When It Rains
Rated: R
Warnings: contains male x male themes and mild violence.
Disclaimer: I still own nothing more then my own writing.
Part Two: Sweetly Spoiled Chocolate Delight
Time seemed to be flying faster then either of them realized. Neither knew exactly how much time had passed since that night, but now Tseng was dead and forces called weapons where terrorizing the world. With Tseng gone, Reno was now the one paying the oh-so-often visits to President Shinra's office for Turk's business. No one ever realized how often Reno actually did pay Rufus a visit. Most still didn't even know they had even done more then heard each others names. They used this time in the office to subtly flirt, make jokes and on rare occasions actually discuss something having to do with business affairs. Though it never occurred to either one the others true feelings about each other.
A bittersweet scent of hot chocolate filled the air of the large apartment of Rufus Shinra. It wrapped its sugary scent seductively around the two bodies that currently occupied it. One of which was currently tucked away under the white satin comforter of his bed. The blonde had been up all night tossing and turning as the bitter taste loneliness took its toll on him once again. He had the desire to get out of bed and wake the Turk, but his fear of rejection was far greater then that of his desire. Because of this he had spent all night in what usually was a warm sanctuary for him in the harsh cold of solitude.
The other was in the kitchen. The counters where overflowing with pots and pans. On the stove were the sizzling sound of bacon and the sweet scents of pancakes baking and milk heating. The two scents combined with the tantalizing smell of crushed chocolate were flowing throughout the space. Reno was trying his best to make a delicious breakfast before Rufus could wake up. So far his attempts seemed mostly successful. All he really had left to do was a few more pancakes and mixing the crushed chocolate in with the milk and breakfast would be ready. He just hoped he wouldn't be waiting too long before the young president awoke.
Most of his reasons for waking up and making this large breakfast where unclear to him, but there was thing he did know. Late at night for quite some time now, for a few moments he could almost swear he smelt vanilla blossoms right under his nose and the faint warmth of breath right atop his lips. He had figured it was a dream. Still the vanilla impression stuck with him and gave him a warm feeling inside in which he decided that it would be delightful for Rufus to wake up to a home cooked meal.
Minutes passed and the meal was done and soon set out upon a table. Before waiting and letting the food get cold Reno decided to check to see if Rufus had awoken and was just hiding away in his room. He knocked on the door then awaited an answer but only received silence. He turned the golden metal doorknob and opened it only enough to look in. There on the bed was Rufus Shinra, asleep. His body was tucked into a small ball with his head on the mattress rather then the pillows and the white satin comforter was bunched up over his waist and upper part of his legs.
Reno grinned slightly looking over the sleeping form. "Adorable," he thought to himself, "even in his sleep." He noted mentally the content smile across the blonde's lips and hushed the urge to laugh. "I wonder what he's dreaming about… Maybe I can ask him later." He reached his hands out and shook the blonde's body gently. "Rufus," he whispered, "Wake up, breakfast is reading."
Rufus grunted softly, still wanting to sleep. "Five more minutes," he mumbled, which made Reno laugh. He never thought that President Rufus Shinra would be so lazy. "What's so funny?" he asked pulling the pillow over his head to help dull the sharp laughter that filled his only half-working ears.
"I just never imaged you sleeping in," the redhead commented with a smile, pulling the pillow away from the blonde. He grunted again reaching to get the pillow but failed and decided to grab the one next to him. Nothing could prepare Reno for what happened next. The overly large pillow that Rufus had picked up soon hit his face and sent him tumbling backwards.
"N-no fair…" he said with a slight pout. He rubbed the spot the pillow had hit, glaring slightly at Rufus who now had his tongue sticking out in an adorable, childish manner. "You know you're going to pay for that later, don't you?" The Turk declared with a rather large and devious grin stretched across his lips.
"I know," Rufus said, smiling brightly. He could wake up like this every morning. In many was he wish he could, but he knew with his luck, something this good wouldn't last for him. He was lost in thought when his arm was tugged on and he was pulled out of bed.
"Come on," Reno exclaimed, "We better eat breakfast before it gets cold!" He tugged on the blonde's arm again, but he wouldn't budge. "What's the matter? Are you going to come or not?"
"Did you make it?" he asked with a teasing tone in his voice.
The Turk blinked slightly, remember what he had said the day before, "Yeah but I don't think you have anything to worry about. I was only joking about the burning toast thing."
Small hands grasped lightly onto the cloth of Reno's shirt causing heat to rush to his cheeks slightly. "I'll eat it on one condition," Rufus said pulling himself closer until his lips where only inches away from the Turks, "Kiss me." At that the Turk's eyes went wide and he was about to comply when he heard Rufus say "Just kidding." Then he pulled away.
Rufus had soon exited the room and was no doubt sitting at the table waiting for him to join. The redhead clasped a hand over his mouth, his teal eyes staring off thoughtfully. "Why did he have to say 'just kidding'?" he inquired to himself aloud. His eyes closed and his head tilted back, wondering what it would be like to kiss the blonde.
