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Author's Note:
Well, here's the next installment. The chapter you've been waiting for! You guys finally get to find out what Cid talked to Reno about! Hope you like what I wrote! Oh and there is a lemon at the end of this chapter. Sort of like celebration sex. For those of you who don't want to read it just go ahead and skip past it once it starts. I won't hold it against ya!
Hope you guys like this chapter! Only a few more to go! I'm planning on making a sequel but the thing is right now I'm lacking in the idea department so if any of you have any ideas for what you would like to see happen in the sequel please let me know in your review. For those of you that know me, I always give the person who gave me the idea credit. So send me some ideas!
Enough of me...more of the story!
"Tifa…"
A soft voice calls my name. My eyebrows crease as I try to find the speaker in the immense black abyss. I stretch my arms out in front of me but my hands claw nothing but air.
"Tifa…"
The voice speaks again and this time I can see a faint glimmer of light far off in the distance. I run towards the speck of light but it almost seems like I'm running on a treadmill. No matter how hard or how fast I run I don't get any closer to the light. I stop and rest my hands on my knees. It's hopeless. I'm just chasing something that I'll never be able to grasp. I look up and stare at the light that's hanging almost mockingly in front of me. I must reach it.
I straighten and as I take the first step toward the light its white purity engulfs me, temporarily blinding me with its brilliance. When my eyes finally adjust to the blinding white I gape at the form in front of me. The flower girl stands in front of me with the same gentle smile she always wore in the face of adversity. Her hands were loosely clasped in front of her, her many silver bracelets gathered at the bottoms of her wrists.
"Hello, Tifa." Her voice wafts through the air like an old melody.
I look around with a confused look on my face before I remember the snakebite. "Am I…?" I'm almost afraid to voice the whole question, afraid of what the chestnut haired girl in front of me would say.
But, much to my relief, she shakes her head and smiles knowingly. "No, I just…borrowed you for a little." She closed the gap between us and grabbed my hands in hers. "I'd like to apologize."
I frowned. I now knew that Aeris Gainsborough wasn't to blame when it came to the kidnapping of my son. It was Jenova's scheming, not the flower girl. "For what? You didn't do anything wrong."
She nodded. "I know, but I just wanted to make sure you didn't hold any resentful feelings towards me."
"Aeris I could never do that. You're like my sister."
She smiled once again. "Thank you, Tifa." She wrapped me in a warm hug and leaned close to my ear. "Oh, and don't worry. She'll be just fine."
I was about to ask who 'she' was but before I could open my mouth I was sucked back into the dark vortex.
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Reno lowered Tifa's lifeless body down onto Yuffie's plush couch and swiftly grabbed the Antidote that Elena held out to him. He jerked the cap off the bottle and carefully cradled the back of her head in his palm and slowly poured the green contents of the bottle into her dry mouth.
Once the bottle was empty, he cast it to the side and grabbed one of her hands, holding it tightly against his chest. He had been so happy when he had found her out in the fields beyond Wutai but had been immediately scared to death as he rushed her back to town. He watched her tranquil face, waiting for her to open her dark wine eyes and smile at him and tell him she was all right. He waited for what felt like an eternity while she lay motionless on the couch.
Finally, he could no longer hold back the tears that were threatening to spill from his eyes. He buried his face in the couch cushions as the conversation between himself and Cid replayed in his head.
Cid not so gently dragged the helpless ex-Turk by the collar of his shirt out onto the deck of the Highwind. He threw him from his grasp and stood menacingly over him. Reno felt like he was an ant and Cid was a kid with a magnifying glass getting ready to scorch the hell out of him.
Reno knew exactly what this conversation was going to be about. Tifa had presumably told Cid about her pregnancy and Cid, being the fatherly figure he always is, took it upon himself to set the red haired rascal straight.
"I really hope you know what this is going to be about," Cid said, his eyes spitting fire out at him.
Reno nodded and looked away from the old pilot's penetrating stare. "Yeah, I think I do."
