Just a quick one to finish. Please review! Bye for now!

The warm and soft pillow beneath her head slowly rose and fell in a gentle rhythm. A few thoughts strayed into her consciousness…that's odd. Pillows don't breathe.

Elena's eyes fluttered open. She was in fact resting on her front with her head on someone's chest, not a pillow. One arm was resting round his waist, the other above her, buried in a mass of hair. This was the first time for a while she had woken up like this…but who was this person she leant on? The arm round his waist tenderly moved up and caressed the soft outline of his muscles. Just right, she thought. Not big and built up like Rude, more…lean and powerful. More like –

Reno

In an instant, all remaining memories of the previous night hit her with the force of a train. She twisted her head upwards, only to find the hair in her hand was flame red…and that could only mean one thing. She heaved herself up, flinging her hands to her face in shock and revulsion. She had been casually draped over him, not a scrap of clothing on either body, with a thin sheet to cover them. The blonde, now blushing furiously with fragments of last night's scene rushing through her head, scooped up the sheet and covered herself with it.

Reno frowned and stirred slightly with the sudden reduction of warmth. Then, just as she had done, his eyes opened groggily to see Elena's mortified expression. Taking a second or two to realise what must have happened, his eyes widened and he sat up slightly, resting on his elbows. Elena just nervously slid off the bed using the sheet as a makeshift toga, and started to look for her clothing. She glanced back over at Reno who appeared to be in some pain.

'I'm stuck to the freakin' bed, help me…' he moaned hoarsely.

'Oh, no. I'm not helping you. Not after what you've done to me!' Elena replied hotly, finding her voice. Reno just struggled a bit more, finally sitting forward sharply with a yelp of pain. Elena carried ignoring him, whereas he twisted round to see what stuck his back to the bed.

'Jeez, what I did to you? What have you done to me?' he said, realising it was caked blood from the deep scratches in his back that had stuck him down. Then suddenly, the predatory smirk reappeared, '…So I was that good, huh…'

In answer to this, Elena just threw his clothes at his face and made a strangled noise of irritation.

'For fuck's sake Reno, your ego doesn't need any more inflation! Oh my word…' she shot, clasping her hands to her forehead with the last statement, '…no-one can know about this. I bet Rude already knows…I'm so embarrassed…'

Reno just laughed.

'Oh come on, it's not like you're the first one at the company that was a bit loose for a night! How do you think Scarlet is where she is? And she still sends for me every Friday afternoon…'

'Don't care. We're already an hour late for work and I'm going to have a shower. Don't ever talk to me again, Reno.' Elena retorted. Reno just snorted and fell onto his back again.

'…How can you be so active in the mornings…? Do you seriously not suffer from hangovers?' he murmured, drifting off again.

10:25

In a similar fashion to the previous day, Rude was the only one in the office. He sat thinking, as always, hoping that what happened last night wasn't going to ruin anything. And again, somebody stormed in, and left again pretty rapidly. It didn't sound like Reno, however.

'You alright Elena?' he called out. She returned quickly, covering one side of her face with her hand. Rude smirked. Now he saw why Reno loved annoying people about something or other. The chance to poke fun now was irresistible.

'Come on, you don't need to hide away…was it really that bad then?' he said casually, sitting up fully, arms flung over the back of the chair. Elena moaned in frustration and threw the papers she was attempting to file down.

'For your information, it happened to be the best I ever had! Yeah! That shut you up. But unfortunately, that's exactly the problem right now!' She yelled back. The burning was creeping back into her face again, and she bent over to pick up the papers, 'He'll milk it for all its worth…and I will never hear the end of it!'

Rude just shook his head, smiling.

'Don't worry about it, you're not the first Reno got…active with.'

'I know…he said that too…' she muttered in response.

'No, seriously…those marks on his cheeks? He did that to himself a couple o' years ago. 'Cause of a girl.' He said quietly.

'What, she put a dent in his ego or something?' the blonde snapped, still frustrated with the whole situation.

'No. She died.'

Elena looked up for a second and was suddenly calmed by it. She bent back over again and busied herself with collecting papers, ashamed about what she said.

'That's…that's so sad…' she said at last.

Unfortunately, the momentary feeling of pathos that had descended on the room was shattered when Reno moonwalked through the door, singing 'We are the Champions'. He danced all the way over to Elena, did a little twirl, and finished with a slap on her behind. She yelped and jumped up.

'You bitch! A second ago I was actually feeling sorry for you!' the blonde shouted. He just winked at her and swaggered to his desk. At that precise moment, one of Reeve's Cait Siths wandered into the office and up to Reno's desk.

'Excuse me, Mr Reno Sir? Miss Scarlet craves a word with you, sir-' he announced in his nasal little voice, only to be cut short by Elena drawing her handgun and planting one between its squinty eyes. The other two Turks just looked intimidated for a second by this outburst, and their heads turned to look at her. She just threw the gun to one side and started filing.

'You heard it Reno. Scarlet requires your services as a man-whore.' She said, the anger present in her voice. Rude smirked; Reno shrugged and moved towards the door. Just before he left, however, he span round, twirling his hand into a bow. He stood up with a smirk.

'Gentleman, Lady, I take my leave of you…' he said before strutting down the corridor. Rude glanced at Elena who was now crimson, her hands balling into tight fists. He went back to work and smiled to himself.

No worries there then…it'll be the same as any other day.