It would be like a dream come true for him. He had admired Rufus Shinra from afar for quite some time now. It mad the past few days where kind of like some strange fantasy to him. He pinched himself hard to make sure he was still awake, and with a yelp of pain he decided that he really was.
Finally he decided it was time to leave. He pushed himself up from the spot on the ground and left through the door Rufus had left open. The blonde sat at the table, his hands folded carefully in his lap like normal. It made Reno wonder how someone could be so perfect and imperfect at the same time. But that was probably why he had admired him for so long. Rufus was, flawed perfection.
He took his place at the already set and served table; he had made sure everything was perfect before waking Rufus up. "You could've started without me," he said flatly, yet still kind of flushed from being so close inside the bedroom.
The blonde smiled, and it made Reno's heart race all over again, "That wouldn't be polite, now would it?"
"Since when where you polite?" he heard the Turk tease and couldn't help but laugh out loud to himself.
"I guess I really never have been," he admitted, "unless it was meant to be cruel or I had no other choice."
Reno smirked slightly, filling his mouth with a bit of pancakes. They weren't the best, but he was quite impressed that he could actually make something that tasted decent. "I guess I should keep my guard up then," He spoke with a barely visible smile across his lips.
For a few moments, the blonde sat silently with an amused half-smile placed upon his features. "You should've had it up already," Rufus stated flatly in spite of his current attraction to the Turk. He knew he hadn't been himself lately, though he blamed it first on the lack of warm bodies and second on blood loss. Maybe now that someone was actually showing him some affection he could get back to being his normal, cold hearted and spoiled self. But still he knew if it wasn't for Reno he'd more then likely be dead right now. His comment before made him finally realize exactly how differently he had been acting before. "I am very grateful for you saving me, Turk," he said, his voice still holding it's flat tone which made him seem distant and cruel. It felt good to be his normal self again, "However, if you think the kindness I've been showing you is out of gratitude, you're wrong. I don't feel that I owe you anything."
All the muscles tightened in Reno's stomach. He was severely shocked by Rufus' sudden change in attitude. It was like he had a split personality. Just seconds ago he was kind and sweet, and now he was the Rufus Shinra that he heard people talking about. Spoiled and selfish, not worrying about how others may feel or may react to his actions. The whole thought was rather frightening to him, really. He swallowed hard, wondering what exactly he could say. Finally he was getting a taste of the personality that made people hate Rufus; even fear him.
"I..." the redhead finally began to speak but his words fell out of his mouth and flat onto the floor before they could even be heard. He hadn't expected to get so hurt when he finally got his chance to witness the true side of the blonde, but he did. His heart stung faintly, part of him had wanted everything that people said about him to be wrong. So much for that. "W-why do you even...bother keeping...m-me around then?" the words where hard for him to say, truly he wasn't even sure he wanted to know why. It was probably more for Rufus' own sick amusement then anything.
Rufus let out a small chuckle of amusement, he truly was finding Reno's reaction much more enjoyable then he should. "It's simple really," he stated in a very matter-of-fact tone that made the redhead Turk cringe, "I find you attractive." He said the words so they were as blunt as he could possible make them. Each word flowing of the tip of his tongue in a blunt and foreword manner. He didn't know why he hadn't just acted like this before, it had been obvious that Reno was attracted to him. He did watch him undress, after all.
It seemed as if every drop of blood in the Turks body rushed to his cheeks, for he was now almost the exact shade of his hair. Again Rufus laughed loudly, it was far too amusing to not. He could tell that Reno was having another silent struggle for words from the look on his face. Who could blame him though, Rufus' personality had just pulled a complete turn around on him, much to his dismay. Without much thought Rufus decided to end his search for words and lifted himself up from the seat.
The food Reno had spent most of the morning making was left at the table barely touched, and more then likely cold at this point. Rufus had another sweet taste in mind, something far better then food. He made his way to the other side of the room where the redhead sat still lost inside his own head with a confused look on his face. Reno lifted his head and let his teal eyes meet those large sapphire ones to find that they where no longer soft and warm like the day before but painfully cold, like ice. They where still very enjoyable to him.
Teal eyes never faltered from the others as the blonde made his way closer stopping in front of him, placing a hand on each one of his shoulders. The situation was rather confusing, it didn't seem like it was happening at all, but before he knew it the soft lips of Rufus Shinra where placed upon his own. All thoughts abandoned him there as he melted into the kiss; slowly beginning to return it as his onyx lashes covered his teal eyes. It was a rough kiss, more for making Reno insane then anything else. He could hear his heart pounding inside of his head as his hand naturally went up letting his fingers run through the smooth blonde locks of hair.
A wet tongue rolled over his dry lips and Reno parted them instantly letting it gain full access to his mouth. A moan rumbling deep inside of his throat as he felt it enter with great force, in which he returned with equal passion. He let his hand travel down away from the silk blonde strands, moving teasingly along the flesh of the boys neck and traveling further down his chest until he reached his hip. Quickly his hand grasped the frail form, pulling him on top of his body so he was sitting on his lap.
