Summary: Another Cloud/Reno two-shot. It's Reno's birthday, and Cloud decides to decorate a birthday cake for him. Reno, however, has his own ideas for frosting usage.

Setting: AC. Cloud and Reno are shacked up, living in sin and whatnot. Woo hoo! :)

Rated T for now, may be upgraded to M if necessary after the next chapter.

Warnings: language, mild drug reference, yaoi

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy, Square Enix does, this is written for fun. But I do own a LOT of cake decorating supplies. :)

It was Reno's birthday next week, and this year, Cloud decided to try decorating a birthday cake for Reno. He figured it wouldn't be much harder than baking and frosting a pan full of brownies, which he'd done plenty of. Still, Cloud felt it couldn't hurt to take a few cake decorating classes.

So, Cloud signed up for a handful of introductory cake decorating classes at the local culinary school in Edge. He went during the day, in between deliveries, trying to keep the whole enterprise a secret from Reno, as he wanted to surprise him with a perfectly decorated cake on his birthday. Cloud had visions of wowing Reno with a masterpiece similar to the ones they had seen on some of the cooking channels.

Cloud took to the basic steps in cake decorating like a pro. He soon discovered that homemade frosting was so much better than the store-bought crap in a can, and learned about different types of frostings, fillings, meringues, and fondants. Soon, he had moved beyond the basics, and attempted some more intricate decorating, using the pastry bag and decorating tips. It finally came time for the last class, and by that point, Cloud was confident enough in his abilities to feel that he would be able to make and decorate a rather nice cake for Reno's birthday.

The next dilemma was deciding what kind of cake to make for Reno. Cloud knew that anything traditional and flowery was SO not Reno, and he nixed those ideas immediately. It would have to be…something fun, something funky. Something…modern, and untraditional. Cloud was sitting on the couch one night, snuggled next to Reno watching television, when the idea hit him. It was, quite literally, staring him right in the face.

A bong. It was sitting in front their coffee table, like some sort of showpiece. And it wasn't just any bong – it was actually a hookah. A really big hookah, that Reno was quite proud of. He had purchased it in Wutai, and it was modeled after Leviathan.

Reno was starting to snore and nod off on the couch, so Cloud carefully extricated himself from the sleepy Turk, and crept over to study the hookah a bit more closely. I can do this, Cloud thought confidently.

"Snaafk?" Reno snorted, as he began to wake up. He patted the seat next to him, blindly feeling around for the warm body that had been there just moments before. "Cloud?" he mumbled, slowly opening his eyes and looking around.

"Over here, Reno," Cloud answered, heading back toward the couch, and sitting down next to Reno, resting his head on the Turk's shoulder. "Have a good nap?"

"Yeah, just a catnap, yo," Reno replied, kissing Cloud on the forehead. "Were you just lighting up the hookah or something?"

"Um, n-o," Cloud stammered, turning slightly red. "I was…just looking at it."

Reno regarded Cloud suspiciously. "Really, now? You sure you weren't just sneaking some weed without telling me, were you?" he teased, smiling.

"I didn't!" Cloud protested, trying to distract Reno by moving up, and sitting so that he was straddling his lap. "You know I'd share with you, Reno," he whispered, as he gently grazed Reno's lips with his own, then teased them apart with his tongue, kissing him.

"Mmm," Reno growled appreciatively, running his hands up along Cloud's lean back. "So, you know it's my birthday next week…"

"Is it really?" Cloud replied coyly, grinning. "I had no idea!"

"Shut up. Ass," Reno said, smirking, as he pulled Cloud closer. "I was just thinking…maybe we could just go out to eat that night or something. Sushi, maybe."

"That sounds good, Reno," Cloud replied, nuzzling wetly into his neck, eliciting an ecstatic moan from the Turk. "But what about…a birthday cake?" he asked hesitantly, trying to gauge Reno's interest.

"Hmm," Reno murmured, considering this. "I think…I'd like to have a Cloud cake," he said finally.

"Huh?" Cloud asked as he looked up at Reno, sounding puzzled. "A…what?"

"A Cloud cake," Reno repeated. "I wanna cover you from head to toe with frosting, and lick it all off," he whispered, leering at Cloud.

Cloud swallowed audibly. "Oh," he said weakly. "That could be…nice." He made a mental note to make a quadruple batch of buttercream frosting over the weekend.

In the next chapter: All that delicious frosting...mmm, yummy. :)