Thud, "Try to balance Reno." The room filled with curses as Reno pulled himself to his feet. Thud, "Swing your hips a little Reno, it'll help you stay upright." Tseng continued to file mindlessly as Reno tottered unsteadily around the office. Thud, "I said swing your hips a little, not shake them enough to throw off the planet's rotation." Reno growled and picked himself up off the floor to stumble around the room some more. Thud, "You can't walk heel toe in those Reno, it's all toe. Your heel isn't really touching the ground."

Reno whimpered in pain and pulled himself off the ground, "Can I stop now?"

"Like I told you an hour ago, if you can't learn to walk normally in those I'm pulling you off the mission." Tseng pulled another file near him, he was enjoying himself far too much. He couldn't understand his unwarranted need for revenge, but that needlessly vindictive side of him was happy watching Reno fall on his face.

Reno whined loudly, "Can I fall somewhere else then? Somewhere softer?"

"You'll take the shoes off the second you're out of my sight and I know it. Walk." Tseng felt his vindictive alter-ego brighten maliciously as Reno followed his orders with grumbling obedience.

Soon the thuds did less to brighten Tseng's day and he sent Reno to get himself some lunch when the grumbling from his stomach distracted him so much that he couldn't sign his own name. He slapped himself in the forehead the second Reno stumbled out of his doorway. He really didn't know why he was being so cruel, he had forced Reno to walk around the office for almost four hours and Reno still couldn't walk a straight line for more than five minutes. Tseng had another pair of shoes in case Reno couldn't manage the heels, but he wasn't ready to give them to him just yet. His vindictive counterpart wanted to see Reno suffer more, a punishment Tseng couldn't put a purpose too.

Reno stumbled down the hall angrily, his legs cramping from the strange position his feet were in. He glared at anyone who looked at him twice and snapped angrily at anyone who felt brave enough to approach him. He bought his lunch and sat down at a table as far away from everyone else as possible. He ate in bitter silence, doing his best to ignore the poorly hidden sniggers that seemed to echo around the room. He felt the bench he was sitting on lower slightly and he turned to glare at the person stupid enough to sit next to him, "Whaddaya want yo?"

Genesis raised an eyebrow, "Am I not allowed to sit by you?"

Reno glowered, "Sit wherever you want, just don't be a pervy ass about this."

"About what?" Genesis asked innocently.

"The frickin' dress!" Reno snarled as he stabbed his food.

Genesis took the opportunity to run his eyes along Reno's scantily clad form, "Those heels must be torture."

"I can't walk in them!" Reno viciously attacked a stalk of broccoli with his fork.

Genesis took a bite of his food, "Take them off then."

"Tseng'll pull me off the mission if I don't learn to walk in them." Reno twirled his skewered piece of broccoli in the air.

"Important mission?" Genesis inquired politely, trying to pry information out of Reno without getting too detailed.

"You could say that." Reno stared at his broccoli with a smile, "I love these things, they're like little trees. Makes me feel like a dinosaur when I chomp on them." He demonstrated by making a loud roar and taking a large bite of broccoli.

Genesis laughed and continued his vague questioning, "So little Renosaurus, why are you dressed in drag?"

"As a Turk I'm required to dress in drag at some point in my life. At least I think that was somewhere in the job description. Tseng said it was somewhere under the section about following orders. By the way, if you've got any tips for walking in heels let me know. I won't judge ya if you've dressed in drag before." Reno skewered another piece of broccoli with a derisive snort.

Genesis smirked, "Stomp like a dinosaur my little Renosaurus. Who gives a damn if you're graceful? When you put enough force behind an action no one's going to care."

Reno gawked at him, the broccoli falling off his fork to land with a wet thud on his plate, "You're serious? How did you figure that out?"

Genesis shrugged, "You get around enough and you'll figure this stuff out."

"Thanks Gen, that's probably the best advice I've gotten all day. None of what Tseng's said has made any sense." Reno beamed and attacked his meal with gusto, realizing his hunger as the bitter veil that had been shadowing him since he put the shoes on lifted.

Genesis watched him eat with amusement, "You know, I've only ever seen Zack eat so much in one mouthful without choking. You must be a really good deep-throater."

Reno nearly choked at that statement, "A really good what!?"

Genesis sniggered, "You heard me! You've got to be a good deep throater if you can shovel that much in your mouth without choking."

Reno coughed and sputtered as he tried to regain his composure, "Good to know what track you're thinking on."

