Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Unrequited Desires ❯ Man You Really Freak Me Out ( Chapter 14 )
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By: white_hawk 
Non Anime: Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.12.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 8.4K | Visits: 376 | Status: Work In Progress
Non Anime: Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.12.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 8.4K | Visits: 376 | Status: Work In Progress
Unrequited Desires
Chapter 14 Man You Really Freak Me Out
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Now this had just been going on far too long, and he for one was sick of it. Yeah so Cloud had really fucked up in the whole double dating department, but now that they had completely ostracized him he wasn’t even fun to hang around anymore. All the kid did was mope, and when he wasn’t moping, he was in the training hall beating the hell out of something to relieve his frustrations. All in all…it was really a drag if you happened to be his best friend. Hell Cloud didn’t even want to drink anymore…something about never touching anything mind altering again or some shit like that.
Reno laid his head in his hands as he sat on the bleachers and watched his friend at practice. For reasons unknown Cloud had not only continued to go to Sephiroth’s advanced class, but he went to both classes he held…as if one wasn’t torture enough. The only thing he could figure is that he either really wanted to throw himself into becoming a SOLDIER, or he just wanting to attract Sephiroth’s attention. He watched Cloud duck as some huge Shinra hopeful swung a mace at his head, nearly decapitating him, and when Sephiroth didn’t so much as glance his way he would have to say that if getting his attention was his plan he was seriously failing in that area.
“Take five class.” Sephiroth’s voice boomed through the gym, and Reno watched as everyone’s faces filled with relief at the thought of getting away from such a hellish schedule, even for such a short period of time.
After having signaled him over, Cloud took a seat next to him on the benches, looking none to pleased with how his training was going. “So how are we today?” He thought he’d start out with something light, judging by his face he didn’t think Cloud would react all that well if he immediately started the conversation with ‘Do you want to go get wasted in the slums?’
Cloud buried his head in his knees, panting to catch his breath. “We are very fucking bad today. Zack still won’t talk to me, and Sephiroth…Sephiroth won’t even look at me.” He shook his head. “You know I’d kill you for doing that to me if I thought it would do any good.” See that was just not fair. Sure he had given him the acid, but when he gave it to him he didn’t know that Sephiroth was going to drop by for a visit while they were in the middle of sex. There was no way he could have known what was going to happen.
“You know what Strife?… you really need to lighten up, and I know the exact…” He was interrupted before he could finish his proposal.
“Reno I’m not going out to party with you. I’m just not in the mood.” Oh that was a surprise. That was like someone telling him that his hair was red.
He jumped to his feet, whining as he did so. “But Clo-ud we haven’t gone anywhere in nearly two weeks! It’s not all that much fun going with Rude to his poker nights yeh know.”
Slanted blue eyes looked up towards him, as if studying his details to see what he should say. “I know I’ve been a drag lately, but I can’t help it.” His eyebrows knitted together in sadness. “But fuck Reno I just lost the love of my life, and the one person who might have replaced him not only won’t talk to me, but he won’t even acknowledge my existence.”
Reno glanced up, scanning the room to see where Sephiroth had went. Surprisingly he was staring right back at them, and not only was he staring, but he was staring with narrowed eyes, as if focusing in on his prey. “Aw Cloud that’s not true…see look he’s staring at you all scarily as we speak.”
Cloud’s head immediately snapped up towards Sephiroth, but as their eyes met the General looked away, in fact he left the training hall altogether. The blond’s head fell back down in defeat. “Yeah he does give me those death glares every once in a while…but really I don’t know which one is worse.”
The redhead had to hide his smile in order to not get socked in the shoulder by Cloud. He didn’t really want to snicker at his friend’s pain, but in its own messed up way it was kind of humorous. “Well just think of it this way, now-” He had to cough into his hand to hide his laughter. “Now you can go up to him and be all ‘Man you’re really freakin me out with all that staring and shit.”
Now he had found that amusing, but apparently Cloud didn’t share his views, for he immediately went stone faced and gave him the same death glare that Sephiroth was sporting earlier. “I’m so glad you find my pain one big joke.” He pushed off of the bleachers, stalking all the way across the gym floor towards the exit. Reno shook his head…Some people could just be so oversensitive.
He ran to catch up with his friend, but Cloud seemed to be power walking just to get away from him. That was of course when he figured he had to play extra dirty. Coming at a running sprint, Reno launched himself into the air so he sprang onto the blond’s back. Cloud stumbled, but managed to keep his balance, so that the redhead was pretty much receiving a piggy back ride. “Get off!” He swung around, obviously determined to buck him off like he was a horse.
Reno held fast though, fully enjoying riding Cloud…at least in this sense. “Oh come on Strife you know it’ll work…Just go up to Sephiroth and be all…” Now this is where it really gets good, because this is where Reno bust out into a very out of tune song. “Man you really freak me out. I’m so afraid of you…” His lyrics were put on hold as Cloud slammed his back into the exit door in an attempt to get him off, but that only made him pause for a moment as they passed the threshold before he started up again. “And when I loose my cool, I don’t know what to do.” His voice rose impossibly high as he screeched down the seemingly abandoned hallway as Cloud started to spin around in circles to get him off. “I know that you don’t mean no harm. You’re just doing your thi-…” He was going to say ‘thing’ but that was before during one of Cloud’s circles the blond ran smack dab into something and sent them both crashing to the floor. The good news is that they both managed to land on something soft, or rather someone soft. The bad news is was that that something happened to have long flowing silver hair. Reno nervously stared into glowing green eyes and, without thinking, quietly finished off his lyrics. “…but man, you really freak me out.”
Well they were fucked…The both of them. Cloud had ran into Sephiroth, and all three had come tumbling down in a heap. With Reno on top, Sephiroth on bottom, and Cloud wedged in between them both. Cloud’s face was pressed into Sephiroth’s chest, blocking his view. Meaning he probably didn’t even realize who it was he was sandwiched in between yet. Though when he did he would most likely flip shit.
That before mentioned time came as soon as the blond had pushed himself up enough to see who exactly he was laying on, and yell at Reno. That yell seemed to stop half way out of his mouth, leaving his jaw to drop to the floor. “Seph-Sephiroth!” Reno sprang off of Cloud, leaving just one body left on the General, but strangely enough Cloud didn’t seem all that concerned with vacating his position.
Sephiroth seemed to realize this too, because after giving him a cold look, he responded to their positions with an equally cold voice. “Get off of me Strife.” Now up until that point Cloud had been looking rather happy, but his earlier bad mood was intensified by about ten fold.
He did leave his position atop the General’s chest, but he no longer had that air of excitement he had been sporting when he first realized who it was he had landed on. As a matter of fact he looked down right pissed. “It was an accident Sephiroth. You don’t have to give me that death look.”
Seemingly ignoring everything Cloud had just said, Sephiroth pushed himself up off the floor and began dusting off his perfectly clean clothes. “Cadet I expect you to address your superiors with some form of respect, and so I don’t want to hear just Sephiroth come out of your mouth.” He gave him the before mentioned death look. “So it will either be General Sephiroth, or Sir. Is that understood Cadet Strife?”
Reno could almost see the hair rising on the back of the blond’s neck as he practically snarled at Sephiroth’s cold indifference. “What the hell is your problem? I was half out of my mind that night and you damn well know it!”
As he said that he pushed himself to his feet so that he was staring up at the man with fierce determination. Not wanting to be the only one still on the ground, Reno to got to his feet. Sephiroth glanced his way as if debating how much he knew about, and then turned back to Cloud. “Oh of this I have no doubt, but it’s the fact that you were half sane and still did that that I can’t get over.” His eyes narrowed. “Though it doesn’t matter anyways, besides our private matters aren’t to be discussed out here in public.”
Cloud looked around to the completely abandoned hallway, and then glanced his way. “There’s no one out here Sephiroth…Well except Reno…and he’s Reno.” The redhead really didn’t know if he should be offended by that, but he chose for the greater good not to be, and continued to listen to the conversation that he probably should have never been hearing in the first place.
The strange thing was, is that Sephiroth’s whole demeanor shifted after that, and an almost half smirk come onto his face. “You really can’t take a hint can you Strife? I was only saying that to save some of your feelings. What I really wanted to say is that I can’t stand the sight of you so get away from me.”
“Damn…That’s a little harsh isn’t it.” After receiving a stern look from Sephiroth, Reno quickly added. “General Sir.” He glanced over to Cloud who looked like he had just been slapped, and was seriously debating on whether or not he should just drag the blond away from this conversation and cut their losses, but it didn’t seem like Cloud wanted to leave.