"Then please tell me." Cid crossed his arms across his broad chest and leaned up against the Highwind's railing.
Reno scratched the back of his head nervously. "It's about Tifa's pregnancy isn't it?"
"You got that one right. Now let me tell you something." Cid gripped the railing with one strong hand and turned towards Reno like he would punch the poor guy out if he said something wrong. "I was never stupid enough to get a girl knocked up before I got married but tell me what you plan to do now that you and Tifa are expecting a baby."
Reno was taken aback by the pilot's words. He really hadn't taken that certain topic to heart because he was too focused on getting Logan back safely in Tifa's arms. He looked away from the pilot's fiery blue eyes and looked out at the equally blue sky. Of course now that he was thinking about it, marriage was the first thing that popped into his head and he could definitely say that he would marry that woman in a heart beat, but he himself wasn't sure if even he was ready for that kind of commitment.
Cid impatiently cleared his throat, waiting for Reno's answer. Reno swallowed the saliva that had built up in his dry mouth. "Well, I know that you want me to say that I'm gonna marry her – "
"And you damn well better." The old pilot wasted no time in finishing his sentence for him. "If you aren't ready for a commitment like marriage then maybe you should have been thinking a little clearer before you made sweet love to her. That girl has been through too much in her life. Way too much. I'm surprised she's even sane! All that she's been through would have driven any normal person crazy by now. She's stronger than most of the women I know but she's still fragile and you have to realize that. Tifa loved Cloud but then he turns around and hurts her worse than anyone else has. I'm worried about her because if you decide to leave her too I'm pretty sure she'd have to be committed to a mental hospital for the rest of her damned life. You better think about your feelings for that woman before you make any hasty decisions. You say you love her with all your heart, but do you really?"
Cid's speech had really struck a cord within Reno's heart. He truly did love Tifa and the prospect of leaving her never once entered his mind when she told him she was pregnant. Spending a few hours in Operations had given him a chance to figure out what he really wanted with his relationship with Tifa.
He wanted to spend the rest of his life with that woman.
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It was many long moments before I finally began to surface to the state of awareness. There were many people around me that I was for sure. They were crowded around me, many of them talking at the same time their voices mingling together and creating an unwanted noise in my clouded mind. I could feel someone gripping one of my hands; I was relieved to find that I had regained feeling in my extremities.
I opened my eyes and managed to silence many of the voices as they stared at me with shock in their gazes. My eyes fell down to my hand and found Reno kneeling on the floor next to me, holding onto my hand like I was going to fall through the couch and down into the depths of the Earth if he happened to let go. His face was buried in the cushion of the couch and his other hand was gripping the back of the couch to the point he might rip it.
Everyone's silence had obviously not alerted Reno at all. He kept his face buried in the cushion and his hand firmly gripping mine. I flexed the fingers of my left hand to test whether or not I did indeed have the feeling in all my limbs back. One corner of my mouth curled up as I could feel my nails softly touch the sensitive skin of my palm. I stared at the top of Reno's red head before hesitantly raising my left hand and softly running my fingers through his long hair.
His body immediately went rigid and I quickly pulled my hand away as a result. Many long, silent moments later Reno finally spoke up. "Was it just my imagination or did Tifa touch me just now? Please, someone tell me I'm right."
I didn't wait long enough for someone to give him an answer. Instead I sat up and leaned forward, grabbing Reno's head off of the couch and planting a kiss on his lips. After a few seconds he pulled back and stared at me with wide eyes before planting another kiss on my lips. He wrapped his arms tightly around me like if he let go of me I'd slip back into the comatose state I had been in only five minutes ago.
I snuggled my face into the crook of his neck and inhaled the scent of his cologne. He backed away and held my face in his hands, pressing his forehead against mine. "You have no idea how worried I was," he whispered.
"I think I have an idea," I said, one side of my mouth pulling up.
