Rude had his feet hooked under the footboard of the bed, doing situps while he waited for Reno to wake up.
"Who's got the coffee" he mumbled quietly. "Smells good."
Rennan bounced up onto the bed, indicating either it was early in the morning, before he was due in school, or very LATE in the morning, after he had been let out.
Another mumble "What time's it?"
"11... 30..." Rude said inbetween situps. "No school... today. Parent... confrences..." If Reno could see Rude's face, he would be able to tell just how poorly the bald man had handled THAT meeting.
"Shit, sorry yo. ." He blushed cherry-red, he'd KNOWN those were today, but unfortunatly, idiots and nuts were unavoidable.
"Papa Rude's ears were red, Mrs. Carrigan said she thought he was cute."
"YOUR child doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut," Rude said, standing up and brushing some dust from the floor off him. "And he has missed homework, which I think YOU should help him with." He glanced over at the tiny redhead. "And my ears were not red." Rude dropped back down, changing to pushups this time.
Reno patted the bed, helping Rennan with his letters and counting excersizes, and reading the book they'd sent home with him, then signing off on the sheet that said he'd read it.
Having done exactly 100 pushups and 200 situps, Rude felt his could skip a trip to the gym that day. He stood again, brushing off that tiny bit of floor dust from his hands and clothes.
"Yuffie is currently hunting my menace of a child." Tseng stated as he ran his fingers through a still-sleeping Rufus' hair. "ONce she has apprehended him he will be brought before the tribunal. Merely using the drugs for the trial on non-Wutains will be enough to have him executed."
Rude sighed. He'd been doing a lot of thinking about Tseng's child lately. "Do you think... maybe... he wants to be executed?"
"Perhaps. He hates Shinra, and everything to do with it. . .but he cannot be allowed to roam free, either, or we will be looking over our shoulders for our entire lives." Tseng also had been doing a lot of thinking. "I do not think it wise to bring a child intentionally into the situation as things stand.. it is likely Rennan will be declared heir for Rufus and I's holdings. ."
Reno patted a spot for Rude to sit as well, he yawned, he was still somewhat sleepy, but at least he was pain free now and able to move around spmewhat.
Rude sighed. To be a child and feel so strongly about something that you would give your life to prove that point? It was a sad, sad world they lived in. He glanced over at Rennan, silently hoping that child would at least turn out normal. ... Normal? With Reno as a father? Rude chuckled to himself.
Reno seemed to read his mind, and smiled whispering "Normal's over rated you know. ..but at least he'll be loved."
Rude gave Reno a look that clearly said they would discuss that later, possibly over dinner and a bottle of good wine.
Reno finally braved a bathroom trip, when he got up his legs were slightly shaky, and he had a bit of a limp.
"Papa Rude. ..Why's Papa Reno limping?"
Rude frowned, completely missing exactly what the child was asking. "I'm not sure," he said carefully, standing up to follow the man into the bathroom. He waited until he heard a flush, then walked in, closing the door behind him.
Reno's ears were bright red, he'd heard EXACTLY what Rennan had said, he also heard Tseng's soft chuckle, telling of the Wutain's surety that Rufus would be much in the same state when he awakened.
Rude's frown deepened, still not getting the point. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"YOu have twelve hours of the most mind-blowing sex in the universe, you'll probably limp too." He then chuckled a bit.
Suddenly, Rude's eyes went wide, frown fading as the colour seeped into his skin. Oh. Yeah.
"Trust my kid to notice it. .somethin' tells me the boss'll be in similar straits once he's awake, and like me I don't think a little temporary limp'll bug him a bit."
Rude glanced at the bathroom mirror, seeing just how red his face had gotten. "You, um... you didn't seem to mind earlier... and why didn't you tell me?"
"don't mind, not a bit. ..as for why not say anything. ..didn't know until I actually got up, didn't see any point in saying anything until I knew for sure."
Rude just glanced around the bathroom almost nervously. "Sorry," he muttered.
"Heh, better than bein' dead, right? No need ta apologize, it was GREAT. ..somethin' I'd love to repeat. ..if not for QUITE so long."
A tiny smile hinted at the corner of Rude's mouth.
Rufus, on the other hand, had just woken up with a rather pleasant, dull ache.
Tseng chuckled as the blond awakened. "You are unharmed...I trust you enjoyed it."
