Everything's okay, now that you're here.

I'm sitting on a bench in the park. It's raining. I can see it, but not feel it. I watch the raindrops hit the ground. Drop after drop after drop, making puddles. Puddles growing until they seem like oceans of brown water. My clothes are soaked, but I don't notice it. The tears running down my cheeks mix with the water falling from the sky. It's best to cry in the pouring rain. No one can see your tears.

I hear footsteps behind me, but I don't care. I don't turn around to see who's coming. I stare at the ground. Drop hit puddle, more drops hit puddle, puddle grows to ocean. I watch silently. Weeping.

I hear his voice. He sounds insecure. Asks if he can sit down. I just nod. Of course he can sit. Why should I care? Except, I do care. Of course I care. I can feel him close to me. Feel his body next to mine. Having him so close like this, how could I not care?

"Cloud, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. Really. It's nothing."

"If it's nothing, why are you crying?"

Apparently the rain doesn't hide my tears as well as I thought. I raise my eyes slowly. Look into his intense blue eyes. They look like deep oceans. I lose myself in his eyes.

"Cloud, are you sure everything's okay?"

I smile slightly.

"Everything's fine, Leon. Now that you're here."

I close my eyes and lean in to kiss him. He wraps his arms around me. It's only now that I feel the heat from him that I realize how cold I was before. He pulls me into a tight hug.

"It's okay. Everything's fine. No matter what happens, we have each other. It's okay."

He kisses my tears away. He kisses my cheeks and my forehead and my mouth. I kiss him back. I stare into his blue eyes. He stares into mine. He takes my hand and leads me to a small group of trees. Their branches make a roof. The ground is covered in soft grass. It's completely dry.

"Better to watch the rain than to sit in it, don't you think?" he smiles softly, and starts playing with my hair. He sits down. I sit down next to him.

"It's okay now. You can rest. You can close your eyes. Go to sleep if you want to."

He lies down. I lie down too, and rest my head on his chest. I close my eyes, like he told me. I don't sleep, but he thinks I do. I lie awake and listen to him whisper sweet words. I love you, Leon. I think. I open my eyes for a few seconds to look at him. Then I close them again, and wander of to dreamland.

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I'm actually really happy with this… Hope you guys like it too!!! I wanted to write something that wasn't sad or happy. Something in-between. I wanted this to be beautiful, but I guess it's more cute… I still like it, though…

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