Title: Christmas Kiss
Author: Enide Dear
Pairing: the prompt was: 'mistletoe, my request is anything with Reno as part of the pairing' By now you people should know better than to give me such free reins
Rating: kinda icky
Summary: For once the Turk gets outsmarted by Avalanche
A/N: art trade for :iconstar0alchemist:
"Human seasonal traditions are most intriguing, if somewhat incomprehensible." A low voice said somewhere in the region of Reno's hip. "Would you mind explaining why it is you have my whole team cowering frightened by a twig of greenery?"
Looking down, and then further down, Reno grinned. Pulling himself up from the doorpost he'd been leaning of for the last half an hour or so, he insolently lit his cig on Nanaki's tail. The fire-creature patiently let it happen, still waiting for an answer.
"It ain't the mistletoe there afraid of, doggy, it's what it means." He leaned back against the door post, making sure it was impossible to leave the room by any means except passing by him. The little greenery he'd bought, brought and to Avalanche's terror nailed on top of the door post, swung gently in the warm cig-breeze. "See, tradition is that if you meet under a mistletoe, you have to kiss, yo. So I'm just waiting here for those eggnogs to kick in. Bathroom is on the other side of the hall so by now there ought to be some squirming underneath the table over there." He nodded at the sullen face underneath the seasonal decorations. "The fun is to see who gives in first. Got a running bet with Rufus, Tseng, Elena and Rude back at ShinRa."
"I see." Nanaki sat down and neatly tucked his tail around his paws, careful not to burn the floor. "So what is the bet, then?"
"Well, first price would be Tifa, 'course." Reno winked at the busty woman who glared back. "But she's a bartender, so I guess she can hold her drinks fairly well. Vincent would of course also be top score but I think he'd rather piss his pants than kiss a Shinra again," he blew a mock-kiss at the brooding ex-Turk, "Barret or Cid would be fucking consolation prizes, but I'll take what I can get. But my bet is on Cloud, 'cause we all know he wants some of this…." He grabbed at his crotch and was about to add something even lewder when he was suddenly interrupted.
Two huge paws, easily bug enough to take his head of landed heavily on his scrawny shoulders; a red muzzle full of very sharp white teeth pressed against his nose and a single baleful eye stared straight into his.
"What the Hell…" Reno started, dropping his cig but an enormously long, wet, hot tongue invaded his mouth, licked with inhuman delicacy over his teeth and horrified tongue and up his lips, leaving a taste of chew bones and mint breaths behind.
Utterly shocked, Reno fell to his ass with the huge dog-lion-hyena creature still looming over him and drool running down his face.
"Was one kiss enough?" Nanaki purred with his refined voice. "Or shall we do it again?"
"That was fucking low, yo!" Pushing the creature away, Reno scrambled to his feet, desperately fleeing even as Avalanche's laughter echoed through the bar.
"Nicely done, Nanaki!" Tifa applauded as the red-head turned tail.
"Thank you my dear. But I must say I had some egoistic stake in this" performing a short bow, Nanaki turned. "Those eggnogs run right through me."