Misery

Ch. 1

I looked through the crack in the door only to see Reno drop to the floor in pain. I had to hold back a cry of despair so the silver-haired man

didn't hear me. I could hear the conversation between Rufus and the silver-haired man. "We need mother's power. The reunion is coming. And we

need her..." The man's tone became menancing. "Reunion?" Rufus asked. "My brothers and sister who share mothers cells will all assemble...and

together we'll take revenge on the planet! We've already sent out the invitations but-" I watched Reno turn onto his back, breathing heavily. I had the

full intent of running out from behind the door to him, but stopped when I watched Reno open one eye and shake his head just enough that only I

could see so he didn't draw attention from the man talking to Rufus.

As soon as the man had left, I ran out to Reno. "Reno! Reno!" I kneeled down next to him , cradling him in my arms and caressing his cheek, all

the while trying to keep the tears in my eyes from flowing down my cheeks. He smiled, and trying to laugh said, "Hey..." than passed out. Luckily Rude

was able to get up and walk. He walked over to me, leaning down to Reno. "Take him into a room Rude." Rufus said from behind us. "Don't worry."

Rufus said, looking towards me. "He'll be alright Kai. He's suffered worse being in Shinra." I followed after Rude, not leaving Reno's side.

Reno woke up, his head and body aching. He went to move his hand to touch his head, but stopped when he felt something in it. He sat up and

looked down at his hand. He smiled when he saw that the hand led to me. "You know...she hasn't left your side since you passed out." Rufus spoke

softly, breaking the silence. "She's been looking after you and she cleaned up your wounds from Kadaj." Reno tried to move but was greeted by

pain shooting throughout his body. He watched me stir a bit, afraid that he had woken me up. When he was convinced that I was still asleep, he

picked me up and layed me down where he had just been. He smiled one more time at me. "Thanks...Kai..." He took one last long look at me then left

the room.

I woke up, wondering how I'd gotten into a bed. I heard Cloud, Tifa, Reno and Rude talking in the next room. /Good. He's okay./ I found myself

blushing when I thought of him. I slapped my cheeks. "Oooo! Snap out of it! He doesn't even know you exist." I could hear some of their

conversation. "Kadaj's gang...took the kids..." Reno said. "Kadaj? Why does that sound familiar?" I asked myself in the dark room, my eyes shifting

back and forth trying to place that name. Finally I found it. Rufus had told me about him. I was suddenly angry. "If I ever find that guy-" I dropped off

into a deadly calm. My mind didn't want me to finish the sentence. I got out of bed and stretched. I could hear Tifa yelling at Cloud. It was quiet for a

moment after that so I walked to the doorway of the room. As I got there, Reno said, "You go. The base is all yours." I saw him turn around to walk

out of the room. I stepped back and went to the window. /Don't see me. Don't see me. Don't look in here/ I didn't know why my mind was screaming

that. I had my eyes looking intently at the open door on the glass. I almost breathed a sigh of relief as he walked past the open door. But at the last

minute, he looked out of the corner of his eye into the room. "Oh you're awake." "Yeah." I said turning around. "I have been for a few minutes." I could

feel my face burning as he walked closer. I looked at the floor. "H-how are you feeling Reno?" I heard his footsteps stop. I glanced up, only to find

him directly in front of me. "I'm doing fine. And by the way..." He stopped. I slowly raised my head. "Thanks for taking care of me." Before I even had

time to blink, I was in his arms. I stood wide-eyed looking towards the open door, my arms at my sides. Slowly, I wrapped my arms around him. I

closed my eyes and whispered. "You're welcome."

We stood like that for what felt like forever. When we finally broke up apart, Reno said, "I'm hungry. Wanna go get something?" "Sure. I'll be

ready in a few minutes." "I'll be waiting outside." "Okay." I said. I followed him ot my door then closed it. As soon as the door was closed and locked,

I slide down against the door to the floor. I looked at my hands. "Did...that just happen? Was it real?" I sat there for a few minutes in a daze. "Oh!

Crap! I gotta meet Reno!" I rushed to get ready and met him outside. "Ready?" He asked me. "Yeah."