Chapter one: French bread

Cloud Strife was never the person to get along with people that easily, especially if those people are that of the lower status than him. That was why he didn't know what to do when his father brought back a kid his age that came from the slums and told him to be friends with him. How did this happen? Let's just say that it started a few hours ago…

-Flash back-

Few weeks earlier…

"Cloud I'll be going to work now, study well." Mr. Strife said to his son who was standing at the garage door staring at him.

"Yeah I know." Cloud answered as he watched his father go inside his car and drive away.

As his father left he went back to his room and continued playing with his PS3 without being bothered by anyone.

Reno, a slum dog, slowly crept his way towards one of the bakeries on a narrow street. He was timing his every move. When the baker turned his back on him he went to the stand and immediately grabbed two loaves of French bread, it wasn't because he likes it or anything but it was the one closest to him that's why, and started moving away trying to blend into the crowd.

"Hey you punk with the red hair! You didn't pay for that! Come back here you thief!" the baker barked at him and then started to chase after him.

Reno cursed under his breath, why does his hair have to be bright red? He started running and when he looked back he saw the baker running after him with a rolling pin with nails embedded in it in hand. He ran faster in fear and in the process lost one of the bread.

As he was running for dear life he crossed the road. He heard a honk and when he looked he saw a Nissan R57 speeding towards him. He closed his eyes and held onto the French bread before trying to run away from the said car.

Mr. Strife was shocked to see a young man running to the middle of the road. He honked and drifted to try to slow his speed in order to save the youth but to no avail he eventually hit the boy with the body of the car and was nervous that maybe he killed him or something of that sort. As he saw the boy collapse to the sidewalk he heard him say or scream something about 'his French bread'. He went out of his car and went to the boy's side.

"Oh my god! Is he dead?" the baker asked from across where Mr. Strife and Reno stood. But deep inside he was happy that the other one was ran over.

"No he's not dead yet. But we need to get him to the hospital." He said calmly as he took an unconscious Reno into his arms and into his Nissan R57 and sped to one of the grandest hospitals in the city.

Reno's green eyes fluttered open and he looked around the room. "Where's my French bread? Where am I? Where's my French bread?" he looked around the room and saw the French bread laying on the table cut into three filled with dirt, he became teary eyed. "bread…bread….BBBRRREEEAAADDD?" he wasn't thinking of anything else other than that because he knows that his 'siblings' are waiting for him at home...starving.

Mr. Strife surprised at the other's hysterical outrage went over to him and started talking to him. "How are you feeling? Do you feel alright?"

Reno in his hysterical situation looked at him with an eyebrow up. "Do I look like I'm damn alright? Look at what you did to my bread! Look at what you've done!"

Mr. Strife, this time, raised an eyebrow; why is this boy so obsessed with French bread? "I could give you all the French bread in the world even having your own bakery but in trade of that you'll work for me by being one of my servants." Mr. Strife offered as he looked at Reno evilly, he was using this tactic to get away from charges or whatsoever and besides someone who survived that kind of impact isn't that normal and in his line of work anything above normal is good.

Reno looked at him scared at the expression given to him by Mr. Strife he looks like the devil's advocate. He was thinking if he should accept the proposal. He was about to turn the offer down when Mr. Strife spoke once again. "I will give you twenty thousand per week how's about that?"

Reno who doubted just gave in and accepted the offer, who was he to deny it? He needed money and being a servant doesn't sound that bad; since as far as he knows he just needs to clean the house and stuff so that shouldn't bother him that much, right? "When can I start?" he asked as he remembered his siblings he need last one simple request. "But before that I need to give my siblings the French bread as you can see I just shop lifted our food."

"Once you are fully healed you will be trained by my head butler Rudolfo also known as Rude. Please tell me the where about of your siblings so that I could have my servants bring them food." Mr. Strife said happily with an evil grin.

Reno gulped, what problem did he enter now?

A few weeks later…

"Who the hell is this?" Cloud asked as he stared at his dad and Reno who was standing behind the couch he was sitting at. He was interrupted from playing his final fantasy versus XIII when the two entered.

"Well this is Reno, my son. He will start working here from today onwards." Mr. Strife said smiling.

"Yo!" Reno greeted.

Cloud raised an eyebrow. "But dad we already have too many servants and I'm sure he came from the sl-"

"No buts Cloud. Now get along you two since the two of you are of the same age." Mr. Strife said as he walked out of Cloud's room.

Cloud stood up and stared at Reno bored. "To admit it I-"

"To tell you the truth I don't want to be here too but since the pay is good well you know; money matters." He grinned and Cloud just stared at him and grunted.

-End of flashback-

Cloud just got of the shower when he saw his fifty inches plasma TV off along with his PS3. His eyes bulged out; he wasn't able to save his game! "Who the hell shut the PS3 and TV off?"

