Back for more? lol Glad to see that. This chapter has a little bit of fluff in it, but not much. It has some inner thoughts from Reno, and Yuffies responses to the ones he tells her about. There are going to be reminders of the bad things Reno did in the rest of the story, but I'm not concentraiting on those. One or two will be there in detail later on, but that's about it. Enjoy!
I don't own FF VII or any of the characters in it. I just use them to make my muse, Carla, happy. )
Renji was asleep on his father's shoulder, much like he had been in the picture Rude had sent. Reno did not want to let the boy go for some reason. He wanted to keep holding him, and brush the vagrant lock of hair out of his face every ten minutes because it kept falling back down. Renji was just a warm bundle of child, sleeping peacefully.
"Here, I'll put him to bed. He usually falls asleep later, but I guess all the excitement wore him out." Yuffie spoke quietly, and gently pulled the boy from him. They dissapeared down the hall, leaving Reno to his thoughts for a moment. He stared after them, then stood up, patting his jacket pockets. He walked outside after finding his cigarettes and lighter. Reno lit a cigarette quickly, taking a long drag before leaning on one of the posts supporting the patio roof. He closed his eyes, letting his head hit the wood with a soft 'thud'.
"He wants you to take him for a helicopter ride." Reno nearly leapt off the patio at the sound of Yuffie's voice. She had doned a sweater and was holding it around her small frame with one hand, while the other was busy setting an ash tray down on the railing behind him.
"What? I thought he was alseep."
"He is. But when I told him you were a pilot, he asked if you would take him for a ride. Will you?"
"Yeah." He took another drag before using the ash tray. "I wasn't going to ash on your patio, you know."
"I should hope not." Yuffie sat herself down on a swinging bench, leaving enough room for him to join her if he wanted to.
"Yuffie..." She looked up at him, her eyes intent on his face. "Are you sure you want this? I mean, I'm not exactly the fatherly-type. I have bad habits, and I've done some some pretty fucked-up things. You don't know half of what I did working under Mr. President." He always refered to the original leader of the Shinra Company as 'Mr. President'. It was a great way to turn his title into an insult. "What are we going to do when he finds out what the Turks really did under that nut-ball? You want him to know that his father was little more than an assasin? To find out how I used to use women and how..." Reno winced inwardly at what he was about to say. "...how I treated you? Running around with different women just to try and forget about you? Which didn't work, by the way."
Yuffie cocked her head to the side, then patted the swing she was on. He watched her for a moment then took the ash tray and set it on a small table near the swing. He sat down, rubbing his face with his hands, one of which still held his lit cigarette.
"Yes, this is what I want. Renji needs his father, Reno. And..." Yuffie pulled his hands away from his face, taking his cigarette and putting it out in the ash tray before scooting over next to him. She wrapped one of his arms around her, and leaned on his shoulder. "...I need you too. I still love you, Reno, and I can do it on my own, but...I don't want to. You'll get used to being a dad. I'm not exactly the motherly type, you know, but I've managed. I don't think Renji will turn into a crazy teenager hell bent on getting tattoos and piercings and stealing cars."
"He seems like a great kid. You did a good job." Reno relaxed against the swing, allowing the arm around Yuffie to slide down to her waist.
"You might want to hold that thought until you see him throw a fit over a fudge-cicle." He chuckled, forgetting that Yuffie had taken away his cigarette unfinished. She was the only one who could do that and get away with it. "But thanks. Reno, do you not want to be part of his life? I understand if you don't. Having a kid thrust on you when you least expect it isn't very fun. Trust me, I know."
"Are you kidding? After having the kid fall asleep on my shoulder and run up and hug me like that? I used to laugh at all the emotional shit parents would tell me about their kids. Now I get why they say it. I mean, it's like he thinks I'm capable of making the clouds rain orange soda or something. I'd be a moron to not want to be a part of that. Makes my ego even bigger to know he thinks I can make it rain orange soda." Yuffie laughed and hit him in the stomach.
"I'm beign serious!"
"So am I. Total ego boost, I'm telling you." She laughed again, then fell silent as the swing creaked back and forth. It was a comfortable silence, one that made him want it to last forever. One last thought came into his mind before he could let the silence rest. "What's Godo likely to do when he sees me here?"
"Well, he can't kill you anymore, cause the blood-feud is over," Reno raised an eyebrow at that. Wutai was such a peaceful place. Blood-feud had not been called in five generations anywhere in the city. "...but he won't be happy, I can tell you that much."
"I'll deal with Godo tomorrow. I just want to make sure I wake up tomorrow and this isn't all a dream."
"Me too, Reno, me too."
"Are you sure you don't want to make me sleep outside tonight? I'll understand if you do."
"Well, that depends. Did you really just go to dinner with those women?"
"Recently, yeah. I'll admit I did my best to forget you, Yuffie. I really did. I couldn't even tell you the names of the women I slept with for the first year." He felt her muscles tighten under his hand, and he made sure not to move and chose his next words carefully. "Then I finally woke up one day and realized what a fuck-up I'd been. And yes, I was very careful with them, I promise. You know you're the only one I ever went bare-back with." He had meant it to be funny, but it was the truth and she knew it. He felt her relax against him agian. "Would it make you feel better to know that I always said your name during sex?" Yuffie giggled and snuggled herself closer against him. "And that you were much, MUCH better in bed than they were?"
"Now you're laying it on a bit thick, Turkey."
"It's true. You think just anyone can make me yell out obsenities in bed? Or make me want to please them, for that matter? No ma'am. You alone get that honor."
"I always did like you to talk dirty."
Reno felt, more than saw, her smile in the darkness. Now he could let the silence go on.
YAY for writing Reno. I love the man more and more. Next chapter had Godo fun-ness in it, so keep an eye out!
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