Reno pinned him against the wall, planting a passionate, but not too harsh, kiss on the lush lips.
Rufus glanced over at the way Rennan was staring that them with a grin on his face. "Yes, I did. However, there is a child that is a little too young to see what I would like to do with you to show my gratitude."
Rude returned the kiss, his hands going up and around Reno to hold the redhead there as they fought for dominance of the kiss.
"I get it, ya want me ta go find Auntie 'Lena, right?"
Reno let out a soft gasp, every time felt so damn fantastic.
Rufus sighed. "No, Rennan, you don't need to. Uncle Tseng and I can wait." He didn't want the child to start thinking he was a nuisance.
Rude pulled away slightly, nipping at Reno's swollen lips before running his tongue over them.
"sokay, I wanna play anyway." He let out a sly grin as he tracked down his ball and glove. .the child since being under the care of the four remaining Turks had blossomed and come into his own. "Livewire, come" he patted his hip for the cuahl to follow him.
Reno tilted his hips forward and his head bback, groaning slightly, Rude's name on his lips.
Rufus sighed again, watching the child go. "I will never understand children," he said softly.
Rude's head moved back, his hands falling to Reno's hips as his head made a clunking sound on the hollow door.
"He is his father in miniature. ..they both have unerring sense of what other people need. Even if the elder one does not always pay it heed." Tseng let out a dark chuckle.
As their crotches touched it was like a charge ran through him. ..another stuttering cry of his partner's name falling from his mouth as he frantically searched for purchase against those strong arms.
Rufus groaned. "If that child is anything more like his father, I would be terrified to step foot in his presense."
Rude leaned his head forward to speak softly into Reno's ear. "Would have thought you'd had enough last night," he said.
"You're like a fuckin' addiction, yo. ..can never get enough"
Tseng pressed a soft kiss onto Rufus' mouth, very gentle with him after the previous night.
"There are worse things to be addicted to," Rude chuckled, claiming Reno's mouth again almost hungrily.
"Mmm... Tseng..." Rufus sighed, his hand coming up to cup his lover's cheek.
"I'd think you would still be sore, dear heart." Tseng's voice held a soft chuckle.
Reno shuddered as he linked his legs with Rude, milk and chocolate rolling together where their flesh met, thrusting harder, the hot shaft against his own driving him near insane as the sweet scent of lovemaking filled his nostrils. "You are so un-fucking-believably incredible."
"I am," Rufus answered between breaths.
A deep chuckle came from Rude's throat, followed by a deeper moan. "I'm not really doing anything," he said with that tiny smile.
"You tell me when it is too much. .it is under your control." Tseng whispered to him "Anything you wish. ..you must only ask it of me."
"Ya don't have to. ." a shiver ran up his body, his muscles trembling just the tiniest bit under the pleasureable assault.
"Touch me," Rufus panted.
"YOU don't have to..." Rude replied.
Tseng began stroking those hands up and down the slender, pale skinned form, the touches soft, gentle. ..with so much love behind them.
Reno's muscles trembled a bit harder, a low keening moan rising up from him, barely more than a tiny breath. ..the heat, the hardness, all of it left him tingling. He trust his hips forward more as he sought even more of that contact that set him aflame.
Rufus' body shivered with sensation, those featherlight touches making his skin prickle in gooseflesh.
Rude grabbed at Reno's hips, pulling them flush against his own as he ground against the redhead.
Reno's head craned back far enough to hit the wall, but the pain didn't even register as with a keening moan and teeth in his lip he shuddered, hot fluid splashing in between them, the release leaving his limbs jelly like.
Tseng meanwhile replaced hands with mouth, brushing the skin with soft, furtive kisses.
Rufus buried his fingers in the sheets of the bed. He gripped them as if they would give him some sort of relief from the near torture Tseng was bestowing upon him. "Please..." fell from his lips in a whisper.
Rude felt Reno's climax, and groaned, feeling his own being held not that far off.
Tseng pressed harder kisses, his hands wrapping where he knew Rufus wanted them.
Reno as he still shook with the aftershocks knelt down in front of this one he considered his messiah, his savior, his GOD and worshiped him with lips and teeth and tongue, soft gasps coming from, his lips as he tasted of him with great hunger.
Rude's hands searched for anything to grab on to, and found the door knob. Thank whatever diety would listen the door had to be pulled to open, otherwise... Rude didn't want to continue down that train of thought.
