Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or settings therein. They are the sole creative property of SquareEnix. I do however own Advent Children and Advent Children Complete (they really are two different movies if you think about it), and Final Fantasy 7 for my PS3. DUDE… IT'S AWESOME IN HD. Err… I digress.
Pairing: Reno and Cloud (mhm like that)
Warnings: ya don't like man on man lovings... move it along… more shonen-ai than anything.
Author insanity: I have no idea where this came from but… yeah.
Title: In the End aka Chapter 4
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Instead of guiding Reno to the back door of 7th Heaven, he led him to the garage that was off to the side. Letting go of Reno, but giving him a glare that said more than words could, Cloud pushed the door open just enough for a bike to pass through.
He disappeared into the garage before he walked out his motorcycle, Fenrir. The bike always enthralled Reno. Anything that had mechanical parts captivated the Turk and the fact that Cloud built the bike himself didn't hurt either. Reno itched to touch it, almost more than he itched to touch the owner of it.
Cloud had walked out of the alley and was about a hundred feet in front of Reno when he looked back. Calling back to Reno in a tone that wasn't obnoxiously loud.
"Going to stand there and drool or are you coming?"
"Yeah, yeah yeah hold ya fuckin' horses yo," Reno shot back as he came to stand next to Cloud.
"Get on."
"W-What?"
"Get. On. What part did you not understand?"
"I understood just fine yo but ah," Reno stammered as he scratched the back of his head, "where?"
"Hmm. Get on the front, it'll be a tight squeeze but, heh I prefer you that way," Cloud said as he let a dark smirk grace his lips.
There really was no graceful way that Reno could get on the bike, so with a few false starts he just lifted his left leg and swung it around to sit down. Cloud used to the motion quickly got into place behind him. The blonde pull Reno closer into his lap before kick starting Fenrir.
Reno felt Cloud's palms run up his chest and rest there.
"Wha-what are you doing?"
"Getting comfortable and holding on," the blonde replied.
"Holding… on? Whoa wait, ain'tcha driving this thing?"
"Mmm, nope. I'm going to just enjoy the ride," Cloud said as he nuzzled Reno's neck.
Reno felt a slight chill up his spine.
"Where ya want to go?"
"Your place and Reno…"
"Wha?"
"You drop my bike and I'll kill you, then I'll use a Phoenix Down then kill you again."
"Heh, no pressure eh?"
"None at all baby," Cloud said as he kissed Reno's neck.
Reno parked Fenrir next to his shiny sports car in the underground garage of Shin-Ra tower. Cloud fluidly got off the bike and chuckled as Reno had a bit of a struggle.
"Sooo, thanks for the ride?"
"Not so fast, Reno. You are inviting me upstairs."
"I see," Reno said, as he looked the blonde up and down. "Didn't know it worked that way. Thought I had ta ask ya."
"You did."
"Humph. I did no such thing, yo."
Cloud cut off any protest from Reno by pulling him in close for a fierce kiss.
"I-I guess I did," Reno said as he started walking towards the private elevators.
Cloud barely waited for the elevator doors to close before he pounced on Reno. Leaving a slippery trail of kisses and bite marks along the redhead's neck, Cloud started to unbutton the Turks' shirt.
"Whoa. Mmm. Wa-wait a min yo. You said we were gonna talk," Reno said as he attempted to push the blonde off of him so that he could open his apartment door.
"Talk later. I want this now," Cloud grunted.
Reno succeeded in holding Cloud off long enough to get inside the apartment. As soon as Reno turned around from closing and locking his front door, the ex-mercenary had his pinned against it and was tearing at his suit. Feeling Cloud's nimble fingers graze against the sensitive flesh of his ribcage Reno let out a high-pitched gasp.
"Ticklish eh?"
"Don't," Reno pleaded.
"Too bad," Cloud responded as he let his fingers drawl lazy circles and Reno attempted to squirm away from him.
"Nngh. Stop! HAHA! OH GOD! No! No more. Oh fuck don't stop," Reno begged as Cloud began a double attack of tickling him and latching onto Reno's earlobe, gently nibbling and suckling on it.
"Mmm. I love the sound of your laughter," Cloud murmured against Reno's neck.
The statement was like a bucket of ice-cold water being thrown on Reno.
