Disclaimer: All characters used are copyrighted to Square Enix and Disney. Vincent Valentine is from FFVII; I just threw him in to give Cid someone to be with since this is mainly CloudLeon.

AN: One night, I got bored and decided, while listening to "Love Save The Empty" by Erin McCarley to write a fanfic based around the tune, but it turned into more of a twisted, angst riddled fanfic feeding off Leon, used to be Squall's, past of being left alone at the Orphanage in FFVIII. Let's just say, I send our favorite little Leonhart into a tailspin which sends his mismatched "Family" into a hurricane of turmoil. Kind of that twist, "Changing styles, and wanted to write angst a little to kick the Chocobo in the tail to realize what he would be losing if he hadn't been such an idiot with Leon," and just wanted to write angst/suicide like fanfic. Kind of shake up the genres I write on and post here. Each chapter has a particular song tied to it which lays the way for the mood of the chapter.

As it is. Each song used is copyrighted to the artist that is responsible for singing the tune. I don't own the rights to the song.

Chapter1-Here Comes Goodbye

Here comes me wishing things had never changed
and she was right here in my arms tonight…

But here comes goodbye

~Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts

It didn't feel real.

It didn't seem real.

But yet, the warmth was there.

Cloud for once wasn't trying to nail him into a wall or screwing with his head with devious thoughts that turned the man into a whimpering shell of a man that was just begging for the man to never leave and just keep loving him. Warmth was all that was around, a cool breeze was blowing, but there was warmth. Warmth for the first time in a long time and soft caresses; Leon had always felt caresses from Cloud, but they were usually after wonderful and ecstatic moments of pleasure that burned down into his core and left every inch of him tingling, even after it was after. Then there were the times they were happening just after it had ended while the man whispered soft words, words that were as Leon seemed to take them, empty and meaningless.

Like their love.

Empty and meaning less.

He wasn't loved.

He was just the man's toy.

But why would the man care so much for a toy by letting the toy have its way of just lying there on the green hill, reading contently while the sun warmed his skin and the player of this toy. Sat nearby, fingers' running in and out of each crevice of the man's chocolate locks while in his other hand held tight to the hilt of a sword, a sword that had knocked countless throws of enemies in his lifetime. It seemed too good to be true. He was going to wake up and realize the position he was in; same old position of him being held close against the blonde's chest, the man's head rested in against Leon's neck with their legs intertwined with one another. Then there would be that simple tingle that would come when the blond would shift and the pride and joy of his body would brush against Leon's, leaving him shivering with anticipation and yet, fear that the man would wake up and want to go at it again.

Just let this dream go on a little longer…

But it wasn't a dream and he wasn't in the same familiar; instead of intertwined, bared bodies as the day they had been brought into this world. Leon's head that had been in Cloud's lap in the far off distance dream was being shaken, shaken like a snow globe while there had been only one hand through his hair in the dream. Both of the hands were on his hair and head shaking him, the soft whispering words that had been coming from the dream Cloud were now shaking out and scared amidst the sounds of others trying to pry him off Leon.

What was happening?

Why was the warmth gone and…why was their darkness and ice now coming over him?

"Leon! Leon! You've got to wake up! Oh Gaia, Cloud, why did you let him take those pills?! He's easily swayed and easily hurt…What did you do to make him do this?!" a familiar voice was crying now as her hands slapped at Leon's face, faint bruises were forming on his slowly growing pale cheeks, "Leon, please, you can't do this to us…Cloud didn't mean to do that…He didn't mean it…He doesn't understand what it's like to be alone for so long…abandoned even…Please…Please, come back to us…"

Familiar sounds were heard outside the house as heavy footsteps rushed in followed by the sounds of plastic wheels hitting against the carpeted flooring, "We need you to give us some room to work," one of the men remarked as the young woman, Yuffie, was pulled away by a young woman with the same color hair as Leon.

"Aerith…" Yuffie clung to the woman's chest as the men began working on Leon, when he wasn't responding to their questions and mannerisms to check if the man was simply playing them, "W-Where…WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HIM!?!"

Yuffie was frantic as she chased after the men as they started to wheel Leon out of the house, "Tell me where you're taking him!!"

"Sorry ma'am, only immediate family have that right to know," the man pushed Yuffie back, gently as they began to load a slowly fading Leon into the back of the ambulance, "If you find his family, let us know and we'll direct them to where we're taking him."

