Seedless

Chapter One: So, You've Finally Noticed!

Disclaimer: I'm only going to put this in once. I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the other Square Enix Characters. I'm not loved by my God nearly enough to have that fortune.

Warning: At the moment this is Shounen-ai. Eventually it will become Yaoi, because my inner perverse fangirl has noticed the blatant lack of LeonCloud yaoi on this site. The language isn't too mature, seeing as I don't believe Leon or Cloud would speak so vulgarly, but I hope you guys enjoy.

Click. Click

Quick fingers practically attacked the capture button of D7000 Nikon camera. The lens zooming in on the figure laying beneath the large red Japanese maple tree near the back of the campus.

The owner of the camera continued to click away. After twenty or so shots they stopped, to review the pictures. Stopping specifically, on an extreme close up of the photographer's subject. The owner held their breath as they gazed over flaxen hair spiked in extreme degrees, but somehow still managed to maintain their softness. Smooth cream colored skin lightly dusted with freckles on the bridge on the slightly up turned nose, unblemished except for the slight scar near a golden eye brow. Long, full blond lashes that rested over lightly flushed cheeks. And petal pink lips parted just the slightest bit, with the exhale of breath.

The photographer soon noticed his subject shifting with signs of consciousness and quickly let go of their camera, barely flinching as it gave a resounding thump against their chest, and leaving the vicinity, most likely to return home, until they could come back and capture more moments of the beauty at rest.

A small moan was heard through the relatively silent area. Next, a small stretch. And finally the fluttering of blond eye lashes, until the young man had awoken from his short slumber.

'I fell asleep on the grass again.' He thought slowly sitting up, stretching his arms above his head to get the kinks out. Sleeping on the ground isn't the most comfortable of all things after all. He raised himself up until he was standing his full height of 5'8" and dusted his cream sweater of all the grass that had attached to him during his nap.

The blond reached into his messenger bag and pulled out his phone quickly checking over the time. ' It's already 5. Damnit Cloud, you're gonna be late for work!' he mentally scolded himself speed walking to the nearest bus stop.

And thanking his lucky stars, just as he got to the stop, the number 8 bus pulled in. He quickly swept his university ID card through the fee machine and took the last available seat next to the back door of the bus.

Cloud gave a small smile to the business man sitting next to his, before staring straight ahead awaiting his next stop.

'4 minutes left' Cloud inwardly grinned as he made his way off the bus, as it stopped outside his work place.

"Thank you!" he said warmly to the bus driver as he hopped off the bus and hurried into the restaurant where he worked. Cloud pushed open the revolving door exiting calmly, least he have another episode with the door. 'I swear it's out to get me' he thought as he made it out of the glass death trap injury free. He scurried to the side door and into the back to quickly change into his waiter uniform. Nothing too special: A long sleeved white collared shirt, black slacks, and a black apron, which held his note pad and pen.

"About time you got here Cloud, jeeze! You were almost late!" a voice playfully scolded him from behind.

Cloud turned sharply in surprise, to face one of his coworkers Zidane. Zidane was the youngest worker there, only in his Junior year of high school, but Cloud didn't mind.

Cloud smiled sheepishly "Sorry, I fell asleep after class."

"Again Cloud?" The smaller blond laughed, cocking his hip to the side and resting one of his hands there. "You need to get more sleep then Cloud. I can't imagine, attending classes and working two jobs? No thanks!" he grinned.

"aheh, yeah I know it's not exactly ideal, but if it's what I need to do, then I'll do it," Cloud glanced up at the clock in the work room "I gotta go, my shifts starting real soon! Talk to you later Zidane," and with that Cloud hurried back to the front of the resturaunt.

His glowing blue eyes tracked around the resturaunt , before stopping on a group near the back, that had just been seated. He put on a pleasant smile and made his way over to the group.

"Hello my name is Cloud, can I get you guys started with some drinks?" he asked with a tilt of his head, his note pad and pen at the ready.