"Oh, Tseng..." Rufus panted, his hips thrusting almost delicately into the elder man's hand.
Tseng pulled and tugged, before recreating what Reno was doing right now though he wouldn't know that.
Reno at the same time cupped Rude's balls with one hand while the other wrapped around the shaft as his mouth worked up and down it, tounge tickling the piercing. ..if he noticed the scent of Josh's cologne on Rude he didn't say anything.
Rude's knees threatened to give out from under him as he came, hard, in Reno's mouth.
Rufus gasped, not any particular word, just a noise, as he felt himself engulfed in that hot mouth.
Tseng suckled at him, teeth and tongue coming into play as he gave soft little licks and tiny nips.
"Guess we should shower, huh?"
Rude grunted and nodded, slowly taking off his clothes to get in the shower.
Rufus made some rather interesting noises, his hands finally finding a nice place to rest, fingers combing through Tseng's hair.
Reno climbed in behind him, the warm spray feeling wonderful, melting tension away.
Tseng took him all the way down into his throat, humming around him with a soft smile.
Rufus' hips nearly jumped off the bed as he spilled himself inside his lover's mouth.
Rude instantly set about washing Reno's hair, finding the feel of the water a little too warm for his tastes, but not exactly terrible.
Tseng swallowed without complaint, helping Rufus back under the covers, the doctor would be there soon to declare them fit to go home.
Reno sighed at the familiar feel of the thick fingers, closing his eyes.
Rennan sat next to Elena in the lobby after having played for a while when he saw a woman who looked a lot like his papa being brought into a room, being hooked up to the same sort of equippment his papa had been, he exchanged a look with her. "Auntie 'Lena. .why does she look so much like Papa?"
Elena frowned, squinting to get a better look. She couldn't remember her eyes being that bad before. Maybe it was time to get glasses...? "I'm not sure, honey," she said, standing.
"Should we tell 'im?" The question from the child indicated he knew his grandma existed, but not what she looked like or why she'd be. .well. ..HERE.
Elena shook her head. "Not yet. Let's get a slightly better idea who she is first."
Rennan led her into the room, then spotting one of the doctors asked who the lady was.
"Marion Tarshil. It's sad, really. ..she's been in a long term care facility for a long time, with only one vistor every few years or so. ..her son, skinny redhead, he's always been so wonderful with her, but he hasn't been to see her in almost 6 years. I always wondered why. She had a stroke this morning and got sent here, we're doing everything we cann, but it's not likely she'll ever recover, they're expecting her to pass during the night."
Elena's mind raced while she spot to the doctor. "Don't you think that's a little much to tell a child?" she asked, holding Rennan's hand.
He simply blushed, though his manner said he was as unused to dealing with children as Rude.
"Come on, Rennan," she said, pulling the boy from the room and nearly stalking towards Reno's.
"Yes, Auntie 'Lena." He had a feeling that Elena was about to yell at his papa, though he had no idea why he thought that.
Reno was dressed and drying his hair just as the door seemed to almost explode off its hinges.
"It would be wise of you to go to room 237, Reno," Elena said, her voice a little louder than it had to be. "Then you have some explaining to do to your son."
Reno as he strode down the hall felt. ..almost like someone had hit him in the gut. .he was glad Rude had chosen to follow him, or he probably would have hit the floor. "Momma. .."
Rude frowned. This woman, this frail looking woman was Reno's mother?
"When did she get here?" He asked the doctor, one whom he apparantly knew, from the expression of shock on his face. .7 years it had been. ..right before he'd been admitted into the Turks.
Rude put his hands around Reno's shoulders, just trying to show the redhead he was there.
"This morning, "
Reno's body shook. ."I. .I'll be right back. ..I needta talk to Rennasn real quick."
Rude stayed in the room, his eyes asking the doctor to explain.
"She's been in a home for almost 12 years, sir, the one who came in here used to come see her a lot, but several years ago he just stopped coming. 6. ..or no. .it was 7 years ago. She had a stroke upon awakening this morning. they don't expect she'll last the night. We tried to call him when she had her first one last year, but had no contact information to do so."
Reno meanwhile kneeled in front of Rennan. "That was your grandma. .she's been sick a long time, and I've been realluy bad about seeing her. I was going to take you and Papa Rude to meet her during winter vacation."