He kissed me once more before standing up. "There's someone that wants to see you." He offered his hand to help me off of the couch and I gladly took it. I felt a little dizzy when I got up but the feeling quickly passed. I gasped as I saw Logan standing with Elena. I kneeled down on the floor and stretched my arms out toward him. "Come here, baby."
He stood staring at me with his large blue eyes for a few more seconds before dashing away from Elena and jumping into my arms. I caught him and tightly latched onto him, vowing never to let him be taken away so easily from me ever again. Tears began to quickly cloud my vision as I held my son in my arms for the first time in months. Feeling his tiny body in my arms was something I missed terribly. I thought I'd never see him again.
"I missed you, mommy," he mumbled, his small arms locked around my neck.
"I missed you too, sweetie," I said, running my fingers through his fuzzy golden hair. "God, I missed you."
A matching head of blonde hair caught my attention. My eyes widened as I spotted Cloud standing next to Cid, who was firmly gripping the young blonde's shoulder. At first, I was so shocked all the words that I had wanted to scream at Cloud vanished. I only managed a gaping stare, like he was some kind of old friend that I hadn't seen in years. I wanted to run up to him and hit him so hard, but I didn't. I knew I'd probably be doing him a favor.
I looked at Cid and the gruff old pilot shoved Cloud forward. I inwardly rolled my eyes as Cloud stumbled towards me. I had hoped I wouldn't have to speak to him ever again.
He stopped in front of me and stared into my eyes like I was supposed to be the one who stared the conversation. Reno placed his hand on my waist, wanting to get through to Cloud that I was his. I turned my eyes to Reno and sent him a knowing glance. It was almost we had a conversation just with our eyes. His eyes said 'I want to stand right here and watch him' but my eyes told him 'I'll take care of this.' He nodded and backed away a few paces, giving me a little space.
Everyone's gazes were on us as we stood in front of each other in silence.
"Tifa…I – " Cloud started.
I gripped Logan with one hand and quickly brought the other up, stalling his speech. "Cloud, please, don't try to apologize. I know that you're doing it because Cid threatened bodily harm if you didn't. Spare me. I know you aren't sorry."
"But, Tifa, I am! I really am! At first, I wanted to get back at you but…" He stopped and looked away from me, almost like he was embarrassed to say anything else. "Once we kidnapped Logan, I couldn't help but think that we were doing the wrong thing."
I stared hard into his glowing mako eyes and shook my head slowly. "You still did it. I don't care how many times you apologize to me or Logan. You still kidnapped him with full knowledge of what you were doing. It's not like Jenova hypnotized you or something." I stopped talking, figuring I had said enough. "Cid, get him out of here."
Cid was more than happy to comply. He roughly grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and walked with him outside. I stared at the closed door, thanking whatever gods were up in the heavens that I hopefully wouldn't have to look at Cloud's face ever again.
Nanaki padded up next to me and touched his wet nose to my leg. I looked down at him as he sat down. I lowered myself onto the couch so I could see the fiery feline a little better. "I just thought I'd let you know it was no easy task keeping him quiet. He started wailing as soon as he woke up, refusing to be silenced until you were here. I finally got him to quiet down when I waved my tail in his face. Like so." Red got up and turned around, copying the motion that had calmed Logan.
Logan laughed and gripped his tail, running his fingers through the flames. I would always be fascinated by Red's species. I always thought the fire burning on his tail could still burn things but, evidentially, such was not the case. I smiled and tears burned my eyes as I listened to Logan's laugh; a laugh that I had been missing from my life for far too long.
I yawned, realizing how tired I was. I looked at a clock and was surprised when the hands read almost one o'clock in the morning. I brought my gaze back to Reno. "You wanna go to bed?" I asked, my eyes reflecting my fatigue.
He nodded. "Yuffie prepared a guest room for us."
I gathered Logan up in my arms and followed Reno up to the guest bedroom. I smiled as I spied a crib upon entering the room. "Wow, Yuffie definitely pulled out all the stops," I said, walking Logan over to the crib. I began to lower him down but Logan began to fuss in protest.
