Nothing Better To Do

by Jenova's Child

Nothing better to do than to control the minds of the common people with a little bit of fear...and nothing better to do than to relieve the boredom around Shin-Ra than with a little smut(probably mostly smut) some drama, and a touch of humor to hold this insane cake together. Enjoy my friends, eat as much as you would like to. #Shin-RaBoredom

4. What The Fuck Did Ya Say Ta Me?

I was lazily smoking the cigarette I had borrowed from Rude(well not really borrowed, more like took from him), when I groaned in frustration. Why? Because I knew those four inch heels clicking on the floor. That was the fucking rookie comin' in late as usual. And they blame me fer bein' late, total bullshit. I hope Tseng falls in a pit and dies one day. But no, Elena( the fucking rookie) would try ta blame me for it. Granted, it would probably be my fault anyways, but I would love ta tell her ta her face that it wasn't and be lying right through my fucking teeth.

"Hi Reno!"

I groan loud enough for her to hear and fake happiness as much as a human could possibly do around this bitch. "Hey Lena."

Elena saddened a bit. "What's wrong Reno?"

I gave her a grave face. "ya showed up, and yer late. Bossman ain't gonna be happy bout that."

Elena fixed her hair. "I'm sure he'll be fine."

I groaned right in her face. "Listen Blondie, I've known Tseng a lot longer than ya have. I know for a fact that Tseng does not tolerate late recruits for very long. Consider this yer one warning sweetheart."

Elena blushed with embarrassment. "Alright, alright, jeez, calm the fuck down."

I blew my smoke right in her face, walking back to my desk. "I'm always calm honey."

Elena made a disgusted face and put her stuff away. I grinned to myself and looked at Rude; he was smirking too. My phone buzzing in my pocket stopped my thoughts. It was a text from Tseng. 'Was she late again?' I grinned in triumph, texting back immediately. 'Yea, bitch was late again.' I got a text back saying ta be nice, which I laughed a little too loudly at, just ta piss Elena off. I'm never nice ta newbies, that's just the way I am. My phone started ringing again, this time Tseng was calling me.

"whassup bossman?" I grinned on my end.

I heard Tseng groan, and I chuckled lightly. "Could you come to my office please?"

I nodded in affirmation. "Sure thing Bossman."

I ran down the hall to Tseng's office, knocking and hanging up. "Tseng?"

"Come in." I heard Tseng unlock his door.

I walked in and plopped down in front of his desk. "So what's up Tseng?"

Tseng sighed and rubbed his temples. "We have a problem."

My face became a mix of lightened and serious. "Is it the fucking rookie?"

Tseng smirked. "As a matter of fact it is. Want to know how you can help?"

My grin got even wider than his. "Yes Sir!"

Tseng laughed. "I thought you might react like that. You know I don't tolerate lateness in any respect right?"

My grin got a little wider. "I already told her that."

Tseng looked a little stunned. "I'm impressed with this Mr. Sinclair. What did she do about this information?"

I smirked at what I was about to say. "She didn't even acknowledge it, said it would be fine."

Tseng smirked a little. "Oh really? As much as I would love to put her in her place, I think I better leave this up to my second in command, don't you think so?"

I jumped up from my chair. "Yes Sir!"

Tseng shook my hand. "Good luck with that."

I nodded and walked casually back to my desk, watching as Elena gave me a disgusted/concerned look. I looked at Rude and winked, watching as he nodded. Now how was I going to go about this? Should I be fully mad about it? Or should I go about this like Tseng does, all methodical and shit like that? I made my decision, and I smirked at how this might turn out. I nodded ta Rude, and stood in front of Elena's desk, clearing my throat.

"Ahem."

Elena paid me no mind, continuing to write her report.

I knocked on her desk. "Elena."

Elena sighed and looked up. "What do you want?"

I laughed a little maniacally. "What your second in charge wants is ta know why the fuck ya've been so late this past week."

Elena stopped dead in her typing and looked up in defiance. "You're second in command?"

I grinned brightly. "That'd be correct missy."