Blue eyes snapped up, and you could see them glistening even from a distance. “Do you know that Zack broke up with me?…He said pretty much the exact same thing you did, cept he was a bit nicer about it.” Cloud’s shoulders were shaking, and he seemed to be on the brink of completely losing it. “How could just one stupid night ruin my entire life?…I just made one fucking mistake!” Tears actually did fall this time. “And I’m sorry about…I’m so sorry!”
At that Cloud’s head slumped so that you couldn’t even see his face through his mess of blond spikes, but his features were once more shown when Sephiroth walked over and lifted up his chin. “You need to learn that sometimes sorry doesn’t cut it Strife. You screwed up, and now you’re paying for it. That’s just what life is.”
In a bold move, Cloud actually slapped Sephiroth’s hand off of his chin, and returned to his glaring state. “You’re a son of a bitch! How could I have ever thought I gave a damn about you, or you gave a damn about me for that matter.” His jaw clenched so that he had to say the next part through gritted teeth. “You deserve to be alone Sephiroth, and I guarantee you’ll die alone!” Strangely enough this statement seemed to seriously affect Sephiroth’s features, but Cloud didn’t stick around long enough to comfort his pain. In fact he just grabbed Reno’s hand and pulled him away, not caring that he had just burst the General of Shinra’s happy little bubble.
Reno laid his head in his hands as he sat on the bleachers and watched his friend at practice. For reasons unknown Cloud had not only continued to go to Sephiroth’s advanced class, but he went to both classes he held…as if one wasn’t torture enough. The only thing he could figure is that he either really wanted to throw himself into becoming a SOLDIER, or he just wanting to attract Sephiroth’s attention. He watched Cloud duck as some huge Shinra hopeful swung a mace at his head, nearly decapitating him, and when Sephiroth didn’t so much as glance his way he would have to say that if getting his attention was his plan he was seriously failing in that area.
“Take five class.” Sephiroth’s voice boomed through the gym, and Reno watched as everyone’s faces filled with relief at the thought of getting away from such a hellish schedule, even for such a short period of time.
After having signaled him over, Cloud took a seat next to him on the benches, looking none to pleased with how his training was going. “So how are we today?” He thought he’d start out with something light, judging by his face he didn’t think Cloud would react all that well if he immediately started the conversation with ‘Do you want to go get wasted in the slums?’
Cloud buried his head in his knees, panting to catch his breath. “We are very fucking bad today. Zack still won’t talk to me, and Sephiroth…Sephiroth won’t even look at me.” He shook his head. “You know I’d kill you for doing that to me if I thought it would do any good.” See that was just not fair. Sure he had given him the acid, but when he gave it to him he didn’t know that Sephiroth was going to drop by for a visit while they were in the middle of sex. There was no way he could have known what was going to happen.
“You know what Strife?… you really need to lighten up, and I know the exact…” He was interrupted before he could finish his proposal.
“Reno I’m not going out to party with you. I’m just not in the mood.” Oh that was a surprise. That was like someone telling him that his hair was red.
He jumped to his feet, whining as he did so. “But Clo-ud we haven’t gone anywhere in nearly two weeks! It’s not all that much fun going with Rude to his poker nights yeh know.”
Slanted blue eyes looked up towards him, as if studying his details to see what he should say. “I know I’ve been a drag lately, but I can’t help it.” His eyebrows knitted together in sadness. “But fuck Reno I just lost the love of my life, and the one person who might have replaced him not only won’t talk to me, but he won’t even acknowledge my existence.”
Reno glanced up, scanning the room to see where Sephiroth had went. Surprisingly he was staring right back at them, and not only was he staring, but he was staring with narrowed eyes, as if focusing in on his prey. “Aw Cloud that’s not true…see look he’s staring at you all scarily as we speak.”
Cloud’s head immediately snapped up towards Sephiroth, but as their eyes met the General looked away, in fact he left the training hall altogether. The blond’s head fell back down in defeat. “Yeah he does give me those death glares every once in a while…but really I don’t know which one is worse.”
The redhead had to hide his smile in order to not get socked in the shoulder by Cloud. He didn’t really want to snicker at his friend’s pain, but in its own messed up way it was kind of humorous. “Well just think of it this way, now-” He had to cough into his hand to hide his laughter. “Now you can go up to him and be all ‘Man you’re really freakin me out with all that staring and shit.”
Now he had found that amusing, but apparently Cloud didn’t share his views, for he immediately went stone faced and gave him the same death glare that Sephiroth was sporting earlier. “I’m so glad you find my pain one big joke.” He pushed off of the bleachers, stalking all the way across the gym floor towards the exit. Reno shook his head…Some people could just be so oversensitive.
He ran to catch up with his friend, but Cloud seemed to be power walking just to get away from him. That was of course when he figured he had to play extra dirty. Coming at a running sprint, Reno launched himself into the air so he sprang onto the blond’s back. Cloud stumbled, but managed to keep his balance, so that the redhead was pretty much receiving a piggy back ride. “Get off!” He swung around, obviously determined to buck him off like he was a horse.
Reno held fast though, fully enjoying riding Cloud…at least in this sense. “Oh come on Strife you know it’ll work…Just go up to Sephiroth and be all…” Now this is where it really gets good, because this is where Reno bust out into a very out of tune song. “Man you really freak me out. I’m so afraid of you…” His lyrics were put on hold as Cloud slammed his back into the exit door in an attempt to get him off, but that only made him pause for a moment as they passed the threshold before he started up again. “And when I loose my cool, I don’t know what to do.” His voice rose impossibly high as he screeched down the seemingly abandoned hallway as Cloud started to spin around in circles to get him off. “I know that you don’t mean no harm. You’re just doing your thi-…” He was going to say ‘thing’ but that was before during one of Cloud’s circles the blond ran smack dab into something and sent them both crashing to the floor. The good news is that they both managed to land on something soft, or rather someone soft. The bad news is was that that something happened to have long flowing silver hair. Reno nervously stared into glowing green eyes and, without thinking, quietly finished off his lyrics. “…but man, you really freak me out.”
Well they were fucked…The both of them. Cloud had ran into Sephiroth, and all three had come tumbling down in a heap. With Reno on top, Sephiroth on bottom, and Cloud wedged in between them both. Cloud’s face was pressed into Sephiroth’s chest, blocking his view. Meaning he probably didn’t even realize who it was he was sandwiched in between yet. Though when he did he would most likely flip shit.
That before mentioned time came as soon as the blond had pushed himself up enough to see who exactly he was laying on, and yell at Reno. That yell seemed to stop half way out of his mouth, leaving his jaw to drop to the floor. “Seph-Sephiroth!” Reno sprang off of Cloud, leaving just one body left on the General, but strangely enough Cloud didn’t seem all that concerned with vacating his position.
Sephiroth seemed to realize this too, because after giving him a cold look, he responded to their positions with an equally cold voice. “Get off of me Strife.” Now up until that point Cloud had been looking rather happy, but his earlier bad mood was intensified by about ten fold.
He did leave his position atop the General’s chest, but he no longer had that air of excitement he had been sporting when he first realized who it was he had landed on. As a matter of fact he looked down right pissed. “It was an accident Sephiroth. You don’t have to give me that death look.”
Seemingly ignoring everything Cloud had just said, Sephiroth pushed himself up off the floor and began dusting off his perfectly clean clothes. “Cadet I expect you to address your superiors with some form of respect, and so I don’t want to hear just Sephiroth come out of your mouth.” He gave him the before mentioned death look. “So it will either be General Sephiroth, or Sir. Is that understood Cadet Strife?”
Reno could almost see the hair rising on the back of the blond’s neck as he practically snarled at Sephiroth’s cold indifference. “What the hell is your problem? I was half out of my mind that night and you damn well know it!”
As he said that he pushed himself to his feet so that he was staring up at the man with fierce determination. Not wanting to be the only one still on the ground, Reno to got to his feet. Sephiroth glanced his way as if debating how much he knew about, and then turned back to Cloud. “Oh of this I have no doubt, but it’s the fact that you were half sane and still did that that I can’t get over.” His eyes narrowed. “Though it doesn’t matter anyways, besides our private matters aren’t to be discussed out here in public.”
Cloud looked around to the completely abandoned hallway, and then glanced his way. “There’s no one out here Sephiroth…Well except Reno…and he’s Reno.” The redhead really didn’t know if he should be offended by that, but he chose for the greater good not to be, and continued to listen to the conversation that he probably should have never been hearing in the first place.
The strange thing was, is that Sephiroth’s whole demeanor shifted after that, and an almost half smirk come onto his face. “You really can’t take a hint can you Strife? I was only saying that to save some of your feelings. What I really wanted to say is that I can’t stand the sight of you so get away from me.”