Reno couldn't help but smirk when he felt the blonde gasp into his mouth, and the smirk only rose a small man from the boy. Not that Reno was complaining, though he was rather enjoying the blonde's kindness before hand, this side of him wasn't all bad. He had more chances with him then with the quiet one since he would feel less like he was taking advantage of him.
Far too soon for Rufus' taste, Reno pulled away. His teal eyes looking back into the sapphire ones as the blonde let out a small whimper of protest. Still he returned the heated gaze, desperately wanting to kiss the redhead again. The desire was almost too much for him to handle. Scratch that, it was too much for him to handle. Just as he was about to lean in his lips where met again in an even more passionate kiss then before. Rufus could feel his body being lifted upward as Reno emerged from his chair, breaking the kiss again. Using his free arm he knocked all the plates and dishes off of that half of the table. Lifting the frail blonde up again and laying him upon the table.
Soon a fiery kiss was placed on a small patch of flesh showing on Rufus' chest. It was followed by man more and the slight nip of teeth against his skin as Reno moved along his fine neck up to his jaw. They lingered there for minute, a fire filled tongue teasing the skin causing the blonde's body to tremble. As the Turk's cigarette and alcohol flavored lips caught his own again, Rufus began to get that strange dizzy feeling that he always got before he would pass out. His fingers clutched pathetically onto the collar of Reno's shirt. His ability to return the redhead's kiss was beginning to become nonexistent. It must have been the emotions surging through his body, it was quite overwhelming. This seemed to be happening to him a lot lately; though only when he had a rush of any sort of emotion.
Slowly Rufus pulled away, letting his head rest upon the now heated table; thick lashes falling over his sapphire eyes. He chuckled to himself quietly, using the last little bit of strength he had, "Hello again oblivion." The corners of his lips tugged into a slight smirk as his arm fell to his side along with his consciousness.
The Turk blinked at the blonde's sudden loss consciousness, "I must have exhausted him." He smiled slightly using his hand to push away some of the sweat damped blonde strands of hair from his face. "I guess I should be getting to work before Elena kills me anyways." He gathered the fainted figure into his arms and walked him over to the couch, laying him there.
"I'll be back later tonight," Reno said with his famous half-smirk, "and I'll be sure to miss my daily visits to your office." He laughed slightly and left through the door.
Most of the time at work Reno spent looking off in a daze. In the back round, Elena was rambling on like she normally did on how they should be going after Cloud and the others instead of sitting at Shinra Inc. doing nothing all the time. No one seemed to be listening to her, especially Reno. He was absentmindedly chewing on a pen, his arms folded across the table and used to support his head, and his gaze fixed at God knows what. He had been staring off in that direction for hours now day dreaming about Rufus.
Rude was playing what Elena assumed to be some deformed version of Go Fish with Scarlet and Reeve. Each player had to pick a card in one of the other players hands, if it wasn't a card they needed then they had to get a card from the "pond". If they did get a card they needed and set down a pair, then would get to choose another card. It all seemed very simple, but in fact there was a large set of combinations that you could make in order to win. It was quite obvious that Rude, Reeve and Scarlet where the only ones that would ever understand how to play this game. It was very clear that Reeve wasn't enjoying himself too much between Scarlet's constant bragging about winning and Rude's lack of speech, but both of them seemed to be enjoying themselves very much.
It was very out of the ordinary for all of them to be acting like this. With Rufus Shinra out of work today, there was no one around to bark orders at them so they all decided to enjoy their day without him. Though this day was less then pleasant for a certain redheaded Turk and Elena.
At this point the blonde girl was getting quite fed up with the way everyone was acting that Reeve swore he could see steam coming from the top of her head. Scarlet grabbed a card from Rude's hand, completely unaware of the fact that Elena was about to combust. A large grin that clearly said "I'm perfect and you're not" spread across her face. She slapped two aces, two queens, two kings and two jacks. "I win!" She squealed as loud as she possibly could making Reeve giving her a very annoyed look.
Reeve looked down at the combination of cards Scarlet had laid out on the table. "You know this game doesn't make any sense. It's like go fish, old maid and poker all mixed into one game."
Everyone in the room except Scarlet cringed at the terrifying laugh that escaped the blondes lips, "That's precisely what it is my dear. I made the game up myself."
"No wonder it doesn't make any sense," Reeve mumbled under his breath, hoping Scarlet wouldn't hear. He could stand another second of any sound coming from her, least of all whining. That was her ear shattering specialty. He sighed a little and looked over at Elena for a second. She had gone completely beet red with anger, though he really didn't understand why. His gaze followed her line of vision and his eyes fell up on the red-haired Turk. He had fallen asleep, more likely then it was caused by actually paying a small amount attention to Elena's rant, and now had drool trickling down the side of his face and onto the desk. The site was actually a rather funny one to see; Reeve couldn't help but laugh, though it only made Elena more angry.
