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The pale, cosmetic style lights left the supermarket in a horribly dim glow.

It was practically empty given how massive it was. Reno hadn't been in a place like this for quite some time; his usual shopping trips consisting of phone calls to take-outs, and a little light fingered work at the Shin-Ra building.

The red head groaned as he came to halt behind the young female who had decided to mull over yet another shelf of products.

"I still don't see why I have to this..."

Elena emitted a tired sigh, though didn't turn to make eye contact.

"Because after we failed to kill that stupid group of wanna-be-thugs last week, we've become targets, and Tseng's worried I might be the one they have their eye on. I suppose he thinks I'm more vulnerable to attack because I'm a woman..."

The annoyance in her voice has not lost on her fellow Turk, though this didn't stop him from whining over her shoulder.

"Yeah, but why me?"

He hung his head back and allowed his gaze to wander over the white, metallic canvas of a ceiling.

"Am I gunna be stuck following you around in this endless labyrinth of baked beans and feminine products forever?"

When both his questions went without a response, Reno turned his attention back to his co-worker; his eyes narrowing in a child-like suspicion.

"I bet you're loving this."

Elena raised an eyebrow, as her voice took on an edge of cold boredom.

"It's like a dream come true..."

Her hand reached out towards one of the tins, as she finally appeared to come to her decision.

"God you're so dull Laney!"

The female rounded on him; a small, angry pout gracing her lips.

"What do you mean?"

"Come on, do you really eat this stuff?"

He began picking random items from her basket, as he made to observe them each in turn.

"It's all so...mundane, seriously...do you have each one of your meals planned down to a T? Like on a timetable or something? Jeez..."

Elena made to snatch the things back, though as soon as one hand was emptied, it soon became filled with something else.

"Also what's with this girly wine you buy? And why is it pink?"

"I like it all right! It's got to be better than that toxic waste you insist on-"

Reno interrupted her, as an overly-smug smirk crept onto his lips.

"You just can't handle the good stuff."

Slender hands quickly found their way to Elena's hips as she took on a defensive stance, the colour in her cheeks flaring with the rise of anger.

"What, because I'm a girl?"

"No, because you're a light-weight."

The scowl remained on the young female's face, though he chose to ignore it; plonking the rest of the stolen items back into her basket, before gliding past her lazily.

"But ya know, you should try new things...it's good for ya."

Elena frowned, though began to follow him down the aisle.

"Is that so..."

Reno slumped against the rough brick wall in the car park as he waited for Elena to make her way across the parking lot.

True, he was suppose to tail her everywhere, but she had insisted that if he choose to smoke he had to do it far away from her, thus when he had began to slide one from his pocket a few minutes earlier she had practically thrown him through the sliding doors.

He wasn't worried though; leaving her alone in the supermarket to pay up shouldn't pose too much of an opportunity for kidnap, and even if it did, in his opinion, Elena could take care of herself.

A small amount of ash fell from the tip of his cigarette as he gave it a light tap; the grey matter breaking into an invisible cloud as it mixed with the air.

He was about to take one last drag, when he noticed the female's footsteps drawing closer, and with a hesitant sigh, he dropped the offensive item to the floor; promptly extinguishing it with the heel of his shoe.

"You know if you keep smoking like that you'll get bad breath."

Reno rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah I know, and then I'll get wrinkles, and my teeth will go yellow, and my insides will turn into this black, rotting gunk."

Elena couldn't help the echo of amusement that graced her expression as he ran a hand through his flame red spikes in a classic Reno move.

"I'm perfectly healthy thank you very much!"

"Well seeing as you're so fit, and you're coming back with me anyway, you can carry the bags."

Walked right into that one didn't ya Reno?

The red headed Turk laced the plastic bag handles over from her hands to his, and exhaled deeply.

"Fine. But I thought you hated it when us males treat ya like a weak little girl?"

She tilted her head to the side as a somewhat sly chuckle sounded from her throat.

"True, but it has its perks sometimes...plus I wanted your hands occupied."

"Eh?"

His contorted brow swiftly rose as he took note of the blonde rapidly closing the distance between them.

"What are you doing?"

She halted a few centimetres from his face and stared at him blankly for a moment, before allowing a rather knowing smile to hint at the corners of her lips.

"Trying something new."

Her smile soon disappeared from view as she brought her lips to his. It was a somewhat fleeting, butterfly-soft kiss; her mouth barely brushing against his own, and yet he still felt the warmth of her breath play delicately over his skin.

As she pulled away, the red head made a concious effort to look as unaffected as possible.

"And...?"

She shrugged.

"I suppose it wasn't entirely unpleasant..."

"Better than that crappy girly wine?"

"Marginally."

"Hey!"

She began to walk off, leaving the male to follow behind; a small smile tugging at her lips.

They now tasted lightly of smoke, but she wasn't too bothered.

A/N= Sorry this took so long to get out, I've been working on my chaptered fic atm as I really want to get it finished so I can start a new project. Oh and also I would like to blame RenoLuvver for part of the delay as when I sat down to write this the other week, I just so happened to stop by her profile and notice her MLIA link...I'd never heard of or seen this site before...It proceeded to distract me with a frightening ease...