times." Leon sipped on the tea he had been given.

"True." The tattooed blonde agreed. "Raj was such an idiot! Do you remember that one time in the cafeteria when he was convinced that coffee maker was possessed because it kept spitting out coffee at him?"

Leon chuckled. "I never did find out who rigged it to do that."

"Oh, it was that small, black-haired kid that Seifer had chosen to single out that month. It turned out he was really gifted with mechanical things."

"Really?"

"Yep; He's also the one who helped Selphie get back at Fuu for stealing her teddy bear."

"Now that was good!" Leon flat-out laughed. "The orange hair was priceless."

It took a moment for him to realize that the others were staring at him. "What?"

Cloud looked stunned. "You laughed."

"Like a real, full laugh." Riku added.

"…And you're smiling, yo." Reno flicked some ash from his cigarette in a tray.

"You all know what that means." Sephiroth quietly noted.

The group groaned, with the exception of Cloud and again began pulling out Munny. They tossed the bills down before the silver-haired man, grumbling. Said man smiled in a surprisingly happy manner as he divided the funds and handed half to Cloud. "Thank you."

Zack snorted. "You took a bet together, huh? It's scary when you two work together."

"It's freakin' great." Riku grinned. He leaned over and kissed Cloud fiercely before turning and hugging his brother around the shoulders. Both men simply took it.

"Hey, what time is it?" Zell asked, looking around.

"Uh, after nine," Reno answered. "Think we're going to be hearing from Sora soon?"

"He said he'd call when it was over." Riku settled back in his seat. "I really hope this date goes well for him. Even if they don't go on another, as long as the date itself goes well, he'll keep trying."

"Oh, he'll be fine." Zack waved, finishing off his beer. "The kid's a lot like me."

"Shiva help him." Leon and Cloud muttered.

"Hey!" Zack turned on the sable-haired one. "I expected that from Cloud but you?"

Leon shrugged and grinned at him. The older man studied him a moment before moving in and rather graphically kissing him. Leon did not resist at all.

"Whoa," Zell turned away, holding a hand up to block the view. "You guys need to get a room."

"Damn, I'm starting to wish I got the Mako shit, yo." Reno murmured. "Normal people don't put out like that."

"It's just those three." Sephiroth noted dryly. "I don't understand it at all."

Riku's phone rang and he quickly pulled it from his back pocket. He flipped it open with a grin. "Hey, Sor; How's it going…? ...Oh, yeah? Heh, okay. At Tifa's, Zack and Leon are giving us a show. Looks like it. Alright, we'll meet you at home. Later."

He closed the phone and re-pocketed it. "Sora says everything went great, he sounds really happy and just dropped Pacifica off. He's meeting us at the house."

Zack and Leon finally pulled apart. Zack looked over and set his forearm on the table. "Which house?"

"I'm assuming ours or rather yours since me and Cloud won't be there much longer." Riku smirked, finishing his drink and standing, "Which makes things so much more convenient for you."

"Damn right it does." Zack also stood, tugging Leon up with him. "Who's coming with?"

"I told Demyx I'd be home early." Reno informed them. "He's still going through all the files he found in Ansem's computer and I need to make sure he stops and sleeps."

Sephiroth and Zell also declined. They each drifted out to go their separate ways, Sephiroth leaving all of his bet winnings to pay for the drinks. Cloud got up, Riku smiling at him suggestively, and they joined with Zack and Leon to head home.

The two couples walked together down the street, Cloud and Riku in the lead. They loosely held hands, completely relaxed with each other. Zack glanced at Leon and found him watching to two ahead. When Leon looked to him, a brief smile crossed his scarred face and moved just a touch closer.

Sora was sitting on the steps, waiting. He looked over at the group as they approached and shook his head. "Good thing I told Aerith I'm staying at her place tonight."

"Just what are you implying?" Riku lightly kicked at his friend's leg.

The brunette grinned. "I'm not implying anything."

"So, how'd it go?" Zack and Leon passed the teen on the steps.

"Awesome. It was a lot of fun." Blue eyes sparkled. "How about you guys?"

Zack glanced at Leon. The sable-haired man shrugged indifferently but that small smile reappeared. "I think we're alright."

"Good." He watched Leon's hand reach over to brush Zack's leg. Riku was pressed against Cloud and Sora knew exactly where his hand was. With a soft laugh, Sora stood and left down the steps. "Obviously, you all have important things to do and I want to think a little about tonight so why don't I tell you guys all about my date over breakfast?"

Riku bit his lip. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah," The younger teen nodded. He smirked at his best friend. "But I'm not delaying it for you."

That was when they heard a very soft moan from Zack.

Sora snickered, blushing a bit. He did not look back as Riku stated, "Take it upstairs, you two."

Zack bit his lip as Leon again caressed his back. He took hold of the hand that was slowly torturing him and dragged Leon inside, not bothering to reply to Riku's words. He also ignored Cloud's chuckle.

Leon took the lead, somehow managing to make it up the stairs backwards, gripping both of Zack's hands. His expression had grown dark and intent. Zack found it completely fascinating.

He shoved Zack into the bedroom, kicking the door shut behind them. No sooner had that happen than Zack was upon him, pressing him against the door. Violet eyes burned into equally intense steel blue.

"You up for this?" The raven-haired one asked seriously.

Leon's expression did not change but there was wariness to his voice. "Probably not but that doesn't mean I don't want to try."

Zack smirked for a moment then brought his lips crashing down upon the others. His hands held tightly to Leon's waist as the other man's worked their way up the taller one's back to tangle themselves in black hair. The distance between their bodies vanished.

After a few minutes of needy kisses and hungry grasping, it became obvious that Leon was definitely not up for this. It was also clear how badly he wanted to be. Zack pulled away from Leon's neck and tugged him toward the bed.

Leon followed and just before it, Zack began undressing him. He attacked the younger man's neck again with light kisses, speaking in-between each. "Let's just take off… all of our clothes… and curl up… in bed and see… where the night… takes us… hmm?"

Leon moaned softly and nodded. He began working on Zack's clothing and within a few moments, both were completely undressed. Zack turned down the bed covers and lightly pushed Leon back into the mattress.

Leon shifted his body, making room for Zack to join him. Once he did, the sable-haired man was again pressed against him. They shared another long, lingering kiss before Leon settled in beside him.

Zack wrapped his arms around the slightly smaller body, deciding he could definitely get used to this feeling. Leon kissed Zack's bare chest, surprised at just how alive he felt. As they lay there and let sleep come to them, both agreed that they could not imagine themselves anywhere else.