Cid Highwind and Vincent Valentine, a seemingly innocent pair, were in the middle of walking home from the store with food in their arms when they spotted the sight of red and blue lights coming up from the small home they knew too well. Fear was growing in Cid's stomach as his steps quickened even with his less then adequate body from years of abuse upon it as Vincent followed just as quickly after the man. He read all too soon the fear etched on the salty man's ragged face as Cid dropped the bag of food, which Vincent caught in mid-run as he heard Cid starting to scream and yell at the men in the ambulance.

"What the Hell and where the fuck do you think you're going with my son?!" Cid bellowed at the driver, slamming his hand against the Driver side window, finding any reason to not wrench the door off its hinges, "Why the fuck are you here?! What the hell happened here, damn it!?"

Being as cautious as the driver could be, the window rolled down no more then halfway down, "Sir, I'm going to ask you to calm down and step away."

"LIKE HELL I WILL!" Cid ranted again as he attempted to reach in and drag the little prick of a driver out of ambulance by the window opening, "TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE!"

"Captain," Vincent called out from behind an enraged Cid as his old eyes fell on his adopted kids as it seemed; Yuffie was still clinging to Aerith and had all but cried herself out as her sobs had become hiccups, "It is best that we do not aggravate these men…"

Cid was about ready to turn his anger on Vincent, but that wouldn't be right; Vincent was the one thing still left in his life after he had lost the monogamous only woman in his life, Shera, to an accident only five years ago. Snapping at Vincent now would've possibly convinced the man to leave Cid alone and bitter like he had after Shera's death; he calmed himself down as he watched Yuffie cleaning herself up.

Vincent turned towards the driver, "The man who was harassing you just now is the young man in your vehicle's Father, but not biologically…he's the man's adopted son as are the others over there," his eyes casted over to the small crowd that were in and out of the thralls of grief over what they had come upon, "Please, tell us, what is the nature of your visit to this home and what has happened here?"

"Heh…We got a call from the young man that he wanted to die because what was the reason for living if everything and everyone you thought cared and loved you just leaves you when they feel its best for them," the driver sighed as he heard his partner in the back trying to keep Leon alive, "We've got to get him out of here before we lose him."

"NO!" Yuffie screamed as her tears and cries turned to wails till she seemed to pass out in Aerith's arms while the other "sister" watched on, hugging the duo as Cid all but shoved the ambulance off himself.

Cid grunted to himself as he slammed at the man's door again, "Well, then get the fuck out of here and save my son! If he dies, I'm leaving you responsible for it!"

"I don't think we'll be the one's responsible…I think the young man mentioned in your "son's" letter…is going to be the one to lame the blame on, don't worry, we're going to do all we can to save him," the driver's attention was drawn to the Paramedic and the sounds of a heart monitor beeping erratically.

"We've got a Code Blue! FLOOR IT! WE'RE LOSING HIM! FAST!"

Into the night, the sounds of sirens and alarms filled the night air as cars moved out of the way for the wailing ambulance as Cid tried to keep the car at the speed limit without costing him or some innocent person or family their life. He was frantic to chase down after the ambulance and the amount of cigarette's in the ashtray of the car was evidence enough of the man's worry over his adopted son. Vincent had opted to staying behind to keep an eye on the others; Yuffie had been passed out for the last hour to hour and a half after hearing the horrendous thoughts that they may lose Leon. Aerith had been keeping an eye on her, holding her hand and now and again, changing out the washcloth on her forehead as she fought back tears. She could hear Yuffie mumbling in her passed out state words of distress over Leon, threats against Cloud should he ever think of returning to clean up his mess. But what broke her heart was the girl was blaming herself for all of this; she had been the one to bring Leon and Cloud together shortly after Restoration and now, all of that was crumbling in front of her.

Cloud had up and left without a word.

And now…

She was slowly losing Leon and was liable to lose him within the next hours.

Tifa sat at the kitchen table, playing with the rim of the coffee mug in her hands while now and again playing with the paper tab of the tea bag that bobbed up and down in her mug. Vincent had taken to keeping a vigilant eye out for his beloved; he had never seen the man so angry and distraught at the same time. He had asked the man to call him or the house once he had reached the Hospital; he couldn't help worrying that the man would do something hasty on his way to the Hospital. His hand steadied on the phone in his human like hand as he waited for word on what was going on with Leon, but especially Cid. He knew how Cid could get towards things of such things as this; especially when family was concerned and right now, family was concerned.

