Rude straightened up his apartment while he was on the phone with his all too cheerful mother. He was going back to his mother and father's house for Christmas, and they were excited to see him. (Mostly to see how much he had grown.) She couldn't contain the excitement in her voice as she updated her son on his old dog, almost 17 now. He was a pure-bred beagle, and his name was Samson. Sammy for short. He continued to try to tell his mother goodbye and that he had to go to work, but then she'd ask about something else. "What about your friends? Do you have any at work? What're their names? Where do you work, honey? Are you well? Do you have a pet? Do you like someone? As in like like, or even love? I can't wait to see you! Your father is just as excited as I am!" she said happily. He didn't know about that, knowing his father could contain himself. Rude was a lot like him. "Ok, mom, I really have to go. Do you want me to be fired?" he asked, knowing that would let him escape. "Oh! No, dear! Go on ahead! I'll see you in about a week, right?" she asked.
Rude rolled his eyes. Of course she would. "Yes, ma. Goodbye." he said. "Bye, Rude! Love you!" she said. "You too. Bye." he said. "Bye bye." she said, hanging up.
Sure, he loved her and all, but man... Did it take her awhile to end a conversation. He put on his sunglasses, grabbed his briefcase, and headed out the door, locking it behind him. Once he was at Shin-ra, naturally, he saw the red headed Turk first thing. "Hey, man! You're a little late..." he said, smirking. "Yes, I know... I was talking to my mother." he said, rolling his eyes and taking a seat. "Your mom? For what, yo?" he asked, quirking an eyebrow. Rude looked at him across the room. There was silence. "Is it wrong to talk to my mother without there being an emergency or death?" he asked. Reno shrugged, going back to his paperwork. "So, what were you talking to her about?" he asked. Rude shrugged. "Random things. About my old dog, work, and then me coming for Christmas." he said. "You're goin to her house for Christmas?" he asked. Rude looked at him again. That Turk sure was talkitive today. "Yes. Are you?" he asked. There was silence in the room. Rude then realized he had asked a bad question.
Before Reno said anything, Rude apoligized. "Sorry, Reno... Wasn't... Thinking, I guess. Forget I asked." he said quickly and quietly. "Whatever. It's fine." he said, becoming quiet again. Silence filled the room. The rest of the day went on like this. Quiet and quick. Quick and quiet. Until it was finally over. Reno packed up his things and left the room. 'Wow... I really got to his head... I wonder what happened... And if he'd tell me...' he thought, watching Reno walk down the street through the window.
Pretty soon he found himself packing up as well. He put his paperwork, pen, schedules, and other things into his briefcase and left the Shin-ra building. Later that night, Rude was eating Ben&Jerry's Chunky Monkey Ice-cream and watching a movie. He noticed there was only about fifteen minutes of the movie left. The movie was boring near the end, his ice-cream was almost gone, and he couldn't stop thinking of Reno. He turned the volume on low on the TV and got up to throw away the ice-cream carton. He stopped by the refridgerater to get some milk. Once he got that, he went by his sound system and picked up the remote, turning it on and going back to sit on the sofa. He heaved a large sigh and turned up the volume on his stereo. One of his favorite songs were on.
Blame It (On the Alchohol) by Jamie Foxx. (One of my favorite songs! X3) Leaning his head on the back of the sofa, he flipped through the channels, hoping to find something good on. He then stopped, seeing a Christmas show on. Charlie Brown's Christmas.
It was about to end too, though. It was at the part where Charlie Brown was bringing back the little scrawny excuse for a tree. 'Everything's almost over... What time is it, anyway?' he thought, glancing at the clock. Hmm. Two thirty in the morning. Well... At least it was Friday. No work tomorrow. At least for Shin-ra. He wondered if Reno was awake. If he was, he wanted to call him.
If he wasn't, and he called... .... He decided to not take the chance. He got up, turned off the TV, checked to see if the door was locked, (he hated it when those brats actually risked their lives trying to steal stuff from him,) and decided to go to bed. He turned the volume down lower on his stereo. Once he was in bed though, he couldn't sleep. He took the chance and picked up his phone, calling Reno. "Please Enjoy the Music While Your Party is Reached" the annoying voice rang out. 'Into the Night' by Nickelback played.
Rude waited. Finally, he answered. "*yawn* Hello...?" a tired voice asked. "Hey..." he started. "Rude? What the hell, man... It's two thirty... five... in the damn mornin... What's so important?" he asked, trying to sound mad. "Um... About earlier today. I couldn't stop thinking about it... I wanted you to know I'm sorry." he said. "...." no response. "...Reno?" he asked, seeing if he was still there.
"..." Rude was about to hang up. "Oh, yeah... Dude, I forgot about that like, ..... I don't know. A while back. You need to learn to let things go, man..." he said. Rude resisted sighing in relief. "...You sure?" he asked. "Pssh. 'Course I'm sure. Go to sleep, yo... Even the big strong indestructible Rude needs sleep. Same as the Incredible Mr. Reno." he said. Rude almost burst out laughing. The Incredible Mr. Reno... Wow... "Ok, Incredible Mr. Reno." he said, smiling. "Mk. 'Night, Big, Strong, Indestructible Rude." he said, smiling himself. "Ok. Night." he said, hanging up. Reno closed his phone and put it on his nightstand. He couldn't believe that Rude even remembered that. He smiled. 'That Rude sure is different...' he thought, laying back down to go back to sleep.