"No, mommy! I no wanna sleep here!" He wailed, gripping my shoulders.
"Why?" I asked, giving him a funny look. "I won't be that far away. Reno and I will be in that bed right there."
Logan looked over my shoulder, nervously sucking on a few of his fingers. "You won't go bye bye again, will you?" He asked, looking back at me.
I shook my head. "No, Logan, I'll never leave you again."
My answer seemed to satisfy him for the time being. I lowered him down into the crib and pulled the sneakers off his feet before wrapping a blanket that Yuffie placed in the crib around him. I was about to turn around and get dressed for bed when Logan got up all of a sudden.
"Mommy, my chocbo and bankie!" He exclaimed.
I frowned. "Yuffie must have forgotten to grab them. We'll go back tomorrow and get your chocobo and blankie okay?"
He nodded. "Night, mommy." He stretched his arms out toward me and wrapped them around my neck before snuggling up in the bottom of the crib once again.
I jumped as the lights flicked out. I turned and walked toward Reno who was leaning mischievously against the wall near the light switch. I stopped a few inches in front of him, taking note of the wide grin on his face. "What are you thinking about, dear?" I asked, leaning into him and drawing a few circles on his chest with my nails.
His grin got wider as he pulled me closer. "All the different ways I can get you out of those clothes."
I rolled my eyes and lowered my voice; if Logan was still awake I wouldn't want him to hear any of this. "Reno, I don't think it's a very good idea for us to be having sex with my three year old son a few feet away and about six other people in the general vicinity."
"Everyone but Red, Yuffie and Cid are going to be staying at the inn. So that leaves only three." He leaned in and placed his mouth next to my ear. His warm breath made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. "We don't really have to make all that noise you know. I bet you we could get through having sex without ever making a peep."
I smirked, curious to find out if we really could. I grabbed his shirt and began to back up towards the bed. "I think I'll have to take you up on your little offer." I quickly spun around and pushed him onto the bed, straddling him. I slowly undid all the buttons on his shirt and pushed it off his shoulders. By the time I got his shirt off of him he had completely undone my pants and was eagerly waiting to start stripping me.
His hands went for my shirt but I quickly pushed them away. He grabbed my hips roughly and pulled me towards him. "No one likes a tease, love," he breathed, his voice full of lust.
I grinned as I realized the effect I was having on him already. "Aw," I pouted, swaying my hips on his lap. "But it's so much fun."
Reno closed his eyes and groaned softly. "To you maybe but not to me." He wrapped his strong arms around me and shot up from the bed then twisted around and tossed me onto the soft sheets.
I stared at the bulging protrusion that screamed to be freed from his pants as he crawled onto the bed. He leaned down and planted an excruciatingly long kiss on my lips, flicking his tongue around mine. His erection pressed against me and I arched my back, grinding our lower halves together. He grunted as he reached down and undid his pants, allowing his pulsing member to escape.
"Okay," he whispered, pushing his pants and boxers off his legs and tossing them to the side. "Your turn."
I swiftly pulled my shirt over my head and threw it on the floor. Reno hovered above me and watched me as I slowly took my bra off. He stared at my chest like it was made out of the finest gold in the world before placing a hand over one of my breasts and massaged the supple flesh. I suppressed the urge to moan and, instead, let out a jagged breath.
Suddenly, a very scandalous idea popped into my head. An evil grin surfaced but I immediately wiped it away when he looked back up at me. "Mmm," I cooed, grabbing his face and kissing him. "Reno?"
"Yeah?" He said, his voice raspy.
"I have an idea," I said, trying to make my voice sound as steamy as possible.
"Yeah?" He repeated, sliding off of me.
I got up and walked around to the front of the bed, beaconing him with my finger. He scooted to the edge with a curious look as I backed away. I slowly undid the rest of my zipper and eased my pants off of me. I sauntered up to a wide-eyed Reno rubbing my hands up and down my stomach. Once I got close enough so he could reach me he left soft kisses all over my stomach and pushed my panties off of my wet womanhood.
