"Hey, She says it's gonna be tough, but she's not backin' down. ..managed to get Berry, yo" Oh yes..Berry..the one that had helped to finalize Denzel's adoption.
Rude raised an eyebrow, then muttered an 'Excuse me,' to the person he jogged past. He'd gotten bored sitting in that place all by himself, and besides... Reno was late. To Reno, he said, "Heard she's a real bitch."
"She's tough, but tough's what we need. .took longer at the lawyer's than I thought. ..headed back to the house, then ta get Rennan, be there in ten."
Rude's sneakered feet still made a stacattoed sound as he purposefully stepped on each step of the stairs he first ran down, then back up before continuing the last block towards their home. "We still on?" he asked.
"Hell yeah, I need the stress reliief before I hafta break the news to the poor kid he can't stay, too. ."
"Good," Rude said, the only indication that he was actually working out being that ever so slight breathless quality to his voice. "See you in ten."
Reno as he stepped back in, he got undressed, standing in front of the closet.
Rude had heard Reno shuffling around the bedroom from the shower, but finished washing the sweat off himself before he went out there. Wouldn't do to be smelling like man sweat. "Reno," he said as he stepped into the bedroom doorway, naked as the day he was born. Well, naked plus piercings. All of them.
Reno looked him up asnd down. .very appreciatively. . .he had gotten ink across his back, the sea serpent up his spine in bright blue ink. .he smiled as he turned back around. .the tail dipped in between those sweet asscheeks and the head. .well the head wrapped around the shaft. the color looked no more than a day old.
Rude raised an eyebrow. "When?" He could see the shining of the clear ooze Reno's body was making, trying to heal the supposed wound.
"Color between breakfast an' Laney's. .other bits an' pieces while we were apart in Costa. .you know me, masochistic little fucker, least tattoos are a better indulgance."
"Hurt?" Rude asked, stepping forward to get a closer look.
"'course. the one arond front the most."
Rude circled Reno, then stopped at his back. "You liked it?" he asked, a single finger hovering just inches away from Reno's tattoo.
"yeah. ..good kinda hurt, though.. .somethin' beautiful came outta it."
"Still?" Rude asked, his fingertip touching the clear ooze over the blue ink in Reno's skin.
"some...you like?"
Rude smiled, aware that Reno probably couldn't see it. Instead, he traced his finger just outside of the outline of the tattoo on Reno's back, saving that place where it wrapped around to Reno's cock for later.
Reno hissed, but leaned into the touch.
After Rude finished one side, he traced his finger down the other. "More?" he asked, his voice dropping as his cock twitched.
"It curves around m'hip. ..then..well, as you c'n see." he shuddered at the trailing finger.
Rude shook his head, his mouth becoming dry as he spoke. "Can you take... more?" He was treading into dangerous territory, and he knew it, but.
Reno nodded. ..his body responding to each of the furtive touches.
Rude took that same teasing finger, placing it at the start of the tattoo and holding it there for a moment before lightly trailing it over the now blue skin along Reno's spine, not stopping until he was touching right above the redhead's tailbone.
Reno shuddered now. .. pain and pleasure melding just right along his nerves, making them sing.
"If you want me to stop..." Rude offered, his finger retracing its steps in reverse.
"n-no. ..don't stop.. .shit. .." and he was already at attention. ..the mouth of the water god encasing him perfectly, indicating he'd had to keep himself hard through almost the whole thing.
Rude's lips came within a breath of Reno's ear. The bald man looked down, seeing that yes, Reno was enjoying himself. "Was it hard?" he asked, moving his hand to scratch a short, blunt nail along Reno's side.
He nodded. .."yeah. .."
"Didn't even need to touch it, did you?" Rude asked, that hand sliding around to let his fingers pinch at those pert pink nipples.
"Nah. ..didn't. .. was thinkin' of you."
"Oh?" Rude's tone became more amused as he flicked his tongue out to just barely trace the shell of Reno's ear as he scratched his nails down Reno's chest and abdomen, avoiding the flesh begging for attention between the redhead's legs.
Reno was gasping, that blue inked flesh twitching.
Rude let his tongue trace down the side of Reno's neck before he left little bites along the top of his shoulder. "You trust me too much," he whispered.
"I'm supposed to. ..I love you." He hissed at the contact...Gods. .it felt wondrous.
Rude made a noise before he wrapped both arms around Reno, pulling the redhead flush with him. As he did that, he bit down hard at the juncture of the redhead's neck and shoulder, sucking enough to instantly leave a mark.