Cloud Strife, the reason for the downfall of the crumbling families' distress, was returning home from recently being called to the Coliseum. Phil, whom was the owner of the Coliseum, had been facing recent problems with troublemakers that figured they could get off easy with trying to harass Phil and Hercules. Short work was made of the trouble makers and for a simple evening, such as this, Cloud didn't suspect there would be much traffic on his journey home. Unfortunately for the man, that seemed to come to halt as he flew down the road; in the midst of his travels, he could've sworn that he had passed by a car similar to Cid's car. There was no reason for Cid to be out this late at night, but as he got closer to home and saw that Cid's car was gone and the lights were on in the house; a sinking feeling hit his gut. Everything was blaring in his mind that something had happened to someone close to him and the number of people it could be was endless, but the one that rang out on top was…

"Why is Cid's car gone? Where's Leon? Is everyone alright?!" Cloud burst into the house without another thought as he started to scan the house over, "Baby, Leon, you here! Please don't hide from me! If I've hurt you in anyway, I'm sorry, I'll do whatever to make up for it, just please stop hiding…you're making me scared…"

Tifa took over watching over a groaning Yuffie as Aerith walked calmly and slowly up to Cloud, but as she placed a hand on Cloud's shoulder; she nearly lost her hand as she felt Cloud turn around quickly, "Cloud…"

The house became a place of horrors as a rumbling roar of howls erupted from Cloud as the man fell to his knees; he instantly knew what had happened, but he had never seen it coming from Leon. He had heard of Leon's issues of abandonment; even though he was a hard trained SEED Commander, he had still wanted someone to latch onto and feel as if he belonged. He had hardly known his Mother and then the same had become of his Father, all he knew was that his old man had been part of the Military Forces at one time or another, fallen in love with a simple woman and then as the years had progressed. The woman had passed on, but word as to where her child was had become an utter loss on her part, but as Leon, known as Squall Leonhart at the time, had gotten older, the issues of being left alone had gotten worse. They had started only after he had been locked into an abandoned room inside Balamb Garden after hours by Seifer as to make the man into a man as he later put it; "Just because I felt the little pussy needed a little pussy whipping, you know, whip him into shape to be a man. He's a man for crying out loud…not some girl…but he acts more like a girl then a man."

For weeks, he had not been able to sleep without at least someone to be there to assure him that when he awoke the next morning that they would still be there; that only went on till the teasing had gone on and was halted the day Leon as Squall had punched in a guy's nose. That was the same time the man had faced down off against Seifer; it seemed Seifer had not heard that the man had grown a pair, as lament as it may have seemed, and in order to try and gain an upper hand on the smart mouthed bastard. He attempted to fight the man off since it had been Seifer that figured they should "spar" before the Final Exam for all SEED Candidates. The scar upon Leon's face had been proof enough of that, but when the World he came from had been destroyed from the inside out, the abandonment thoughts had slowly crept into his subconscious. Those same thoughts were what had been eating at him slowly like Darkness creeping into a person's heart; thankfully, he had found a friend in Aerith. She had managed to bring him out of the stupor he had grown into, Yuffie just added to that happiness even if she seemed to have an almost secondary agenda. That agenda being; keep Leon from being a brooding Lion and at least get the man laid, no man should be as uptight as Leon was without having some underlying sexual tension. That tension, as she had seemed to point it out to him over and over again, only got worse when Cloud entered into the equation after the man had come back to his friends after his showdown against his own darkness. Cloud Strife, Ex-SOLDIER, and hardened warrior had a small percentage of the Darkness at his disposal for the use of fighting against the things of the Darkness. He was perfect, no scars, or at least Leon could see on Cloud at the time; the only ones were the ones on his heart and psyche.

That's what drew Leon to Cloud.

They were broken hearted and broke down men of backgrounds that were from Worlds were fighting had been common place to assure the safety of all.

But there was one thing that separated them.

One wanted to be left alone and wanted to at least die alone.

The other…

He wanted someone to be there for him when the pain of loneliness stole at his heart.

Cid sat in the Waiting Room, fighting off the itch to go and smoke in the Ambulance Bay, but he knew if he left, just to smoke; he would never hear the end of it should word come that they had lost Leon. His fingers ghosted over his cell phone's keypad, "Got to call the House, Vincent will kick my ass then shoot me full of those special rounds in Cerberus if I don't keep my promise," his fingers fidgeted over the keys till he swore to himself, remembering how to do the speed dial for the house.

