--The Good Life—

I turned away quickly, there was no way I was going to speak to Reno after seeing him headed off towards our room with some random girl. Wait, it's not like I was umm jelious or anything, it's just, well…I have to sleep in that room and I would prefer not to think of some random lady, possibly a hooker…in there!

"Rini!" I heard Reno call out. Suddenly I saw Cloud standing next to me.

"Mr. Strife?" I said quickly looking at him.

He nodded and took my hand. "You didn't tell me that Dimitri here was your brother! Hah! That little shit took all my money!" He said guiding me back to Reno.

I gave Reno an evil look then smiled back to Cloud. "Aww, well you should win some of it back! My brother here is just a huge asshole, he likes to take advantage of people…you really are much better than him I assure you…" I said sweetly to Cloud.

I could tell that I had pissed off Reno. His eyes were narrowed on me, he couldn't believe that I had just said that about him.

"Well…Mr. VanBraff I must be on my way! It was lovely seeing you again Miss Rini." Cloud said kissing my hand. "I will meet with you again later to win my money back!" He said as he walked out the door.

I turned back to Reno and rolled my eyes then proceeded to walk away. Suddenly Reno grabbed my arm.

"Look, we have to talk…"

I looked at him. "Talk about what?"

"Look I know you are mad at me about that girl…" He said ushering me out of the arcade and down to our room.

I was extreamly quiet on the walk to the room. Once inside I sat in a large fluffy chair across the room.

"Elena, Nothing happened…I told her to leave right after I saw you." He said sitting down on the edge of the bed.

"Uhh…So?" I said. "Why do I care what you do?"

He blinked a moment and stared at me. "Uhhhh…" Reno looked to the floor and then back up to me. "I guess, you shouldn't then."

We sat a few moments in complete silence. I felt horrible, it was so strange how I actually cared how Reno felt. He looked so upset and sad, I'd only seen him this way once, and that was after the funeral.

"I do…I care…" I said quietly.

He looked up at me. "Huh? What?"

"Yeah, I care Reno. I really do. I mean…the other night…I kept thinking what a mistake I made and how…stupid I was for it. But…when I saw you with her…I sorta got jelious I guess…" I said staring at the wall.

It was silent again.

"Elena…I really….umm…well...I care about you too" Reno said breaking the silence.

It was too awkward for me. I shook my head and quickly changed the subject "Uhh…I saw Yazoo Jenova."

Reno's mouth dropped, I wasn't sure if it was from the sudden subject change or from the mention of Yazoo. Again there was silence.

"I tried to kill him, but…I messed up and made him stronger. He's out here somewhere lurking around…and he knows who I am." I said quickly.

Reno nodded. "I figured we'd run into him."

I explained the entire bar ordeal to Reno. He was stunned and a little angry at me. But his only reply was.

"Let Shin-Ra deal with him."

After a few more moments of awkward silence Reno spoke up again.

"Ohh, umm I got you something." He said taking a few slips of paper from his coat. "It's tickets…to the X-2 concert."

I gave him a funny look. "X-2? How did you know I liked them?" I said confused as I took the tickets from his hand.

He smiled a little. "I heard you talking about them with Rufus's secretary Paige a few months ago." He said.

I nodded. Two tickets to see X-2. They were a new girl band that I really enjoyed.

Reno looked around then smiled at me. "Well…we better get off there to the event square…the concert starts soon I believe?"

I smiled back to him. "Yeah.."

The two of us changed our clothing and made our way out to the event square where the concert was to be held.

"Wow! That was amazing!" I said as Reno and I walked out of the event square.

A large smile crossed his face. "I figured you would be pleased with that gift."

I stopped and turned to him. "But if you are spending all the money on me and that concert, are we going to have enough to leave and open.."

He stopped me suddenly. "Rini, we have enough to never work again…"

I just stood there staring at him in disbelief. How could we have ever made that much money in only 2 nights!

"But Dimitri how?" I asked shocked as we walked to our new 1st class room that Reno had reserved for us.

"Well Cloud Strife is a very wealthy man, and…I made outlandish bets against him. He couldn't refuse…and he lost…many times against me!" Reno said opening the door.