He let a soft, hissing, gasping cry.."R-rude..." his whole body shivering with each contact.
He pressed his arousal against the redhead's tailbone, feeling the clear fluid from Reno's tattoo on his cock. "Again," he whispered, voice taking on a harsher tone as he spoke, the lust within it evident. To further encourage his partner, he bit down on the other side of Reno's neck, right at the juncture of shoulder and neck.
He shivered harder.. .moaning out, pressing into him.
"Something you want?" Rude growled, his fingers finally touching that freshly shaved patch of skin around Reno's arousal.
"D-don't stop. ..keep touching me. .." his voice was hoarse with need.
"Where?" Rude asked, his hand finally going around Reno's cock. "Here?"
Another hissing gasp. ...again pain and pleasure in that perfect heady mix..."G-gods yes...fuck me. ...please. ."
"Here? Now? Just like this?" Rude asked, his grip tightening around Reno with each word he spoke.
He bit his lip and the cry this time was louder as the head began weeping in response.
"I'll take that as a yes," Rude smirked. Keeping one hand around Reno, he took a pair of fingers from his other hand, stuck them into his mouth just long enough to get a little saliva on them, then slide them into Reno's body. "Hurt?" he asked.
"Feels..just right. . .shit. .."
Rude scissored his fingers for a moment, then slowly pulled them from Reno's body. Without additional warning, he pressed forward with his arousal, pushing open the redhead's entrance as he slid the entire way inside, the friction causing even Rude to gasp a little in discomfort.
Reno screeched, but still drove further back. ..the tiniest bit of blood only enhancing things, the sweet coppery scent making him harder than he thought possible.
Rude froze at that smell. "You're bleeding," he said plainly. As much as Reno liked playing at being hurt, actually causing blood loss wasn't on Rude's plans of things to do with your lover.
"Please. ..don't stop now. ." he didn't WANT it to stop, the hint of blood. .of pain. .it had always made things more intense.
"Are you sure?" Rude asked.
"I trust you. ." he whispered. "I trust you not to let things go too far."
A single nod from Rude and he was gently walking with Reno towards the bed. Once there, he not too harshly pushed the redhead down, bending him over the edge of the bed while Rude was still buried inside him. "Where were we?" he growled.
Reno's hitching cry told JUST where they were.. . he placed his entire self in Rude's hands...trusting the big man now with everything.
Rude leaned over the redhead, placing his forearm across Reno's shoulderblades to hold himself up, putting just a little bit of pressure on his lover as he pulled himself out, trying to ignore how the blood from his forceful entry was making it easier to move inside Reno.
Reno was twitching, gasping. ..breath almost stolen from his lungs not only from the pressure on his back, but from the intense sensations. ..heat and cold running in alternate trails over his nerves. ..he whispered "I trust you...with all of me. ..I trust you not to hurt me any more than just that tiny bit of pain that makes me feel. .."
Rude's hips set up a slow rhythm of their own as he leaned down, putting just a little more pressure on Reno's back. "Makes you feel what?" he asked.
"Makes me feel it all.. everything I've forgotten how to feeel.. . love. ..hate. ..all of it so intense. ..so wonderful. .."
Rude stayed where he was, his hips starting to move faster of their own accord. His free hand, the one that wasn't holding him up, reached for as much of Reno's skin as he could feel, scratching and grasping.
Reno when he went did so with his head tilted back, his entire body twitching fiercely...clamping down on Rude almost tightly enough to cut off his circulation. ..his knees buckled as he spurted seed in waves against the bed. ..resting his face against the covers, breathing harshly.
"Guh!" was the extent of Rude's vocabulary as he spent himself inside the redhead, his eyes rolling back in his head as he unconsciously pushed harder down on Reno's shoulders, his blunt nails digging into the redhead's thigh.
"That was...so incredible." he tried to stand and failed..he had blood dripping almost everywhere, but it didn't bother him in the least. as soon as he COULD stand he headed into the shower, gesturing Rude in with him.
Rude followed, muttering a "You look like you got in a fight with your damn cat," as he turned on the shower.
Reno turned a cocky grin back on him as he washed the evidence of their rough play away.
Rude just rinsed himself off, having taken a shower after his jog less than an hour ago.
"Gotta go get Rennan now. ..you..are so incredible."
"Flattery will get you everywhere," Rude said, pressing a light kiss to Reno's cheek. "But you already knew that."
"You gonna come with, or get the stuff ready? I already got Rennan's stuff."
Rude pointed to the two suitcases by the door. "Ahead of you," he said with a slight smile.
