2-21-17: Minor edits done.

Challenge: Reno, Rufus, Zoo requested by Child of a Pineapple

"Why are we at the Zoo?" Reno asks cautiously, looking at Rufus out of the corner of his eye. Rufus grins brightly and grabs Reno's wrist, dragging him over to the animal cages.

"Look, doesn't that remind you of someone!" Rufus says, practically bouncing in his excitement. Reno sighs and turns to look in the cage, then blinks as he comes face to face with a pair of catlike green eyes.

"Holy..." He mutters, watching the albino tiger stalk around it's cage. Rufus's grin grows wider, still bouncing with excitement. "It's Sephiroth...in cat form..."

"And look, Tseng's his neighbor," Rufus says, pointing into the adjacent cage where a panther is lounging in the shadows. It turns it's yellow gaze on them and yawns. Reno snickers as the tiger glares at them indignantly. He turns to look at Rufus.

"You brought me here to see to cats who look remarkably similar to Tseng and Sephiroth." Reno asks, raising an eyebrow at the laughing blonde. Rufus shakes his head and points to something in the tiger cage.

"Nooo I brought you here to see cats who look remarkably similar to Tseng, Sephiroth and You." Rufus says, emphasizing the last part as a very red tiger stalks into view, it's green eyes sparkling mischievously. Reno opens his mouth and then shuts it as the red one pounces on the white.

He glances at Rufus. "Don't you feel a bit left out...I mean Tseng, Seph and I all have cat alter-egos... and you don't." Reno says thoughtfully, Rufus's eyes narrow. What was Reno planning? "Let's find you one." Reno chirps, dragging the blonde in the direction of the lion cages.

"Reno..." Rufus says warningly, watching the red tiger, which was for all appearances, cheering the redhead on. The white seemed to be snickering and the panther was licking his paw.

"Look Rufus, there you are," Reno snickers, pointing to a half-grown cub who was sitting apart from all the rest. It glances in their direction and sniffs, turning its face away snootily. Rufus twitches as Reno bursts out laughing. "Yes that is definitely you."

Rufus resolved to never take Reno anywhere where there might possibly be something he wouldn't like.

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