'Let me get the key in the door woman!' Through the fabric of the heavy red wooden front door Rude's voice boomed.
'You're drunk move over and let me do it.' Elena commented pushing her husband out of the way unlocking the front door with a twist of her wrist, giggling she stumbled inside.
'And you're not.' Rude chuckled as he watched his wife stumbling in front of him leaning against the white hallway wall she smoothed down the fabric of her knee length black dress.
'You looked really beautiful tonight, I was so proud to have you on my arm.' Rude motioned, moving forward shakily she wrapped her long slender arms tightly around the fabric of her husband's strong neck kissing him warmly.
'That's the sweetest if not a tiny bit sexist thing you've said to me in weeks.' Elena giggled as Rude ran his rough hands across her wide hips.
'You love it I know. You wanna take this upstairs?' Opening her mouth the blonde ex-Turk was just about to speak when a familiar figure padding into the hall out of the living room.
'Yuck!' The eight year old red head commented at the sight of her parent's embracing in front of her.
'Ava, what are you still doing up you should have been asleep hours ago.' Elena frowned studying her daughter who stood in front of her wearing a purple dressing gown matching fluffy slippers and a white night dress, she was certainly dressed for bed but by the looks of it she hadn't seen it since they'd left.
'Leigh!' Elena frowned marching passed her youngest daughter into the living room pausing behind her Rude bent down sweeping Ava up into his strong arms.
'Time for bed.' He explained as he carried her up the stairs, which lead to her little bedroom.
'Leigh you can't hide from me Mummy was trained in seek and destroy.' Elena informed as her blue eyes searched the surrounding area for a trace of her eldest daughter, from the kitchen a shadow figure hovered.
'Why didn't you put Ava to bed, where's Ronnie?' She questioned the fourteen year old girl who stared at her Mother sheepishly.
'He went out of another date with Saffy, he just left me Mum and Avalene was being a real pain in the…'
'Don't even think about swearing in front of me!' Elena barked, watching her daughter's face contort her long dark blonde hair falling across her face as she moved out of the darkness of the kitchen.
'Just get out of my sight I'll deal with you tomorrow and don't think that you can skip school either.'
'This is so unfair Ronnie and Ava get away with everything why am I the one who always gets in the shit.' Elena's eyes widened she restrained herself as her daughter huffed past her, she hated teenagers especially her own because they were the ones that bugged her the most when she was at home. And it wasn't like it was about to end anytime soon Leigh was just fourteen and Ava had along way yet to go.
'I'll be dealing with your brother when he comes home, if he ever comes home that is.' Standing in the middle of the living room Elena clutched at her head her hangover was starting early.
'Ava is in bed and I talked to Leigh in the hall you shouldn't be so hard on her the kid tries.' Rude breathed against her ear as he wrapped his arm around her waist; leaning back against him she closed her eyes.
'I know I'm just tired that's all I don't mean it she just, she gets on my nerves. I'm a terrible Mother my own daughter annoys me.' Chuckling, Rude squeezed Elena close planting a kiss on the back of her head.
'Hell they all annoy me. You're a great Mother Lena you're just not a saint.' She turned in her husband's arms taking up where they had left of leaning in, but before she could kiss him she was cut short.
'That's it forget the sex I'm going to bed!' She cried exasperated pushing Rude away from her as she flounced up stairs to their bedroom, grinning as he watched her leave he winced a little as she slammed the bedroom door, he was going to be in for it later. Chuckling to himself he glanced at the disturbance Reno was standing in the living room doorway, something was wrong he didn't look himself.
'Boy are you okay?' He questioned the boy who he'd always looked upon as his own son.
'I…I need to know something Elena said that when I was ready that I should ask you.' Reno paused, his still full of the look that Aeris had given him earlier in the day.
'Well I'm ready now and I…I want to know about my parents.'
'Reeve, what's going on?' Rude questioned as he made his way down the hospital corridor, he looked different his sun glasses were gone and so was his Turk suit.
'There's been an accident,' Reeve started to speak but was suddenly cut off by the appearance of Elena.
'We came as soon as we heard.' She informed taking her place next to Rude. Gazing at the pair they looked like any other married couple who'd just been dragged out of bed at four in the morning not a pair of highly trained assassins.
The operating theatre doors swung open and a grim looking Doctor in a white coat appeared.
'Oh Rude.' Elena gasped gripping her husband's hand tightly for support.
'Yuffie how is she?'
'Lady Kisarangi passed away a few minutes ago, we did everything we could but her injuries were too extensive.' Leaning against the cold surface of the hospital wall Reeve rested his head in his hands. It couldn't be real Yuffie had always been to annoying to die, she was much younger than him she was just a girl really it couldn't be true. His ears pricked up at the sound of Elena's sobs he lifted his head watching as the blonde buried her head in Rude's chest. All Reeve wanted to do was go home he wanted to see his daughter and Scarlet and check that they were alright, but he knew he had to stay someone should be with Yuffie.
'Doctor I want to…I was wondering if it would be possible for me to see Yuffie.' Reeve questioned, watching as the Doctor nodded solemnly.
'The nurses are with her now but once they have finished you can go in and say your goodbyes.'