"Better to know than to guess, right?" Genesis gently rubbed the bare sliver of exposed flesh on Reno's back in a feigned attempt to stop his coughing.

Reno blushed lightly as cool flesh trailed down his back, his coughs coming to an abrupt halt, "I guess."

Genesis smiled and went back to eating, "So are you excited for this mission?"

"Hell yeah!" Reno beamed, glad the awkward moment was over as pleasant thoughts of sex and danger flowed through his imagination.

"Why?" Genesis knew he was pushing his boundaries with the Turk, he had been asking around about him for a while now and knew that Reno rarely gave a straight answer when asked a question that held even an undertone of seriousness. He wondered if Sephiroth knew about Reno's disposition for lying?

Reno shrugged nonchalantly, "Missions are fun."

Genesis smirked and stood up, empty tray dangling from slender fingers, "Don't get hurt and remember what I said about stomping little Renosaurus." He actually hoped that Reno would get injured again. He still wanted the obnoxious red-head to pay his apartment another visit and Genesis had caught wind of what Rufus had said to Sephiroth during their last meeting from the loud-mouthed secretary he employed. Rufus had thrown his pen on the button for his intercom and the pen had just enough weight to depress the button and allow his secretary to hear his every word. Genesis knew the penalty Sephiroth would face if Rufus ever caught the red-headed floozy in his apartment again and it pleased him to no end to know that Rufus was working hard to keep the two apart.

"Don't worry about me yo, I'll stomp like the fuckin' Renosaurus I am!" Reno grinned and quickly finished shoveling down his food, chancing a glance at Genesis' well portioned backside as the auburn-haired man walked away.

Reno rolled his eyes at his lewd thoughts and got up, carefully keeping his legs together to keep people from getting a free glimpse of his package. Tseng had whined at him about that for almost twenty minutes and he really didn't want another lecture. He frowned and started stomping as best he could and nearly squealed with joy as he made it across the cafeteria without falling. He stomped happily back to Tseng's office, triumph twisting his features into a childish smile. He threw open the door and stomped into the office, "I can do it Tseng! I can I can I can!"

Tseng blinked and stared at him, abruptly roused from his musing by the sudden outburst, "What?"

"I can walk in them now!" Reno pranced around the office to demonstrate his new skill.

Tseng ran a hand over his face as Reno's feet pounded on the floor, "Reno you're stomping like an elephant."

Reno paused and gave a loud childish roar, "I'm stomping like a dinosaur! I'm a Renosaurus!"

"Who told you to stomp like a fool?" Tseng raised an eyebrow.

"Genesis." Reno beamed an continued to stomp around the room. "I can walk a straight line now, can I go sit down for a while?"

Tseng gave an exasperated sigh, "You shouldn't be talking to Genesis Reno. Didn't you listen to me? I warned you that Rufus will get jealous of any person you talk to. Hell, for all we know he might get jealous of Rude."

Reno rolled his eyes and brushed Tseng's redundant and angry warning aside, "Fuck Rufus, let him do what he wants I'm sick of this shit. If you actually want someone you don't treat them like shit and I'm not gonna be anybody's sperm trash can, I don't give a damn who he is. He may be my boss and he may be sexy as hell but he can't call me up for sexual harassment and humiliation. I know you want me to give in to him like you did but if you think that's actually gonna happen you're nuts."

Tseng growled and dug the heels of his palms into his eyes, "Reno you're going down one hell of a destructive road doing this."

"You're the one who basically arranged for me to sneak off with Seph and do the dirty, who're you to talk?" Reno snorted.

"Want me to pull you off the mission?" Tseng growled, the threat empty.

Reno quickly shook his head, lips clamped shut in a tight line.

Tseng sighed, "Just go do something less stupid for awhile alright? Go visit Rude before you leave and ask him any questions about the place that you have. He's out of the hospital now so its safe."

Reno beamed and stomped out of the room, "Stop worrying so much Tseng, you'll blow up."

"I think that'd be preferable to what's going to happen to me." Tseng glowered as Reno left and picked up his black and gold pen, twirling it between his fingers as he lost himself in thought.

Author's Note: Sorry this took so long to get up! I've been working on it, I just haven't found the time to actually sit down and just write it, ya know? Anywho, let me know whatcha think okay? Reviews are welcomed and replied to! I figure if you've got the time of day to review, I've got the time of day to reply and thank you for it. R&R!!!