Reno poked his head out from the walk in closet and looked at Cloud; he just got there some time ago to bring the clean laundry when he saw the TV on and decided to turn it off. "Umm…I turned it off."

"You turned off my fucking PS3!" Cloud screamed as he walked over to where Reno was. "What have you done! I haven't saved it yet!"

Reno backed out a little and whispered to himself. "Who gives a damn…?"

"What did you just say? Do you know how long I've had to play in order to get to that level?" Cloud was clearly losing his patience.

Reno placed both of his hands in front of him ad waving it in an attempt to look like he was sorry. "I didn't mean it! But really you shouldn't waste electricity!"

"Why you?" he was about to whack Reno when the other bowed down and accidentally pulled the towel around his waist.

"Shit! I'm so sorry!" Reno said throwing the towel towards Cloud once again and running to the other end of the room.

"You pervert!" Cloud yelled his cheeks being filled with color as he wrapped the towel around his self once more. "Once I get dressed you'll see what will happen!"

"Shit! Really I'm sorry it was an accident!" Reno said doing his best not to panic though he was already panicking.

"Ugh just get out! And stay out until I've called you or something!" Cloud yelled again.

"Yes sir!" Reno saluted before dashing out of the room where he ran down the corridors of the large mansion.

A few hours later Reno went back to Cloud's room to tell him it was dinner time already.

"Excuse me. Yo Cloud! It's dinner time!" He screamed as he opened the door only to have a pillow flying towards him. He ducked to dodge the object and it hit the wall behind him. Reno straightened up and looked at Cloud who was standing in front of him for only a few meters away. "What the hell was that for?"

"Don't you know how to knock?" Cloud said in a monotone.

"Oh who gives a damn? Just get your ass out here and eat your fucking dinner already! You're lucky you have something to eat cause there are some children out there that can't eat!" Reno stuck out his tongue and another pillow was thrown at him. This time it hit him in the face.

"Oh just shut your hole. Tell them I'm coming down in a while, I'm still finishing this part." He said as he walked back towards the console to save the game.

"Come on! We can't have your father waiting. He'll get mad at me for sure if you don't go down now. As you can see it's my first day here and all so yeah I need to leave a good impression." Reno said as he walked over to where Cloud was.

"I don't care about you and especially that man." Cloud bit back as he kept playing.

"Wah? I don't get you! Just come on! We really need to go! Once you finish your dinner you can play again. You don't have classes anyway. Come on!" Reno started pulling on Cloud's arm.

Cloud just sighed and let Reno drag him towards the dinning room.

"So Cloud how was your day?" Mr. Strife said as he ate. "It seems that you are now close with Reno here."

Reno was sitting beside Cloud who was also eating quietly. He didn't want to be there because it was a father son time or something. But Cloud held on to him and told him to sit there. He could feel Mr. Strife's stare boring holes in his body as if asking him to leave the two alone. He gulped "Uh…Cloud? I think I should go…" he whispered quietly.

"Shut up and stay there." Cloud whispered back. "Oh yes we're starting to get close. It's better than being alone in this house without any thrill or excitement. Especially before he came here."

"Oh really? If you wanted excitement we could've gone hunting. What about this boy is particularly exciting?" Mr. Strife asked as he pointed his fork towards a now sweat dropping Reno.

He grunted at the thought of hunting. The smell of the metal and the gunpowder didn't quite please him. "He's very exciting. Telling me about his background and such. It's better than listening to people talking about business that I have no concern of." Cloud replied still eating.

Reno thought he heard the fork bend under Mr. Strife's grip. He was dead meat for sure. Why was Cloud doing this? He shook his head and sighed.

"Very well I hope the two of you will get closer." Mr. Strife said in a mocking tone. Which made Reno more nervous and Cloud's eyebrow twitch.

"Why the hell did you tell your dad that when it's not true?" Reno asked as he followed Cloud to his room.

"Just shut up Reno." Cloud said irritated as he entered his room and flopped down on the sofa.

"I won't! If I get fired or killed or what ever I'll haunt you I promise!" Reno said as he stood in front of Cloud's view. "Now answer me. Why did you make me sit and tell your dad about something I didn't do?"

"It's better to make a conversation like that than listen to him blabber about his work anyway it was your idea to pull me away from my game play."

"But still! Didn't you see how he looked at me? He really wanted me out of the picture!"

"That means you just have to shut up and get out of my room." Cloud answered as he shoved Reno away.

"Ugh whatever Cloud! If I really get killed tonight I'll haunt you down!"

"Just shut up Reno you wont be killed I promise you that. So just shut your hole and get out of my room." Cloud answered starting to get irritated.

"That better be true Strife…better be true." Reno said before leaving Cloud alone in his room.

TBC…

A/N: yay! First chapter up! I hope you liked it. ^^ please read and review. ^^ ok I disclaim anything that's here. I'm sorry for the somewhat OOCness and awkward stupidity that I've made. Next chapter would be up soon!