Woo! So much has been going on! My niece was FINALLY born after much drama and stupidity on the doctor's part. Also, I'm moving so that makes updating slow as all hell. I swear I haven't forgotten about you readers out there! I love you! And The Drew Carry Show is so funny. Ryan Styles cracks me up.
I don't own FF VII or any of her characters. I just let my plotbunnies gnaw on them.
"It's thirty fucking degrees outside, why the hell are we having a LUAU?!" Reno was grumpy. He was walking down the street, dressed for the beach under his coat, carrying a pair of flip-flops in the hand that wasn't stuffed into a pocket.
"..."
"Yeah, yeah, free booze. But why the hell did Rufus all of a sudden decide to have a party?"
"Better than moping around at home..."
"Fuck you dude, you don't even know what I'm moping about."
"..."
"At least you ordered the good booze."
"...Rufus wanted daiquiris and margaritas."
"Son of a bi-"
"I got beer too."
"Shit, don't scare me like that."
The party, held in a large room decorated in a tropical theme, was underway when Reno got there. He made a beeline for the bar, but encountered Reeve sitting beside a kiddie pool, winding up water toys and putting them in the pool.
"What the fuck are you doing, Reeve?"
"Oh, just mixing up the drinks." Reeve put a mermaid into the pool, and began winding up another toy. "Want a margarita, Reno? I think it's ready for drinking."
"No way. Beer calling my name."
"Ah, well, more for us!" Cait Sith walked up, holding a glass the size of a fish bowl. "Thank you, Cait." Reno walked away, shaking his head. The bar made him happy, seeing as a cold bottle of his favorite beer was waiting for him there. Rude was sitting next to him, his own beer in front of him.
"..."
"I agree. He's seriously fucked up. He'll be plastered by the time he's half through with that drink."
By the time Reno was on his third drink, Rude had left to talk with Elena and Tseng. He scowled at his friends and went to turn back to the drink rack when he heard Reeve yelling across the room.
"Tifa! Yuffie! Glad you made it! Come over and have a drink! Cait's getting more glasses!" The man was gesturing wildly for them to cross the room. The girls waved and went to hang up their coats. Tifa just threw hers off and nearly pranced over to where Reeve was. Reno didn't really care what Tifa did. It was Yuffie he was watching. She was wearing a bright green bikini with a white and green sarong.
He waited until Tifa and Reeve were deep in conversation before he moved. There were blue curtains hanging on the walls, so he used them to keep anyone from seeing where he went. Right when Tifa started laughing so hard her drink went out her nose, Reno reached out and pulled Yuffie back behind the curtains with him. He had one hand over her mouth to keep her from yelling.
"It's me." Her body relaxed and he let her go. "C'mon."
"Where?"
"Do you really want to stay at a fucking luau?"
"No..."
"Then c'mon." He started walking, Yuffie following behind him. "What the hell are you staring at?"
"The flowers on your shirt match your hair..."
"So? You're wearing a bright green bikini and orange flip-flops."
"Why are we using the stairs, Reno?"
"Cause the elevators make noise, and I don't feel like having that entire room know we're going somewhere." Reno put out a hand suddenly, feeling the wall on his right. "Where the fuck is that switch...there it is." He turned to Yuffie. "Not a word about this corridor, got it, Ninja-girl?"
"Kay. What is this place, Reno?"
"It's a floor between floors. Like a secret lair, just without the lava-pit." Yuffie giggled.
"Kind of a letdown. Are there any of those guys running around in silver jumpsuits with laser guns?"
"Nah, but I bet Rufus has a few of them for his own amusement. This is where we hide the donuts, though." Another giggle.
"So, why are we here?"
"Cause I don't want to be at a fucking luau." Reno opened a door and walked in. "You going to wait out there all night?" He heard her walk in while he was messing around with a remote control. Lights suddenly came on, and a television that spanned the entire wall turned on with a soft 'click'. "What you want to watch?" There was a seemingly endless list of movies on the screen.
"Something funny."
"Dogma it is." Reno plopped down on an over-sized couch, looking at the remote in his hands. Yuffie sat down gingerly next to him, sliding the flip-flops off her feet as Reno had done. He looked at her for a second after starting the movie, then sat up, pulling her against him as he settled back into the corner seat. "I don't like you being scared of me."
"I'm not scared...I just don't know what to think."
"What's to think about?"
"You KNOW what."
"What the hell's so wrong with me kissing you? You enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. What's the problem?"
"Nothing...you really liked kissing me?"
"Yeah." He shifted, pulling a hidden drawer out from the front of the armrest. Yuffie found a cold can of Dr. Pepper being handed to her. "I'd kiss you again, but that outfit would end up on the floor."
"Do you really not have that much self-control, Reno?"
"Heh, not with you wearing that. I want to take it off you anyway."
"Why?"
"Because I want you naked. You're fucking hot, Yuffie." She giggled, and completely relaxed against him. "That's better. And no more talking during the movie. I hate that shit."
"Kay."
Back at the party...
"How in the world can you lose track of two people in THIS building?"
"We're searching the security feeds now, sir."
"Good. It wasn't easy to set up this party on such short notice, I'd hate to think it went to waste."
"No waste, sir..." Rude said, nodding in the direction of the kiddie pool near the bar. Reeve and Tifa were positively drunk and holding races with the water toys in the pool.
"Yes, you're right. That's entirely amusing...I wonder if I can wring the recipe for her chocolate cake out of her while she's drunk..."
Back to the movie...
"Hey Reno?"
"I'm going to gag you if you don't shut up, Yuffie."
"Reno, is there anything this couch DOESN'T have in it? You've got a cooler, a snack drawer, back up remotes..."
"It doesn't have a built in toilet. But only cause there wasn't a feasible way to work the plumbing part of it."
"...you'd use the bathroom on your couch?"
"Fuck no! That's why we wanted to build a toilet in it, so that we could watch the game uninterrupted. It's got something else though. Watch this shit." Reno leaned back slightly, and the back section of the couch where he was sitting reclined. A foot rest came into being too. "Neat, huh?"
"I'm seriously jealous."
"Yeah. This couch is fucking awesome."