"You have no idea how sexy that was," he said in hushed whispers as his fingers roamed down south.
I leaned my head back at his touch and supported myself on his shoulders. His movements were slow and precise; he was in no hurry what so ever. I swiveled my hips against his rotating fingers and I finally couldn't keep quiet any longer. "Oh," I moaned in a hushed whisper. "Oh God, Reno."
I breathed in sharply as he began pumping his fingers in and out. My sighs had apparently egged him on to the point where he could no longer stand to go slow. A pleased smile engulfed my features as he pulled his fingers out of me. I dropped my gaze back down and leaned forward to give him a kiss. Our tongues danced around each other and no sooner had we begun our tongue lock, he pulled away.
"Don't move." He slid off the bed and sat on the floor between my legs. "Lean over the bed."
I complied, placing my hands firmly on the edge of the bed. He planted a few soft kisses around my opening before plunging his tongue inside me. I gripped the edge of the bed and clenched my toes as waves of pleasure racked my body. I had no idea the sensations I was feeling at that moment could be amplified just by standing up. My knees almost buckled as I came; suppressing the sigh that had been building up was no easy task but I managed to pull it off, only letting a stressed squeal through my clenched teeth.
He moved out from under and stood up, wrapping his arms lovingly around my waist. He caressed my stomach then moved both hands up to cup my breasts. He placed his mouth close to my ear. I could feel his warm breath on my neck and it sent shivers down my spine. "You are so beautiful."
He grabbed my shoulders and turned me around then began to ease me down on the bed so we could finish what we started. I resisted though and made him lay down on the bed. I crawled on top of him. "My turn to be on top," I whispered huskily.
A large grin overcame his features. "I'm all yours, beautiful."
I eased him inside me slowly. My body quickly adjusted to his size and in no time I had begun moving up and down, back and forth. Being the one on top gave me total control over how fast or how slow we went. I started out slow, wanting to build up. "Remember Reno," I said, between thrusts. "Don't make a sound."
He nodded quickly, his eyes closed tightly as I rode him steadily. "No problem, babe."
After a few minutes of moving excruciatingly slow Reno could no longer take it and slammed his pelvis into mine, begging for me to go faster. I happily obliged, picking up the pace considerably. A deep guttural growl erupted from the pit of Reno's stomach. I kept my own sighs and moans to raspy breaths and small whimpers. Reno grabbed my hips and started slamming me down harder and harder onto his shaft, craving the grinding of our bodies. Then he suddenly gripped my sides and held me in place, shoving his pelvis up and out.
I almost screamed at the wave of unbridled pleasure he had just sent through my body. I bit my tongue and the scream came out as an exasperated sigh. We stopped but we were still far from reaching our climax.
I looked down at him to find a pleased smirk stretching across his face. "You like that, huh?" He asked, before he repeated his previous action
This time I came about two seconds away from crying out so loud that someone across town could have heard me. "Oh God, Reno, more," I pleaded, gripping his shoulders as he repeated his new thrusting motion over and over and over until my lower half was shaking from the exertion. "More," I pleaded urgently. I could feel myself going over the edge and only a few more carefully placed thrusts would get me there.
Reno tightened his grip and slammed himself up against me so hard I temporarily saw stars swim through my vision. He did it again, sending us both sailing over the edge. I dug my nails into his shoulder as my walls crashed down on his member. I gasped at the pleasure that left almost my whole body numb and had to hold myself back from crying out with the ferocity of a behemoth.
I collapsed on top of him, our bodies still connected. Once I caught my breath I looked at him and planted a gentle kiss on his lips. "God, I love you, Reno."
"You have no idea how much I love you," he replied, his eyes still closed.
"Wanna go to bed now?" I asked, starting to pull away from him.
He nodded and opened his eyes. "Yeah, I could use sleep."
I slid off of him and unsteadily made my way over to the side of the bed, pulling the covers back and climbing in. Reno slipped in next to me and we fell asleep wrapped in each other's arms.