"Come on Vince, pick up…"Cid grumbled as he chewed on his lip, imagining it was a cigarette, "Pick up dam---!"

"Cid?" Vincent managed to pick up after the first ring.

Cid sighed to himself, "Hey babe, I'm just calling to check in and tell you that I made it here without an accident…"

"…Any word on Leon?" Vincent's tone seemed to drop an octave as Cid could imagine Vincent was moving into another room; that never meant anything good, "Or have you been allowed to him see yet?"

A grunt came from Cid as he ran a tired hand down his face, "Sorry babe, I just got here and I've been trying to find out news about the kid, but these damned Doctors and Nurses won't speak to me …"

Yuffie groaned again as she started to muffle something about Leon as Tifa kept an eye on her, telling and comforting her that he was going to be fine, but try telling that to a nearly comatose blond that was sitting in a corner, rocking back and forth in a corner. Cloud had nearly destroyed the house when the information had sunk in about what had happened while he was gone; Vincent was dealing with being a force of reasoning for all that was going on.

"Heh…Just find out what's going on and get home, we're having our own crisis here at home," Vincent's gaze turned to Cloud who had resorted to curling into a tight ball with his back turned to a worried Aerith, she was extremely worried since the man had resorted to being feral towards here, "Please come home soon…We've got a Lone Wolf here that is extremely upset that his Lion isn't here and…that thinks his Lion may be leaving him…"

Cid sighed as he saw what had to be the tenth Doctor or even Nurse to pass by him in the last fifteen minutes, "I'll try, babe, but I can't promise any miracles…"

"Just come home safe," Vincent sighed heavily, "I love you, Cid…"

"Love you too my Dark Angel…"Cid clasped the phone closed as he made his way to the Nurse's Station, "Hey doll, is there anyway I can get one of those High Degreed Pricks over there to give me the time of day on what's going on with my son, Squall "Leon" Leonhart?"

Everything felt different; he felt as if he was free, it was as if he had disappeared back to that world of pure and utter peace, Cloud was in the same spot as he had seen him sitting in as always did in his dream. But Cloud wasn't running his fingers through his locks like he always did in the dream; the hand was still, it was like the man was a mere statue. Leon had lost interest in the book in his hands as he placed it down on the ground beside him; his hands cautiously crept up towards the man's hand that should've been resting in his locks. What he felt next scared him; the feeling of teeth settled on his forearm as he cried out, using his other hand and arm to beat on the thing that the teeth belonged to. But that was beaten off as Leon found himself staring face to face with the person, or as the case would be, beast that was glaring into his eyes; anger fired through those eyes that stared at Leon. One paw was holding the man's forearm in place while the other kept Leon's other to the side to stop him from attempting something stupid or foolish to throw off the creature. It may have seemed like a light weight, but the force that was exuding down on his frame said otherwise; it was as if the man was being crushed under at ten ton boulder.

"L-Let…Let me go already," Leon attempted to scream at the beast but the feral like growl coming from its lips as its jaw locked its toothy grip on his forearm, "Please…"

The feral growl grew deeper till the feeling of the toothy grip loosened up, but only slightly, a tongue could be felt lapping up at the blood that had started to form from the bite, "Stupid man…thought you could leave us? What made you think you could leave us? What would Lion say if you left us…?" a softer release of the man's arm began to fall into place at the creature's jaw released the man's arm completely and a soft whimper was slowly replacing the feral growl.

Leon couldn't understand what was going on, but for one reason or another; he had become as submissive as a kitten that had been caught doing bad, "I…I…I thought Cloud didn't want me anymore, I woke up this morning and he had left a note saying he was going to be gone for a few weeks and not to wait up for him when he got home…I thought…"a soft tear started to roll down his cheek which caught the feral animal's attention as he leaned forward, licking the tear away, "…If he didn't want me anymore, why didn't he just tell me face to face…?"

"What have you done so far for the Patient, Nurse?" the Doctor at the bedside flipped through Leon's chart, "Has someone from the Psych Department been up to see him once he's awake?"

The Nurse checked on Leon's stats again and again, never noticing the internal shifting he was doing; a hand would clench and unclench now and again as the man seemed to grunt in his sleep. It was something that no one suspected as being out of the ordinary; the man's stomach had just been pumped shortly after his arrival and after he had been revived at least three times. There was going to be movement to show the man was slowly coming around, but he wasn't ready to wake up, his internal mental struggle wasn't over even if the feral animal on him had given up the fight.

