Tseng's eyes widened as he realized that Rude was gone. He'd been calling the man's apartment for an hour, with no answer, and his cell phone simply got Rude's voice mail. "Shit, shit shit." the wutain normally did not swear, but this was bad. . .this was very, very bad. "If he gets to Katsu first, Goddess only knows what could happen, especially if he gets caught. Reno would be devestated, and Rufus would have my head." He groaned, the thought of what kind of mess the whole thing could create not being something that was at all to his liking. He would have to get Elena and see if he could catch up to Rude before he got himself into trouble.
He flipped his phone open, pushing blue black bangs back out of almond shaped onyx eyes as he dialed Elena's number. "Elena, I need you to come to my apartment. Rude. . .has taken it upon himself to do something exceedingly foolish, and it will be up to us to be certain that it does not cost him more than he would be willing to pay. Or more than we would be willing to see him pay." The director of the Turks' jaw clenched. He was not in the least looking forward to informing Rufus of what had happened, and he honestly hoped to stop Rude before such a thing became a necessity.
"Don't tell me, Tseng. He's gone and done something Reno would do." came Elena's reply,
"If you mean he's done something exceedingly stupid, reckless, foolish, and impulsive, then yes. . .he's done something that Reno would do." Tseng just sighed. "We need to reach him before he has a chance to do something even more stupid, like get himself killed. That's the last thing any of us need." he told her in a droll tone. I do think you would have learned from your partner, Rude. You are supposed to be the steady one that thinks before you act, not take pages from Reno's book. He tried to keep his frustration under control until Elena got there, because he needed to be cool, calm, and collected to deal with things properly.
"Let us just hope that Reno in his infinite wisdom even in his damaged state does not have enough self-awareness and ambition to do something extremely unintelligent and take it into his head to go after his partner." he mused as he waited for Elena. "He always seems to have this strange, eerie sense for when someone he cares for is in danger and tends to do utterly idiotic things when they are."
The redhead had other things on his mind as Rude was going about his vengeance. .. the Wild One had awakened, but instead of his normal thirst for violence, another of the base drives was very firmly in conrtol. Reno slipped from the bed, walking out to the living room where Cloud cleaning his blades, the wicked smile of lust pasting itself on his lips and making his eyes gleam as he set his finger on the sword that the blond was buffing sword oil into, sliding the long digit down the edge of it.
"You know, I forgot how sexy watchin' you clean these things is. . ." The voice was a deep purr as thin arms draped themselves around Cloud's neck, a grin touching the full lipped mouth. The pearl-colored teeth latched onto one of Cloud's ear lobes, nipping at it in a very sensual manner.
The former trooper went stiff, not entirely sure what to make of this change of attitude in his lover, and he set the blade aside so as not to accidentally hurt him. "Reno? What are you. . .doing?" He was trying to fight getting aroused while at the same time pushing down the huge amount of awkwardness and discomfort that the Turk's actions were causing him. It became even more discomfitting when he caught the mad gleam in the bluish green eyes, and the almost wicked prowling way in which he was moving.
"You. . .once I get you back to bed." the purr echoed across the plae flesh, as Reno began backing Cloud into the bedroom, the blond retreating step by step, very obviously less than comfortable about the direction that the entire situation was going in that moment. The Wild One of course could not care less that he was making the Hero of the World feel like crawling away and not coming back for the next hundred years.
"Reno. .. stop." Cloud was trying his best not encourage his lover. After all, he wasn't well, he was messed up, traumtized, and to take advanatge of someone in that state just would not be right. Even though it was much more Reno taking advantage of him at the moment, but that was very much beside the point. "You're not well, you shouldn't be doing this." His legs carried him further and further back as he tried not to give in to the Turk whho was coming on very, very strong.
"And why shouldn't I, hmm?" A long tongue ran over pink lips as one of the long fingered hands reached back, slipping the black hair elastic from his hair, soft strands falling in a blood-red river over his shoulders and down his back, framing the almost exotic looking features to utter perfection. It was an almost surreal contrast to the expression of childlike curiosity that had been on his face just a few hours ago. "It's not as if I can't make my own decisions. ..and I do very much want this."
I have no idea what in the world to do with this. I mean he's acting like he wants this, but. . .is he even fully able to consent? The blond asked himself the question, and he really was not in the least sure of the answer. "Please, Reno. . .I don't think you should be doing this at all." Cloud yelped as lips came down on his, Reno's tongue trying to work its way in between his. He tried to shove the redhead back, but it was proving to not be easy.
Reno blinked as there was a sudden change in his face and his posture, though something sparked inside of him. . .something. ..familiar. . .as he reached his fingers up to his lips where he could still taste Cloud's distinctive flavor on them. "What was I. . .doing?" he asked, and if Cloud looked he would see that it was so close. ..the parts of him that had fractured were laying directly next to one another in the manner of a puzzle. .. though not completely mended, with just a bit of encouragement, for a very short moment, the one that Cloud had fallen so in love with shown in his eyes.
It was almost painful, and Cloud's heart ached to see it, as Reno's arms when almost awkwardly around him. I don't know what I should do now. . .things are so topsy turvy. . .but that look in his eye. ..it's so very close to him being here again.Blue eyes met teal, and he swallowed thickly, I want to believe. . .if only for this one night., that I can have back the one that I love so very dearly. That he won't be like Zack, or Aerith. . .that I won't fail him as I did them.