She slammed her hands down as hard as she could without breaking the table in front of Reno's face. "RENO!" she screamed, which caused the Turk to jolt upright in his chair and almost fall out of it in the process. "What do you think you're doing falling asleep at work like that?! And while I was talking! It's worse then those three playing that annoyingly idiotic game of cards all day!"
"If all you're going do is yell, can't you let me go back to sleep for a few minutes?" Reno asked in a very annoyed manner, completely ignoring everything that Elena had yelled, "I was having a really good dream." He yawned, stretching his arms outwards, but he fell asleep again mid stretch.
Elena's eyebrows twitched a little when she saw him fall right back to sleep, dismissing everything that she had just said without a worry. She was about to yell at him again when she was interrupted by the voice of the other blonde woman. "Elena, dear, just leave him alone," Scarlet said with a slight smirk, "He looks very tired, and besides, why would you waist all of your time bickering at the worthless mutt when you could be playing cards with me." Her smirk widened a great deal at her own self flattery as she motioned Elena to sit down in the chair next to her, "Come on, play at least one game. It's good for you to relax every once in a while."
The blonde Turk blinked for a moment, and sat down. "Fine I'll play," she muttered in an uninterested voice.
Scarlet proceeded to hand the cards out to everyone, passing them around the table in a very skilled matter. Naturally, she went first, choosing her card from Elena and frowning deeply when she had to choose a card from the "pond". After her went Reeve, then Rude, then Elena, everyone once in a while the four would drop pairs of cards down onto the table if it wasn't what their where going for. They carried on like this for what seemed to be hours until a loud squeak escaped from Elena's lips. She threw down her cards and grin devilishly, "A double royal flush!"
The other three looked down at the cards in disbelief, but there it was, a Royal flush in hearts, and another one in spades. It was completely unbelievable. Reeve threw his cards down onto the table and let out a large sigh of defeat. That was the second time he had lost to a blonde haired ditz today. Rude just shrugged, not really caring if he won or lost, he was just bored out of his mind. Scarlet grinned and gave Elena a pat on the back, "Good job! You're a natural at this!" she exclaimed happily, "Anyone up for another game."
A groan came from Reeve's lips. He really didn't want to play another hand of that ridiculous game, but knowing Scarlet he would be forced to do so anyways. He was about to open his mouth to protest when he heard a faint mumbling from Reno. Half of curiosity and half as a natural reaction, he looked over at the sleeping Turk, and surely enough he was talking in his sleep. "What do you think he's saying?"
The blonde woman scooted her seat towards the sleeping form, leaning her ear into hear. Her cheeks turned as bright as her dress when she heard what he said, though it was more out of shock then anything else. Reeve and Elena gave her impatient looks. "Well, what did he say?" the blonde Turk asked, quite confused by the look on Elena's face.
"He said 'Rufus I love you, kiss me again.'"
Finally Reno was able to go home, he didn't think he could stand another second of being locked up in Shinra Inc. He had slept for a few more hours after Elena had yelled at him, and woke up to find everyone giving him various odd looks. He really didn't understand what was going on, and no one would tell him. Not even Scarlet! He thought that at least she of all people would like to blab about something he did. He did, after all, basically give her an open chance to insult him. When he asked her, all she did was turn red and make up an excuse to go to the bathroom.
He was very glad to be home. All he wanted to do was spend time with the blonde haired boy. He didn't even really care what they did, even though he did have a few things in mind. A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth as he thought about the heated kisses he had shared with Rufus at breakfast. "If only breakfast could be that good everyday," he said hopefully aloud to himself as he opened the door to the apartment.
There on the couch sat Rufus Shinra, his nose stuck in one of his books and his legs crossed in a very feminine manner. "Hello!" Reno greeted waving slightly at the blonde. He was welcomed home by the normal warm sapphire eyes. It was clearly obvious that Rufus was in a more caring and gentle mood then he had been earlier.
The redhead made his way over to the couch and plopped down on the seat next to the blonde. He waited for him to set his book down so he could move closer to him. He let his head rest on the soft fabric of the white trench coat, his body melting into the warmth of Rufus' body. "I missed you all day at work," Reno said with a half saddened tone.
A smile found it's way to Rufus' lips. He gently wrapped his arms around the form of the red-haired Turk, "I missed you too." Gently he brushed aside a few of the red locks of hair that where in Reno's eyes, looking deeply into the teal pool that was them. "You still have to take me away from Midgar," he reminded with a small smile, still completely lost in the teal haven.
"I'll take you soon, don't worry," Reno whispered back, staring into the pair of sapphire eyes before him.
"When?"
"When it rains."
End Notes: I thought it would be interesting to give Rufus a split personality, plus it was a way to explain exactly why he was so out of character before. Hai, the things being lonely can do to you. It really isn't all too pleasant. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this part, and I'm very sorry for taking so long for posting this! I'll try not to take as long with the third part. Though I hate to disappoint you, I forgot to mention before, this section takes place just days before Sapphire's attack on Midgar. n_n;
Rated: R
Warnings: contains male x male themes and mild violence.
