10 Things
Surprise! Gen-swap, Reno is a girl, because I like it that way. ;)
Rated T for later content.
10 drabbles involving Rude and Reno.
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Pink
Tuesday morning at ShinRa was usually pretty uneventful, save the occasional mission assignment squabbles. Usually. That is, unless a certain redhead with a lack of any sense of self-preservation got the idea to do something stupid.
The flash of crimson that shot past him nearly made Rude drop his coffee. As it was, a little of the steaming liquid splashed out of the styrofoam cup, onto his hand.
Hissing in irritation from the stinging, he at it with his jacket sleeve. Rude turned and watched with narrowed eyes as a very panicked looking Reno shot out of sight around a corner, nearly slamming into the wall as she did so. Well, it would be more accurate to say he watched her ass shoot out of sight. Though he should probably not admit that. To anyone. Ever.
Rude stood there for a confused second, wondering what-who- the hell Reno was running from. Knowing the redhead it could be anyone. She had a bad habit of playing pranks on the wrong people. Especially the First Class Soldiers. Who usually attempted murder in return for their shampoo being replaced by hair removal cream, or itching powder being spread all over their bedsheets, causing them to wake up scratching.
Rude chuckled at that last one. Angeal had nearly burst a blood vessel on finding out that it was Reno who'd pulled that one on both him and Zack. Though in Reno's defence, she didn't know Zack had a severe allergy to one of the chemicals used in making the irritant. Reno had still spent a week in the Infirmary for it though.
Shaking his head to clear away the thought, Rude turned on his heel to head into his office, deciding to ignore his curiousity. No sooner than he turned though, he got his answer-catching sight of Elena stalking down the hall.
Normally, catching sight of the determined stalk of the short blond woman wasn't anything out of the ordinary (Elena having a bad case of short, cute, and female—none of which lent itself to an air of someone to be taken seriously—which she often overcompensated for in the form of an impeccibal wardrobe, a gaze that could frost the dick off of a man at thirty-paces, and the walking pace of someone as tall as Rude) but for the fact that her hair…-Rude did a lightening quick double-take- was now the brightest shade of pink Rude had ever had the displeasure of seeing.
With the feeling of his testicles shriveling unpleasantly into his body, Rude had never been more grateful of his habitual pair of sunglasses. He knew his eyes were the size of dinnerplates behind them.
Still, none of his training did anything to help his hand—Styrofoam crushing like eggshells in his grip as Elena looked at him. He didn't even register the pain of scalding-hot coffee cascading over his skin.
"Reno—" The word torn from between Elena's teeth, jagged and enraged and promising painful retribution if Rude failed to comply with her demands. For a second, Rude considered shouting, "ShinRa doesn't negotiate with terrorists!" and following Reno's sprint down the hallway—but no. Elena was too close, to fast (even in her ridiculously high-heels) for Rude to make it.
Rude swallowed thickly before cleared his throat. He lifted the hand not holding his crushed coffee cup and gestured shortly down the hall with his thumb, giving up his partner like the sacrificial fox that she was.
With a venomous look promising that she would return and eviscerate him, should his intel prove untrustworthy, Elena took off toward the corner Reno had disappeared around.
Rude watched her go, eyes locked on her now vibrantly colored hair—slowly, his balls descended, sensing that the danger had passed, glad that they had survived intact.
One thought went through his head; 'Reno…is a dead woman.'
Manfully, he retreated to his office to mop up his hand and hide. Minutes later, the screaming that echoed down the hallway was no surprise at all.
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A/N: I'm breaking the drabbles down into chapters. By the end there will be 10 chapters. ^_^ I will be posting whenever I can. Hope you enjoy them, and feel free, if you want, to use them as prompts. I don't plan on using for any further story... Maybe. Most likely.
Had alot of help from Self-San, in the form of Beta, and moral support for poor Rude, as well as some AWESOME suggestions. There are even some DIRECT quotes from her, because sometimes things couldn't be said better. No matter how hard ya try. SHOUTOUT to Self! THANKS SELF! *Huggles Self-san until she turns B~L~U~U~U~U~E and wiggles like an excited puppy*
Anyway, thanks for reading! R&R if you feel like. Reviews are appreciated, and they encourage me to post more stuff. ;)