“Damn…That’s a little harsh isn’t it.” After receiving a stern look from Sephiroth, Reno quickly added. “General Sir.” He glanced over to Cloud who looked like he had just been slapped, and was seriously debating on whether or not he should just drag the blond away from this conversation and cut their losses, but it didn’t seem like Cloud wanted to leave.
Blue eyes snapped up, and you could see them glistening even from a distance. “Do you know that Zack broke up with me?…He said pretty much the exact same thing you did, cept he was a bit nicer about it.” Cloud’s shoulders were shaking, and he seemed to be on the brink of completely losing it. “How could just one stupid night ruin my entire life?…I just made one fucking mistake!” Tears actually did fall this time. “And I’m sorry about…I’m so sorry!”
At that Cloud’s head slumped so that you couldn’t even see his face through his mess of blond spikes, but his features were once more shown when Sephiroth walked over and lifted up his chin. “You need to learn that sometimes sorry doesn’t cut it Strife. You screwed up, and now you’re paying for it. That’s just what life is.”
In a bold move, Cloud actually slapped Sephiroth’s hand off of his chin, and returned to his glaring state. “You’re a son of a bitch! How could I have ever thought I gave a damn about you, or you gave a damn about me for that matter.” His jaw clenched so that he had to say the next part through gritted teeth. “You deserve to be alone Sephiroth, and I guarantee you’ll die alone!” Strangely enough this statement seemed to seriously affect Sephiroth’s features, but Cloud didn’t stick around long enough to comfort his pain. In fact he just grabbed Reno’s hand and pulled him away, not caring that he had just burst the General of Shinra’s happy little bubble.
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Reno scrunched up his nose as a very foul smelling something was brushed against it. He wasn’t even sure if he wanted to know what was lying on his face, but having no choice in the matter, the redhead reluctantly cracked an eye open. As soon as he did though he gasped in disgust and flung what looked to be a crusty yellow old sock that was placed in his half open mouth.
His fingernails dug into his tongue as he tried to scrape of every trace of the gross sock being inside his mouth. As he was doing so, however, he couldn’t help but notice the person that seemed to be having a fit of laughter in the corner.
“Damn Cloud, you’re such a bastard.” This didn’t get the blond to stop laughing, but it did get him to point now while laughing.
“Oh god that had to be so nasty…I found the sock behind Cid’s trashcan.” He had to pause in between laughs. “And trust me if Cid threw it away then it must have been awful.”
As he continued to glare, Reno took the opportunity to give Cloud a good one over. He was dressed in loose fitting black pants and a black t-shirt with a three quarter length shirt underneath it. His outfit was accompanied by black army boots, and leather gauntlets on each wrist. The redhead’s eyebrow rose at his choice of attire. “Aren’t those my clothes?” He would have yelled at him further for the whole sock incident, but Cloud seemed legitimately happy, so who was he to bring down his good mood?
Cloud glanced down at himself, and then shrugged. He seemed to be completely unashamed that he had just taken his clothes without so much as asking. “Yeah…I needed some, and me and Aeris don’t really have the same tastes.”
“Oh I don’t know buddy boy…If I remember correctly you looked damn sexy in a dress.” Blue eyes narrowed as the memory obviously came back to him.
“Tell me Reno did you enjoy drugging all of your friends and dressing them up in drag, or was I just special?” With a smirk, the redhead slinked out of the bed, and made his way over to his dresser that was pressed in the corner of his room in the airship.
Flinging open the drawers, Reno rummaged through all of his stuff until he found a pair of camo pants and a black hoody. “Are you kidding me Cloud, it’s one of my favorite pastimes.” Cloud gave him a skeptical look, and so he added. “No kidding…They got warning signs all over Midgar and everything.” He hands spread out in front of himself to illustrate his point. “You should see them they got this really gang banging picture of me on em, and there all ‘Will drug and cross-dress you if you’re not careful.’ Some of them even warn about possible molestation, but that’s only if I really like the person.” He winked at the blond, and began to pull on his clothes. To his joy he heard Cloud chuckle, but then he seemed to realize that he had just chuckled at his joke, and so tried to then hide it with a cough.
Turning to the mirror, he ruffled up his semi-greasy hair, wincing as he did so. “Fuck, I would kill for a shower.” He hadn’t been to really relax since he had last been at Rufus’s, and being stuck on an airship really did nothing for his physical appearance, or his personal hygiene.
Cloud sunk onto his bed, still obviously mildly disgusted with himself for laughing at his ‘enemy’s’ joke. “You’re in luck Turk…We just landed in Kalm for supplies.”
A smile came to his face. “Thank the Goddess. I’m so not meant for this kind of travel.” He took a seat by the blond, glad that when he did Cloud didn’t move away.
“What’s the matter, don’t like flying?” He rubbed at his still sleep clouded eyes, smiling while doing so.
“Well there’s that, and the fact that this hunk of metal doesn’t have a drop of alcohol on it.” Cloud scoffed at that.
“Damn you’re a drunkard Reno…always have been. Though a drink doesn’t sound that bad right now.” Reno nodded to that, daydreaming about getting his hands on a nice bottle of scotch.
“No…no it doesn’t.” He couldn’t say anymore, because at that moment the his PHS sitting over on the dresser rang, and without thinking, he sprang to answer it. Of course after he had already said “Hello” he realized the possible repercussions from such an act. It had just occurred to him that only Shinra higher ups no his number, and this whole mission with Cloud was supposed to be secret. No one was to know where they were, or how to get a hold of them for that matter.
‘You know I was starting to consider putting your file in the MIA pile.’ He immediately began to relax once he heard the cool talking voice of the President of Shinra on the other line.
“Yeah, well you know me…I take the whole secrecy thing to a whole new level. Not even my bosses know where I am.”
‘Oh yes I know, you’re a very dedicated employee, and employee that’s about to get his ass fired if he doesn’t check in some time soon.’ Rufus’s voice was still playful, but there was a definite warning tone in it.
“But I thought that Shinra didn’t fire their Turk elites.” At the word Shinra, Cloud stiffened remarkably next to him, and he tried to make him see through just his facial features that he was in no danger.
Rufus was quiet for a time on the other end, before he responded. ‘Oh that’s right. We’ll just have to give you a nice early retirement.’ Reno couldn’t help it, he gulped at that, and a shudder raked his spine. Retirement from the Turks meant only one thing. You would meet with a most unfortunate ‘accident’ where they couldn’t even identify you with your dental records.
“You know Mr. President you really are a vicious bastard, let me tell you what.” He glanced over at Cloud, and suddenly an idea popped into his head. “How would you like to have a drink with me and an old friend…I can give you my report then.”
He looked over to the now considerably paler blond and gave him a smirk and a thumbs up as he waited for Rufus’s response. ‘What old friend?’
“It’s a surprise.” Now he couldn’t be sure, but he thought he heard a groan on the other end of the receiver.
‘You found him then?’ Now not to say that he wasn’t a little relieved that he didn’t have to explain Cloud’s presence to his boss, but that did take away a lot of the fun over surprising him. But it’s not like it could be helped. Rufus was always too clever for his own good.
“Yeah…He’s sittin right beside me. Wanna talk to him? I know that he’d just lo-ve to talk to you.” Cloud glared at him, and looked like he was about to punch him just at the very thought of having to talk to Rufus Shinra.
Fortunately they didn’t to worry about that, because Rufus coldly responded on that matter. ‘I’ll pass. What of Sephiroth?’ Reno glanced nervously at Cloud to see if he had heard the name, but he was staring off into space at the moment, so he figured he hadn’t. That didn’t mean though that he by any means wanted to have this conversation anywhere near the blond.
“Well you’ll just have to hear all about that lovely tale when you get to the hotel in Kalm.” Reno raised an eyebrow at the sharp intake of breath he heard on the other end, and after a moment Rufus’s much more shaky voice came back on the phone.
‘Why would I…mmm…Why would I go to the…” His breath was coming out in heavy pants. “the hotel in Kalm?’ Now he couldn’t be sure, but he could have sworn he heard Rufus issue the command ‘faster’ under his breath.
“Rufus what the hell are you doing over there?” He almost broke out in laughter when he actually heard Rufus cry out.
‘Fuck woman, less teeth!’ This time he actually did start laughing, and it seemed to occur to the President that he had said the last part into the receiver. ‘Reno hold on…mmm…hold on a sec.’
With a grin he turned to Cloud. “Can you believe this asshole?…He’s getting sucked off while on the phone with me.” That definitely seemed to snap the blond out of his daydream, for he looked up startled.
“Surely you jest.” A movie Reno had watched once came back to his mind, and he just couldn’t let the quote go.
