Summer Days *35*

I freaking love this chapter.

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He tiptoed quietly into your room, careful to make no noise whatsoever. He made it all the way to the side of your bed, he kneeled beside your sleeping form and brushed a few strands of hair away from your face. Your lip was almost completely back to normal, from the rest and the ice he presumed. Of course there was still a line of pink where Seifer had bit down.

A small smile graced his lips an he whispered, "[Name]?"

Your eyes fluttered but you didn't wake up.

A thought struck him, he looked out your open door. When he saw no one he leaned towards you. A small peck to wake you, you wouldn't even know.

Mere seconds before his lips touched yours...

"CLOUD!!" Ven roared as he stood and shook the freezing water from his hair.

You shot up in bed as soon as the icy splash made contact with your skin. You, your bed, and Ven were soaked.

"I told you to wake her up not give her nightmares." Cloud smirked.

"Give her nightmares?! You just woke her with a bucket of ice cold water! She'll probably be scarred for life!" Ven yelled.

"Ha! Wish you had told me sooner! I wouldn't have splashed you so many times in the past, maybe that's what's wrong with you." Cloud replied.

"Uh guys?" You said peeling yourself away from your wet sheets.

"Oh real funny. You're just a stand up comedian you know that Cloud?" Ven scoffed.

"Guuuys??" You said again wringing your hair of water.

"I know I am and maybe if you-", Cloud began but you cut him off.

"Guys!" You yelled.

"What?" They both asked.

"Get out."

"But-", Ven tried to reason.

"Out."

Cloud gave Ven the bucket and grabbed his shoulder leading him out.

"Oh by the way, Good Morning [Name]." Cloud added. You sighed. Ven took the bucket and shoved it over Cloud's head then pushed him into the nearest wall.

Cloud bounced off the wall as Ven took off, Cloud ripped the bucket off his head then ran towards Ven. You could only assume Cloud had thrown it at Ven as he neared the stairs because you heard Ven yell a curse then multiple thuds.

You rolled your eyes and went to your bathroom to change.

Yesterday after Cloud had brought you home, all you did was lounge around the house in your PJ's, watching TV and playing games with your visitors.

Most of the guys had come over to keep you company after they finished work, only a few didn't and you had found out it had been the ones who were searching the town for Seifer, the little creep.

At one point Riku, Sora, Demyx, and Xion were visiting you and you had decided to play cards, the first game was Texas Hold'em.

Sora won.

The next game you had played was Black Jack.

Sora won.

At the end everyone ended up playing BS.

Which Sora won twice in a row.

Sure he seemed gulliable, and maybe a little goofy at times but the kid knew how to play cards.

You were utterly confused at that fact until Sora had kindly explained:

Soon after hearing that you quit playing cards with him altogether.

After getting ready and changing into your clothes you walked downstairs to quiet your growling stomach. Roxas was at the kitchen counter eating a plate of pancakes and eggs while reading an article in the newspaper. Cloud was sitting at a spot at the table where he could see the TV, and to your shock it wasn't playing football but rather some sort of crime mystery show.

The real shock was seeing Tifa at the stove making another plate of food, probably for you, but you guessed it couldn't have been that big of a surprise considering everyone was actually eating rather then arguing with Cloud about a pile of burned food.

You turned to find Ven, he was sitting on the couch. A plate of food was sitting on the coffee table and he held a bag of frozen peas to the side of his face.

"Morning [Name]!" Tifa cheered.

Roxas echoed her still absorbed in the paper.

"Morning Tifa. What's wrong with Ven?" You asked.

Cloud chuckled, "The idiot fell down the stairs."

"You threw a freaking bucket at my head!" Ven yelled.

He had momentarily removed the bag of peas to yell at Cloud and you could see the entire right side of his face was red.

Cloud rolled his eyes, "Details details. Turn up the TV I wanna hear who killed the doctor."

Ven lifted the remote and changed it to a baseball game.

"Ventus!" Cloud yelled.

You turned your attention to the plate of food Tifa handed you. You sat down next to where Cloud was sitting, but he had ran into the living room to argue with Ven.

"Thanks Tifa." You grinned as you began to eat.

"No problem it was my pleasure." She smiled brightly, matching the bright tone of the yellow aura around her.

"So Roxy, what'cha reading?" You asked still eating.

He looked at you, "Hm?"

"What are you reading?" You asked again.

"O-Oh it's some article about how people are complaining about the injection spot where they got that vaccine for the toxic leak or whatever."

"Really? Is it bugging you?" You asked him.

He lifted up his sleeve, there was a small red dot where the needle went into his arm still and the area around it was red but became purple as it got to the needle dot.

"Roxas!" You nearly choked on your eggs, "That looks horrible! Are you sure it isn't infected or something?!"

Tifa lifted her shirt sleeve to reveal the same thing.

"Everybody is like that. It doesn't hurt though, it just looks awful." Tifa shrugged and covered it up again. You sighed, still a little worried about it. You got up and went to the fridge to get the milk. You set it on the counter overlooking the living room and turned to get a cup.

Once you got your cup you turned around to watch the TV controller whiz by and take out the milk container.

The milk bottle hit the floor and all it's contents were poured out. The remote, after knocking over the milk, continued to fly and hit the fridge making the back pop off and causing the batteries to fly out.