Chapter 3
The three walked for a while after leaving the lab, Reno leading the way.
Both Lisa and Josh didn't know what to expect from Reno, he had been full
of surprises up until now. But Josh got a bit suspicious when he recognized
the Shin-ra logo on the shoulder of Reno's jacket. "Do you think we can
trust him?" Josh asked Lisa suspiciously. "I mean yea, he saved us and all,
but..."
"You don't have to trust me if you don't want to." Reno butted in. "I mean,
you just met me, and Lisa hasn't known me much longer than you have. So it
would be unfair for me to ask for your trust."
"Yea I guess." Josh said crossing his arms. "But what I do owe you is our
thanks regardless. You saved us all back there."
"Yea we do," agreed Lisa. "In fact, its getting late, its almost 3. How
bout we partially repay you by inviting you to stay the night. It's a long
way back to sector 6, and we've got an extra room." She said with a kind
smile on her face.
Reno turned around to face the two. "Well," he said with a grin, "I've
never turned down a pretty girls invitation back her place before. And I'm
not about to."
Lisa blushed at the comment while Josh scowling at Reno. "Don't get any
ideas buddy, she invited you to SLEEP over."
"Aww c'mon man," Reno chuckled, scratching the back of his head. "Can't you
take a joke? but it is getting late isn't it? Okay, Ill stay at your place
for the night. I'm not feeling to hot anyway, some sleep would do me good."
"Yea, you don't look so well. You ok?" Lisa asked with concern in her
voice.
"I'm not sure, haven't felt well since we left the lab." Reno said, wiping
the sweat away from his slightly pale face.
"Lets get you back to our place, I'm startin' to worry about you." Lisa
said helping to stabilize Reno. "It's only about a block away, you can lye
down once we get there." Reno just nodded. "Josh give me a hand."
Walking over, Josh put Reno's arm over his neck and proceeded to help him the rest of the way. When they reached their house, Josh set Reno down on the front stoop as he unlocked the door. Lisa knelt beside him and gently pushed the fiery strands of hair out of his eyes. He was still sweating and felt hot to the touch. "Reno?" She said quietly, searching for some kind of response. Reno turned his head toward her, while gazing deep into those garnet eyes; he gave her a playful wink and smiled. "Come on, let's go in." She said helping him up and into the house. Josh held the door open for the two, giving Reno a look of both concern and suspicion. He was worried about the now sick man who just came and helped them out of nowhere, but he still didn't fully trust him. "Just a little further." said Lisa reassuringly as they entered the guestroom. Laying Reno down on the bed she proceeded to take his jacket off and set it on a nearby hook. By the time she turned around, Reno was already fast asleep; the fever had sapped any strength left in him. After taking off his shoes and placing them down on the floor, she sat on the bed beside him. His breathing was erratic and raspy. Beads of sweat still covered his brow. Careful not to wake him, she gently took his sunglasses off him and put them on the end table. Careful not to make any noise, she quietly crept over to the window and opened it half way. Some air should help. All the while Reno was in the depths of a dreamless sleep. ***************************************************************** Reno awoke later that night with a searing pain creeping up his throat, he thought he was going to throw up. Jumping out of bed, nearly tripping over his own shoes in the process, he ran to the window where a series of dry heaves robed him of his breath. He hadn't eaten anything for about 10 hours, so there was nothing to come up. Fortunately for him, the fit ended as quickly as it had begun, and Reno was left exhausted from the whole ordeal. Putting all his weight on the windowsill he tried to regain his senses and stand back up. Soon, with a great deal of effort, he did. He wanted badly to go back to bed, but his dehydrated body told him to get some water. With a reluctant grunt, he made his way out of the room and searched till he found the bathroom. After a few liberal handfuls of water, Reno felt a bit better. Some of his strength was returning to him and his fever had gone down a bit, but not by much. Even though he felt better, something wasn't quite right. His cloths felt strangely tight on his body, like they had shrunk over the past few hours. 'What the hell is going on here?' Reno thought as he took his tight shirt off To tired to worry himself with his poorly fit cloths, he made his way back to his room where he took of his pants too, putting them in a pile on the floor along with his shirt. With that, he hoped back into bed. Because to the caps over the sectors of Midgar, there was a good three hours till the sun would show over them. So Reno took this opportunity to get a few hours more sleep.
Walking over, Josh put Reno's arm over his neck and proceeded to help him the rest of the way. When they reached their house, Josh set Reno down on the front stoop as he unlocked the door. Lisa knelt beside him and gently pushed the fiery strands of hair out of his eyes. He was still sweating and felt hot to the touch. "Reno?" She said quietly, searching for some kind of response. Reno turned his head toward her, while gazing deep into those garnet eyes; he gave her a playful wink and smiled. "Come on, let's go in." She said helping him up and into the house. Josh held the door open for the two, giving Reno a look of both concern and suspicion. He was worried about the now sick man who just came and helped them out of nowhere, but he still didn't fully trust him. "Just a little further." said Lisa reassuringly as they entered the guestroom. Laying Reno down on the bed she proceeded to take his jacket off and set it on a nearby hook. By the time she turned around, Reno was already fast asleep; the fever had sapped any strength left in him. After taking off his shoes and placing them down on the floor, she sat on the bed beside him. His breathing was erratic and raspy. Beads of sweat still covered his brow. Careful not to wake him, she gently took his sunglasses off him and put them on the end table. Careful not to make any noise, she quietly crept over to the window and opened it half way. Some air should help. All the while Reno was in the depths of a dreamless sleep. ***************************************************************** Reno awoke later that night with a searing pain creeping up his throat, he thought he was going to throw up. Jumping out of bed, nearly tripping over his own shoes in the process, he ran to the window where a series of dry heaves robed him of his breath. He hadn't eaten anything for about 10 hours, so there was nothing to come up. Fortunately for him, the fit ended as quickly as it had begun, and Reno was left exhausted from the whole ordeal. Putting all his weight on the windowsill he tried to regain his senses and stand back up. Soon, with a great deal of effort, he did. He wanted badly to go back to bed, but his dehydrated body told him to get some water. With a reluctant grunt, he made his way out of the room and searched till he found the bathroom. After a few liberal handfuls of water, Reno felt a bit better. Some of his strength was returning to him and his fever had gone down a bit, but not by much. Even though he felt better, something wasn't quite right. His cloths felt strangely tight on his body, like they had shrunk over the past few hours. 'What the hell is going on here?' Reno thought as he took his tight shirt off To tired to worry himself with his poorly fit cloths, he made his way back to his room where he took of his pants too, putting them in a pile on the floor along with his shirt. With that, he hoped back into bed. Because to the caps over the sectors of Midgar, there was a good three hours till the sun would show over them. So Reno took this opportunity to get a few hours more sleep.