It was now Sunday. (Yes, I know I skipped a day. - -;) Rude had been thinking the whole weekend about Reno... Something he didn't do often. He was now sitting on his couch watching TV. On Sunday, there was never anything good on... .... Just golf. 'boooringgg..' he thought. He walked over to his TV and inserted a DVD. It was i,Robot with Will Smith in it. He never got tired of this movie. It was one of the few sci-fi movies he actually liked. His phone rang in the other room. He got up and went to his room where
it had been charging. He unhooked it and flipped it open. "Hello?" he said. "Hey! It's Reno." he said. "Oh. Hey." he replied. "The new pool opened." he said. Rude saw where this was going. "Really? Hmm. I didn't know." he said. "Huh. Well, now you do. What I'm askin is do you wanna come with me, Elena, and Tseng?" he asked. Good God, he convinced Tseng and Elena?! Wow... Well... It shouldn't have been too much of a surprise. Reno could persuade just about anyone. Anyone but Tifa and a few of her friends. "Yeeaaahhhh... Um... I'm not big on swimming, Re..." he said. "Aww, c'mon! We're already here! It's got this huge water slide, well, two of em actually. One's yellow and the other's red. It's also got a volleyball net on it, and it has lilypads. Like, the big plastic ones that are huge, bigger than Elena, and it's also got this swirly thing. It's like a river, but it has jet thingies on the sides under the water. You can get a water noodle and ride the current! It's fun. Tseng and I raced. Ok, I'll admit he beat me in that, but I beat him on the slide race thing. Mwahaha. He didn't like that." he said, amusement in his voice. "Hmm. Reno, I don't think I want to swim." he said. There was silence, and Rude could barely make out Reno's voice... Like he was telling them some- "Pleassseeee???" all three of them said at once. Rude rolled his eyes. "....I'll come watch." he said.
"Yay! Ok. See ya here in a few, yo." he said, hanging up. (By the way, I know. It's like a week until Christmas there. SO, it's cold. I just remembered that. lol. ... It's a very large indoor pool. lol. X3 Let's stick with that, shall we? lol. That's a huge indoor pool.) Rude was now there. He looked around for Reno or Elena or Tseng. Strange. He shrugged and sat down on one of the lawn chairs by the pool. Picking up the book he brought, he layed back and began to read. "Hey hey, Rude!" a voice said. He looked up to see the trio of Turks heading towards him. "Hey, Reno, Elena, Tseng." he said. "Man, you always have those sunglasses on, huh?" he said, smirking. "What color are your eyes?" Elena asked. "Hmm?" before Rude do anything, the red headed Turk reached down and pulled off his sunglasses.
Rude glared at him. ".....Wow." Reno said, looking at Rude's eyes for the first time ever. "I KNEW it! You owe me five bucks, Tseng!" Elena triumphed. "No! I said brown! You said green!" he protested. "Whatever. I said brown. Cough up the money, buddy." she said, holding out a hand.
He scoffed and shoved a bill in her hand. "Thank you!" she said, faking happiness. Rude knew she didn't really feel that happy... More... Smug. But, that's Elena for you. "C'mon! You gonna swim?" Reno asked. "I told you, no." he said. Reno stood, pouting. "I'll fire you." Tseng threatened. "- -; Riight..." he said, continuing to read. "Come ON. Please?" Elena asked. "I don't like the water." he said darkly. "Why not?" she asked. "....." he didn't reply, just went back to reading. "Can you not swim?" Tseng asked. Rude gave his are-you-stupid? look. "I'm guessing you can then..." he mused. Rude nodded. "Then..." Reno started. "Ah, let it go. At least he came." she said, going to get a drink. Tseng watched her leave, but stayed still. "Tseng..." Rude started. "Hmm?" he looked back to Rude. "Standing there won't make me get in the water." he said blandly. Tseng stared at him for a moment. Rude stared back. "Ugh. Fine..." he said. "Have fun reading." he said, going after Elena. Reno stayed there.
Rude ignored him. "Hey, Rude?" he started. Rude resisted the urge to scream at him. "What, Reno..." he grumbled. "What does that necklace mean?" he asked, looking at a charm on Rude's neck. Rude was surprised Reno had ever noticed that. It was a feather with three green wisps, two gold wisps, and one black wisp. It was on a small, thin gold chain that rested between his two collarbones. "Um... Nothing, Reno. It doesn't mean anything... I just... wear it." he lied. Reno looked at him doubtfully. Rude shook his head, dismissing that subject. "Reno, do you really not have any family?" he asked quietly. Reno looked at him. "Yeah. They all died." he said. "...Hmm." he said, now deep in thought. After a moment, he looked to see the redheaded Turk. He was watching Tseng and Elena. They waved him over. Reno stayed still. "Go on, Incredible Mr. Reno. The Big, Strong Indestructible Rude is fine." he said with a smile. Reno gave a small genuine smile, then went over to Elena and Tseng.
Rude watched Reno sit down beside them. Tseng had blue trunks on with white lei flowers, Elena had a black and white polka dotted two piece on, and Reno, being the egotistical person he is, wearing black trunks with red flames on them. (lol. Can you see that? X3) Rude thought and thought about what he had ben deciding all weekend. There was only two more weeks until Christmas. In one week, he was going back to where he grew up with his parents. Reno wasn't. He was staying home. And spending Christmas alone. .... Rude thought more. And more. And made up his mind. He got up off the lawn chair by the pool and picked up his phone, flipping it open and calling someone. It rang. Once. Three times. "Hello?"
the voice answered. "Hey mom." he replied. "Oh! Hello, Rude! How are you?" she asked. "Fine, fine. Um... Hey, listen, uh..." he stuttered. "Yes? Something wrong, honey?" she asked. He then heard a gasp. "You can't come, can you?!" she guessed. He could hear the tears coming. "No, mom, I'm coming, but that's what I called about..." he started. "Oh... Phew. Ok, what about it?" she asked. "Well... I'm coming, but what I want to know is...
Can I bring someone with me?"
Yay! Something that's a little longer! .... Even though it sucks right now, it'll get better. lol. ^_~ Reviews are loved!