Reno watched Rude watch Tifa through his sunglasses and wondered if that was the reason why he wore them, out of stealth or out of affectation like he did his own goggles.

"Why don't you go talk to her?" he suggested.

"I do talk to her" the tall tanned man replied.

"You order drinks from her and talk about the weather. Are you trying to bore her into sleeping with you?"

"That's not my main objective and she already has a man in her heart" Rude replied.

"Some boyfriend; he's off being all angst-y again and roaring around on his motorcycle being the big bad lone wolf and mourning a dead girl who isn't Tifa. Yet she's right in front of you, sleeping alone and missing the jerk. She's ripe for the plucking. Go get her" Reno suggested to him.

"No the time isn't right and I don't want her simply in my bed" Rude explained.

"Why not?" Reno asked him, unable to picture wanting more from a woman.

"I'm not like you. If she were to sleep with you, she would be just another notch on your bedpost. She would wake up a little embarrassed and you wouldn't even offer her breakfast and she would probably have to walk home because you have to dash to work as ever. She would never hear from you again except when she has to witness you picking up other women at her own bar" he said.

"I'm not that bad" Reno protested.

"I'm just trying to point out the difference between the two of us. When Tifa agrees to go out with me, I shall treat her like the fine lady she is. I shall romance her and win her and she will never have the slightest doubt that I'm an honourable man who intends to marry her when she's ready and shall spend my life making her happy. That I shall provide her with the children she so desires and help raise her adopted son and shall be faithful only onto her" Rude explained.

"You can be such a chick sometimes! You mean to tell me if she desired to take you to bed, you would say no?" Reno asked him incredulously.

"Naturally I don't expect her to wait until marriage, but I would let her know that eventual marriage between us is my main objective, not a cheap no-strings attached affair like you prefer" Rude said.

"And what's wrong with no-strings attached affairs?" he demanded.

"When you sleep with someone you barely know, it's all about the physical gratification and although it's pleasant, it means little in the end and you still remain strangers when you part. "When I take Tifa to bed, it shall be a celebration of our union and not just our bodies and we shall become one as we make love. I hope you understand the difference some day. If I speak only of the weather is because I know the timing isn't right to tell her how I really feel. She's still mourning Cloud but you can only miss something you can't touch for so long. Until then she needs a friend, men are always hitting on her because of how she looks. I'm in love with her mind, body and soul. Someday I will tell her when the time is right and she will accept my suit. Until then she will see me as her self appointed bouncer for her bar and the only man who never hit on her and how I always looked her in the eye when I talked about the weather. The body the goddess blessed her with is a miracle but I love her as a whole. A woman should never be just the sum of her parts. So while you are chasing a long haired brunette with a heart shaped bottom or a curvy well endowed blonde or just some other random girl. I shall be discussing the weather with my future wife and waiting to claim her as mine" Rude explained and Reno went uncharacteristically silent at this as they both studied the same woman, one with lust and the other with devotion.