Way of Living
CloudxReno; occasional other pairings.
AN: hey, everyone was doing a collection of drabbles so I thought... why not? XDXD
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"5 years."
"It's a pretty long time, isn't it?"
"Yeah..."
The AVALANCHE members and Turks were sat in the bar, silently staring at their drinks. It was the anniversary of the destruction of the Sector 7 and everyone was at their homes, mourning over the familiars lost in the fall of the platform, except for the heroes and the villains of the time. Those decided to reunite to prove to the others civilians that the villains regretted their actions and that the heroes forgave them for that.
Cloud Strife, main hero, looked around the bar, missing the main villain of the whole story. "Anybody saw Reno?" He asked, breaking the silence.
"I called him this morning." Rude informed. "He said that he needed to go somewhere first before joining us."
The blond nodded. Oh, he knew where his lover was at the time. There was no way he was wrong about his whereabouts. "I'll be right back." He said softly getting up, picking up his sword from the pile of weapons that they had made near the exit to show to everyone who wanted to see it that they were sick of fights and leaving the bar, knowing pretty well where to go.
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Reno closed his eyes at the sensation of cold wind caressing his tear-stained face. I'm sorry. He cried, leaning against some debris of the fallen platform. I could have avoided this... I'm so, so sorry...
Strong arms slowly wrapped themselves around the redhead's chest, tightening gently. "I knew I'd find you here."
Reno felt his lover's warm breath on his nape, place where Cloud had rested his lips. "I could have avoided this." He said in a whisper, sharing his thoughts. "I could but I didn't."
"Don't stay trapped in the past, that's an advice that I give you. Believe me; I have experience on the matter." Cloud smiled softly against his lover's neck.
"I killed thousands of people; can't you see that, yo?" Reno asked, new hot tears running down his face. "I killed young couples that had just married and found happiness in the middle of the misery that engulfed the slums; I killed children, innocent children who still had too many years to live." He sobbed, covering his face in shame with his trembling hands.
Cloud closed his eyes and pressed his lips on the man's shoulder, cupping Reno's hands with his own. "It was you or them." He whispered, closing his eyes a little bit just to see the first drops of rain hitting the debris under them. "If you hadn't pushed that button, you would have been shot by Tseng or someone else on the spot. It was all just a battle for survival."
"Then I should have been shot, yo." Reno replied, lifting his head and squeezing Cloud's hands. "What kind of battle for survival is one where innocent children, and I won't even bring up the rest of the people that died under the debris where we're sat, have to die?"
The blond warrior lowered their hands to Reno's lap and turned him slightly just so that they could look at each other. "A war without death is not a war but stubbornness. You know that better than anyone. You were just following orders and if there's someone who should feel guilty, that somebody is who ordered the fall of the platform. Mr. Shinra already had his punishment at the hands of Sephiroth and is still, probably, receiving it from the ones he killed so heartlessly." Cloud said softly, wiping the new tears that run down Reno's cheeks as he spoke. "Don't feel guilty for others. Instead, raise you head and keep going for the ones who had to die, try to make things right for them. That's the greatest way to reach forgiveness."
Reno nodded and burst into sobs, completely breaking down as he buried his head on his lover's chest. "You learnt that too by experience, yo?" He sobbed with a small grin that quickly disappeared as more tears ran down his cheeks.
Cloud chuckled, resting his chin on top of his lover's head and feeling the cold rain hit his face. "How did you guess?" He joked, kissing the fiery head before resting his chin on it again. "We should head to Seventh Heaven. Everybody's waiting for us and I said I would be right back."
The redhead adjusted himself on Cloud's lap, tightening his hold on the man's shirt. "Let's just stay like this for just a little longer." He whispered, closing his eyes and sniffling, wiping his cold nose with his sleeve. "It... It feels nice..."
The blond nodded and ran his arms around Reno, slowly rocking him back and forth as he kept hushing soothing words on his lover's ear. You're broken but I promise I'll fix you.
The villain smiled softly against the hero's chest, opening his eyes as the rain seemed to stop and a few rays of sunshine shone through the clouds, feeling like a weight had been lifted from his aching shoulders.
Everything would be fine now, for what it seemed.
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Theme: Apologize
To: Kigichi
Word count: 852
... I nearly cried writing this T3T –is off to write Left Alone since she's in the perfect mood to do so-
Here are the themes already done and waiting to be done (I'll be removing the ones already done!)
Valentine's Day / waterfall / treasure hunt - still waiting to be written (SWW)
Beach - WIP
Cuddly!Reno / cuddly - SWW
Christmas - SWW
Snowboard - SWW
Cinema - SWW
Dentist - SWW
Stuffed animal - SWW
Cherry blossoms - SWW
Fight / Break Up - SWW
Reno fight over Cloud -SWW
Long business trip and reunion scene - SWW
Aerith's Birthday - SWW
Snowball fights / snow angels - SWW
A date in space - SWW
Christmas Decorations - SWW
Caffeine/Sugar - SWW
Kiss - SWW (AH, ya thought that weren't more uses for lips, mouth and tongue, HUH?!!!!!!!!! Aline, I'll kill you! D8)
Porn Collection - SWW
Videogames - SWW
Disneyland - SWW
Painting Lesson - SWW
Session with a Marriage Counsellor - SWW
Popular Reno / Smart Reno - SWW
Lotion - SWW
Yazoo flirting with Reno - SWW
Mother (scene with Reno's abusive mother) - SWW
Kidnapped - SWW
Claustrophobia - SWW
Interrogation - SWW
Picnic - SWW
Bride!Reno - SWW
Disguise (Reno disguised as a woman XD) - SWW
Hurt (alternative, sad ending to Disguise) - SWW
Concert - SWW
Rain and Boom (RudexTifa, Reno gets a brother named Axel XD) - SWW
Cloud mistakes Axel for Reno, whose dead - SWW
Vacation - SWW
Reno's twin scars - SWW
Pets - SWW
Song - SWW
Dinner - SWW
Teddy - SWW
Birthday - SWW
Stalker - SWW
Spin the Bottle – SWW
Seduction – SWW
Proposal – SWW
Cutter – SWW
Apologize –done
Dead Pet – SWW
Role-playing on the Bedroom – SWW
Purple Nail polish - SWW
If you're thinking about any other theme, please ask for it on a review, signed or not :D I'm aiming to the 50 or 100 drabbles! (And if I forgot about any theme you already requested, please point it out Dx)