"Another one, barkeep." Reno demanded, impatiently tapping his shot glass on the solid wood bar.

"I don't think your pretty little wife would like that." the bartender said cautiously.

"She's nothing but a pretty little thief. And she's not my wife!" Reno retorted angrily, not realizing that he sounded almost hurt when he said that. "Gimme another!"

"Whatever you say, mister. It's your life." the bartender replied, not really interested in hearing another sob story about how someone's life was so awful, especially when they're on a romantic cruise and expecting their first child with someone who looked like they could breastfeed an army.

"Damn right it's my life…and it's gonna stay that way!" Reno exclaimed before downing his drink in one gulp. "Pour me another, I'm celebrating!" He forced a smile…this was a celebration of his freedom, and he was going to enjoy it!

The ringing phone interrupted Tifa's tossing and turning, too worried about Reno to get a good night's sleep. Sitting up in bed, she grabbed for the phone. "Hello?" she groggily blurted into the phone. "Yes, that's me. Yes, that's…he's what? Well I'm…okay okay, I'll be there as soon as I can." Tifa got up and changed into something slightly warmer to be out on deck after hours, then hurriedly left her cabin and went straight to Cloud's and Tseng's cabin, knocking hard on their door.

"Tifa!" Cloud hastily whipped off his cowboy hat when he saw it was her after opening the door a teeny bit. "What's wrong?"

"Reno's gotten himself seriously drunk and they want me to come get him, but I thought I might need some help." Tifa explained.

"Tell them to lock him in the brig." Tseng replied from somewhere in the room Tifa couldn't see, but she heard the unmistakable sound of spurs.

"I can't do that! It's…kinda my fault." she reluctantly admitted, acting more flustered than Cloud ever remembered her being.

"Just let me get something else on really quick." Cloud said, hurriedly closing the door as Tifa finally registered that she had interrupted something she didn't want to know about. She was thoroughly embarrassed by the time Cloud opened the door and they started towards the bar. "How is it your fault?" he asked.

"He found a legal form I had in my things, terminating his parental rights." she quietly replied.

"You…you don't want him to be the father?" Cloud blinked in surprise. There had to be something he wasn't getting, this didn't sound like her.

"I don't want our child being hurt if he's only interested in a father when it's convenient for him." she clarified. "I wasn't going to ask him to sign it unless he made it clear he wasn't interested in being a full-time parent."

Cloud nodded as they entered the bar, that sounded more like the Tifa he knew. "So Reno found it on his own and got upset?"

Thoroughly drunk and bored, Reno was facing the entrance and started yelling and pointing when he saw them. "There she is! Somebody arrest her! She's a thief!"

"We'll talk about this back in the cabin, it's not what you think." Tifa tried to reason with him.

"I could have taken my little boy out on the town when he was old enough, made a real man out of him!" Reno continued his drunken rant, ignoring Tifa's attempts to calm him down. "And if it was a girl, I could have let every one of her dates know that I can hide a body anywhere on this planet so they won't get too fresh with her. But I don't get to do any of that, do I?"

"At least you get to have kids." Cloud snapped. "You're going back to your cabin, and you can drink all you want there."

"I like it here. And you're not the boss of anything here, buddy." Reno fired back. "You know, you're probably the one she wishes was the father. I'm not good enough for anything according to her…she wanted to steal my manhood, and she did it! Hey everybody, that's what she stole…my manhood…how come no one wants to arrest her?" He went to spin around looking for a ship official, but the movement got him off balance and he fell onto a table, which fell to the ground instantly, taking him with it.

"He's out cold." Cloud said when he felt for a pulse. "Let's get him back to your cabin."

Tifa could only nod as she helped Cloud pick Reno up and carry him back to their cabin. Reno's ranting had surprised her further, and she was going it over and over again in her head…he really was hurt by her having that paper and he had dreams for his child's future…they definitely needed to really talk when he sobered up. "Thanks Cloud." she told her friend when Reno was deposited on their bed. "Um…I have one more favor to ask…well advice really."

"I think that sounds like a great idea. In the morning I'll send over something that will help." Cloud said when Tifa finished, opening the door to leave. "Good night again."

"Well, it's just us again." Tifa told the unconscious Reno as she arranged him as comfortably as she could. "You're just going to have sleep in your clothes, I'm not undressing you." Getting herself comfortable on her side of the bed, she looked at Reno once more before turning the lights out. "I'm sorry." she quickly kissed him on the cheek in the apology, feeling her cheeks burn as darkness filled the room. "We'll finally have that talk in the morning." she murmured reassuringly, more to herself than to Reno, before falling asleep.