"Help me." the words were spoken in that ragged tone of need and desperation. "Help me find me. .. " there was so much pain involved in even trying to put himself back together again, in remembering, and yet. ..for Cloud. ..he was willing to give him this one sweet, magic moment. "And help me forget." He leaned in, the full lips parted, just the slightest bit, as the fair skinned face tilted back, as if begging to be kissed.
And kiss him Cloud did, heart pounding in his chest as the sound to come from between Reno's lips was a soft sigh, one that broke into a bit of a sob. Slender arms went around the trooper's shoulders, pulling him closer as the limbs trembled. For the moment, all three pieces were in agreement about what they wanted, and what they wanted was to be in Cloud's arms, to feel him, around him, inside of him, Cloud's scent on him, the feeling of his touch.
The strong arms lifted Reno up into them. . .Cloud carrying him into the bedroom, laying him down on the bed. "I love you. . .I know I suck with words, and I haven't said it enough, but it does not make it any less true." The words were spoken in a reverent tone, "I will help you forget. . .and you will find yourself in my heart." His hands worked the buttons on Reno's shirt and pants, baring the fair skin, his lips tracing down over every fishbelly silver scar, worshipping each one, the love clear in each and every touch. I have missed him. . .though I won't tell him that out loud, I don't have words for it.
Reno's breath came out a rattling sigh as sensation swamped him. . .a slow flickering fire that began in the pit of his belly and spread out through his limbs, being slowly but ever so certainly stoked to an inferno that seared over every nerve ending. Every muscle stiffened under his skin as he held tightly to Cloud. "Oh. ..oh Gods. . ." he whispered. "Please, please keep going." The plea came from him in a bare murmur as his arms tightened yet more.
In the drawer near the bed lay a small tub, one that Cloud knew well was there, and he slipped it open, the round tub being drawn out of the cherry wood table before it was closed with a distinctive noise. The top was removed, and his fingers dug into the viscous fluid. The slick-coated fingers slithered their way down the slender body, A look was given, one that asked are you ready? Are you sure?
Reno shivered at the sensations that those long fingers evoked, but that look was one that even in his still fragmented state he understood. . .and he gave the blond a nod. "I'm ready." came the words, spoken in a soft and ragged manner. The long digit that entered him brushed a place within him that sent starlight skittering across his vision, pleasure searing through him, making his body arch as feeling that was both foreign and remembered seized him.
Cloud watched in wonder as the slender body awakened. . .the pearlescent droplets on the tip of the long shaft that he'd known so very well telling of how much Reno was loving this. He could not resist the urge to bend down, licking one of those salty sticky streamlets off the round, uncut tip, drawing another soft shudder from his lover. He smiled at the groan it got. The former trooper was not expecting that this would last forever, he knew that mentally Reno still had a lot of healing to do. . .but he would enjoy it while he had it.
"Cloud. . ." the word was a soft sigh, no more than a single breath on the air between them, but the blond heard it, and felt it, deep inside of himself, It stirred something inside of him, the fierce protective streak that had driven him to keep his promise to Tifa, even when he'd been confused about how he felt for her, that had pushed him past his pain to defeat Sephiroth when the General had destroyed his home town and threatened to bring the entirety of the world to an end. I'm not going to let him be hurt again. I will put my life on the line to protect him. I swear that.
Within, the Wild One had been calmed, he was purring, the presence of the Knight settling him, at least for the moment, making him seize the Robot in his arms and press his lips to the other's in that mental space. For that moment, they were able to be one again. It would not last, it was not the time yet, and the strength was not yet there, bbut this one golden moment was one none of them would forget.
Reno's head tilted back, the full lips opening, His body was alight, beautifully alight, as he looked up at this man he loved more than life itself. "Now." he whispered, encourging Cloud to push into him, telling him that he was ready. His legs wrapped themselves around Cloud's waist, and he sighed as Cloud slid into him in one long, wonderfully smooth motion.
The radio played in the bedroom, Reno had taken to falling asleep with it on because it had always soothed his frazzled nerves when the memories of all of the bad things he'd done haunted him, and what played was perfect for this single shining moment in whish all of it had fit together just right.
I wanna know what love is.
I want you to show me,
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me.
The feelings that bubbled up within as he made love to Reno filled Cloud with a sort of wonder that he so very rarely had a chance to feel. . .a knowledge, in heart, mind, and soul, that this love, when the time came, would be what would heal the damage that had bbeen done. He reached down, brushing his fingers through the flame like hair, pressing his lips to Reno's and imprinting that flavor onto him, body and soul. He could feel the warmth of the energy that had begun a slow leak and pulse from the slim body as soon as they had joined, and it made him smile.
"Oh Cloud. . ." Reno's tone was one of wonder as the feeling rose up inside of him like a tsunami, threatening to sweep over him, to entirely engulf him, but there was no fear. Merely wonder. .. and trust. Reno trusted Cloud, with his heart, with his life, with all of him. He knew the other would not ever harm him, and from the normally hard nosed and untrusting Turk that was a very big deal. The fire raged in his gut, and then blossomed fully, fanning out through his entire being as climax made his body tense fully, blue white fluid splashing between he and Cloud. In the one moment, he was whole, completely whole.
As Cloud's orgasm too grabbed hold of him and made muscles tense and teeth bare he swore he could hear soft laughter in the room, but he was sure he was imagining it. It wasn't like anyone could get through a locked door. Neither he nor Reno had any idea that it had been the presence of Phoenix that had allowed that temporary mending.
You will need this, my Flame, and his protector, mate, and Knight. You will need this bonding, to keep you strong, with what is coming. I did what needed to be done to protect this world's future. . .I'm simply happy that both of you got to enjoy it as well