Sleepless Love
by Chocobo Knight
Author: Another fanfic came from me. I know that I need to finish Exposure Desire, but I really wanted to write this one. And this is my first time for writing Reno/Cloud, so be patient with me. Oh, this story contains homosexual, so I asked you politely to walk away from this story if it bothered you. And please excuse me with my English it's not my mother language.
Just to let you know, Shalua Rui, she's the woman in FF7 Dirge of Cerberus as a scientist.
Enjoy the reading!
Chapter One
Saturday May 10th, 2008
Shalua Rui dumped the heavy stick of files on her bed before disappearing into her kitchen for some coffee. It looked like she was going to be up all night again since last night had been such a failure. The situation was growing to be a pain in her ass, literally, because she was getting so sick of sitting up all night trying to find the right faces for her new project. To make the matters worse, her deadline was this coming Wednesday.
Shit. She mentally cursed upon remembering the date.
She navigated her way back into her study room and settled down at her desk again. Right now, she only needed two people, two young promising faces, two names with high potentials.
Shalua turned on her computer and began surfing the net for any form of inspiration. There was still a week left before her book hit the market and she hasn't even brainstorm anything for her project yet and already she was despairing. But she couldn't give up now yet. Writing about it had been her priority over the years but having it in the bigger picture would be a greater glory
She looked through several sites and came upon what looked like a fan webpage of all kinds of idols. She kept reading all the gibberish yapping of a fan girl and accidently her hand moved and shifted the mouse to click on a link down the bottom of the page. She swore slightly while letting the page download itself and made a reach for the coffee mug while waiting for the picture to finish loading so her processor would stop freezing. As she drank the black liquid, she paid very little attention to the screen's content until her eyes finally rested fully on the page. The coffee suddenly stopped midway down her throat and she had to force the gulp down before she could breath normally again.
Her eyes were wide and unblinking onto the screen. She recognized the face in the picture… where she had seen them before? She glanced over at the pile of folders before moving to grab a handful of them. She dug through each files trying to find the same faces on the pictures on the screen. It took her quite a while before she came across a folder with the tab 'Shinra Agency'. She opened it and reviewed all the pictures inside.
She then picked two pictures out of from a view in the folder and took them back with her to the computer desk, placing one on each side of her monitor clippers. Names were written at the bottom right corner of each picture, the one on the left read Reno Sinclair and the one the right said, Cloud Strife.
"Now why didn't I notice the two of you before?" She questioned herself and looked at the picture of them together on her screen again.
The photo on the webpage had Reno and Cloud both standing together with Reno's arms around Cloud's shoulder that's shorter than him. Both of them were smiling and Shalua noticed that that the boys looked younger in the pictures there and she figured it must have been taken a year or two years back. These two boys glowed together exactly in the way she envisioned her character to do so.
"So fan sites are actually useful sometimes." She mumbled as she read their profile.
Reno Sinclair, (aged 22) he's an actor, radio host, an occasional model, and become a MC a lot in TV show programs. Born and raised in Midgar. He joined the famous talent agency, Shinra Agency, at the age of 13. He regularly appeared in various television shows and some dramas since 2005 and he won the annual Best Beasty Idol award and Best Sexy Idol award.
Cloud Strife, (aged 19) is an actor and famous model. Born and raised in Nibelhiem. He joined the famous talent agency. Shinra Agency, at the age of 15. He won the annual Best Sexy Idol award and received an award-winning for his roles in his dramas.
Shalua then picked up her cell phone and dialed her assistant's number. It rang five times before the lines picked up, a sleepy voice sounded from the other line. "…yes, this is Reeve speaking…"
"Reeve, I want you to tell me about the Idols of Shinra Agency."
Reeve yawned, "Miss Shalua… it's close to one in the morning…"
"Yes, I know. Well answer me."
"Ah? Did I hear you right… did you just say SA? Shinra Agency? An agency for males only?"
"Yes. Tell me what you know about the two boys, Reno Sinclair and Cloud Strife in particular."
"Err…" Reeve pulled himself to sit up and turned on the lamp on the night table by his bed. "Well… they're an idol, actor, and they both played drama—"
"Reeve, if I wanted to know that I can just read their profiles you know. What I'm asking is, what do you know about them personally from news, tabloids, gossips… you know, the golden words that spread around about celebrities among fans and the media."
"Why?"
"Because I may have found my two lead actors."
"F-for real? Wow! That's so amazing Miss Shalua! But… unfortunately I don't know much about them."
Shalua sighs, "So you're of no use then…" she smirked. "Anyway, Monday, at eight AM, go in and request a meeting with whoever it is in charge over at SA. Meet the boys, introduce them to the projects. If they'll agree I'll interview them myself next time."