I slowly walked into our room, it was amazing. I had never been in a first class room before. The bed was large enough to throw a party in, and right in the middle of the floor was a large white shag rug. I fell down on top of it and lay there smiling.

"I so cannot believe this Reno!"

He smiled and sat down next to me. "I am glad…that you like it."

That night was amazing. We spent the whole time laying on the large shag rug talking and laughing about our lives. I had never been so close to anyone in my entire life. Reno had deffinatly become my best friend in the world.

The next morning we both woke up still laying on the rug. I looked at him and laughed a little. "Hmm, we spent all that money on a wonderful bed and ended up sleeping on the floor."

He laughed and smiled back agreeing that we were very silly. He slowly got up and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"I don't want to press my luck any more…I think we should be leaving soon." He said putting on his shoes.

I nodded. "Yeah, we are going to open that shop you wanted right?" I said slowly.

"Umm yeah, have you decided where we are going to go?" He said standing up.

I stood up, I had completely forgotten that was my choice. I shook my head. "Uhh, I really don't know."

He smiled and sat back down staring at the ceiling. "Well, we will just sit here until you do know."

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Reno jumped up and opened the door slightly seeing Cloud Strife standing behind it. Cloud pushed past Reno and hid behind the door.

"What the hell are you doing?" Reno yelled shutting the door behind Cloud.

Cloud looked to both of us and laughed a moment. "Uhh…uhh, I am in a little trouble mind if I hide out here?"

I looked around then sat on the bed confused. Cloud sat down in a large chair on the other side of the room.

"Well, a few nights ago I ran off with this girl and then she well, stole my money. I went back looking for her and she turned out to be a man…so…I killed him. Now the body has been found and they are after me." Cloud said looking around a bit.

Reno walked over to him and slapped him across the face. "You dumbass!"

"Umm you know you really should stay away from those hookers Mr. Strife…" I said watching Cloud get slapped.

Cloud wiped the blood from his face and looked up to Reno. "Do it again and I will slice and dice you…"

I stood up quickly and rushed over to Cloud. "Look there are bigger things to worry about than this…hooker…I think Sephiroth has returned."

Cloud looked to me quickly. "How the hell would you know about that?" He said standing up.

I looked to Reno then back to Cloud. "I…Uh…met him in the bar…"

Reno quickly took over. "Really Mr. Strife, I could easily just hand you over to the athoraties so…if I were you I'd be nice to my little sister and quit asking so many questions."

Cloud nodded and looked to me. "Look, I killed Sephiroth before…and"

"I know who you are and what you have done, frankly I do not want an explanation…" Reno said turning away from Cloud. "My sister and I are leaving soon, we are going to take your money and build a nice little Item Shop…hmm but where would we be safe from the grips of that horrible Yazoo Jenova?" Reno continued.

Cloud stood up quickly. "Esthar is about the safest place in the world right now, that is where I was headed…after stopping my Midgar to see someone."

Reno looked to me then smiled. "See you later Mr. Strife." Reno grabbed my hand and pulled me out the door.

Cloud rushed towards the door just as it slammed in his face.

"That was awful rude…" I said quickly as we made our way down the hallway.

Reno coughed suddenly and pushed me into an open room. "No…that is Rude…" He said pointing out the door. At that very moment Rude and Tseng busted down the door to our old room where Cloud Strife was hiding out. A few moments later they returned with Cloud in handcuffs.

"Looks like Rufus was looking for Cloud as well…" Reno said as we exited the room.

I nodded. "So we are going to Esthar?"

"No…it is your choice where we are going. But now, Cloud Strife thinks we are off to Esthar!." Reno said as we boarded the lift to leave the Gold Saucer.

"I was thinking Winhill. I heard that is where President Loire is from and that it is very peaceful there." I said following him onto the lift.

"Winhill it is then! We will set up a nice little shop and live happily ever after!" Reno said taking his seat beside me.

I shook my head laughing. "Dimitri, you have lost your mind!" I said watching the Gold Saucer get farther and farther away. Now, here we were off to Winhill to start our new lives as shopkeepers!