Cloud wasn't expecting the force in which Reno shoved him. Cloud stumbled back a few steps and collided with a large gray-blue couch.
"No. No, I will not do this again yo," Reno said vehemently.
"What are you talking about?"
"THIS!"
Cloud looked around the room and back towards Reno trying to figure out what he was trying to say.
"Don't give me the dumb blonde routine Strife. Yanno what the fuck I mean. Ya used me for a piece of ass that night. I'm not just a fuck toy."
Sighing, Cloud walked around the couch and sat down. He took a moment to look around the apartment. This was the first time he had ever been here and he quickly realized that there was more to Reno than meets the eye. Cloud had expected a trashed apartment. A living space that mirrored the appearance of the man in the room with him.
The living wasn't heavily decorated, there was the couch Cloud was currently sitting on, a few tables with various magazines strewn about. What caught Cloud's eye was the sleek upright piano that was pushed up against the wall.
"You play," Cloud stated as he nodded towards the piano.
"Kinda," Reno said as he nervously shuffled to sit on the opposite end of the couch.
"Would you play for me?"
"Cloud, look I don't thi-"
"Please," Cloud asked as he looked deep into Reno's eyes. "Consider it a Valentine's Day present to me"
Sighing, Reno got up and rolled his eyes at Cloud as he moved over to the piano. Cloud sat closer to the edge of the couch, his eyes trained on Reno. The silence in the room was soon broken by the sweet sounds of the notes Reno teased out of the piano. After a few minutes, the music came to an end. Reno sat back, wiping his palms on his pant legs. He rarely played the piano anymore, and only the Turks knew he could. Not expecting a standing ovation but expecting something from the blonde in the room, Reno shifted with a bit of anxiety as he turned to look at Cloud.
Cloud was sitting back with his eyes closed and a blissful smile across his face.
"That was…"
"Horrid," Reno said with a self deprecating laugh.
"Beautiful," Cloud said as he opened his eyes to look at Reno. "Almost as beautiful as you are to me."
Uncomfortable with the compliment, Reno quickly got up and attempted to change the topic.
"I'm thirsty, want something to drink yo?"
Cloud cut Reno off and stepped in his way. Cupping Reno's face in both his hands, he forced the redhead to look at him.
"I'm sorry, Reno. I really am. I just… I never felt like this about anyone before. I always thought you were that bright shining star that I could never reach. That flame that burned to bright for me. When you kissed me, it was like all my dreams came true."
"Bullshit," Reno whispered as he searched Cloud's eyes.
"Reno, you were my first," Cloud admitted.
"Fuckin' liar."
Reno shoved Cloud off of him again as he listened to Cloud explain the facts.
"Think about it. I was fifteen when I joined Shin-Ra. Then I was experimented on for what? Five years, I know you know about that, then there was the two year identity crisis," Cloud said.
"What about in the last two years?"
"I've only wanted you."
Reno stood there for a moment taking it all in. He looked at Cloud from under his bangs and let out a mirthless laugh.
"Ya were damn good for a virgin," Reno said with a leer then suddenly sobered when he realized where he and Cloud had sex. Rushing up he pulled Cloud into an embrace.
"Oh Gaia, I'm so sorry Spike. Here I thought all this shit and felt like you were treatin' me like a cheap whore and I never knew. Please forgive me yo."
"Hm. How about… you make it up to me," Cloud said as he shyly looked at Reno.
Reno pulled Cloud in for a sweet kiss as he tugged him towards the bedroom.
"I'm yours yo," Reno said after making it up to Cloud several times and in several positions.
"I see," Cloud said. "Didn't know it worked that way. Thought I had to ask you," Cloud teased.
"True, but in this case, I freely give you my heart. I love ya."
Cloud raised his head up off of Reno's chest and looked at him with all the love in the world.
"I-I love you too, Reno."
A/N:
Okay, so obviously no smut this chapter. For some reason it just didn't feel… right. This was so not where I thought this story would go but this chapter kinda wrote itself. I am content with it and I hope you are as well. =)
Reno the piano player equals HOT. I envisioned the song he played for Cloud was Aerith's Theme. It is a hauntingly beautiful song on the piano.
Read and Review please and everyone have a Happy Valentine's Day.