“I never jest.” His grin widened. “And don’t call me Shirley.” This actually got Cloud to smile as well. That is of course before he realized he was showing any other emotion than really pissed off, and his smile quickly faded.
Reno held the PHS out so that Cloud could also hear the barrage of moans that had been assaulting his ear. “That’s just disgusting.” The blond sounded repulsed, but Reno was staring at the receiver longingly.
“I know…He’s so lucky.” Cloud just slowly shook his head at that.
“You know that’s probably like some cheep whore that’s doing that.” Reno nodded enviously. “And you’re so desperate for someone to go down on you that you would accept from someone like that?”
“Well I don’t really have much of a choice, now do I?” He turned to Cloud, and suggestively waggled his eyebrows. “That is unless you’re offering of course.” The sad part is that he was only half kidding.
“Dream on Turk.” Cloud was now leering at him, and he realized he might have gone a little too far with that last comment.
He was about to say something to make him a bit more cheerful, but Rufus’s, now much huskier, voice came back on the line. ‘Reno, you still there?’
Now seriously, that man had a lot of audacity. How could he have just put him on hold to finish his blow job, and then act so nonchalantly about it the next minute? “Yes Princess I’m still here…Did you ever bother to think that maybe I wouldn’t want to hear you getting your kicks?”
‘Oh but that’s why I did it.’ Reno actually sneered at the phone, as if there was any possible way that Rufus would see his look. ‘Don’t worry Kisaragi, I was thinking about you the whole time.’
“Well that’s comforting. Now are you coming or not?” Rufus snickered on the other end.
‘And here I thought I already came.’ He couldn’t be mad about that, because really, he had walked right into that one. Rufus stopped laughing on the other end, and gave a curt. ‘I’ll be there in a half hour.’ Before promptly hanging up the PHS.
Reno too hang up on his end, and turned to the curious blond. “You’re in luck Strife, we’re gonna go out drinkin with my of my closest friends.” Here he was offering him a chance to get off the ship and go out drinking, and Cloud didn’t seem in the least bit amused.
“With Rufus Shinra?” Reno got up from the bed and walked over to the door, noticing absentmindedly how Cloud wasn’t following.
So maybe having drinks with Rufus wasn’t the best idea, but he hadn’t seen his boss in a while, and he didn’t really fancy becoming the newest member on the Turk’s ‘retired’ list. Plus he had to admit that the blond aristocrat did have a kind of charm about him. Not to mention that the kid knew how to party like it was going out of style. Sure he had became President, but that didn’t mean that he still wasn’t completely irresponsible at times.
“Well yeah, I kinda have to.” Not really knowing why, but not being able to help himself, Reno then went into a complete spill of defending the President of Shinra. “And you really gotta lighten up Cloud, because he’s not that bad of a guy. Really he’s the only guy that can drink as much as me and still not be really all that drunk. Anyways you said you wanted a drink, and here I am offering.”
Cloud sat there stone faced, and after a time finally responded. “With Rufus Shinra?”
Reno’s face lost his smile. “Psshh…Is that all you can say?” A sneaky thought entered his mind. A thought he knew would make the blond comply. “If you don’t want to go I can always leave you here. I’m sure you and Zack can have a nice little chat like you had yesterday.”
That immediately got the blond to jump up, and nod his head. “Fine. I’ll go drinking with that stooge. Can we go now?”
“Eager much?” His tongue stuck out playfully. “And here I thought being around Zack was one of your favorite pastimes.”
Blue eyes rolled. “I’d rather have my mouth full of shotgun with my finger on the trigger.” Reno raised his hands in mock surrender.
“Calm down killer, we can go. I just have to make one stop first.” He turned his back to the blond, and quickly began to walk down the hall. He really didn’t want to answer the question he knew was coming.
“Where do you have to go first?” He stopped in his tracks, and abashedly looked back at Cloud.
“Well you see the thing is I can’t really take you unless I get permission from Zack.” Cloud gave him a look that said just one thing. ‘I hate you.’ Though it might have said two things, because he was getting the distinct impression that the look was also telling him that he wished he burned in hell. “Don’t look at me like that. I can’t help it. He’ll cauterize me if I just take you without telling him.”
The look didn’t dissipate. “He’s not my keeper Turk.” Not that he didn’t already anticipate such a response, but it still didn’t aggravate him any less. Of all the people that hate Zack, he was damn sure on top of that list, and even he was starting to feel sympathy for him. What was wrong with Cloud that he was so cold towards someone he was only trying to help? How could he possibly still love Sephiroth after everything he had done?
“Why don’t you just stay here and mope, while I go ask his majesty if I can take you.” He didn’t wait for a response. Instead he opted to just stalk the rest of the way down the hall towards Zack’s room.
In all actuality he didn’t know why he was so upset, but that didn’t change the fact that he was fuming with anger. Cloud hadn’t really said anything that bad, but it was just how he was acting. How in the world could he act like what Zack had done was such a sin, and then just shrug off Sephiroth’s injustices as if they were nothing? How could he not even seem upset by the fact that the bastard had killed two of his close friends, not to mention completely destroyed his village? He didn’t even seem like the same person as he was when they were friends, and yet he still cared for him. Cloud was really the only true friend he had ever had, and he cherished those couple of years they had to bask in that friendship.
His footsteps stopped outside of Zack’s door, and he hesitated a moment before knocking. He, along with the rest of the ship, had been privileged to hearing the two of theirs screaming match from the night before. They had both said some incriminating things, but Cloud’s statements had been exceptionally hurtful. That had been one of the main reasons he wanted to drag the blond away from here for the day…for Zack’s sake. Damn, that sounded weird when you thought about it. He hated Zack, and yet he cared more for his well being at the moment than he did his best friend.
Reno’s hand came up to rap on the door, and after about three knocks heard a muffled “Come in.” from the other side of the door. Cautiously he slid open the door, and was met with quite a pitiful sight on the other side.
Zack was lying on his back on the cot in the corner, just staring lifelessly up at the ceiling. That jovial glint that was normally in his golden eyes was now almost completely gone. He seemed almost a shell of his formal self. Their were heavy bags under each of his eyes, giving good inclination that he hadn’t slept yet, and if he did it definitely wasn’t very restful sleep.
“Zack man, I don’t wanna be the one to tell you this, but you look like shit.” Alright so that was a lie. He had most certainly wanted to be the one to tell him that. Just because he felt sorry for him, didn’t mean that he liked him or anything.
Spiky black hair shifted on the bed, and amber eyes peered out from behind those tresses. “Why thank you for the compliment. I really don’t think I could have gone a day without hearing something so nice coming from that talented mouth of yours.”
Reno smirked, and walked further into the room. He even went so far as to slump down on the cot with Zack, feeling the mattress sink under his weight. “What can I say…I aim to please.” Knowing that there was no time like the present, the redhead immediately got to the point. “Listen I’m gonna take Cloud into the city and get him drunk. I’ll bring him back tomorrow morning in hopefully better spirits.”
He shut his eyes then, waiting for the barrage of objections that were no doubt to come. “Fine. He could use a night out.” Reno’s eyes snapped open at that. What the hell? Had Zack really agreed to that so easily?
“You-You’re just gonna let me take him?” He stammered. In truth he was stunned that Zack had given in so easily. He had thought it would take much more to convince the ex-SOLDIER why getting hammered would be good for the blond.
Zack smiled from under the hair that was falling in front of his face. “Sure Turk. Just don’t let him get sick or anything.” Even though he was hearing it, his brain still wouldn’t register that he was getting off so easily.
“For real?” With a groan, Zack sat up on his cot, and gave him another smile. Although Reno couldn’t be too sure if it was a legitimate one of not, because it didn’t quite meet his eyes.
“For real, for real.” Reno’s face screwed up in confusion, and he was seriously debating whether or not he should just smile and nod and be done with this whole ordeal. In the end though his confusion won out.
“Err…Why?” This time the smile actually faded from Zack’s face, only to be replaced by a look of utter discontent. It was then that Reno knew he should never of opened his mouth, because not he was going to have to be the one to hear the man’s spill on why his life is so terrible…as if comforting Cloud wasn’t bad enough.
“What else am I supposed to do?…Band him from leaving?…Tell him that he has to everything I say?…” Zack’s head fell down so that you could no longer even see his eyes. “How do you make a person who can’t stand you fall in love with you in a week?”
What do you say to something like that? Reno tapped his foot absentmindedly on the ground. He had never been good at the whole consoling thing. “He doesn’t hate you Zack…He’s just confused right now…Confused, and scared out of his mind.” He was debating on whether or not to say the next part, but he settled on the fact that Zack needed to hear it. “And he…and he…”
“Still loves Sephiroth.” Reno’s mouth shut and he looked away as Zack dejectly finished what he had been about to say.
