"To each their own"
Rufus's 21's birthday, everyone was there. Everyone had something to give him, or at least to say. Rufus was caught by surprise when Reno jumped up from his chair, spilling rum all over himself and the expensive carpet, and took the stage. "I... uh... I wrote something just now, and it's for you," he said, pointing to the young president. Rufus groaned. Reno cleared his voice and stood up straight, and looking at the folded cocktail napkin, he began.
"Rufus lay back in the grass and watched Cloud go by. He was much more entertaining than the clouds in the sky. Rufus hoped and then he prayed, Cloud could send Aeris running his way.
Never did this happen, nor ever shall it ever be,
Sephiroth killed her on disk one, while Rufus stayed until disk three.
Weapon blew up his office, oh yes it did,
But under his desk he jumped and hid.
Like the likeliness of Cloud's hair,
A Chocobo with a silvery stare came upon him and look,
It just ate his nudie book.
Rufus stood and Rufus yelped,
Screamed at Cloud for a little help,
Put the Chocobo in a headlock then.
Blew it to bits with his rifle. The end."
The audience was silent and Rufus looked extremely embarrassed. Reno took a bow and left the stage, left the auditorium, and joined Cloud in a waiting limo. Cloud asked, "How did it go?" and Reno replied, "I don't know." Cloud pulled a bottle of beer out of the cooler and handed it to Reno, then one for himself. "How do you hope it went," Cloud asked, and Reno chugged his whole beer. "If I still have a job on Monday, it's okay by me." Reno looked at Cloud, and he looked straight back. Cloud leaned very near Reno, close enough to touch lips, and gazed into his eyes. Reno was suddenly very uncomfortable, but then relieved, as Cloud whispered "I have to pee," Reno then proceeded to pass out. And there's nothing more I can say about that.