Disclaimer: I still own nothing more then my own writing.
Part Two: Sweetly Spoiled Chocolate Delight
Time seemed to be flying faster then either of them realized. Neither knew exactly how much time had passed since that night, but now Tseng was dead and forces called weapons where terrorizing the world. With Tseng gone, Reno was now the one paying the oh-so-often visits to President Shinra's office for Turk's business. No one ever realized how often Reno actually did pay Rufus a visit. Most still didn't even know they had even done more then heard each others names. They used this time in the office to subtly flirt, make jokes and on rare occasions actually discuss something having to do with business affairs. Though it never occurred to either one the others true feelings about each other.
A bittersweet scent of hot chocolate filled the air of the large apartment of Rufus Shinra. It wrapped its sugary scent seductively around the two bodies that currently occupied it. One of which was currently tucked away under the white satin comforter of his bed. The blonde had been up all night tossing and turning as the bitter taste loneliness took its toll on him once again. He had the desire to get out of bed and wake the Turk, but his fear of rejection was far greater then that of his desire. Because of this he had spent all night in what usually was a warm sanctuary for him in the harsh cold of solitude.
The other was in the kitchen. The counters where overflowing with pots and pans. On the stove were the sizzling sound of bacon and the sweet scents of pancakes baking and milk heating. The two scents combined with the tantalizing smell of crushed chocolate were flowing throughout the space. Reno was trying his best to make a delicious breakfast before Rufus could wake up. So far his attempts seemed mostly successful. All he really had left to do was a few more pancakes and mixing the crushed chocolate in with the milk and breakfast would be ready. He just hoped he wouldn't be waiting too long before the young president awoke.
Most of his reasons for waking up and making this large breakfast where unclear to him, but there was thing he did know. Late at night for quite some time now, for a few moments he could almost swear he smelt vanilla blossoms right under his nose and the faint warmth of breath right atop his lips. He had figured it was a dream. Still the vanilla impression stuck with him and gave him a warm feeling inside in which he decided that it would be delightful for Rufus to wake up to a home cooked meal.
Minutes passed and the meal was done and soon set out upon a table. Before waiting and letting the food get cold Reno decided to check to see if Rufus had awoken and was just hiding away in his room. He knocked on the door then awaited an answer but only received silence. He turned the golden metal doorknob and opened it only enough to look in. There on the bed was Rufus Shinra, asleep. His body was tucked into a small ball with his head on the mattress rather then the pillows and the white satin comforter was bunched up over his waist and upper part of his legs.
Reno grinned slightly looking over the sleeping form. "Adorable," he thought to himself, "even in his sleep." He noted mentally the content smile across the blonde's lips and hushed the urge to laugh. "I wonder what he's dreaming about… Maybe I can ask him later." He reached his hands out and shook the blonde's body gently. "Rufus," he whispered, "Wake up, breakfast is reading."
Rufus grunted softly, still wanting to sleep. "Five more minutes," he mumbled, which made Reno laugh. He never thought that President Rufus Shinra would be so lazy. "What's so funny?" he asked pulling the pillow over his head to help dull the sharp laughter that filled his only half-working ears.
"I just never imaged you sleeping in," the redhead commented with a smile, pulling the pillow away from the blonde. He grunted again reaching to get the pillow but failed and decided to grab the one next to him. Nothing could prepare Reno for what happened next. The overly large pillow that Rufus had picked up soon hit his face and sent him tumbling backwards.
"N-no fair…" he said with a slight pout. He rubbed the spot the pillow had hit, glaring slightly at Rufus who now had his tongue sticking out in an adorable, childish manner. "You know you're going to pay for that later, don't you?" The Turk declared with a rather large and devious grin stretched across his lips.
"I know," Rufus said, smiling brightly. He could wake up like this every morning. In many was he wish he could, but he knew with his luck, something this good wouldn't last for him. He was lost in thought when his arm was tugged on and he was pulled out of bed.
"Come on," Reno exclaimed, "We better eat breakfast before it gets cold!" He tugged on the blonde's arm again, but he wouldn't budge. "What's the matter? Are you going to come or not?"
"Did you make it?" he asked with a teasing tone in his voice.
The Turk blinked slightly, remember what he had said the day before, "Yeah but I don't think you have anything to worry about. I was only joking about the burning toast thing."
Small hands grasped lightly onto the cloth of Reno's shirt causing heat to rush to his cheeks slightly. "I'll eat it on one condition," Rufus said pulling himself closer until his lips where only inches away from the Turks, "Kiss me." At that the Turk's eyes went wide and he was about to comply when he heard Rufus say "Just kidding." Then he pulled away.
Rufus had soon exited the room and was no doubt sitting at the table waiting for him to join. The redhead clasped a hand over his mouth, his teal eyes staring off thoughtfully. "Why did he have to say 'just kidding'?" he inquired to himself aloud. His eyes closed and his head tilted back, wondering what it would be like to kiss the blonde.