"Now wait for a—" before Reeve could finished what's he's about to say, Shalua hung up on him.
Reeve sighs, well, there's nothing that he could do but obeyed what that woman said.
A month later…
He looked around him and saw nothing but coconut trees and hives of mountains. Where exactly were they? He knew they weren't to ask any question but isn't this a bit over done?
"Now look ahead."
Both boys looked up the hill. There standing above the cliff overlooking the ocean, was a white two-story villa with large tinted windows. A terrace with large white columns ran all around the house.
"Wow… that's pretty yo." Reno said. Cloud just nodded in agreement at his friend.
"That's my personal escape place and where you'll be for the next two months."
"What?" Reno looked at the famous writer Shalua Rui, "You mean we're going to stuck here in the middle of nowhere for that long?"
Shalua shot the red-head idol a look. "Got a problem with that Sinclair?"
Reno shook his head. "Hell no! This is the vacation of lifetime. Cozy house, nice secluded island, all that is needed is a fine beautiful woman."
Shalua laughed sarcastically. "Yeah right, that's why I brought the two of you here so you can be around other humans. Get real."
"Whoa, whoa, wait! You mean you've really secluded us from the rest of the world?"
She turned to look at the younger boy who was still stuck at speculating the surroundings. He seems to understand things a lot faster than the older one. Not forget to mention more mature. "Strife, please tell your friend about why we're here."
Cloud sighed and looked up at Reno. "We're stuck here, the two of us. No visitors, no girls, just us and Miss Shalua. Miss Shalua has made it clear that we've to accomplish her goal before we can actually start shooting for the film. You can call this a special training and of course you'd know all of this Reno if you hadn't slept through the last meeting."
Reno showed a guilty smile, "Ah… I guess that's my bad."
"Yes it is. Now, you two get moving before it gets dark or would you rather sleep on the beach and be a mat for seagull dumping?" the woman said dryly.
"No thanks. I prefer the luxury of being under a nice roof a and a comfortable bed." Reno replied back.
"Good then. Let's go." She turned her back to the boat guide. "Cid, you're to make bi-weekly deliveries as planned. If there's any change in the schedule, I'll call you."
The boat man nodded before sailing away from the lonesome island of Kilika.
They were both taken on a ground tour of the two-floor villa. The first level had a total of eight rooms, a pool room with an expensive bar and longue, a study chamber, a fitness center, an entertainment room, a very large kitchen and dining hall, and lastly two polished bathrooms at the end of the hallway of each wings. The second floor had three master guest rooms and two smaller rooms, each with a bathroom. The right upper level was purposely made for Shalua's enjoyment. There were several studio rooms from arts and craft to small auditorium along with recording stages and other unknown room. Shalua figured that she'll let the boys find out about it later.
Cloud was in his room, packing all of his stuff before deciding for a shower and changed his clothes. He was actually quite nervous with this entire project. Miss Shalua Rui is a famous well-known writer. Her stories are always amazing, and Cloud was very honored to be offered this chance.
It's very nerve-cracking though, because for the first time in his life, he was going to film a homosexual movie with Reno.
He was confused though why Miss Shalua had chosen him and Reno to help her doing this project. Why not the great and most famous idol Sephiroth? Why not the calm and talented Genesis Rhapsodos? Why not the almighty Angeal Hewley? Why it have to be Reno and not Zack?
Well, not that Cloud didn't wanted to do it with Reno. They're friends alright, but their friendship is not as close as the all energetic Zack Fair. Hell, all of his fans know that if he would be asked who's his best friend is, they would all answered it was Zack.
But then again, this might be the chance that Cloud could make his friendship and Reno to be closer. After all, Reno was the first person he made friend with before he met with Zack. But then they started to drifted apart and they not that close anymore. Maybe Cloud could enjoy this whole project with Reno after all. Beside, Reno is such a mood-maker.
Cloud was faster in grooming himself and was already done by the time he was summoned for dinner. Reno on the other hand was still soaking comfortably in the bathtub. The blonde figured that he'll leave out some food for his friend.
He was having an interesting dinner conversation with Miss Shalua about their roles and what was to be expected. The woman didn't reveal anything much but kept saying that everything will come along as they go. Of course he was very aware of her intentions. She'd made it quite clear the very first time that they will doing certain unusual session.
"Are you regretting signing the contract?"
Cloud put his cup down after taking a sip. "More like really nervous."
"It's a good sign then. I'd rather have you feel uncomfortable then totally feeling completely fine with this whole idea like your friend up there. He's seriously thinking that he was in some kind of vacation or something."
Cloud laughed a little, "Reno is rather eccentric being."
