12. Insanity
He laughed. The sound high and merry and tinkling. It was the laugh of an innocent child.
The four figures standing outside the room watched as their redheaded companion played with a little girl, smiling and making faces.
"he's finally gone insane, hasn't he?" Elena asked, and Rude shrugged. He stood solidly, smirking. Rufus was grinning too.
"probably. But with her mother….disposed of and the father in holding…she'll need a home." Tseng said, and he sighed.
"midgar's orphanage is maxed out." Rufus said, sighing in his little way. Reno was twirling with the girl now in the air. They could see the bruise on the side of her face that the man had fussed over.
"I think he'd be a good father." the mostly silent man said, watching as Reno gently set the four year old down, taking her hand and leading her to the cot he'd done up.
"then she's Reno's responsibility." the president said, and he tapped the glass twice. Reno tucked the little angel into bed and kissed her forehead, coming out.
"her name's Frey, yo. Her ma hit her before and her pa did some really sick shit to her." he said, containing his anger.
"she's yours now, Reno." Rufus said and Reno's eyebrows shot up.
"you obviously already care about her…so you take care of her." tseng said, and Reno nodded. He looked at the little girl, sleeping.
"I must be going insane, yo. I never thought I'd be a daddy." he said, smiling.
The others smiled too.