It would be like a dream come true for him. He had admired Rufus Shinra from afar for quite some time now. It mad the past few days where kind of like some strange fantasy to him. He pinched himself hard to make sure he was still awake, and with a yelp of pain he decided that he really was.
Finally he decided it was time to leave. He pushed himself up from the spot on the ground and left through the door Rufus had left open. The blonde sat at the table, his hands folded carefully in his lap like normal. It made Reno wonder how someone could be so perfect and imperfect at the same time. But that was probably why he had admired him for so long. Rufus was, flawed perfection.
He took his place at the already set and served table; he had made sure everything was perfect before waking Rufus up. "You could've started without me," he said flatly, yet still kind of flushed from being so close inside the bedroom.
The blonde smiled, and it made Reno's heart race all over again, "That wouldn't be polite, now would it?"
"Since when where you polite?" he heard the Turk tease and couldn't help but laugh out loud to himself.
"I guess I really never have been," he admitted, "unless it was meant to be cruel or I had no other choice."
Reno smirked slightly, filling his mouth with a bit of pancakes. They weren't the best, but he was quite impressed that he could actually make something that tasted decent. "I guess I should keep my guard up then," He spoke with a barely visible smile across his lips.
For a few moments, the blonde sat silently with an amused half-smile placed upon his features. "You should've had it up already," Rufus stated flatly in spite of his current attraction to the Turk. He knew he hadn't been himself lately, though he blamed it first on the lack of warm bodies and second on blood loss. Maybe now that someone was actually showing him some affection he could get back to being his normal, cold hearted and spoiled self. But still he knew if it wasn't for Reno he'd more then likely be dead right now. His comment before made him finally realize exactly how differently he had been acting before. "I am very grateful for you saving me, Turk," he said, his voice still holding it's flat tone which made him seem distant and cruel. It felt good to be his normal self again, "However, if you think the kindness I've been showing you is out of gratitude, you're wrong. I don't feel that I owe you anything."
All the muscles tightened in Reno's stomach. He was severely shocked by Rufus' sudden change in attitude. It was like he had a split personality. Just seconds ago he was kind and sweet, and now he was the Rufus Shinra that he heard people talking about. Spoiled and selfish, not worrying about how others may feel or may react to his actions. The whole thought was rather frightening to him, really. He swallowed hard, wondering what exactly he could say. Finally he was getting a taste of the personality that made people hate Rufus; even fear him.
"I..." the redhead finally began to speak but his words fell out of his mouth and flat onto the floor before they could even be heard. He hadn't expected to get so hurt when he finally got his chance to witness the true side of the blonde, but he did. His heart stung faintly, part of him had wanted everything that people said about him to be wrong. So much for that. "W-why do you even...bother keeping...m-me around then?" the words where hard for him to say, truly he wasn't even sure he wanted to know why. It was probably more for Rufus' own sick amusement then anything.
Rufus let out a small chuckle of amusement, he truly was finding Reno's reaction much more enjoyable then he should. "It's simple really," he stated in a very matter-of-fact tone that made the redhead Turk cringe, "I find you attractive." He said the words so they were as blunt as he could possible make them. Each word flowing of the tip of his tongue in a blunt and foreword manner. He didn't know why he hadn't just acted like this before, it had been obvious that Reno was attracted to him. He did watch him undress, after all.
It seemed as if every drop of blood in the Turks body rushed to his cheeks, for he was now almost the exact shade of his hair. Again Rufus laughed loudly, it was far too amusing to not. He could tell that Reno was having another silent struggle for words from the look on his face. Who could blame him though, Rufus' personality had just pulled a complete turn around on him, much to his dismay. Without much thought Rufus decided to end his search for words and lifted himself up from the seat.
The food Reno had spent most of the morning making was left at the table barely touched, and more then likely cold at this point. Rufus had another sweet taste in mind, something far better then food. He made his way to the other side of the room where the redhead sat still lost inside his own head with a confused look on his face. Reno lifted his head and let his teal eyes meet those large sapphire ones to find that they where no longer soft and warm like the day before but painfully cold, like ice. They where still very enjoyable to him.
Teal eyes never faltered from the others as the blonde made his way closer stopping in front of him, placing a hand on each one of his shoulders. The situation was rather confusing, it didn't seem like it was happening at all, but before he knew it the soft lips of Rufus Shinra where placed upon his own. All thoughts abandoned him there as he melted into the kiss; slowly beginning to return it as his onyx lashes covered his teal eyes. It was a rough kiss, more for making Reno insane then anything else. He could hear his heart pounding inside of his head as his hand naturally went up letting his fingers run through the smooth blonde locks of hair.
A wet tongue rolled over his dry lips and Reno parted them instantly letting it gain full access to his mouth. A moan rumbling deep inside of his throat as he felt it enter with great force, in which he returned with equal passion. He let his hand travel down away from the silk blonde strands, moving teasingly along the flesh of the boys neck and traveling further down his chest until he reached his hip. Quickly his hand grasped the frail form, pulling him on top of his body so he was sitting on his lap.
