Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Gomen Nasai ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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You could almost see the boy's bright blue eyes as he hid in the dark closet. His father was shouting him again. The boy prayed with all his strength that the man outside the door wouldn't find him.

The boy heard the footsteps stop right outside the door. He held his breath, his eyes closed, waiting for the footsteps to be heard again. Waiting for them to walk away from the door.

His waiting was in vain. The door to the closet opened sharply, the sudden light hurt the boy's eyes as he squinted at the man. The boy tried to resist as the man grabbed hold of the boy's wrist, dragging him out of the safety of the dark closet.

The boy didn't know what he had done wrong. He always found himself running at the sound of his father's voice. The boy couldn't understand why his own father hated him so much.

The grip on his wrist got tighter as the little blonde boy pulled and pulled to get away from his father's grasp. A whimper escaped his lips, but still the hand remained around his wrist. His father all but threw the little boy in to his room, closing the door after he, himself entered the room. The boy scampered to the corner, between the small gap amid the bed and the wall. The older man loomed over him.

"Running away again boy?" The voice boomed, it sounded about ten times louder than it normally was. The boy whimpered again, wishing for the wall to swallow him up or something.

"N-no." The blonde whispered. A slap hit him across the face.

"Don't lie to me boy! You can run all you want, but you won't escape me, not even after I'm dead and buried."

"T-that's not t-true." The boy stammered. The man laughed.

"Believe me boy, it's the truth."

"Go to hell!" The boy screamed, his eyes shined with tears, but they never fell. The man grinned.

"You first." Before the boy knew it, the floor underneath him turned black. He gasped as he began to fall.

He kept falling, and falling, and falling.................

Rufus awoke with a start. Sweat dripping down the back of his neck, one leg out from under the pure white bed sheet. He brushed a hand threw his strawberry blonde hair as he looked at the other occupant of the bed. He watched Reno twitch slightly, as if he knew someone was watching him sleep. He smiled. He looks so innocent when he's sleeping... Rufus looked at the clock beside the bed. Five AM.

With a sigh, the new President of Shinra Inc arose from the warm sheets, the coldness of the air hitting his skin. He shivered a little. The little common sense that he had at this time in a morning told him to get dressed. He didn't question it. Rufus had only managed to pull on his trousers before a voice nearly startled him.

"You're up earlier."

It's only Reno, Rufus' jumpy mind told him.

"Yeah I am aren't I?" The blonde answered quietly. Reno rubbed his eyes harshly while he yawned.

"Another dream?" The Turk asked. There was no point hiding from Reno, he already knew the blonde had had another dream. Rufus, still turned away from the redhead, nodded slightly.

"He's right, I can't hide from him, even if he is dead." A pair of arms wrapped around the President's waist, a chin snuggled on his shoulder.

"It's only a dream." Reno murmured. "It can't hurt you. He can't hurt you anymore, he's gone." They were the same words Reno had told him nearly every morning for the past two weeks, since the death of his so called father. Still the same words, but still they calmed him. Reno was right, he was gone, he couldn't hurt him anymore.

"Thank you." Rufus whispered.

"No need to thank me. I only do things because I want to."

Rufus closed his eyes and smiled.

"You always say that." He said a while later.

"Huh?" A still sleepy Reno asked.

"Everytime I say thank you, you say the same thing back." Rufus elaborated. Reno chuckled.

"Guess I do." Reno pulled Rufus around so he could give him a quick kiss. He then let him go. "I'll see you tonight?"

"Sure."

"Reno, you baka! Give it back!" Elena yelled as Reno held a magazine just above his head, out of reach of the blonde woman's grasp.

"Ten ways to lose a pound in less than a week." Reno muttered reading out an article. He threw the book back at Elena. "You shouldn't be reading that shit. Lose anymore weight and you'd be a skeleton."

Elena scowled at the redhead.

"Gee, thanks."

"What?" Reno said defensively. "I meant it as a compliment."

"Sure didn't sound like one."

"Shush, shush, children." Lorne said playfully, sipping this drink. Reno grabbed a newspaper, rolled it up and whacked his brother over the head with it. Lorne rubbed his head, glaring at the younger redhead. "No candy for you later." Lorne scolded, using a tone that he would when talking to a child.

"Arsehole." Reno muttered.

"Reno, stop moving." Came the voice from near Reno's shoulder. Rufus was leaning against the Turk, his eyes half shut.

All the Turks, plus Lorne were sat in the living room of Rufus' apartment. Most of the occupants of the room were nursing a glass of alcohol, besides Elena who was sulking, reading the magazine Reno had nabbed off her earlier, and Rufus who was half asleep. His glass laid untouched on the glass coffee table.