"…Why Lion swallow nasty pills? Was Lion sick?" the wolf like creature had settled into lying beside Leon as he purred to himself as he felt Leon's fingers running through its long silver locks, "Did Lion not feel good…and thought that he should heal himself without us?"

Leon sighed, "Yeah, the Lion was sick…"

The feral animal could tell that Leon was avoiding the real reason for answering and could read into that answer, "Why didn't you tell Sisters? Green eyed one could've given you something…those pills you took made Lion better?"

In their own twisted and false hoped way, they had been a help to him, but they didn't do anything more then hurt others and him. He had felt most of the charcoal that had been shoved down a tube that had been thrust down his throat to help him spew up the pills; the taste of it was still on his lips. Pills had become an escape from it all, every ounce of pain, empty promise, and words; they made it all disappear faster then alcohol he had downed the pills with. Cid was going to be furious when he found a bottle and a half of his Rum, that had received from Elizabeth and Will Turner in Port Royal, as a token of thanks for always being willing to run supplies to them when they need them.

But what would it matter.

He was suppose to be long gone by now, but it had seemed, his turn to escape by the use of, stupid enough as it seemed, sleeping pills, had been deterred when Yuffie found Leon curled up like a cold cat on the floor of his bedroom. Book in hand with eyes half to almost fully closed, he was the picture of peace and a man that was going to be at peace eventually, but her screams had all but deterred those plans.

"Yeah…for a little bit, but they ended up hurting instead…"Leon laid out against the grassy hill as the feral animal's head rested on his chest, softly whining and nuzzling at Leon, "…Especially…Sisters…and probably Cid…"

"Lion is very stupid. Fenrir no like it when Lion is stupid. When you wake up, because I know you will, be prepared for punishment bad Lion. Host no like it when Lion, whom he calls Kitty or Kitten does stupid things to himself. They make Host sad," a soft sound of a harrumph came from the feral animal as its tail began to softly wag as a smirk started to grace its furry muzzle, "Host is going to enjoy punishing bad Lion…he always does and he knows bad Lion likes it when Host punishes the bad Lion…"

It was hard for Leon to not chuckle at the animal as he carded his hand in between the animal's ears, "Yeah, but only when it's not making this Lion incapable of not being able to sit down for the next two and a half weeks."

The animal gave a soft chuckle as it could only do, "Well, this one has to go…have to go tell Host that stupid Lion has learned his lesson for now and knows what is waiting for him when he gets home…Time for stupid Lion to wake up…Time for stupid Lion to wake up…"

Over and over the line repeated until Leon's eyes started to softly flutter open and the first thing they found themselves looking at was the chest of a female Nurse who all but screamed the minute she saw his eyes open, "Doctor! Doctor! Patient Leonhart is awake!"

Damn woman…can you be anymore shrill?

Cid was on his seventh or eighth cigarette by the time he had been given word that he could come and see his "son" that had woken up, but it would be just a little while longer before he would be allowed Visitors. That to Cid was a load of, pardon his French as he would said, a load of bullshit! No one was going to stop him from seeing his adopted son because the boy was going to have a stern talking to once he was fully coherent and was able to be fully aware of his surroundings. Especially if someone was going to chew his ass for something as stupid trying to kill himself over something as stupid as thinking that Cloud Strife would ever desert the man.

"Sir! We can't have you seeing him just yet, we have our on Staff Psychologist on her way down to speak to him at the moment and it would not be beneficial for you to---SIR!" the Nurse all but lost her cool as she watched Cid storm past her, "Sir, I will not ask you again to refrain from entering the Patient's room, I will have Security escort you off the premises until further notice if you fail to comply with our regulations!"

It had been a long day, and an even longer night; he was in lack of nicotine since he had seemed to have smoked most to all of his pack of cigarettes on him and he had been looking forward to a quiet dinner with the family. Then an even quieter evening spent in the arms of his, Dark Angel, as he had so aptly nicknamed Vincent, but that had been on put on a halt the minute he came home to the sight of an ambulance and a frantic and panicking Yuffie. No Nurse with a tight fitting scrub top was going to tell him when and where he could go when it came to kin.

The man turned on the frantic Nurse, and before she could get out more of her tirade, "Listen missy, I swore on my dearly departed first love before the love in my life now's life that I would never strike a woman, but lady," Cid rose a hand to meet the woman's face, "You're pushing it. Either piss off and let me see my son or go and call your Security to haul me off, but either way, I'm going to find a way into see him. Got it?"