The small group went down the line one by one:

"I'll have a coke."

"Same here!"

"Raspberry ice tea. Please!"

"Your phone number would be great, thanks!"

Cloud's eye twitched at the last one. 'One of these guys again,' but he continued smiling. "You're funny! But sorry, I'm not interested in dating at the moment. Could I get you anything else?"

The man grinned cockily "Aw that's too bad, toots! How about you join us for dinner?" he asked raising his eyebrow.

One of the girls at the table elbowed the cocky man in the stomach "Sorry, he'll have a sprite."

"Sprite it is, I'll be back in a minute!" and with that Cloud went around the corner to get their drinks started. 'Ten minutes into my shift and already getting hit on. You've set a record for yourself Cloud.' He thought sarcastically.

Next Day

Cloud exited his last class of the day with a tiny, almost unnoticeable skip in his step. Today was Thursday, which meant he didn't have to work at the restaurant today! He smiled softly making his way to his usual spot. The giant Red Japanese maple tree.

He set his messenger bag behind his head and made to lie down. But at the last second he stood up straight and tilted his head up looking through the leaves of the tree. A small grin making an appearance on his face. He noticed exactly what he was looking for.

He heard the tale tale clicks that had been accompanying his slumber for the past few weeks. "You can come down from there. I've noticed you since the first day you started taking pictures of me."

Cloud heard a small intake of breath, notifying him that he had clearly shocked his photographer. "I'm not mad, you can come down. Why don't you join me?" he smiled up toward the branches patting the patching of grass next to him.

The blond waited a few minutes before he heard a thud, the mysterious photographer had finally dropped from the branches.

Cloud glanced up slightly to see his silent stalker of the past few weeks. He was a bit shocked. He had expected some giant creeper in a trench coat, not this ruggedly handsome mad before him.

The man we lean, muscled in all the right places, but not overly so. Shaggy, roughly chopped hair that went down to his shoulders. Tanned skin that was unusual to see during this time of year. Gunmetal grey eyes, the only thing marring his skin was the large scar that went from one eye, across the bridge of his nose and to his cheek. He wore a simple white V-neck shirt, a black zip up hoodie over it, and a simple pair of jeans. And the culprit that gave him away. His Nikon camera around his neck.

"It's nice to finally meet you." Cloud grinned dusting off his black jeans an standing to offer his hand in greeting to the other man.

The unnamed man looked down at Cloud with one eyebrow raised in question. "How long have you know I was taking pictures of you?" he asked gruffly, quick and to the point.

"Since you started following me here in October," Cloud grinned "How long did it take you to notice I knew you were there?"

The man grunted as an answer, making Cloud chuckle, which resulted in a glare from the gun metal grey eyes.

"So mister stalker, do you know who I am?" Cloud asked shifting onto his tip toes, then on to his heals. When he received no answer he offered his hand in greeting again "I'm Cloud, Cloud Strife, and you are?"

"Leon Leonhart." He replied, slipping his hand into Cloud's smaller one.

"Great. Now that we're acquainted, would you like to tell me WHY you were taking pictures of me?" the shorter male asked jabbing Leon's chest with his index finger.

Leon simply turned his head to the side, and looked into the distance. Avoiding all eye contact with the blond standing before him. However, Cloud's grin took on a Cheshire like quality as he noticed the tiniest of blushes staining the bridge of the brunet's nose.

The brunet cough into his fist "I'm photography major, and you just happened to be here,"

"And?"

"The scenery was missing something, and you were a good focal point."

Lame.

"oh," Cloud brushed part of his bangs behind his ears "sorry then, I could find another place to rest after class I guess,"

"No! ahem, I mean that's not necessary. You've already established yourself as a focal point, you might as well stay. Or else my pictures will become inconsistent…" Leon trailed off still not making eye contact.

Cloud tilted his head to the side and smiled at Leon. "Well, then we may as well become friends then. Right Leon?" he asked offering his hand to the taller male again.

Leon nodded and held Cloud's hand in his.