"If you're tired go to sleep." Reno told the sleepy blonde. Rufus lifted his head up a little and rested it back down on Reno's shoulder in an effort to make himself more comfortable.

"Not going without you." He mumbled.

"Awww." Came the amused voice of Lorne, who was sat next to Reno, his legs draped over the arm of the sofa. Reno picked up the paper again.

"Don't make me." The redhead warned.

Lorne stuck his tongue out, before ripping the paper out of Reno's hands and uncurling it. He put his glass down on the table and opened up the paper to read it, sticking his tongue out a second time at his brother.

"So mature." Reno said sarcastically. "Sometimes I wonder who's the older one."

"I'd say Lorne by a little."

"Who's side are you on Rude?" The younger Turk protested.

"Neither, just stating the facts." Rude told him, pouring himself another drink.

"He's right though." Elena said smugly, still reading the magazine.

"Elena. Remind me next time we train not to go easy on you." Reno muttered.

Elena threw her magazine at him.

"What do you mean go easy on me!?" She shrieked, then a little more dubiously, "You don't go easy on me do you?"

"So paranoid." Reno laughed.

Elena huffed and dropped back in her chair. "Bastard." She muttered under her breath.

"My, my, Elena. Such bad language for such a well brought up woman."

"Piss off." She retorted, picking up the magazine and slumping in the chair, attempting to ignore anymore come backs from Reno.

"You know, sometimes I feel like I'm just babysitting a bunch of children." Said Tseng, who hadn't talked much the whole evening.

"What do you mean feels like?" Lorne asked, still reading the paper. "They are children."

"About as much as you are Lor." Reno mumbled. It was Lorne's turn to roll up the paper and whack his brother over the head with it.

"Shouldn't comment when I have the weapon." Lorne laughed.

"That hurt." Reno moaned, rubbing his head.

"Serves you right Reno." Rufus said, lifting his head off Reno's shoulder having woken up a little. He picked up his glass from the table and drank it in one go, pouring himself another one.

"Hey! You're meant to be on my side." The redhead nudged Rufus in the ribs.

"What do I get out of it?" Rufus asked teasingly.

"Well I think that's my queue to leave and throw up in a bucket." Lorne said as he rose from his position on the couch. Reno gave him a push as he stood up. Lorne turned round and gave him a smug smile. "See ya tomorrow Re."

"Yeah, whatever." Reno waved a hand behind his back at his brother while looking at Rufus. Elena dropped the magazine dramatically on the table.

"Well I'm off. Bye Re re." She said the last bit as a taunt. Reno didn't look at her, but answered back.

"Bye rookie."

Elena huffed and stormed off, shutting the door behind her. Rude shook his head and followed silently.

"You should stop taunting her like that Reno." Tseng said as he rose from his seat.

"But it's fun!" Reno whined. Tseng shook his head.

"See you tomorrow Reno, Sir." He said nodding his head at both the men in turn. With that, he left.

Reno twisted himself around so he could lay on the full length of the couch. Rufus took the hint and let Reno lay down before he laid in between his legs, his head on the redhead's chest. Reno absently played with a lock of Rufus' hair.

"We'll have to do that more often, it was amusing." Rufus murmured.

"How would you know?" Reno asked sceptically. "You were asleep for most of it."

"Not asleep, just resting my eyes. And besides, who can sleep with that racket going on in the background." Rufus closed his eyes and sunk further into the Turk's embrace. Reno chuckled.

"I try my best to make as much racket as possible."

"You don't have to try very hard." Rufus said with a smile on his face. Reno laughed and draped his arms over Rufus' shoulders.

"You wouldn't have it any other way, right?"

"Nope, nope and nope." Rufus said, locking his fingers in between Reno's own. He brought the hand up to his lips and kissed the redhead's fingers lightly. Rufus squeezed Reno's a little.

"What's wrong?" Reno asked. Rufus squeezed a little more and resumed kissing.

"Nothing. Just wanted to say I love you Reno." Rufus murmured. If Reno's mind would have worked at all after that statement, he would have realised that was the first time, after three years of being lovers, that Rufus had said them three words. Soaking in the information, Reno rested his chin on the top of the blonde's head.

"I love you too." He murmured.

One of them pointless (using the word lightly lol) chapters to make it seems less choppy and it's more for it's amusement factor (i.e. the little drinking gathering) than anything else. The next chapter is the last full one, followed by a smallish epilogue. Thankies for everyone who's kept reading the story!