Reno always felt so bad for Triss when he went to visit her. The young girl had recently discovered the disadvantage to doing your job well. She wasn't needed anymore. Luckily, she had played hardball when signing her exclusivity contract, Shin-Ra couldn't fire her or cut her pay. Unluckily, they could still demote her.
After four months of hard work and dedication, she lost her office, her big desk, her fancy computer, her private phone line, her security clearance, all the perks. She got sent down four floors and was stuck pushing papers for lazy execs.
And so, when Reno stepped into the overcrowded room, he wasn't surprised to see Triss, squeezed behind her tiny desk, glaring at the mountain of papers in front of her.
"Hey there, gorgeous," Reno called. The four other women in the room looked up happily, only to lose their smiles when they saw who it was. They knew who it was in the room that he thought was gorgeous and it wasn't any of them.
"Hi, Reno," Triss sighed exhaustedly.
"Look, um, today doesn't look like the day to do this, but I don't really have much of a choice," he said softly and walked up to her desk.
"Reno," Triss looked up at him, "are you breaking up with me?"
The Turk laughed, ignoring the hopeful looks on the other secretaries' faces, "No, baby, I ain't gonna dump ya! Listen, I can't take you out tonight, I gotta work late, but, uh, just- just don't go to your brother's place after work, k?"
She blinked up at him for a few moments before her eyes grew wide in realization. "Oh."
He stepped behind her desk and kissed her gently, "I'll get your stuff. You're gonna stay with me. I'll have Rude take you home, okay?"
The black haired woman nodded, still in shock. "Okay."
I'd always suspected that my dumbass brother was up to no good. I should have known he was stupid enough to get caught. What did that moron do to piss off Shin-Ra? Why did I let him put his name on the apartment? ...Did Reno just call his place my "home"?