This was just too much, and all he wanted to accomplish out of the day was to get totally plastered. “Well yeah…You just gotta give him time.” Zack mutely nodded, and went back to lying on his cot. Reno’s hand came out to pat him comfortably on the knee, but then he figured that was just way too much affection to show for someone you could hardly stand, and so it went back to his side as he got up. “I’ll try to bring him back to you in a much happier mood.” Zack once again nodded, and waved him away. The redhead took this as a cue to leave, and shut the door on the way out. Oh, he was definitely going to enjoy this night of heavy drinking…even if it killed him to do so.
His fingernails dug into his tongue as he tried to scrape of every trace of the gross sock being inside his mouth. As he was doing so, however, he couldn’t help but notice the person that seemed to be having a fit of laughter in the corner.
“Damn Cloud, you’re such a bastard.” This didn’t get the blond to stop laughing, but it did get him to point now while laughing.
“Oh god that had to be so nasty…I found the sock behind Cid’s trashcan.” He had to pause in between laughs. “And trust me if Cid threw it away then it must have been awful.”
As he continued to glare, Reno took the opportunity to give Cloud a good one over. He was dressed in loose fitting black pants and a black t-shirt with a three quarter length shirt underneath it. His outfit was accompanied by black army boots, and leather gauntlets on each wrist. The redhead’s eyebrow rose at his choice of attire. “Aren’t those my clothes?” He would have yelled at him further for the whole sock incident, but Cloud seemed legitimately happy, so who was he to bring down his good mood?
Cloud glanced down at himself, and then shrugged. He seemed to be completely unashamed that he had just taken his clothes without so much as asking. “Yeah…I needed some, and me and Aeris don’t really have the same tastes.”
“Oh I don’t know buddy boy…If I remember correctly you looked damn sexy in a dress.” Blue eyes narrowed as the memory obviously came back to him.
“Tell me Reno did you enjoy drugging all of your friends and dressing them up in drag, or was I just special?” With a smirk, the redhead slinked out of the bed, and made his way over to his dresser that was pressed in the corner of his room in the airship.
Flinging open the drawers, Reno rummaged through all of his stuff until he found a pair of camo pants and a black hoody. “Are you kidding me Cloud, it’s one of my favorite pastimes.” Cloud gave him a skeptical look, and so he added. “No kidding…They got warning signs all over Midgar and everything.” He hands spread out in front of himself to illustrate his point. “You should see them they got this really gang banging picture of me on em, and there all ‘Will drug and cross-dress you if you’re not careful.’ Some of them even warn about possible molestation, but that’s only if I really like the person.” He winked at the blond, and began to pull on his clothes. To his joy he heard Cloud chuckle, but then he seemed to realize that he had just chuckled at his joke, and so tried to then hide it with a cough.
Turning to the mirror, he ruffled up his semi-greasy hair, wincing as he did so. “Fuck, I would kill for a shower.” He hadn’t been to really relax since he had last been at Rufus’s, and being stuck on an airship really did nothing for his physical appearance, or his personal hygiene.
Cloud sunk onto his bed, still obviously mildly disgusted with himself for laughing at his ‘enemy’s’ joke. “You’re in luck Turk…We just landed in Kalm for supplies.”
A smile came to his face. “Thank the Goddess. I’m so not meant for this kind of travel.” He took a seat by the blond, glad that when he did Cloud didn’t move away.
“What’s the matter, don’t like flying?” He rubbed at his still sleep clouded eyes, smiling while doing so.
“Well there’s that, and the fact that this hunk of metal doesn’t have a drop of alcohol on it.” Cloud scoffed at that.
“Damn you’re a drunkard Reno…always have been. Though a drink doesn’t sound that bad right now.” Reno nodded to that, daydreaming about getting his hands on a nice bottle of scotch.
“No…no it doesn’t.” He couldn’t say anymore, because at that moment the his PHS sitting over on the dresser rang, and without thinking, he sprang to answer it. Of course after he had already said “Hello” he realized the possible repercussions from such an act. It had just occurred to him that only Shinra higher ups no his number, and this whole mission with Cloud was supposed to be secret. No one was to know where they were, or how to get a hold of them for that matter.
‘You know I was starting to consider putting your file in the MIA pile.’ He immediately began to relax once he heard the cool talking voice of the President of Shinra on the other line.
“Yeah, well you know me…I take the whole secrecy thing to a whole new level. Not even my bosses know where I am.”
‘Oh yes I know, you’re a very dedicated employee, and employee that’s about to get his ass fired if he doesn’t check in some time soon.’ Rufus’s voice was still playful, but there was a definite warning tone in it.
“But I thought that Shinra didn’t fire their Turk elites.” At the word Shinra, Cloud stiffened remarkably next to him, and he tried to make him see through just his facial features that he was in no danger.
Rufus was quiet for a time on the other end, before he responded. ‘Oh that’s right. We’ll just have to give you a nice early retirement.’ Reno couldn’t help it, he gulped at that, and a shudder raked his spine. Retirement from the Turks meant only one thing. You would meet with a most unfortunate ‘accident’ where they couldn’t even identify you with your dental records.
“You know Mr. President you really are a vicious bastard, let me tell you what.” He glanced over at Cloud, and suddenly an idea popped into his head. “How would you like to have a drink with me and an old friend…I can give you my report then.”
He looked over to the now considerably paler blond and gave him a smirk and a thumbs up as he waited for Rufus’s response. ‘What old friend?’
“It’s a surprise.” Now he couldn’t be sure, but he thought he heard a groan on the other end of the receiver.
‘You found him then?’ Now not to say that he wasn’t a little relieved that he didn’t have to explain Cloud’s presence to his boss, but that did take away a lot of the fun over surprising him. But it’s not like it could be helped. Rufus was always too clever for his own good.
“Yeah…He’s sittin right beside me. Wanna talk to him? I know that he’d just lo-ve to talk to you.” Cloud glared at him, and looked like he was about to punch him just at the very thought of having to talk to Rufus Shinra.
Fortunately they didn’t to worry about that, because Rufus coldly responded on that matter. ‘I’ll pass. What of Sephiroth?’ Reno glanced nervously at Cloud to see if he had heard the name, but he was staring off into space at the moment, so he figured he hadn’t. That didn’t mean though that he by any means wanted to have this conversation anywhere near the blond.
“Well you’ll just have to hear all about that lovely tale when you get to the hotel in Kalm.” Reno raised an eyebrow at the sharp intake of breath he heard on the other end, and after a moment Rufus’s much more shaky voice came back on the phone.
‘Why would I…mmm…Why would I go to the…” His breath was coming out in heavy pants. “the hotel in Kalm?’ Now he couldn’t be sure, but he could have sworn he heard Rufus issue the command ‘faster’ under his breath.
“Rufus what the hell are you doing over there?” He almost broke out in laughter when he actually heard Rufus cry out.
‘Fuck woman, less teeth!’ This time he actually did start laughing, and it seemed to occur to the President that he had said the last part into the receiver. ‘Reno hold on…mmm…hold on a sec.’
With a grin he turned to Cloud. “Can you believe this asshole?…He’s getting sucked off while on the phone with me.” That definitely seemed to snap the blond out of his daydream, for he looked up startled.
“Surely you jest.” A movie Reno had watched once came back to his mind, and he just couldn’t let the quote go.
“I never jest.” His grin widened. “And don’t call me Shirley.” This actually got Cloud to smile as well. That is of course before he realized he was showing any other emotion than really pissed off, and his smile quickly faded.
Reno held the PHS out so that Cloud could also hear the barrage of moans that had been assaulting his ear. “That’s just disgusting.” The blond sounded repulsed, but Reno was staring at the receiver longingly.
“I know…He’s so lucky.” Cloud just slowly shook his head at that.
“You know that’s probably like some cheep whore that’s doing that.” Reno nodded enviously. “And you’re so desperate for someone to go down on you that you would accept from someone like that?”
“Well I don’t really have much of a choice, now do I?” He turned to Cloud, and suggestively waggled his eyebrows. “That is unless you’re offering of course.” The sad part is that he was only half kidding.
“Dream on Turk.” Cloud was now leering at him, and he realized he might have gone a little too far with that last comment.
He was about to say something to make him a bit more cheerful, but Rufus’s, now much huskier, voice came back on the line. ‘Reno, you still there?’
Now seriously, that man had a lot of audacity. How could he have just put him on hold to finish his blow job, and then act so nonchalantly about it the next minute? “Yes Princess I’m still here…Did you ever bother to think that maybe I wouldn’t want to hear you getting your kicks?”
‘Oh but that’s why I did it.’ Reno actually sneered at the phone, as if there was any possible way that Rufus would see his look. ‘Don’t worry Kisaragi, I was thinking about you the whole time.’