Elena laughed right in my face. "There's no way that is true Reno."

I reached into her space and gripped her by the collar, pulling her forward. "Now ya listen here lil missy, I worked very fucking hard against tha scrutiny of every fuckin' employee here, and I ain't, I repeat I ain't gonna be stepped on by some white trash hooker like ya! Do we have a fucking understanding here, Miss Elena?"

Elena gulped. "Yes Mr. Sinclair."

I smiled and let her go. "So I ask again, why the fuck have ya been so late this past week?"

Elena looked down at her shoes and started writing something down.

I suddenly felt bad for basically insulting her. "Laney?"

Elena shoved the piece of paper at me and ran out of the office.

"Laney!" I smacked myself upside the head and looked down at the folded piece of paper in my hands. I opened it up and felt even worse for what it said.

"Reno, I am sorry that I have been so late recently. I've been so busy trying to find a place closer to here since I live on the other side of Midgar. There's something else I wanna tell you but I ran out of space on this paper and I am really scared of how you'll react. I'll be in the break room, crying a bit.

-Elena."

I almost screamed my head off in frustration, walking out of the office and right into Tseng. I didn' really care tho, I had hurt Elena's feeling and I hadn't even intended ta in the first place. I sighed in slight defeat, this was gonna be harder than I thought it would be. I ran right into the break room door and heard Elena crying on the other side. I gathered what was left of my sanity and pushed open the door, not seeing Elena.

I grew worried and called out her name. "Lena?"

I heard Elena sniffle. "Over by the coffee."

I walked over and found Elena, sitting down next ta her. "Hey there bell, you okay?"

Elena wiped her nose on her sleeve. "I've had a really bad week."

I held her hand. "You can tell meh anything ya know."

Elena looked over at me. "You seem like the person not to tell people anything."

I chuckled lightly. "I understand how ya'd think that. But I'm the person ya can trust secrets with."

Elena sniffled and looked up at me. "Really?"

I nodded and hugged her. "Really sweetheart."

Elena looked like she would cry more as she started talking. "First off, I'm sorry I've been so late. Its horrible trying to get here."

I rubbed her back a bit. "That I understand. It takes me an hour to get here from mah house."

Elena sighed in slight relaxation. "Thanks. I've been going through this horrible breakup and I didn't want to come to work in such a mess cause then Tseng would send me home and I'd have to go back to that scum of the earth."

I kissed her temple. "Well that definitely sounds like it sucks. Do ya wanna talk about it more, or is it kinda a sore spot?"

Elena buried her head in my chest. "No, I want to talk about it. It would feel better if I got it off my chest, at least part of it."

I nodded and stroked her hair. "go on sweetheart."

I felt Elena smile hauntedly. "His name is Mark. We had been dating for two years when all of this started. He'd ask me why I was coming home so late, and I'd tell him that I was a Turk and I had to stay late for Tseng. But then one day I came home covered in blood. He asked me what happened and I said that I could not say because of my job."

I cocked my head. "So if ya dun't mid meh asking, what did he do?"

Elena shivered. "Everything he possibly could to keep me from leaving for work. It started off with small stuff, like misplacing my keys. But then it moved onto worse things like hiding my meds, and even worse stuff like hiding my gun. Then he'd keep me in the house and I'd have to lie and say I was going somewhere else so I could get my gun from my car and get to work just to have Tseng yell at me for being late and I couldn't tell him why..."

I held her tight as she started crying. "Hey there babe, its okay. Ya've got plenty of friends here ta protect ya."

Elena wiped her eyes. "Even you?"

I hummed gently. "Of course, why wouldn't I be there for ya?"

"Cause I thought You wouldn't after I told you that I like you."

I clutched her tighter. "I've liked ya fer a while, I was just waiting on the right time to tell ya."

Elena reached up and cupped my face, staring into my aquamarine eyes, unable to speak. I leaned and claimed her lips with mine for a brief moment, sighing in contentment. Elena rested her head on my chest, gripping my arms as she fell asleep. I grinned wide and just held her there, falling asleep not knowing Tseng was watching us.

-End-