"Good man...guess we're set then." He strode out, his hair didn't even give hints, he'd brushed and rebound it.
Rude followed, allowing Reno to drive. Rude still wasn't entirely sure how to get to the place Elena was staying at.
15 minutes later they pulled up, Reno knocked.
Rude's weight shifted from foot to foot. He was about to spend the next who knows how many hours with Reno and the boy, doing... family things. He wasn't ready for 'family things.
As the door opened Reno about got knocked down by his son.
Rude's eyes widened. Was that child naked?
"Papa, papa! just finished my bath..Auntie 'Lena got me new clothes!"
"Rennan!" Elena's voice entered the living room before she did. "Come on, let's get dressed. You're wearing me out..."
"Coming, Auntie 'Lena!" The little redhaired boy dashed back out to her to get dressed.
Reno let out a soft chuckle. "Yeah, like me, he has trouble keeping his clothes on."
Rude just shook his head. If the boy was going to stay that hyperactive, he wasn't sure he'd be able to survive a trip to the Gold Saucer.
Livewire mewed, nudging both men to be petted.
Rennan when he finally came out had what looked for all the world like a Turk uniform in miniature.
"You've got to be kidding me," Rude muttered, dropping a hand to pat the cat on the head.
"Ta da!" Elena said, proudly. "He looks just like a miniture version of his father, doesn't he"
Michael TW Kelley: Reno chuckled a little. "Yeah, he does.
Rude just shook his head, scratching the damn cuahl behind its ears... Seems that cat was the only sane one other than him in the group at the moment.
"Let's go Papa, let's go"
Elena handed Rude the small duffle bag of clothes she'd managed to purchase for Rennan, winking at him. She turned back to the littl redhead, kneeling down to be closer to his level. "Okay, sweetie, looks like you three are going. Give Auntie Elena a hug and kiss."
Rennan gave her a big hug and a kiss, then held out hands for both men, looking at them expectantly.
It took a moment, but Rude slowly offered his hand to the little boy. Holding the boy's hand... he could handle that... right?
Reno led him out, helping him buckle up, then they were off.
Rude was silent thoughout the drive, just listening to Reno and his son's excited chatter.
Rennan dragged them into wonder square first, then to the event square, he even got to watch his Papa in the battle arena, where Reno won a rare materia for him. ..chocobo races, Rennan even got to get his picture taken with one of the jockeys on TOP of the winning chocobo. ..finally, when it was time to go home, Rennan yawned, laying against Reno's shoulder, he reached out with another to hug Rude as well. ..he said "I love my papa Reno an' my papa Rude. .. love you both...dank you. .." just before he slipped into sleep with the Tarshil twitch on his father's shoulder.
Rude's face got that deer in headlights look as he drove. While he didn't freeze, bodily, his mind instantly flashed through hundreds of thoughts. "Papa Rude...?" he said quietly. He'd never considered he would ever be anyone's 'papa'... much less this child's... Reno's child's. There was no question that Reno was the boy's father, and by Rude's traditional family model that would make him... the mother? No. Possibly. Not really. He was wondering just what he would be called by the boy, and honestly, he'd settled in his mind on just Rude, like everyone else he was familiar with called him. But now he was 'Papa Rude'...?
"He loves ya already. .. I know it's gonna take time. ..m'dreadin' tomorrow, but I didn't have the heart ta tell him. ..shit. "
"He's a tough kid," Rude replied, mind still racing.
"Yeah...Gods, I don't wanna give 'im up. .." his eyes had stayed dry ever since he'd been told that Rennan would be placed in foster care. ..he had to stay strong for his son now, there would be time for tears later. . .tears of victory when he got to tell that bitch what was what.
"Elena always says that things'll work out for the best," Rude offered. He really wasn't that great with the verbal consolation thing. He was more of a hands on guy. And his kind of hands on consolation wasn't rated PG.
"Yeah, I know. ..just hope that best doesn't mean me losin' my boy again."
"I know." It was all Rude could say.
Reno carried Rennan inside, laying him down in his bed, he gave him a kiss on his forehead, eyes closing, even though they were dry the raw ache could be felt almost oozing from his pores. "I love you, Rennan.. . never forget that." before striding out of the room, glomming onto Rude with shaking limbs, raw grief making him tremble.
Rude's arms went around Reno, just holding him there, letting him come to terms with his feelings.
"We should let him sleep, yo. .." He dragged Rude from the entryway to the bedroom. ..leaving Rennan to curl up with Livewire on the sofabed. ."His lips siezed Rude's. ..the scratches didn't bother him. .but this did.