“Well that’s comforting. Now are you coming or not?” Rufus snickered on the other end.
‘And here I thought I already came.’ He couldn’t be mad about that, because really, he had walked right into that one. Rufus stopped laughing on the other end, and gave a curt. ‘I’ll be there in a half hour.’ Before promptly hanging up the PHS.
Reno too hang up on his end, and turned to the curious blond. “You’re in luck Strife, we’re gonna go out drinkin with my of my closest friends.” Here he was offering him a chance to get off the ship and go out drinking, and Cloud didn’t seem in the least bit amused.
“With Rufus Shinra?” Reno got up from the bed and walked over to the door, noticing absentmindedly how Cloud wasn’t following.
So maybe having drinks with Rufus wasn’t the best idea, but he hadn’t seen his boss in a while, and he didn’t really fancy becoming the newest member on the Turk’s ‘retired’ list. Plus he had to admit that the blond aristocrat did have a kind of charm about him. Not to mention that the kid knew how to party like it was going out of style. Sure he had became President, but that didn’t mean that he still wasn’t completely irresponsible at times.
“Well yeah, I kinda have to.” Not really knowing why, but not being able to help himself, Reno then went into a complete spill of defending the President of Shinra. “And you really gotta lighten up Cloud, because he’s not that bad of a guy. Really he’s the only guy that can drink as much as me and still not be really all that drunk. Anyways you said you wanted a drink, and here I am offering.”
Cloud sat there stone faced, and after a time finally responded. “With Rufus Shinra?”
Reno’s face lost his smile. “Psshh…Is that all you can say?” A sneaky thought entered his mind. A thought he knew would make the blond comply. “If you don’t want to go I can always leave you here. I’m sure you and Zack can have a nice little chat like you had yesterday.”
That immediately got the blond to jump up, and nod his head. “Fine. I’ll go drinking with that stooge. Can we go now?”
“Eager much?” His tongue stuck out playfully. “And here I thought being around Zack was one of your favorite pastimes.”
Blue eyes rolled. “I’d rather have my mouth full of shotgun with my finger on the trigger.” Reno raised his hands in mock surrender.
“Calm down killer, we can go. I just have to make one stop first.” He turned his back to the blond, and quickly began to walk down the hall. He really didn’t want to answer the question he knew was coming.
“Where do you have to go first?” He stopped in his tracks, and abashedly looked back at Cloud.
“Well you see the thing is I can’t really take you unless I get permission from Zack.” Cloud gave him a look that said just one thing. ‘I hate you.’ Though it might have said two things, because he was getting the distinct impression that the look was also telling him that he wished he burned in hell. “Don’t look at me like that. I can’t help it. He’ll cauterize me if I just take you without telling him.”
The look didn’t dissipate. “He’s not my keeper Turk.” Not that he didn’t already anticipate such a response, but it still didn’t aggravate him any less. Of all the people that hate Zack, he was damn sure on top of that list, and even he was starting to feel sympathy for him. What was wrong with Cloud that he was so cold towards someone he was only trying to help? How could he possibly still love Sephiroth after everything he had done?
“Why don’t you just stay here and mope, while I go ask his majesty if I can take you.” He didn’t wait for a response. Instead he opted to just stalk the rest of the way down the hall towards Zack’s room.
In all actuality he didn’t know why he was so upset, but that didn’t change the fact that he was fuming with anger. Cloud hadn’t really said anything that bad, but it was just how he was acting. How in the world could he act like what Zack had done was such a sin, and then just shrug off Sephiroth’s injustices as if they were nothing? How could he not even seem upset by the fact that the bastard had killed two of his close friends, not to mention completely destroyed his village? He didn’t even seem like the same person as he was when they were friends, and yet he still cared for him. Cloud was really the only true friend he had ever had, and he cherished those couple of years they had to bask in that friendship.
His footsteps stopped outside of Zack’s door, and he hesitated a moment before knocking. He, along with the rest of the ship, had been privileged to hearing the two of theirs screaming match from the night before. They had both said some incriminating things, but Cloud’s statements had been exceptionally hurtful. That had been one of the main reasons he wanted to drag the blond away from here for the day…for Zack’s sake. Damn, that sounded weird when you thought about it. He hated Zack, and yet he cared more for his well being at the moment than he did his best friend.
Reno’s hand came up to rap on the door, and after about three knocks heard a muffled “Come in.” from the other side of the door. Cautiously he slid open the door, and was met with quite a pitiful sight on the other side.
Zack was lying on his back on the cot in the corner, just staring lifelessly up at the ceiling. That jovial glint that was normally in his golden eyes was now almost completely gone. He seemed almost a shell of his formal self. Their were heavy bags under each of his eyes, giving good inclination that he hadn’t slept yet, and if he did it definitely wasn’t very restful sleep.
“Zack man, I don’t wanna be the one to tell you this, but you look like shit.” Alright so that was a lie. He had most certainly wanted to be the one to tell him that. Just because he felt sorry for him, didn’t mean that he liked him or anything.
Spiky black hair shifted on the bed, and amber eyes peered out from behind those tresses. “Why thank you for the compliment. I really don’t think I could have gone a day without hearing something so nice coming from that talented mouth of yours.”
Reno smirked, and walked further into the room. He even went so far as to slump down on the cot with Zack, feeling the mattress sink under his weight. “What can I say…I aim to please.” Knowing that there was no time like the present, the redhead immediately got to the point. “Listen I’m gonna take Cloud into the city and get him drunk. I’ll bring him back tomorrow morning in hopefully better spirits.”
He shut his eyes then, waiting for the barrage of objections that were no doubt to come. “Fine. He could use a night out.” Reno’s eyes snapped open at that. What the hell? Had Zack really agreed to that so easily?
“You-You’re just gonna let me take him?” He stammered. In truth he was stunned that Zack had given in so easily. He had thought it would take much more to convince the ex-SOLDIER why getting hammered would be good for the blond.
Zack smiled from under the hair that was falling in front of his face. “Sure Turk. Just don’t let him get sick or anything.” Even though he was hearing it, his brain still wouldn’t register that he was getting off so easily.
“For real?” With a groan, Zack sat up on his cot, and gave him another smile. Although Reno couldn’t be too sure if it was a legitimate one of not, because it didn’t quite meet his eyes.
“For real, for real.” Reno’s face screwed up in confusion, and he was seriously debating whether or not he should just smile and nod and be done with this whole ordeal. In the end though his confusion won out.
“Err…Why?” This time the smile actually faded from Zack’s face, only to be replaced by a look of utter discontent. It was then that Reno knew he should never of opened his mouth, because not he was going to have to be the one to hear the man’s spill on why his life is so terrible…as if comforting Cloud wasn’t bad enough.
“What else am I supposed to do?…Band him from leaving?…Tell him that he has to everything I say?…” Zack’s head fell down so that you could no longer even see his eyes. “How do you make a person who can’t stand you fall in love with you in a week?”
What do you say to something like that? Reno tapped his foot absentmindedly on the ground. He had never been good at the whole consoling thing. “He doesn’t hate you Zack…He’s just confused right now…Confused, and scared out of his mind.” He was debating on whether or not to say the next part, but he settled on the fact that Zack needed to hear it. “And he…and he…”
“Still loves Sephiroth.” Reno’s mouth shut and he looked away as Zack dejectly finished what he had been about to say.
This was just too much, and all he wanted to accomplish out of the day was to get totally plastered. “Well yeah…You just gotta give him time.” Zack mutely nodded, and went back to lying on his cot. Reno’s hand came out to pat him comfortably on the knee, but then he figured that was just way too much affection to show for someone you could hardly stand, and so it went back to his side as he got up. “I’ll try to bring him back to you in a much happier mood.” Zack once again nodded, and waved him away. The redhead took this as a cue to leave, and shut the door on the way out. Oh, he was definitely going to enjoy this night of heavy drinking…even if it killed him to do so.
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Cloud lazily leaned back on the bed of the hotel room that Reno had rented in in Kalm. He still couldn’t believe that he had actually agreed to go out drinking with him and Rufus. Whatever could have possessed him to think of it as a good idea was beyond him. Though it got him off that damn airship, and so that could always be considered a good thing.
The fight he had had with Zack had taken more out of him than he realized. He had been trying to deny it ever since it happened, but when they had kissed he had felt something other than repulsion. His mind told him that it was wrong. It told him how he hated Zack, and the last thing he wanted was to be anywhere near him, but when their mouth’s touched a hidden spark of desire seemed to light inside of his stomach, and he couldn’t think. He hated Zack he did…but his body seemed inept to remember the past. It didn’t seem to see it for what it was, which was the past. There was no way he would ever consider being even semi-civil with that bastard now…Not after what he had done.
