Disclaimer. Squaresoft owns all these guys and places. I don't mean to infringe you guys so........ just chill, eh??? BTW warning for non YAOI fans who are hopefully reading this, the bottom half of this chapter, bordered by ***, should be avoided. It's for those who enjoy reading this type of NC-17 fic. Just a little warning. ;-p As per usual, Reader Discretion is advised, I ain't paying for your therapy.


The Longest Road.

"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."


Chapter fourteen; Home





White light.

Never ending.

A shadow flickering across his field of vision as someone walked passed provided a brief reprieve for him from the solid lily whiteness that invaded his vision. "How are you feeling commander?" Doctor Kadowaki asked.

"Should I say 'my forehead hurts', like last time?" He questioned quietly. "It is a year to the day, isn't it?"

Kadowaki smiled although Squall could not see it. "A year to the day since you gained that headwound. I didn't think you'd remember."

"I could never forget. Please get on with it doctor, it's rather excruciatingly painful to remain like this."

"Sure. I'll re-bandage them as soon as I'm done."

He sat there patiently waiting for the doctor to finish. As he felt a faint pain in his arm he asked: "what are you doing now?"

"Just going to do a blood work up commander. You haven't had your medical since before you became a SeeD and I hardly see you unless you come in to take a report or deliver some wounded student. Almost finished... Hopefully, your sight will return in a few days..."

"You don't sound very sure."

"I'm not. It all depends on the extent of the bleaching of your retinas... You'll have to keep your fingers crossed for five days..."

He closed his eyes when instructed, feeling her place the cotton pads against his eyelids. The sensation was strange, but comforting.

Hearing the sound of a door opening Squall turned his head towards it. From the sound of high heels clicking on the tiled floor he guessed who it was. "Quistis."

"I have this awful feeling of deja-vu." She sighed. "Squall, if you want some time to recover, Zell and I are prepared to take on your duties."

"No..., but I will..... need some help."

Now, that's something I never thought I'd hear you say." Quistis grinned.

"Give me a hand back to my quarters?" Squall enquired.

"Sure."



It was before six am, so the curfew for all Garden students had not ended. Even though she hadn't opened for practice yet, she had been happy to help Squall, although that wasn't what she had said when Zell had dragged her out of bed at five Balamb time.

The SeeDs who had been involved in the recovery mission had been excused from duties for twenty-four hours after Quistis and Zell had debriefed them.

All of them were exhausted. Battle weary more than anything, both physically and mentally tired from the small 'war', for want of a better word, that they had fought. Zell had entered their rooms and stripped off, taking a quick shower before collapsing still damp into the cotton sheets of a clean bed. He had not been able to sleep though, his thoughts with a certain scarred brunette downstairs.

***

Finally beginning to nod off, Zell had been awoken by the sound of their door opening and two people walking through to the bedroom. Then the other person, a woman and Quistis by the sound of her voice, whispered "bye" and left. He kept his eyes tightly shut.

A soft "thump" indicated the drop of a pair of gunbladers belts to the floor, followed by a whispered ruffling as feather soft leather jeans joined them. A few moments later he felt the mattress shift as a man sized body sat.., no knelt beside him.

Then he felt a warm hand with cold fingertips, left rough by the use of such a powerful weapon as the Gunblade, especially a fully upgraded model like the lionheart, was placed on his stomach. The coldness of the fingertips made him shiver. A murmur of pleasure sounded from his welcomed attacker. The hand moved up sensuously slowly, committing each well developed tight muscle to memory. Zell dared to open an eye. "Squall?"

"Hush."

Squall bent his head, the rough bandage grazed Zell's skin just a little, enough to make the contrast to the slickness of the hot tongue on his nipple simply sublime. The blonde gasped as palms fluttered over his neck and fingers moved in to entangle in his hair.

The bell telling students it was time for breakfast sounded. Outside, students began the customary dash for the bathrooms and showers began.

Squall moved to between Zell's parted thighs and kissed his lover as he reaced down to trace a finger along the underside of Zell's hardening warmth. With a muffled gasp, Zell shied away from Squall's invasion. "What if someone hears us?" Squall's answer was a knowing smile. Zell sighed. "Should've known."

With a job focused on danger, Squall had come to enjoy the adrenaline rush of fear. In fact, it was his biggest turn-on. Sex somewhere that they might be discovered was invigorating. Squall had even 'gone down' on him once when they had been up late one night in the quad. Squall's hand, still encompassing Zell's sex began to move slowly and deliberately, in long strokes forcing Zell nearer to his peak. He ran his other hand along the inside of the matrial artist's thigh.... Making him tremble.

"Zell..." He whispered in a sing-song voice.

Zell grabbed Squall by the scruff of the neck and bought his head up so that his lips were almost touching Squall's ear. "Squall.... Fuck me." He reached into the drawer of the table beside the bed. As his hands slid and slicked over Squall's hard length he whispered again. "Now." Squall nodded.

He pulled Zell onto his lap, slipping into the hot sheath of muscle then pausing to let the blonde adjust to the unity of their bodies. He rocked back and forth, into and out of his love, each stroke growing deeper and causing muscle to tighten around him further. His hand worked diligently to bring pleasure as well, the Greiver ring raising the sensatin to new heights within Zell. The martial artist tangled his legs around Squall.

Squall covered Zell's mouth with his free hand.

Zell's breathing quickened.

His heart raced.

Zell bucked into Squall's hand as he came and was thoroughly conquered.

Squall's thrusts gained a new urgency and Zell's lips embraced the brunette's to silence him. Raising on his knees but keeping himself within Zell, Squall finally allowed himself to lose the battle against his impending orgasm.

***

They collased on the bed together, entangled in each other's arms and were soon lost in a deep sleep.

So deep a sleep in fact, that they didn't hear the message Dr. Kadowaki left on the machine three hours later asking to come to her office the second he got the recording.

Regarding the results of his blood test.



Authors notes.

What did you YAOI fans think of the sex session? I know it was short but it's okay for my first ever attempt, right? Coming soon (oh god, writing those two words was a mistake!) what is so urgent about the results? And a shock for the whole of Garden. Probably gonna be a week away so watch out for those. Sorry if it takes that long but I got a lot of work on my plate at the mo.

Happy writing.

C Ya

Darksquall.