Rude pushed his tongue past Reno's lips, caressing the redhead's as he worked on getting Reno out of his clothing without breaking the kiss.
Reno clung to him desperatly, helping Rude out of his as well. ..once he had him nude he pressed against him, as if trying to absorb his courage as well as his body heat.
Rude reclaimed Reno's mouth, and with a slight nudge towards the bed, indicated just where he wanted his lover.
Reno pretty much led him by the mouth to the bed, laying down with him.
Rude moved himself and Reno until he was laying on his back with his lover laying over him. "Do what you will," he said with a teasing smile.
Reno moved down his body. ..kissing his way from neck down to chest, savoring each inch. ..then down his legs. ..before settling in between his legs. .suckling gently.
Instead of the usual hurried feeling, Rude just felt relaxed as gentle wave after gentle wave of pleasure washed over him, making his toes curl slightly.
"I love you.. ." he whispered around him. .sitting up now, slowly kissing his way up until he was fully sitting...then sliding slowly down onto Rude. .inch by inch.
It was still a slow, gentle, toe-curling feeling that flowed through Rude's veins as he gently rested his hands on Reno's hips. "Love you," he replied, remembering how Reno had mentioned that he didn't say it enough.
Reno took it slow as in he didn't want this night to end. .more specifically as if he didn't want morning to come. . .his motions slow...soft hitching gasps as the sweet spot was repeatedly hit.
"Shh," Rude admonished quietly as Reno's voice got what he considered to be just a hair too loud. Didn't need to traumatize the boy twice in less than 24 hours.
Reno bit his lip, muffling the sounds. ..then a soft groan, again muffled, as he began squeezing around Rude in waves. ..splashing himself with salty fluid.
Rude just held himself inside Reno's spasming body, feeling that last few clenches finally pull him over the edge, and with a low groan, he spilled himself inside the redhead.
Reno as he settled in next to Rude made sure he had the alarm set for 7 so he could be up in time to be there for his son.
Rude lay there, his arm under Reno's head, just listening to the soft snoring coming from the other room. Whether it was Rennan or the cat, Rude wasn't sure, but it was sort of... comforting, especially when combined with the sound of Reno's breathing.
When the alarm rang Reno got up, staggering toward the kitchen, making coffee for himself nd Rude, and breakfast for all three. .his heart was breaking, but he wouldn't let anyone know.
Rude was careful to make sure he wasn't pointing at anyone with his boxers before he went out to the living room.
Rennan as he stepped out said with the same creaky morning voice Reno had "Mornin' Papa Reno,mornin' Papa Rude."
Reno put the ham and cheese omelet in front of the boy, then one in front of Rude.
"Morning," Rude said, his voice gruff sounding with disuse through the night.
"Mornin', Rennan, you sleep good?"
"Yes, Papa."
Rude grabbed his pack of cigarettes and his coffee after finishing his omlette and stepped outside on the balcony. He was about to light up when a stray gust of wind caused that certain Testicular-Tonsil meeting that meant it was getting cold out. He hopped back inside with a slight shiver and we into the bedroom in search of a robe.
"you stay here, papa'll be right back." with that he grabbed his coat and headed out for one himself.
Rude handed Reno his pack and lighter and just stared out at the city skyline. "You tell him?" he asked finally.
"I don't know how. .." his voice cracked.
Rude was about to ask if Reno wanted him to tell the boy when said child knocked on the glass doors.
"Papa Rude," he said loudly, even after they had opened the door. "Your Tifa is on the phone." He handed Rude his cell phone.
"They approved me o take him. .we're coming in 20 minutes"
Rude grunted a 'thank you,' then hung up, turning to Reno. "We're golden," he said, hoping the redhead would understand.
Reno nodded, smile flickeriing a bit before he knelt in front of Rennan. "sweetheart.. .listen, ok. promise not to get too upset?"
"What's 'upset' mean?" the boy asked. It was so hard to remember that he was five, sometimes.
"Don't be too sad. ..Tifa's coming here. ..an' you hafta go with her for a while.. ..c'n you be brave for Papa?"
"Rude's Tifa's not like Mama, is she?" he asked quietly.
"No. she's a good lady. .. you know Denzel. ..she's his mama now."
Rennan frowned, looking as if he were thinking really hard. Then, after a moment, he smiled with an, "Okay. Can I go play cars now?"
"Yeah..." with that he turned. ..seeing the car come up the drive. ..his eyes were dry, but so very sad.