“If you break that bottle I’m not buying you anymore.” He was snapped out of his thoughts by Reno’s voice, and looked down to see just how hard he was gripping the bottle in his hand. The redhead had thoughtfully bought him two bottles of fire & ice, which was a good combination of peppermint and cinnamon schnapps. The peppermint burns while going down, and the cinnamon warms your stomach…hence the whole fire & ice thing. Plus it had a really pretty bottle and was almost all alcohol. Needless to say they had only been there for about an hour and he had already finished off one of the bottles.
Normally he would never have allowed himself to get drunk while under enemy’s hands, but it was Reno. Even though his memory was still majorly fuzzy, he couldn’t help but feel completely comfortable around the redhead. If those flashes were true, they had been best friends, and right now he really needed one of those.
“Don’t worry Turk… I won’t break your pretty bottle.” His words were slurred, and he realized he was already on the tipsy side. “Where’s that little Shinra brat of yours?…Wasn’t he supposed to be here like 40 minutes ago?”
Reno glanced annoyed towards the door, as if at any moment Rufus would walk through there and see his scowl. Strangely enough that actually happened. The door practically flew off its hinges as the boisterous blond aristocrat burst through it, barely able support himself on wobbly legs.
“Reno love, did you miss me?” The scowl didn’t leave the redhead’s face, but you could tell that he was trying to hide his amusement, and something else. Cloud couldn’t be sure, but he thought he saw something there, but for the life of him he couldn’t put a name to what it was.
“Why Mr. President, so good of you to finally drop by, and by the looks of it completely hammered as well.” To that Rufus simply waggled his eyebrows. “Do you realize that you’re like an hour late?”
Rufus at first didn’t say anything, and then without warning plopped himself down so that he was straddling Reno’s waist. The redhead looked like he was about to respond, but his mouth was covered. “Shut your mouth you dirty slut, you know you like it in the butt.” Now this time Reno did open his mouth to say something, but the blond took his open mouth as an invitation, and crashed their lips together, plunging his tongue into that awaiting depth.
Cloud chin dropped a little while witnessing such a display. Reno and Rufus…Who would have thunk it? Now normally he would have said that Rufus was just drunk off his ass, but that didn’t explain the way that Reno was passionately kissing back.
When the two finally broke apart, both were gasping for air after their little excursion. They both seemed to be staring into each other’s eyes, until Reno seemed to get a hold on their situation.
Still staring at Rufus, the redhead pointed towards where Cloud still sat semi-stunned near the bed. “You remember Cloud Strife, don’t you Mr. President?” Rufus turned his head so that his blue eyes fell on him, and he gave a small wave.
“Of course. How could I forget the object of your secret infatuation.” Okay, that was just weird. What did he mean by that? Cloud’s eyes widened along with Reno’s…Did he mean that Reno had a thing for him? But no…they were friends…and he seemed more than willing to suck face with Rufus.
Widened brandy eyes flickered over to him in fear. “He’s drunk Cloud, you’ll have to forgive his discrepancies.” Rufus lazily looked back towards him, sloppy grin firmly planted on his face.
“Oh that’s right he doesn’t know does he?…No matter. We’re all here to have a good time.” Rufus shifted in Reno’s lap so that he was still sitting on him, but now we was facing Cloud. He didn’t seem to see any problem in the fact that he was just casually lounging in the redhead’s lap. At seeing Cloud’s questioning glance, that Cheshire cat grin only seemed to grow. “You don’t mind if I sit in his lap do you?” As he was saying that, he grabbed both of Reno’s arms and wrapped them around his waist. “You see I fully plan on sleeping with him later, and I’m just trying to get him warmed up.”
You had to hand it to Rufus, he didn’t mind being blunt. But that put him in an awkward position, because really, how do you respond to that? “That’s good news.”
Rufus nodded in agreement, before taking another gulp of what looked to be Wild Turkey. Cloud had to wince in disgust. How he could drink that stuff he had no idea. It was absolutely disgusting. Speaking of drinks, he took a rather hefty gulp of his own source of entertainment.
It was while he was in mid gulp that he realized how intently Rufus was staring at him. He placed the bottle back on the ground, and rose his eyes to meet him. “Is there something you want? Or do you just enjoy staring?” He glanced over to Reno to see if he was doing the same, but he was conveniently taking a drink of his scotch, and so he missed his eyes.
That meant that he once again had to go back to his staring contest with Rufus. The President of Shinra finally decided to break the silence. “I’ve always wondered, what’s he like?” He leaned forward so that Cloud got a whiff of his strong breath reeking of the whiskey he had been drinking. “In bed I mean.” A smirk came to his face. “Is he as good as he looks?” Cloud’s eyes narrowed at the very thought. He definitely didn’t want this brought up right now, and he was about to tell him just that, but than he stopped to consider the question, and we was caught up in a flashback to just before Sephiroth had sent him away for the first time.
The fight he had had with Zack had taken more out of him than he realized. He had been trying to deny it ever since it happened, but when they had kissed he had felt something other than repulsion. His mind told him that it was wrong. It told him how he hated Zack, and the last thing he wanted was to be anywhere near him, but when their mouth’s touched a hidden spark of desire seemed to light inside of his stomach, and he couldn’t think. He hated Zack he did…but his body seemed inept to remember the past. It didn’t seem to see it for what it was, which was the past. There was no way he would ever consider being even semi-civil with that bastard now…Not after what he had done.
“If you break that bottle I’m not buying you anymore.” He was snapped out of his thoughts by Reno’s voice, and looked down to see just how hard he was gripping the bottle in his hand. The redhead had thoughtfully bought him two bottles of fire & ice, which was a good combination of peppermint and cinnamon schnapps. The peppermint burns while going down, and the cinnamon warms your stomach…hence the whole fire & ice thing. Plus it had a really pretty bottle and was almost all alcohol. Needless to say they had only been there for about an hour and he had already finished off one of the bottles.
Normally he would never have allowed himself to get drunk while under enemy’s hands, but it was Reno. Even though his memory was still majorly fuzzy, he couldn’t help but feel completely comfortable around the redhead. If those flashes were true, they had been best friends, and right now he really needed one of those.
“Don’t worry Turk… I won’t break your pretty bottle.” His words were slurred, and he realized he was already on the tipsy side. “Where’s that little Shinra brat of yours?…Wasn’t he supposed to be here like 40 minutes ago?”
Reno glanced annoyed towards the door, as if at any moment Rufus would walk through there and see his scowl. Strangely enough that actually happened. The door practically flew off its hinges as the boisterous blond aristocrat burst through it, barely able support himself on wobbly legs.
“Reno love, did you miss me?” The scowl didn’t leave the redhead’s face, but you could tell that he was trying to hide his amusement, and something else. Cloud couldn’t be sure, but he thought he saw something there, but for the life of him he couldn’t put a name to what it was.
“Why Mr. President, so good of you to finally drop by, and by the looks of it completely hammered as well.” To that Rufus simply waggled his eyebrows. “Do you realize that you’re like an hour late?”
Rufus at first didn’t say anything, and then without warning plopped himself down so that he was straddling Reno’s waist. The redhead looked like he was about to respond, but his mouth was covered. “Shut your mouth you dirty slut, you know you like it in the butt.” Now this time Reno did open his mouth to say something, but the blond took his open mouth as an invitation, and crashed their lips together, plunging his tongue into that awaiting depth.
Cloud chin dropped a little while witnessing such a display. Reno and Rufus…Who would have thunk it? Now normally he would have said that Rufus was just drunk off his ass, but that didn’t explain the way that Reno was passionately kissing back.
When the two finally broke apart, both were gasping for air after their little excursion. They both seemed to be staring into each other’s eyes, until Reno seemed to get a hold on their situation.
Still staring at Rufus, the redhead pointed towards where Cloud still sat semi-stunned near the bed. “You remember Cloud Strife, don’t you Mr. President?” Rufus turned his head so that his blue eyes fell on him, and he gave a small wave.
“Of course. How could I forget the object of your secret infatuation.” Okay, that was just weird. What did he mean by that? Cloud’s eyes widened along with Reno’s…Did he mean that Reno had a thing for him? But no…they were friends…and he seemed more than willing to suck face with Rufus.
Widened brandy eyes flickered over to him in fear. “He’s drunk Cloud, you’ll have to forgive his discrepancies.” Rufus lazily looked back towards him, sloppy grin firmly planted on his face.