"Can I see her chart?" Rude asked, knowing that he was probably going to be denied, family or not.
"She doesn't look like a grandma," Rennan pointed out.
"You are what relation to Mrs Tarshil, sir?"
"Mr. Tarshil's husband," Rude said softly.
"No, she doesn't...her hair never turned, and I was young when you were born. ..she was young when I was, too"
The doctor nodded, handing him the chart that had an mri picture that showed how about all of her higher brain function had been destroyed by this second stroke.
Rude sighed, flipping through the papers quickly. It was... a terrible thing. He couldn't imagine what he would do were it his own mother.
"Can I talk to her?" Rennan asked, holding his arms up for Reno to carry him.
Reno picked him up. "Of course, come on slugger."
"You be good to him, I just have this odd feeling he's not going to take this easily."
"No one ever does," Rude replied to the doctor, hearing Reno and Rennan's footsteps nearing the room.
Reno stepped over to the bed, his eyes were darkened, but he kept up the brave face in front of his son. "Hey momma. ..I wanted you to meet the two most important people in my life. .." He gestures Rude over, and when the bald man is standing next to them he says "Momma, this is Rude. .he's been with me and had my back through about everything life could throw at me. I know, you never expected me to end up with a guy, but hey, I love him so much it hurts when we're not together. And this. .this is your grandson. He's a sharp cookie, just like his papa. .." His voice gets just a little ragged. "I wish I had words for times like this, Momma, but I just don't. ..except. ..if you need ta go. .you do it. ..it won't be easy. ..but I'll understand."
Rennan's voice held a little trepidition. "Hi, Gramma," he said softly.
Reno slapped his hand across his face. ..wiping away tears for a grief he'd not expected. .he thought he'd grieved this loss a long time ago, he really did, but somehow the finality of it made it all the more fresh. He gripped the tiny, frail, hand, and he whispered one more time. "You don't hafta hang on for me, anymore, momma. ..I'll be ok now. ..I promise." he gave her a soft kiss on the forehead, then walked out of the room for a moment, trying to compose himself.
Rude stood, ever vigilant, eyes glancing from Reno, to Rennan, to the woman laying on the bed and back again.
Reno spoke with the doctor a few moments, he knew what had to be done, the doctor informing him that yes, it was the best decision for all involved. ..he held Rude's hand on one side and Rennan's on the other as the doctor disconnected the 46 year old woman from all of the equipment. ..he whispered one last "Go on, it's ok, Momma. ." gave her one last kiss as the frail form on the bed gave one last hitching breath before no more came. ..He simply stood there, with his eyes closed for several long moments, shock had stolen all of his emotion for the moment.
Rude let go of Reno's hand, choosing instead to drape his arm over the redhead's shoulder.
With that touch. ..the floodgates opened...hitching, gasping sobs.. .all of the grief he thought he'd worked through hitting like a punch to the face.
Rude pulled Reno into an embrace, holding the redhead there while he worked through what pain he could. It would take a while, but they would get through it.
Finally they stopped for the moment. .he had things that had to be done, arragments to be made , a plot to be purchased, a headstone. ."shit. ." he muttered. He had no idea how yo do any of this.
Rude's body language said what his lips couldn't: he was there if Reno needed him.
"I. .I need to plan the damn funeral and I have no idea what to do. .." His tone was slightly frantic.
"Shh," Rude said, holding Reno close and petting his hair. "I'll help. Just tell me what you need me to do."
"I need..headstone. .graveplot, I doubt SERIOUSLY Dad made sure she had one. .flowers... minister. .casket. ." He calmed his breathing, getting everything ordered in his mind.
Rude nodded, making a mental to-do list out of what Reno had said. "What first?" he asked.
"The plot, she needs that most really...none of the other stuff will do ay good if we got no place to. .." he broke off, swallowing down another sob that threatened. "Ta bury her."
"I can get it taken care of," Rude said. "What city?"
"I wanna bury her home. ..I know we can't in the city proper, it's off limits. .but outside, between here and the restricted areas. ..I know she'd like that."
Rude nodded, taking out his cell phone and calling information.
Reno looked up to see Rufus and Tseng standing there, Elena behind them, his body was stiff with the effort of not simply giving into the raw, tearing grief.
"It's okay, Reno," Rude said softly, only loud enough for him to hear. "I'm here for you. If nothing else... I'm here."