Reno couldn't help but smirk when he felt the blonde gasp into his mouth, and the smirk only rose a small man from the boy. Not that Reno was complaining, though he was rather enjoying the blonde's kindness before hand, this side of him wasn't all bad. He had more chances with him then with the quiet one since he would feel less like he was taking advantage of him.
Far too soon for Rufus' taste, Reno pulled away. His teal eyes looking back into the sapphire ones as the blonde let out a small whimper of protest. Still he returned the heated gaze, desperately wanting to kiss the redhead again. The desire was almost too much for him to handle. Scratch that, it was too much for him to handle. Just as he was about to lean in his lips where met again in an even more passionate kiss then before. Rufus could feel his body being lifted upward as Reno emerged from his chair, breaking the kiss again. Using his free arm he knocked all the plates and dishes off of that half of the table. Lifting the frail blonde up again and laying him upon the table.
Soon a fiery kiss was placed on a small patch of flesh showing on Rufus' chest. It was followed by man more and the slight nip of teeth against his skin as Reno moved along his fine neck up to his jaw. They lingered there for minute, a fire filled tongue teasing the skin causing the blonde's body to tremble. As the Turk's cigarette and alcohol flavored lips caught his own again, Rufus began to get that strange dizzy feeling that he always got before he would pass out. His fingers clutched pathetically onto the collar of Reno's shirt. His ability to return the redhead's kiss was beginning to become nonexistent. It must have been the emotions surging through his body, it was quite overwhelming. This seemed to be happening to him a lot lately; though only when he had a rush of any sort of emotion.
Slowly Rufus pulled away, letting his head rest upon the now heated table; thick lashes falling over his sapphire eyes. He chuckled to himself quietly, using the last little bit of strength he had, "Hello again oblivion." The corners of his lips tugged into a slight smirk as his arm fell to his side along with his consciousness.
The Turk blinked at the blonde's sudden loss consciousness, "I must have exhausted him." He smiled slightly using his hand to push away some of the sweat damped blonde strands of hair from his face. "I guess I should be getting to work before Elena kills me anyways." He gathered the fainted figure into his arms and walked him over to the couch, laying him there.
"I'll be back later tonight," Reno said with his famous half-smirk, "and I'll be sure to miss my daily visits to your office." He laughed slightly and left through the door.
Most of the time at work Reno spent looking off in a daze. In the back round, Elena was rambling on like she normally did on how they should be going after Cloud and the others instead of sitting at Shinra Inc. doing nothing all the time. No one seemed to be listening to her, especially Reno. He was absentmindedly chewing on a pen, his arms folded across the table and used to support his head, and his gaze fixed at God knows what. He had been staring off in that direction for hours now day dreaming about Rufus.
Rude was playing what Elena assumed to be some deformed version of Go Fish with Scarlet and Reeve. Each player had to pick a card in one of the other players hands, if it wasn't a card they needed then they had to get a card from the "pond". If they did get a card they needed and set down a pair, then would get to choose another card. It all seemed very simple, but in fact there was a large set of combinations that you could make in order to win. It was quite obvious that Rude, Reeve and Scarlet where the only ones that would ever understand how to play this game. It was very clear that Reeve wasn't enjoying himself too much between Scarlet's constant bragging about winning and Rude's lack of speech, but both of them seemed to be enjoying themselves very much.
It was very out of the ordinary for all of them to be acting like this. With Rufus Shinra out of work today, there was no one around to bark orders at them so they all decided to enjoy their day without him. Though this day was less then pleasant for a certain redheaded Turk and Elena.
At this point the blonde girl was getting quite fed up with the way everyone was acting that Reeve swore he could see steam coming from the top of her head. Scarlet grabbed a card from Rude's hand, completely unaware of the fact that Elena was about to combust. A large grin that clearly said "I'm perfect and you're not" spread across her face. She slapped two aces, two queens, two kings and two jacks. "I win!" She squealed as loud as she possibly could making Reeve giving her a very annoyed look.
Reeve looked down at the combination of cards Scarlet had laid out on the table. "You know this game doesn't make any sense. It's like go fish, old maid and poker all mixed into one game."
Everyone in the room except Scarlet cringed at the terrifying laugh that escaped the blondes lips, "That's precisely what it is my dear. I made the game up myself."
"No wonder it doesn't make any sense," Reeve mumbled under his breath, hoping Scarlet wouldn't hear. He could stand another second of any sound coming from her, least of all whining. That was her ear shattering specialty. He sighed a little and looked over at Elena for a second. She had gone completely beet red with anger, though he really didn't understand why. His gaze followed her line of vision and his eyes fell up on the red-haired Turk. He had fallen asleep, more likely then it was caused by actually paying a small amount attention to Elena's rant, and now had drool trickling down the side of his face and onto the desk. The site was actually a rather funny one to see; Reeve couldn't help but laugh, though it only made Elena more angry.