"This way, sir," the Nurse seemed to say, an air and huff of annoyance and defeat in her tone as she guided Cid into Leon's room where the Psychologist had perched herself alongside Leon's bedside, "If either one of you need anything, don't hesitate to push the Nurse Call Button."

It was after midnight when Vincent muffled a groan as he looked over to the phone on the side table buzzing, who could be calling at this hour, "Hello?"

"Hey Vince, I got word on Leon…"Cid seemed more collective then he sounded in his tone as his hand ran through Leon's locks; his "son" not bothering to admonish that his "father" was still utterly pissed at him, "Seems the kid is going to have to stay over night; Doc wants to make sure he's not going to have some bad reaction to having his stomach pumped of the sleeping pills and to let the rum he drowned them down with work its way out of his system."

Vincent sighed as he looked over the Living Room; Tifa and Aerith had taken to sleeping on the floor of the Living Room, Tifa nearby on the small loveseat just nearby to Yuffie to keep an eye on her. Aerith had taken to keeping vigil over Cloud; the man had not moved a single step or inch since curling into a ball against the distant wall, but even if no one could see it. He was plotting and planning how he was going to punish Leon for his stupid act; he had heard not too long after from his own internal shattered psyche Guardian like Force about why Leon had done what he had done. The plan would have to be altered from the light slams he was proposing to give the man when he got home; he had planned to punch Leon around the room some as to knock some sense into him as it seemed. But after hearing why Leon had done the act; he altered the slams about the head into the walls, that would've brought the girls in and would've made him look like a monster, it turned to him giving Leon his space for the first moments he was home. If Leon still felt that he was going to be skittish around him; he was going to let the man slowly come back to him.

If Leon decided he wanted to just be back in Cloud's arms for reassurance that the man still loved him and was not planning to leave him alone like the man had thought by reading too far into the note. He would resort to just being there to hold and comfort the shattered man, only then after would he resort to punishment.

It was going to be good to have Leon home and his arms again.

"I'll let the girls know in the morning what's going on then…we might come and visit him tomorrow if that's alright by them," Vincent made sounds of agreeing with Cid that turned to heavy sighs, "Cid, what have I told you about threatening bodily harm to others?...I don't care if she was a bitch to you….Cid…Cid…Cid, stop yelling….Heh, I'll see you in the morning….Goodnight, love…send our love to Leon as well…Alright, goodnight my Captain."

Cid hung up his cell phone as he pocketed it, "Hope you're proud of yourself, kid, you had the house in a stir…" the man slipped down into a chair that had been placed next to Leon's bedside, "You're going to have some ass kissing to do when you get home; especially to Yuffie if she doesn't kick yours first, but I think the one you're going to owe big time to is…"

The man's words became quiet as he saw the man leaned forward; his long bangs covering his face and the tears coming from his eyes, "Heh, come on, kid…We all fuck up now and again…"

"Cloud is going to leave me again once I get home…He'll never take me back after doing something so stupid…I know what he says about me and had said about me before we came together…" Leon softly whispered as he clutched at the bed sheets, "I'm worth nothing more then a handful of seeds to feed to something called a Chocobo…"

"No, you aren't…"Cid tried to make light of the situation, but he could see it wasn't helping, "Strife is just an asshole like that; he was even as big an ass back when we were fighting together on our Home Planet…We only figured out why he was such a hard case after he told us that he never was truly in SOLDIER."

"He had made it all up, he was using the stories a friend of his that he had befriended who was in SOLDIER because of some babbling about that Cloud was to be the guy's legacy…"

The room's door opened as what seemed to be the Night Nurse popped her head in, "If you gentlemen need anything, I won't be too far away…"

Cid nodded to the young woman, "Thanks ma'am…"

"Heh, best to get some rest, Leon…Vince is going to be bringing the girls around tomorrow if the prick ass Doctors here and even tighter assed Nurses here don't make a fuss about it," Cid stretched out in the chair as he prepared to sleep in the uncomfortable chair, "Maybe Strife'll come on by…"

"…Maybe," Leon softly remarked as he laid back down; trying to close his eyes and drift off to sleep, but the prospect of that was one that was looking unpromising, "I am a stupid Lion. Then I guess…that makes Cloud a stupid Wolf for thinking that he could happiness with a fellow predator."