Shinra Scribbles

by koyasufan

Series of short, very short in a few cases, scenes following Reno, Tseng, and Rufus from when they first meet to the immediate aftermath of Meteor. Shounen ai.

12. 18

#18

"You were right, of course. He didn't give up his crush."

Tseng looked up from where he was sitting, reading a book. "I'm not surprised. Aside from how he looks at you, there is the matter of the fact that this is Rufus." He watched Reno run his tongue over his lips before chewing on the lower one. "What happened?"

"This..." Reno stepped closer before ducking down and pressing his mouth against Tseng's for a moment. "Kid wants me to stay with him for the night. You mind?"

"Do you?"

"Do I? No, not really." Reno sat down on the edge of the low table in front of the couch. "He's lonely, and I can't say I blame him. I'd be lonely in his life, too. I just..."

"I never asked you to be exclusively mine, Reno."

Reno looked up from where he was staring at the pattern in the carpeting. "You...?"

Tseng smiled that faint trace of a smile he had. "Go care for him, Reno. I'm not the one who can't sleep alone, after all."

Reno grinned. "I can too sleep alone. Just not very well." He laughed as he stood back up, leaning down to kiss Tseng again. "Good night, boss."