“Oh that’s right he doesn’t know does he?…No matter. We’re all here to have a good time.” Rufus shifted in Reno’s lap so that he was still sitting on him, but now we was facing Cloud. He didn’t seem to see any problem in the fact that he was just casually lounging in the redhead’s lap. At seeing Cloud’s questioning glance, that Cheshire cat grin only seemed to grow. “You don’t mind if I sit in his lap do you?” As he was saying that, he grabbed both of Reno’s arms and wrapped them around his waist. “You see I fully plan on sleeping with him later, and I’m just trying to get him warmed up.”
You had to hand it to Rufus, he didn’t mind being blunt. But that put him in an awkward position, because really, how do you respond to that? “That’s good news.”
Rufus nodded in agreement, before taking another gulp of what looked to be Wild Turkey. Cloud had to wince in disgust. How he could drink that stuff he had no idea. It was absolutely disgusting. Speaking of drinks, he took a rather hefty gulp of his own source of entertainment.
It was while he was in mid gulp that he realized how intently Rufus was staring at him. He placed the bottle back on the ground, and rose his eyes to meet him. “Is there something you want? Or do you just enjoy staring?” He glanced over to Reno to see if he was doing the same, but he was conveniently taking a drink of his scotch, and so he missed his eyes.
That meant that he once again had to go back to his staring contest with Rufus. The President of Shinra finally decided to break the silence. “I’ve always wondered, what’s he like?” He leaned forward so that Cloud got a whiff of his strong breath reeking of the whiskey he had been drinking. “In bed I mean.” A smirk came to his face. “Is he as good as he looks?” Cloud’s eyes narrowed at the very thought. He definitely didn’t want this brought up right now, and he was about to tell him just that, but than he stopped to consider the question, and we was caught up in a flashback to just before Sephiroth had sent him away for the first time.
~*~ FlAsHbAcK ~*~
Cloud sighed in contentment as his now sweaty blond spikes were gently stroked. His breath was still coming out in short pants from his and Sephiroth’s recent excursion, but he felt like he would never be able to sleep.
Loving the way the sweat droplets cascaded down Sephiroth’s alabaster skin, Cloud leaned forward, catching a bead of the moisture in his lips as he placed a kiss on his lover’s chest. His mind took on a wicked turn, and he captured a still erect nipple in his mouth. Biting down hard, he reveled in the gasp it received from his complacent partner.
“Do you like that Seph?” When he received a moan of encouragement, he had no qualms about doing it again. His hand traveled over his finely sculpted chest, until he had sufficient leverage to completely crawl on top of his body. His teeth once more scraped against the sensitive appendage, loving how Sephiroth’s muscles constricted underneath him. “Tell me how much.”
Sephiroth’s arms came up to encircle his waist. His mouth rose to meet his, but didn’t connect. “I submit to no one.” His voice was still husky from their activities, and the blond let out a yelp of surprise when their positions were quite suddenly switched. That yelp was soon covered up by an onslaught of gasps and laughter as he was bombarded with tickles.
His legs kicked out in defense, but none of his kicks seemed to connect as he was continuously tortured in such an unruly manner. “Seph stop…Come on I can’t…I can’t take it anymore.” The tickling seemed to slow down, and then finally desist altogether.
Cloud opened up his blue eyes, only to find that Sephiroth was looking down at him with the most sincere smile he had ever seen on his lover. He sighed in contentment when a hand came out to caress his cheek. “How did I ever possibly resist you?”
Now that he didn’t get. Blond eyebrows knitted in confusion. “What are you talking about Sephiroth?” Those same loving eyes didn’t falter, as Sephiroth pulled the blond even closer to his body.
“Nothing love…Nothing at all.” Feeling ridiculously happy, Cloud snuggled into that warm inviting chest.
“When are you leaving?” He had to ask, because he knew that this moment of reprieve wouldn’t last very long. They never lasted very long. Sephiroth came, he conquered, and he left. That’s how it always was. He had long since gotten used to it by this time.
“Soon.” Knowing that he probably shouldn’t, but not being able to resist himself, Cloud boldly responded with.
“Don’t.” Up until this point a hand had been tracing soothing circles on the small of his back, but at his remark it promptly stopped.
“Don’t what?” Cloud picked himself up so that he was propped on top of his lover’s chest.
“Don’t leave.” He gave a small smile. “Stay with me…At least for tonight.” Sephiroth pulled him in for a kiss. Their mouths melded perfectly together, and as usual when he kissed Sephiroth, all felt right with the planet.
“Alright, anything to make you happy.” Smiling with pure joy, Cloud lay back down on Sephiroth’s chest. “And that’s saying a lot puppy, because I move the stars for no one.”
Loving the way the sweat droplets cascaded down Sephiroth’s alabaster skin, Cloud leaned forward, catching a bead of the moisture in his lips as he placed a kiss on his lover’s chest. His mind took on a wicked turn, and he captured a still erect nipple in his mouth. Biting down hard, he reveled in the gasp it received from his complacent partner.
“Do you like that Seph?” When he received a moan of encouragement, he had no qualms about doing it again. His hand traveled over his finely sculpted chest, until he had sufficient leverage to completely crawl on top of his body. His teeth once more scraped against the sensitive appendage, loving how Sephiroth’s muscles constricted underneath him. “Tell me how much.”
Sephiroth’s arms came up to encircle his waist. His mouth rose to meet his, but didn’t connect. “I submit to no one.” His voice was still husky from their activities, and the blond let out a yelp of surprise when their positions were quite suddenly switched. That yelp was soon covered up by an onslaught of gasps and laughter as he was bombarded with tickles.
His legs kicked out in defense, but none of his kicks seemed to connect as he was continuously tortured in such an unruly manner. “Seph stop…Come on I can’t…I can’t take it anymore.” The tickling seemed to slow down, and then finally desist altogether.
Cloud opened up his blue eyes, only to find that Sephiroth was looking down at him with the most sincere smile he had ever seen on his lover. He sighed in contentment when a hand came out to caress his cheek. “How did I ever possibly resist you?”
Now that he didn’t get. Blond eyebrows knitted in confusion. “What are you talking about Sephiroth?” Those same loving eyes didn’t falter, as Sephiroth pulled the blond even closer to his body.
“Nothing love…Nothing at all.” Feeling ridiculously happy, Cloud snuggled into that warm inviting chest.
“When are you leaving?” He had to ask, because he knew that this moment of reprieve wouldn’t last very long. They never lasted very long. Sephiroth came, he conquered, and he left. That’s how it always was. He had long since gotten used to it by this time.
“Soon.” Knowing that he probably shouldn’t, but not being able to resist himself, Cloud boldly responded with.
“Don’t.” Up until this point a hand had been tracing soothing circles on the small of his back, but at his remark it promptly stopped.
“Don’t what?” Cloud picked himself up so that he was propped on top of his lover’s chest.
“Don’t leave.” He gave a small smile. “Stay with me…At least for tonight.” Sephiroth pulled him in for a kiss. Their mouths melded perfectly together, and as usual when he kissed Sephiroth, all felt right with the planet.
“Alright, anything to make you happy.” Smiling with pure joy, Cloud lay back down on Sephiroth’s chest. “And that’s saying a lot puppy, because I move the stars for no one.”
~*~ EnD oF fLaShBaCk ~*~
He was snapped out of his period of reminiscing by Reno’s voice. “Come on Rufus stop. I’m sure Cloud doesn’t want to talk about that, and I sure as hell don’t want to here about that so…”
Cloud interrupted him. “No Reno I don’t mind.” Well that got the redhead’s mouth to snap shut awfully quick. The two were staring at him intently, and he was never one to disappoint. “He moves the stars for you. It’s Sephiroth…Nothing can compare.” Two shocked faces were staring at him, and wanted to get away from their eyes, he took another drink. This was going to be a long night.
Cloud interrupted him. “No Reno I don’t mind.” Well that got the redhead’s mouth to snap shut awfully quick. The two were staring at him intently, and he was never one to disappoint. “He moves the stars for you. It’s Sephiroth…Nothing can compare.” Two shocked faces were staring at him, and wanted to get away from their eyes, he took another drink. This was going to be a long night.
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A.N- Hey I finally updated yaye! Sorry for the long update, but it’s been really hectic for me lately with classes and all. Well I had a couple of things to say. Number 1 was where the song Reno sings at the beginning came from. It’s by Weezer, and it’s called Freak Me Out. Yeah it’s like a completely addicting song that gets stuck in your head so that the only way you can get it out is to blow it out…with a shotgun. Lmao…sorry I’ve just been watching way too much Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and you sort of pick up on the quotes after awhile. Yeah well this chapter was mostly Reno centric…if you could notice, but what did you think of it? Any Comments? Suggestions? I would love to hear anything you would have to say…luv all of you that reviewed lots and hope to read another one. Thanks for reading.