Title: Cold Nobody
Summary: All Reno wants is to be alone, to forget. All Cloud wants is for someone to be there for him, to help him remember. Together they can build a new future, but as old enemies awaken and new ones arise, the peace they have created could be destroyed, never to be rebuilt.
Pairings: Cloud/Reno (main pairing), Sephiroth/Reno… and more to come.
Love, Sparkly.
Prologue: Absolute Zero
Reno hadn't always had long hair, when he had first joined the Turks it had hung messily around his shoulders, uneven and uncared for. It had remained that way for a few years afterwards; as he steadily rose in the ranks. Then, when he was 16 he was told he had the most beautiful hair in the world. Over the next few months he grew his hair down to mid back and took care for it as if it were something special, during those months he was also told that he had not only the most beautiful hair, but that he had amazing eyes, the softest skin and the sweetest lips. Those few months were like heaven, he was always happy, he was always warm and he was in love, and for a while he was sure he was loved back. Of course it wasn't true.
"Why do you love me?"
"Why do I love you? Well Red, I love your hair, but you already know that don't you? I also love your soft skin your amazing eyes and your sweet lips, but mostly, Red, I just love you."
Who wouldn't have been fooled by that? Reno had replayed that conversation in his head for years, trying to find a fault in the other mans act, there wasn't one. It was a perfectly rehearsed line, and when applied with the sweetest kisses, it was fool proof. Reno often wished he could go back and replay that moment, tell himself not be so stupid. Ha, who was he kidding, he would always love that man, he couldn't stop it. If he went back, he would just fall for the trap again.
"Why do I love you? Well Seph, I love everything about you, everything."
Exactly 2 months after that, he had been betrayed, he had gone from an absolute high to absolute zero.
"A memory or us?"
Ever since Tifa had said that Cloud had known what he wanted. He wanted to live in the now, not in the past. Now he wasn't so sure. When he had first caught sight of Reno's body, mangled and bloody all he wanted was the past, he didn't want a future if it didn't include Reno, and he was pretty sure his future didn't now, because how could Reno be alive? There was no way. He didn't notice anything, not the flash of silver and black running past him, it wasn't Reno, it didn't matter.
Nothing mattered.
"Reno, do you hate me?"
"Yes."
"Do you like me?"
"Bloody hell C, get with the picture, I just said I hated 'ya, and here you are asking me if I like you or not are 'ya mad or something, yo."
"Do you love me?"
"…Yes."
"Why?"
"Why? Because it's you C, I love everything 'ya lips, 'ya hair, I love you eyes more than anything. The way you smile. The way you make me feel inside… I just love you C. So much it hurts."
"Thanks… Red."
Well, if it made any sense, I hope you like it The other chapters will NOT be this short! Please review and tell me what you think.