She slammed her hands down as hard as she could without breaking the table in front of Reno's face. "RENO!" she screamed, which caused the Turk to jolt upright in his chair and almost fall out of it in the process. "What do you think you're doing falling asleep at work like that?! And while I was talking! It's worse then those three playing that annoyingly idiotic game of cards all day!"
"If all you're going do is yell, can't you let me go back to sleep for a few minutes?" Reno asked in a very annoyed manner, completely ignoring everything that Elena had yelled, "I was having a really good dream." He yawned, stretching his arms outwards, but he fell asleep again mid stretch.
Elena's eyebrows twitched a little when she saw him fall right back to sleep, dismissing everything that she had just said without a worry. She was about to yell at him again when she was interrupted by the voice of the other blonde woman. "Elena, dear, just leave him alone," Scarlet said with a slight smirk, "He looks very tired, and besides, why would you waist all of your time bickering at the worthless mutt when you could be playing cards with me." Her smirk widened a great deal at her own self flattery as she motioned Elena to sit down in the chair next to her, "Come on, play at least one game. It's good for you to relax every once in a while."
The blonde Turk blinked for a moment, and sat down. "Fine I'll play," she muttered in an uninterested voice.
Scarlet proceeded to hand the cards out to everyone, passing them around the table in a very skilled matter. Naturally, she went first, choosing her card from Elena and frowning deeply when she had to choose a card from the "pond". After her went Reeve, then Rude, then Elena, everyone once in a while the four would drop pairs of cards down onto the table if it wasn't what their where going for. They carried on like this for what seemed to be hours until a loud squeak escaped from Elena's lips. She threw down her cards and grin devilishly, "A double royal flush!"
The other three looked down at the cards in disbelief, but there it was, a Royal flush in hearts, and another one in spades. It was completely unbelievable. Reeve threw his cards down onto the table and let out a large sigh of defeat. That was the second time he had lost to a blonde haired ditz today. Rude just shrugged, not really caring if he won or lost, he was just bored out of his mind. Scarlet grinned and gave Elena a pat on the back, "Good job! You're a natural at this!" she exclaimed happily, "Anyone up for another game."
A groan came from Reeve's lips. He really didn't want to play another hand of that ridiculous game, but knowing Scarlet he would be forced to do so anyways. He was about to open his mouth to protest when he heard a faint mumbling from Reno. Half of curiosity and half as a natural reaction, he looked over at the sleeping Turk, and surely enough he was talking in his sleep. "What do you think he's saying?"
The blonde woman scooted her seat towards the sleeping form, leaning her ear into hear. Her cheeks turned as bright as her dress when she heard what he said, though it was more out of shock then anything else. Reeve and Elena gave her impatient looks. "Well, what did he say?" the blonde Turk asked, quite confused by the look on Elena's face.
"He said 'Rufus I love you, kiss me again.'"
Finally Reno was able to go home, he didn't think he could stand another second of being locked up in Shinra Inc. He had slept for a few more hours after Elena had yelled at him, and woke up to find everyone giving him various odd looks. He really didn't understand what was going on, and no one would tell him. Not even Scarlet! He thought that at least she of all people would like to blab about something he did. He did, after all, basically give her an open chance to insult him. When he asked her, all she did was turn red and make up an excuse to go to the bathroom.
He was very glad to be home. All he wanted to do was spend time with the blonde haired boy. He didn't even really care what they did, even though he did have a few things in mind. A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth as he thought about the heated kisses he had shared with Rufus at breakfast. "If only breakfast could be that good everyday," he said hopefully aloud to himself as he opened the door to the apartment.
There on the couch sat Rufus Shinra, his nose stuck in one of his books and his legs crossed in a very feminine manner. "Hello!" Reno greeted waving slightly at the blonde. He was welcomed home by the normal warm sapphire eyes. It was clearly obvious that Rufus was in a more caring and gentle mood then he had been earlier.
The redhead made his way over to the couch and plopped down on the seat next to the blonde. He waited for him to set his book down so he could move closer to him. He let his head rest on the soft fabric of the white trench coat, his body melting into the warmth of Rufus' body. "I missed you all day at work," Reno said with a half saddened tone.
A smile found it's way to Rufus' lips. He gently wrapped his arms around the form of the red-haired Turk, "I missed you too." Gently he brushed aside a few of the red locks of hair that where in Reno's eyes, looking deeply into the teal pool that was them. "You still have to take me away from Midgar," he reminded with a small smile, still completely lost in the teal haven.
"I'll take you soon, don't worry," Reno whispered back, staring into the pair of sapphire eyes before him.
"When?"
"When it rains."
End Notes: I thought it would be interesting to give Rufus a split personality, plus it was a way to explain exactly why he was so out of character before. Hai, the things being lonely can do to you. It really isn't all too pleasant. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this part, and I'm very sorry for taking so long for posting this! I'll try not to take as long with the third part. Though I hate to disappoint you, I forgot to mention before, this section takes place just days before Sapphire's attack on Midgar. n_n;