"I just hope he knows that I'm not jesting. I'm afraid that the dear boy might have jumped on the chance too fast."
"It's a huge project after all, and we're going to get more tones of headache-worth attentions once the movie hits the screen."
"But you both already receive that." She reminded him, remembering all the fan-girls fictional stories on the net about them.
Cloud groaned at the memory. "I felt like I'm going crazy when I hear about it. While it's an honor to have so many fans, it's also scary to see what's being written about Reno and me."
Shalua laugh, "Yes it can be tough but I won't deny that some of those fictional stories are quite interesting. Fan-girls now days have such colorful minds. But you know, I noticed that you got paired the most with that idol Zack Fair and Sephiroth."
"Miss Shalua, please." Cloud whined for the woman to stop teasing him. He have no idea why he was paired a lot with Sephiroth, it's not they're close or anything. With Zack, Cloud could still understand since both of them spend a lot of time together, but with Sephiroth, it was just something beyond his imagination. He and Sephiroth were just like the sky and the ground when you compared both of them. Cloud always admired Sephiroth though, the silver hair main himself was the very reason why Cloud had wanted to become an idol.
"I hope you won't see my project as such trivial matters though."
"Of course not Miss Shalua."
Shalua just nodded shortly, "Good."
"Miss Shalua?"
"What?"
"In this case, it would cost Reno and I greatly if we were to back out, wouldn't it?"
Shalua smirked, "No. It wouldn't cost you and Reno anything… it would cost SA everything. Heavy burden isn't it?"
Cloud had to take a deep breath. He wasn't an idiot. He knew what the cost is if he and Reno failed the contract with Square Enix studio, one of the most successful motion picture firms in the country. Square Enix had invested a great deal of amount into working with Miss Shalua Rui and the media even labeled this project as her most acclaimed award-grabber for the up-coming year. The movie will appear in participating theaters across the globe, making this Miss Shalua's last international film since she'd announced early retirement.
"Don't worry over it so much. Just do your part and you'll be fine. Maybe you should knock some sense to Sinclair if it needed then you'll both will be fine." Shalua said as she stood to her feet and readied to head up at her room.
"I just never thought I would found myself in this kind of situation."
"Well, you already make the choice. So pull yourself together and prove it to me that I had choose the right actors." She said, crossing her hands in front of her chest before she walked away.
Cloud watched Miss Shalua exit the dining hall and felt his chest tightened. What have they got themselves into? They weren't AV actors, nowhere near homosexual AV actors. But they're already here, there's no way that they could back out now. They just have to show what they were made of just like what Miss Shalua said to him.
"Yo, why are you sitting there sulking if you're done eating?" Cloud almost jumped in surprised when he felt an arm thrown around his neck.
"Reno."
The red-head grin widely at him before taken a seat at the long table across from Cloud.
"Nothing much, just considering what we've signed up for."
"Oh come on, no need to be that worried." Reno said, "Let's just get over it so we can finish, okay?"
"Aren't you worried?"
"I do. But there's no point of worrying about it, right?" Reno said as he began filling with the food that had been sitting on the table. "Don't worry about it Cloud, I'll promise I'll take good care of you."
Cloud frowned, "What's with the sudden friendliness?"
"Hey, you know I'm friendly." Reno pouted.
Cloud stare at Reno for a good time before finally opening his mouth, "Zack called you and asked you to take care of me, didn't he? And I'm sure he's bribing you with something."
Reno stared at Cloud wide-eyes, "Are you a psychic?"
Cloud sighs and ignore the other, "That idiot… he's always treat me like a kid."
"But you are." Reno stated, ignoring the glare he got from the blonde. "Look Cloud, even if I'm not that close with you as you with Zack, you're still my friend. Of course I'll take care of as well, even without Zack asking me to."
Cloud stared at Reno, surprised by the sudden outburst. But, maybe Reno was being sincere.
"Yeah…" Cloud mumbled, smiling a little at the red-head idol before he stood. "Anyway, have fun cleaning out the plates. I'll be in my room. See you in the morning Reno."
"Sure." Reno waved his friend off before turned his attention to his food again.
So, what do you think of the first? Hope you guys like it^^
This once again was inspired by a fic that I read four years ago (I didn't remember the title, and the owner shut down the site )
Btw, do you guys remember Shalua Rui is so cool, I just like her and her looks seems fits this character in my story. That's why I choose her. But that imagine her in that sexy scientist clothes XD and in here she's older, about 30.
There's not a lot a fan of Reno/Cloud, but hell, I love them and that's why I write this story. I want to spread Reno/Cloud love as well! Long live Reno/Cloud! XD
Review please? Please let me tell you what you the first chapter. You are allowed to give me any SOFT critic as well^^